South Carolina’s Divisive Message

[jaxx]

South Carolina’s Divisive Message
Published: January 21, 2012

Since it was first held 32 years ago, the South Carolina Republican primary has been won by the party’s most electable candidate, the one backed by the Republican establishment and invariably the winner of the nomination. On Saturday, the state veered in an extreme direction, and the outcome spoke poorly for a party that allowed itself to be manipulated by the lowest form of campaigning.

<..> It was Mr. Gingrich who pulled the race into the gutter, where he found considerable support. He repeatedly called Mr. Obama “the greatest food-stamp president in American history,” and lectured a black questioner at Monday’s debate about the amount of federal handouts to blacks, suggesting their work ethic was questionable.

<..> That was just what South Carolina voters wanted to hear, the signal that he would not only challenge Mr. Obama but work to bloody him, to destroy his dignity. As one voter told a reporter, “I think we’ve reached a point where we need someone who’s mean.”

<..> It is still hard to imagine a path to the nomination for a divisive candidate like Mr. Gingrich, let alone one to the White House. If he continues along this muddy road, there is still time for Republicans in upcoming states to repudiate him, and demonstrate that South Carolina has become an aberration rather than a bellwether.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/opinio...ml?_r=1&hp

Quote:“I think Mitt Romney is a good man,” said Harold Wade, 85, leaving a polling place in this picturesque seaside suburb outside Charleston. “But I think we’ve reached a point where we need someone who’s mean.”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/i...ory_1.html

They got mean alright. Dumbasses.

[There Is No Spoon]

I think this is a sign of utter desperation from a Republican party that 'forgot' to put forth a real candidate this year.

Also-rans and bigoted assclowns is what they're going with this year. I have no doubt it will be a nasty, awful bloody battle this fall, but it is fairly certain the R's aren't in it to win it.

[Brewman_Jax]

The comments show how insane and desperate the repubs are. They gladly voted for a con-didate whose morals are more in line with denizens of the Infernal regions, simply because they STILL can't get over the fact that a black man is POTUS. If that's the best they can do, that's how desperate they are.