"Starve 'em so they don't breed, see." --Andre Bauer
South Carolina gubernatorial candidate Andre Bauer says okay, he could have chosen his words more carefully when he compared poor people to animals.
Because he sounds a lot like a slaveowner talking about slaves?
So, what did the state’s current Lt. Governor say exactly?
“My grandmother was not a highly educated woman, but she told me as a small child to quit feeding stray animals. You know why? Because they breed. You’re facilitating the problem if you give an animal or a person ample food supply. They will reproduce, especially ones that don’t think too much further than that. And so what you’ve got to do is you’ve got to curtail that type of behavior. They don’t know any better.”
(Do you know it’s true people actually can become infertile if starved.)
Bauer says he is standing by the principle of his comment because “South Carolina needs to have an honest conversation about the cycle of government dependency among its poorest residents.”
So, Bauer concludes because his depth of honesty compels him that starving people are much more likely to say, my poverty sucks. Think I’ll go be a lawyer or a teacher and jump on the fast track like the people on TV? And when I come home from my middle class job, I’ll sit down with my one kid and do homework with him so he can turn out like me.
His “honesty” says a lot about him and what he doesn’t know. With South Carolina’s 12% unemployment rate and record number receiving government assistance, I hope the Lt. Governor finds a nice job at Focus on the Family or the 700 Club where his brand of Christianity will be appreciated.
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his grandmother wasn’t a highly educated woman? then she was of very little use to society, so who the fuck was feeding her?!
i read about this this afternoon, and i’m completely convinced you have to be an imbecile to be a politician in south carolina.
Is there government assistance for poverty of character? Sign this bastard up.
(He looks like a starved Rod Blagojevich, doesn’t he?)
maybe he’s just trying to distract attention away from all the rumors about him being gay. in south carolina, being gay is a big no-no for a politician, but being incredibly stupid seems to be a plus.
I had to look that one up for posterity.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/31/gay-blogger-andre-bauer-s_n_273214.html
It boggles my mind why being gay is such a big deal, when they give c*cksuckers a pass.
Bah-dum-dum.
True dat.
Interesting to note that most of South Carolina’s educational ranking statistics are in the middle to the bottom of the country.
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And their free lunch program is among the highest rated.
Bauer of course stands by his comments, according to a later article, and while his state may need to have a ‘conversation’* about poverty, etcetera, the key point is that he chose the metaphor of ‘stray animals’ to describe the people he wants to govern.
It might be worth noting that stray animals tend to have a couple of things happen to them if they survive the rigors and impoverishment of being strays: neutering and euthanasia.
*conversation in Republicanese means “I got mine, and you ain’t getting none, and if you mention it again I’ll have the cops throw you in frigging prison, you worthless piece of shit.”
So if elected, Andre would be like the farmer. And the people of South Carolina would be his ultimate animal husbandry program.
*The utility of prisons as a human pound in Andre’s mind occurred to me.
His grandmother can pound sand.
Apparently she would rather throw rocks at poor people, though she evidently missed at least once and hit her grandson in the head.
(Do you have a song for this, 0whole1?)
OHHHHH. Ya’ll are attributing the whole thing to Granny. I stopped short after the word “breed.” Kay.
Well, no. Just because his gran hit him in the head with a few rocks doesn’t absolve him of personal responsibility for his actions. After all, if poor people are responsible for their poverty, and sick people are responsible for getting sick, which are the official Republican positions, then Mr. Bauer, insane granny or no, is responsible for his remarks and responsible for the brickbats being thrown his way as a result of his remarks. He is a Republican, right?
Oh, to hell with the fine points. If you run into the stupid s.o.b. kick him in the head.
Well, I would kick him, but I’d probably trip over people breeding like bunnies and piles of government cheese trying to get to him.
Damn Southerners.
I was bitten by an aged cheddar last week.
Yeah, I gots a song.
Dang.
I feel the same way about this guy as I would about a bulemic in charge of the life boat rations. A *vindictive* bulemic.
And that’s the name of that tune.
Believe me, I do, too.
Think this was my favorite part.
“Bible-belt round anglio-waste, putting sinners in their place
Yeah, right, great if you’re so good explain the shit stains on your face
White trash get down on your knees,”
This guy should take a “hike” with the current governor. South America can have them both!
http://thedrunkreport.net
Hi, Sandra! Poor South Carolina. Too many creeps in high places.
I think the current guy and this dude don’t care for each other very much. Unfortunately the adage “enemy of my enemy is my friend” falls down when the enemy of your enemy also happens to be a largish *ssh*le.
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