Monday, February 1, 2010

Liar or Fool? Calling Out Andre Bauer

Posted by Will Moredock on Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 1:27 AM

Yea, Lt. Governor Andre Bauer took some cheaps shot at poor people in his remarks to GOPers in Newberry a couple of weeks ago. An easy target and pure red meat for the Republican faithful, comparing children on reduced-price and free lunch programs to "stray animal." That was bad enough. Now it turns out the whole charge was bullshit, pure demagogic malice, intended to inflame the GOP base and boost his gubernatorial campaign. Of course, all he did was embarrass South Carolina in the national media and give Jon Stewart material for a 5-minute rant. And now, according to The Greenville News, he didn't even have the facts on his side. He was spinning off the top of his head, using 20-year-old data.

Here is an excerpt from a lengthy Greenville News analysis. This alone should disqualify Andre Bauer from ever holding another public office. See the whole story at www.greenvilleonline.com/article/20100131/NEWS/1310307/-1/rss



Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer’s comments that welfare programs in the state are out of control and recipients face no repercussions once enrolled largely don’t square with the numbers, a review of state records show.

People on welfare don’t get rewarded for having babies, the number of those receiving benefits has declined dramatically and South Carolina welfare recipients face some of the toughest limitations in the nation, according to records of the state Department of Social Services....

The Greenville News checked Bauer’s speech and statements on government aid against available records and information about government programs operating in South Carolina to separate fact from political myth.

Some of his assertions were correct, such as the number of voters now outnumbering the number of workers in the state. However, other statements appeared tied to the welfare programs of the 1980s and early 1990s that were overhauled in a 1996 federal reform effort.

“A lot of what was said was somewhat true prior to welfare reform,” said Linda Martin, state director of DSS welfare, food stamps and child-care programs. “But we have worked really hard to change the program and I think we really have.”

Records show the state’s primary welfare program rolls are less than half the number they were before federal welfare reform.

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Posted by devilsadvocate on February 1, 2010 at 9:13 AM

this is shit! talk about a lib douchebag painting all with the same brush! i am a repub for no other reason than assholes like you that call yourselves dems. Bauer is a douche and everyone i know thinks the same repub or dem! That you lump me with the likes of him shows your thinking ends when you get off the crapper!

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Posted by maximus on February 1, 2010 at 10:09 AM

Maximus needs a vocabulary boost.... probably another example of the SC public school system!! Bauer is a lying fool and he doesn't seem to have any arguement to counter that fact, other than he's been learning from his mistakes..... (haha) what a fool... Anyone who wants a position of power as much as Bauer does, is someone to be concerned about. Not because he wants to be in power, but because he's a little baby who needs to grow up a lot before opening his idiotic mouth.... What's even worse is when you consider the fact that he wouldn't even be running for Governor had Samford stepped down...so does he really want this job? No, just the spotlight which shines on his ignorance!!! And if you don't see it, go check the mirror.

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Posted by CHADAMAN on February 1, 2010 at 10:38 AM

Vocabulary boost or not, Maximus is right. Moredock paints with a broad stroke the belief that Republicans line up behind Bauer just because he'a Republican. I align with neither party (they're both equally ineffective in my eyes), but the vast majority of Repubs I know have the same opinion: Andre Bauer is pretty much an idiot.

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Posted by rjs2005 on February 1, 2010 at 11:06 AM

"but the vast majority of Repubs I know have the same opinion"

OK - why do they elect him to office? It's not like he wasn't an idiot before he was elected.

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Posted by BourbonandBranch on February 1, 2010 at 4:18 PM

Its a journalistic FACT, he is not just both, he is WORSE! Yes, one of his pant legs is larger than the other, but who would notice when his politics are the focus for importance? He is obviously a 'man's man'.

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Posted by HUH? on February 2, 2010 at 8:55 AM

An opinion is political when it says absolutely NOTHING about everything...and everything
about nothing. Is that a reason to spend a vote
on the little boot licker?

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Posted by HUH? on February 2, 2010 at 8:58 AM
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