Is Tim Scott the Next Senator From S.C.?
Immediate speculation turns to U.S. House member.
The immediate response to Sen. Jim DeMint's stunning resignation has been to speculate on his replacement. And everyone is talking about U.S. Rep. Tim Scott (R-S.C.).
According to CNN's Peter Hamby, "DeMint has made it known in Columbia that he wants Tim Scott to be appointed to his seat."
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, offered her support. "A great choice!" she responded, via Twitter.
Gov. Nikki Haley will appoint the next senator from South Carolina to fill the seat until a special election in 2014. Scott was a leader of the House's 2010 caucus and made news during the Presidential Primary for town halls with the candidates.
Scott is also the Republican Party's only returning African-American representative returning to the Congress in 2013. He was recently appointed to the powerful Ways and Means Committee.
If chosen, he would be only the sixth African-American to serve in the U.S. Senate. The first three were Republicans — two of them were elected by the Mississippi State Senate during Reconstruction — and the last being Edward W. Brooke III in 1979.
In a statement following DeMint's announcment, Scott focused his comments on the senator before turning his attention to Haley's choice.
"Looking forward," Scott said. "Gov. Haley will now appoint a news senator, and I know she will make the right choice both for South Carolina and the nation."
Right Here
2:32 pm on Thursday, December 6, 2012
Tim Scott? Isn't he black?
I thought Republicans were racist?
How are they going to explain this?
Oh, got it. He's not really black, he's an oreo, a token, a sellout.
Working for the man.
Got it.
maizenbluedoc
8:09 pm on Thursday, December 6, 2012
Unfortunately, this is the Democratic philosophy. According to the liberals, blacks and conservative Republicans are not compatible.
Arthur Christopher Schaper
1:52 am on Friday, December 7, 2012
"Right Here" --
Your comment is inappropriate, insenstive, unacceptable.
And RACIST.
stanley seigler
12:42 pm on Friday, December 7, 2012
re: Tim Scott? Isn't he black?...I [Right Here] thought Republicans were racist?
to remove the stigma SC GOPs are racist...haley should appoint jim clyburn as the interim senator...
another step to remove racist handle is to repeal the voterID law.
and another: call on the racist to stop the vitriolic hyperbole against BO and jim clyburn.
BTW GOPs have earned the racist name by their shamless tactics to win elections even if it divided our country and kept racism alive for decades...
GOPs have pandered to their 'baser' base since the 60s with racist dog whistles...eg, atwater and willie horton ads...
Justice Prudence
7:43 am on Friday, December 7, 2012
Well Tim Scott certainly has "experience" at doing NOT A DAMN THING so sure, he'd make a REALLY GREAT (ahem) 'Senator'. That dude won't even answer his Allstate Insurance Agency phone calls or respond to his constituents in West Ashley of Charleston! Let's see, Tim Scott 'fought' hard to have the 10 Commandments installed in a State Government Building - bad move Tim. Has Separation between Church and State completely eluded your better senses? Apparently so it seems.
Hey, let's be real, Nikki Haley needs a puppet she can control and with Tim Scott, she's got her 'token' Candidate - unlike the Distinguished Mr. Ford who won't put up with her self serving ways. Tim Scott is doing everything - or rather NOT really - and setting back the state mentality into the old Jim Crow segregation ways and days. This guy isn't 'schitness' for SC or Allstate customers who are unfortunately doing business with that huckster.
Bad move Nikki Haley - then again WE the Citizens expect NOTHING more of this same ole same ole from you {insert laughter} teabaggers.
PS: My comments are probably inappropriate, insensitive, unacceptable and perhaps perceived by some as <gulp> racist! Heavens to Betsy if that's the case!
reg
12:19 pm on Friday, December 7, 2012
His "10 commandments" drive wound up costing the city $60,000+ - which he knew and acknowledged prior to, but said he though he had to for God. So *we* taxpayers wound up paying for *his* religious zealotry. And when asked, he couldn't name the 10 commandments himself.
Right Here
9:28 am on Friday, December 7, 2012
re: Arthur
Of course it is. Everything's racist.
Care to explain how?
Arthur Christopher Schaper
11:41 am on Friday, December 7, 2012
That is error.
Granted, we have prejudices in our minds, yet we do not have to act on them or speak them out. The element of an educated mind depends on discerning a worthy thought from an unworthy statement.
We may have a bitter thought about people, places, or things, but that does not mean that we are defined by such thinking, nor should we share it.
Terri Unknown
10:28 am on Friday, December 7, 2012
Some of the comments here are horrible. I know Mr. Scott and he's a wondeful person and is dedicated to the people of SC. I think he would make a wonderful senator. I am keeping my fingers crossed that is will become our representative.
reg
12:20 pm on Friday, December 7, 2012
Keep your fingers crossed, Terri - he will NEVER become our representative, even though he already holds that title. He's only interested in representing himself and his campaign donors.
