Candidate for RNC chairman was member of whites-only country club.
Candidate for RNC chairman was member of whites-only country club.
TPM Election Central notes today that South Carolina Republican Party Chairman and recently declared candidate for RNC chairman, Katon Dawson, was formerly a member of a the 80-year-old whites-only Forest Lake country club:
Back in September, when Dawson was first quietly laying the groundwork for his RNC run, The State newspaper reported that he resigned his membership in the nearly 80-year-old Forest Lake Club. Members told the newspaper at the time that the club’s deed has a whites-only restriction and has no black members.
Dawson claimed to the paper that he’d actually been working since August to change the club’s admission practices after reading about them in the press.
In August, Dawson did indeed send a letter to the country club calling for it to open its doors to minorities. But Dawson, who had been a member for 12 years, only sent the letter after reports of the club’s racist membership rules appeared in the The State newspaper.
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Maybe it is just me but I have yet to meet anyone that belongs to a country club that isn't a d0ucebag
November 24th, 2008 at 5:51 pmCandidate for RNC chairman was member of whites-only country club.»
- - Whoa, I'm having Saxby Chambliss deja vu.
November 24th, 2008 at 5:52 pmSo the R in RNC really does stand for racist. I thought that was just one of those internet jokes.
November 24th, 2008 at 5:54 pmThat a guy with a name like Katon Dawson from South Carolina belongs to a whites-only country club should be no surprise. And the fact that he's running for RNC chair is not a shocker, either. Scary white men with names born from parental abuse of moonshine will be running the Republican Party until it flees so far south it exits the country. SplendidMarbles
November 24th, 2008 at 5:58 pmO/T
November 24th, 2008 at 6:00 pmTP,
Politico/AP claim Chicken George WTF has pardoned/commuted 16 Rethuglican crooks. Can you provide the names?
not surprised
November 24th, 2008 at 6:11 pmWow. A racist Republican...?
I'm shocked, I tell you!! Shocked!!
November 24th, 2008 at 6:13 pmCrusty Old Bastard Says:
Already with the 4@#%ing pardons. Is there a cap on how many he can give?
November 24th, 2008 at 6:13 pmBush pardoned the following lucky folks: Is your name on the list?
_Leslie Owen Collier of Charleston, Mo.
_Milton Kirk Cordes of Rapid City, S.D.
_Richard Micheal Culpepper of Mahomet, Ill.
_Brenda Jean Dolenz-Helmer of Fort Worth, Texas.
_Andrew Foster Harley of Falls Church, Va.
_Obie Gene Helton of Rossville, Ga.
_Carey C. Hice Sr. of Travelers Rest, S.C.
_Geneva Yvonne Hogg of Jacksonville, Fla.
_William Hoyle McCright Jr. of Midland, Texas.
_Paul Julian McCurdy of Sulphur, Okla.
_Robert Earl Mohon Jr. of Grant, Ala.
_Ronald Alan Mohrhoff of Los Angeles.
_Daniel Figh Pue III of Conroe, Texas.
_Orion Lynn Vick of White Hall, Ark.
Bush also commuted the prison sentences of John Edward Forte of North Brunswick, N.J., and James Russell Harris of Detroit.
November 24th, 2008 at 6:19 pmOther than qualifying him to be a bigshot Repube, what's the point about him being a member of a country club of bigots? It's par for the course for Repubes, no?
November 24th, 2008 at 6:25 pm.
I've said it before and I'll say it again...
... You can't spell (R)acist without borrowing that (R)!
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November 24th, 2008 at 6:25 pmNo surprise the next RNC chairman would be from the South. It's the only place the Republicans still have a foothold. What's next? Secession...or a "new slavery?" They have nothing else left.
November 24th, 2008 at 6:28 pmDawson:
November 24th, 2008 at 6:28 pm"What? We have no colored people here in our club? Why, Lawda mighty, I never noticed..."
Able cluster - flagged for commercial spamming. When will they learn?
