Beltram Bows Out … (New SCGOP Poll Included)

There were definitely no flowers involved, but the man known in S.C. political circles as “Mr. Potato Head” is finally out.

Or rather “mashed.”

An era of ineptness and petty political infighting came to an abrupt end last night as former Spartanburg County GOP Chairman Rick Beltram – who bears a striking resemblance to the famous Mr. Potato Head toy – was booted from his longtime post by a 3-to-1 vote of local party activists.

LaDonna Ryggs, an administrative assistant at Bob Jones University, was elected to fill the position.

Having lost his county chairmanship, Beltram abruptly withdrew from the SCGOP Chairman’s race, meaning that Spartanburg businesswoman Karen Floyd is the only candidate currently seeking that position.

Columbia attorney Kevin Hall withdrew from the race last week due to health reasons.

Two other prospective candidates – veteran “Republican” consultant Warren Tompkins and our own very “non-Republican” founding editor, Sic Willie – have toyed with running for the post.

In a controversial move earlier this week, Sic pledged to boot several former Democratic State Senators from the party if he was elected, and promised to put all Republicans in the Palmetto State on a one-year “watch list” to determine if they were acting in accordance with the party’s platform.

“If the GOP banner is good enough to campaign under, it should be good enough to govern under,” Sic says. “Sadly, that hasn’t been the case in Washington or Columbia for some time now.”

So … is Sic’s campaign for real?

Honestly?

We have no clue.

He obviously owns the company that operates this news outlet but for whatever reason he keeps referring all of our questions to his “campaign website.”

What do y’alls think?

To the poll …

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