Columnist: Top 10 things Nikki Haley could have said to Donald Trump

SC Gov. Nikki Haley took the high road when Donald Trump attacked her on Twitter.

It was probably a sound strategic move, knowing he would not know his way around there.

“Bless your heart,” Haley tweeted back when the GOP presidential leader sent this out: “The people of South Carolina are embarrassed by Nikki Haley!”

She could have embarrassed herself by calling him a pissant, or some other appropriate Southern put-down.

But “Bless your heart” is the high road because it is a put-down in disguise.

Down South, it would often be followed by a sweet little explanation. Such as:

“He can’t hep it. Dr. Brush dropped him when he was bawn.”

She might could have thrown a little elbow by saying, “So sweet of you to speak on South Carolina’s behalf, kudzu mouth.”

Here’s a Top 10 list of Southern responses to rude Yankees that Haley might have chosen:

• Delta is ready when you are.
• You ain’t so many you can’t be counted.
• Come back to see us, you hear?
• God don’t like ugly.
• Fiddle-dee-dee.
• Might could.
• Well hush my mouth.
• Do what?
• You eat with that mouth?
• You lie!

This story was originally published March 4, 2016 at 9:14 AM with the headline "Columnist: Top 10 things Nikki Haley could have said to Donald Trump."