Republican officials: DeMint is ‘watching our nation’s pennies’ — like a Jew would.
Republican officials: DeMint is ‘watching our nation’s pennies’ — like a Jew would.
On Sunday in the Orangeburg, SC Times and Democrat newspaper, local Republican Party chairmen Edwin O. Merwin Jr. and James S. Ulmer Jr. wrote an editorial defending Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) from criticisms by Democrats. As the Huffington Post’s Rachel Weiner notes, “After a Democratic state senator wrote that DeMint didn’t bring enough money back to the state,” Merwin and Ulmer invoked an ethnic stereotype about Jewish people to defend DeMint’s penny-pinching:
There is a saying that the Jews who are wealthy got that way not by watching dollars, but instead by taking care of the pennies and the dollars taking care of themselves. By not using earmarks to fund projects for South Carolina and instead using actual bills, DeMint is watching our nation’s pennies and trying to preserve our country’s wealth and our economy’s viability to give all an opportunity to succeed.
The conservative Palmetto Scoop writes, “Umm… who in mainstream America thinks it’s a good idea to write something like that in a guest editorial? Especially in light of the racially-motivated attention garnered by South Carolina Republican activists over the past few months. It’s people like Ulmer and Merwin that make many folks fear for the future of the once Grand Ole Party.”
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There is a saying that the Jews who are wealthy got that way not by watching dollars, but instead by taking care of the pennies and the dollars taking care of themselves.
There’s another saying that goes like this: The GOP is full of racist idiots.
October 19th, 2009 at 4:49 pmEvery time you think the wingnuts have hit rock bottom they pull out the shovel and start digging. Just surprised that they didn’t add something to the effect of “and he counts real well just like an Asian!” Any bets on how long it takes for the excuses, justifications and campaign contributions to pour in?
October 19th, 2009 at 4:51 pm*humming music from “Fiddler on the roof”*
October 19th, 2009 at 4:53 pmWTF? What’s up in SC???
On the other hand; a nation of 308 million has necessarily enough idiots to produce an endless stream of such reports if you look at every newspaper.
October 19th, 2009 at 4:55 pmOy vey, what a PUTZ.
October 19th, 2009 at 4:57 pmOMG-I can’t believe they said that. It certainly reinforces the image of Southerners as bigots.
October 19th, 2009 at 5:00 pm5 – if by “most” you meant 22%, then you’re spot-on.
but if you meant that a literal majority of American Jews vote R, then you’re the single most poorl-informed person ever to leave a post here.
maybe you should stick to watching sports on tv.
i’m sorry.
October 19th, 2009 at 5:02 pmIs there something in the SC water? WTF?
October 19th, 2009 at 5:02 pmThis is why it is so crazy and ultimately self defeating for Jewish people like Billy Kristol and Eric Cantor to be so conservative, the far right wing hates them too!
October 19th, 2009 at 5:04 pmSUNDAY!!! SUNDAY!!! SUNDAY!!!
IT’S SOUTH CAROLINA V. TEXAS IN AN ALL OUT
BATTLE FOR THE BRAGGING RIGHTS AS HOME TO
THE DUMBEST HUMANS ON EARTH.
BE THERE!!!!!!
October 19th, 2009 at 5:06 pmWhat’s the word I’m thinking for these two…..?
Oh yeah — Schmendrick
October 19th, 2009 at 5:07 pmLet’s see, who else can the Repugs insult. Minorities? Did THAT! Women? Remeber ‘Feminazis’. These guys won’t be satified until they insult everybody on the planet. I can live with that.
October 19th, 2009 at 5:07 pmAny takers on whether DeMint distances himself from this disgusting comment? I’m going with no.
October 19th, 2009 at 5:10 pmDNFP says:
SUNDAY!!! SUNDAY!!! SUNDAY!!!
(Monday)
Yesterdays much anticipated bout between Texas and S.Carolina to see who is home to the Dumbest People on Earth was declared a draw when the Texas team showed up in Charleston, and the S. Carolina team showed up in Dallas.
October 19th, 2009 at 5:12 pmIs anyone else getting the “you are posting too many comments, slow down” warning EVERY TIME they comment?
