By FITSNews || Phone records, text messages, emails, voice mails … these are the identifying markers of any love affair, and ground zero when it comes to any “he said, she said” battle in civil or criminal court.
Well … we’ve got the ultimate “he said, she said” battle on our hands in South Carolina, where bad boy blogger Will Folks (our founding editor) has been called to the carpet following his forced admission of a vexingly vague “inappropriate physical relationship” with S.C. Rep. Nikki Haley, the front-runner for the GOP gubernatorial nomination.
Now all we need is a courtroom.
Not only has Haley denied Folks’ claim (which he says was made under duress), she’s gone on the radio and basically accused him of taking money to attack her (ouch). Of course, in another bizarre rumor making the rounds, some are speculating that Folks and Haley actually ginned the whole thing up together in an effort to get ahead of the story.
No kidding! (That’s actually the spin coming out of the S.C. State House).
Still other rumors claim that our website has simply decided to – in Sarah Palin’s words – “make things up” in an effort to punk the mainstream media, which we have to admit sounds like it would be a lot of fun.
Obviously, though, this wasn’t the way that this story was supposed to unfold. We’ve been longtime Haley backers here at FITS, and we thought that our years of consistent advocacy on her behalf (and on behalf of the fiscally conservative ideals she represents) might count for something as this unfortunate tale unfolded.
It clearly didn’t.
Of course, as our founding editor correctly noted in his mea culpa this morning, “no matter what I do, I will be end up being smeared in some form or fashion by someone.” Boy did he ever get that right.
Team Haley (led by Sanford consultant Jon Lerner) went on the warpath against Sic in a big, big way – using every tool at its disposal in a day-long effort to debunk his claim and undermine his credibility. And based on the comments we’ve been reading today – it worked.
Here are just a few of our favorites …
“this guy is a scumbag he got kicked out of south carolina for being the ass hole he is he cant even get a piece of ass so he has to say he f*cked nikki haley go to hell you mother f*cker.”
“You are pathetic and are tied to the destructive forces which have stunted South Carolinas’ ability for progress.”
“You’re a classless piece of shit.”
“A desperate, immature, person will do whatever it takes to get attention. Will Folks is desperate in so many ways, this is probably just the beginning. Why is anyone listenig to this gutter slut.”
Yeah … this is what we got hit with today (all day) despite the since-confirmed fact that other news outlets were indeed chasing the story (as we said), and despite the fact that Sic Willie spent considerable time over the past two weeks keeping the Haley campaign (including the candidate herself) abreast of each new development in the ongoing effort by Haley’s rivals to break this story into the mainstream media.
So who’s telling the truth here? And who’s lying?
Well, prior to publishing his preemptive missive Monday morning, it turns out our founding editor also took a few preemptive legal steps just in case things “went South.” After all, even in those instances in which publishing something is not the path we would have chosen to take (and trust us, this was the last thing we ever wanted to write), it is important to protect oneself from litigation.
But that’s just the thing – we haven’t been sued over this claim, by Haley or anyone else.
Seriously, while the Internets were ablaze with people calling Sic a liar (and an ugly one at that), our lawyers were sitting around all day, twiddling their thumbs, just waiting on the phone to ring … but nothing.
Hmmmm …
Aren’t there libel and defamation laws that protect public officials from fabricated claims? Sure there are. And while there are obviously higher standards involved when it comes to proving defamation of a public figure (see Times v. Sullivan), even elected officials can recover damages in the event it is proven that they were defamed with “reckless disregard for the truth.”
Bottom line? You really can’t just “make things up.”
So … why isn’t Nikki suing us?
After all, our founding editor made a flat out definitive statement: “Several years ago, prior to my marriage, I had an inappropriate physical relationship with Nikki.”
The fact that he said that defensively – in an effort to protect his family – doesn’t change the fact there was no “allegedly,” “reportedly,” “according to” or “sources say” about it. It was an unambiguous, declarative statement, the sort of unambiguous, declarative statement that could land a man in a lot of trouble were it proven to be “categorically false,” as Haley claims that it is.
But not only has there been no lawsuit filed (or threatened), the Haley campaign has yet to even request the removal of our so-called “categorically false” post, or issue a demand for its retraction.
Again … “hmmmmm.”
One reason for Team Haley’s reticence to call for the post’s removal or pursue a legal remedy against our founding editor could be that Nikki Haley and Will Folks both use Verizon Wireless for their personal cell phone service, and that any legal motion that’s filed would undoubtedly result in the publication of a flood of phone records, text messages, emails, voicemails and other data exchanges between the two protagonists in this unfolding drama.
And Haley, it should be noted, is a prodigious “texter.” She even refers to herself as the “Texting Queen,” a reference to her favorite band, Abba.
So … what would several years worth of phone records, text messages, emails and voice mails between Will Folks and Nikki Haley look/ read like?
And will we ever get to see that voluminous record of correspondence?
Well …
All we can tell you for now is that the record of correspondence between the two of them began on November 20, 2005 – with an email sent at 8:33 a.m. from Haley’s State House email address (haleyn@scstatehouse.net) to Will Folks’ personal address (willfolks@hotmail.com) in which Haley complimented Folks on an article he had written praising her gubernatorial ambitions.
We know … how ironic is that?
That four-and-a-half year record of correspondence ended on Saturday, May 22, 2010 – three days ago – with a text message sent from Folks’ cell phone to Haley’s cell phone at 1:04 p.m. alerting her to the fact that he had been placed in a position where he felt that he had no choice but to address the rumors regarding their relationship on his website.
Those are the bookends … but what happened in the interim?
A lot … stay tuned …
I think email, text and phone messages will prove ...
- ... Will Folks' story (73%, 4,403 Votes)
- ... Nikki Haley's denial (27%, 1,596 Votes)
Total Voters: 5,998
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By bo May 24, 2010 at 11:13 pm
case. closed.
By bqueen May 24, 2010 at 11:17 pm
holy shit!
By Brandon May 24, 2010 at 11:19 pm
Hell yeah! You the man Will, crazy as hell though.
By WHAT!!!!! May 24, 2010 at 11:21 pm
O MY GOD
By Susan May 24, 2010 at 11:21 pm
You are a sadist Will but just know you are a hated sadist.
You are destroying her and her family, crashing the dreams of South Carolinian’s who had hope and in the same line, you are worried about being called fat and ugly.
Just how much did you get paid for this? One thing you can be sure of, it will be public record one day.
By Susan May 24, 2010 at 11:21 pm
WHY is it case closed, he hasn’t showed a damn thing. He is still lying out of his fat ass.
By huh? May 24, 2010 at 11:23 pm
NH is the hypocrit queen.
By FITSNews May 24, 2010 at 11:23 pm
He does have a fat ass, that is undeniably true.
-FITS
By No Name May 24, 2010 at 11:23 pm
Nikki
Fire that asshole Lerner and quietly resign…..and if you feel the need to have a press conference do not dare talk about Will’s tan lines because there is only so much this State can take.
Sorry this happened….learn to control yourself because America has not decided to accept this behavior from a women….that sucks but what are you going to do.
By Whippersnapper May 24, 2010 at 11:26 pm
Above you say:
“Of course, as our founding editor correctly noted in his mea culpa this morning, ‘no matter what I do, I will be end up being smeared in some form or fashion by someone.’”
Gosh, poor Will Folks is once again portraying himself (through the writings of [supposedly] his web-mates) an innocent victim ending up being smeared. The nobility of this poor noble innocent little guy! Had I only known we all could have contributed to a legal defense fund when he last (physically) assaulted a woman – and maybe he wouldn’t have had to have entered a guilty plea on that charge so quickly.
By Sherry Taylor May 24, 2010 at 11:28 pm
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By AmericoVespucci May 24, 2010 at 11:28 pm
omg…
By huh? May 24, 2010 at 11:29 pm
Susan, wake up. So, why did you have hope in NH? I know how you feel though. I felt the same way when I threw my vote away on John Edwards. I still feel duped by that joker, but, good grief, I never defended him. I bet you LOVED Mark Sanfruad, too.
By Susan May 24, 2010 at 11:29 pm
Yeah … this is what we got hit with today (all day) despite the since-confirmed fact that other news outlets were indeed chasing the story
A story you started meat head!! Do you really think women want to FUCK you Will? You have got to be kidding. You are not attractive, by any stretch.
By kj May 24, 2010 at 11:29 pm
What would be totally rad at this point is some actual evidence rather than the repeated injections of smoke up everyone’s poopshoots.
By bqueen May 24, 2010 at 11:31 pm
Susan – if Will puts up the goods than Haley had it coming. She could have admitted the truth, dealt with it, and begun to move on. She may have had a chance to continue her campaign. Maybe. But instead she denied, dodged, and then attacked Will – but it was all bluster and completely insincere. We don’t need another politician like her.
By jackrabbit slim May 24, 2010 at 11:31 pm
Cannot wait to see how this unfolds! Will, I don’t know ya and I damn sure wouldn’t trust ya but dude..!!!
By read a book May 24, 2010 at 11:32 pm
Exactly. The truth will set you free (from a libel suit). I usually disagree with this site, but I must admit that nobody running it is so stupid and reckless that they would publish such unambiguous claims without proof of truth to defend themselves in court, cause damages (actual and punitive) could be in the $$MILLIONS$$. No publicity is worth BANKRUPTCY!
By Susan May 24, 2010 at 11:34 pm
Hey Will, Ask your shill’s and lawyer’s (snicker) about Class Action filed by SC CITIZEN’S in civil court. Have them research that one..and learn what the word “Precedent” means.
By yarrrrr May 24, 2010 at 11:39 pm
“Yeah … stay tuned …”
That’s fine FITS…. we’ll stay tuned but the further you keep going the more you refute your nonsensical “confessional” blog post… go on… keep dripping things yourself “time released” style for epic traffic whoring and maximum impact…
“this is what we got hit with today despite the since-confirmed fact that other news outlets were indeed chasing the story”
Please, you were feeding this story yourself… and that’s just a crappy alt-weekly that, like almost every alt-weekly, probably makes most of it’s money off of hooker ads… that you yourself said got the facts wrong… and there wouldn’t have had a story without you “admitting” it…
“Now all we need is a courtroom.”
