South Carolina Politics – So Damn Dirty

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A holiday card claiming to be from “the Romney family” ended up in the mailboxes of South Carolina Republicans recently, bearing this inscription:

“We have now clearly shown that God the father had a plurality of wives, one or more being eternity by whom he begat our spirits as well as the spirit of Jesus, his first born, and another being upon the earth by whom he begat the tabernacle of Jesus, as his only begotten in this world.”

Minus 10 points for being dirty as hell. Plus 10 points for being pretty clever. The Romney campaign has condemned the card, saying, “It is sad and unfortunate that this kind of deception and trickery has been employed. There is absolutely no place for it in American politics.”

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