Quote:
Originally Posted by speedyexpress48
In a lot of Southern states, people would rather vote for a criminal than ever vote for a Democrat (historically it was the other way around, but, you know, Civil Rights and all that..) The good' ol boy voters will vote for anyone who puts up the allusion of being a good moral Republican no matter how much obvious BS it is.
(See; David Vitter, Newt Gingrich, Scott DesJarlais...)
|
Sadly, there's a new example to add:
Disgraced South Carolina ex-governor Sanford wins House seat
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/...9460BI20130508
Edit: GOP Benghazi probe stokes political controversy
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...05-08-03-12-35
Not much of a surprise here.