Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour on Sunday defended fellow Gov. Bob McDonnell for his decision to declare April "Confederate History Month" in Virginia without initially acknowledging the legacy of slavery, saying the controversy "doesn't amount to diddly" , as reported here.
"I don't know what you would say about slavery, but anybody that thinks that you have to explain to people that slavery is a bad thing, I think that goes without saying," he told CNN's "State of the Union."
"To me, it's a sort of feeling that it's a nit, that it is not significant, that it's ... trying to make a big deal out of something doesn't amount to diddly," he said.
Many complex issues were involved in the war between the states (also known as the war of Northern Agression in these parts). Slavery was a big part but not all of it. We cannot pretend it did not happen and much blood was shed to in-fact help solve the slavery issue once and for all.
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