Regardless of whether this allegation is true or false, it would be dumb to bring this to court now… you deny it, then look to the polls…
By David Weasley May 24, 2010 at 11:44 pm
I knew a girl named Nikki
I guess you could say she was a sex fiend
I met her in a hotel lobby
m********ing with a magazine
she said how’d u like 2 waste sometime
& I could not resist when I saw little
Nikki grind OOHHOOWAAAA
By yarrrrr May 24, 2010 at 11:48 pm
Why didn’t you share your evidence with the Associated Press? You gave them an interview that said almost nothing but then didn’t give them anything to chew on…
By York County Native May 24, 2010 at 11:49 pm
I very rarely agree (or at least admit to agreeing) with anything that Mr. Folks says via this website but he’s correct as to the following assertion: if what he said today regarding Nikki Haley amounted to libel, Haley’s attorneys would have obtained a TRO and a judge would have ordered the libelous post to be removed. If what he said was false, then it was a knowing and intentionally false statement of a patently reckless nature such that it would have easily satisfied the requirements of Times v. Sullivan. Butch and Kevin would have told Mr. Folks this prior to this morning’s disclosure.
It may be that Haley’s campaign has been so focused on their media response that they haven’t had time to consider their legal options, and perhaps her attorneys will be in court tomorrow morning requesting the appropriate relief. However, until this occurs, I find the lack of legal activity on the part of her campaign to be telling.
Having said all of that, I don’t have a dog in this fight and am basically indifferent to the outcome of all of this.
By Why, Will? May 24, 2010 at 11:53 pm
Will, please think about Nikki’s family and your own. Why is all of this so necessary? It’s not right, Will, and i think you know that.
By Higgenbottom May 24, 2010 at 11:57 pm
Haley likes Abba? ewww
By fitsnews May 24, 2010 at 11:57 pm
The AP interview was conducted last Saturday at noon.
And we didn’t (and haven’t) provided evidence (yet) because of two simple facts:
1) regardless of what was said about us, this story was being pushed on us (not by us). It is not our place to provide evidence to an admission we made defensively.
2) at the time, we gave Haley’s campaign a heads-up but had no idea how they would respond. we figured there was a chance she would deny it, but we did not anticipate the full-fledged smear campaign that her campaign engaged in. had we known that was coming, we might have handled things differently.
-FITS
By Paul May 25, 2010 at 12:00 am
Hey, Susan: Ask the ass you’re talking out of to go look up the word “standing.”
By Susan May 25, 2010 at 12:07 am
Will has nothing, he would need a court order to get all these records from Verizon and a pound of blood from a SC JUDGE. A crime would need to have been committed for these records to be pulled.
Good Luck with that one Will. I cannot say it enough what a low down. lying Son of a Bitch you are.
I personally think you need Psychological Help because you because you have never gotten over being fired from the State of South Carolina and it has literally driven you insane. You are crook Will. Look what you did with the Red Corvette in return for favors while on the tax dole, paid by me. I know there are many other perks you received while in the Governor’s Office.
Just get this in your thick head, NO ONE with an CLASS who cared about their reputation would EVER ask you out for dinner or to their Country Club for a game of golf. You know why, being seen with you would be as bad as OBAMA being seen with Madonna at a hotel.
There is no shower that you can take that will ever get this stink off of you. Never. You are finished! Have fun hiding behind the Internet Will, that’s all you got, Fat Boy.
By It;'s Simple May 25, 2010 at 12:08 am
The reason there is no lawsuit is because your claim:
“I had an inappropriate physical relationship”
can be interpreted many ways and cover all sorts of activities. You don’t say that Ms. Haley acted inappropriately, only that you did.
You could eventually say, “I repeatedly attempted to hug her and she told me that it was inappropriate” and that would still be covered by your weasel words. That’s probably your goal. Dupe the entire media world and get the rival campaigns to lose focus. Smart man!
You are relying on people being too stupid to realize that you chose your words very carefully to make sure you couldn’t be sued and could still claim to be speaking the truth.
If you can’t name a specific sexual act, you’re lying.
By yarrrrr May 25, 2010 at 12:13 am
“1) regardless of what was said about us, this story was being pushed on us (not by us).”
Until you name names, just STFU… and I can see time released traffic whoring a mile away… you’re doing this to profit…
By Truth Seeker May 25, 2010 at 12:20 am
wow, Susan’s pretty nasty there!
By Susan May 25, 2010 at 12:30 am
By It;’s Simple -That’s true. He and his goons are working on sound bytes. Pure evil from a CROOK NAMED WILL FOLKS. His children will have a lot to be proud of when their Daddy won’t be able to take them to a decent restaurant without being pointed and sneered at.
He just isn’t using his head. He’s crazy.
By Susan May 25, 2010 at 12:32 am
By Truth Seeker on May 25th, 2010 at 12:20 am
wow, Susan’s pretty nasty there
Take him to your Country Club. Maybe he will drive you in a red corvette. Just pray he doesn’t burp or fart in public.
By York County Native May 25, 2010 at 12:36 am
Actually, Susan, Will wouldn’t need a court order to get Haley’s cellphone records. All he would need is for a lawsuit to be filed and for his attorney to subpoena the records. Verizon might move to quash the subpoena but if the lawsuit is a defamation action brought by Haley against Folks and FITSnews, there’s no way a judge would quash that subpoena. I don’t know what 3rd tier SC law school you went to (I went to the one with asbestos in the walls…so bear in mind that all of this could be inaccurate) but criminal activity wouldn’t be a prerequisite to obtaining these records.
Of course, Will would presumably have access to his own cellphone records which would at least show calls, texts and emails he sent to Haley.
By drillbabydrill! May 25, 2010 at 12:46 am
I am fascinated by the number of people who refuse to see the writing on the wall. Denial is a strong defense. Obviously, this guy is telling the truth. He has no reason to lie and he would suffer some rather severe consequences if he did. Obviously, he has or knows of information that will prove his assertion. Even more bizarre is how politicians continue to deny affairs when it is obvious that they are going to be proven as liars in short order.
By read a book May 25, 2010 at 12:50 am
hey SUSAN–
ever consider that Will might ALREADY HAVE THESE texts and emails allegedly sent TO HIM? Duh.
By Susan May 25, 2010 at 12:53 am
York County Native ~I once knew a geeky lawyer in York named Paul. His Daddy was a Judge.
You are correct. I fell for the sound bytes and thought he made claims he had these records on order. However, I know first hand Verizon doesn’t like giving out records. If Will had the records he would have already showed them; there are no records.
I think it is very possible she will file a law suit, if she doesn’t, I know my friends and I will.
By Susan May 25, 2010 at 12:55 am
By read a book on May 25th, 2010 at 12:50 am
hey SUSAN–
ever consider that Will might ALREADY HAVE THESE texts and emails allegedly sent TO HIM? Duh.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hey, I will up your DUH for Hey Dumbass. If he had them, post them..what’s he waiting for…what is this..a slow kill by the Sadist with the small pecker? What an admirable dude he is.
He has nothing.
By George Jefferson May 25, 2010 at 12:59 am
Nikki Haley’s sister’s scam in Lexington…
http://www.believesc.com/Believe-facility.html
It sounds like Nikki may need some time in The Pyramid Healing Room – “This energetic space holds the energy of a vortex, allowing the pyramid to transmit high frequency energy throughout the center.” Or maybe some POLARITY THERAPY – “Gentle bodywork treatment working with life force energy through simple touches, rhythmical pressing or rocking of the body for deep relaxation and healing on many levels.”
There’s weird stuff with this family. Look close South Carolina.
By yarrrrr May 25, 2010 at 12:59 am
“I am fascinated by the number of people who refuse to see the writing on the wall. Denial is a strong defense.”
Doesn’t matter… regardless of the truth of the bare allegation, the further he goes the further he refutes himself… this roll out is full of contradictions… it’s starts off with “mysterious forces” who are “forcing him” and it just goes of into absurdity…
By Susan May 25, 2010 at 1:04 am
Hey Will, How come your shills think you are COOL after you kicked in the door of your girlfriends home and threw her into a piece of furniture? Why do they even give you the time of day..OJ????????????????????
And then there is that THEFT thing you did ….with the Tax Payers money.
Your shills are a bunch of stupid shits.
By read a book May 25, 2010 at 1:04 am
dear ITS SIMPLE-
your comment that:
You could eventually say, “I repeatedly attempted to hug her and she told me that it was inappropriate” and that would still be covered by your weasel words. That’s probably your goal. Dupe the entire media world and get the rival campaigns to lose focus. Smart man!
By Susan May 25, 2010 at 1:12 am
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AH Will, poor baby…..you have met your worse nightmare.
SLeep well ..or …see yah in court….which ever comes first.
By read a book May 25, 2010 at 1:12 am
dear ITS SIMPLE-
your comment that:
“You could eventually say, “I repeatedly attempted to hug her and she told me that it was inappropriate” and that would still be covered by your weasel words. That’s probably your goal. Dupe the entire media world and get the rival campaigns to lose focus. Smart man!”
is about the dumbest argument I’ve heard so far– FYI (since you obviously know nothing and are talking out of your ass) innuendo can be sufficient to establish a libel claim. A reasonable person would understand that his statement to mean “doin’ it,” which would adversely affect her reputation as a married woman and public figure.
By RKM May 25, 2010 at 1:14 am
I’ve been informed from a close contact within the McMasters campaign that Will Folks actually has a very particular skeleton in his closet (hint: there was an investigation that involved the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force). Apparently McMasters used this to get Folks to concoct the Haley story.
By erik May 25, 2010 at 1:43 am
Wow man what a scumbag you are. All of a sudden 7 years after the affair people are questioning the affair??? How pitiful, desperate for your few days of fame, but famous for such a meaningless shitty thing
By Truth Seeker May 25, 2010 at 1:50 am
Susan, what dog do you have in this hunt?
By Mike Honcho May 25, 2010 at 1:54 am
Finally, a reason to come back out of retirement. Your site had become trite, boring, and predictable. It’s still all of those things, but with a little twist to get people talking around the water cooler again.
Let’s start with the obvious: Your “support” of Nikki Haley.Look, no one can buy your love. They can only rent it. Nikki upgrades to an iPhone and you hit her with an early termination. It’s pretty likely that, much like your shiny dome, none of this would be seeing the light of day if you were still consulting for her. Whatever that means.
But, let’s humor ourselves for a quick second and say that in your own mind, you do support her. That runs counter to all of the anti-Sanford tripe you dribbled. I’m not talking about the planes, trains, or automobiles. No, you first lashed out at him for the damage he did to the “cause” you say you are a part of. I believe it went a little something like this:
“By his own conduct, the governor has given his enemies just enough rope to hang him – which is why it’s time to cop a plea before the deafening drumbeat for a public, political execution begins.
No man is bigger than a movement, and as much as it pains me to say it the best thing Mark Sanford can do for the reform movement in South Carolina right now is to step down.”
So as you banged away at your keys, settling a score that only exists in your head, you had already had this so-called physical relationship with Nikki Haley and were supporting her to be the real deal reform replacement.
