Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Newly proclaimed "friend of the taxpayer" McMaster vows to waste your money

Posted by Chris Haire on Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 1:58 PM

I do not want to be Henry McMaster's friend. And I sure as hell don't want to be his drinking buddy, which is saying something because I'll let almost anybody buy me a drink. Even Jim DeMint.

OK. Especially Jim DeMint. Just to see the junior senator give a little something back to one of his constituents for a change.

Not only was Henry McMaster a member of an all-white country club, but he has vowed to waste taxpayer money. Well, he didn't say it like that, but that's what he means. Here's what I said in a previous post:

You may not remember Darla Wynne, the Wiccan who sued the town of Great Falls, S.C., over the invocation that began each town council meeting, but S.C. Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Henry McMaster does.

And according to a new video from the McMaster campaign, the AG would take on folks like Wynne, the ACLU, and anybody else who thinks that the separation of church and state should, well, stay a separation.

Even worse, McMaster doesn't seem to mind that any such defense would be a waste of taxpayer money, based on the Wynne case and the recent "I Believe" license plate ruling. He simply wants your vote in the Republican primary.

Well, Henry's vow to waste taxpayer money hasn't stopped the South Carolina Association of Taxpayers (SCAT) from naming him a "Friend of the Taxpayer," according to a McMaster campaign press release out today.

Here's what SCAT has to say:

Attorney General Henry McMaster was honored today as a “Friend of the Taxpayer” by the South Carolina Association of Taxpayers (SCAT) for his leadership in fighting to protect state taxpayers. SCAT president Don Weaver presented Attorney General McMaster with an award at its 14th Annual Legislative Luncheon in Columbia.

“We have Attorney General Henry McMaster to thank for delivering the most important legal victory for taxpayers in the last 25 years,” said SCAT’s Weaver. “Because of his leadership, the wasteful and abusive legislative practice of ‘bob-tailing’ no longer exists.”

Weaver also pointed to McMaster’s efforts to organize and lead a bi-partisan group of state attorneys general in challenging the constitutionality of the “Cornhusker Kickback.” The Kickback was a deal given to Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE) to secure the final vote for passage of President Obama’s health care legislation and would have forced South Carolina taxpayers to cover the cost of Nebraska’s new Medicaid enrollees.

That's all well and good, Mac, but you can't have it both ways. A true friend of the taxpayer doesn't want to waste taxpayer dollars under any circumstances.

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Chris, I think you need to look at how tax payer monies is being spent today on issues that will not help either the economy or the tax payer a little more carefully. I, as a taxpayer support my tax money being spent to protect the rights and freedoms of the people from the left wing types who want to destroy this great country. As the left wing uses the courts against us to diminish our freedoms, the only way to fight back is to use the courts against them.

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Posted by osterj on February 17, 2010 at 2:41 PM

When an elected advocate takes a stand in defense of an issue such as the right to acknowledge the Lord God in a public meeting in opposition to a self professed witch who opposes such an acknlowdgement, I personally do not see a waste of my tax dollars. I would much prefer, however, our courts recognize that the 1st amendment to our Constitution is the freedom OF religion and not the freedom FROM religion.

If we, as a country would recognize the individual rights that we have under our constitution then what you perceive as a waste of tax dollars, i.e., the attempt on the part of the Attorney General to protect or defend such a right would not be necessary.

I agree with Osterj, there has been a gradual erosion of the individual rights of Americans to exercise their faith in public whether it be prayer in schools, government buildings, football games or elsewhere. Remember congress (not the court) is prohibited from establishing a religion but is similarly restrained from prohibiting the free exercise thereof.

I would pray that we would never live in a country where faith in a particular "religion" whether it be polytheism, monotheism, or atheism is forced on people with the threat of harm or death. I am not opposed to the Attorney General protecting the freedom of religion in governmental settings; I say good for him.

Mal Donohue,

Aiken, SC

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Posted by Malachy on February 17, 2010 at 7:49 PM

Still haven't found the "separation of church and state" clause in the US Constitution or the bill of rights. Could you point me to it? How did we end up with so many blatant violations of this mythical clause on countless federal buildings in DC?

I know the origins of the phrase, and the context in which it was used.

As Obama likes to say, let me be clear - President Thomas Jefferson used that phrase in a letter responding to a group of Connecticut Baptists who had written him with concerns over a rumored potential adoption of a national religion. The President informed them that adoption of a national religion was explicitly prohibited by the first amendment, which he considered to be a wall separating the state from favoring any one religion or denomination.

The Ten Commandments are carved into the entry doors of the Supreme Court.

Our money bears the words "In God We Trust."

The Declaration of Independence says that we are endowed by our creator with certain unalienable rights. Those rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness (founder's "code words" for the right to create and own property) come from God, therefore, no government instituted by man can take them away.

It's appalling how badly our history has been perverted by leftist, dumb, dumb, dummies.

Did anyone catch Joe Biden on television this past week with ashes smeared on his forehead? A clear case of Catholic proselytizing by a powerful member of the federal government.

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Posted by I P Yuengling on February 20, 2010 at 4:22 PM
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