Mississippi Republican Party Seek To Identify Its Base

The party that gave the country Trent Lott continues to embrace its Neo-Confederate base:

The Mississippi GOP is making telephone calls to identify voters who support the Rebel flag, a move some Democrats say is designed to market Republican candidates to those voters.

There is no issue on the ballot for November about the state flag, which has the much-debated Confederate emblem in one corner. But Lt. Gov. Amy Tuck spoke in favor of the Confederate symbol this summer during the Neshoba County fair. Her Democratic opponent, state Sen. Barbara Blackmon, is seeking to be the first black person elected to statewide office since Reconstruction.

No surprise here. What do you expect from a party with Neo-Con Haley "Whorehouse" Barbour as its candidate for Governor?