America’s Black Senators
WHO PRECEDED TIM SCOTT? S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley’s selection of Tim Scott to fill the U.S. SenateYou must Subscribe or log in to read the rest of this content.
WHO PRECEDED TIM SCOTT? S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley’s selection of Tim Scott to fill the U.S. SenateYou must Subscribe or log in to read the rest of this content.
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Obama is mentioned in this article. I hate him with the fire of 100003.14159 suns. I scream with the voice of 4463.14159 thunders.
Cast Lightning Lvl 1,000,000 Your body explodes into a fine bloody mist…
Good job with the avatar T-bot. I guess AI is coming along a little faster than I thought.
I’m a work in progress…
Our first houseboy US Senator….
lmao @ Guero the latino calling Scott a “houseboy”.
The irony is so rich!
Scott also becomes the odds-on favorite to win a special election for this seat in 2014″
Not so fast there LaRoy
Apparently you have mixed your marijuana leaves in with your tea leaves
First, he was appointed to his position by a bat shit crazy Gypsy Queen Governor who could not resist playing the minority card when introducing him
Second, he has aligned himself with the biggest Cockroach to ever come out of Charleston
Third, he was a one and done State Legislator
Fourth, he was a one and done US Congressman
Fifth, when he realized he could not get any statewide support for his bid to become Lt. Governor he dropped out for Henry Brown’s vacancy
Sixth, he is from the Holy City and if there is one thing upstate Republicans like to crush under their heels is a fucking Holier than thou Cockroach from Charleston
Fourth, he was a one and done US Congressman
He did win his reelection, although he’s going to be out of his seat before his first term fully ends.
They keep repeating the line about Scott being the first from the South since Reconstruction, but there have been so few in that time frame(only 5 total) that the geographic limitation seems a bit misleading. Post-Reconstruction, the only states to elect black senators are Illinois (with 3 and claiming the only Democrats on the list), Massachusetts and now SC.
SC didn’t “elect” him, CL. The Slut Guv made a politically motivated appointment. Try to keep up. But, really, is Tim Scott the best we can do out of four million citizens? I don’t know how many of the four mil are eligible, but for Heavens’ sake, this is a bad joke.
Lance,
If we are policing semantics, then the 1st two were not really “elected” in the same sense as the others since they predate the 17th amendment. They were appointed by the legislature (kind of like Scott was appointed by the governor).
If you are a Democrat in SC, it is hard to call Tim Scott a joke when your party actually presented Alvin Greene. But of course you need to delegitimize Scott because he puts the lie to the liberal caricature of the Republican Party. And LOL on criticizing a politician for making a “politically motivated appointment” to a political office.
But I would say Scott was one of the 5 or so best candidates for the position given that your pool of candidates are other politicians in SC.
It’s a little more than semantics, CL. There is a bill in the legislature that would take away the Guv’s right to appoint. Many are in favor of a special election. Big difference between election and appointment; I just don’t know how to get through to you. I’m no Dem, I seldom vote. My native state has been taken over by sleazy morons, but you wouldn’t understand with your inability to make meaningful distinctions among words and ideas.
Given that the distinction between elected by and represented by is irrelevant to the point I was making about the shockingly low number of black senators from any state since Reconstruction(actually, limiting it to elected senators actually highlights my point by reducing the number down to 3) it is the very definition of semantics. But I will happily amend my post to represented by since it changes nothing about my actual point.
I would ask what basis you have to call Tim Scott unqualified or a sleazy moron (which your last post seems to imply), since you seem to not be able to recognize assertion dressed up as fact.
If you are a Democrat in SC, it is hard to call Tim Scott a joke when your party actually presented Alvin Greene.
FTW!
CL, if I assert it, it IS a fact. You can take it to the bank. I’m often wrong, but never in doubt. That said, the burden is on someone other than me to justify the appointment of this twerp to be a U.S. Senator. What job has he had other than politics (and that strains the definition of a job)?
He was an insurance agent, as I understand it. That may not be as impressive as community organizer, but it certainly is not an unusual career for someone wanting to go into politics.
As to the burden, you leveled the charge so you carry the burden of proof.
Naw, CL, the Slut Guv opened the door by appointing the dork, justifying the appointment with mindless tea bag platitudes; besides, all Repubs are sleazy morons, Scott is a Repub, therefore Scott is a sleazy moron. It’s Logic 101. There’s your burden; now, sit on it. (Thanks, Fonz.)
Clearly you are a middle of the road independent, given that you display the lazy thinking and ad hominem as argument attitude of so many lefties these days.
Talk about lazy thinking, you started the whole pissin contest by saying the little cocksucker was “elected”. In the interest of accuracy and honesty, I pointed out that nothing of the kind occurred. So, eat shit and die, bitch.
While we are picking nits, you misspelled pissing. And you claimed Scott was unqualified and sleazy, yet offer no evidence. So in the interest of accuracy and honesty, I pointed out how full of it you are. But I probably could have refrained, as you do a good enough job of discrediting yourself without any intervention.
I agree with Jim Lewis. Rhetoric and a pretty smile will not suffice to get him elected on his own. Although Haley did ride those same attributes to the State House and the Mansion. Where have all of our leaders gone? Strom, Fritz, Lindsey and now Tim in the US Senate. We are in a whole lot of trouble.
To paraphrase Rick James, bitch:
Incumbency …is a POWERFUL thing…
How else do you explain Miss Lindsey’s reelection?
I consider that the first three were Republicans from the time that teh KKK was out of the closet as an arm of the Democrats… time for teh next three to be from the GOP. Allan West for Senate!
The sherrif is near!
“Excuuuuse me, while I whip this out…..”
ROTFLMAO
+1
Where seniority matters is in committee assignments.
Everyone take a long drag and chill!
Tim Scott’s appointment as a US senator is the political equivalent of affirmative action for minorities. Ben Tillman is spinning in his grave at the idea of Tim Scott representing this state.