Update: Senator Chris McDaniel Distances Himself from Neo-Confederates, But There Are Pictures

In a blog post by Geoff Pender over at The Clarion-Ledger late this afternoon, McDaniel took a defensive stance regarding his reported attendance at a Neo-Confederate event in August. 

A Screenshot of the Jones County Rosin Heels Website

McDaniel claims to have been at an ALEC event in Chicago (a whole different issue) the weekend that his name was featured on a Rosin Heels conference invite chock full of radical speakers. But the Jones County Senator goes on to admit that he was definitely a speaker at a Rosin Heels meeting just weeks before.

It might have been hard for McDaniel to deny that one.  Jones County Rosin Heels posted a photo on their website.


It is entirely possible that McDaniel decided he was more beholden to corporations than Neo-Confederates in Jones County during the 2nd week of August, and chose ALEC instead. But he courted them both, and was at least willing to be advertised on the Rosin Heels invite.

If corporations are people, too, I wonder if they only count as 3/5ths of one.

Confederate flag at Mississippi Supreme Court hoisted on birthdate of Confederacy

Well, well, well.  A friend of the blog pointed out today that the Confederate Battle Flag was raised at the Mississippi Supreme Court on the exact date the Confederate States of America was formed.  I dug around a bit, and sure enough, the CSA was formed on February 8, 1861 when the Provisional Confederate States Constitution was adopted.

Pure coincidence as the Department of Finance and Administration says? Or someone a little too enamored with our past and a coverup afoot?