November 24th, 2008 at 6:48 pmSo this guy takes a big dump every day at his whites only toilet. And when the newspapers finally get wind of his offending stench then and only then does he decide to finally wipe his ass. Just another republican turd with absolutely nothing of substance to offer humanity.
November 24th, 2008 at 6:48 pmSo someone is actually supposed to be surprised? This is like death and taxes.
November 24th, 2008 at 6:51 pmLooks like I can't get a membership to the Republican Party now. Do they still accept money from minorities?
November 24th, 2008 at 7:24 pmOf course you get to pay, Jackie. You just don't get to play.
November 24th, 2008 at 7:26 pmHe's been going to this club for 12 years and didn't notice that there were nothing buy white guys around him? Yeh right...
Just another racist GOPer. Nothing new here.
November 24th, 2008 at 7:33 pmYou can just imagine the conversation at tee off. " Its good to have a place to go where a bit of real America still exists. Hey boy get me another beer and you Mexican or whatever you are speak-a-English rack the bunker".
November 24th, 2008 at 7:43 pmWait... I thought the RNC WAS a whites-only country club?
November 24th, 2008 at 7:46 pmThis is pretty common still in the South. A few years ago in Savannah, Ga there was a G8 summit just south of town. The city was in an uproar about possible protesters coming into town to spoil its pristine beauty. The whites-only club downtown, the Oglethorpe club, took down its plaque and boarded up its windows for fear of being targeted.
Army humvees roamed the streets, but not a peep from protesters anywhere. It was fun to see racists in a panic.
November 24th, 2008 at 8:40 pmWhat a bunch of cretins. And they think dopes like this will help them market the GOP to minorities, women and the young?
November 24th, 2008 at 8:55 pmSo the big joke is their bright star Bobby Jindal wouldn't be able to play at this club. Doofi.
Look at what the SC repubs did when they got the majority in the SC legislature (roughly 8 or 10 years ago), look at the SC republican party.
Then come back and see if you can say that you're surprised while keeping a straight face.
November 24th, 2008 at 9:14 pmWho really cares its a private club and they have the right to do whatever they want, so long as it does not harm others or break the law. Personally I think its stupid, and some diversity in the club might create fantastic discussions and up the competition, but really its a private club and if they feel best around white guys they have the right to be around white guys.
November 24th, 2008 at 9:18 pmBill Gates, Warren Buffett, Sam Nunn, T. Boone Pickens all belong to a club that doesn't allow female members - is that any better than not allowing blacks? HECK NO
November 24th, 2008 at 9:25 pmSEIG HEIL, HERR DAWSON!
November 24th, 2008 at 9:52 pmIn his "defense" have you ever been skiing or golfing, it is pretty typically very close to all white. That said, a little diversity would be nice.
November 24th, 2008 at 9:55 pmI'm all for electing Katon Dawson to chairman of the RNC and holding the next Republican National Convention at the Forest Lake Club. Sarah Palin-David Duke '12! Country Clubs First!
November 24th, 2008 at 10:53 pmWhite only country club? Do those still exist? Would the President-ELECT or maybe Tiger Wood allowed membership?
November 24th, 2008 at 11:25 pmrepug party is simply a totally hot fried mess.
racist to its core
November 24th, 2008 at 11:33 pmAre you drunk again?
November 25th, 2008 at 12:25 amWhat makes you think you are qualified for the task?
November 25th, 2008 at 12:30 amSo you have been drinking...
November 25th, 2008 at 12:32 amdoesn't all that road building take time away from world saving? Why don't those rich people just build their own darned road?
November 25th, 2008 at 12:38 am"Where the white women at?!"
"Why, they're right here, at Forest Lake Country Club!"
November 25th, 2008 at 9:18 amBut a white congressman cannot join the Congressional Black Caccus or the Congressional Hispanic Caccus.
November 25th, 2008 at 11:16 amyeah, you really have to feel bad for the white folk. They have such a hell of a time...
November 25th, 2008 at 11:30 am