Aug 31 2008
Former SC Dem Chairman Laughs About Gustav
Hat tip to RedState on this one. What a gem. Someone on the plane sitting behind Former South Carolina Democratic Party chairman Don Fowler and my Congressman John Spratt (D-SC-05) caught on tape a conversation between the two of them in which Fowler laughs about Hurricane Gustav hitting New Orleans at the same time the Republican National Convention is scheduled to start. You can hear him joking about how it must mean that God’s on their (the Democrats) side.
Update: Folwer has publicly apologized for his remarks.
ABC News’ Teddy Davis Reports: Former DNC Chairman Don Fowler apologized on Sunday for joking in a private conversation that the timing of Hurricane Gustav demonstrates that God is on the side of the Democrats.
“If this offended anybody, I personally apologize,” Fowler told ABC News. “It was a mistake, and it was a satirical statement made in jest. And one that I clearly don’t believe.”
Fowler was secretly recorded by the person sitting behind him while flying from Denver, Colo., to Charlotte, N.C., following the Democratic National Convention. His conversation with Rep. John Spratt, D-S.C., was anonymously posted to YouTube and highlighted by RedState.com, a conservative blog.
“One doesn’t anticipate that one’s private conversation will be surreptitiously taped by some right-wing nutcase,” said Fowler. “But that’s the nature of what we’re dealing with.”
Public officials flying on a commercial airline shouldn’t be so stupid as to expect any privacy when they make asinine comments. “The nature of what we’re dealing with” is that there are some nasty evil people in public office and we ought to toss them out on their nasty, evil asses. Take a tip from Obama, don’t say things in private you wouldn’t say in public - especially things that would reveal your stupidity or insensitivity. Some of the sleeping masses might actually wake up and vote.