SC state senator takes comedy show on the road.

[rusty quoin]

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina lawmaker on Thursday called a GOP gubernatorial candidate of Indian descent a "raghead" on the Internet political talk show Pub Politics.

According to co-host Phil Bailey, Republican state Sen. Jake Knotts said: "We've already got a raghead in the White House; we don't need another raghead in the governor's mansion." Knotts later apologized for the slur, saying his remarks about President Barack Obama and state Rep. Nikki Haley were meant as a joke.

No audio was available because of a technical problem.

"If it had been recorded, the public would be able to hear firsthand that my 'raghead' comments about Obama and Haley were intended in jest," Knotts said in a statement. "Bear in mind that this is a freewheeling, anything-goes Internet radio show that is broadcast from a pub. It's like a local political version of 'Saturday Night Live,' which is actually where the joke came from."




http://www.denverpost.com/nationworld/ci_15223962?source=rss

Partial (fake)show transcipt:

Bailey: What do you think of Nikki Haley's chances..

Knotts: Well let me tell you about that Phil. We've already got a raghead in the White House; we don't need another raghead in the governor's mansion. Ha Ha Ha

Baiely: Please senator, can we just stick with the...

Knotts: Say Phil, What's the difference between a Jew and Canoe?

Bailey: Er..Senator please don't..it's not appropriate...

Knotts: A canoe tips...Ha Ha Ha Ha.

Bailey: Cut his mic.