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Crossroads 2026: André Bauer Exits U.S. Senate Race

“This decision does not come lightly…”

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Observer August 8, 2025 at 1:59 pm

Just as well. For some reason SC voters, or whoever stuffs the ballot boxes, loves our little chickenhawk Lindseypoo Graham. Maybe in another year, a different lineup, Andre might have a chance. For some reason South Carolinians seem to have a “thing” for having sexually ambiguous US Senators.

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Squishy123 (the original) August 8, 2025 at 7:47 pm

So Strom Thurmond was ambiguous?

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Observer August 9, 2025 at 10:47 pm

My reply was placed under the wrong comment. Thurmond was 25 years ago. Look at what we’ve had for the last 15 or so years.

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Freeme Top fan August 8, 2025 at 2:44 pm

Paul Dans says, “doesn’t reflect OUR values.” Seriously, you said OUR. Man, don’t do that. There is no OUR. You moved here to run. Most of us native South Carolinians take offense to you grouping yourself with us. YOU ARE NOT A SOUTH CAROLINIAN. Get the hell out of OUR political process. The entire problem in politics is people like you. You right some political plan that agreed has some decent points, but also some very bad philosophy. You want to force feed people rather than debate and be civil. As soon as a Republican disagrees on an issue or two, you call them a RINO. You want to be the tyrant or Oz behind the curtain. That is not SC or American. We do not want you or need you. Go hang with Abnormal Norman.

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Anonymous August 8, 2025 at 4:51 pm

…. and he drove off into the sunset at 110 mph with flashing blue lights in hot pursuit.

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Observer August 9, 2025 at 4:10 pm

Thurmond was 25 years ago. That was then. This is now. Look at what we have had pretty much consistently for a while, now.

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The Colonel Top fan August 8, 2025 at 6:27 pm

Somebody has some dirt on poor old Andre.

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The Colonel Top fan August 8, 2025 at 6:27 pm

I mean beyond all the stuff we already know about…

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Dum Spiro Spero Top fan August 9, 2025 at 12:21 pm

As Clint Eastwood reminds us as Dirty Harry: “A man’s got to know his limitations.” And of course the Peter Principle tells us that in the workforce “people tend to rise to their level of incompetence.” Andre reached both these milestones early in his political career. Which leaves us with Graham and Dans…. Pleased indulge me with one final quote: “In the land if the blind, the one-eyed are kings!”

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