GOP Prez Field Whittled Down: Gov. Haley Barbour Out
- Posted on April 25, 2011 at 4:41pm by
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JACKSON, Miss. (AP/THE BLAZE) — Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour isn’t running for president in 2012. The Republican issued a statement Monday saying he “will not be a candidate for president next year.”
Barbour says it was a difficult, personal decision. But he said that it would have been an all-consuming effort to the exclusion of all else. He says he cannot offer “absolute fire in the belly” and “total certainty” that a presidential candidate should have.
Barbour says he will continue his job as Mississippi governor and help elect governors across the country.
The governor’s full statement is below:
“I will not be a candidate for president next year. This has been a difficult, personal decision, and I am very grateful to my family for their total support of my going forward, had that been what I decided.
“Hundreds of people have encouraged me to run and offered both to give and raise money for a presidential campaign. Many volunteers have organized events in support of my pursuing the race. Some have dedicated virtually full time to setting up preliminary organizations in critical, early states and to helping plan what has been several months of intensive activity.
“I greatly appreciate each and every one of them and all their outstanding efforts. If I have disappointed any of them in this decision, I sincerely regret it.
“A candidate for president today is embracing a ten-year commitment to an all-consuming effort, to the virtual exclusion of all else. His (or her) supporters expect and deserve no less than absolute fire in the belly from their candidate. I cannot offer that with certainty, and total certainty is required.
“This decision means I will continue my job as Governor of Mississippi, my role in the Republican Governors Association and my efforts to elect a new Republican president in 2012, as the stakes for the nation require that effort to be successful.”
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Comments (75)
Liberal_Atheist_Critical_Thinker
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 6:15pmSmart guy – he realized that Mr. Obama would utterly crush him. I am thinking very few Republicans would try to challenge Mr. Obama and waste 1 1/2 years of their lives in a hopeless project.
You only hope is a Tea Party person – they have the stomach to run but they will still lose.
Report Post »Lucy Larue
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 7:42pmLIBERAL ATHEIST CRITICAL THINKER,
I resent you . You are smug. You cheer for this nation’s demise.
I read your posts and feel so sad. You have no courage. You have no understanding of the greatness of the nation you cannot wait to see fall.
I do not understand the prize you hope to get if President Dunham is reelected.
The next time you see a soldier please say THANK YOU. They are weary L.A.T.C. Ten years L.A.T.C., ten years . You’ve done nothing, learned nothing, and do not even have the courage to learn.
Report Post »These brave soldiers continue to defend your right to be an A#@%hole!
wodiej
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 8:33pmWell said Lucy but you are wasting your time on people like this. They have a screw loose.
Report Post »hempstead1944
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 6:00pmBoy showed some common sense….
Report Post »thriceconcussed
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 5:29pmThere is so much division in this country that i doubt there is any real hope left. I’m sorry, folks, but we couldn’t mirror the ignorance and stupidity of the Roman Empire any more than we do now. Furthermore, Republicans have taken this establishment versus the Tea-Party stance that looks like an unshakable fault line. The communists have won, they are more organized, and seated firmly in power. Good-bye Republic, I sigh that I never knew thee.
Report Post »Two Party Scam
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 5:28pmFirstly, why do you Catholics ALWAYS think you can debunk people who challenge your corrupt church with one line rebuttals? Are you really that arrogant?
Secondly, ENCINOM & SHOWTIME are one the same person, trying to sway public opinion on this website.
Lastly, Glenn Beck has always said to do your own homework, and don’t take his word on things. I would simply ask each and every reader the same thing, and look into Jesuit Political Influence yourselves. You may be surprised to learn things you never knew.
