We love DeMint cuz he's so Jewy!

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After his words attracted national attention and drew condemnation from a Jewish state senator, a South Carolina Republican official is now apologizing for co-writing a newspaper op-ed that described Jews as penny-pinchers.

James Ulmer, chairman of the Orangeburg County GOP, said he made a "great error" in the op-ed, which he penned along with Bamberg County GOP chairman Edwin Merwin.

The piece, which ran Sunday in the Orangeburg Times & Democrat, was meant to defend South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint's position against congressional earmarks.

"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," the piece read. "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."

State senator Joel Lourie, a Democrat and one of South Carolina's two Jewish lawmakers, issued a statement on Monday rebuking the two Republicans, calling them "individuals who unapologetically espouse racist and stereotypical attitudes."

He also called on DeMint and South Carolina GOP chairwoman Karen Floyd to denounce the comments.

Floyd did so on Tuesday, calling the observation "an offensive and inappropriate comment"

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/...ype/#more-73944

[pedroh 21]

there are jews in SC? wow

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there are jews in SC? wow

DeMint's no Jew, but his GOP colleagues like to think he's cheap like a Jew. I guess in the Republican Party, he's an almost-Jew.

[The_Dude 1,142]

there are jews in SC? wow

I went to university in SC, I was more surprised when I saw my first Mexican in SC.

[pedroh 21]

there are jews in SC? wow

I went to university in SC, I was more surprised when I saw my first Mexican in SC.

lol, oh they are everywhere in SC now lol... dem carolinians love chimichangas

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

there are jews in SC? wow

I went to university in SC, I was more surprised when I saw my first Mexican in SC.

lol, oh they are everywhere in SC now lol... dem carolinians love chimichangas

just don't be tryin to use their bathrooms or marry their wimmin.

[pedroh 21]

yeah, have to say, there are still places in NC and SC that I would never go alone, -insert Deliverance banjo song here-

[The_Dude 1,142]

yeah, have to say, there are still places in NC and SC that I would never go alone, -insert Deliverance banjo song here-

At least they identify themselvs with the camoflauge hat with the coup de gras fish hook on the bill of the hat.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

You'd think elected officials ought to have more sense than to say something like that.

[The_Dude 1,142]

You'd think elected officials ought to have more sense than to say something like that.

It never ceases to amaze me that people still don't understand the scope and breadth of media in todays 24 hour media news cycle.

[Ban Hammer 13,352]

there are jews in SC? wow

even more surprising, there's republicans in sc!