Your situational ethics (and I use ethics loosely here) are once again laughable. Either you cut the candidate loose to save your own hide or you were a mocking hypocrite of how you measured up governors and potential governors. It’s probably a heady combination of the two. The motivation will not be clear for some time to come.
Let’s look at the reason you were “forced” to come clean. The rumors have been churning for a while. The AP dispatched their best and brightest (by Columbia political journalistic standards) to shake you down for information. Though you have implied that the interview actually disclosed some information that is different than the dribble you posted here, it wasn’t.
Then there is the matter of the Free Times. A source that Folks has used before to gin up a completely fictional story about insider politics. I believe the little “Sanford hit list” story comes to mind. The one where Will writes his “mission statement” and emails it to Sanford allies. Then drops it to two completely useless mouth breathers working for a fish wrapper that can’t even sell for free. Of course, once The Free Times gang is hot on the trail of a totally contrived story that Will invented, the editor and his staff (but I repeat myself) are now validated to write and write and write about this story. Feel free to go back and see how many hit list stories exist on this blog based on that story.
It seems the only person ready, willing, and able to offer up proof is Will. We all know he is truly the victim in this whole story. A lone man, fighting against the system, telling the truth. Let’s end the sarcasm there and do three things:
1. Step up son. Be a man and throw down your emails, texts, and photos. Do it all. Be the beacon of transparency that you claim you want these public officials to be. Until today, you were not a public figure. Now, you have inserted yourself as an actor in yet another morality play gone awry. The proof shall set you free.
2. Apologize to your readers for being a liar. You’re a liar because, if this story is true, you’ve led your readers to think that Nikki Haley was different and better, all the while personally knowing something to the contrary. If true, YOU knew all along that this problem was going to come and you told the people who read this to believe in her anyway. In my eyes, your opinion and facts have been closer to fiction than fact all along. But, you cannot deny it to the rest of them any longer.
3. Set EVERYONE to the same standard. Let’s stop playing games of the guilty are innocent until proven unnecessary. You’ve ridden quite a few backs to get back out of the sewer. Along the way you’ve burned many of them. Now, the word is you’re knowingly protecting others that still serve some purpose to you. It’s time to rid the city and the state of this awful cancer – this arbitrary corruption standard you apply to some, but not others.
Stop writing the narrative of the man you want us to believe you are and become, for once in your life, the man you claim to be.
Can I get an amen!?
By yarrrrr May 25, 2010 at 1:57 am
Leave Nicki’s sister alone you god damn (and I really hate using this term) bigots…
btw.. “Would you be more likely or less likely to vote for John McCain if you knew that he fathered an illegitimate black child?”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whisper_campaign#Use_in_politics
By Joe Griffin May 25, 2010 at 2:38 am
Nikki Haley will be in Florence Tuesday night to set the record straight! She is speaking at the packed Florence County GOP monthly meeting at Young’s Plantation where hwy 76 and I-95 intersect. TV 13 and FMN News will be there and a straw pole will be conducted. The results should be most interesting! What if she wins the straw pole since this is her first appearance in Florence county.
By Double Standard May 25, 2010 at 3:09 am
How difficult would it be, for a woman politician who admitted an
affair to be elected to a state office?
By Subpoenas only go so far May 25, 2010 at 3:23 am
FITS, even if true, I hope this isn’t all you are hanging your hat on. For the record, most companies don’t keep the text messgage that long (mayabe year ) maybe. Voice mail are usually not even saved. Hopefully, you have them yourself – or you are screwed. Also, she has three years to file a claim against you, so don’t use it as a badge of truthiness that she has not filed in the first 8-12 hours after your broke you story after shoping it around.
By thegreatobserver May 25, 2010 at 5:35 am
Um Susan, did Will dump you right before prom?? Woman scorned alert!!!
By SgtRock May 25, 2010 at 6:20 am
Conservatives should drop FitsNews.com off their radar screen.
Obviously they have no standards.
By An Honorable Pubologist May 25, 2010 at 6:26 am
WOW! I had planned to vote for Nikki Haley! Now, I can’t say that. I have to reevaluate the field. South Carolina needs a leader that is a bit less blemished after the Sanford scandel!
By No Way! May 25, 2010 at 6:30 am
I just can’t believe this is all happening. There was such hope for a Nikki Haley campaign. So many people were on board for a big win and conservative leadership under her. Now, the train is off the tracks and I assume she will withdraw from the running over this. I assumed this thing was some joke from the start. Alternatively, maybe it was an effort by a competitor to remove her chances of winning. Now, I am pretty satisfied that something must have happened.
By No Way! May 25, 2010 at 6:31 am
Any other comments on the RKM story above? Anyone know anything about that?
By The BOSS May 25, 2010 at 6:33 am
Oh my, this story continues to heat up!
RKM, can you be more specific?
Wonder what the next polls will show for SC?
By John May 25, 2010 at 6:57 am
York County Native/Not Sayin’, Just Sayin’/Interesting, et al.: are you a professor at the the (5th tier?) Charleston School of Law?
By mike May 25, 2010 at 7:05 am
So much for not keeping your mouth shut. That lasted about 30 minutes.
Congratulations Will. You did your hit piece and now can be a made member of the SC Republican Mafia.
Now you can make some money working on the campaigns of the scum politicians you say you despise.
You are a sellout.
By fastmouth May 25, 2010 at 7:08 am
This is the kind of crap that keeps people from even voting. We have here a republican candidate (Haley) who is no in the middle of controversy and was climbing fast in the polls. On a local and democratic note, you have Sheheen who just appointed 3 new magistrates in Chesterfield Co. 2 1/2 weeks before election time. People in Chesterfield Co. are pissed because this is nothing but a political game. The vast majority of these self-serving people should be run out of town on a rail. Politics stinks like s–t!!!
By An Honorable Pubologist May 25, 2010 at 7:13 am
John,
If there is a relation to the Charleston School of Law, that would be a weakening of that person’s opinion. Especially given the SOL had such trouble being accredited.
An Honorable Pubologist
By No Way! May 25, 2010 at 7:14 am
Any more info to come?
By Truth May 25, 2010 at 7:16 am
If Haley had just sat down, told the truth, and not issued a denial, she would come out on top of this thing in the end. She would have shown the strength of her marriage in all of this, and that is important to one’s character. But she didn’t, she took the wrong path. I am disappointed. I can’t say that I won’t vote for her, but I am now on the fence about her.
So disappointed in how she is handling this.
By william May 25, 2010 at 7:16 am
it sounds as if Susan might have been a recepient of Will’s beef dart and then he threw her to the street. Susan….you talk of hiding behind the interent, please be forthcoming with your name…..talk the talk, walk the walk.
By Todd May 25, 2010 at 7:17 am
Have you seen Nikki’s husband? He looks just like Mr. Folks, that’s her type. Nice job Mr. Folks that’s some grade A snatch you wrangled there.
By Hermione May 25, 2010 at 7:34 am
Truth, are you saying Haley should confess to the affair, even if didn’t happen? I am far from convinced. There are too many ambiguities, and I know too much about how far Will Folks will go for money. Please, withhold your judgment until we know more. Mike Honcho (above) has summed up a pretty likely scenario, I think.
By jaded May 25, 2010 at 7:34 am
Susan sounds like a jilted lover. Just sayin….
By Gene J May 25, 2010 at 7:38 am
Nikki Haleys sister weird bunch here folks…
http://columbia.skirt.com/sites/default/files/shes_so/JanProSinghCOL.jpg
http://www.planetary-spirit.com/Guests/140_Simran_Singh.html
She should be on Coast to Coast with George Noorey
http://www.evtv1.com/player.aspx?itemnum=1415
By Gene J May 25, 2010 at 7:39 am
http://www.evtv1.com/player.aspx?itemnum=1415
Niki Niki
By The Truth May 25, 2010 at 7:44 am
Hey Will, Where did all you McMaster Ads on the website go?
By Em May 25, 2010 at 7:46 am
http://www.fitsnews.com/2010/05/21/coastal-sc-campiagn-finance-scandal-begins-to-unravel/
and in other news.. who does fits endorse for Governor now?
By jerry May 25, 2010 at 7:47 am
It’s amazing how much media interest this story hath generated.
What is especially telling is the virtual media black-out of the story last month regarding Mr. Obama’s alleged adulterous affair.
Can you say media double-standard?
By General Washington May 25, 2010 at 7:48 am
You either have proof and will not go there because this was a defensive admission, or you are being paid by someone to drag this up and drag it out. You can’t act all “Ihad to do it” holier than thou and then post a “stay tuned for evidnce” post. It is clear you are gettin paid for this after this post.
And the staute of limitations for libel wont run until after the primary so dont count your bullshit before it comes out of your ass….err…mouth.
By Public School Grad May 25, 2010 at 7:48 am
“By Susan on May 24th, 2010 at 11:34 pm
Hey Will, Ask your shill’s and lawyer’s (snicker) about Class Action filed by SC CITIZEN’S in civil court. Have them research that one..and learn what the word “Precedent” means.”
I think I found “Susan’s” website: http://www.apostropheabuse.com/
Nikki Haley, these are your defenders…
By 1+1=3 May 25, 2010 at 7:49 am
Susan, you must be a terrible poker player.
Why should Will show all his cards?
Nikki can certainly sue to see them
and then we’ll all see who is
bluffing
By HD May 25, 2010 at 7:52 am
She not only called you a liar, she essentially accused you of being paid to post libelous accusations. That’s actionable, if false. Why not sue her?
By Em May 25, 2010 at 7:59 am
On a different sub subject, I would love to see the emails..not about any touching between Sic and anybody..but the GOSSIP regarding Everyone else in the Political game of SC. I would bet Nikki/Sic texted about alot of people ;0.
I want to be at the Pub-politics meeting this Thursday, has the bar been announced?
By John May 25, 2010 at 8:02 am
Public School Grad, are you a professor at the Charleston School of Law?
Do you get a little rush when you criticize how other people use punctuation? Does it make you feel good? Like you’re smarter than everyone? Is it fun acting like a mean little schoolgirl? I’m assuming you’re a dude, right?
Gene, is Haley’s sister running for governor? It’s not like Haley has a bi-racial cousin hidden away somewhere, is it?
By vain May 25, 2010 at 8:06 am
“Will the Dullard” will start saying his words were misplaced or something like that.
By HMMM May 25, 2010 at 8:10 am
Mike Honcho is right on. It is troubling that you would condemn Mark Sanford for his hypocrisy, then lead the charge for a candidate you personally know to be just as hypocritical. That needs some soul searching.
