
Not surprisingly, the day after yet another anemic presidential debate has offered little in the way of campaign horserace coverage. So FoxNews Wednesday busted out an interesting soft AP news piece detailing the foibles that have popped-up thus far for White House hopefuls working the campaign trail. And South Carolina has certainly seen its share of noteworthy blunders.
Here’s what made the list of “campaign don’ts” when in the Palmetto State:
And in South Carolina _ where the H is silent in Horry Country _ the names matter. Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, who mastered most of the names during her husband’s campaigns, goofed by calling the state’s coastal area “the lowlands” rather than the preferred “Lowcountry.” …
Republican Sen. John McCain raised eyebrows among South Carolina GOP voters, who are overwhelmingly religious conservatives, by saying he considers himself a Baptist and attends a Baptist church at home in Arizona. For decades McCain had publicly identified his religion as Episcopalian. His follow-up that he “didn’t find it necessary” to be baptized in his adoptive Baptist church further puzzled voters, many of them Southern Baptists. …
There are plenty more ‘don’ts’ on the list:
_ Don’t get the governor’s name wrong, as Thompson did with South Carolina’s Mark Sanford. (Thompson called him Sandford.)
_ Don’t assume food comes ready to eat, as candidates in South Carolina have done. In that state, political barbecue means roasted pig and hands-on messiness. “You peel shrimp and shuck oysters,” said Romney political consultant Warren Tompkins. More than 20 years later, some remember when Walter Mondale didn’t peel and got more than a mouthful. [AP]
Here’s another one: don’t be Ron Paul or Mike Gravel.




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If I am not mistaken it was Tip O’Neill who, down here years ago, said he was going to enjoy some southern cuisine by having “a grit,” we’ll assume he wasn’t too hungry just to eat one?