Right Here
1:06 pm on Friday, December 7, 2012
re: Arthur
Dude, what are you talking about?
Right Here
1:17 pm on Friday, December 7, 2012
re: Stanley Seigler
99% of blacks voted for Obama, with the vast majority voting for him simply because he's black.
I submit that that stands as proof that blacks are the most racist people on the planet.
Yet you keep spouting the same old "white republicans are racist" garbage.
stanley seigler
4:11 pm on Friday, December 7, 2012
your logic defies logic..
.there must be a name for this type argument/debate fallacy...are the latinos and asians (70% for BO) racist...and how about young voters are they racist...ie voted for BO because he was not white...
racist defend their racism with the argument blacks are more racist...not true...but;
if it were as they say in the old country, 'two wrongs dont make a right.'
stanley seigler
10:21 pm on Friday, December 7, 2012
PS
re: there must be a name for this type argument/debate fallacy...
the name may be,
'irrelevant conclusion': the fallacy of proving a conclusion not pertinent and quite different from that which was intended or required.
re: Dude (arthur), what are you talking about?
if you figger it out let us know...or maybe arthur will enlighten...
pick your own cotton
11:24 pm on Friday, December 7, 2012
so what were we when we voted for white?dimbo
stanley seigler
12:33 am on Saturday, December 8, 2012
any thoughts cotton picking has on the logic appreciated...butt;
re: what were we
hopefully an informed voter...but have doubts, if say, cottonP voted for MITT...or newt in the primary...
oh/and
adhoms (eg, dimbo) add zip to any discussion...and are mostly used by those who have only prejudicial, baseless comments...
opine: time spent on too cute adhoms would be better spent googling for facts.
stanley seigler
12:40 pm on Saturday, December 8, 2012
@pick your own cotton
i'm slow on the uptake...sooo
re: so what were we when we voted for white?dimbo
i may have mis read your sarcasm and to whom it was directed...also missed the point of your pseudonym...
think got i 'em now...
Tom Utley
2:38 pm on Friday, December 7, 2012
That would be a serious step down from Jim Demint.
Not that Demint was perfect, but Tim Scott is the definition of crony-capitalism and the orwellian police state
Robert Kelly
10:25 pm on Friday, December 7, 2012
Tim Scott is against spending and earmarks, and in favor of the 10 Commandments. Even when Charleston lost the case, as anyone could have foreseen, he said the money they spent fighting the case was well worth it. Not a very fiscally savvy move in my book.
On the other hand he is credited with getting about $300 million for dredging, improving, the port of Charleston. Personally I think that is something to be proud of, but maybe the GOP might consider that a case of spending money...they don't like that when the president suggests it.
So he has obvious advantages for the GOP, and they might very much like to have him as a face of the GOP, but I notice that when he is discussed, no one ever seems to say what he has done that is so good, or what he has accomplished. His supporters say how conservative and fiscally responsible he is (forget the losing lawsuit for the commandments, and the $300M for CHS harbor), but never how he has led anything successfully.
So now the right wing will jump in with some anti-Obama claim as if it were relevant. Obama was elected by the people of this country, and re-elected. That in itself constitutes credibility. Where is Tim Scott's credibility?
reg
1:14 am on Saturday, December 8, 2012
"he is credited with getting about $300 million for dredging, improving, the port of Charleston." ??? can you tell me where you get that info? All I know is that he spoke positively of the Corps spending $150K on the port, but that was already included in their budget. I've heard many, many others - including the council members he used to work with - complain many times that Scott ignored the port and denied it funding. (he also didn't do jack for port of G'Town when it was in CD1 -- that port and its business is about to dry up, it's so out of shape after being ignored)
Robert Kelly
4:57 pm on Saturday, December 8, 2012
Reg, I trusted Wikipedia. Here is the quote.
"Scott successfully advocated for federal funds for a Charleston harbor dredging project estimated at $300 million, arguing that the project is neither an earmark nor an example of wasteful government spending.[44] He said the project was merit-based, and in the national interest because larger cargo ships could use the port and jobs would be created.[44]"
44. Ron Nixon (July 19, 2011). "Cost-Cutters, Except When the Spending Is Back Home". The New York Times. Retrieved August 7, 2011...
I would have considered than an accomplishment, unless of course it is not true. I think this is the type thing government should fund.
The article also pointed out how he voted to restrict food stamps to lower income people. I am not a Tim Scott fan, I just thought pointing out a good thing was worth while, even if it smacks a little of "earmarking".
reg
8:46 pm on Saturday, December 8, 2012
Thanks for the source, Robert. Surprises me -- I heard his former council colleagues complain that he didn't want to do anything for the port, and that part of the reason it needs the work so much is because he ignored the problems while on council.