Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer (R-S.C.) breeds contempt

Of late, my affection for South Carolina has grown, but I just don't get the Palmetto State's politicians. We tittered at Gov. Mark "Gone Hiking" Sanford (R). We gasped at Rep. Joe "You Lie!" Wilson (R). And now we have say-what whiplash thanks to Lt. Gov. Andre "Starve the Poor" Bauer (R).

The Greenville News reports that at a town hall meeting over the weekend, Bauer argued that the government end assistance to those who fail drug tests. “My grandmother was not a highly educated woman, but she told me as a small child to quit feeding stray animals. You know why? Because they breed,” he said. “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.”

Wow.

This incident is but one of many that explain why there was no way Sanford would be impeached over his affair with an Argentinian woman who was not his wife. Check out NPR's Ken Rudin to find out more about Bauer's tense relationship with South Carolina Republicans.

