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KoKo

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4. Well..Joe Biden often visits S.C.-- our Dems did a Retreat or whatever it is called at Kiawah Island
Sat Apr 25, 2015, 08:13 PM
Apr 2015

a couple of years ago. Maybe Biden will manage to get a rally or two there. An article said: VP Biden has "ties to South Carolina." I searched and searched trying to find a family connection or property connection there...but didn't come up with anything.

But the Clinton "Renaissance Meetings" the beginnings of the "DLC" (Democratic Leadership Conference) or now the "Third Way" had their beginnings in Hilton Head Island, SC long ago when Bill and Hillary were starting out.

Why South Carolina still has so much influence in Party Politics does make one wonder what the hell goes on there. But, then South Carolina has always been a CRAZY PLACE.....

They had a moment of change with Senator Earnest Hollings way back in the 70's.. and a few other "voices of reason for human rights" but, its been pretty much down-hill ever since as the RW Evangelicals took over from the more Moderate Episcopalians, Presbyterians, Lutherines and a few Methodists who did support the change that Dr. King marched for. The landscape of Repubs, though, has grown with RW immigrants to the Resort Islands from the Midwest and Northeast who built second or third homes or retired there and built the many Corporate financed Mega Mansions all over the place.

But...it is still crazy all these years. The roots go deep with the crazy. "Civil War ...and that first shot."

Maybe Biden will whip up support for Hillary...there's not much difference between her and Jeb... But, in their minds as they've gotten more Crazy....Rubio or Rham might be their choice if either wants to bomb the hell out of the rest of the world like Lindsey Graham wants to. Christie is the one with the kind of "stuff" they really like these days, though.

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