Tim Scott 2024

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DeSantis, Hogan, Tim Scott - any of the above would have my vote.

+1000

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How interesting that all of the criticism of Scott calls him “dumb” with zero substantiation.

Here’s some substantiation.

He is ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

I don't really have any strong opinions on Tim Scott. I won't vote for any Republican for any office since Trump so I don't spend a whole lot of time worrying about their positions.

But I did find this article on Tim Scott interesting:

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/05/22/tim-scott-55-things-you-need-to-know-00097711

And this:

"In 1994, running for a seat on the Charleston County Council while volunteering on the congressional campaign of a young Mark Sanford, Scott was starstruck meeting Jack Kemp and Newt Gingrich at an Elks Lodge. He initially had gone to the local Democratic Party headquarters to express his interest in the seat on the council. “They told me to get in line,” he once told Tim Alberta. So he ran as a Republican — and became in early 1995 the first Black Republican elected to any office in South Carolina since 1902."

To me, this is an indication that he never had any entirely set beliefs about his political principles and that's why so many of his make no sense. He'll take on whatever persona will get him elected, much like his fellow Senator from South Carolina.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How interesting that all of the criticism of Scott calls him “dumb” with zero substantiation.

+1
And imagine the outcry, if someone dared to call a black Democrat "dumb". Actually, we've already seen it on Kamala Harris threads - posters claiming any criticism of her is "racism."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Honest question —

Dude has no family

No top tier degrees / job that took him away from having a family

Like what’s he been doing his whole life?

Serving in the government since 1995? JFC.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Trump has welcomed Scott into the race (and in the process hit DeSantis yet again). All he's going to do is further divide the anti-Trump vote and help win the primary for Trump.

This.

But the GOP are clearly too stupid to understand it.

And ya, if you think Bubba from Alabama is voting for a man of color for President...

You seem far more racist than Bubba from Alabama. Do you actually think inner city blacks (I won't use some derogatory name, as you did) are voting for white people?

[Anonymous]

This is quite something

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How interesting that all of the criticism of Scott calls him “dumb” with zero substantiation.

+1
And imagine the outcry, if someone dared to call a black Democrat "dumb". Actually, we've already seen it on Kamala Harris threads - posters claiming any criticism of her is "racism."

Criticism of her is about her “not meeting expectations”. That’s absolutely racist. No one has ever cried about VP “expectations” before.

The reason some people might call Scott stupid is because he is a member of a party that would like to return to the time in America when he had no rights.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This response gets a hard "no" on being potential presidential material

What a bunch of nonsense. If you’re not pro choice, you are not going to be the president.

+1 but it also shows how Republicans are so not used to regular media asking them questions anymore. This is the number one issue in the country now, especially this week with Florida’s ban and the mifepristone rulings. And this is the answer that he clearly practiced, because he’s given it twice? This word salad?

The GOP dog finally caught the car and they have no idea what to do with it. I mean, they never did, but now they are in the terrible position of having pushed the lies of the so-called "pro-life" movement for almost a generation and now they are bound to them. These people are one issue voters and they don't want compromises.

This article sums it all up pretty well:

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-abortion-2024-primary-dobbs-effect-1234713039/

Republican primary voters want their nominee to promise a federal, national abortion ban and lean into it. None of this namby-pamby Tim Scott slip-n-slide stuff!

Republican primary voters should leave the federal government out of it. Its a state issue

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't really have any strong opinions on Tim Scott. I won't vote for any Republican for any office since Trump so I don't spend a whole lot of time worrying about their positions.

But I did find this article on Tim Scott interesting:

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/05/22/tim-scott-55-things-you-need-to-know-00097711

And this:

"In 1994, running for a seat on the Charleston County Council while volunteering on the congressional campaign of a young Mark Sanford, Scott was starstruck meeting Jack Kemp and Newt Gingrich at an Elks Lodge. He initially had gone to the local Democratic Party headquarters to express his interest in the seat on the council. “They told me to get in line,” he once told Tim Alberta. So he ran as a Republican — and became in early 1995 the first Black Republican elected to any office in South Carolina since 1902."

To me, this is an indication that he never had any entirely set beliefs about his political principles and that's why so many of his make no sense. He'll take on whatever persona will get him elected, much like his fellow Senator from South Carolina.

This is the exact kind of braindead “analysis” I would expect a white Democrat to come up with. If you weren’t a complete partisan, it would occur to you that Tim Scott is what happens when Democrats take Black people for granted and are disrespectful. I hope more of us abandon that party.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is quite something

Wtf? Why did they get rid of his face?

[Anonymous]

Wonder if Scott's lack of spouse and family will have a negative impact in the minds of older conservative voters

Not as worried about younger voters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How interesting that all of the criticism of Scott calls him “dumb” with zero substantiation.

+1
And imagine the outcry, if someone dared to call a black Democrat "dumb". Actually, we've already seen it on Kamala Harris threads - posters claiming any criticism of her is "racism."

Criticism of her is about her “not meeting expectations”. That’s absolutely racist. No one has ever cried about VP “expectations” before.

The reason some people might call Scott stupid is because he is a member of a party that would like to return to the time in America when he had no rights.

Oh, please. Kamala Harris is criticized because she is an absolute idiot who cackles with delight at the most inappropriate times, talks in nonsensical word salads, and has been *widely* reported to be extremely difficult to work with - remember all those resignations from her office?

Get real. If you can't take the fact that criticism of her has zero to do with her race, then you just look more foolish than usual.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This response gets a hard "no" on being potential presidential material

What a bunch of nonsense. If you’re not pro choice, you are not going to be the president.

+1 but it also shows how Republicans are so not used to regular media asking them questions anymore. This is the number one issue in the country now, especially this week with Florida’s ban and the mifepristone rulings. And this is the answer that he clearly practiced, because he’s given it twice? This word salad?

The GOP dog finally caught the car and they have no idea what to do with it. I mean, they never did, but now they are in the terrible position of having pushed the lies of the so-called "pro-life" movement for almost a generation and now they are bound to them. These people are one issue voters and they don't want compromises.

This article sums it all up pretty well:

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-abortion-2024-primary-dobbs-effect-1234713039/

Republican primary voters want their nominee to promise a federal, national abortion ban and lean into it. None of this namby-pamby Tim Scott slip-n-slide stuff!

Republican primary voters should leave the federal government out of it. Its a state issue

Well, yes. So how come you Democrats were outraged when the issue was sent back to the states, where it belongs?
DP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't really have any strong opinions on Tim Scott. I won't vote for any Republican for any office since Trump so I don't spend a whole lot of time worrying about their positions.

But I did find this article on Tim Scott interesting:

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/05/22/tim-scott-55-things-you-need-to-know-00097711

And this:

"In 1994, running for a seat on the Charleston County Council while volunteering on the congressional campaign of a young Mark Sanford, Scott was starstruck meeting Jack Kemp and Newt Gingrich at an Elks Lodge. He initially had gone to the local Democratic Party headquarters to express his interest in the seat on the council. “They told me to get in line,” he once told Tim Alberta. So he ran as a Republican — and became in early 1995 the first Black Republican elected to any office in South Carolina since 1902."

To me, this is an indication that he never had any entirely set beliefs about his political principles and that's why so many of his make no sense. He'll take on whatever persona will get him elected, much like his fellow Senator from South Carolina.

This is the exact kind of braindead “analysis” I would expect a white Democrat to come up with. If you weren’t a complete partisan, it would occur to you that Tim Scott is what happens when Democrats take Black people for granted and are disrespectful. I hope more of us abandon that party.

Couldn't agree more.
DP