The other day Waldo waxed exasperated at South Carolina's Republican congress critters after they voted against hurriane relief for the Northeast. We didn't have time to see just exactly how quantifiably hypocritical they were being, just a guy writing for HuffPo did, and thank goodness. Jonathan Valania, ranking the ten biggest hypos of the vote, explained:
6. Rep. Joe 'YOU LIE!' Wilson (R-SC)
Wilson, along with two other Tea Party asshats from South Carolina, voted 'Fuck No!' on Friday, this despite the fact that South Carolina has had 13 major disaster declarations and two emergency declarations in the last 30 years, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The worst storm to ever hit the Palmetto State, Hurricane Hugo back in 1989, caused over $13 billion in damage and left nearly 60,000 people homeless.
Guess who picked up the tab?
And back in 2003 when the South Carolina suffered through a severe drought, all 46 counties in the Palmetto State were declared federal disaster zones at Wilson's urging. In 2005, he voted for a $10.5 billion Katrina relief package
"The compassion, generosity, and solidarity of the American people during difficult times are one of our most cherished blessings as citizens of our great nation," Wilson said after the Katrina relief bill passed the House. "As we now face the severity of this historic natural disaster, Americans must do what we do best: help each other." Emphasis mine.
That was then and this is now.
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