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April 25, 2011

Potential Dixiepublican Haley Barbour Not Running For President

by Jack Stuef  

Will the South ever rise again?
He’s staying out of the race so he can spend more time with his fresh-made biscuits.

Guess all that “suddenly being decent to black people” was a waste of time. Oh well. This leaves the field wide open for an actual one of these to make a run. [Twitter]

{ 89 comments }

Dr_Zoidberg April 25, 2011 at 3:25 pm

Who?

nounverb911 April 25, 2011 at 3:35 pm

What?

weejee April 25, 2011 at 3:39 pm

Where?

nounverb911 April 25, 2011 at 3:40 pm

When?

Fukui_sanYesOta April 25, 2011 at 3:43 pm

Why?

Frost/Nixon/Robocop April 25, 2011 at 3:41 pm

the fuck?

Fukui_sanYesOta April 25, 2011 at 3:44 pm

All of them, Katie.

chicken_thief April 25, 2011 at 3:51 pm

Apparently no one cares about "why"…. but my guess, just for the record: perhaps maybe Haley had a fluid moment and caught the geyh?

finallyhappy April 25, 2011 at 7:26 pm

pourquoi?

Negropolis April 26, 2011 at 12:30 am

Bubba da Gutt.

Texan_Bulldog April 25, 2011 at 3:25 pm

"Guess all that “suddenly being decent to black people” was a waste of time. "

Guess all that "suddenly being decent to black people" was too hard for him.

Fixed!

memzilla April 25, 2011 at 3:27 pm

"I intend to remain a fat racist a**hat, however, in accordance with my GOP Principles."

/extended

anniegetyerfun April 25, 2011 at 3:27 pm

I don't see why he's not running, then, you know?

weejee April 25, 2011 at 3:40 pm

His future is mapped-out on his nose. Jim Beam and lots of it.

Lascauxcaveman April 25, 2011 at 5:20 pm

I just assumed he was bulking up to take a shot at the NJ governorship.

Gopherit April 25, 2011 at 3:27 pm

I guess his wife/sister said now for the last time. It's understandable. Haley can't even run to the buffet anymore, never mind for president.

4tehlulz_lite April 25, 2011 at 3:27 pm

He wasn't birther trash, so he decided not to waste his time.

Gratuitous World April 25, 2011 at 3:27 pm

well, if being an obese lobbyist in charge of one of the nation's most dysfunctional states doesn't qualify someone to be president, i don't know what does.

Beowoof April 25, 2011 at 3:47 pm

It would be a challenge to bring everything to level of Mississippi, dead last, on an international level so he is out.

BeWoot April 25, 2011 at 4:10 pm

I dunno. We're already making real progress nationwide.

OneDollarJuana April 25, 2011 at 4:51 pm

Snyder, Walker, and T-Paw have upped the level so much Haley just realized he's not up to the task of debasing the country.

PeaceWithHonor April 25, 2011 at 3:28 pm

Was it the racism? Was it the lobbying? Was it the 65 chins? Nope, it was the girl's name, death in Iowa.

CliveWarren April 25, 2011 at 3:29 pm

He’s staying out of the race so he can spend more time attending imaginary Martin Luther King rallies.

Negropolis April 26, 2011 at 12:36 am

I think you meant real-life Klan rallies.

Schmannnity April 25, 2011 at 3:29 pm

The Foghorn Leghorn vote is up for grabs.

Monsieur_Grumpe April 25, 2011 at 3:34 pm

That man, I say that man is about as subtle as a hand grenade in a barrel of oatmeal.

DaRooster April 25, 2011 at 3:34 pm

Boy, I say boy…

Goonemeritus April 25, 2011 at 3:29 pm

He is holding out for a top position in the reestablished Confederacy.

emmelemm April 25, 2011 at 3:36 pm

By George, I think you're right!

jqheywood April 25, 2011 at 3:48 pm

Has he been naming his cowboys boots too?

pinkocommi April 25, 2011 at 3:30 pm

And, "I will not marry Prince William this Friday." This is a "Statement of the Obvious" contest, right?