October 19th, 2009 at 5:13 pmcoservative guy or one of you other jerkweeds. Here is the part where you are supposed to say hymetown. Jesus do I have to do this shit for you?
October 19th, 2009 at 5:13 pm14 – i think he’ll use it as an opporunity to play the victim card.
why does everyone keep picking on the poor little R’s?
they never get a turn to govern.
October 19th, 2009 at 5:14 pmjust gotta say; what will they NOT DO next?
October 19th, 2009 at 5:14 pmFrom the frying pan to the fire with em.
SEorDT…
Ignoring your creative math about ‘most’ Jews for the moment…
October 19th, 2009 at 5:14 pmIs there anyone else you wanna insult and then take for granted?
Thanks!
Was Benjamin Franklin Jewish because I believe that quote is attributed to him. Idiots.
October 19th, 2009 at 5:16 pmI am good with money. I don’t value it…
October 19th, 2009 at 5:16 pmI doubt DeMint will distance himself because he and his constituents think exactly the same way. I don’t see what the Republican strategy is but it certainly is not going to attract many independent votes. Let us hope DeMint ends up being challenged and tossed in the next election.
October 19th, 2009 at 5:16 pmI don’t know, how is it insulting to say all hillbillies are inbred retards?
October 19th, 2009 at 5:16 pmSKdeA, yes all the time.
October 19th, 2009 at 5:17 pm“Speak English or Die Tryin says:”
October 19th, 2009 at 5:19 pmHow long does the doctor give you?
Since he’s too dumb to breathe I suspect he’s gone already.
October 19th, 2009 at 5:20 pmMaybe this is what Rush Limbaugh meant by “Jewish Capitalism.”
October 19th, 2009 at 5:20 pmStewart is going to have a field day on the daily show with this one! LOL! ;)
October 19th, 2009 at 5:21 pmThe National Jewish Democratic Council reports that:
Now, SEoDT, don’t you think it’s time to admit you have a problem?
October 19th, 2009 at 5:22 pmDid they give their best Heil Hitler arm thrust at the end>?
October 19th, 2009 at 5:23 pmSo wrong on so many levels. Does anyone actually believe that denying funds to the people of South Carolina will make them rich? The horrendous Jew comment, only detracts from the rest of the senselessness in this statement.
October 19th, 2009 at 5:24 pmNow, SEoDT, don’t you think it’s time to admit you have a problem?
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October 19th, 2009 at 5:25 pmAcknowledgement is the first step to recovery. Come on. We are here for you.
Here’s an interesting audio of an NPR discussion of the problems with positive racial stereotypes:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15734426
October 19th, 2009 at 5:29 pmHow insulting is it to say all black got rhythm?
October 19th, 2009 at 5:29 pmbackup
October 19th, 2009 at 5:30 pmThere is a post above this that needs to be explained away. please hurry.
Speak English or Die Tryin says:
How is it insulting to say jewish people are good with money?
Please tell your Jewish friends your important views on this topic… please?
October 19th, 2009 at 5:34 pmIf this was, in fact, an old saying that genuinely had its roots in Jewish culture, I’d cut Merwin and Ulmer some slack.
However, when I googled the phrase, I didn’t find any sources that pointed to any Jewish roots in the saying. Many who used it would just say “the old adage” or “the old saying”, and those who did credit where they heard it usually just said “my father always told me,” or something just as generic.
When a source was cited, it almost always was Benjamin Franklin — a gentile.
Therefore, I can only assume that putting forth this ethnic stereotype was done only for the purpose of perpetuating an ethnic stereotype.
What’s interesting is that the Scots also have a reputation for frugality. So why not invoke the same ethnic stereotype about Scots instead of Jews, if an ethnic stereotype must be invoked at all?
Oh. Right. There are a lot of people in South Carolina who are of Scottish descent. They probably don’t like to be characterized as tightwads, even when it’s meant as a compliment. So it became necessary to insult the Jews, because they felt they couldn’t communicate without a stereotype???
October 19th, 2009 at 5:35 pmThey are so accustomed to using stereotypical, ethnic, racist comments, they don’t even consider how offensive they are.
