Sewell Says He’s Managing Floyd Campaign
A mercurial S.C. politico is reportedly running Karen Floyd’s campaign for SCGOP chairman, sources tell FITS.
Jeffrey Sewell – editor of the website SC Hotline – has informed dozens of GOP activists that he is “managing” Floyd’s bid, which has received extensive promotional consideration from his website.
According to our sources, Sewell is telling Republican activists that his efforts will be “supported” by Washington-based pollster Jon Lerner and Atlanta-based consultant Robert Cahaly, and that Floyd will mount an “aggressive” bid that may include negative ads against her principal opponent, Columbia Attorney Kevin Hall.
“Jeffrey will scorch the earth,” one of Sewell’s former business associates told us on condition of anonymity. “And his motto is ’shoot, ready, aim,’ if you know what I mean. If I (were) Kevin Hall, I would buckle my chinstrap right now.”
Prior to assuming control of SC Hotline, Sewell worked in the information technology business in California and Arizona.
His eclectic behavior and penchant for ascots has made him a colorful figure in the state party, although his credibility took a dip recently when he was the landslide winner of a less-than-flattering competition here on FITS.
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By loving the 70s! on March 3rd, 2009 at 2:50 pm
You walked into the party
Like you were walking onto a yacht
Your hat strategically dipped below one eye
Your scarf it was apricot
You had one eye in the mirror
As you watched yourself gavotte
And all the girls dreamed that they’d be your partner
They’d be your partner, and
You’re so vain
You probably think this song is about you
You’re so vain
I’ll bet you think this song is about you
Don’t you? Don’t you?
You had me several years ago
When I was still quite naive
Well, you said that we made such a pretty pair
And that you would never leave
But you gave away the things you loved
And one of them was me
I had some dreams they were clouds in my coffee
Clouds in my coffee, and
You’re so vain
You probably think this song is about you
You’re so vain
I’ll bet you think this song is about you
Don’t you? Don’t you?
I had some dreams they were clouds in my coffee
Clouds in my coffee, and
You’re so vain
You probably think this song is about you
You’re so vain
I’ll bet you think this song is about you
Don’t you? Don’t you?
Well, I hear you went up to Saratoga
And your horse naturally won
Then you flew your Lear jet up to Nova Scotia
To see the total eclipse of the sun
Well, you’re where you should be all the time
And when you’re not, you’re with
Some underworld spy or the wife of a close friend
Wife of a close friend, and
You’re so vain
You probably think this song is about you
You’re so vain
I’ll bet you think this song is about you
Don’t you? Don’t you?
By The Ghost of Lee Atwater on March 3rd, 2009 at 2:52 pm
She’s screwed.
By Riley on March 3rd, 2009 at 3:27 pm
Campaign strategies of the candidates:
Kevin Hall campaign: “We need to get back to our conservative roots/not be the Giuliani-Specter party/Karen Floyd endorsed and consulted for Rudy Giuliani/=a pro-choice, pro-gay, anti-gun liberal Republican.”
Karen Floyd campaign: “We need to get back to our conservative roots/Lindsey Graham has burned us too many times/McCain was not a conservative/Kevin Hall is buddies with Graham and McCain.”
Rick Beltram campaign: “You need a chair who has been in the trenches/I’m not as sleazy as you think/but I’ll make that jerk Jim DeMint pay for not endorsing me/and I’m the only candidate to endorse black voter suppresion to get Brad Hutto’s seat/and oh yeah, I’ll hire a spell checker to teach me fifth grade English.”
By Senator Thurmond Says on March 3rd, 2009 at 3:39 pm
Nice try Will, guess you did not care for our Photo Shop of you in the stretch jacket… We are hearing you have joined forces with former Tompkins & Sullivan political operatives now working with Kevin Hall?
By Watching Sewell Screw Up on March 3rd, 2009 at 3:57 pm
What? Did Sewell write this? Everybody knows this is Lerner’s gig and Sewell isn’t in the mix of the inner circle.
By Southern Belle on March 3rd, 2009 at 4:02 pm
Cahaly is working for Karen. That must be where Dawson is. Everybody knows Cahaly doesn’t go to the bathroom without Katon’s permission.
By Earl Capps on March 3rd, 2009 at 4:04 pm
That’s what Sewell told me, but I’ve been told this is not true by others. Who knows what the real truth is?
By Seriously? in SC! on March 3rd, 2009 at 4:15 pm
Jeffrey Sewell running a campaign – Seriously, Really ?!
This makes sense… I can see John Lerner and Robert Cahaly waiting by their cell phones for instructions from Jeffrey.
Will, I think even you know better than that!
Jeffrey couldn’t organize a sock drawer, even if he tried.
By Senator Thurmond Says on March 3rd, 2009 at 4:26 pm
By Seriously,
This is true I have to pay the maids extra to do that.
Jeffrey Sewell
By I have a bridge to sell you... on March 3rd, 2009 at 4:38 pm
Let me get this straight: Cahaly is backing Karen? Wasn’t he also the one behind Glenn McCall? Kevin Hall better watch out because he’s about to be 2009’s Drew McKissick!
