SC Repub Lt gov, Andre Bauer "likened government assistance to the poor to feeding stray animals".

[Liberal_in_LA]

S.C. politician's welfare comments called 'immoral'

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — When things looked their darkest for Gov. Mark Sanford— when he was in danger of being impeached for running off to Argentina to see his mistress — his best insurance policy may well have been South Carolina's lieutenant governor, Andre Bauer.

Lawmakers knew if they removed Sanford, they would end up with Bauer, a fiercely ambitious Republican with a reputation for reckless and immature behavior.

Now Bauer has folks shaking their heads again, after he likened government assistance to the poor to feeding stray animals.

At a town hall meeting Thursday, Bauer, who is running for governor in his own right now that Sanford is term-limited, said: "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."

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-01-26-south-carolina-bauer_N.htm?csp=24&RM_Exclude=Juno

[BOSSHOG]

1. Lord if only the DNC had balls

Use that spot of Bauer saying that as an ad of what "conservative values are all about. But the DNC doesn't have balls, they are too nice. Or too stupid. What are they afraid of? Alienating Klansmen and teabaggers (klansmen without robes.)?

[elocs]

2. Wow! When did this happen? n/t

[The_Casual_Observer]

3. What kind of a frenzy was that singular nitwit whipped up in to spout off

shit like that? Wouldn't that clown have had to go to law school & shit, where they would have trained his ass never to go nuts like that in front of a tape recorder? He must be one stupid bastard.

[tanyev]

4. No kidding he was Sanford's insurance policy.

Freepers don't even like him--not sure why. You can bet if one of their heroes had been the Lt. Gov. they would have been foaming at the mouth for Sanford to step down.

I mean even more foaming at the mouth than usual, of course.

[Liberal_in_LA]

5. He must be really awful if he's too outspoken for the freeps n/t

[tanyev]

7. Oh no, that's not their problem with him.

If anything, this latest comment has earned him a few points in Freeperville. I think it's more related to a past history of general flakiness (traffic violations, ultralight plane crash) and the suspicion that Bauer might be gay.

[muntrv]

6. So stop giving state money to Andre Bauer. He's a stray animal.

[atmame77]

8. Oh, a typical right to lifer

"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." South Carolina Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer said.

Starve them to death so they don't breed. But under no conditions let them have any access
to birth control.