Haley Barbour
Haley Barbour
Haley Reeves Barbouris an American Republican politician who served as the 63rd Governor of Mississippi, from 2004 to 2012. He was given a national spotlight in August 2005 when Mississippi was hit by Hurricane Katrina. He served as Chairman of the Republican National Committee from 1993 to 1997. Prior to holding elective office, Barbour was a lobbyist and co-founder of the Washington lobbying firm BGR Group. which he again joined after his service as governor. Barbour also co-chairs the Bipartisan...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth22 October 1947
CountryUnited States of America
For him to say that is the equivalent of me saying Ronnie Musgrove helped hook our kids on crystal methamphetamine because he didn't oppose a 40-percent cut in the state Bureau of Narcotics drug enforcement budget,
Creating a renaissance in this area is what I'm working on for the rest of the time I'm governor,
That's the attorney general's job, and I try to do my job.
It's beyond imagination. I never thought I'd see something that looks worse than Camille, but this looks worse than Camille.
It looks like Hiroshima is what it looks like,
It will be unsafe to return to the coastal area for several days. Be patient. Don't be in a hurry to go back.
They are unconfirmed but likely are accurate and likelier to go up when we take in the other counties,
The fact is the storm overwhelmed all of the system, ... Now, we're little by little trying to get back. We've turned some corners, but we've got a lot of corners left to turn.
We've suffered a grievous blow that we won't recover from for a long while.
We know we've had some loss of life. We really don't know how much. There are credible accounts of 50 to 80 in Harrison County. Those are not confirmed, but they're credible,
We've turned a corner. We're well into the cleanup phase now. We're focusing on the future for the state of Mississippi.
We've actually got utility crews in from Canada.
There is incredible evidence that the casualties are more than 50, maybe 80, ... and it seems likely that that's not the end of it. It may be higher, maybe substantially.
This storm is going to have a statewide effect. This is not a coastal storm, ... we are talking about a 30 foot wall of water. Take this seriously.