And I Thought Nevada

was the worst with dimwitted politicians.

Why don't people like SC Lt. Governor Andre Bauer simply not breed? They are a disgrace to the human race.

Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer is defending his comment which compared government assistance programs to "feeding stray animals."

Bauer made the comparison during a town hall meeting Friday in Fountain Inn. He was saying poor parents of students who eat free or reduced-price meals in school cafeterias should be required to attend parent-teacher conferences, or the students should go without.

"My grandmother was not a highly educated woman, but she told me as a small child to quit feeding stray animals. You know why? Because they breed," Bauer said, according to the Greenville News. "You're facilitating the problem if you give an animal or a person ample food supply. They will reproduce, especially ones that don't think too much further than that. And so what you've got to do is you've got to curtail that type of behavior. They don't know any better."

Pretty fucking racist, or, more important, classist.

According to Wikipedia, Bauer is a real winner:

According to his driving record with the South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles, Bauer has had at least two accidents, four tickets and one suspended license for failure to pay a ticket. On May 6, 2003, Bauer was stopped on Assembly Street in downtown Columbia, South Carolina for running two red lights and speeding up to 60 mph in a 35 mph zone. The officer drew his gun after Bauer got out of the car and began heading toward the officer's car in an "aggressive manner." He was issued a ticket for reckless driving.[1] On December 26, 2005, Bauer got a warning for speeding (77 mph in a 65 mph zone) in Laurens County, South Carolina. On February 25, 2006, Bauer was pulled over for speeding over 100 mph in Chester County, South Carolina in a state-issued car, but he was allowed to proceed without a ticket or warning.[2]

On May 23, 2006, Bauer was injured in a single-engine airplane crash shortly after taking off from a small airfield in Blacksburg, South Carolina.[3] Bauer, who was the pilot of the Mooney M20E single-prop airplane, and his passenger escaped the wreckage with minor injuries before the plane caught fire. Bauer had surgery for his shattered left heel.[4] The incident was voted "Best Political Stunt in 2006" by readers of the Free Times[clarification needed] alternative weekly tabloid.[5] However, the June 11, 2009, court ruling concluded that the wrong parts were put into the engine. “By overhauling the engine and returning it to service with incorrect bolts installed, respondent created an unnecessary risk in engine performance,” wrote Administrative Judge Richard C. Goodwin. “Materials and techniques specified in maintenance manuals must be followed in order to best ensure safe engine, and aircraft, performance. Carelessly departing from these requirements placed those protections at risk.”

There have been stories, rumors, fact, innuendo, whatever that Bauer is gay.