WE'RE A LITTLE WORRIED ABOUT 'THE STATE' FITSNews - July 6, 2007 - It's nowhere near as hot as Obama Girl's tribute to her man, but The State newspaper has a crush on Mitt Romney, people. Sure, it's technically an article about dolphin tours along the South Carolina coast, but we know better. From the
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Crazy People Love Anderson County, SC
WOULD-BE SECESSIONIST CHRISTIANS CHOOSE STATE'S MOST BACKWARD COUNTY TO LAUNCH THEIR REVOLUTION FITSNews - July 6, 2007 - We've got to hand it to the right-wing nut jobs in the Christian Exodus movement. When it came to picking the ideal location for craziness, they hit the nail on the head in choosing
Read story »Mitt Romney Wants Your Political DNA
AS MUCH AS WE CAN'T STAND THE GUY, THIS SEEMS LIKE A PRETTY SMART IDEA FITSNews - July 5, 2007 - In case anybody missed this morning's Washington Post there was an excellent story by political reporter extraordinaire Chris Cillizza on the evolving concept of voter "microtargeting." Also known as "supersegmentation,"
Read story »Mucho Talko, Por Favor
ARE DUDES REALLY JUST AS LIKELY TO BE A "CHATTY CATHY" AS CHICKS? FITSNews - July 5, 2007 - To say that absolutely nothing is happening today is an understatement. Which is the only reason we're giving this so-called study about guys talking as much as girls any play. Of course, having been stuck in
Read story »Photographing Fireworks Is Hard
SO IS SURVIVING THE WRATH OF THE HOUSE MAJORITY LEADER'S FAMILY FITSNews - July 5, 2007 - We don't have one of those fancy-schmancy digital cameras that takes like 900 million pictures per second and then automatically splices the frames for optimal image quality. Heck, our camera doesn't even remove
Read story »Happy Fourth Of July, America!
THIS IS HOW WE DO IT IN BERKELEY COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA FITSNews - July 4, 2007 - God Bless America, people. And God Bless Berkeley County, South Carolina, for holding a pre-Fourth of July parade that included a pink John Deere tractor. From the Berkeley Independent article: The July 4th celebration
Read story »FITSNews Exclusive – Governor’s Top Legislative Staffers Resign
TWO KEY AIDES LEAVING - ONE MULLING POSSIBLE SENATE BID FITSNews - July 4, 2007 - S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford is losing his top two legislative advisors, sources tell FITSNews - and one of them may be leaving to mount a GOP primary challenge to sitting Spartanburg Sen. John Hawkins. In other news, try saying
Read story »Say Hello To The Woodshed, Mr. Merrill
S.C. MAJORITY LEADER ON THE ROPES AFTER STUNNING SPECIAL ELECTION DEFEAT FITSNews - July 3, 2007 - We'd like to go ahead and state for the record that we think the world of Rep. Shirley Hinson. She's one of the smartest, most consistent lawmakers in Columbia and while we don't always agree with her,
Read story »Scooter Gets Off
FORMER VICE PRESIDENTIAL AIDE HAS SENTENCE COMMUTED FITSNews - July 3, 2007 - We're struggling to understand why everybody is so worked up over President George W. Bush's decision to commute the prison sentence of former Vice Presidential aide Lewis "Scooter" Libby. It's kind of like the O.J. verdict,
Read story »This Was Never Going To Work
SATANIC VERSES AUTHOR GRANTS HOTTIE WIFE A DIVORCE FITSNews - July 3, 2007 - In perhaps the least surprising divorce announcement ever, Indian superbabe Padma Lakshmi is splitting up with Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie. No reason was given for the couple's decision to terminate their three-year
Read story »S.C. Legislators Get Throwback Jerseys
FORTY ONE PERCENT JERSEYS AWARDED TO STATE REPRESENTATIVES, SENATORS FITSNews - July 2, 2007 - For their awesome work growing the size of state government by 41% over the last three years, South Carolina legislators (well, those who aren't in the Nikki Haley Caucus, anyway) were awarded official throwback
Read story »Sticking A Fork In McCain?
DISMAL FUNDRAISING, POLL SLIPPAGE HAVE MANY SAYING STRAIGHT TALKER IS DONE FITSNews - July 2, 2007 - All of a sudden, people are starting to remember why they didn't like John McCain to begin with. The recollections have little to do with how they're actually feeling about the candidate at the moment,
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