Ignorant bigotry is rampant in the GOP.
October 19th, 2009 at 5:44 pmAccording to DeMint’s bio info, he’s a Presbyterian… or am I missing the point! What a bunch of sleazy losers…
October 19th, 2009 at 5:47 pmAnd to think that I was surprised to find out that South Carolina was also the first State to secede from the Union in December of 1860…
October 19th, 2009 at 5:50 pmMAKING NOTE OF JEWISH PEOPLES ABILITY TO SAVE MONEY IS EXCELLENT NEWS!! FOR SOUTH CAROLINA REPUBLICANS!!!
October 19th, 2009 at 6:03 pmWhat? Re=thugs don’t have enough minorities furious with them?
October 19th, 2009 at 6:09 pm*
Is it too late to let the south go? Okay, okay . . . how about JUST South Carolina?
Our excuse? – they’re trapped in a time warp and live in a different century. And they all have their heads up their asses.
October 19th, 2009 at 6:12 pm*
The link is here.
October 19th, 2009 at 6:43 pmSchmuck!!!
October 19th, 2009 at 6:49 pmThere’s an old Jewish saying – “if my tanta …” Never mind. It roughly translates to “if my aunt has testicles, she would be my uncle.”
If these guys had any brains they would be Democrats.
October 19th, 2009 at 6:52 pmDamn, it took the repugs long enough to say it.
Stupid is their flavor every day.
October 19th, 2009 at 6:56 pmAnd what dumbass group got bent out of shape about a pig and lipstick saying?
Perhaps the idiot doesn’t know the connotation surrounding Jews and money during the nazi regime.
October 19th, 2009 at 7:01 pmIt appears the Republicans live in a small town, and it continues to get smaller
October 19th, 2009 at 7:26 pm@ 39. missmolly says: … What’s interesting is that the Scots also have a reputation for frugality. So why not invoke the same ethnic stereotype about Scots instead of Jews, if an ethnic stereotype must be invoked at all? … October 19th, 2009 at 5:35 pm
I was going to invoke Scrooge, because while the Scots have a reputation for frugality, there’s nothing like an Anglo-Saxon miser to really warm the cockles of a banker’s heart.
Well, speaking of gold, or koine, I think Merwin, Ulmer, and DeMento just have the Sidam touch. And one guy out of that crowd, Ulmer, has a name that ought to make him leery of popping off with anti-Semitic remarks. But then again, SC isn’t exactly on the map for enlightenment in ethnic relations.
October 19th, 2009 at 7:34 pmHad I new Jim Demint wart Jewish I dun never wood ave vote for im
October 19th, 2009 at 7:50 pmDANG
Speak English
Jews vote Democratic pretty by a pretty large margin. My GOD you are stupid. You are a liar and a fool and a brainwashed moron who humiliates yourself constantly by parading your ignorance around as if it were something to be proud of
October 19th, 2009 at 8:13 pmThe repiggies proudly welcome Hymies, Negroes, Injuns, Wops and Paddies to their “big tent” party.
Their ladies’ auxiliary enjoys serving the refreshments, taking the notes and cleaning up after the guys.
It’s morning in America, folks.
October 19th, 2009 at 8:14 pmBellacifer
You think Speak Easy has FRIENDS? Hmmm.
October 19th, 2009 at 8:15 pmQ: How was copper wire invented?
A: Two Republicans fighting over a penny.
How do you like THAT stereotype, Mr. Republican?
October 19th, 2009 at 8:54 pmWell this isn’t how you divorce imagery of Nazi’s and the GOP. Just wait for Glenn Beck/Rush/Billo to defend these idiots while wearing a brown shirt.
October 19th, 2009 at 10:17 pmLet us remember this was in south Carolina where senator Lindsey Graham gets shouted down by birthers, e. at.
Pray for them.
October 19th, 2009 at 10:32 pmOldfuzz
Could I just pray for a hurricane to blow the entire state out into the middle of the Atlantic Ocean?
October 19th, 2009 at 10:37 pmSpeak English or Die Tryin says:
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Most jews are republicans anyway, I doubt they will care much.
