Representatives King and Gilliard seem to think a cheery phone greeting is worth their time to push a bill to ban. Are they trying out for a dumb and dumber sequel or did Alvin Greene really rub off that much on them?

From the Charlotte Observer:

COLUMBIA, S.C. State employees shouldn’t have to answer the phone with Gov. Nikki Haley’s required cheery greeting, “It’s a great day in South Carolina,” until it truly is, according to two state lawmakers.

Democratic Reps. John Richard King and Wendell Gilliard have filed legislation saying no state agency can force its employees to answer the phone with the first-year Republican governor’s mandated greeting as long as unemployment in the Palmetto State is 5 percent or higher.

REALLY?

Good God. Someone please tell me these two are up for re-election in 2012. Please.

I think it very likely anyone spending time around either of these two brain surgeons will lost IQ points at an alarming rate. This is the best and most productive thing they can spend their time on? I think the tax payers in SC deserve better than petty political jabs that waste time and money like this one. Sincerely pathetic, gentlemen.