By FITSNews || S.C. Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer has fired his top political advisor – although amazingly it’s not because the guy has been running one of the worst statewide campaigns in recent memory.
According to the Charleston (S.C.) Post and Courier, Bauer requested – and received - the resignation of top strategist Larry C. Marchant Jr. on Wednesday due to “inappropriate conduct.”
From the story:
Lt. Gov. Bauer announced that adviser Larry Marchant gave him his resignation at noon today.
Bauer said he had become aware of a situation several days ago, and reached the conclusion that decisive action was dictated.
His news release contained no specifics. “We asked for and received the resignation,” Bauer spokesman Hank Page said in an e-mail. “Beyond that, we will have no further comment.”
Decisive action was dictated?
Ummm … dictated?
Bauer’s guberantorial campaign briefly stoked the enthusiasm of hardcore conservatives activists back in January after the candidate made a few ill-chosen remarks regarding recipients of government services, but his “end generational welfare” theme has otherwise failed to resonate with voters.
Incidentally, this is the second high-paid consultant Bauer has parted ways with since the campaign began …
WEB EXTRA
Larry C. Marchant
UPDATE: Wow…
By Brian O'Connor June 2, 2010 at 4:18 pm
Very interesting information. I wonder if it fits in anywhere else?
Brian O’Connor
http://www.RedDogReport.com
By Balsak Tee Baghar June 2, 2010 at 4:19 pm
Let’s hope these are not more tea-bagger hijinks!
Palin-Haley 2012!
I can see India from my house!
By stimulus June 2, 2010 at 4:26 pm
did Larry do Nikki too?
By Law Man June 2, 2010 at 4:27 pm
The alleged inappropriate conduct includes, but is certainly not in any way limited to, __________ [insert alleged inappropriate conduct here].
People will have a field day with this.
By misstate June 2, 2010 at 4:28 pm
here comes the storm
By Stumpy June 2, 2010 at 4:30 pm
I’ve watched Andre’s ads and they amaze me. Welfare has gone up. That’s true but it parallels the economy. Welfare rolls were at an all time low in SC prior to the economic bust. He fails to define generational welfare and from what I know, there are time limits for both the state and federal benefits. He just isn’t campaigning on anything that has any substance.
By Balsak Tee Baghar June 2, 2010 at 4:32 pm
The good news is I have been 100 percent faithful to my wife.
The bad news is I have been faithfully cheating on her — like an out-of-control Slushie machine!
By poster June 2, 2010 at 4:38 pm
I heard Larry was calling Andre at 2:45 in the morning “just to chat” about things.
By Scarlett June 2, 2010 at 4:57 pm
I second that Stimulus!
I’m thinking that Larry and Nikki also did the horizontal bop? From what I understand she isn’t the least bit discriminating if she thinks it will further her agenda.
By Paul June 2, 2010 at 4:58 pm
And the Nikki train is about to implode……
By Jeff June 2, 2010 at 5:07 pm
The Good Ole Boy network attack team is falling apart
http://palmstatepolitics.blogspot.com/
By Mr. Walker June 2, 2010 at 5:08 pm
more like a hurricane; let’s see Ms. Haley get herself out of this one
By thesushi June 2, 2010 at 5:23 pm
Jeff, this is much bigger than just local politics. Now that the local network of control has failed, the “feds”, the national political leaders, have had to step in and secure the situation. Instead, I think they just walked into their own trap.
By Graffiti June 2, 2010 at 5:34 pm
OK, now I’ve lost the plot. I was keeping up, but now I have no idea what’s going on.
Somebody please spell this out in simple sentences. Jut not Pops though, TA.
By Natasha June 2, 2010 at 5:39 pm
Come on Will, lamestream media hasn’t cracked it yet, would you please break this story already? We all know why he was fired, pls break it, like now.
By james conrad June 2, 2010 at 5:45 pm
So, it finally has surfaced about Larry and Nikki Haley! About time! Good job Andre!
By Charlie June 2, 2010 at 5:54 pm
‘Just not Pops, though’! Ha.
