By FITSNews || SCGOP executive director Todd Kincannon will step down from his post this week, party officials confirmed to FITS Wednesday.
Kincannon – who took over this position less than two months ago – will remain with the SCGOP as its general counsel and parliamentarian, where he will focus his attention on an upcoming party registration lawsuit.
Former gubernatorial spokesman Joel Sawyer – who has been serving for several months as a consultant to the party – will serve as interim executive director for the next three months until a permanent replacement can be found.
Why does any of this matter?
Honestly, we’re not sure.
Critics of SCGOP chairman Karen Floyd said the staffing move was the latest example of her lack of leadership. Others speculated that it might have something to do with a botched GOP gubernatorial debate last week.
Floyd backers dismissed those contentions.
Not surprisingly, our founding editor attempted to use the news of Kincannon’s departure as his latest subterfuge for a private, one-on-one “interview” with Floyd.
All we can say is “good luck with all that, boss.”
By Liberty For Me February 3, 2010 at 5:04 pm
I hope they bring in someone just back from a RINO safari….I doubt it.
They still seem to keep backing Nancy Graham and the likes.I guess all the crazy wing nut Ron Paul people need to get crazier.I’m ready
By freddie guy February 3, 2010 at 6:23 pm
Kimcannon is an idiot. He is about one third as smart as he thinks he is. Got to see him in action in a elections protest in Kershaw County. He came in with his head held high until some small-time rural attorney ripped him a new asshole. Made the kid look like the pompous asshole that he is. Kincannon quickly left the hearing….
By Matt February 3, 2010 at 7:26 pm
Maybe Karen should call up her old friend Dick Harpootlian for advice–he had some success with chairing a major South Carolina political party a few years ago. She could even dust off her 90′s-era DNC membership card that everyone seems to forget about and the two could reminisce about old times…
By Mike Reino February 3, 2010 at 8:36 pm
Exactly how many Executive Directors does that make in the past 3-4 years?
By SC Reformer February 3, 2010 at 9:54 pm
Could it be more than a coincidence that 2 executive directors have worked for the SCGOP since Mrs. Floyd became chairman last May??!! Perhaps Karen is impossible to work for and treats her people like dogs.
By Chris February 3, 2010 at 9:59 pm
freddie,
i hardly call william tetterton a small time rural attorney. elliot simply had more votes than horton(that is how you win elections)and a sheheen appointed election commission will do anything(including cheat) to preserve a democratic victory.
By Bubba Galloway February 3, 2010 at 10:13 pm
Could be that he wants to go back to the practice of law don’t you think? Just curious, how is it possible that Mrs. Floyd was chairman of County Council in Spartanburg and own a large marketing firm for more than 10 years if she doesn’t have consumate leadership skills. Sorry “folks” but it sounds like this one is just a mutual decision. And Will, where was this failed debate? The one in Charleston last week was a huge success for both the candidates and for those of us in the standing room only crowd.
By Bill February 3, 2010 at 10:13 pm
Fire all the little folks that think they are all that… KKF will not stand for it and show their gay asses the door and not that there is anything wrong with the latter… It is hard to raise a child and much oh so much harder to raise an Exec Dir… Apparently
And so Chairman, fire one-a-day if that is what it takes and how about while at that we decline a few dozen and or sooo applications to file as a REPUBLICAN…
By Abandon Ship! February 4, 2010 at 12:42 pm
Todd is bailing out of that sinking ship Floyd is navigating
The mood of the public is dour, the RINOs are about to be tarred and feathered.
By Silence Dogood February 4, 2010 at 9:52 pm
Whoa! easy on Kincannon, fewer dems were elected to office during his tenure as executive director than any prior executive director in recent history. Way to go Mr. Todd!!!
Now, if K-Flo can just keep that record going :-)
By SC Reformer February 5, 2010 at 10:13 am
About the only smart thing Karen has done in her life is marry rich, and it took her 3 times to do that. About the only money her marketing firm has made in the past few years is the $90k in kickbacks over 6-months it received from Bauer’s Office on Aging for participating in the “senior scam” company fraud!!
By Jeffy01 February 5, 2010 at 11:36 am
I just googled “batshit crazy” and Kfloyd was the first hit. Yikes. she is clinical. Why did it take others soooo long to figure out how nuts she is. Im not taking a little nuts folks….she has serious mental problems. (but alas, no tan lines)
By Ron February 6, 2010 at 9:53 am
Perhaps Chairman Floyd will her buddy Mr. Hartpoolian as general counsel. He should be able to get this state party back on track!
By Ron February 6, 2010 at 9:54 am
will hire her buddy
By Ron February 7, 2010 at 4:51 pm
“Kincannon – who took over this position less than two months ago – will remain with the SCGOP as its general counsel and parliamentarian, where he will focus his attention on an upcoming party registration lawsuit.”
Will, are you referring to the suit by the Greenville County GOP regarding registration by party? If so what are your thoughts on this and what is the position of the SCGOP taking on this? In my view we need registration by party in SC. Thanks
By JustinAlexander February 15, 2010 at 7:54 am
12 Days and this is the only source I see on this, everything else refers to this site. Weird.
By fred February 15, 2010 at 7:55 am
Chris:
That Election Commission argument worked until the Steve Kelly crowd cried the same cries after the SECOND Jerry Horton loss (what the hell happened the second time???), John Lee loss, then the Gene McCaskill loss.
I guess the Sheheen machine also bought the SC Supreme Court, where the protest ended up (and fizzled)???
Now Steve Kelly sees the writing on the wall. He was going down next, and the Election Commission wouldn’t have had anything to do with it.
Probably a good time to “retire”.
Fred
By timeout March 2, 2010 at 4:10 pm
Listen up!!! The largest marketing firm….please! That speak she gave about having 30 employees. Believe me, when I say this, (never happened). She has had more than 60 employees leave her company in less than 10 year and the most employees she has ever had working for her at one time is 12. She is a (B) to work for and she needs meds bad. She treats her staff as if she owns them.
Kincannon was smart to get out. Let’s see how Joel Sawyer handles things. Just remember he came from Sanford.
By By: Anonymous L. E. Font May 6, 2011 at 4:19 pm
Toad Pinkocannon spoke to RatTrick, “RatTrick, to get to Governor, we need you to campaign starting now. We’ll have you run as a candidate for SC GOP chair, and drop out at the last minute, because you DON’T want that position. We know you won’t get enough delegates to win, but the state wide exposure of you running will help when you run for governor. You already lost that run for state senate, and we can’t have you lose two races on a large level. Because that Bill “Willie Clinton” Conner fellow will most likely be running for Governor against you, you’ll nominate him as chair of SC GOP the same day you drop out of the state chair race.”
RatTrick questions his puppet mater, “But won’t people question why I supported Kenny and not Billy for Lt. Governor, and question why I drop out, and question why I now support Conner for State Chair?”
“That’s the beauty of it. Short memories will forget who you supported, and the craziness of you supporting someone not even wanting the job will leave them befuddled. Trust me, Conner doesn’t want Chairman either, but we will convince him it is a stepping stone to Governor. We convinced McMaster didn’t we. And when he loses his second statewide race, people will think something is wrong with Bill “Willie Clinton” Conner, and he’ll not bother to run against you for Governor. Remember we are only doing this to get your name out there state wide. We’ll also create weird news stories during the year to get you in the news.”
vote for Steven Brown, Chad Connely, Bill Connor, or Ben Kinlaw