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…in the NY Times about Democratic members of congress ducking votes.
Congress is basically a temp 2 year hire position. If you were the person in charge of renewing the contract on a person you had hired, would you re-hire someone who is afraid to show his face to you?
Right wing news nails it:
In other words, the People should just sit down and shut up and listen, rather than elected officials listening.
Cowards.
My last video interview from the Georgia Trip was with Allen Williamson at the Tysinger breakfast
I have two final posts planned, my big round up and a selection of photos from various places I saw. They will go up this weekend as time permits.
One of the things that I found during my Ga Trip is that people in the south really dislike the stereotypes that the media and frankly many in the North hold of the south.
What is the most frustrating thing when you are fighting such a stereotype? Having somebody decide to reinforce it:
This evening in an interview with Pub Politics, state Sen. Jake Knotts (R-SC) — who is supporting a different candidate — slammed Haley by using a racial slur:
We already got one raghead in the White House, we don’t need a raghead in the governor’s mansion.
I’ve been avoiding the whole who’s sleeping with who story story a bit because I think it’s tawdry political rumor (missing out on a google bomb here.)
The South Carolina Republican Party has issued a statement condemning Knott’s remarks:
“The South Carolina Republican Party strongly condemns any use of racial or religious slurs. Senator Knotts should apologize for his inappropriate comments, so that we can put this unfortunate incident behind us and focus on issues important to moving our state forward,” said Republican Party Chair Karen Floyd in a statement.
Said Haley spokesman Tim Pearson:
“Jake Knotts represents all that is wrong with South Carolina politics. He’s an embarrassment to our state and to the Republican Party. South Carolina is so much better than this, and the people of our state will make that quite clear next Tuesday.”
What a fool.
In DeKalb country there is weekly political event that for 42 years has informed people about the issues and the candidates. That is the Tysinger breakfast.
Gene Wise Tells us of it’s origin
The years may have slowed Mr. Tysinger but it hasn’t stopped him from holding his weekly event.
How many pols today still quote Cicero? At the breakfast I attended there were several speakers candidates for State offices, house, senate and Attorney general.
People made their presentations and took questions from the audience. The biggest issue of the day was the School district indictments and Tom Bowen of the board gave an overview and took some questions.
The best line of the day belonged to Seth Harp running for Georgia State Insurance Commissioner: “Sacred Cows make great Hamburger!”.
To say this is a great idea is an incredible understatement. An event like this gives people the chance to touch on the issues and talk to candidates and pols of all levels, even more importantly said pols have an incentive to show up and be responsive to the needs of the people that send them to office.
I can not recommend this type of thing enough. It should be emulated in every state, maybe in every country in the Union. Perhaps if there were more of these breakfasts the Tea Party Movement would not be necessary.
