What is wrong with South Carolina?

In any group, there will be some bright and smart ones who stand out, while there are some who are quiet and dull that you forget that they even exist. (Think about your high school graduating class). Among the fifty states which comprise of USA, South Carolina used to be one of the dull ones. There is nothing remarkable about this state apart from some unpleasant tidbits in her history like being the first state to declare its secession from the Union (when it became clear that Lincoln would be the President). But lately ‘South Carolina’ has been in news, thanks to the outrageous antics of her people. It is like the quiet student getting attention by coming drunk to the class. It all started with Miss Junior South Carolina who gave the most pathetic answer ever to a question in a beauty pageant. Few months ago, there were the antics of the South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, who flew off to Argentina to be with his mistress in the guise of hiking in the Appalachian Mountains! Now we have Joe Wilson, the Congressmen from South Carolina, calling President Obama a liar during his address to the joint session of Congress yesterday which was seen by millions of people. When is wrong with these people? (May be Lincoln should have let this state go!)