James Byrnes was indeed a Gentleman of the great Palmetto State, and refused endorsement by the KKK- this was back in the era of the "Yellow Dog Democrats"--and when tacit endorsement by the "Three Circles Interlocked"- from Kuklos, the Greek word for circle- insured re-election. I didn't know he was a guest at Hobcaw Barony- as was the late Tar Heel Stater Robert C. Ruark, who also shot "buuurds" with Mr. Baruch--
In Ruark's story about that, he mentions Baruch shooting a well worn but fine grade 16 bore double- George, do you have any idea what make a grade double might have been Baruch's pet quail gun??
Just as FDR's Veep- James N. Garner once said, when asked what it was like to be a V-P, and gave a straight-forward reply alluding to a bucket full of lukewarm spit, a reporter once asked Harry Truman for some advice, and Harry said "Never kick a fresh dog turd on a hot summer's day"-- Our Country needs straight talking politicos and elected officials instead of a "Disney on the Potomac Chiefed by the Double-Tongued"!
