# SC Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer compares poor children to stray animals **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 29, 2010, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sc-lt-gov-andre-bauer-compares-poor-children-to-stray-animals/526824 "2010-01-29T00:02:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sc-lt-gov-andre-bauer-compares-poor-children-to-stray-animals/526824/41 "2010-01-29T18:17:45Z")
> [@3\_20\_59\_or\_bust](#): > > Well, he seems like a shitty Lt. Governor, but I thought he did a great job when he was on Homicide: Life on the Street. > > What? I’m glad I wasn’t the only person who had this thought. Frank Pembleton would never say anything so stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2010, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sc-lt-gov-andre-bauer-compares-poor-children-to-stray-animals/526824/42 "2010-01-30T03:27:39Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > No, strong evidence that Bauer may be correct. Look at his family history. His grandmother was, by all accounts, an intelligent woman. Then his parents fed young Andre some welfare food. And he then grew up to be an idiot. > > Coincidence? I think not. Reminds me for some reason of two from Chris Rock: [CHRIS ROCK]“Don’t drink that! That’s _foster kid juice_!”[/CHRIS ROCK] also [CHRIS ROCK {on the off-brands of products in poorer neighborhood stores}]“Mama, I didn’t know Nipsey Russell made peanut butter.” [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![legalsnugs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@legalsnugs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/legalsnugs)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2010, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sc-lt-gov-andre-bauer-compares-poor-children-to-stray-animals/526824/43 "2010-01-30T15:54:04Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I envy whoever’s running against this guy. Because politicians dream of having an opponent say something like this. Well, you gotta remember, this is in South Carolina, where politicians say truly abysmally stupid things on a pretty regular basis. Andre is running for governor this year. He pretty much trashed Mark Sanford when the whole “hiking the Appalachian Trail” thing broke, on Rachel Maddow’s show no less. He is absolutely the reason Sanford is still in office. The really scary part of what Bauer said was the reaction of The State newspaper’s readership (e.g. [cite](http://www.thestate.com/letters/story/1127391.html)). WAY too many people supported him and his loathsome statements and decried welfare recipients and the system without knowing the first thing about it. They all just “know” that lazy “welfare queens” are all over the landscape, popping out more “strays” that the “good” people will have to pay for, but none could offer a single cite to support their or Bauer’s assertions (I asked). One poster, a public school teacher, said the “strays” should be “put out of our misery.” :eek: And the Republican “leadership’s” response has been lukewarm at best; none have condemned his message or offered rebuttals. They agree he probably shouldn’t have used those words necessarily, but the message was probably sound. Yes, these are the Republicans who have been in charge of that shithole state for decades. I think their re-election strategy is “Keep them poor, sick and stupid and they’ll keep voting for us!” This whole episode doesn’t say any good things about the state. So, yes, please, pit away. And no one in South Carolina is worried that this man will reproduce. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2010, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sc-lt-gov-andre-bauer-compares-poor-children-to-stray-animals/526824/44 "2010-01-30T16:37:11Z")
> [@legalsnugs](#): > > Well, you gotta remember, this is in South Carolina, where politicians say truly abysmally stupid things on a pretty regular basis. Andre is running for governor this year. I was just talking to a student who’s from South Carolina and whose brother is a political reporter in Columbia and we were discussing what a debt Alabama and several other states owe S.C. in the past couple of years for trumping our own politician’s dumbass quotes in the national press. (He told me something I didn’t know about Sanford, which was that Appalachian Trail/Argentine Tail woman’s son- who was furious at her for cheating on his father- was responsible for the email leak of Sanford’s e-missives.) ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2010, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sc-lt-gov-andre-bauer-compares-poor-children-to-stray-animals/526824/45 "2010-01-30T19:47:35Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > (He told me something I didn’t know about Sanford, which was that Appalachian Trail/Argentine Tail woman’s son- who was furious at her for cheating on his father- was responsible for the email leak of Sanford’s e-missives.) That’s fascinating. I wonder if they have a _Geraldo Primaveradero_ show in Rio. ---
**Author:** ![bri1600bv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@bri1600bv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bri1600bv)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2010, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sc-lt-gov-andre-bauer-compares-poor-children-to-stray-animals/526824/46 "2010-01-31T19:05:14Z")
What he said was ill worded and insulting, but basically he has a point, doesn’t he? People shouldn’t have kids they can’t afford, in my opinion. Do I want to control people’s birthing? No, but I don’t want to pay for all their brats and the next generation of criminals either. If you’re on welfare, don’t have kids. If you do, then go support yourself. Sorry if that offends people, but it’s not fair to people who are actually working to have to support more and more parasites. I have my own dependents to support, I don’t want to support theirs as well. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2010, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sc-lt-gov-andre-bauer-compares-poor-children-to-stray-animals/526824/47 "2010-01-31T20:23:27Z")
