Saw this on C-SPAN this morning LOL :
Boys will be leaders; politicians will be boys S.C. party officials hold forth on beer, girls
Associated Press
Originally published June 24, 2001
COLUMBIA, S.C. - Just days after a phony
legislative memo urged female pages to dress provocatively, the heads of South Carolina's two
major political parties told teen-age boys about
their positions on "beer and girls."
Democrat Dick Harpootlian and Republican
Henry McMaster made their comments at the
annual Boys State leadership event for about 800
high school seniors June 11, The State in
Columbia reported yesterday, quoting the Boys
State newspaper, The Citizen Times.
Harpootlian noted that qualified high school
graduates could get $4,500 for college from the
state lottery. "That can buy a lot of beer and girls,"
he said.
"Democrats are for beer and girls," McMaster
responded. "Republicans are for cold beer and hot
girls."
"In hindsight, I think Dick and I both got a little carried away," McMaster said. "But the stated purpose was to say, 'Let's forget about all this [beer and girls] and get serious.'"
Republican state Rep. Edith M. "Edie" Rodgers, who heads the House Women's Caucus, said she was disappointed by Harpootlian and McMaster.
"I'm sort of up to here with flippant comments from men at this point," Rodgers said.
Harpootlian said that "anyone that's perturbed at this, I'd say 'Get a life.'"
On June 6, a memo from a fictitious "Men's Caucus" - responding to a real memo from the House Women's Caucus reminding pages about professional work attire - circulated among legislators, saying women pages could get bonuses for wearing tops with less material.
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