Nothing can be further than the truth than the lie you just squeezed from your anal cyst little troll…
According to PEW RESEARCH, 78% of Jewish voted for John Kerry over Bush’s 22%.
65 to 74% of American Jews identify themselves as Democrats while only 11 to 21 percent of Jewish Americans identify themselves as Republicans.
Among Jewish males, 70% voted for Kerry while a paltry 28% voted for Bush. Among Jewish women, Kerry received 82% of the vote while Bush garnered only 16%.
http://www.thesolomonproject.org/jewishvote.pdf
You are a liar and nobody care about a punk assed troll liar. STFU and let the smart people educate you. We talk, you shut up and learn… mmmmmk????
October 19th, 2009 at 11:42 pmLet’s give credit where credit is due:
October 20th, 2009 at 12:49 amThey are at least getting better. You’ll notice they left out the part where we own all the banks, the mass media, and Hollywood.
I think we should forgive them. It would be the… Christian thing to do.
All Class…keep it coming pubs!Will there ever be just one day where we will be spared a single, stupid, bigoted, racsist remark?
October 20th, 2009 at 9:26 amI can’t believe all the PC crap I’m reading here. You all do realize he was DEFENDING DeMint. I don’t get where the insult is here. If he had said “Jews are nice people. DeMint was just being nice.” no one would bat an eye. I admit that usually, when someone says or hints that Jews are good with money, it’s intended as a put-down, but that is clearly not what is happening here. He clearly thinks that this is a virtue, and that by extension, DeMint is a good guy for emulating them. So which is it? Is he insulting Jews? DeMint? People who aren’t good with money? Who exactly is he insulting and why is it an insult?
While you’re at it, how do you insult someone without knowing you’re doing it? Isn’t intent the whole point? If you don’t intend to insult someone the worst that you can be is wrong. Intent is EVERYTHING.
There are SO many examples of stupid Republicans, and the last thing I want to do is support one of those maggots. However, this is a waste of time.
October 21st, 2009 at 2:17 pmWho else havent they alienated yet? They’ve already alienated blacks, women, other minorities, and now Jews. Too bad minorities are a faster-growing segment of the population, socially and politically, so all the Republican Party is doing is really shooting itself in the foot. Pretty soon, it will turn into a party thats only active in the southern and western states thats made up of mainly WASP men (’cause no free-thinking woman would ever be a part of such a sexist political party).
October 21st, 2009 at 3:12 pmWhat means this “apologized”? I would say, thank you. For nothing is as hidden as the danger of an American Krystalnacht estetik. Americans like scapegoats and it could soon be that the very Israel so many “Christian Zionists” hold high and holy gets blamed for the rising price of oil and the War on Terror burun estetigi. Why? Because it makes an easy deflection from the fact that our “shop until you drop” definition of “American gögüs büyütme ameliyatlari” is the sole source of our economic demise. Why point the finger at all of Wall Street (so much harder to get your hands around gögüs estetigi) than just at Madoff and “his type.” A recent trip way down South and into the Southwest made it clear that for a lot of folks there it was the Jews who shoved the “ni–ers” down our throats with civil rights gögüs küçültme ameliyatlari. Indeed, I heard, Rohm Emmanuel controls Obama, our “Muslim un-American” President vajina daraltma ameliyatlari. DON’T LOOK FOR LOGIC, the only issue is: people scapegoat because they can. As things get worse, angry uneducated people’s whose paleocortex comes to dominate their neocortex, all the progress we made as a nation will swept away by racial lazer epilasyon- ethnic violent surges showing that the scourge of Europe has been here waiting for its time. karin germe estetigi As American education gets dummer, the hate gets stronger and scapegoats are made to face evasion of self-responsibility. It’s the American Way, alas estetik. I have switched from being a Communist to a Blue Dog Democrat to a Republican to a Conservative in a manner of a few months. karin germe estetigi I am watching an economy in free fall, the White House’s enemy list (how Nixonion! saç ekimi), an administration that kisses terrorists and demonizes citizens, a government that is ruining our currency, trying to regulate carbon dioxide (aka plant food), and the list goes on and on.
October 26th, 2009 at 6:29 am