> [@bri1600bv](#): > > What he said was ill worded and insulting, but basically he has a point, doesn’t he? No. > [@](#): > > People shouldn’t have kids they can’t afford, in my opinion. Do I want to control people’s birthing? No, but I don’t want to pay for all their brats and the next generation of criminals either. If you’re on welfare, don’t have kids. If you do, then go support yourself. > > Sorry if that offends people, but it’s not fair to people who are actually working to have to support more and more parasites. I have my own dependents to support, I don’t want to support theirs as well. Aside from your cartoonishly bogus perception of the kinds of families that recieve assitance (most of them work.), the kids themselves aren’t to blame, and they’re already born. There isn’t any welfare anymore, by the way. ---
**Author:** ![legalsnugs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@legalsnugs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/legalsnugs)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2010, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sc-lt-gov-andre-bauer-compares-poor-children-to-stray-animals/526824/48 "2010-01-31T20:25:50Z")
> [@bri1600bv](#): > > What he said was ill worded and insulting, but basically he has a point, doesn’t he? > > People shouldn’t have kids they can’t afford, in my opinion. Do I want to control people’s birthing? No, but I don’t want to pay for all their brats and the next generation of criminals either. If you’re on welfare, don’t have kids. If you do, then go support yourself. > > Sorry if that offends people, but it’s not fair to people who are actually working to have to support more and more parasites. I have my own dependents to support, I don’t want to support theirs as well. Because it’s a MYTH! He doesn’t have a point because it’s NOT true. See the article “[Facts don’t back Bauer’s remarks](http://www.thestate.com/local/story/1135675.html)” for a start. He says crap like that to stir up the redneck base in SC and it’s a large contingent that all the Republican candidates for governor are fighting for. Good God. I weep for the whole country. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2010, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sc-lt-gov-andre-bauer-compares-poor-children-to-stray-animals/526824/49 "2010-01-31T20:25:59Z")
Andre Bauer says he is Pro-Life. Which apparently means he is opposed to people having children and not having children. So I think the only point Bauer has is the one on the top of his head. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2010, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sc-lt-gov-andre-bauer-compares-poor-children-to-stray-animals/526824/50 "2010-01-31T21:17:50Z")
> [@born\_too\_late](#): > > The one thing these people are forgetting is: if poor people stop having kids, who’s going to be working in their factories and picking their fruit in the future? Who’s going to be buying their plastic disposable crap and McDonalds ‘food’? They think profits just grow on trees? The ex middle class . That is who will take the low paying jobs of the future. The poor will be ignored and then hunted. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sc-lt-gov-andre-bauer-compares-poor-children-to-stray-animals/526824/51 "2010-02-01T05:44:29Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I envy whoever’s running against this guy. Because politicians dream of having an opponent say something like this. Not in South Carolina. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sc-lt-gov-andre-bauer-compares-poor-children-to-stray-animals/526824/52 "2010-02-01T14:24:21Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Andre Bauer says he is Pro-Life. Which apparently means he is opposed to people having children and not having children. > > So I think the only point Bauer has is the one on the top of his head. I guess the unspoken subtext is that the poor should be sterilized. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sc-lt-gov-andre-bauer-compares-poor-children-to-stray-animals/526824/53 "2010-02-01T17:23:43Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > That’s fascinating. I wonder if they have a _Geraldo Primaveradero_ show in Rio. Maybe, but I don’t know how many people in Argentina will watch Portuguese programming. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sc-lt-gov-andre-bauer-compares-poor-children-to-stray-animals/526824/54 "2010-02-01T17:40:40Z")
:smack: D’Oh! I meant Buenos Aires, of course. I’ll come in again… ---
**Author:** ![torie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@torie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/torie)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sc-lt-gov-andre-bauer-compares-poor-children-to-stray-animals/526824/55 "2010-02-01T18:16:50Z")
[This](http://www.thesunnews.com/news/local/story/1291789.html) article was in the Greenville paper on Saturday, as well as the Myrtle Beach paper. I expect no one will listen. From what I am hearing around me, Bauer’s chances of election are sound. Sometimes I like living here. Other times I wonder what the hell I’m doing here. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![legalsnugs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@legalsnugs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/legalsnugs)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sc-lt-gov-andre-bauer-compares-poor-children-to-stray-animals/526824/56 "2010-02-01T19:12:04Z")
> [@torie](#): > > [This](http://www.thesunnews.com/news/local/story/1291789.html) article was in the Greenville paper on Saturday, as well as the Myrtle Beach paper. I expect no one will listen. From what I am hearing around me, Bauer’s chances of election are sound. > > Sometimes I like living here. Other times I wonder what the hell I’m doing here. ☹ If you read\* the posts from people under the article (and the articles in The State newspaper, such as [here](http://www.thestate.com/politics/story/1135675.html) and [here](http://www.thestate.com/statewire/story/1136211.html)) you’ll see Andre’s odds of being elected governor increased tremendously thanks to his ignorant diatribe. \*That is, if you really want to slog through all that willful ignorance. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sc-lt-gov-andre-bauer-compares-poor-children-to-stray-animals/526824.md?page=2)