Since I mentioned Tim Scott in a post I wrote on the high number of racially motivated attacks on black Americans, I wanted to share with you something I read about the election of this fine man to Congress. Politico reported than the “89-year-old grandfather” of the Congressman-elect ‘was with him [on the] Tuesday night . . . he won a seat in South Carolina’s 1st District“. Born in 1921, Scott’s grandfathter would have thus, according to the Second Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution (later amended by the 26th), been eligible vote in 1942 .
Four years later, Strom Thurmond would win election as governor of the Palmetto State. It’s highly unlikely that Scott’s grandfather voted in that election despite his eligibility, given that Southern states then prevented most black citizens from registering to vote.
Sixty-four years after Scott’s grandfather likely was unable to vote in the contest electing Strom Thurmond to the chief executive officer of South Carolina, that old man would see his grandson defeat Thurmond’s son in the Republican primary for a congressional seat in that very state.
And given dissatisfaction on the right with the man who succeeded Thurmond in the U.S. Senate, four years hence, Tim Scott could well be the conservative choice to fill the U.S. Senate seat of the one-time champion of segregation.
Let us hope Tim Scott’s grandfather is around to vote for him in that election.
After he got elected, I was sort of wondering the same thing about Tim Scott. In 2008, LG had an easy time of it obviously because conservatives were to afraid to challenge him and replace him with someone more conservative when the GOP brand was so badly damaged. What has to be scary for Graham is that there are other Republicans in his state—Tim Scott in particular although Nikki Haley too if she were to choose not to run for a second term—who have the name recognition and position to mount a challenge to him in 2014 that he couldn’t survive. Just think how easy it would be for Tim Scott to raise money if he decided to take on Graham. If a relatively innocuous Robert Bennett of deep-red Utah couldn’t survive in 2008, it’s very easy to see the much squishier Graham of deep-red South Carolina getting taken out in 2014.
I know Tim and he is a truly wonderful young man. I would join him if he decided to run against Graham when his term comes up. Unfortunately he is our Senator until 2014.
Y’all must have missed the memo about how Republicans hate black folk and all the Republicans in the South are just segregrationist Democrats who switched parties when the Democrats embraced civil rights in the 1970’s.
As far as I know there are no term limits on the SC governorship. If she has dreams of being President it would be better for her resume to be governor for two terms before going to the senate.
Of course, if she feels she needs to become Senator 2014 will be the year. Unless DeMint becomes Pres or VP or gets a cabinet position he’ll be a SC senator for a long time, and if Tim Scott gets elected, and is who he seems to be, he’ll also be there for a long time.
And, who’s repressing the black votes these days? Take it up with Palin’s, deMint’s and Huckabee’s followers.
How to speak Democrat:
Common sense efforts to prevent vote fraud: “Voter suppression”
I thought I read a smell.
Then I realized it was one of Grannie Goodness’ rants.
Hint, Conservatives represent all their constituants. Liberals, not so much (See Holder, Eric)
Awesome! What joy and triumph the elder Scott must feel.
And, who’s repressing the black votes these days?
Sorry, Obama Parrot, but contrary to your Obama Party’s belief, all people, regardless of skin color, are limited to one vote.
We understand that you and your fellow Obama puppets support and endorse fraud, including voting multiple times and so forth, but that’s not constitutional. One wonder how your racist Obama is going to look when Holder, desperate to save his skin, lets it spill that your racist Obama ordered the Justice Department to support voter fraud by ACORN and to allow voting by illegal aliens.
I always love it when attempts to reduce election fraud are referred to as “suppressing”, “repressing”, or God love us, “disenfranchising’ minorities.
The subtext to all of these claims is that anti-fraud laws are an unfair burden on the minority community, because minorites are uniquely disposed to criminal fraud and can’t win fair elections.
Thanks for making the racism of your position clear, Auntie.