Comments on: Louisiana Family Forum, earmarking, Vitter, Brayton, Blumenthal and Perkins* http://www.benedictionblogson.com/2007/09/29/louisiana-family-forum-earmarking-vitter-brayton-blumenthal-and-perkins/ Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:42:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Mark Byron http://www.benedictionblogson.com/2007/09/29/louisiana-family-forum-earmarking-vitter-brayton-blumenthal-and-perkins/#comment-94447 Mark Byron Mon, 01 Oct 2007 03:16:48 +0000 http://www.benedictionblogson.com/?p=3427#comment-94447 Perkins wouldn't be the first Southern conservative to be friendly with the CCC. Mississippi governor Haley Barbour and senator Trent Lott both have spoken to them, although Barbour had a bit of selective amnesia when the issue was broached in his 2003 election bid. Lott's connection to the CCC was brought up as additional proof of (to put it politely) racial insensitivity when his speech at a 2002 Strom Thurmond birthday party praising his '48 Dixiecrat segregationist run came to the fore. I don't know much about the Duke printing outfit beyond what's you've presented, so I'll hold judgment there. However, Perkins would have shown bad judgment at best if he did speak to the CCC, especially after the Lott fiasco in late 2002, where Lott's CCC connections were a part of the mix. Perkins wouldn’t be the first Southern conservative to be friendly with the CCC. Mississippi governor Haley Barbour and senator Trent Lott both have spoken to them, although Barbour had a bit of selective amnesia when the issue was broached in his 2003 election bid. Lott’s connection to the CCC was brought up as additional proof of (to put it politely) racial insensitivity when his speech at a 2002 Strom Thurmond birthday party praising his ‘48 Dixiecrat segregationist run came to the fore.

I don’t know much about the Duke printing outfit beyond what’s you’ve presented, so I’ll hold judgment there. However, Perkins would have shown bad judgment at best if he did speak to the CCC, especially after the Lott fiasco in late 2002, where Lott’s CCC connections were a part of the mix.

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