Hatrabbit April 25, 2011 at 3:32 pm

Wants to spend more time with his Civil War Reenactment Crew.

BaldarTFlagass April 25, 2011 at 3:33 pm

Darn.

chicken_thief April 25, 2011 at 3:44 pm

Kudo's for the brevity of the humor!!!

SorosBot April 25, 2011 at 3:33 pm

He's dropping out of the race to spend more time with his food.

nounverb911 April 25, 2011 at 3:33 pm

He's still around? I thought the GoDaddy CEO, Bob Parsons shot Haley Babar when he was on safari.

RedneckMuslin April 25, 2011 at 3:33 pm

Run, Sarah, Run!

ManchuCandidate April 25, 2011 at 3:34 pm

I guess he realized that his odds of getting votes outside of the Diabeetus 2 belt were as slim as the odds of him starring as Daisy Duke in the next revival of the Duks of Hazard (Boss Hogg for sure.)

Frost/Nixon/Robocop April 25, 2011 at 3:34 pm

Fat idiots don't want to vote for another fat idiot.

bflrtsplk April 25, 2011 at 3:41 pm

Since when?

Frost/Nixon/Robocop April 25, 2011 at 3:43 pm

since Taft?

Ducksworthy April 25, 2011 at 3:34 pm

Wall Sheeeit! I was so looking forward to racist, mouffullashit, Jabba being the true face of the repuklikan party.

chicken_thief April 25, 2011 at 3:45 pm

I'm sure you'll get your wish. He may not be running for POTUS but he sure as hell ain't going to stfu.

Pragmatist2 April 25, 2011 at 3:34 pm

Damn it!
I figured if Haley ran, Daisy Dukes would make a comeback.

gullywompr April 25, 2011 at 3:59 pm

David Duke also too.

ablington April 25, 2011 at 3:35 pm

I say, I say, what a durn shame.

LabRodent April 25, 2011 at 3:36 pm

Does Obama now get the Fat White Racist Vote. cause its up for grabs

Beowoof April 25, 2011 at 3:45 pm

I think Huck has that sewn up now.

SayItWithWookies April 25, 2011 at 4:03 pm

That Huck — always sewing up the wrong thing.

Worthly[♬♪♬♪♫♪♬]Skum April 25, 2011 at 3:36 pm

I blame the negras.

jqheywood April 25, 2011 at 3:50 pm

I blame the frijoles negras.

Fixed. (Haley does have quite a stench….)

aguacatero April 25, 2011 at 3:37 pm

Does this rule out running for the CSA presidency too?

Beowoof April 25, 2011 at 3:44 pm

Not a chance after the secession he will be the man.

DaRooster April 25, 2011 at 3:37 pm

My heart is broken…*sob*. Here I thought maybe someone could make an attempt to stand up and call Obama out on all this stuff he is doing to ruin the country… but alas…

crybabyboehner April 25, 2011 at 3:37 pm

This leaves the field wide open for Boss Hogg.

GuyClinch April 25, 2011 at 3:37 pm

However, he is running for one of the Konservative Kitizens Kouncils.

bureaucrap April 25, 2011 at 3:38 pm

Cracker has no cheese.

yyyaz April 25, 2011 at 6:14 pm

Pork belly has no future.

elviouslyqueer April 25, 2011 at 3:39 pm

Well, in Haley's defense, why would he want to give up all the glamor of being Lord God King of Mississippi just so he could have his Jupiter-sized ass handed to him by an uppity nigra?

jqheywood April 25, 2011 at 3:51 pm

Wait, wasn't Jupiter the name of one of his daddy's, er, household help?

Lionel[redacted]Esq April 25, 2011 at 3:40 pm

But who will stand up for the separation of the races?

Oh, wait, it is the Republican Party. All of them.

