GOP: Neither Racist Nor Anti-Semitic

Recently your newspaper published a letter from state Rep. Bakari Sellers attacking U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint and his opposition to congressional earmarks.

There is a saying that the Jews who are wealthy got that way not by watching dollars, but instead by taking care of the pennies and the dollars taking care of themselves. By not using earmarks to fund projects for South Carolina and instead using actual bills, DeMint is watching our nation’s pennies and trying to preserve our country’s wealth and our economy’s viability to give all an opportunity to succeed.

On to pointless boilerplate about earmarks. (We've always preferred "pork." What is up w/ "earmarks?")

But, why "the Jews?" Are they the only ones who use this tricky secret? Will the "Jesus saves, Moses invests" controversy come up again?

We found the Jew reference stupid & offensive enough, & scanned the remaining boiler plate for more offense (found plenty of offensive stupidity, but no further stupid offense*). Then, paying attention, noted it was not signed by the expected A. Cracker, Bubba's Trailer Park, Wide-Spot-in-the Road, The Palmetto (Bug) State. Nope, not at all.

Now one might ask, just who is watching out for whom?

− Edwin O. Merwin Jr., Chairman, Bamberg County Republican Party, Denmark

−James S. Ulmer Jr., Chairman, Orangeburg County Republican Party, North

We'll have to figure that these two GOP chairs are watching out for the Jews while Sen. DeMint pinches pennies in Washington.

* "Well, it's more important to get crap cheap, even if our children get Chinese lead poisoning" is stupid & offensive. But if we must thin the herd, where better to start?

Meanwhile, DeMint continues to look out for his constituency in other ways. For example, on Feb. 5, DeMint announced the introduction of a bill to protect small businesses, charities and families by reforming the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008. This new law will demand onerous testing for anything geared toward children age 12 and under. The mandate falls on books, toys, clothing, hair bands, board games, sporting equipment, backpacks and even special learning equipment made for children with disabilities. Alas his bill did not pass.

Alas indeed.