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.
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.
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