Barbour Aide Resigns Over Off-Color Emails
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on March 15th, 2011 4:38 am by HL
Barbour Aide Resigns Over Off-Color Emails
Ben Smith reports that Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour’s (R) press secretary Dan Turner has resigned after the discovery that Turner included inappropriate jokes about former Attorney General Janet Reno’s gender and the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan.
“Turner told me this morning that Barbour receives printed versions of the clips, not the email, and took full responsibility for the comments. But they prompted questions today about Barbour’s readiness for the national stage, and the resignation of the veteran aide came quickly.”
Confidence in Government Falls to New Low
Only 26% of Americans in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll say they’re optimistic about “our system of government and how well it works,” the fewest recorded since 1974. Almost as many, 23% are pessimistic, the closest these measures ever have come. The rest, a record high, are “uncertain” about the system.
