South Carolina: ‘Too small to be a country, too big to be a mental institution’
The words in the headline above come from my pal and fellow crab cake aficionado Dave “Mudcat” Saunders, in his appearance last night on Stephen Colbert’s “The Colbert Report.” As Colbert notes, Mudcat is “100 percent pure Bubba meat.” Watch:
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March 13, 2012 - 12:15 PM
Mudcat gets it. Far too few do, both nationally and locally. Mudcat is the voice outside the smoke filled room, shouting at them trying to get them to understand. Unfortunately, his accent and location of birth causes him to be ignored by the elitists.
I believe its “South Carolina–too small to be a country, too big to be a mental institution.” Please–no reflection on mental institutions or on small countries, though.
Chip Woodrum is right. I got it backwards. I’ve fixed the quote in the hed
Well now Monaco’s mad.
Thankfully! I was wondering if Mudcat had dropped a cylinder, but I did not want to say anything. He has probably forgotten more than some people will ever know and I love to hear him talk.
It probably troubles him because Jesse Jackson won that state’s Democratic primary in 1988.
South Carolina’s “Deminted” politicians tend to act like it’s both.
SC is the darnedest place I have been. When the condo manager told me he was sending his girl to clean the condo, I thought for a minute he meant his daughter. Then I remembered, I was in SC.
Mudcat lost credibility with me when he backed John Edwards (Senator from NC) in the 2008 Dem. Presidential Primary. We all remember how that turned out.
Mudcat asked Edwards point blank if he was having an affair with Rielle, and Edwards looked him in the eye and said no. Mudcat believed him; they went way back. That was his greatest “sin” in that business.
I believe its “South Carolina–too small to be a country, too big to be a mental institution.” Please–no reflection on mental institutions or on small countries, though.
Sounds a wee bit racist to me, since South Carolina has the fifth highest percentage of blacks in the country.
@11
“Sounds a wee bit racist to me, since South Carolina has the fifth highest percentage of blacks in the country.”
This might be true, in so far as as my wife’s family is concerned, I can only attest to the large number of unabashed rednecks of the white trash persuasion. This sounds a bit harsh, but you should always be wary of a branch of the family that performs it’s own dental work and takes pet squirrels to Tea Party rallies. (I didn’t make that up, either). On our way to the first family reunion with this bunch, my wife advised me not to leave my wallet out. She said they wouldn’t steal it outright, but they might take what they needed for beer, liquor or drugs. It was good advice. On the good side, one of the younger members of this branch of the family has got quite a knack for tattoo artistry. He can do 3 out 4 of the Ninja turtles and almost has the last one down cold. The one he put on his baby rocks.
If you are interested, I can hook you up.
When I was a kid, we went to Myrtle Beach every summer. I vividly remember stopping at a gas station in SC and there was a sign over the water fountain saying “whites only”. That was my first realization of racism. Hard to believe that was in my life time
@11 – Wee bit? Of course, we are talking South Carolina silly head.
#11 As usual, racist troll suzie bringing up race. Anyway, the nutcases Mudcat’s talking about are the Republicans. Not too many of them black down there in SC.
@9, Mudcat believed in Edwards’ populist message. I do know he was quite frustrated with several decisions Edwards made during the campaign. Once the mistress incident came to light, Mudcat came extremely close to dropping out of politics entirely.
He did finally get into the campaign of a down east NC legislative race, where his candidate was beaten by an Art Pope disciple.
Mike Scott, please tell me the tattoos on the baby are just drawn on.
Dan, Mudcat must have known if he asked Edwards about the affair. He chose to believe Edwards, a bit naive for such a savy person, don’t you think? How many people do you know who have come out and said “yes, I DID have an affair with that woman”
Speaking of the South, the most conservative Republican candidates can now proudly lay claim to wins in the states where one-quarter of all Repub voters believe that the president’s parents’ interracial marriage should have been illegal and 50 percent believe Obama is Muslim. They should be embarrassed; instead they’re crowing about winning the vote of these Neanderthals.
One of the funniest stories I have ever read was about Saunders pulling a caper on an out of town reporter (New Yorker I think) involving a hunting trip, deer droppings and raisinettes. I believe the article was in the RT several years ago…Dan if you can find that one it would be worth posting the details of it here…funny stuff. (you may have wrote it now that I think about it). Mudcat’s accent and his roots may make some quickly dismiss him, but he is obviously one sharp dude when it comes to politics and at the very least entertaining to listen to.
Huntersdad,
The writer was Matt Labash, from The Weekly Standard. Google mudcat and matt labash and it’ll show up. Very very funny!
One of my favorite Cities in the world is Charleston SC. Gentle, and yet sophisticated. Old world charm where old world things matter yet sort of artsy. I could very Easley live in Charleston.
Mike Scott, you could have been joking about the baby, but these days, something like that happening would not surprise me at all.
Maybe the people of South Carolina need to visit a therapist like this one. Then people would say they had really gone to the dogs.
https://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?fbid=3295510634271&set=p.3295510634271&type=1&theater
white trash
And you people call ME racist?
How would it go over if somebody said “black trash”? You people would be screaming and howling. Double standards all the way around.
Michael, I agree with you completely. As a Yankee, it was the first southern place I visited that I absolutely loved and wanted to move to. I think we might be making a quick trip there in May…I’m hopeful anyway. Charleston is totally fabulous.
22. Michael A Howdyshell – One of the best things about SC is that in the Low Country, people have let a lot of the bigotry go and kept the nicer side of Old World life. There are still those like the example I gave earlier that have yet to come to their senses, but overall, the Low Country people are really great people to be around. I too love Charleston and also Savannah, to great places to be. They tend to reflect Low Country charm at its best.
25. Suz – Go girl, defend your minions.
#26 & 27 I agree. I am a very lucky person as my wife and I have a little vacation home in that area and love Charleston, which has one great restaurant after another. If you go check out these 2, a bit pricey perhaps but worth saving your money for:
http://huskrestaurant.com/
http://www.eatatfig.com/
Richard,
I tend to see the nice things in life and overlook the unpleasant things. Sometime I may look at things through rose colored glasses. I love the charm of the Old South and Charleston embodies everything I love about being a Southerner.
I love Charleston too, but Virginia is as far south as I care to live.
I’m a Georgia native, and I’ve had my share of the hot/humid summers and bugs the size of small mammals and birds. Charleston is a beautiful city, much like New Orleans…and best enjoyed in the non-summer months, in my opinion. I love a lot of the old Southern cities…also including Savannah and Wilmington…if I had to live anywhere other than Virginia, it would be in Wilmington, NC. It’s got a ton of charm, lots of history, and has always been a great place to be…any time of the year (though summers do get a bit hotter than my liking).
Don’t get me wrong…I like some northern cities too…but I’m not a fan of having to Fedex grits, RC Cola, and Moon Pies north of the Mason-Dixon.
#32 Now, now, OJ, we know you can’t eat Moon Pies.
ScottW, Husk has been on my list for a while. I’ve gone to an every-other-day feeding schedule for my kids to help pay for it.