“The Civil War would never have been possible without the sinister influence of the Jesuits. We owe it to Popery that we now see our land reddened with the blood of her noblest sons. Though there were great differences of opinion between the South and North, on the question of slavery, neither Jeff Davis nor any one of the leading men of the Confederacy would have dared to attack the North, had they not relied on the promise of the Jesuits, that, under the mask of Democracy, the money and the arms of the Roman Catholics, even the arms of France, were at their disposal if they would attack us.” Charles Chiniquy, Fifty Years in the Church of Rome, The Wickliffe Press, Protestant Truth Society, Wickliffe Avenue, 104 Hendon Lane, Finchley, London, N3., 1885, p. 388.
Abraham Lincoln 1885 (Months before being assasinated by the European Jesuits for freeing their much needed black slaves in New Orleans French Quarter with his Amancipation Proclamation.)
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 5:48pmlol troll
if you think showtime, who has been here since the beginning of this site is encinom, who reared his uneducated head much more recently are the same people i have beach front property in the gobi dessert for ya
you my friend are welcome here , and is expected to fill the ranks of the idiotic trolls we play with here
Report Post »encinom
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 6:01pmI am insulted, i am way better looking than Showtime and have a better personality than him also. Oh, yeah and I am not a member of the astro turf tea party. But that is besideds the fact, the fact is you are a bigotted, fringe loon. You make Alex Jones seem rational. I guess you won’t be attending Fordham University any time soon.
Report Post »Lucy Larue
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 7:30pmTWO PARTY SCAM,
Report Post »They make good bread and wine. YIKES! They’re responsible for the Civil War?!
Two Party..,your brain could seek shelter on a hot day under the shade of a snow pea pod!
sliver1935
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 10:04pmOh, ok I get it two party. The Jesuits are leading the Catholic Church in a scam against all that is right. Get a grip man! The Jesuit movement within the Catholic Church has not spoken for or had much favor within the Church since V-II. As a matter of fact (and you can follow your own advice and look it up) the Jesuit’s, once the faithful guardians of the Pope and the faith have fallen into disfavor because they no longer support fully the tenants of the faith. In fact, if truth be told, Catholics who study the inner workings of the Church simply stopped listening to this former stalwart but currently effete fragment of the Church. To suggest otherwise is simply wrong and ignorant. The Jesuits do not control any part of the Church other than a very small segment that promotes anti-traditional values.
Report Post »My Sacred Honor
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 11:32pmYeah, um, I talk to “SHOWTIME” on the phone all the time, and I can assure you of two facts:
Report Post »1) SHOWTIME is a woman and
2) SHOWTIME is NOT anyone except who she posts as, with no “alter-egos”.
That asurtion is just pathetic and reaching.
Who you think you is, “StMichelob” who long ago made a list of lib posters who mysteriously had no “report post” by there posts?
(Incidentally, StMichelob was my former handle on here…lol….get the irony?)
Islesfordian
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 5:28pmThanks, Twopartyscam, for giving the Dope Smoker’s Guide to History. It’s always a hoot.
Report Post »Two Party Scam
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 5:45pmTypical one line response from a typical brainwashed Catholic.
History doesn’t lie.
Any reader who takes the time to research the Jesuit Society can easily see why they have been expelled from 83 countries over the past 1500 years.
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 9:00pmI’m an Anglican, moron. I just read actual history, not the comic book variety you must be used to reading in the rest rooms of the nut house where you live.
Report Post »packrbackr
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 5:27pmAll carrer politicans are worthless, Allen West 2012. Put pride and honor back into the white house.
Report Post »Sunnyr
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 5:18pmWhoa, no one could see this coming……………..(pfft!) Now if Huckabilly and Trump would go away we could get down to brass tacks and weed the rest of the losers out.
Report Post »RebelBroker
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 5:14pmThe clock goes, “Coo Coo, Coo Coo, Coo Coo”.
Apparently, so does this poster.
Report Post »Two Party Scam
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 5:36pmTypical corrupt freemason response.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 5:11pmTechEngineer recently sent me an email about the control they have over the media.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 5:09pm@Encinom ~
Get an eyeful of this!
