you can go to a state facility like stone mountain that have civil war generals on it and learn about it, but at stone mountain, you can either learn about the civil war or you can hold a hate rally there. the confederate flag has become a symbol of not just the civil war battles, but of jim crow s segregation in the deep south, of racism. and so there has to be some sensitivity to our public officials, like governor hayley barbour, governor mcdonnell, to when you just embrace the raw confederacy in this kind of fashion, it s going to anger people, it doesn t do anybody in this country any good. it is not educational. it s just bad politics. also, to have the governor of virginia tell african-americans in the state of virginia that in this month, they should be celebrating the original proclamation said the sacrifices of confederate leaders, confederate soldiers and confederate citizens, without making any mention of slave people is pretty stunning. joe, we got a text 360 question
the governor did not even mention slavery in this proclamation. was that a mistake? well, i don t think so. i don t know what you would say about slavery, but anybody thinks you have to explain to people that slavery s a bad thing, i think goes without saying. to me it s the sort of feeling that it s a nit. it is not significant, that it s not a it s trying to make a big deal out of something that doesn t amount to diddley. mississippi governor exlobbyist and presumed 2012 presidential contender haley barbour this weekend one-upping for virginia bob mcdonnell s whole slavery s no big deal thing. he issued a proclamation that did not mention slavery. he discovered quickly this was an oops if he wanted a career this politics. he amended an apology.
not a that he s trying to make a big deal out of something that doesn t amount to diddly. doesn t amount to diddly. barbour is already catching flak for those comments. the democratic national committee issued a statement saying slavery is a big deal and barbour is defending the indefensible. straight ahead, we ll hear from a whole panel of civil war reenactors to hear what they think about this controversy. well, right now we re going to run the story by cnn political editor, mark preston. mark, this is getting really political now. it s gone from a blue and gray issue to an issue about red states or, i don t understand why it s becoming political. what is political about this? what is left and right about this issue? you know, don, it really comes down to politics, right? whatever you talk about race, you have to be very careful about how you put it in the context you put it. if you listen to what governor barbour said right there, he said that, look, why should we why do w
them, within the next four years. and what we expect out of this summit is for these world leaders to sign a document, a communique saying, yes, this is a serious threat, nuclear terrorism. they endorse president obama s plan and that they have some plans of their own to tackle this. don? suzanne malveaux at the white house tonight. thank you, suzanne. the governor of virginia s comments on cnn about confederate history month ignite a firestorm, but he seems to have at least one su there s a sort of feeling that this is insensitive. that you clearly don t agree. to me, it s the kind of feeling that it s a nit, that it is not significant, that it s not he s trying to make a big deal out of something that doesn t amount to diddley. mississippi governor haley barbour now in the middle of this debate. what else did he have to say? you ll hear it here on cnn. and we ll talk to a few confederate re-enactors. what do they think of this controversy? and cnn political editor mark
those loose nukes, as he calls them, within the next four years. and what we expect out of this summit is for these world leaders to sign a document, a communique saying, yes, this is a serious threat, nuclear terrorism. they endorse president obama s plan and that they have some plans of their own to tackle this. don? suzanne malveaux at the white house tonight. thank you, suzanne. the governor of virginia s comments on cnn about confederate history month ignite a firestorm, but he seems to have at least one supporter among his ranks. there s a sort of feeling that this is insensitive. to me, it s the kind of feeling that it s a nit, that it is not significant, that it s not he s trying to make a big deal out of something that doesn t amount to diddly. mississippi governor haley barbour now in the middle of this debate. what else did he have to say? you ll hear it here on cnn. and we ll talk to a few confederate reenactors. what do they think of this controversy? and cnn