“Reaganesque?”

South Carolina’s Fourth Congressional District is known for being home to the most fiscally and socially conservative voters in the state. It’s also home to a politically-active business community that relishes its role of playing kingmaker.

Sadly, with only a exceptions, that conservative voting bloc and cabal of alleged “pro-business” power elites hasn’t produced much in the way of fiscally conservative lawmakers.

Take S.C. Senator David Thomas, who last week announced that he was running for the Fourth Congressional Seat currently held by U.S. Rep. Bob Inglis.

“I’ll be a Reaganesque voice that you can be proud of,” Thomas said in announcing his bid.

Really? “Reaganesque?”

Remember, this is the same guy who publicly pledged just months ago to “roll up his sleeves” and support Gov. Mark Sanford during the recently-concluded “stimulus” fight – only to flip-flop and vote against the governor (and more importantly, against the taxpayers) at every turn in the “stimulus” debate.

He’s also the guy who basically turned over control of his banking committee to the most liberal special interest group in South Carolina.

Is that “Reaganesque?”

Of course not.

David Thomas is a big government RINOcrat who has faithfully voted with the liberal wing of the GOP for years.

Far from being the “conservative leader” he claims to be, the truth is he’s nothing but a “fluffer” for powerful Senate President Glenn McConnell and Finance Chairman Hugh Leatherman, the two primary architects of South Carolina’s big-spending, zero accountability approach to government. As recently as two weeks ago, Thomas was on the floor of the S.C. Senate doing what he always does – voting in lockstep with our state’s RINOcrat majority.

For his dutiful subservience, Thomas has received certain table scraps of leftover pork from McConnell and Leatherman – yet taxpayers have been left with rapidly escalating unemployment, stagnant income levels, a dysfunctional government and the worst public schools in America.

Is any of that “Reaganesque?”

Not on your life.

Obviously we have no love for U.S. Rep. Bob Inglis – who was one of the original “Republican” bailout supporters – but in the race to replace his consistent caving with the voice of a real taxpayer advocate, we would encourage Greenville voters to look elsewhere.

We’d also encourage them to stop listening to their so-called “business community,” which is clearly not looking out for its own best interests – not those of the taxpayers.

One of the staunchest conservative districts in America should have a staunch conservative – like U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint – representing it, not another RINO.

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