Now, I think South Carolina is a great place, probably overall the nicest place I have lived.  Although not natives, my parents and children have made it their home.  Reader Kevin shares this link which serves to remind that historically SC has had some peculiar ideas on certain issues.  Now, I ain’t sayin’ this is just about race because white folks can be poor too, but the attitude expressed by the Lt Governor does make you wonder.

Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer has compared giving people government assistance to “feeding stray animals.”

“My grandmother was not a highly educated woman, but she told me as a small child to quit feeding stray animals. You know why? Because they breed. You’re facilitating the problem if you give an animal or a person ample food supply. They will reproduce, especially ones that don’t think too much further than that. And so what you’ve got to do is you’ve got to curtail that type of behavior. They don’t know any better,” Bauer said.

Bauer later Friday told The Greenville News he wasn’t saying people on government assistance “were animals or anything else.”

“You see, for the first time in the history of this country, we’ve got more people voting for a living than we do working for a living.”

Later in his speech, Bauer said, “I can show you a bar graph where free and reduced lunch has the worst test scores in the state of South Carolina,” adding, “You show me the school that has the highest free and reduced lunch, and I’ll show you the worst test scores, folks. It’s there, period.

“So how do you fix it? Well you say, ‘Look, if you receive goods or services from the government, then you owe something back.'”

Bauer said there are no “repercussions” from accepting government assistance.

There are clearly repercussions for electing idiots to high office.  As all Americans are becoming painfully aware.

Ok, so over at Huffington Post they are making some point or another about Senator Scott Brown’s wife having appeared in this “racy” music video from 1984.  Now granted, the song sucks but Mrs. Brown looks pretty hot to me.

Here’s a still from the video:

I just hate the double standard, that’s all.  I mean, no one gives the President crap for having a beautiful wife:

Can’t we all just get along?

Commenter Kevin asked for this Olbermann link:

“The Republicans and the Tea Partiers will tell you what happens tonight with Scott Brown tonight, whether he wins or comes close, is a repudiation of Obama policies, and surely one of Obama’s policies from the viewpoint of his opponents is that it’s okay to have this sea change in American history, to have an African-American President. Is this vote to any degree just a euphemism the way state’s rights was in the 60s?”

Yep, Keith that explains it alright.  The fact that Obama carried Massachusetts 62% to 36% in the 2008 presidential elections doesn’t mean those Bay State voters aren’t closet racists.  Rather than a repudiation of Obama’s leftist agenda the vote was about keeping the black man down.

Oh and Keith, how’s the weather on your planet?

UPDATE: You must see Jon Stewart’s takedown of Olbermann!

But that won’t matter in the All-American Basketball Alliance.  Because only “all-American” white guys are allowed to play:

“There’s nothing hatred about what we’re doing,” he said. “I don’t hate anyone of color. But people of white, American-born citizens are in the minority now. Here’s a league for white players to play fundamental basketball, which they like.”

Lewis said he wants to emphasize fundamental basketball instead of “street-ball” played by “people of color.” He pointed out recent incidents in the NBA, including Gilbert Arenas’ indefinite suspension after bringing guns into the Washington Wizards locker room, as examples of fans’ dissatisfaction with the way current professional sports are run.

Alright, there have been so many unsupported charges of racism lately (including Olbermann call Massachusetts voters racist for electing Brown) that the word is losing all meaning and impact.  So folks, just in case you forgot what “real racism” looks like, this league is it.

From the comments at the linked post:

And after ‘fundamental’ basketball, we’ve got lined up the return of: ‘fundamental’ restaurants, ‘fundamental’ schools and of course, ‘fundamental’ public transport. After all, who wants to be accosted by ‘street’ eating while dining out, ‘street’ ideas while learning and ‘street’ attitude while taking the bus.

Have a nice and ‘fundamental’ day.

Yep, that’s about right.

Hey, when I say Trojan what immediately comes to mind?  So what’s up with this crap?

The University of Southern California Trojans have prevailed in a trademark suit in which the University of South Carolina Fighting Gamecocks sought to use the letters “SC” on baseball team clothing.

Apparently winning wasn’t enough for the Trojans’ attorney, who took the opportunity to talk trash:

“[Edelman] also suggested that the letters were more deservedly linked to the Trojans’ warrior image than to “a goofy little chicken.”

“I think they wanted to move away from the gamecock logo,” Edelman said of the school in the South. “Something that is totally understandable.”

Warrior image my ass.  Cheap ass condoms that are unworthy to sheath a genuine ‘Cock from South Carolina…
You know what though, that west coast school has Lane Kiffin now and I suppose that’s punishment enough.

And by the way, the University of South Carolina was founded in 1801, 49 years before California achieved statehood.  So, we all know who we mean when we say THE USC.

Hat Tip: Patterico

I’m sure many Obama voters share the sentiments expressed in this comment regarding the Scott Brown Senate victory:

I’m so happy voters are starting to show some sense. I voted for Obama because I was disgusted with the arrogance of Bush-Cheney, and have long hoped for a change in the way politics is played out in Washington. Yes, I was duped. I voted for a more slickly packaged product of the same old Chicago machine. Obama has cynically broken all his promises, thinking his coalition of bleeding hearts, border jumpers, reverse-racists and crooked politicians could sustain the illusions of his agenda. Perhaps we will yet see some change; if not, then a one-term presidency seems likely.  

…and I’m not going to take this anymore.”

The original middle aged angry white guy.

I posted yesterday about the close race for the Kennedy Senate seat in Massachusetts between Martha Coakley and her Republican opponent Scott Brown.

Well, the gloves have really come off now.  In a bold move Coakley accused Brown supporter Curt Schilling of being a “Yankees fan“.  I’m not sure there is any lower blow than that in a state renowned for it’s crazed Red Sox fans.  And Schilling is not taking the insult lying down:

Mr. Schilling, who helped Senator John McCain win the New Hampshire primary in 2008 by campaigning with him there, and who has been supporting Mr. Brown, fired back on his own blog. “I’ve been called a lot of things,’’ he wrote, “but never, and I mean never, could anyone ever make the mistake of calling me a Yankee fan. Well, check that, if you didn’t know what the hell is going on in your own state maybe you could….”

When will the politics of personal destruction end?   I mean, Schilling is the man who put the “red” in Red Sox:

Frankly, I don’t think Coakley’s low blow even dignifies a response from Schilling.  But I’ll suggest one anyway:

“Hey Coakley! You can kiss my Red Sox ass!”

UPDATE: Check this ad out!

Well, speaking as a “middle aged angry white man” I am truly thankful that these folks are not my friends.

Believe it or not, I’ve been keeping an eye on the Senate race in Massachusetts (did I spell that right?*).  In what should have been a slam dunk for the dems to replace Ted Kennedy with one of their own, Republican Scott Brown is giving Martha Coakley a very competitive race**.   In fact, in the bluest of the blue states, he is leading in several polls.  Will he win on Tuesday?  Maybe, maybe not.  But the fact that the race is even in question shows that more and more voters have had just about enough of the crap being peddled in Washington.

So, just what kind of person is this Coakley?  Well, the Wall Street Journal has a fascinating story about her role in one of the most infamous prosecutions in American history.   That she still defends her actions today reveals much about her character (or lack thereof).  Hmmm, maybe that makes her well-suited to replace the Senator from Chappaquiddick.

*Coakley  misspelled “Massachusetts” in one of her campaign ads.

** As Scott Brown famously stated during a campaign debate “With all due respect, it’s not the Kennedy’s seat and it’s not the Democrats’ seat, it’s the people’s seat.”