Part of not being around as much, includes not being able to clarify and focus the conversation. I’d like to follow up on this . Commenter ABK asks the following : The way I look at this is, Barbour said something factually wrong, possibly stupid, and possibly self-preening. He can be singled out for that. But why is it necessary to play the Race Card on that statement at this point? To be clear I was talking The Racist Card not The Race Card. The Race Card is David Paterson defending his poor performance by pointing to mythical attacks on his race. The Racist Card is William Jacobsen defending Haley Barbour by pointing to mythical assertions that Haley Barbour a racist. This is very important: Not a single liberal blogger of note has called Barbour a racist in this instance . A discussion that proceeds from this point, while citing no evidence of it happening, is little more then strawmanning. The attention payed to claims of racism, which no one is lodging, while sidestepping actual spouting of ignorance, which Haley Barbour consistently lodges, is telling. People who wish to defend Barbour, or who claim to be critiquing the criticism of him should be serious enough to produce some evidence. Bigfoot may well exist. But repeatedly asserting his existence is not evidence of such.

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Clarifying the Racist Card

Gov. David A. Paterson instead issued an executive order that more clearly defined the types of gas drilling that the state wants to scrutinize before issuing permits.

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Green: New York Governor Vetoes Fracking Bill

A vote sends a message about safety concerns related to this type of gas drilling.

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Green: N.Y. Gas Drilling Ban Advances

Gov. David Paterson says he’d like to discuss plans for an Islamic center and mosque near ground zero with its developers to see if a compromise site can be found.

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Gov. seeks mosque site alternative