Haley Barbour's son busted for public drunkeness

[CatWoman]

The son of Mississippi Republican gubernatorial candidate Haley Barbour was arrested and charged with public drunkenness in Starkville over the weekend.

The Republican Party - The Party of Family Values

http://www.wmcstations.com/Global/story.asp?S=1424611

[buff2]

1. Yeah........

They OWN family values.:evilgrin:

[dsc]

2. His son's behavior

is no more relevant to the campaign than Dean's son's behavior. There are plenty of great reasons to oppose Barbour this isn't one.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

3. You don't get it

it was booze, not pot. No matter that alcohol has been a factor in far more traffic accidents, incidents of violence, etc, etc. It is legal (for adults, that is; guess we should wink at underage drinkers), and pot is so dangerous even the study of the possible positive medicinal uses of the plant must be banned.

<note to lurking freepers-this is sarcasm!>

[scrutineer]

4. This kind of story is unimportant.

This muckracking by liberals is in such bad taste, and truly shows how mean-spirited they are.

Of course, it WOULD be important, if the subject was Roger Clinton or Billy Carter or Howard Dean’s son or...

[searchingforlight]

5. This is not fodder for our fires.

Don't like him but his son is off limits.

[CatWoman]

6. well, I think it's funny

I can understand you "let's not go to their level" guys.

Just happens that I'm not one of you.

[Bake]

7. According to the article, he is 24

A non-issue (unfortunately). Too bad it wasn't Haley.

Bake

[Insider]

8. also think it is worth noting

nobody's saying launch a campaign around it. but the hypocrisy IS worth noting.

by the way, he was a repub donor in 1999 (age 19, i guess). so he is a responsible adult in his own right, eligible for his OWN criticism.

(and the opensecrets.org has improved their donor search a bit, if you haven't been there lately)