Is it really bad?
The latest round of political sex scandals and campaign shenanigans (That's Jim Clyburn's words, not mine) has again raised the ire level of South Carolina. And it has raised the laughing stock level as well. There is a general pattern to these scandals. There is the announcement, followed by the denial, followed by the proof, followed by the criticism, followed by the anger, followed by Jon Stewart making a couple of jokes.
After that comes the retort of "Oh, jeez, South Carolina again is the laughing stock." I'm not going to chronicle the long list of missteps and gaffes that have befallen South Carolina in the past few years, but they have been many.
But have they been worse than anywhere else? Not really. California is a punchline. So is Illinois. New York is. Pretty much every state gets its own round of stupid jokes and pratfalls. South Carolinians don't notice them and guess what, the people in other states don't notice all of ours.
It really isn't that bad.
After that comes the retort of "Oh, jeez, South Carolina again is the laughing stock." I'm not going to chronicle the long list of missteps and gaffes that have befallen South Carolina in the past few years, but they have been many.
But have they been worse than anywhere else? Not really. California is a punchline. So is Illinois. New York is. Pretty much every state gets its own round of stupid jokes and pratfalls. South Carolinians don't notice them and guess what, the people in other states don't notice all of ours.
It really isn't that bad.
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