Haley’s Barbaric Attitude

While Govs. Bobby Jindal (R-La.), Charlie Crist (I-Fla.), and Bob Riley (R-Ala.) seem to take the Gulf oil spill crisis very seriously, Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour (R) has been downplaying the disaster, talking as if it’s a fictitious crisis created by the media.

For instance, according to Barbour, “tar balls are no big deal.”

The biggest negative impact for us has been the news coverage. …

Our tourist season has been hurt by the misperception of what is going on down here. The Mississippi Gulf Coast is beautiful. As I tell people, the coast is clear. Come on down!

That brings me to my latest limerick:

Haley’s Barbaric Attitude
By Madeleine Begun Kane

Don’t worry, be happy, says Haley,
In spite of the news we get daily.
Just ignore the press squeal.
The spill’s no big deal.

Must be nice to view crises so gaily.

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4 Responses to “Haley’s Barbaric Attitude”

  1. pm says:

    But govnur, we’ve got to build sand walls
    To keep out all of those tar balls
    “I don’t care” said the guv Barbour
    “That there’s muck in the harbor”
    (Methinks the guv has lost some of his marbles)

  2. jesse levy says:

    Really, who is this guy Haley?
    His mind seems to be kind of flail-y.
    Is he trying to shill
    For this big oil spill?
    Maybe he should be in jail-y.

  3. madkane says:

    Haha! Thanks pm and jesse!

  4. alfredo says:

    That’s real poetry.
    I wish I could think of stuff like that.
    Thanks, keep them coming.