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/imf-bombshell-age-of-america-about-to-end-2011-04-25?pagenumber=1
Report Post »encinom
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 5:50pmI saw that report, and the IMF’s basis for its statement is that for every consumer in the US, China is on the verge of having 3. Unless the US triples its population, there won’t be much short of war to deal with this. So what is your point?
Report Post »encinom
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 5:57pm@showtime I saw that report, and the IMF’s basis for its statement is that for every consumer in the US, China is on the verge of having 3. Unless the US triples its population, there won’t be much short of war to deal with this. So what is your point?
Report Post »Eblaze44
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 5:05pmI’m ready to give Gov. Barbour a gold star for excellence in smartness. he hadn’t a snowballs chance in the fireplace. THank you Thank you, Thank you Gov. Barbour.
Report Post »Revere1
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 5:04pmLooks like Barbour‘s departure won’t affect the race much. Could be more open in South Carolina though. http://www.elephantwatcher.com/2011/04/barbour-declines-to-run.html
Report Post »FRED BEAR
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 5:04pmidiot.
The Battle is not with the Roman Catholic etc..
The Battle is with Natural Law. I take it you need to learn what natural law is…(In the Declaration of Independance)
You either Believe in God and Natural or you don’t
God Bless the Catholic Church which does uphold Natural Law..even unto death.
Now God Bless you
Report Post »SavingtheRepublic.com
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 5:00pm^______^______^
Easier way to put it bud… GOP and DNC are nothing but the 2 faces to the progressive beast.
Haley who????
All of you career politicians should think twice about running and wasting your money. You WILL NOT get my vote and I will assume countless other Americans. We have had it with all of you!
Report Post »lovenfl3
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 4:59pmIt will be interesting to see what the final list looks like. Right now, I like Herman Cane the best of all of them. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpFG2wg6KIU
Report Post »teahugger
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 4:56pmSo Mr Barbour is out. Has anyone else besides Pawlenty even entered the race yet?
Report Post »cloudsofwar
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 5:42pmto: teahugger yes, gary johnson, former gov. of new mexico.
Report Post »encinom
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 4:56pmLooks like Beck is attacking Huckabee and Trump on behalf of either Palin or Bachmann. Oh this will be fun to watch the tea party implode the GOP chances.
Report Post »Heffe44
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 7:06pmI could not agree more. Obama in 2012 is a lock.
Report Post »Logician
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 7:51pmSilly person. Beck’s not for either Palin or Bachman, as you will see in time. While both Palin and Bachman are closer to Beck’s Libertarianism, neither could be considered a true Libertarian.
Report Post »My Sacred Honor
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 11:39pmNews flash, genius….
Report Post »Due to all your previous posts in the last year or so, I must assume your either ignorance or total lack of comprehension on the mindset of the typical “tea-party” American. We do not want another hack or RINO as president like bush, and we will not be “divided” in this next election for president. Instead, we want a full field of contenders so we can vet out those whom are unworthy of our vote. This is NOT a divisive plan of action at all. It is a “tell-all” book these potential canidates will be giving in the debates, and we are rubbing our hands together to see who will satisfy our demands for Commander-in-Chief.
I don’t care if there are 30 contenders, in fact i welcome that. Let the most qualified rise like the cream of the crop. (Quote from Herman Cain intentionally used in support of this BLACK conservative canidate)
encinom
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 4:53pmI see you are not stopping with your hate filled, fact free, bigotted, anti-catholic rants. I am sure the mental hosptial has plenty of drugs to help you with the voices in your head, that the tin foil hat can not block.
Report Post »Hawt'n'secksie
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 4:53pmAre they controlling our odors, too?
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 4:52pmWEST/CAINE for 2012 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WEST/ PALIN for 2012 !!!!!!!!!!!!
NO RHINOS NEED APPLY
(required lower case)
Report Post »SavingtheRepublic.com
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 4:57pm^______^______^
Report Post »You are right Ive been saying it a while none of these ppl looking to run are the ones we are looking for. Career politicians need not apply this time around we have had it with all of you. Funny the GOP seems to think those of us conservatives will vote them in just b/c… they dont understand what we all get. That they are one face of the two faced progressive beast.