By Music Critic May 25, 2010 at 8:16 am
Having Abba as a favorite musical group should disqualify anyone from holding elective office. It is a certain sign of poor judgement.
By The BOSS May 25, 2010 at 8:21 am
No surprise Mc Master pulled his ad from the banner of this site. Guess he was worried about how this might look . . . especially if his campaign is behind this?
I wonder if Nikki will withdraw from the race today, and if anyone else will withdraw as well?
By sclawboy May 25, 2010 at 8:22 am
Last night WYFF in Greenville interviewed Haley and asked her if she Will said anything to her before the allegations came out. She said no. WYFF also asked her if she was blind-sided. She refused to answer the question.
Interesting when juxtaposed with Will’s post above.
http://www.wyff4.com/news/23665082/detail.html
By The MAN May 25, 2010 at 8:22 am
Wonder if Haley will contact Mr. Willie to discuss this matter publically together? This would make for a great news story!
By The BOSS May 25, 2010 at 8:23 am
What is up with Susan? She seems jilted over this whole thing? Any connection to Mr. Willie?
By not too smart May 25, 2010 at 8:25 am
This is getting national attention for one reason summed up by this headline – “Former Sanford Press Secretary alleges inappropriate relationship with Palin gubernatorial endorsee”
And – Amen Mike.
By Truth May 25, 2010 at 8:26 am
Haley is the one lying in all of this. Sad sad sad. She shouldn’t have lied, she should have shown her strength in all of this, instead, she shows us she is just like the rest of the good ol’ boys. She should have sat down with the AP, with her husband, and talked about it, and let it blow over. Instead, she is listening to the wrong people and made the wrong decision.
Just when you think you can believe in someone, you learn they are not being honest!
This totally just sucks.
By John May 25, 2010 at 8:30 am
Dude, shouldn’t you be out pretending to be a blue blood? Or generally just being faggy and hanging out with a bunch of girls?
Haley’s not gonna litigate, she’s got her eyes on the prize. And who the hell would pay the fees? Lawyers ain’t cheap, even in this redneck state.
By sclawboy May 25, 2010 at 8:33 am
Now Sic has admitted that Barrett was pushing this thing.
http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=12536968
By The BOSS May 25, 2010 at 8:33 am
I too worry about who is telling the truth in this. Were we all led to believe that this true leader is really now nothing more than a cheater? Did this happen before Mr. Will was married? How has Ms. Fits weighed in on this? Will she write for the blog and address this?
By SoSad May 25, 2010 at 8:34 am
Will’s posts have the ring of truth to me. I agree with Truth when she said, ” If Haley had just sat down, told the truth, and not issued a denial, she would come out on top of this thing in the end. She would have shown the strength of her marriage in all of this, and that is important to one’s character. But she didn’t, she took the wrong path. I am disappointed. I can’t say that I won’t vote for her, but I am now on the fence about her.
So disappointed in how she is handling this.”
My exception, I was on the fence about her before. Her association with Sanford was what made me hesitant.
By CNChapin May 25, 2010 at 8:36 am
You know what sucks if you’re telling the truth, FITS? We’re left with McMastah, Bauer and Barrett as Republican choices for governor. I think I’d rather elect Colonel Sanders.
By Philip Branton May 25, 2010 at 8:37 am
Mike Honcho…….
“amen”…..
….and a question was asked about the McMaster Ads…!!
Where is Henry McMaster’s ads that are like cans of graffiti paint on the headers of these web pages…???
Come on Wil…..questions raised here make you out to be ..WHAT?
Putting food on the table is one thing, but at the end of the day, is any of this going to benefit the State of South Carolina?
To Mrs. Folks: Hopefully you were aware of this “News” early on in your relationship to Wil. In any case, what is done …is done. How you handle yourself will be the ultimate barometer concerning your husbands status from here on out. Be supportive of Wil and have his back; but above all, be totally transparent when ANYONE ask you a question. Speak your mind and HEART..!! Of course, with the graciousness of a South Carolina lady.
IF …Wil did not tell you of such “News”, then come out MAD as toothpicks and publicly flog Wil. Make it know that being mentally ambushed in the age of facebook and the internet is something your MOM had no clue of, to educate you about, when you where being educated about MEN….growing up. Mrs. Folks, hold your chin high and support Wil no matter what..~!! Matter of FACT, tell Henry McMAster to kiss your tookus for pulling his ads on the website that puts food on your kids table…!! Furthermore, tell Henry McMaster that you are utterly disgusted in the blatant fact that he has not done squat as Attorney General to rein in DHEC to get all LANDFILLS in our state closed down. Henry Mactaster and Andre and Haley and Robert Ford all know about the new technology that would benefit your kids and grandkids wonderful state of South Carolina…!!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8290130.stm
Mrs Folks are you going to stand by and let Henry yank your mik and egg money …??
Mrs. Folks…….STAND BY YOUR MAN…!! LOUDLY….!!!
By Ungrateful May 25, 2010 at 8:38 am
It doesn’t matter if it’s true or not frankly. Will Folks is a woman scorned and he’s going to do everything in his power to destroy Ms. Haley and too damn bad if her small children are collateral damage.
I’m actually supporting another candidate, but this type of betrayal by Folks proves he has no idea how to be a man.
I imagine his wife has already discovered his lack of manhood and probably started banging her yard guy about 3 months into the marriage.
By Just a thought May 25, 2010 at 8:41 am
Confusius say: leave the tuna out, she stink.
By HMMM May 25, 2010 at 8:41 am
Dude, you are being tarred and feathered in the press. Show your cards.
By Joe Michaels May 25, 2010 at 8:50 am
Yesterday was the first time I had even heard of FITSNEWS. While reading the article on Haley, I wondered, if Will was spewing rhectoric…testing to see what kind of reponse it would create…Or…if this was a well thought out piece of political journalism. You surpised me. Can’t wait until tomorrow to see what happens.
By dirtbogger May 25, 2010 at 8:50 am
who gives a crap what they do off the clock, it is their buisness! 9 times out 10 the woman is gets the kids even when she comit adultry. Just because she slept around does not mean she can not take care of the kids. Point being if its true her an Will banged uglys it says nothing about her ability to govern. Her positions reflect what I want in a Governer. Fuck the holier than thou Christian Right. I believe it was Jesus that said “Those without sin cast the first stone”. Gluttony is a sin too, How many fat ass people do you see sitting up in the church rageing about the sins of others. Lets see what else do we have, Gossiping, You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s,and Honor your father and your mother (How many stick their parents in a nurseing home when they are old. In gods eyes all sin is on equal ground, the price of sin is death and Jesus paid that price. Is there a perfect candadate, Hell no! Whats worse for the constituants, her fucking Will if thats the case, or an establishment politition promising public funds to privite intities for personal gain. People we have a chance to take down the Good Ole Boy System here lets not blow it. Regardless of where she stands politically it is a personal mater, and is a mater of individual liberty which we should all stand behind and not let the devide and conquer tactics work
By Toyota Kawaski May 25, 2010 at 8:54 am
two grease balls who deserve each other
By The BOSS May 25, 2010 at 8:56 am
Will we see Mr. Will’s cards today? I want to see his cards!
By The BOSS May 25, 2010 at 9:00 am
I think we should also hear from the McMaster camp as to why the ads were pulled from the site. The ad is now for an instant reverse phone number lookup site! Looks like new business is coming to the Fitsnews Page!
By The BOSS May 25, 2010 at 9:01 am
When will Mr. Willie weigh in on this? Let’s hear from you in the blog post!
By The BOSS May 25, 2010 at 9:01 am
Now a myrtle beach ad on the page . . . what next?
By Keri May 25, 2010 at 9:01 am
It just proves once again that people in South Carolina are nymphos who can’t keep it in their pants.
By BufordPatriot May 25, 2010 at 9:10 am
It might be easy to believe that the first post admitting to the “improper relationship” was premptive had it not been for this one. This one smells like a National Enquirer re-run and suggests that there was some gain to be had by your “contrite” editor or possibly some kind of vengeance even. Perhaps Will feels a little jilted by Haley. In any case, this post makes his “best intentions” claims seem clearly false. Shame on you.
By Joe May 25, 2010 at 9:12 am
You need to show your cards!! FITNEWS is at stake !!
By N Stone May 25, 2010 at 9:16 am
Historical email records are not periodically deleted unless initiated by the user (depending on storage capacity restrictions from the provider)…so if there are email records they can prove what he’s saying is the truth; unless he deleted them.
By Rebel May 25, 2010 at 9:23 am
“…alerting her to the fact that he had been placed in a position where he felt that he had no choice but to address the rumors regarding their relationship on his website.”
Conclusion: You are being blackmailed by the Barrett faction, a matter of days after the Myrtle Beach Sun exposed vote buying in Horry County.
Will, is this correct? Shouldn’t the FBI be involved? These missives are beginning to sound like you are tied up in the basement typing with your nose.
By Ugh May 25, 2010 at 9:28 am
If emails came from Haley’s government email, those are public information under FOIA. Has The Free Times, The State, WIS, etc. made that FOIA request yet?
By Recovering Lobbyist May 25, 2010 at 9:28 am
I don’t want to stay tuned. Show your cards or shut up.
By Damn May 25, 2010 at 9:31 am
After reading the Haley-Folks stories and the comments that follow them, I am convinced South Carolina has the most fucked up citizens in the world. No matter who wins the governor’s election, the state will remain doomed to continue its meteoric decline because a government is only as good as the people it governs.
By Susan May 25, 2010 at 9:33 am
Tick tick tick tick You should have listened to me earlier.
By Philip Branton May 25, 2010 at 9:34 am
Where is Catherine Ceips and TOM DAVIS….!?!?
Who is Catherine Ceips supporting in this election…!?!
Someone needs to get a camera in the face of NELSON Hardwick and get his ..”Crazy Horse” thoughts..!! 84K worth of Gresham palm pressing is worth a lot of ads …..somewhere..!?
We wonder what Robert Ford thinks about all this “FREE” press; but yet we are all SLAVES to foreign oil at the pump when BOEING is sitting on ALGAE Bio-diesel energy that is not being produced by farmers right here in our own state..!?! Does Robert Ford or Tim Scott appreciate this …!?! Looks like all elected officials in this elections cycle need to bow down to FITSNEWS…!!
At least FiTSnews knows how to do what….!?!
What has The State….NOT done..!?
What has the Post And Courier…NOT done..!?
Does MRS FOLKs realize who she is married too….!?! Mrs. Folks needz to bend down and whisper “Walter Cronkite” into someone’s ear…!!
