"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."
-Two South Carolina GOP Chairmen in an op-ed praising Senator Jim DeMint. DeMint subsequently denounced the piece, because, you know, who wants to be compared to a Jew?
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
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Jew can't please everybody.
Hmmm! I thought Benjamin Franklin said "watch the pennies and the dollars watch themselves." Hmmm.
Are you saying Benjamin Franklin was A JEW?
I'm saying that I am happy they didn't say "watch the pennies and the thirty pieces of silver will watch themselves." It is South Carolina.
That filthy kite.
'Down at the Dinghy'?
"DeMint subsequently denounced the piece . . .
As opposed to not denouncing it and thus tacitly endorsing antisemitism. Jesus, am I glad that my toughest decision was whether to wear clean socks or not today.
To be fair, as a Northeastern Jew I would hate to be compared to a South Carolinian Republican.
There is a saying that Southerners that bung Daisy the cow rarely get a chance with their cousins.
As a southerner, I can attest that that saying is WRONG. We had ourselves a fine ole threesome.
'Penny chews' in rhyming slang.
By that logic, all South Carolinians eat possum.
logic, hm.
It's worse! What he actually said was:
"There is a saying that the Jews, who are wealthy, got that way not by..."
No it's even worse yet.
He said: "There is a saying that the wealthy, who are Jewish, got that way by pouncing on the pence and the dollars will pound the cents and the earmarks are DeMint's or something."