That Sanford won his old district back ought not be a surprise to anyone

[Stinky The Clown]

Yes, it was tantalizing that a Democrat almost won the seat, but geeze. That district is rock solid red, now and evermore.

Charleston is as lovely a city as ever there was. Walk south of Broad and turn your watch back a hundred and fifty years. Stroll along Tradd St and you can feel the era in which this was one of the South's greatest cities. Important. Meaningful.

Then, right there on Chalmers, a block north of Broad and a block south of the old Huguenot Church still stands The Slave Market. Humans were bought and sold there back when Charleston was a Great City.

That culture caused the people of South Carolina to be the first to secede when they feared the buying and selling of humans might be threatened by the very Union to which they belonged.

Vestiges of the culture that did that remain. Not overtly. At least not so much. To be sure, many South Carolinians are enlightened and evolved. But not yet the majority.

That Sanford won his old district back ought not be a surprise to anyone






We're planning a road trip to the Low Country later this year. Shem Creek. Mt. Pleasant. Charleston's Battery. Rainbow Row. Tara. The Edisto. James Island and John's Island. It is, indeed, a delightful and charming place. While no longer the Important City it once was, Charleston itself remains as lovely a city as ever there was.

But the region will just continue to elect the likes of Mark Sanford.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Damn.

[Gman]

2. I never thought she had a chance

for exactly the same reasons you mention.

I visited SC and Charleston in 92. I was literally shocked as I felt I'd gone through a worm hole back 150 years. My ex's family there raised tobacco close to Florence. Their workers, who were Black, looked and acted every bit like they were slaves. They weren't allowed to come to the front door and only drank water from a certain spigot. Everything was yes, sir and no, sir. I told them my dad was the sir and to call me by my first name. They wouldnt. I guess they thought they would be fired. I was literally aghast.

No, she never had a chance to win.

[steve2470]

3. You said it well nt