WWMSD (Mort Sahl)? For those under the age of 40 Mort Sahl was a satirist and comedian whose schtick was appearing on stage with a rolled up news paper and commenting on the headlines.
Mort who is into 80s would have loved the "Op-Ed" piece in the South Carolina Times and Democrat this past Sunday, written by two GOP county party chairman.
Here it is in its entirety:
http://thetandd.com/articles/2009/10/18/opinion/doc4ad90f14cb86e810566587.txt
The second paragraph begins, "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."
The two white republicans, went on to laud Senator Jim DeMint for not adding earmarks to any congressional legislation. This kinda gets lost in the shuffle as they got taken to task by a State Senator who was Jewish and was offended by the anti-Semitic stereotype.
Bamberg (Jewish name?) County Chair Edwin Merwin and Orangeburg (another Jewish name?) County Chair James Ulmer later apologized for being bigoted white SOBs their blatant anti-Semtism poor choice of words.
Senator Jim DeMint said these remarks comparing him to a Jew were "thoughtless and hurtful."
Merwin, this morning, offered this non-apology apology to anyone who was too stupid to realize it was insincere:
"At this time I wish to deeply apologize for any material included in that letter that would be considered antisemitic [sic] in any way," he wrote in an e-mail to reporters and other Republican officials.
"I have always abhored [sic] in the past, and shall continue to do so in the future, anti-semitism [sic] in any form whatsoever. I concur fully with the apology offered by my co-author, Jim Ulmer, and likewise beg that any and all who were offended will accept my deep felt apology."
Back to Mort Sahl who once said about Liberals and Conservatives, "Liberals feel unworthy of their possessions. Conservatives feel they deserve everything they've stolen."
What would Mort Sahl say? "What would you expect from the political leaders of the state that started the Civil War?"
In other SC news, impeachment proceeding on Governor Mark "Appalachian Trail Adventure" Sanford begin next week.
Since I'm not a "wealthy Jew", I tend to feel unworthy about my possessions when I'm not counting pennies.
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"If a person is a practicing homosexual, they should not be teaching in our schools." Jim DeMint
What's with South Carolina? Mississippi seems progressive compared to the recent goings on in SC.
femme forte -- It leaves me almost speechless. I bet they can not understand what all the fuss is about
Tia -- a good acronym
stacey -- Great Sahl quote
gji -- You can cut the ignorance with a chainsaw.
"What would you expect from the political leaders of the state that started the Civil War?"
That say it all.
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CBerg -- Thanks for reading.
Walt -- Thanks, I'm glad that comment resonated with you.
oldlefty -- Probably, but it certainly wouldn't be the "Christian" thing to do.
maybe we should have let them leave the union
I was raised so far out in the sticks that I had no idea what anti-semitism meant. I didn't know my mother's boss was Jewish until years later. It just wasn't a topic. Considering that we were real country, that's saying something. It was his doing that I met Eleanor Roosevelt as a girl. I just thought he was a great boss.
Not all rednecks are racist, sexist or anti-semites. Being redneck can be an awfully weird mix of ignorance and it doesn't mean folks didn't go to college either. Not all ignorance is unintentional. Ignorance often involves a choice to remain dumb as a stump and a loud pride in being doubly stubborn about being an asshat.
"What would you expect from the political leaders of the state that started the Civil War?"
What indeed.
Michael -- It's the innocence of their ignorance that incenses me to no end.
Sirenita -- Oh yes they did.
Delia -- Well said.
Zuma -- It leaps out!
Buffy -- If you ask them, apparently, nothing.
Barkinglot4 -- I used to work for a company that was headquarted in the bible belt. I felt uncomfortable when I visited headquarters when I was asked what church did I belong to, and my response was that I was Jewish. The silence that ensued was deafening.
Kathy K -- Nixon's Southern Strategy was just a continuation of the conflict.
Susanne -- I try not to classify all Southerners as racist. It is ironic, that the same beliefs are still alive after all these years. Thanks for sharing the stories of your life in your comments. I really value what you say.
They don't "love Israel" because they are stand-up menschen. They are cynics exploiting squishy-brained fundamentalist holylandadventureride woo-woo fantasies about Jews in long striped robes and God and Armageddon. At home, with pals, franks and beer? they tell N jokes and Jew jokes and generally fart in the general direction of anyone who can't see Celts in their family tree.