Comments on: A House Divided

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 21:17:21 +0000

How much does it cost to bring the General Assembly back into session per day? Maybe the Governor should let the people of South Carolina know how much money the legislature is wasting in order to come back into session.

Just think how many teachers we can hire? How many busses could be bought? How much more tax relief could we have?

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 21:15:22 +0000

Laurin,

The “house divided” reference is not only in the Book of Matthew, but also in the books of Mark and Luke.

By: Gal Leo

Gal Leo — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 21:05:41 +0000

G.L.:

Tell me again how holding up DOT reform represents standing “above the fray…while working to actually pass this important legislation…” etc. So important, by the way, that McConnell pulled himself from the conference committee?

If you don’t like what the GOP has done in the past couple of years, it is absolutely absurd to exculpate the leading Republican in the same breath.

By: GKP

GKP — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 18:50:53 +0000

Please don’t complain about how little the General Assembly got done this year…it may motivate them to actually do something, and quite frankly the less they do the better. I say we pay them, make them stay home a year, and see if the state ends up worse off … or better.

As for McConnell, it strikes me that after taking 26 years in the Senate, working all the time to rise to a leadership post, “fighting for” conservative issues just doesn’t cut it any more. Kevin Bryant (first termer) can get by arguing that he is “fighting;” McConnell should be getting it done. We should expect more from him and others in leadership. If they can’t get it done now, they never will.

By: G.L.

G.L. — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 17:45:00 +0000

Seems to me that the only Republican leader who has stood above the fray, fighting for conservative causes while working to actually pass these important bills is the President Pro-Tem, Senator Glenn McConnell.

By: Laurin

Laurin — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 16:59:52 +0000

Honest Abe was certainly one of the greatest orators in our country’s history, but to give credit where credit’s due, he was borrowing from Jesus Christ with the “house divided” line. The line is in the Book of Matthew where pharisees are accusing Jesus of being possessed by evil.

It should also be noted that South Carolina has one of the longest legislative sessions of the 50 states, which makes the General Assembly’s failure to pass a budget on time even more ridiculous.

I’d be interested to see how much it’s going to cost the taxpayers for the General Assembly to go back into session.

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 16:31:28 +0000

Let me see if I understand this – We have a $1.5 BILLION surplus and these “representatives” want to give us back a mere pittance of what they’ve overcharged us?

Last time I checked, REPUBLICANS were supposed to support tax relief.

We need some tax relief…

By: Sandlapper

Sandlapper — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 15:15:43 +0000

Sic Willie, if you really want to understand SC or Southern politics, read,(or re-read) Robert Penn Warren’s “All the King’s Men.”Penn has Willie Stark say, regarding politicians, that “it’s whoever gets their snout in the trough when feeding time comes.” And that politics in general is “like three babies in a bed on a cold night with too-small a blanket.” Do you really expect our present -day SC Republican officeholders to be any different? They just can’t help themselves. It’s the nature of the beast.