By huh? May 25, 2010 at 9:36 am
I will say one thing for NH. She has some rabid, and I mean RABID, supporters. Mercy. Many poeple are going to feel like idiots as this story continues to unfold.
By sclawboy May 25, 2010 at 9:36 am
Keri,
You are correct. You wanna?
By Justin May 25, 2010 at 9:37 am
I am lol’ing away at all these trolls.
Seriously, how many unique IPs has the site logged in the past 48 hours?
I would say 99% of the South Carolina had no clue who Will “the douche-bag/coward/weasel/insert here” Fits was until now.
Its just so damn funny how fast they will turn on a complete stranger just to defend their candidate (Nikki), who is almost just as much as a stranger to them.
I hope the truth comes out, not because I want to “hurt” anyone’s family, but because even though Nikki seems like the best candidate (as far as fiscal conservatism goes), she is still going to be known as a liar. Just like any politician, instead of owning up to her actions, she will attempt to dodge, duck, dip, dive, and dodge her way out of it.
I hate you South Carolinians.
By Catherine May 25, 2010 at 9:38 am
Remember Bill Clinton’s emphatic denials?
If I was as innocent and “set-up” as Mrs. Haley claims to be, I’d be the first one down at SLED’s front door this morning demanding a polygraph test be administered. What better way to expose the “good ole boys”? If Will Folks is truly a lying rat, then expose him as that.
This smells to high heaven regardless of what the truth is. If the “good ole boys” are this underhanded and deceitful as to attack an innocent, it stinks; and if Mrs. Haley is lying it stinks. So which is it?
Regardless, the Republicans in this State can’t seem to help themselves, can they? Regardless of what the truth is about this, it is ugly sordid business and turns me off the Party entirely.
TAKE A LIE DETECTOR TEST MRS. HALEY. She would NOT look directly at the reporter or at the camera (WYFF4) or directly at anyone in the audience last night during her “emphatic” denials. I think she is the one lying. I think Mrs. Haley is the one lying here. And she isn’t going to want “proof” about this situation. That’s why it’s “not worth my time”.
By Slinky May 25, 2010 at 9:40 am
FITS, you da man! Let it all hang out.
By Marilyn May 25, 2010 at 9:40 am
Don’t you guys get it? Sic keeps everything – especially when pertaining to someone running for public office. She’s in hot water now.
I’m so angry at her! She should have never outright denied the relationship…she should have offered no comment or admitted. Shame on her. I HATE LIARS. Hate, hate, hate and I know I’m not alone.
By Randy Sease May 25, 2010 at 9:46 am
Will, Certainly you didn’t expect the public to believe you simply because you said it. Show us the emails that conclusively prove an affair. Otherwise, you are a stupid fool and professionally finished in South Carolina. Haley’s failure to file a lawsuit doesn’t help you. You’d better show your emails or it’s time to leave the State. You have no other choices.
By Susan May 25, 2010 at 9:47 am
“Blogger: Barrett campaign pressured me to confess Haley relationship”
Keep talking Will, show us the money~~~ ~!
You have four hours to be saved from this shit storm you birthed…now start writing what happened with Barrett. This is a good start. Instead of 30, we might get you down to 10-5.
By JC May 25, 2010 at 9:47 am
…so you’ve made the allegation. Now. Where’s YOUR proof? I mean, anybody can say anything. Just because your laywers are, what was it…twiddling their thumbs and waiting on the phone to ring means…nothing, except that perhaps you have too many lawyers. You made an allegation while SAYING you were being threatened by another candidate’s campaign. I’d think you’d have something to back that up…unless there’s something else going on.
By jim May 25, 2010 at 9:47 am
Lawsuit argument is silly. Will left himself plenty of wiggle room with the statement “inappropriate physical relationship.” Reckless disregard is an extremely high standard.
Someone mentioned a TRO. A TRO would require that Nikki prove that she has a high likelihood of success on the merits. TROs are disfavored and considered an extraordinary remedy. Nikki would likely be denied unless she had some stone cold way to prove a negative – that she didn’t have an affair. Don’t see how she could meet the standard for a TRO.
By ManWithoutaParty May 25, 2010 at 9:52 am
Obviously, this has become nothing but a game of he said she said. RIght now, Sic Willie looks like the moron because he can not back up his claim. However, if he can, it may be the end of Nikki Haley.
Then there’s the question of motive. Why would Sic admit this affair to anyone at anytime when he was a Haley supporter? There are more questions than answers right now (which makes me wonder if Sic wanted to develop a story that would have a similar effect as the last episode of Lost).
One of two things will happen over the next two weeks: either I will lose all respect for Sic Willie and Fits News, or I will not be voting in the primary. No matter the outcome, I will end up losing hope for South Carolina.
By The Truth May 25, 2010 at 9:53 am
Once again, where the hell are the McMaster Ads on your site? It is really showing us who is behind all of this!!!!!
By Susan May 25, 2010 at 9:54 am
I have one message for you: Round and round and ad infinitum you go. Some of us just believe in fair play, justice and getting to the bottom of this and we will. Hell or high water, you HAVE met your worse nightmare Will Folks. Notice: We aren’t looking to destroy a fellow human being!!!!! But…
By Rylyn May 25, 2010 at 9:55 am
This whole thing smells of Jakie Knotts and his goons. He has hated Nikki Haley since she ran against his buddy Larry Koon. He hates anyone associated with Mark Sanford. You need to put the blame where the blame is due. We all know Knotts supports Andre’ and he has pushed this and will now push it to look like Barrett’s campaign started it. Regardless of where it came from if “The founding editor” wants to bear his soul he needs to tell the truth about everything. He should have NEVER mentioned the names of Mrs. Haley’s children. That is wrong – children are off limits under all circumstances. If he thought that gave the story credibility he is wrong – the only thing he did was show how low someone will go to hurt someone else – it goes to the point that he must be really creepy.
Back to the old saying – he with out sin cast the first stone. I bet there is not one candidate that doesn’t have skeletons in their closet – Dirty politics in SC rule. I guess the Republican Party is intent on imploding. When will we get back to issues….real issues!
By phreddy May 25, 2010 at 10:04 am
I hope Mr. Folks makes a lot on money off this webiste because a political consultant who can be forced/blackmailed in to this kind of situation (true or not)would be a huge liability to any campaign.
By E May 25, 2010 at 10:07 am
Susan, you seem to be both crazy and stupid.
By SC6 District Chairman May 25, 2010 at 10:07 am
Nikki Haley is suppose to be at the Florence County GOP meeting on Tuesday 5.25.10. I would encourage everybody to attend it has the potential to be a rather revealing evening…teg
By Old Bike Dude May 25, 2010 at 10:08 am
Were roofies involved?…by either party?
By Philip Branton May 25, 2010 at 10:09 am
Is any NEWSPAPER in this state going to get a reporter in the FACE of Henry McMaster or Andre’ Bauer or Robert Ford or Sheheen and ask about the blatant ambush that McMaster has gotten since he was buying ads on this fitsnews site…??
Did Henry know of this “news” before he posted ads here…??
Did anyone on his staff….??
Does Henry McMaster believe in Free speech…!?!
If so, then why did he pull his ads off this site…!?!
Diapers do not just appear at the Folks household out of thin air..!?
Does Nikki Haley know how to use this angle in deflecting the obvious backstabbing back into Robert Ford and Andre’ Bauer’s beady eyez…!?!
Who is running the HALEY campaign…!?! They need to be FIRED…!!! Publicly…..!!
Is the Post and Courier going to get Yvonne Wenger out to Sullivans Island to interview Mrs Jenny Sanford on her thoughts on the perspectives concerning what Mrs. Folks is going through right now…!?!
Is the STATE newspaper going to get a reporter down to the USC campus to get a sorority girls input…!?!
Is Robert Ford going to get his hiney up to SC State in Orangeburg to get some facetime with concerned female students…!?!
If the hoots we elect want to have a circus with our TAX dollars then we deserve the “BEST SHOW ON EARTH”….!!!
By Darth May 25, 2010 at 10:10 am
Might prove a path of stalking by Wil… Why do I recall lithium lad and Scarborough’s predecessor?
By Leigh May 25, 2010 at 10:22 am
Oh Will…I hope you get to see my comment…amoung the many other horrible ones…
I still love you…and your fat ass!!! I believe you 100%!!!!!!
By Scooter May 25, 2010 at 10:23 am
Haley’s request last night (debates) to the other candidates to pledge not to participate in this “smear” was in poor taste, unprofessional, juvenile, and (to me) and admission of guilt. She seemed in a panic, and knew she was going down for the count. I do not admire or respect Will Folks, but in this case, I totally believe him. My only question is if he knows who else she slept with, and could one of them been a sitting governor? ALso, do not think this could not be true just because Will is not the hottest guy around. Plently of people have sex for many different reasons, and maybe Will was the only one at the time that would have her. She wanted power, and that is a long standing, albeit creepy, way of getting power. ( He may well have still been in the Governor’s office. Don’t know.) Regardless, she had to have thought he could pull strings. She needs to tell the truth, suck up the consequences, and quietly go away.
By Soft Sigh from Hell May 25, 2010 at 10:27 am
“NH. She has some rabid, and I mean RABID, supporters.”
They will be something to watch when they find out whose governor’s campaign is behind the accusations or exposure.
By sclawboy/notsayinjustsayin/interesting/pubicschoolgrad/yorkcountynative/etc. May 25, 2010 at 10:40 am
Keri,
I only wanna if you’re a guy. You’ll need to be gentle at first.
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By Reverend Money May 25, 2010 at 10:44 am
Kiss and tell, huh? Now there’s some good ole boy southern Republican values for ya. I have little doubt that you’ll be describing the lady’s private parts for your readers before this is all over.
Southern gentility that goes back centuries.Christian values of the highest order.
You are a prostitute sir. And your applauding readers are your Johns.
By Reverend Money May 25, 2010 at 10:45 am
Moderation? Then you also are a coward.
By follydude May 25, 2010 at 10:45 am
dude –
let the pot simmer.
find a 3rd party to release a sizzler on Thursday. comment on the sizzler on Thursday nite and around close of business Friday – drop the bomb.
by Sunday you’ll command the circus.
best regards,
follydude
By Brian May 25, 2010 at 10:47 am
It’s Simple and Mike Honcho both have it right.
There is no lawsuit at this point b/c of the wonderfully ambiguous language the good Will used in his statement; he clearly consulted his attorney while drafting that language.
Amen, Mike. Aside from the fact that he should step up and produce them if they exist, the cell phone companies do not keep their records for a terribly long time, particularly data and text messages, so he’ll have to step up and produce the evidence if we’re ever going to see it.
