Down South, Offshore — Politics
February 19th, 2007I have two observations stemming from this article: one — why is it legal to give someone a “consulting contract” right before or after they endorse you? that’s clear and unequivocal bribery. Shame that practical matters make it impossible to legislate; two — let’s go to an excerpt, first:
Clinton, who spoke to the AP during her first trip to this early voting state since announcing her White House bid, also said South Carolina should remove the Confederate flag from its Statehouse grounds, in part because the nation should unite under one banner while at war. “I think about how many South Carolinians have served in our military and who are serving today under our flag and I believe that we should have one flag that we all pay honor to, as I know that most people in South Carolina do every single day,” the New York senator said. “I personally would like to see it removed from the Statehouse grounds.” Other Democratic hopefuls, including Sens. Joe Biden of Delaware and Chris Dodd of Connecticut, have said the flag should come down. The banner, which once flew over the Statehouse dome and now flies nearby, is the subject of an ongoing NAACP boycott.
I wonder which Democrat will be the first, and probably last (since I doubt more than one will be so desperate) to attempt and win the state with the pander of panders, namely the declaration that South Carolina and other Southern states should and are just hanging on to their history.
Probably Edwards, just because of where he’s from.
I’ve got a couple of other, smaller things to touch on. This is absurd; a man who may have cost the country’s taxpayers sixty million dollars and cost them at least ten has been promoted by the Administration and is now in charge of all of the nation’s offshore oil activities.
Bush’s brain is offshore.