McMaster To Rake In Trial Lawyer Cash

S.C. Attorney General Henry McMaster has been talking generically about “creating jobs” in South Carolina for months now as a run-up to his announcement of a 2010 Republican gubernatorial campaign.

The presumed GOP front-runner, McMaster will no doubt continue to generically talk about “creating jobs” given the state’s 12.1% unemployment rate and lagging personal income levels.

But while saying one thing on the campaign trail, McMaster is reportedly lining his pockets with special interest cash from some of the state’s most anti-competitive forces – the state’s entrenched network of personal injury lawyers.

For example, McMaster is reportedly attending a fund-raiser this weekend on Hilton Head Island, which is where the s0-called “S.C. Association for Justice” (a.k.a. the S.C. Trial Lawyers Association) is holding its annual retreat.

Coincidence?

Of course not …

We’ve written in the past about how McMaster’s campaign disclosure form is littered with contributions from these parasites, and it certainly appears as if he’s going back to the well again now that he’s trailing in the 2010 GOP money race for the first time.

Also, as we’ve reported previously, McMaster’s consulting firm receives a fat monthly retainer from the trial lawyers, which means he has ready access to this fount of special interest cash.

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