Congressman Tim Scott, who will soon replace Jim DeMint in the Senate, is not a common man. He’s quite uncommon, as is his right, and he doesn’t cower or take handouts. He declares to the entire world, even if no one is listening, that he’s a “free American.”
Scott acknowledged as much in a bit of Tea Party poetry on his 2010 campaign website, entitled: “Republican Creed”:
I do not choose to be a common man.
It is my right to be uncommon.If I can seek opportunity, not security,
I want to take the calculated risk to dream and
build, to fail and to succeed.
I refused to barter incentive for dole.I prefer the challenges of life to
guaranteed security, the thrill of fulfillment
to the state of calm utopia.I will not trade freedom for beneficence,
nor my dignity for a handout.I will never cower before any master,
save my God.It is my heritage to stand erect, proud and
unafraid. To think and act for myself, enjoy the
benefits of my creation; to face the whole world
boldly and say, “I am a free American.”
