South Carolina State Senator Censured For ‘Raghead’ Comments, Says He ‘Could Care Less’

[babylonsister]

http://thinkprogress.org/2010/06/11/knotts-censured/

South Carolina State Senator Censured For ‘Raghead’ Comments, Says He ‘Could Care Less’

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Lexington County GOP Chairman Rich Bolen said before the vote that Knotts’ comments “lended credence to the idea that South Carolinians are redneck, backward, Neanderthals, and we obviously don’t want that to be our image across the country.”

Meanwhile, the chairman of the powerful Greenville County Republican Party called for Knotts to be “expelled from the party.” “I cannot sit idly by and watch our Party be torn apart by Senator Jake Knotts’ bigotry,” Patrick Haddon said in a statement. Even Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC), an ally of Knotts who infamously shouted “you lie” to President Obama during an address to Congress, condemned Knotts, saying, “I was hurt and disgusted to hear Senator Jake Knotts direct such offensive slurs at a community which is very close to me.”

In response to the censure, Knotts said he “could care less” and would not resign. In a separate interview, he said the censure was “all politics,” and warned that libertarians had “infiltrated” the party. He said he had not called Haley to personally apologize, and that the “press has given Nikki Haley a free ride.” When a reporter asked where the press had failed to hold her accountable, Knotts said, “have you ever asked her if she believes in Jesus Christ as her lord and savior and that he died on the cross for her sins? Have you ever asked her that?”

Given the other recent embarrassments of the South Carolina Republican Party, it’s not surprising that leaders have been so quick to condemn Knotts for his obviously inappropriate comments.

[Codeine]

1. They hate it when their members are honest about

GOP racism. "Keep that shit behind closed doors, dude!"

[gratuitous]

2. Delightful

South Carolina, is this what your state stands for? Callous bigotry dressed up in religious garb so as to dupe the gullible? I used to refer to Alabama as Darwin's Waiting Room, but it looks like the Palmetto State is making a serious bid to supplant.

[Solly Mack]

3. His good ol' boy (and girl) club are slapping him on the back with praise.

Standing up for Jesus and the white right people.

[sinkingfeeling]

4. Censure him? He should be certified as mentally ill.

[47of74]

5. South Carolina was the first state to secede

So it doesn't surprise me that there are people like Knotts and Joe Wilson down there.

[era veteran]

9. Yes, and the drunkards in Charleston started the war

and like their chicken hawk descendants stayed home for coastal defense.

[Angry Dragon]

6. And I like Myrtle Beach

He needs to prove there is a Jesus Christ.
If he feels that this is a litmus test to be elected then it is
up to him to present evidence to prove his stance.

[David__77]

7. Well it's a sign of progress that the GOP would condemn his comments.

Racism must be made anathema whenever it openly appears.

[Codeine]

8. They just don't like that he let what they ALL say privately

come out in public.

[Scurrilous]

10. K & R

:thumbsup: