The Other McCain

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South Carolina Sacred Honor Watch

Yeah, I stole the “sacred honor” thing from Ace. Crucify me. He’s taking the day off and missed the latest development, so I’m forced to imagine how Ace would headline it: Will Folks: Sacred Honor Compels Me to Drop More Hints That Might Look Like Threats But I’m a Southern Gentleman — and, Oh, By the Way, Nikki Haley […]

VIDEO: South Carolina TV Covers
Jake Knotts ‘Raghead’ Controversy

From Columbia’s WIS-TV: Meanwhile, GOP political consultant Wes Donehue, co-host of “Pub Politics,” justifies suppressing the video: We will not be publishing Thursday’s episode of Pub Politics. As we’ve said from the beginning of this show, our goal has always been to show the lighter side of politics in South Carolina. We want to show […]

Sarah Palin: ‘All Kinds of Made-Up Nonsense’ About Nikki Haley

Sarah Palin singlehandedly boosted Nikki Haley to the front of the pack in South Carolina. Now she’s standing up for Nikki in a recorded phone call to Republican voters: Hi there. This is Governor Sarah Palin. I’m calling on behalf of my good friend, and a brave and strong conservative woman, Nikki Haley. On Tuesday, […]

Nikki Haley Update: Jake Knotts and the ‘Raghead’ Heard Round the World

“We already got one raghead in the White House, we don’t need a raghead in the governor’s mansion.” — South Carolina state Sen. Jake Knotts Well, it’s come to this, has it? Certainly, I’m the last person on the planet to be screaming “raaaaacist” at other people, but it’s shocking enough that a Republican would use such language to describe […]

‘Just One Tweet’: Conservative New Media Get Results in Georgia 4th District Story

Readers may remember the headline here Wednesday morning: Obama-Endorsed Rep. Hank Johnson to Participate in Segregated Forum? It was Dan Riehl who tipped me to that story, which originated with a Facebook post from Republican congressional candidate Liz Carter, who had been excluded from an Atlanta political event, the Newsmakers Live forum. Da Tech Guy jumped on the story […]

Stand Up for Nikki Haley!

Dan Riehl is exactly right: I’d rather be a little wrong now . . . than give in to low-life, bottom-feeders trying to find a safe rock to hide behind to secure their position in SC’s political stream. . . . I’m standing with Nikki Haley and her family. And I hope SC voters do, […]

Tweet From Nikki’s Husband; UPDATE: Video of Larry ‘Magic’ Marchant

Pretty simple, really: UPDATE: And here is Larry Marchant’s interview with WCBD-TV: “I spent the night with Ms. Haley, and we had sexual relations. We had sex . . . We had several drinks, we went to dinner, we went to a couple bars, we were with a lot of people — you know, it […]

VIDEO: Haley vs. Bauer

From WCSC-TV: Hat-tip: Sorenkay on Twitter. For those arriving late at this bizarre story, my thumbnail synopsis at The American Spectator: Republican politics in South Carolina has been a rough sport since the era of the legendary Lee Atwater, but the dirty games have descended to a new low in the past 10 days. On May 24, […]

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