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We are all so election weary, but I just have to share with you Peter McCoy's last-minute mailing, just because it is hilarious, and we are all in need of a little humor right about now.

Half of the mailing is all about Peter, with a cute photo and the usual stuff, how he is 100 percent in the pocket of big business (I don't know if he admitted the “big” part or not), and how he is going to make sure that every one of us has the choice to send our kids to whichever minimally adequate school we like. So you don't need to see that, because it's same old, same old.

But the part about his opponent, Carol Tempel, is what cracked me up.

First, there was a picture of Carol:

Then, Peter went into all the terrible awful no-good very bad things about her.

Like the fact that nobody that's pro-jobs has endorsed her. Except of course, the AFL-CIO, EdFirstSC, and the Working Families Party.  Oh, and those crazy liberals at the Post & Courier.

And we all know that, except for having diverse public schools that reflect the many diverse needs of the children of South Carolina, Carol is not in favor of giving parents school choice.

We all know that the main goal for Carol, if she is elected, is to spend as much money as possible. Unlike McCoy, who is in favor of giving massive tax breaks to millionaires, and then cutting government services, much like when daddy buys a new Lamborghini and then cuts your allowance to pay for it.

All of the above criticisms are just plain cruel, but the last one is the worst.

Peter McCoy has accused Carol Tempel of supporting Barack Obama! That's just too much. I mean, that puts her in the company of radical lefties like Colin Powell. And Chris Christie. And, as if that isn't bad enough, Peter says Carol is – I kid you not – “a 'community activist' for hard liberal causes.”

Now that is some cold stuff. Mostly because I have absolutely no idea what it means.

So, folks, don't vote for Carol Tempel, unless you want to have someone up in Columbia voting to spend tax dollars on education instead of tax breaks for millionaires, bringing our federal taxes back home to fix roads, hire teachers and firefighters, and protect our environment.



Carol Tempel
Petition Candidate
SC House 115

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Our old friend, Peter McCoy, Republican and friend of the Charleston Tea Party, has been revving up for Halloween early by trying to scare voters.

Actually, he's not saying it himself, because he is a nice guy, and he knows well enough that here in the Lowcountry attacking your opponent is just not the polite thing to do.

So Webmaster at Charleston GOP did McCoy's dirty work.  Or he thinks he did.

This anonymous writer described Peter's opponent, Carol Tempel as (I kid you not):  "...the most liberal candidate for office in the state..." and sends out a challenge to GOP faithful:

All you Conservatives out there need to send questions to [email protected] to ensure that the debate remains on the issues that matter to our state and highlights the major differences between the very conservative McCoy and the very liberal Tempel.

It appears that it's time for the grown-ups in the room to take this silliness down a notch or two.  I can't imagine what the "most liberal" candidate in the state would be like, but she sure isn't someone who is going to come along and snatch your children's education dollars out from under them, for example, by trying to sell you parents a tax deduction that would give you $280 to fund your kids' education while at the same time weakening our public schools.

The "most liberal candidate in the state" wouldn't plan on cutting budgets for teachers, fire fighters and police in order to line the pockets of big corporate interests here in South Carolina.  And she would not support privatizing important government services, so that your taxes are paying for corporations to make profits first, and for those important services, second.

Carol Tempel may not be the "most liberal candidate in the state", but she knows that only by investing in the education of all South Carolina's children will we be able to grow the leaders of tomorrow.  Good education leads to good jobs.  Children who go to good schools, and know that they will be able to go to good colleges or career training programs, will have the confidence to be good citizens.

The poverty and unemployment that continues to wreak havoc on this state can only be turned around by wise investment of our citizens' tax dollars, including making the best use of our federal tax dollars.

I don't really think you would call someone a conservative who would spend money poorly, by protecting the wealth of some, and leaving the rest to fend for themselves.  This path leads to increased dropout rates and crime, greater rates of teen pregnancy, and more lives of poverty and hopelessness.  For those who have worked hard throughout their lives, but have hit a rough patch, McCoy would not offer a safety net, even one that our hard work and tax dollars should have ensured us.

Keeping the money flowing upward is the real scary prospect.  It hasn't worked up till now, and it won't ever work.  Carol Tempel will fight for equal opportunity, so that South Carolina can begin a true and long overdue renewal.

So by all means, all y'all, liberal, conservative and anywhere in between, bring your hard questions to the debate.  Carol Tempel would love to answer those questions.  She is not as scared of having a real exchange of ideas as her opponent appears to be.

The debate will be on Thursday, October 25th, from 7-8, at the James Island Town Hall.

Carol Tempel
Petition Candidate
SC House #115