Preston Grisham, the Republican political consultant who worked for a no-name Democrat in the primary for U.S. House from South Carolina, tells us it was the only time he’s ever worked for a Democrat and denies Rep. Jim Clyburn’s allegation that he was also involved with other Democratic primary mystery candidates.
Nevada Senate candidate Sharron Angle says the principle of phasing out Social Security and Medicare is non-negotiable to her. It must go. Social Securito Delenda Est!
TPM Reader GB says don’t compare us to them!
I take serious issue with the “Carolinian” who wrote you earlier today. I currently practice law in Charlotte, North Carolina, but was born and have family still in South Carolina and I can tell you that the difference between the 2 states is night and day.
Why do I feel like this dust-up between Breitbart Minion X (BMX) and Rep. Etheridge is sort of today’s replay the Mavi Marmara incident? And who am I offending more by saying so?
TPM Reader TK has had quite enough of BW …
I was raised in South Carolina from the age of 5 and have to respond to the rant you posted. Sounds like the complaint of a “damn Yankee” – probably from Ohio. We are very familiar with the type. They move here for the low taxes, beautiful mountains, gorgeous beaches and laid back atmosphere — and then proceed to tell us how everything was better back in Ohio.
Earlier today we featured the story of Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-NC) manhandling one of Andrew Breitbart’s videographer minions after the kid in question asked Etheridge what would appear to be a pretty innocuous question about whether or not he supported President Obama. Breitbart’s folks have a pretty bad record of selective editing. But this case really looks like it speaks for itself. And Etheridge has now issued an apology.
But when I first saw this thing the first thing that I thought was, why’s the kid’s face blurred out?
If he’d been a minor maybe or the victim of some crime, maybe. But his identity as one of Breitbarts’ merry pranksters? Seems like the Breitbart MO is one that puts some obligation on people to at least be open about who they are. Or is the idea that he’s like an undercover operative whose identity/legend needs to be protected so as not to compromise future missions?
These aren’t really rhetorical questions. Genuinely curious to know what’s up with that.
Joel Pollack is a Tea Partier who’s challenging Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) in Illinois’s 9th Congressional District. When asked about the apparent lack of diversity in the Tea Party movement, Pollack said au contraire and pointed to the example of Chris Broughton.
Remember him? He was the Tea Partier who brought the machine gun to the Obama event down in Phoenix last year.
Good times.
Carolinian TPM Reader BW ain’t a fan of either Carolina. (I don’t like badmouthing states and I don’t attach myself to BW’s views. But for pure rant quality I thought I’d pass it along.)
I live in SC and work in NC. I have a completely objective view of the Carolinas. I hate them both equally. Yep, NC is different from SC, but nothing to be particularly proud of – given you’re weighing varying degrees of ugly. NC is the stuff you wipe off new baby who is still on a diet of mom’s milk and mashed peas. SC is what you deal with after a full-blown introduction of steak and potatoes (or in this case, shrimp and grits).
The Alvin Greene story is a great mystery. But maybe it’s not such a mystery? We know that Greene didn’t campaign or do anything. So there was virtually no way any voters in South Carolina could have even known who he was, let alone make a judgment about whether to vote for him. But what about the real candidate Vic Rawl? It turns out no one had any idea who he was either.
It’s starting to seem like the ‘discovery’ of vast Afghan mineral reserves is mainly a discovery for readers of The New York Times. It seems like this has known by people for some time.