Beowoof April 25, 2011 at 3:42 pm

Haley running for anything more than a hot dog cart run by Ignatius Reilly seems out of place.

x111e7thst April 25, 2011 at 3:43 pm

Has he perhaps discovered that his sexual orientation has become a fluid thing?

genxr April 25, 2011 at 3:43 pm

It's a smart political move. He needs to strengthen his credentials with a reality tv show, then he can run.

nounverb911 April 25, 2011 at 3:48 pm

Haley Babar's Missississippi?

Fukui_sanYesOta April 25, 2011 at 3:49 pm

Coming soon on TLC: Haley Barbour's Pork Products. The Mississippi Governor takes a look at the many ways in which his porcine brethren can be processed into items resembling food. Mondays at 7

hagajim April 25, 2011 at 3:45 pm

Roscoe P Coltrane for Preznit!

RedneckMuslin April 25, 2011 at 3:46 pm

Whoopyfuckingdoo! I'm not running for president either.

weejee April 25, 2011 at 3:46 pm

Does this mean David Duke is back in?

Poindexter718 April 25, 2011 at 3:48 pm

And Taft celebrated, confident his place in history was secure.

ProgressiveInga April 25, 2011 at 3:48 pm

So, he' not running for the #1 spot? He looks more like #2 anyway.

hooray4anything April 25, 2011 at 3:48 pm

Those darn Duke Boys

Cicada April 25, 2011 at 3:50 pm

And Mitt Romney's chances just got 0.0001% better.

gullywompr April 25, 2011 at 3:51 pm

Well I'll be dipped. Looks like Sarah Palin actually did help clean up the state that is so sorry today of journalism, just like she said she would.

Extemporanus April 25, 2011 at 3:57 pm

This is good news for Ron Paul's blimp.

widestanceroman April 25, 2011 at 3:58 pm

So the rumor (that I'm starting here and now) that his buttocks have merged with his chair is true?

I was kinda looking forward to him debating Christie, just to see who sweats the most.

gullywompr April 25, 2011 at 4:01 pm

He'll be President when Mississippi secedes.

seppdecker April 25, 2011 at 4:05 pm

Haley going to the Reagan Library and announcing he's for States Rights doesn't carry the same weight as Reagan going to Mississippi and announcing he's for States Rights.

Besides, Haley's carrying too much weight as it is.

SayItWithWookies April 25, 2011 at 4:07 pm

Well that's one way to keep Trent Lott from saying something unfortunate about you on your hundredth birthday.

horsedreamer_1 April 25, 2011 at 4:15 pm

I think he's expecting the Eisenhower treatment. When no other (electable) Southerners enter the race, "draft Barbour" will become the order of the day.

__kth__ April 25, 2011 at 4:18 pm

In related news, I (5'10", 200#, 40-something) will not be entering the 2011 NBA Draft.

randcoolcatdaddy April 25, 2011 at 4:35 pm

I'm sorry to hear that. Barbour seemed to be one of the more liberal Republican candidates on the ticket this time around who called for "separate but equal", rather than actual lynching.

lochnessmonster April 25, 2011 at 5:25 pm

Maybe he realized if he runs for that office they'll be digging thru his trash fir dirt?

BZ1 April 25, 2011 at 5:26 pm

That wharf has just left the ship, or something like that…

voodooeconomics April 25, 2011 at 5:40 pm

damn barbie, we were counting on the rotund voters to show up at your rallies and go nuts about the negro…not fair

Rotundo_ April 25, 2011 at 6:27 pm

After a thorough review of his finances, he no doubt could not figure a way to mount a campaign that could win without winding up in prison (even in these rules? WTF are rules? days). Oh damn, back to being a backwater southern gubbner cutting aid to the poor some more, and education some more, and health care some more….

finallyhappy April 25, 2011 at 7:32 pm

I will not run for Miss America(58, 5'2", married-but none of that matters)

Negropolis April 26, 2011 at 12:31 am

I heard he's dropping out so he could go spend more time with his local (White) Citizens Council.

This announcement frees up quite a bit of room in the Republican primary.

Beowoof April 25, 2011 at 3:52 pm

He does impress me as the type who would swallow.

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