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To: tejek who wrote (546028)	1/25/2010 7:10:23 PM
From: Peter Dierks	Respond to of 1576835

and willingness to defend mediocre people He is not defending you. That is evidence that he does not defend mediocre people. Thus your claim is false.

To: tejek who wrote (546028)	1/25/2010 8:59:42 PM
From: jlallen	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1576835

lol You are the mother of all dumbfukks.

To: tejek who wrote (546028)	1/26/2010 6:38:57 AM
From: Bill	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576835

How do you know? You know nothing about him. It's easy to sit back and spin every move he makes. And to make judgments based on nothing but cynical ignorance. You're a nitwit.

To: tejek who wrote (546028)	1/26/2010 12:01:38 PM
From: Alighieri	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576835

S.C. Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer Compares Helping Poor to Feeding Stray Animals Posted by Brian Montopoli (AP) South Carolina Lt. Governor Andre Bauer, who hopes to succeed fellow Republican Mark Sanford as his state's governor, drew a comparison between government help for poor people and "feeding stray animals" – who, he noted, "breed." "My grandmother was not a highly educated woman, but she told me as a small child to quit feeding stray animals," Bauer said during a town hall meeting, as the Greenville News reported over the weekend. "You know why? Because they breed. You're facilitating the problem if you give an animal or a person ample food supply. They will reproduce, especially ones that don't think too much further than that. And so what you've got to do is you've got to curtail that type of behavior. They don't know any better." As the Greenville News notes, more than half of the students in South Carolina participate in a program that allows them to get their lunch for free, or at a reduced cost. Bauer later said he wasn't saying those who receive government help "were animals or anything else." He added that his metaphor was taken out of context, WSOCTV reports, and added that "maybe the stray animals wasn't the best metaphor." Bauer made the comment as part of an argument that people should lose government benefits if they fail drug tests or don't attend parent-teacher conferences or PTA meetings. "Look folks, if you receive goods or services from the government and you don't attend a parent-teacher conference, bam, you lose your benefits," he said. In a follow-up story, the Greenville News reports that Bauer said "he would penalize only adults and that he never advocated taking away a child's free or reduced-price lunch. His speech was about breaking the cycle of dependence on government aid, he said." During the town hall meeting, Bauer said he "can show you a bar graph where free and reduced lunch has the worst test scores in the state of South Carolina." He added: "So how do you fix it? Well you say, 'Look, if you receive goods or services from the government, then you owe something back.'" South Carolina Democrats responded harshly to the comments, and there were calls for Bauer to apologize and to drop his gubernatorial bid. Some in his own party were also critical, with Republican state Rep. Harry Cato saying Bauer "has gone overboard."