As if there's nothing more insulting or embarrassing, we have a sitting lieutenant governor open his big mouth can compare the needy - including children - to "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.
Here's what I said in response on The Sun News Web site.
Andre Bauer and the whole SCGOP are truly an embarrassment to this state and country. These feelings have always been there and it's really fortunate they can be shown the light of day. However, I feel people in the state will continue to vote against their wishes and needs simply because they feel "morality" is more important. NEWS FLASH: These GOPers have no claim on morality and could care less about the common good or the less fortunate. Your move, voters.
So, how much do you need to realize that these Republicans don't think highly of you, South Carolina. That they use their "Bible thumping" just to get you to the polls and then cast you out as the "stray animals" that you are. They starve government. And with these comments, it's a given they want to starve you.
Pretty much a slap in the face to all the single moms out there, doing the right thing and trying to provide for their children. How about to the laid off workers in this state fighting to provide for a family? Tough, go search through a dumpster.
I can hear them now...
And please, poor people, don't reproduce and add more poor people to the state's roster. I mean, we Republicans have done our best to starve the beast - so to say - but we can't win on sympathy. Just quit having babies, will ya.
Give me a damn break.
Bauer, you owe us. The people of this state entrusted you with an office, and like your governor, you've embarrassed us and this state.
There's a person who can rid us from this nonsense. You see, Bauer wants to be our governor. I suggest we support a viable, no-nonsense and sensible Democratic candidate to fix this mess Sanford and the rest of the GOP got us in. That man is Vincent Sheheen.