The S.C. Republican Party finds itself embroiled in controversy after one of its county co-chairman “liked” an article on Facebook that outlined situations in which its author believes it to be permissible to “shoot a cop.”
We don’t expect the scandal to blow up quite like “Rusty-gate” or Glenn McConnell’s “antebellum soiree” (two of the SCGOP’s [...]
Getting “Primative” In Tennessee
By FITSNews || From the “It Wasn’t Even Funny The First Time” file, another white Southern male in a pseudo-prominent position is in hot water for comparing U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama to a primate.
Walt Baker, a the CEO for the Tennessee Hospitality Association, forwarded an email Thursday evening that compared Mrs. Obama to Cheeta, [...]
Rusty DePass, Meet Alanis Morisette
What members of South Carolina’s rotting political kleptocracy do after we ruin their careers (always righteously, we might add) is completely up to them.
Some take it in stride, others flee to Canada. It’s a personal thing, we suppose.
For example, after our careers were ruined (the first time) we drank a lot. And wore hoodies. The [...]
Google Pulled A Rusty DePass
In the event we haven’t made it abundantly clear, we’re big fans of U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama. We get that she’s a socialist (or at least a socialist groupie), but that doesn’t mean she’s not classy.
Plus, she’s hot – something which knows no ideology.
Of course not everybody agrees with us … like former SCGOP [...]
Rusty DePass Also Hates Red Lights
A GOP activist who earlier this year compared U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama to an escaped gorilla at a Columbia S.C. zoo is back in the news – this time for an August run-in with the University of South Carolina police department.
Like S.C. House Speaker Bobby Harrell, DePass apparently doesn’t like to stop at red [...]
Back To Last Week’s Dead Horse
Before anyone accuses us of “beating a dead horse” again, we’d like to point out that we’re simply drawing attention today to a national column, one that – in part, at least – focuses on the overreaction of the media to the saga of SCGOP activist Rusty DePass.
Who again?
Exactly … in case you’ve already forgotten, [...]
“Rusty Gate” Rolls On
The seemingly interminable drama of S.C. Republican activist Rusty DePass rolled on yesterday as a source at his former real estate brokerage accused Columbia S.C. Mayor Bob Coble of pressuring the firm to fire DePass’ for making racist comments on a social networking website last week.
One of DePass’ former employees told FITS on condition of [...]
Anti-DePass Facebook Group Forms
“Rusty DePass is an insufferable piece of garbage …”
That’s what over 400 members of a new Facebook group think about the S.C. Republican activist who compared U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama to a gorilla that escaped last week from a Columbia, S.C. zoo.
The social networking website that served as the initial forum for DePass’ unfortunate [...]
“DePassgate” Is Getting Ridiculous
The story that broke here on FITS last Friday about a racist comment made by S.C. Republican activist Rusty DePass continues to spiral out of control …
Yesterday, over fifty South Carolina lawmakers filed a resolution expressing their “dismay and regret” at DePass’ remark, which jokingly compared U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama to a gorilla that [...]
Rusty DePass’ New License Plate
Check it out! We’ve found a license plate that’s perfect for S.C. Republican activist Rusty DePass – what with his love of black people and New Yorkers …
Honestly, this post should probably go on the website of our satirist friends over at The Discust, but like everything else in Palmetto politics … we got there [...]
“DePassgate” Has Gone Viral
Add the Huffington Post and ABC News to the growing list of national media outlets picking up the story about S.C. Republican activist Rusty DePass and his comparison of U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama to an escaped gorilla at a South Carolina zoo.
Here’s the Huff Po piece, and here’s ABC. And seriously, just look at [...]
SC Republicans And Race
Unlike the comment itself, the furor that ensued when a prominent S.C. Republican activist referred to U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama as being descended from apes is completely understandable – which is why the people who have called us questioning our decision to break the story have all gotten the same answer.
“You’re crazy.”
Seriously, the fact [...]
