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.
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.
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.
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