PROPS TO ERIC BEDINGFIELD, GOOD SAMARITAN
|| By FITSNEWS || It’s exceedingly rare when a member of the S.C. General Assembly accomplishes anything other than the mindless expansion of a corrupt, secretive, dysfunctional and chronically ineffective government.
Seriously … we’ve been covering the Palmetto State legislature for years and it’s the same sh*t every year: More money, bigger government, worse outcomes.
One lawmaker who has consistently stood against this nonsense? S.C. Rep. Eric Bedingfield. In fact “Beds” – as his friends call him – was one of only a handful of S.C. House members to vote against that chamber’s $427 million gas tax hike earlier this month (despite tremendous pressure from “business” leaders in his Greenville County, S.C. district).
In addition to being one of only a few consistent free market advocates, Bedingfield is also an accomplished political operative – helping lead U.S. Rep. Mick Mulvaney to a hard-fought 2010 victory over veteran lawmaker John Spratt. More recently, Bedingfield has been working in South Carolina on behalf of U.S. Senator Rand Paul.
Anyway, regardless of what you think of Bedingfield’s political orientation (or choice in candidates) … it’s hard not to appreciate a guy who stops and helps out a motorist in distress. Which is what “Beds” did earlier this week for a woman who had a flat tire on the way to pick her mother up at the airport.
“At least 50-60 cars passed me trying to figure out how to get the tire changed on my moms minivan,” Upstate resident Kelly Walker wrote on her Facebook page. “This really nice dressed man stopped and helped me out. Turns out he is from the SC House of Representatives.”
Take a look …
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Nice work, “Beds.”
Politicians love to talk about “getting things done.” It’s nice to see one of them actually get something done.
(Pic: Via FB)
15 comments
Awesome. Shows he is a real American who has empathy for others.
He didn’t actually change the tire for her, huh? Not if he was in a suit, I bet. But he made sure she knew what a hot shot he is.
No good deed goes unpunished around you.
Nice gesture on his part, but you gotta wonder if the flat tire that the lady had might have been attributable to the poor roads that she is forced to drive on–the ones Bedingfield votes against the money to repair.
At least now she gets to buy a tire from one of the tire manufacturers in SC.
Indeed. Perhaps his plan is to personally ride to the rescue of everyone whose car is damaged by driving on the roads he refuses to fix.
Reeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaach…
Or Reeeeeeeeeeeetch…. as it applies to the state of the roads in SC. There, fixed it for you.
Eric Bedingfield & Ulysses S. Grant: Separated @ birth.
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good one — how about “James Robertson Justice”, the British actor?
holy shit. not just that the resemblance is remarkable but how the hell did you come up with that name? can you google “who looks like this?” ??
Wikipedia or google images…
Deliberately ignored is the fact that it was his refusal to fix roads that caused the problem in the first place.
Hmm….Are my eyes failing me…or did the ALWAYS mindful of party FITS, forget to specifically reference Mr. Bedingfield’s party affiliation???
I guess it’s just an honest oversight…LMAO…right FITS…
PS: If this MoFo paid you to post this… I remind him to look at the tombstones in the FITS-love graveyard: Ravenel, McCain; Mace; Ervin; Sheheen, Hutto……
Be careful who you lay with, bro….
Next time I hit a pothole, I’ll know who to thank.