Jackson Jambalaya

The religious wing of the Mississippi GOP supports the least qualified candidate.

Raise your hand if you are surprised.

Wildmon creeps me out.

Sounds like sour grapes. Yancey has proven to be a fiscal conservative in Senate, exactly what we need in times like this.

So, who else is running? I can't imagine supporting Yancey now that the Rev. Don there has supported him.

It's not that I'm anti-religious, it's just that Don's further out on the right-wing side that I'd like to consider.

The only one who has served in an elected position is the "least qualified"?

What does fiscal conservatism have to do with being qualified to serve as state treasurer? Tater is as big of a self-avowed fiscal conservative as there is in Mississippi but that hasn't meant diddly in stopping the Legislature's bond spending binge of the last 4 years nor PERS' unsound investing practices.

Yancey flip-flopped by voting against this session's bond bill but he enthusiastically voted for the two bond bills in 2010 that accounted for nearly $800 million in new legislative debt gorging courtesy of our meager public trough.

If you think Wildmon endorsed Yancey for his fiscal conservatism then you probably also think that Obama could be a major league baseball pitcher if he wasn't already busy pretending to be the POTUS.

Connie (Something) who is a mayor on the coast is running. Does anyone know anything about her?

Yancey probably has more experience than Reeves and that isn't saying much. Neither are/were qualified to be Mississippi's CFO.

It is all about abortion and gays with Don Wildmon. If a candidate is against both then he'll be in their corner regardless of qualifications.

I am surprised I thought I was the only one that thought Don Wilemon was a farce, bigoted, un-Christian,and poor judge of character and merit.

It tell a lot who supports the candidates.

The Treasurer is not the CFO for the state. Frankly the position was created when the state actually kept currency and gold in vaults. The treasurere was the overseer. The position is out dated and not needed. Tater Reeves tried to make us believe that he could actually effect public policy on finance, but only the legislatue can do that.

That endorsement alone is reason enough to vote for whoever it is that might be running against Yancey.

Completely agree. Abolish the office.

Reeves' record in one word: Paucity.

Didn't think much of Mr. Yancey when he guest posted here. Think even less after Wildmon's endorsement.

In fact, why don't these politicians stand on their own two feet? Since when do we need others to tell us how to vote? I ***hate**** seeing endorsements from other politicos, preachers, hillbillies, or what have you.

If you're running for office and need someone else to put their name on the line for you, I assume you know you don't have the right stuff.

Other Treasurer candidates are Lynn Fitch and Lucien Smith on the Republican side and Connie Moran, who's running as a Democrat. BB

Yancey is supremely qualified to be the state treasurer. I mean, nothing screams money management and other fiscal skills like training in a Southern Baptist Seminary. In addition, his pro-life, anti-gay and other Talibaptist credentials are beyond reproach. Clearly, his anti-drinking, anti-gambling, anti-fun beliefs and service thereof in the Mississippi senate would make him more qualified than a Certified Public Funds manager with degrees from Harvard and UVA or the current head of the State Personnel Board. Sadly, in Mississippi most voters will probably think that is true.

Great point. Who is more qualified in the GOP primary? The guy with a year in the gov's office, the one who worked for Mike Moore, or the elected state senator? We appreciate your apathy for us dumb Mississippi voters.

2nd 6:37's excellent remarks.

If voters elect Bryant, Reeves and Yancey you'll be looking at a historic trifecta of stupidity in office.

Lee Yancey is the most qualified conservative candidate for Treasurer. Lucien Smith has ONE YEAR of work experience. Scary. Lynn Fitch just realized she was a Republican a few weeks ago and started trotting around in front of GOP groups. She has worked for democrats in the legislature, for democrat attorney generals, and she is really just a bureaucrat. When the state bond panel meets, we need somebody who won't let Jim Hood push them around. Lee Yancey is the only person I trust to do this job well for Republicans.

It is obvious that no one here actually reads Don Wildmon. He documents his points well and he could care less about being politically incorrect, and for that he gets villified.
So much for having the courage to think for one's self.
I do remember once recently when Wildmon got off track. When confronted, Wildmon quickly apologized. I guess that really makes Wildmon a nut.

Personally, I think you spend too much time reading things that really are minutia.

I'm glad to be taking a hiatus while the political bickering goes on in the poorest state in the nation.

6:37, your "Talibaptist" comment was incredibly insulting--to the Taliban. Unlike the Baptists, the Taliban follow the tenets of their faith *all* the time, not just when somebody might be watching.

Mr. Yancey may be a good man, and might do a good job as State Treasurer. However, any candidate that would voluntarily accept an endorsement from Don Wildmon does not have the judgment required to hold public office.

This is the same fool that relentlessly pushed a silly boycott of Disneyworld. Disneyworld. The happiest f--king place on Earth, and this jackass has a problem with it.

His well-chronicled attempts to control what Americans are allowed to see on TV and hear on the radio are a threat to freedom itself. Wildmon is a pure and simple God-pimp.

The fact that Yancey would accept an endorsement from a person like Wildmon speaks volumes about Yancey's character and judgment.

Not to mention that Yancey's alma mater - the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary - is just slightly to the right of the Taliban on most social issues (like dancing, drinking, or wives submitting to their husbands).

Could we get Wildmon to endorse Phil Bryant, too?

I am always amazed by the vitriol and bigotry that comes from those who are complaining that a person of faith is "intolerant".

If voters elect Bryant, Reeves and Yancey you'll be looking at a historic trifecta of stupidity in office.

April 13, 2011 8:55 PM


That just cracked me up! So true!!

Lucien worked for Haley on the 2003 campaign and worked in the Governor's office prior to attending law school. He may be young, but he does have more than the one year of experience some here assert.

Why is it so bad that Lynn Fitch worked for Mike Moore for six months? If I'm not mistaken, Phil Bryant was a deputy sheriff in Hinds County under J.D. McAdory, a Democrat, and Phil's Republican credentials aren't being questioned. Lynn has always been a working mom. Like many of us, she hasn't always agreed with the politics of the bosses where she worked, but you do your job. Her employment in a Democrat AG's office and Democrat House doesn't make her a Democrat. It does, however, mean that she has experience that better prepares her for the Treasurer's job, and that's what should count. Bill Billingsley

Given the shrill nature of most of the comments above, the question must be asked, "Has Donner Kay invaded our midst?"

Wildmon's support is enough for me to vote for someone else, anyone.

Ditto 8:50 pm