The last time we heard from South Carolina Democratic chairman Dick Harpootlian, he was drawing comparisons between Republican Gov. Nikki Haley and Adolf Hitler’s mistress, Eva Braun. That was last September, and something tells us Harpootlian hasn’t spent the past several months in charm school. At a Democrat party dinner tonight attended by Vice President Joe Biden, Harpootlian rallied his troops to send Haley “back to wherever the hell she came from.” That wouldn’t be far, for the record.
Nicki Haley came from Bamberg, South Carolina. @Chris_Moody @amandacarpenter
— Grand Old Partisan (@Michael_Zak) May 3, 2013
@Chris_Moody That would be Bamberg, South Carolina.
— The Pamphleteer ? (@PamphleteerNow) May 3, 2013
https://twitter.com/matthewhummel/status/330474004416720896
Paging Chris Matthews on the courtesy dog whistle…
@Chris_Moody @sistertoldjah My gosh. That sounded like a racist statement, and I don't hear dog whistles everywhere like "Tingles" Matthews.
— Zanshi 惨死 (D – Jar Kitteh) (@zanshi1) May 3, 2013
https://twitter.com/NPR_Not_Neutral/status/330471309354082304
Imagine that to a nonwhite female DemRT @Chris_Moody:SC Dem Chair says he hopes Sheheen will send Haley back wherever the hell she came from
— Corie Whalen (@CorieWhalen) May 4, 2013
Calm down, everyone, it wasn’t a racist statement — at least according to Politico. Harpootlian was just “pushing the envelope.”
Harpootlian, pushing envelope, sez Sheheen will "send Nikki Haley back to wherever the hell she came from"
— Jonathan Martin (@jmartNYT) May 3, 2013
Will Joe Bideonopoulos set Harpootlian straight or just let it slide? He’s had trouble himself telling Indians from Americans before.
@colbertBuschSC: tell that racist bigot Dick Harpootlian running your state party that Nikki Haley's from Bamberg. You DO disapprove, yes?
— Moe Lane (@Ogiel23) (@moelane) May 4, 2013
https://twitter.com/amandacarpenter/status/330467963398418433
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