Ravenel goes back on his word: imagine that

More self-absorption too much for Ravenel to resist

It's a slow news day, so what the heck.

“If there is a Season 2 of Southern Charm, I will not be a participant,” Thomas Ravnel said, via Tweet, in June.

Today in a release, Ravenel said: “It doesn't make sense to turn down a platform that enables you to spread your ideas to a bigger, more diverse audience.”

Which is the bigger publicity stunt?

Thomas Ravenel filing signatures, yesterday, to get on the ballot against U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham or the announcement of a second season of “Southern Charm” the Bravo reality show.

The show, set in Charleston, features the convicted drug felon, Ravenel, with a bunch of self-absorbed, silly-class decadents.

Ravenel and his posse, like most reality shows, go out and get drunk or sit around and back-stab each other, with ammunition collected during the filming of the show.

For a man of 50-something, like Ravenel, to be able to provoke such a strong gag-reflex is an art.

And his “co-stars” share his talent for loathing-provocation.

But fans of Democrat US Senate candidate Brad Hutto should be thrilled that Ravenel went back on his word, and will do another season of Southern Charm. 

Hutto has to hope Ravenel can pull enough votes from Graham to let the Democrat sneak in. To steal a sure-thing Republican South Carolina US Senate seat would be a big political coup for a democrats.
The party has been totally rejected by the state's voters because of its incompetence in representing them. If Ravenel could hand them the seat, it would be worth millions to President Barack Obama, helping to break his free-fall of unpopularity, based on his poor performance. 

At any rate: here's Ravenel's press release:

EDISTO, SC: Lowcountry businessman and independent U.S. Senate candidate Thomas Ravenel issued the following statement regarding his decision to participate in a second season of Bravo's 'Southern Charm' reality television show:

"I struggled with this decision in light of the political campaign I am undertaking," Ravenel said. "Ultimately it came down to this: It doesn't make sense to turn down a platform that enables you to spread your ideas to a bigger, more diverse audience. If America is ever going to turn things around, we've got to get rid of this notion that cookie cutter politicians with their blemish-free backgrounds are the way to go. The truth is those are the very politicians who are driving this country into a ditch. That's never been who Thomas Ravenel is - and so owning a part of my life that doesn't fit the typical political mold is fine by me."