the main thing is to keep the main thing the main tinge. that line appears in a profile of mississippi governor hallie barber in the conservative weekly standard. it turns out the main thing is hallie barber trying to e haley bauer boyer. he seemed to essentially say, sure, the civil rights movement, that was fine. this is going to be bad news for the mississippi governor. governor of mississippi, outgoing chair of the republican governors association, potential contender for candidate caught in a lie about his state s racist history. the thee is, he with, it wasn t that bad.