The Post and Courier featured an article Monday stating that Tim Scott is unavailable for the debate forum for his 1st District US House seat. He's busy. And also they didn't offer him other dates.Paul Gawrych, who doesn't seem to need to follow any rules he doesn't like, has also declined, on the same day, to debate Peter Tecklenburg for the position of Charleston County Auditor, also claiming a prior commitment.And we all know that Peter McCoy was inconvenienced by the invitation to debate Carol Tempel for SC House smack in between the two really far apart areas that he and fellow legislators decided to call District 115. But at least he'll be at the debate on Thursday on James Island. And hey, if you live in Kiawah and Seabrook, come on down and visit your legislator.
So here's the deal:
 Bobbie Rose is running for the US House of Representatives against Tim Scott. Unlike Tim, she wants to talk to the voters in District 1. She'll be at the North Charleston City Hall at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, 10/24.If you get there at 7, you'll also be able to meet Peter Tecklenburg, who is running for County Auditor against the conveniently busy Paul Gawrych.
 Carol Tempel is finally going to be debating incumbent Peter McCoy on Thursday, 10/25, at the James Island Town Hall, at 7 p.m. Unlike some candidates, Carol worked hard to collect the required signatures in order to run as a Petition Candidate for SC House 115. She deserves our support. If you know someone who does not know Carol, who may be undecided, take them along with you.
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At the Tempel Town Hall, I heard that Tim Scott had also refused to debate his opponent, Bobbie Rose. When I called his campaign office to confirm this, there was no one there, so I left a message. I figured they must all be out meeting with Scott's constituents, you know, to let us know what he's done for us over the past two years, and what we would like him to tackle should he get re-elected. And after all, we know Scott's not in the halls of Congress, as they have just "completed" the shortest work year the House has ever scheduled themselves. But to be safe, I also sent out an email, asking if this rumor was true.
Surprisingly, I did not get a reply. So let's assume that Tim Scott really does not plan on debating Bobbie Rose. It's my opinion that, since his hero Jim DeMint faced all those jeers at his first debate back in 2004 when he said unwed mothers should not be allowed to teach, and Sarah Palin had to field all those unfair questions by Katie Couric just four years ago, many of the radical right have opted to be selective about where and with whom they meet.
I may be wrong.
It may be that Tim Scott is busy doing the People's business.
So let's see what Tim Scott has been up to.
Well, he spoke at the Republican National Convention.
A black man who came up from poverty in South Carolina, he obviously had an important story to tell. They gave him two minutes.
Way back in April he received the Thomas Jefferson Award. This is awarded by the International Distributors Foodservice Association. They honor representatives who fight for "free enterprise". They do this by analyzing the votes of members of Congress. You might want to take a peak at the scores for 2009-2010.
At the very same time, Scott received the Defender of Economic Freedom Award from the Club for Growth. You know these guys; they're the ones who give big dollar support to folks like Tim Scott to cut taxes and regulation, in other words, "defend economic freedom."
Okay, so that was April. What's he done lately? Well, as I reported on a few weeks ago, Tim Scott was smiling at the cameras as he received the Standing Up for Seniors Award from the little known but warm-and-fuzzy-sounding fake-grass-roots group RetireSafe.
It's safe to say that there are people that know where Tim Scott is at all times. They are not us. Tim Scott reports to those who stand to make lots more money by assuring that he votes against the interest of the average worker, student, or senior. And then they give him awards for doing it.
They own PAC's, SuperPACS and those other fund-raising groups that are just known by their numbers, that are all ways of allowing big monied interests to give huge amounts to candidates without having to tell anyone who they are.
So I can see why Representative Tim Scott does not want to bother himself with a debate. Obviously, he is very busy. And it's okay that he doesn't need to sell himself to us, because, to be frank, we couldn't afford him.
 It's not even close to Halloween but South Carolina's Representative in Congress, Tim Scott, is sending out those scary emails. After letting us know that he wouldn't be allowed (because of those nasty Democrat regulations) to communicate with us before the election, he proceeds to show us exactly why such a rule, even convoluted as he describes it, exists.The most important message Scott can send out at this time is to, for God's sake, stop those Democrats from getting away with the tax hikes that are going to send us "over the fiscal cliff" at the end of the year.
Well, Bobbie Rose is not afraid of Tim Scott's scary stories. She knows that it was the Bush tax cuts that "sent us over the cliff" as far as the deficit is concerned, and that it will take job security to bring economic health back to the small businesses here in South Carolina. Good and necessary government jobs don't just improve our children's education, but put teachers back on the payroll and off the unemployment rolls. When teachers are back to work, they are able to spend money in their communities. When small businesses increase earnings, they grow, and when they grow, they hire.
We can move forward, with Federal programs to increase fuel efficiency, to create businesses that innovate and strengthen our environment, rather than continue to support the old dirty fuel corporate interests that get Tim Scott's votes. Scott would have us believe that regulation is a dirty word, when in fact, keeping our towns and waterways clean and safe through smart regulation is what is really good for business, and for the people of South Carolina.
So those tax hikes that Tim Scott wants us to run from in horror are actually the fuel that the high earners need to give back to create those good government jobs. That will begin to create the upward spiral that has been stalled by Tea Party fanatics like Scott.
Bobbie Rose is the woman who will fight to get the government working for us again. Teachers, police, firefighters, roads and bridges, schools, power grids, public transportation; this is what we need here in South Carolina to get us growing again.
We need to say no to the message of fearmongering that Representative Tim Scott sends us, and we need to let Bobbie Rose truly bring jobs back to South Carolina.
Visit Bobbie at: bobbierose.us and find out how you can help!
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