One of our esteemed SC state senators may be removed from office. Can you guess why?

[Are_grits_groceries]

I use the word esteemed very loosely.
Senator Jake Knotts:

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Just when it seemed S.C. Sen. Jakie Knotts (RINO-Lexington) had successfully schemed his way into another four-year term as State Senator, along comes a lawsuit that could derail his large-sized ambitions.
According to multiple sources familiar with the situation, Knotts is about to be sued over a December 2010 incident in which he challenged former South Carolina Republican Party official Patrick Haddon to a duel.
If found guilty, Knotts could wind up being removed not only from the ballot … but from his office as well. How come? Because believe it or not, there’s a constitutional prohibition against dueling in the Palmetto State.
According to the South Carolina Constitution (Article XVII Section 1B), “any person who shall fight a duel or send or accept a challenge for that purpose, or be an aider or abettor in fighting a duel, shall be deprived of holding any office of honor or trust in this State, and shall be otherwise punished as the law shall prescribe.”
Sources tell FITS that Katrina Shealy – a Lexington County Republican activist who was until recently campaigning against Knotts for S.C. Senate District 23 – has incorporated this “duel” issue to a formal ballot protest filed with the SCGOP.
http://www.fitsnews.com/2012/05/14/jakie-knotts-to-face-duel-lawsuit/

A duel.
We don't impeach lawmakers. We wait for illegal duels.
I have no idea where this will end up, but I wish they would legalize one duel and make that fat ass try it.

[MrScorpio]

1. Cue Dueling Banjos nt

[hifiguy]

2. The word "porcine" would seem to have been invented

for this goober.

[yellerpup]

19. What an insult to pigs!

At least pigs have kind eyes.

[KT2000]

3. Illegal duels!!

This is pretty funny - hope it gets him removed!

[HiPointDem]

4. people still challenge each other to duels in SC? Actually that makes me think more highly of

them than i previously did.

[GoCubsGo]

5. Who knew the Staypuft Marshmallow Man could shoot?

Oy. The republicans in my state are batshit crazy. Yes, indeed.


I wonder is Katrina Shealy is related to the Shealys of Shealy Barbecue. Good stuff.

[EFerrari]

11. Lmao

Duzy!

[sharp_stick]

6. I'd accept the challenge

and pick either broadswords or cannons. I've always thought it would be interesting to duel someone with a good old fashioned artillery barrage from a couple of miles away.

[xchrom]

7. & here I thought it was to be money or hookers or both. Nt

[gratuitous]

8. Wait, it sounds like Sen. Knott has the perfect out for this

Is a state senator considered to be an office of honor or trust in South Carolina? From the looks of Mr. Knott, I think he could successfully argue that by virtue of his presence in the state senate, the office of state senator has neither honor nor trust.

Q to the E to the motherfuckin' D!

[Cleita]

12. A duel? How quaint.

Is this man a time traveler from the eighteenth century?

[Jackpine Radical]

14. That would make him pretty advanced for a Republican.

I was thinking maybe 9th.

[bluedigger]

13. I guess there is still a need for this law to remain on the books.

Maybe next century we can repeal it...


Nahhhh!

[tblue37]

15. This reminds me of another incident:

Remember that nutty old “Democrat” who was all for the Republicans during the 2004 (I think) presidential election and actually challenged Tweety to a mano a mano dust-up?

Wasn’t his name something like Zell Miller? (I don’t care enough to Google the old fool.)

(And where on earth do some of those names come from?)

[Hell Hath No Fury]

16. Yup, that was ol' Crazycrat Zell --

That was one of the funnier things I have every seen.

[olegramps]

17. I don't see how you could miss hitting that fat ass.

[CTyankee]

18. Never in a million years would I have guessed that!

Now that's funny...

[bluesbassman]

20. I'm guessing it wasn't a duel of wits.

Knucklhead.

[GoCubsGo]

21. More like a duel of half-wits.

That's the South Carolina GOP for you. The infighting is entertaining on one level, but when it affects the citizens of this state, it's as funny as a funeral. Bunch of self-serving assholes. Looks like this is going nowhere:

http://www.thestate.com/2012/05/15/2276343/gop-shoots-down-shealys.html