BetterDays
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 6:16pm@psychosis
Report Post »Love your first choice WEST/Cain 2012 , in fact called WESTs offices to nudge for this today.
I like Sarah personlly, but her teaming up with that RINO who‘s name I won’t say in the last election, makes me question her motivations as well as her judgement. She says all the rght things, but so did some other ( unprintable censored words here) person who’s usurping our nation now. Sorry Sarah my soft still voice says, not her.
I.Gaspar
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 4:50pmA good man, but he would never have stood a chance.
Report Post »Mr. Nice Guy
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 4:57pmI agree that he is a good man. I disagree with the rest of your statement. If he were the Republican nominee he would defeat Obama.
Report Post »politicaljules
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 12:53amI think they meant a chance in the primary. Any whoo, I agree.
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 4:47pmWeed out the WEEDs first.
Report Post »ISeeDanger.com
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 4:47pmI’m sure Haley is good guy, but he reflects the “old southern political boy” image. It will take a strong, powerful businessman who doesn’t care what people think to beat “O” in 2012. Hence the Trump fever.
Report Post »http://www.ISeeDanger.com
teddrunk
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 4:45pmI don‘t see how we’ll ever make it, (snickering), without him, (more snickering).
Report Post »Mil-Dot
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 3:09amCareer politicians need not apply. We need some new blood.
Report Post »avenger
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 6:31amwest/bachmann
Report Post »and to the republic
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 4:43pmwould make a great VP
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 5:08pmOr a major position in a conservative administration.
Report Post »110john
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 5:37pmI think that is his goal…
Report Post »SavingtheRepublic.com
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 6:03pm^______^______^
Haley who???? Look he is career politician we dont need him! GOP and DNC are nothing but the 2 faces to the progressive beast. Only a handful of the new blood elected last year are immune, so far, to the proggie cancer.
All of these career politicians should think twice about running and wasting their money. They WILL NOT get my vote and I will assume countless other Americans. We have had it with all of them!
Game over for all these guys Im done playing their games.
Report Post »sooner12
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 6:20pmGov. Barbour is a good man, but I didn’t see him having a real chance of succeeding to the White House. But if he was to accept a spot in a Republican WH I think his future chances would improve.
Report Post »avenger
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 6:26pmno more insiders…next to go should be romney,gingrich,ron paul…
Report Post »thepatriotdave
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 6:53pmSome of you will be happy to know that over 3,000 people hae taken the POTUS poll at AmericasTeaPartyNews.com and Col. Allen West is running away with the vote count.
And before any of our Marxist friends chime in that the poll was rigged, let me head that off with an explanation…
We have already had people complain to us that we left Ron Paul out of the poll, and we adressed that issue on the sites forum. The short anser is… the last presidential primary had many questioning the validity of the high vote totals that RP received in many of his straw polls, etc. The accusation was that some of his supporters were using Bots to push up the totals. We did NOT want to have to answer accusations if it happened again so we left him off. Nothing nefarious!
With that being said, Colonel Allen West is absolutely running away with it, big time! Earlier today we contacted our website Host and asked them if they could help us look into the possibility of Bots being used with our poll because we were surprised at how high the vote totals were getting. Our Host was able to check certain things that we could not, and they gave us a clean bill of health. We are extremely happy to announce that from what we were told today, our poll is legit.
One reason why the total will be a bit higher is… ATPN is actively trying to draft the good Colonel to run for POTUS, and our readers got the word out and people came to vote. Feel free to add your vote to the totals.
Report Post »My Sacred Honor
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 9:26pmGood. He’s a hack.
West/Cain Cain/West.
Report Post »Or West/Anyone, Cain/Anyone
Jackers
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 8:00amPerhaps Haley could see the tea leaves… This guy takes a lot of lobbying money including money to promote open borders and amnesty… I‘m glad that he’s OUT!
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