THE SOUTH CAROLINA GOP IS...

the gift that keeps on giving. We've already had the GOP governor admit to adultery and a GOP U.S. senator hope for Pres. Obama's abject failure. Now we have 2 GOP county chairman use an offensive stereotype about Jews in a completely botched attempt to defend Sen. DeMint.

From their LTE to The Times and Democrat:

DeMint watches out for all of us
Sunday, October 18, 2009

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.

− Edwin O. Merwin Jr., Chairman, Bamberg County Republican Party, Denmark

−James S. Ulmer Jr., Chairman, Orangeburg County Republican Party, North

This is getting some attention in the blogosphere, almost all negative.