Sen. Tim Scott ain’t got no ball and chain

[IGotWorms 4,058]

Personally I don’t care, but curious if any Geeks feel differently:

 

 

During a private meeting with evangelical faith leaders in Iowa this summer, Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina was asked about an issue he would prefer not to discuss: his love life.

Mr. Scott, 57, has put his faith and commitment to conservative family values at the center of his campaign for president, which at that point was in its earliest weeks. None of the pastors in attendance questioned his faith. But at least one was curious about his lack of a wife and children.

“You’re unmarried, and you want to lead the country. But we can’t even see how you’ve led a family. Help me out with that,” Michael Demastus, a pastor in Iowa who has met with the senator multiple times, recalled asking during the meeting. He meant the question, he added, “not in a condemning way — just genuinely want to know a little bit more.”

Mr. Scott told the group that he was in a relationship with a woman whom he was serious about but not yet ready to introduce to the public, according to two accounts of the meeting.

Mr. Demastus said that Mr. Scott’s response satisfied him in the moment, and that his congregation hasn’t seemed to care much one way or the other. It’s not a topic voters have clamored to ask the candidate about during town halls. And yet, as Mr. Scott joked at an evangelical conference in Des Moines, queries about the woman in his life have been “one of the more asked questions recently.”

And Mr. Scott is answering, however reluctantly.

“I am dating a lovely Christian girl,” he told Iowa’s attorney general, Brenna Bird, who asked him what she called the “personal” question right off the bat. “One of the things I love about the Gospel of Jesus Christ is that it points us always in the right direction. Proverbs 18:22 says, ‘He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord.’ So can we just pray together for me?”

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/25/us/politics/tim-scott-girlfriend-marriage-2024.html

[thegeneral 3,209]

The jesus talk is a bit much for my taste.

[Hardcore troubadour 15,425]

I can’t believe he brought up Jesus talking to a bunch of evangelicals. He should have just shown them his bottle of hot sauce. 

[thegeneral 3,209]

5 minutes ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

I can’t believe he brought up Jesus talking to a bunch of evangelicals. He should have just shown them his bottle of hot sauce. 

They probably all think he caught the ghey :gasp: so he has to talk about his pretty girlfriend.

[Hardcore troubadour 15,425]

2 minutes ago, thegeneral said:

They probably all think he caught the ghey :gasp: so he has to talk about his pretty girlfriend.

So his mention of Jesus is why you won’t be voting for him.  Got it. 

[EternalShinyAndChrome 4,101]

Look at all you racist m'fers in here.  You serious with this?

The racism never left the Democrat Party.  100% confirmed.

[weepaws 3,191]

Interesting.  

[thegeneral 3,209]

5 minutes ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

So his mention of Jesus is why you won’t be voting for him.  Got it. 

No. It doesn’t help but that would be far down list of reasons why I wouldn’t vote for this dude. 

Thought for a minute he’d be Trump’s pick but Don has already gone down the Jesus stick up the ass route with Pence and doesn't need to fake it this time around. Scott doesn’t bring anything else to the table so he’s out. 

[thegeneral 3,209]

6 minutes ago, EternalShinyAndChrome said:

Look at all you racist m'fers in here.  You serious with this?

The racism never left the Democrat Party.  100% confirmed.

Racist

[EternalShinyAndChrome 4,101]

7 minutes ago, thegeneral said:

Racist

Big time.  100%.

[thegeneral 3,209]

1 minute ago, EternalShinyAndChrome said:

Big time.  100%.

Bizarre. 

[EternalShinyAndChrome 4,101]

2 minutes ago, thegeneral said:

Bizarre. 

Agreed but, to be honest, did anyone really think the Democrat Party - the party of slavery, Jim Crow and the KKK - would have really changed?

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I like turtles

[thegeneral 3,209]

4 minutes ago, EternalShinyAndChrome said:

Agreed but, to be honest, did anyone really think the Democrat Party - the party of slavery, Jim Crow and the KKK - would have really changed?

They have changed. 

But what is racist here? No clue what you are talking about.

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[EternalShinyAndChrome 4,101]

Just now, thegeneral said:

They have changed. 

But what is racist here? No clue what you are talking about.

Being critical of a black man.  Just holding you to YOUR party's standards.

[thegeneral 3,209]

8 minutes ago, EternalShinyAndChrome said:

Being critical of a black man.  Just holding you to YOUR party's standards.

Oh good grief

[Hardcore troubadour 15,425]

A ha ha, same clowns that nod along while Pete Buttegeig “chest feeds” his adopted kid are bringing up the fact a guy isn’t married. . Too funny. 

[IGotWorms 4,058]

38 minutes ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

A ha ha, same clowns that nod along while Pete Buttegeig “chest feeds” his adopted kid are bringing up the fact a guy isn’t married. . Too funny. 

Like I said, I don’t care. I like Tim Scott though he’s too conservative for me to vote for. Still, I’d put him after Hayley and Christie as far as the republicans that I would prefer.

Anyways, I was just curious if this was a concern with evangelicals and such, since they are the primary voters