Will, don’t just pull the pin on the grenade, toss it, and run; you’re better than that, or at least I thought you were.
By I hate to be the grammar police, but ... May 25, 2010 at 10:53 am
Philip Branton … ?! … your excessive use of ellipses AND all-caps and … question MARKS and exclamation … !? … points make your posts impossible to read or interpret. You sound like you have some important points to make, so try using a little bit better prose and maybe someone will take time to read it. I usually stop reading after the first … !?! … SENTENCE.
See? Isn’t it annoying?
By Susan May 25, 2010 at 10:53 am
Your comment is awaiting moderation
Keep me in moderation you chicken shit. You better buy a face guard because I have a feeling people will be publicly spitting in your face from here on out. Wouldn’t want you to catch any serious diseases.
I want you to write about how you managed to fleece that red corvette from the car dealer with the SC Governor’s Badge. Blog it, you thief!!!
Do thief’s lie? Do they cheat and steal?
It’s really time someone shoved that Governor’s badge up your fat ass Will, where is it on the Internet you live, exactly?
By Nicki May 25, 2010 at 10:55 am
I agree with Truth that Mrs. Haley took the wrong path in handling the situation. I will accept her mistake more if she had admitted it and moved on. Hey… we all made mistake in life – just make sure we won’t repeat it again! But to deny is the worst advise any political advisor could give her, since that would certainly prompt Will to vindicate himself with all evidence. She would still have my vote if she had showed her strength facing the trouble. BAD BAD advises and advisor. TOO bad.. I decide not to vote in the preliminary.
BTW- Susan, you sounds like lunatic. You actually help Mrs. Haley lose my vote. Get a grip!
By eggaday May 25, 2010 at 10:56 am
Such a shame Sic chose to protect Sanfraud cause the same type evidence is available.
Haley is Sanfraud in a skirt!
By Susan May 25, 2010 at 11:00 am
Rut ro..typo…thieves
BLOG IT…..WILL FOLKS!
By ceilidh10 May 25, 2010 at 11:01 am
I would love to know the truth. I cannot imagine the founder of this website would expose himself to liability if the allegations were not true. He will need a good lawyer in any event.
By Susan May 25, 2010 at 11:01 am
It would appear Will Folks is visiting his psychiatrist this morning. I will be back later.
By ceilidh10 May 25, 2010 at 11:03 am
I think you mean a government is as good as the people you elect to serve.
Time for Democrats.
This is what years and years of Republican rule has brought us.
By Crooner May 25, 2010 at 11:04 am
Haley showed poor judgement in:
1. having an affair while married
2. leaving an electronic paper trail
Geez! What is it about “no pictures, no video, nothing in writing, deny, Deny, DENY” is so hard to understand?
You can’t do the last part if you didn’t do the first part.
By Harry May 25, 2010 at 11:10 am
Why would Haley be schtupping this ugly little hemeroid? I wouldn’t possibly let that short,bald dweeb anywhere near my body This guy is NOT attractive on any level….fugly,fugly,fugly !
By Dont Have a Dog in the Race May 25, 2010 at 11:12 am
What you Fokes’ supporters don’t seem to get is it doesn’t matter whether it happened or not.
Because even if it did, no one is going to come back here and say, “Oh my god, you guys were right! We apologize Bill Fokes!”
No. What we’re going to say is, “Oh my gawd….that poor Nikki Haley, what was going on in her life that she had to lower herself to that hedgehog blogger (what’s his name again? nevermind..)? Was she in post-postpartum depression?? Did he drug her?? Did he blackmail her??”
In other words, the disparity in physical attractiveness is so wide, the sympathy really lies with her.
Mmmm’ jus’ sayin’…
By The Todd May 25, 2010 at 11:13 am
Philip Branton: As I said yesterday, you are nuts.
Insane.
By poster May 25, 2010 at 11:16 am
Well either Will is stupid or he just told Nikki to admit the affair, bring it on, or drop out because if she attacks him more and has Palin attack him, we will see some juicy emails.
If this is a bluff, then Nikki will get to call it, but come on, she knows he has stuff. If not, Nikki would dare him to present the evidence. That ain’t happening….
By SC Integrity May 25, 2010 at 11:24 am
I believe it because it answers the one thing I couldn’t understand about Nikki… as someone said… why she didn’t come out against Sanfraud. Sure it could’ve been money and power (no Adre in the interim) too but if she was the real deal that wouldn’t stop her from voting morally and least of all speaking up. So money, power or cheater, pick your poison.
She can lie all day but at night (far as we know, please correct Fits) she presumably lies next to someone who knows what she really is.
By HIPAA Violator May 25, 2010 at 11:25 am
Justin:
Props on the Dodgeball reference.
I have a challenge for you….if you or anyone else could somehow work in a reference to either “Road House,” “Porky’s,” or “Weekend at Bernie’s,” and keep it in the context of “Haley-gate,” that would really make my week.
By Norman Rogers May 25, 2010 at 11:26 am
What may come out of this case is that someone at the state level will make it easier to sue or shut down bloggers for defamation. The reaction of the lawmakers who see how this plays out will determine whether or not another Will Folks can come along and destroy someone without facing the music.
By Eyes R. Open May 25, 2010 at 11:26 am
Haley and Willie, Payne and Eckstrom, Sanford and whomever, things don’t change. If Haley offered Willie a job then I would be concerned. I still plan on voting for Haley. Sanford can do what he wants, the damage has been done, I still like his ideas. The worst pairing is Eckstrom’s. The Eckstrom affair is the most damaging as they both are state employees, they both are sick, and she wants to supervise education? Enough is enough already.
By newzjunkie May 25, 2010 at 11:34 am
I love it!
Will, my hat off to you. What a way to bring life back to this site after the SanFRAUD case. You are truly “sic” but in a good way in stirring up the pot.
Hail to Will! You did it again!
I absolutly love it! Please, as a tease… post one text message!!!!
By SC Integrity May 25, 2010 at 11:38 am
She was awfully smiley in the clip. Why so? That’s the last thing I’d be… unless it’s either true or a PR stunt/hoax. I have a relative who gets that certain look and it’s when she is either lying or hyperbolizing.
I’d be appropriately pissed as hell and the world would know it. She patted her husband several times, I guess that’s what you’re supposed to do.
By Truth May 25, 2010 at 11:53 am
If only Haley had done the honest thing and not listened to the consultants around her. tsk tsk
By HMMM May 25, 2010 at 11:56 am
Damn, people on this site are mean. And Susan, girl, you need to take a pill.
By huh? May 25, 2010 at 12:01 pm
Hey, everybody. Will looks like Mike Haley. Besides, pretty superficial of you all to say that “looks” would be the determining factor in a relationship. How about ambition?
By Stephen Dick May 25, 2010 at 12:07 pm
Although nothing would delight me more than yet another Republivan sex scandal, your “article” contains nothing more than that the two exchanged cell phone calls, and that those calls might reveal such a scandal. This is a tried and true baloney technique. Anything might be true. Your “founding editor” might be a flaming transvestite and child molester. Must we obtain his cell phone records and private papers to settle the issue?
By 803andy May 25, 2010 at 12:07 pm
Haley’s husband looks like a crazy police officer. He is going to hurt someone. Will it be Haley or Will?
He looks hide-in-the-dumpster to ambush crazy.
By Mike Traynor May 25, 2010 at 12:10 pm
Susan:
You don’t need a court order to get your own phone records. God damn you are dumb.
By lee May 25, 2010 at 12:13 pm
If it is any consolidation Will I think you are kind of hot. You kind of look like her husband but you are hotter and younger.
By UncleBob May 25, 2010 at 12:20 pm
For those who think Sic is too ugly for Nikki, check out her husband:
http://indiaunfinished.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/nikkifamlyjpg.jpg
So that’s one theory debunked.
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By lee May 25, 2010 at 12:22 pm
What’s the state of SC like to live in? It sounds so foreign and family values and southern. Us New Yorkers are enthralled yet horrified by it. Are there gays in SC or do they mostly get hanged?
By Slinky May 25, 2010 at 12:28 pm
Someone please throw a bucket of cold water on Susan. Politicians don’t scare me – it’s their crazy supporters. This is what is wrong with SC – too many crazies out there who spew nothing but hate speech. Very pathetic. Lots of hypocrites out there….
By Natasha May 25, 2010 at 12:30 pm
It’s no secret, when I first met Will I was told to be weary b/c he was known in Cola for having a swinging richard… And /i don’t mean a guy named richard.
If it ain’t true she’d be with her attorneys, and Sic Willie, have you met w/ yours yet? You ought to sue her for libel and defamation for accusing you for being paid to post the admission.
By Charles B Reynolds May 25, 2010 at 12:38 pm
My opinion of Will Folks, low as they may be, aside, here are some items to consider. (And maybe why ole “Sic” Willie isn’t going to say anymore, not even to defend himself against Haley’s denials.) Who hasn’t sent an email thanking someone or admiring their work? Who hasn’t sent a text msg that is riddled with shorthand that can be twisted to other ends? And what would be unusual for someone to text or email someone who was in their employ, even as a contractor? I seriously don’t believe that something like this would not have been covered by the Haley campaign damage control team before the campaign began. And why did this “decision” only come out when the polls swung so wide in Haley’s direction? Dirty politics, and Will’s own past, seem a better culprit here than any Haley impropriety. Just saying.
By KC May 25, 2010 at 12:45 pm
This is all filthy. With Folks’s background, he probably IS being blackmailed. But for something insanely credulous that has no relation to Nikki Haley whatsoever. Somehow this may clear his dirty past???? There’s no telling what he’s gotten himself into in his lifetime.
But it’s absolutely hilarious that he and this website are putting out these articles that are begging sympathy BwaHaHa hahahaha!!! LOL Morons lol!! I do pity you, but not because of all the harassment.
By most-excellent wife-babe May 25, 2010 at 12:45 pm
The legal process of aquiring Cell phone and email records would take quite a while, at least until after the election. So your timing of this revelation was PERFECT. PLEASE,PLEASE PLEASE tell us why this was a “forced admission”. My guess is that someone out there has the goods on YOU. Maybe you have a coke habit or maybe you have embarrasing skeletons in your closet. I was undecided who to vote for until now. Unless you come clean and prove it, I’m voting for Nikki Haley. Even if you do prove it, I’ll still vote for her unless you can prove all the other candidates have perfect sexual histories!
By DVBLG May 25, 2010 at 12:49 pm
What a load of nonsense by some attention-grabbing, arrogant blogger trying to bring down a politician and make himself look good.
Don’t try and falsify anything else, or the world will call your bluff and you’ll end up even more of an idiot than you currently look.
