The South Carolina Republican presidential primary will be held this coming Saturday. I find that weird in the first instance because I've never heard of any kind of election being held on a Saturday.
But that's the least of why the upcoming South Carolina Republican presidential primary is weird. Since we've been here we've been inundated with political ads on tv that spew the most vitriolic venom you can even imagine. Ron Paul wants to "drain the swamp." Newt Gingrich says he's "the only one who can beat Obama." Not even President Obama - just "Obama." The ads play back to back to back like some hideous montage. And today as I was driving dog and cat to the groomer, I passed a church - a church, I point out - with that sign out front: "Vote while you still can."
Subtext: Better vote now, Mr and Mrs America, because the socialist Obama agenda wants to strip you of your right to vote.
Last night I woke up in a cold sweat because I remembered that in South Carolina, they fly the Confederate flag at the State House. By morning I had talked myself out of believing that, but then the pesky internet verified my nightmare - the stars and bars do indeed fly at the state capitol. So it's one thing for a majority of residents of this state to have terrible political views, but it's another thing entirely for an atrocity like that Confederate flag to be officially sanctioned by the official state government.
How can I even consider moving here?