By Linda P. on March 3rd, 2009 at 4:42 pm
Jeffery sewell is famous for one thing and one thing only. Being on the prefery of an organization while thinking he is running it. Just ask him yourself. He thinks he was running Beasley and Ravenel’s Senate campaign. (probably at the same time) The only thing worse than being the slowest zebra is thinking there are a bunch of zebra’s behind you, that you are leading!!!
By John on March 3rd, 2009 at 4:51 pm
Stay out of the tanning bed!
By Bill Lagrange on March 3rd, 2009 at 5:04 pm
If Jeffrey Sewell is the slowest zebra, he is about to get destroyed by the
sharks that swim on the land. Take a lesson and quit while you’re ahead. I
mean, we know he’s dangerously obsessed with Karen Floyd, but give us a
break. She is smart enough to keep him just close enough to be a pawn in
the grand scheme while keeping his toxic behavior from influencing the
campaign.
By Senator Thurmond Says on March 3rd, 2009 at 5:38 pm
Recently diagnosed with a life threating medical condition it is nice to be underestimated just wait…Jeffrey Sewell with nothing to lose!
By Geoffery Seawall on March 3rd, 2009 at 5:51 pm
I have maids organize my sock drawer you see. They stop by my apartment on their way to the chicken processing plant next door. Well actually the chicken processing plant is two doors down from my apartment. The sewer treatment plant is what is right next door to my apartment. Ahhh livin large in West Columbia is the life. The money I save by living here allows me to really blow it out with the finer things in life like trips to the tanning bed and lots of super silky ascots!
By Senator Thurmond Says on March 3rd, 2009 at 8:32 pm
I will make you all proud each and everyone one, Ip addresses,
ISP’s et cetera say a lot of whereby you come… dumb people have another beer, and get ready to eat your own…
By Jeffrey Sewell on March 3rd, 2009 at 8:36 pm
Just in, we no have proof: SCHotline has proof of The TTS connection to Kevin Hall…. Next ED Ferry Sullivan… Oh joy to the SC GOP…
By Phillip on the Skids on March 3rd, 2009 at 11:42 pm
I find it a f***ing joke that Sewell, a carpetbagger who couldn’t establish a career in IT or politics in much bigger and more prosperous states, would dare to adopt a handle with the name Thurmond in it. The guy wasn’t even here when Strom was alive and fighting for South Carolina.
Him and Josh Gross. Just because those losers can’t cut it in the big leagues doesn’t mean they have the right to come here and talk down to people and try the same stupid crap that didn’t work elsewhere.
Jeff, remember I-20 does go West. Anytime you’d like to take your lousy ass out of here, we won’t stop you.
By Chris on March 4th, 2009 at 6:27 am
man, the haters are out in full force.
By Toyota Kawaski on March 4th, 2009 at 8:39 am
get rid of the Thurmond handle you are a disgrace
By Watching Sewell Screw Up on March 4th, 2009 at 11:01 am
Sewell,
Did you write this drunk? Seriously? You are on par with Beltram on the this post.
Just in, we no have proof: SCHotline has proof of The TTS connection to Kevin Hall…. Next ED Ferry Sullivan… Oh joy to the SC GOP…
By Jeffrey Sewell on March 4th, 2009 at 3:29 pm
I post my name on my posts, it is interesting that in the 90 percentile you do not? Thurmond and Moultrie are Parrots you dumb F***, lived here since ‘92 what about you, or any number of other SC Politico’s? Keep looking for that next 45k a year gig, course the Senator made that in one day last week and when he finds out whom you are, well lets just say he really likes to bite idiots, not mentally stable I would say…
Have a nice day, my last post to the Anons on this site… JEFFREY SEWELL/SCHOTLINE/SEWELL CONSULTANCY
By Phillip on the Skids on March 4th, 2009 at 4:28 pm
Here that long and you still can’t get a job in politics? Why not try a real job, like most taxpayers?
If you can find me, then come on over to my house and let’s settle this in person, since you like to make threats so much.
We won’t talk about the last time you threatened some guy over his girlfriend and he beat your ass in the Vista. Unlike you would like to talk about it.
By Jeffrey Sewell on March 4th, 2009 at 6:32 pm
Given this has become a TTS Blog post I am signing off from Blog post permanently, just not worth it as there is no debate, you Blog Anon, say what you want without retribution and or verification. Best of luck to all of you unemployed or will be soon politicos of which is an unwarranted compliment.
Jeffrey Sewell
By Phillip on the Skids on March 4th, 2009 at 10:05 pm
Oh Jeffrey, Jeffrey, please don’t run away. All we wanna do is play with you. We don’t know why you are so mad.
So are you employed? Is Karen Floyd paying you? Does she have anything to do with you at all? Maybe it’s the hot beef injection?
Remember Jeffrey, it works better when you’re sober. Really, it does.
By Earl Capps on March 5th, 2009 at 2:44 am
Some people are just full of love. Others are just full of it.
By Earl Capps on March 5th, 2009 at 2:51 am
Jeff – in case you read this, when you said “say what you want without retribution and or verification”, did you mean to say “retribution” or “attribution”?
Couldn’t be any less factually-supported than the crap so-called fact checks on Hotlie.