By Maximum Cowboy May 25, 2010 at 12:57 pm
I am a loyal Republican for many years and as of right now, I am calling this for Will. My advice for Nikki is to come clean. Family values are very important to a lot of us, so Nikki let me ask, how can we follow you? Vote for you? How can we support you in all good conscience when this is an unsettled matter? the last thing I want to do Nikki is vote for you, get you into the governors mansion only to get punked 2-3 years down the road. I and my family don’t want to feel suckered. This is too serious to ignore. Nikki should place her familiy over her political ambitions. The way i see it, she has two choices, either come clean so that she can heal her marraige or file a full blown lawsuit and fight for her name in court. A simple denial in this case just won’t do, the stakes are too high, too many skeletons know too many things Nikki. This game is for real.
By Norm Nav May 25, 2010 at 1:01 pm
I feel compelled to reply to this situation. Regardless of the “truth or Falsehood” of Folks’ coerced (admitedly) confession it strikes me that were Folks the type of person he asserts regarding truth telling as a part of his (and his Blog’s) character he would have first written a blog about the supposed pressures being brought to bear on him and tell all about the quarter from whence these pressures were coming. This to include names, dates, and places, to do otherwise taints his assertion. Until such time as he reveals the source of these pressures upon him, his Family and his Business I find myself in doubt of his veracity.
By Twice Burned May 25, 2010 at 1:06 pm
Will, I’m not sure how you are surprised by her denial and throwing you under the bus. You worked for another version of her. A climber without a loyal bone in her body. Burn me once…burn me twice.
By simma down susan May 25, 2010 at 1:10 pm
Susan,
Take three valium and stfu
By Philip Branton May 25, 2010 at 1:15 pm
Wil……
Why are you smiling in this photo….??
http://www.postandcourier.com/
In these economic times…NO ONE should be smiling..!!
Mr. “the TODD”, we type this way to be different. One could only imagine the boredom of scooter brown’s posts with out his drawl. Scooter may be hard to read but its fun to try..! We wager that General Sherman was hard to understand but when his men lit the fields and BARNS…everyone knew what Sherman was sayin’..!!
LOL…just like what Henry said by yankin’ all his advertising on this website today. Henry is scared of how things LOOK instead of being a MAN and holding the line (or principle) on which he stands…!!
…just like Andre’ and Robert and Gresham have been today by NOT getting out in front of this issue and displaying political moxie by protecting a fellow SC politically elected representative of the citizens of this fine state…!!
Do any of these MEN really display ….LEADERSHIP….!?!?
NO…!!
That is why Nikki is wiping the smiles right off of their supporters faces…!!
What a squandered time of leadership display..!!
But no, these fine men will sit by and do NOTHING…!!
By Craig May 25, 2010 at 1:22 pm
Why don’t any of your principled “reports” have bylines?
Where are the outside reports that allegedly spooked your Lothario-in-Chief into CYA-dish mode?
What kind of a man defensively stockpiles voice-mails and emails from his lady-loves?
Why does this “report” handle adult material as if it were written by a 12 year old girl?
By WorkingTommyC May 25, 2010 at 1:40 pm
I’ve emailed back and forth with Nikki Haley since 2005. Strange that such does not constitute proof of anything other than my having emailed back and forth with her.
By Melanie May 25, 2010 at 1:42 pm
Will – I think you are doing your utmost to be a gentleman about this, despite the harsh comments here. If you wanted to really smear her you could have gone into some detail and posted some proof, which I’m sure will come out the longer she defames you. Good luck with this!
By Philip Branton May 25, 2010 at 1:42 pm
Norman Rogers…..WHAT..?? (Fist Poundz…!!)
Norm, the wonks in Columbia will be destroyed by their own lack of LEADERSHIP….!! As soon as all citizens realize that their questions in the comment section of this (newspaper) BLOG mean MORE than the actual article itself….!! So LONG…lawbreakers…!!
The music played from the Post and Courier to The State to the Greenville News and every paper around our state will suddenly come to an end when citizens realize that we as taxpayers in this state are not getting a clear report on all the facts. When “We the Citizens” are mislead and kept in the dark it will be the TRUTH that calls upon us all to “face the music”..!!
Wil FOLKS or NOT….!!
By Simple Pete May 25, 2010 at 1:50 pm
Best comment ever:
By Mike Traynor on May 25th, 2010 at 12:10 pm
Susan:
You don’t need a court order to get your own phone records. God damn you are dumb.
By independent voter May 25, 2010 at 1:52 pm
Haley’s statements and ads are making you look like a liar, Will. We need more proof of your claims. Are you the “rentboy” in this drama? That would make Haley the George Rekers character.
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By susan May 25, 2010 at 1:53 pm
A family member of mine knows Will Folks personally and well since they worked in the governor’s office together several years ago. She says he is unbalanced, has his own agenda, and anything he says is suspect.
By The BOSS May 25, 2010 at 2:11 pm
Questions to be answered:
1. Was a condom involved?
2. Would have the use of a condom during the “inappropriate relationship” possibly prevented disease?
3. Would either individual be at risk for contracting HPV due to this “improper relationship”?
By patriotone May 25, 2010 at 2:23 pm
Just because he named his right hand Nikki Haley and then “did the dirty deed” with it, over and over I am sure, doesn’t mean any of this is true.
Rumors, innuendo, presumed threats and a forced “confession”. You people are really stupid if you believe this crap. In fact, I slept with Nikki too. Just 5 minutes ago. Print that.
By Bullhockey May 25, 2010 at 2:25 pm
Wikkigate
By Incredulous May 25, 2010 at 2:31 pm
First Will said he was done talking about this. That he was “pressured” to come out in order to stop the drip drip drip of media reports. Now we know he lied when he said he was done talking about this.
It is abundantly clear that Will Folks is the number 1 media “source” who is causing the drip drip drip of rumor and innuendo, all of it timed for maximum political impact. Will has still failed to provide any evidence of his accusations or subject himself to cross-examination or serious media interviews.
I believe Nikki Haley, not an ugly pathetic backstabbing loser looking for his 15 minutes of fame.
By xkeez May 25, 2010 at 2:32 pm
Hey Will hope you did it with condoms, not like Tiger.
Nikki is really hot and I can say:
Yo the man !
Hope the tape will soon be on:
http://www.xkeez.com
By Emma May 25, 2010 at 3:18 pm
The moniker “Sic Willie” says it all, doesn’t it. Politics aside (if possible, ha!), coming forth with allegations about one’s affair with a married woman while disavowing one’s responsibility for it (“I was forced!” — yeah, right) is scoundrel-like behavior.
To use Sic Willie’s own words, it is what it is: pathetic.
A note to Nikki: what were you thinking?! The guy is not good looking AND a scoundrel. Your poor taste and judgment, if nothing else, should disqualify you from a public office. (I know, I know…)
By ralph May 25, 2010 at 3:20 pm
Funny!!
I’m picturing Will as being the fatass twin of Rush Limpbough, another egotist who’ll do anything to get in the spotlight.
But, hey, if you got a hottie like NH to have sex with you there must be something we’re not seeing about you.
By simma down susan May 25, 2010 at 3:32 pm
Simma down now susan
By wayne May 25, 2010 at 3:32 pm
RITA JENRETTE as write in on independent slate!
By dsmith May 25, 2010 at 3:48 pm
This story is running on Crooks and Liars. They feature this question/ answer with the always pious Nikki Haley.
Mark Sanford, John Edwards, Bill Clinton, all men who have cheated on their wives while in power. When faced with opportunities and temptations that come with power, how do you stay true to your family, your faith, and your values?
Haley’s answer:
You know, I think the answer is you keep the Lord, you keep your family and you keep your friends very close. And you always remember that you have to stay as humble as possible, and understand that service is just that — it is service. And you are being held to a higher standard, and so you have much more service that you have to give. And you’re a role model to everybody that follows you.
This may come back to bite her!
By Judd Ronsom May 25, 2010 at 3:56 pm
Absolutely will not vote for Nikki now!! Been telling all my friends about this. Down with lying, corrupt politicians.
By Al May 25, 2010 at 4:30 pm
I could care less about if Willie and Haley connected. I am more interested in who made you make these claims.
By Chris May 25, 2010 at 4:33 pm
Will says that he was in contact with Nikki from 2005 to 2010. So, how long Nikki was f*cking around with Will.. a year, two years, may be 5 years?? Wow, this may turn out to be a very long sexcapade. Family values Nikki sleeping around with someone other than her husband on a regular basis?
By Incredulous May 25, 2010 at 4:38 pm
I am shocked at how many people are willing to believe a backstabbing blogger with a criminal record, without any evidence to support his claim. Not only that, but Folks only said he had an “inappropriate physical relationship”; what does that mean? For all we know, that could mean he tried to kiss Haley and she slapped him. Folks never even said there was a consensual sexual relationship, but everyone is jumping to conclusions prematurely. For all we know, both Folks and Haley could be telling the truth. It is obvious this is a fake controversy intended to distract attention from the real issues in the campaign and Haley’s qualifications. There is no evidence Folks was coerced into any of his daily drip of rumor and innuendo. This is clearly politically motivated and timed to hurt Haley. Folks lied when he said he would have nothing else to say about this. The only true thing Will has said is that he has an insatiable lust for attention.
By bert May 25, 2010 at 4:53 pm
FITSNews will let all sorts of salacious comments through, but moderates the ones with actual merit and fact. I’ve submitted multiple comments with evidence of who is responsible for this and yet they don’t get posted. You are a coward, Sic.
If you really want the truth to come out, why moderate?
By FITS Gals May 25, 2010 at 4:55 pm
bert,
you keep saying that but we keep approving all of your comments no matter how many names you post under, they’re all there. relax.
xoxo,
FITS Gals
By Libb May 25, 2010 at 5:08 pm
“By Simple Pete on May 25th, 2010 at 1:50 pm
Best comment ever:
By Mike Traynor on May 25th, 2010 at 12:10 pm
Susan:
You don’t need a court order to get your own phone records. God damn you are dumb.”
Simple Pete, totally agree!!! Still lol.
By wonkguy May 25, 2010 at 5:23 pm
Doesn’t seem to me email/phone correspondence in itself doesn’t prove anything other than they knew each other–I correspond regularly with people I’m not romantic with. Now actual transcripts/tapes….
By Tee May 25, 2010 at 5:23 pm
Enough with the keyboard courage, step out and be drilled by the media and let the public see who did what and when. All the teasing hmmm stay tuned and hmmm ahhhh that’s that’s the book ends is sick. Man up and start doing interviews and answer questions instead of hiding behind the keyboard like a little freak.
