Defending Jim Herring
By Rob Hood (08/20/07)
I have had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Jim Herring, the Mississippi GOP Chairman, and hearing him speak on a number of occasions in various places. Never once have I heard him say anything derogatory or racist about any particular group of people. Yet, the Mississippi Democratic Party has labeled him as racist because of a statement he recently made at a campaign meeting for current Governor Haley Barbour(R). According to The Clarion Ledger, he stated: "Democrats will say they're like you. They'll say I go to church with you. My kids go to school with yours. But when they go to the Legislature, they'll vote with the black caucus and support Hillary Clinton."
Now, whenever the opposing party has nothing legitimate to say in regards to the truth, they automatically label the speaker as racist. It's a common thing in Mississippi politics to call someone a racist if they win an election or say something negative about the state Democratic party. It seems like the liberal state politicians in this case is trying to so the same thing to Jim Herring as they did to Trent Lott. Anytime a conservative person speaks, usually there are those who will look for statements to take out of context in order to dethrone that person. It's a smart tactic, but a deceitful one. However, the tactic seems to work because so many people walk lock step with the state Democratic party that they refuse to think for them self and will follow the party's leadership into that territory of labeling someone a racist if they do not like the person. It's almost as if the state Democratic party has placed some kind of a zombie trance on the people and the people have to follow orders given by the Mississippi Democratic politicians and trial lawyers.
Every time I have ever met Mr. Herring he has been a courteous gentleman. The speeches that I have personally attended have never had racist overtones. Never! Mr. Herring, it seems, is the victim in this case. The victim of personal attacks by people who cannot find a legitimate argument to make in regards to the conservative movement in Mississippi, so they label him a racist in hopes of censoring his efforts of promoting traditional values.
Mississippi Democratic Chairman Wayne Dowdy has demanded an apology for these comments, but I personally do not see where Mr. Herring should give an apology. As a matter of fact Mr. Herring is the person who an apology is owed for being labeled a racist when clearly the intentions were not racist. This goes to prove that liberals will use anything to further their cause including labeling people a racist in order to knock them out of power and then grab that power for themselves.
The Democrats really should be ashamed at calling someone a racist. Wasn't it Southern Democrats that owned slaves who worked the cotton crops? Was it not Abraham Lincoln, a REPUBLICAN, who opposed this slavery in the south? Wasn't it the REPUBLICANS who were responsible for ending the civil rights oppression in a Democratic controlled south? Hmmm. That's interesting. The same party that once owned slaves, caused a civil war that killed half a million people, and defended the KKK is now calling someone a racist. That is interesting indeed.
Mr. Herring has my full support and best wishes.
In Mississippi we are facing an election choice between current Governor Haley Barbour(R) and his opponent John eaves (D). Now Mr. John Eaves seems like a nice man. He is a Christian and according to his TV ads, and he is a conservative. He claims he will put Prayer back in schools when he is elected. However, he has been spotted with Democratic Presidential candidate John Edwards before. My only questions is how can a claimed conservative who wishes to place prayer back into the public schools be a Democrat in Mississippi? It is people like Mr.Edwards who usually are the ones who follow lock step with the infamous ACLU in eradicating Christianity from the public arena altogether. I cannot make a judgment against Mr. Eaves simply because I do not know him, have never spoken with him, and know little about his politics and personal beliefs about religion. It could be that he is a legitimate Christian conservative running as a Democrat. These type of Democrats did exist at one time. Maybe there lies some remnants of that era after all.
I can, however, make a judgment about Mr. Jim Herring. My judgment about him is that he is a real, true conservative, and the Democratic party should leave him alone and let Mississippi elect more conservatives in order to preserve our heritage and values. Bullying is an ancient tradition and it is still used in Mississippi politics when the opposing team get some attention from the public majority.
What Mr.. Herring meant about the black caucus was not based upon racial ideologies, but more about liberalism versus conservatism in Mississippi. The Black caucus both in Washington and Mississippi are very liberal. Both Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson claim to be Reverend and Christian but wholeheartedly support the homosexual agenda. They should know better since the Bible condemns this activity. I am not doubting their faith, but am doubting their interpretation of the Bible. Liberals, both black and white, have often quoted from the Bible, but refuse to believe it as literal and therefore can provide the general public with liberal social policies that often contradict the Bible's teachings.
The type of political arguments that Mr. Herring make fall more into the literal version of Biblical scripture than the social policies made by the Democratic party. Never would a real Bible believing Christian make a policy that promoted the slaughter of an infant inside the mother's womb and never would Bible believing Christian promote homosexuality to children in elementary school or to anyone else in public for that matter.
As for the statements made by Jim Herring, I do not find it offensive, but find it true. Most liberals who run a campaign using religious belief often change course after election time and offer legislation that contradict their previous campaign statements and promises. Jim herring was right about such events and it was wrong of the Democratic establishment to take words out of context to try to gain power in November. The old saying goes "You get what you pay for" is thee same as "You get what you vote for" as well.
For more information about Mr. Jim Herring see http://www.msgop.org/herring/index.html
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