" Pike Citizen? You do know Katrina did not hit New Orleans directly right? It kind of hit the MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST the western side of the storm hit New Orleans dumping a great deal of rain on the city and causing the poorly structured levy to give way and that is where the tragedy came for the city of New Orleans. I do not dismiss it was a horrible tragedy for the citizens of New Orleans. However one city really saw the effect of this storm in Louisiana at that was NO. However lets name a few of the cities that were flattened Katrina in our on state since you claim to be a Pike Citizen. Gulfport, Biloxi, Ocean Springs, Pass Christian, and several other cities were leveled to nothing but foundations. Floods damaged lots of NO but the Mississippi Gulf Coast was flattened. I am so tired of the liberal media and the liberal minded citizens forgetting what happened to OUR state. Poor NO this poor NO that. What about us? The death toll was high on the Gulf Coast. But I guess since Louisianas governor failed the people of NO that is what attracts so much attention to the NO disaster. Oh yeah and that genius mayor they re-elected down there failed them as well. But yet they wanna blame the federal government for not working fast enough, and for not giving enough free hand outs, and for not doing the state of Louisianas job. I guess unimformed people don't realize that the state is supposed to request assistance and Gov. Blanco failed to do that until it was to late. Maybe that is because the storm had passed and NO was still standing then the night after the storm was gone the water began to rise. Our Gov. Barbour had the help aligned to be there as soon as it was over. But to say that had it not to those poor people of NO completely disregards the destruction we saw on our coastline and the lives lost there. So before you comment again get your facts in line. RE-ELECT HALEY we will surely sink if Eaves is at the helm. "

" Not much to say here, other than to compare the recovery that has taken place in Mississippi with the recovery that has taken place in Louisiana. What is the difference??? Leadership..Leadership.. LEADERSHIP...Gov. Barbour's leadership as compared to that of Gov. Blanco..... There is not really much to compare is it....????? Nuff Said. "

" Both sides, Republican and Democrat, are money hungry. They are all rich. You don't see poor people running for office, do you? Of course not, because they can't buy influence. That's the game. Politics. Money buys everything, in one form or another. If it wasn't lucrative, they wouldn't do it. "

" Mr. Barbour haven't accomplished anything while in office, what he is claiming he has done, bringing more jobs, hogwash. He is just trying to take credit for something that nature did and that was Katrina. If it wasn't for that disaster that happen to those poor people in NO he wouldn't have a leg to stand on. He just like the rest of the the money hungry Republican is just filling there pockets with stolen money. Shame on you. "

" Barbour should just go walking . Walk right out of the capitol. We faced down Katrina. Us the collective. Not Barbour or the Republicans solely. I am Liberal and I know I did my part. So did my community and my family. Politicians are all scum,but someone has to do it I suppose. Pick the least of evils and you still have evil. "

" I believe this former republican is sadly mistaken on a lot of things. Unless of course you are in the believe everything you read in the Liberal Media club. I believe that his statement we should vote with are brains and not our emotions is way off, if I vote with my brain and not my emotions I certainly couldn't vote for the John Arthur Eaves, Jr. who has spent his entire campaign playing on the emotions of the bible belt voters of this state. A person voting with his brain knows that Rev. Eaves cannot put prayer back in schools just by waiving his little wand. But I guess us dumb ol' republicans don't believe in the whole magic act. I guess we brainless republicans just want to know how he plans on paying to fund the Kid Care program. But those emotions of the liberal welfare recipients want be why they vote for him, just cause he is always trying to throw a bone to the Powerless and taking on the Powerful Moneychangers and blah blah blah. I am sure the welfare receiving liberals have set down and figured out how he is going to pay for it since thay are voting with their brains and not the emotions of being promised a bunch of freebies. Or is they don't care how it is paid for since the recipients of all the freebies don't pay much into it anyways..... "

" Poor McComb Mill employees. Being forced to sit in a room, a captive audience of Hog Jowls. So much news has come forth recently about how Barbour and his family capitalized off of Katrina recovery, and not always in legal ways. Reference: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=washingtonstory&sid=a3O8w8_QJ6KU Does the Enterprise Journal report on this? No. And then there's the scandal over federal housing money, which was supposed to be used to help Katrina victims with HOUSING. What does Barbour want to do with this HOUSING money? Why, use it for port restoration, of course. *roll eyes* Reference: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jAJOHpd4sfHjI_bavC7_x4renX9A Yeah, Barbour's done a lot to help the economy since election--a lot to help the rich become richer and the poor poorer. He'll probably win a second term, but that won't mean that Mississippi wins. Too bad that so many Mississippians let their emotions guide them in the voting booth instead of their brains. I guess nepotism, scandal, and self-enrichment in the state's executive branch is ok to most Mississippians, as long as they aren't personally harmed by it. Tis truly a shame. "