Man up and shows us the facts then this will be over with
By mypitts2 May 25, 2010 at 5:28 pm
I don’t have a dog in the fight. I’m from North Carolina. But I can tell you that there were people with a blind eye about Edwards, too, who refused to acknowledge all evidence that he was a cad and that the kid was his.
As has been pointed out, Haley would have had her attorneys call for cease-and-desist of publishing this material if it were false. This kind of charge would easily meet the malicious intent standard required for a successful libel/slander claim against a public figure. Jurors would also be pretty sympathetic in a suit against Folks. Several Hollywood figures and others have won money from tabloids based on unfounded and malicious charges.
Plus, from a PR standpoint, it just gives her more credibility to challenge these so-called “smears” on legal grounds. Her silence on the legal side of this is deafening.
I think Folks’ has some damaging emails and correspondence b/n them.
I am always surprised to see that some pols have learned nothing from Clinton. Might as well fess up. In these times, when the media gets the first thread, they’re eventually going to unravel the whole thing.
By Lilly Collette May 25, 2010 at 5:30 pm
If I had any intention of voting for NH — which I did not — the Susan character and her ilk would sure make me drop that thought real quick.
By rb May 25, 2010 at 5:31 pm
Folks is either a liar or a snitch…and nobody likes either one.
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By Mike May 25, 2010 at 6:32 pm
Just STFU and show your damning emails, texts etc… ALREADY!
Put up or shutup!
An email from haley complimenting you on an article you wrote about her is not a damning email lol.
Show us the emails ala Tiger Woods.
By Joshua May 25, 2010 at 6:33 pm
I’m not impressed by the argument that Folks’s claims must be true because Haley hasn’t sued him yet. He only posted those claims yesterday. How many libel lawsuits get filed within one day of the publication of the alleged defamation?
By bqueen May 25, 2010 at 7:16 pm
Joshua: It takes a matter of hours to file a lawsuit. Depends on how aggrieved you are and how badly you want your truth to come out. Haley has had a day and a half. Methinks she does not want full disclosure…
By Tulip May 25, 2010 at 7:24 pm
What so many people seem to be missing is that the story was not released as a way to attack Haley. Haley’s camp seems to have missed this point as well, which frankly doesn’t surprise me–I wouldn’t have voted for her anyway, but that’s another story. I find it very revealing how she is choosing to “handle” this…sad, desperate woman that she is. Will Folks, hang in there, stick to your guns, and continue to be honest. I’m glad SOMEONE can be!!
By The BOSS May 25, 2010 at 7:25 pm
I think Mr Willy got some snatch and is not a snitch for doing so!
8———–>()
By The BOSS May 25, 2010 at 7:26 pm
I decided to make him a little thicker and hers a bit more accepting
8=======>( )
By Scooter May 25, 2010 at 7:43 pm
Unless you hope Nikki will win the primary, you better give up some emails. She seems to be getting tons of sympathy votes in the polls. We can not have another 4 yrs. of the same insanity we have had for the past 8.
By Eric Dellinger May 25, 2010 at 7:44 pm
What a fucking homo you are. What guy has sex with a married woman and blabs about it. It goes totally against the man code and only proves you are a cum guzzling homo.
By eric dellinger May 25, 2010 at 7:47 pm
Cum guzzling homo
By eric dellinger May 25, 2010 at 7:48 pm
I take it back…even a cum guzzling homo can keep his mouth shut
By eric dellinger May 25, 2010 at 7:55 pm
What a fucking sleezy homo you are. Seriously go home and tell your wife the truth…..that your so fucking gay even gay people are embarrased to be around you. What an absolute homo you are.
By eric dellinger May 25, 2010 at 7:56 pm
Get a gun a blow your fucking brains out. What a fucking cunt you are.
By eric dellinger May 25, 2010 at 8:01 pm
Forced admission….what a pussy. You broke the man code you need to die.
By Morpheus May 25, 2010 at 9:15 pm
Eric, you got off your meds. Gotta love your contribution to this discussion. I think you may be a bit repressed, and your comments directly refer to your inner desires. Sad, hoss.
By Jenn May 25, 2010 at 10:02 pm
“Stay tuned…” Really? Who do you think you are? Grey’s Anatomy?
Produce already. If you have the evidence, put it out there.
Right now it just looks like you are doing this all for website hits. It got me here afterall, didn’t it?
Going by record, I’m going to continue to back Nikki until you prove it. Will is a woman beater who (if this is true) also has no qualms about sleeping with a married woman and kissing and telling to further his celebrity status. You’re not going to come out smelling like roses, and you’re an idiot if you thought you could.
By bert May 25, 2010 at 10:23 pm
why lie? my comments arent here
By Joshua May 25, 2010 at 11:06 pm
bqueen: Haley’s story is that she has nothing to disclose because she didn’t have an affair with Folks. I can understand if she is waiting for the other shoe to drop to see what, if anything, Folks is going to reveal and what his angle is. I doubt that suing Folks now would cause the story to go away.
I don’t know Haley, I never heard of Folks until yesterday, and I haven’t been to South Carolina in years. So I don’t have any personal knowledge of the events involved here. Maybe if Haley loses the primary or the runoff or the general election, a lawsuit against Folks will be filed the next day. Or maybe not. I’m just saying that Folks shouldn’t think he’s dodged a lawsuit yet.
By Rick Davis May 26, 2010 at 7:24 am
Why isn’t she suing him for libel, you ask amidst the throwing of a cyber-side-eye clearly meant to imply that her failure to have done so is an oh-so-obvious indicator of her? How about because it’s nearly impossible for public figures to *win* in a libel case? The sad reality of the criminal-protective American judicial system is that, when it comes to libel suits, the standard of proof for “actual malice” in terms of public-figure libel proceedings is, by design, nearly impossible to satisfy.
One could ask just the same, “why isn’t he providing documentary proof, of which he is adamantly convinced of the existence, in order to clear his name?” As would be much more simple, much less hassle, and much less expensive for him to offer substantial proof of his accusations than would it be for her (esp. as a public figure) to bring suit against him (and win) for libel, shouldn’t the focus be on his failure to substantiate his accusation?
I don’t know whether they slept together or not. I would personally think that a cursory examination of their respective quotients of physical attractiveness (whatever you may say, the man is nearly as unattractive as one can get, barring massive obesity, for his age) would confirm her denial, not to mention their respective social stations, but I never really understand the mind of a woman, anyway, so there’s really no telling. You, as the unquestioning sycophants of the man that your undisguised casting of a narrative in his favour shows yourselves to be, may see this as “nasty” or as an “insult,” but it’s just the truth of the matter in the eyes of the general public: Folks is not only not particularly attractive a man, but he is also notably *unattractive.* Haley may not be a supermodel, but by the standards of women in public service, she appears to be a step above the average.
We’ve got an ugly man with an apparently struggling website (per pre-scandal traffic numbers) and no actual professional capabilities outside of his erstwhile immersion in a dying industry who has made an outrageous claim and subsequent refusals to further discuss or provide any proof to substantiate it, and you’re questioning the motives of his accusee, a public figure, for not having brought (a likely unwinnable and inevitably resource-consuming) suit against him.
…Now *that’s* investigative reporting!
By Tish May 26, 2010 at 9:01 am
I think he’s lying. Verizon can’t hold text,emails etc. they will not stay in their system that long. Now he can printed them out and keep them of course, but why? Why would anyone keep a log of emails and texts, and voice mail recordings? That sounds strange! So if he can produce these things I think he’s a stalker or he was waiting to set her up.
By J. Grant May 26, 2010 at 9:57 am
Tish, you raise an interesting point. It’s common knowledge that most cellular providers and ISPs don’t retain any of your personal data on their servers.
It’s also a load of crap. Having worked in IT for a cellular provider, I can tell you that they can look up pretty much ANY text message you have EVER sent on their service – and lawyers have learned to subpoena this info. Email is even more fun. Provided your email server has backups in place (which most do), retrieving a deleted email is a snap. Even if there are no backups, I can usually extract deleted data from a drive. Even if a hard drive has a bullet hole in it, that data can usually be salvaged to some degree.
Never assume. This is not a crazy conspiracy – this is how your technology works. Ask your IT guy.
By JCC May 26, 2010 at 11:38 am
Regardless of who did what, I’m exhausted by people who are trying to get publicity by “outing” celebrities and politicians for their alleged transgressions. I think they are despicable and selfish. Everyone loses in this situation. The celebrities/politicians lose their families, fan base, income and opportunities. The snitches lose their dignity (if they had any at the start).
By Incredulous May 26, 2010 at 11:57 am
CNN is calling Will Folks a liar after his partial release of text messages:
While Pearson and Folks make allusions to the “rumor,” there is nothing in the correspondence proving Folks’ claim that he had an “inappropriate physical relationship” with Haley in 2007.
Pearson said the text messages are authentic but said he was only working with Folks to prevent “false rumors” from coming to light.
“This blogger’s overactive imagination has gone into overdrive,” Pearson said in an e-mail to CNN. “South Carolina politics is full of rumors and innuendo, and of course our campaign did everything in our power to prevent false rumors about Nikki from airing out in the media as they now have.
“Every campaign would have done exactly the same thing,” he added. “As always, Nikki is determined to keep this campaign focused on the people and issues that matter.”
By jimbo in anderson May 26, 2010 at 12:01 pm
Either pull the trigger on what you have or shut the hell up…. end of story…
By Marlene May 26, 2010 at 12:29 pm
Where is the PROOF? I haven’t seen any yet! What a scum bag Will Folks is.
By huh? May 26, 2010 at 3:51 pm
So much for civil discourse. Some commenters are disgusting!
By Where is the beef? May 26, 2010 at 7:01 pm
I didn’t see any evidence in this article. The fact that Haley hasn’t filed a lawsuit isn’t proof of anything. The fact that they exchanged emails and text messages doesn’t prove what was in said communication. If you have this bombshell evidence, bring it and then give your lawyers “twiddling their thumbs” something to do.
A legal case would not be resolved before November and certainly not by June 8th, it would just keep the story front-and-center every time someone files a motion etc.
If the other media outlets are chasing the story, why haven’t THEY come up with anything more substantive than this “incredible evidence” that FITS has presented after DAYS of painstaking work?
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By John June 8, 2010 at 12:16 pm
What are they putting in the water in SC? Viagra?
By AntiTheist September 13, 2011 at 8:37 pm
“your faith,”
You mean superstition. Faith is for their slaves and terrified little old ladies or their male equivalents.
“Blessed are the meek for they are gullible chuckleheads who are easy to plook!”
Father John J. Geoghan