A couple of people have already mentioned the absolutely hilarious news news that South Carolina’s State Treasurer and rising GOP star Thomas Ravenel just got busted for cocaine... but come on, people, I really don’t think we’re taking time to enjoy this like we should!
You know, sometimes life hands you lemons, and sometimes life hands you a bunch of lemons, an entire bucket of sugar, ice cubes, a pitcher, 8 frosty mugs, and a rising GOP star busted for cocaine!
Thomas Ravenel was busted not just for buying cocaine but for handing it out as party favors to his Right-wing buddies while running for state-wide office! An office he won!
This guy was the South Carolina GOP’s new favorite son bound for the US Senate to replace Lindsay Graham for the sin of not being enough of an absolute Republican shill jackass.
Oh, and did I mention this guy is a state chairman for the Giuliani campaign in a critical primary state?
You know, one of the reasons I’m so giddy is because I knew, just knew, before I even clicked on the headline to read the story, that a story about a popular politician getting busted for coke was going to be about a Republican, and sure enough, Ravenel didn’t disappoint.
For a party that’s just so damn smug about morality and drug laws and the death penalty and their give-‘em-hell-show-no-mercy attitude, they’re also pretty damn sure they can get away with anything. And it just makes me happy when they don’t.