South Carolina Quietly Takes Stimulus Money.

[elleng]

Source: nyt

The federal Department of Labor announced Tuesday that South Carolina had officially cleared its approval process and that the stimulus money was being released immediately.

The reversal by Mr. Sanford attracted virtually no notice, but it made South Carolina the 33rd state in the country to expand jobless benefits to qualify for its full share of stimulus money under the program, according to the National Employment Law Project, a liberal advocacy group.

Mr. Sanford joined several other governors who had initially expressed hesitation about the money but later relented, including Dave Heineman of Nebraska and Sonny Perdue of Georgia, both Republicans, and Phil Bredesen of Tennessee, a Democrat.



Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/11/us/politics/11carolina.html?hp

[onehandle]

1. Buncha Obama-Lovers. nt

[Beartracks]

2. OMG, gubernatorial welfare!

Will they never stop sucking on the Federal teat?! They should just pull themselves up by the bootstraps.

:eyes:

During re-election, they'll tout the work, the projects, and the jobs. More :eyes:

[raccoon]

3. Maybe Sanford will relocate to Argentina and we'll never see him again. nt

[formercia]

4. So, Sanford is now a Socialist?

How many families have lost everything because he didn't act sooner? I hope there's a special place in Hell for his slimy ass.

[Doctor_J]

5. The Reluctant Socialists Club

The Dem campaign ads practically write themselves.

[Supersedeas]

6. Just posturing to begin with--so they can quietly accept of benefits of a good idea later

when no one is looking.

[gratuitous]

7. And why shouldn't they?

There's no downside to it, as their supporters never notice the disconnect, and it would be in very bad taste for the Democrats to try to score political points off of Republican hypocrisy. At least, that's what all the sensible Democrats tell me, and we know they're always right. In fact, now that Sanford has saved South Carolina, let's celebrate with another round of hippie punching.

[SpartanDem]

8. Obama's socialism is spreading

:sarcasm:

[Missy Vixen]

9. So, Sanford decided to take the money after all, huh?

I'd laugh, but the people that are suffering don't live in the Governor's Mansion there.

It's really unfortunate this isn't shouted from the rooftops, like it was when he initially refused the money.

:eyes:

[No Elephants]

10. Gee, who couldda predicted inconsistency from Governor Unstable?

[Kingofalldems]

11. K and R for the teabaggers and freepers