I just read a couple of other blogs linked to here. Wow, are there some morons around in the blogosphere. Here’s a mutiple choice question. Did Folks’ post about a Haley backer asking him to hold back from firing all his bullets until after she was governor because he could always write a book about it later demonstrate:
A. That Will Folks wants to write a book about this?
or B. Humiliate said backer and frigthen them into thinking Folks might reveal their name and all the emails or text about it at a later date; demonstrate an astonishing amoiunt of cynicism involved among Haley’s own backers; show just how dumb they are for thinking Folks might cede to such a scheme; state clearly his intention not to take up said offer but instead to bring down Haley; generally pwn the backer and Haley’s camp?
Here’s a clue. The answer is B. The sad thing is that some people in the media are reading these blogs and seem to be too dumb to work this story out themselves. It’s just been a colossal fail for the media as far as I can see. Haley’s campaign manager fucking admitted sending texts to Folks days ago in which he stated ‘if we keep this under wraps, nh will win’ and speculated about which photo the blackmailer might have, etc. I mean, come on. You need a fucking dress to close this? Pathetic. I seriously wish I were a reporter on the staff of a SC paper because Jesus, this is a steal. A bunch of incompetent dumb bloggers and a lazy media covering it. I can’t stand republicans, and Folks is clearly a complete slimeball. But he’s dancing circles around these fools, who are sitting on the sidelines continually shouting ‘Show us more proof or STFU! You’re credibility is ruined! Your blog must stop now because I say so! My comments on your blog will affect the outcome of this instantaneously and if I say you must do something else you really must…’
Amazing.
By SCumbucket June 2, 2010 at 6:05 pm
Inappropriate conduct? Did he he feed some stray children?
By thesushi June 2, 2010 at 6:21 pm
Charlie, it’s a national war on Will. SC couldn’t handle their end of the great hoodwink, the hijack of the tea party movement. Question is, can they pull it off? You know when “lamestream media” comes out of Palin, it mocks them openly from her own issues, that these career pols can make up and say whatever they want without anyone questioning them or their motive.
And if you disagree, you get Folk’ed. Hard.
By Another Bitesdust June 2, 2010 at 6:24 pm
wow, Was it Payne? We know it wasn’t Haley, she was too busy, oh yeah, Payne’s still busy, ok ok ok Andre finally got a pair. Go Andre!!
By Pops June 2, 2010 at 6:46 pm
Charile,
Folks hasn’t posted anything that adds up to a hill of beans. All he has claimed is he touched Nikki Haley in some manner in 2007. That’s his entire claim apparently approved by several hundred lawyers he keeps on retainer.
So the lawyers wouldn’t even let him claim the physical action was sexual in nature, or that Haley was even awake/coherent at the time.
Legally, an inappropriate physical relationship could be masturbating to a picture of her. Which given his comments in 2008, he just may be engaging in.
If you go back and actually READ Pearsons text, he clearly says the only evidence the media could possibly have would have to be MANUFACTURED..doesn’t quite sound like an admission of anything.
Apparently, it takes the Folks machine some time to perform the manufacturing process.
By Charlie June 2, 2010 at 6:55 pm
Pops, you’re delusional if you think that’s all Pearson’s texts say. Pearson has confirmed he sent them, and he is clearly discussing with Folks a story about he and Haley that he believed to be true. He asks if Folks can ‘fuck up’ the source, Donehue. You hardly need to fuck up someone who is claiming a BS story you can sue them for. He says if they just keep it ‘under wraps’, Haley will win. He tells Folks to calm down, because he thinks they’re bluffing – they’ve been digging for a year and haven’t produced anything, and they’re just trying to make them jump by claiming they have now. You don’t text Folks any of this stuff if you know the story is fake – he wouldn’t even be discussing it with Folks if he thought that because Folks and Haley would both have told him there was nothing to worry about.
This is elementary logic that only a gullible moron or the mainstream media would be unable to grasp.
By thesushi June 2, 2010 at 7:04 pm
Pops, I’m not familiar with the earnings of FITSnews.com. Is it a lot of money? You know, like more money than what has been spent on so many levels of local, state, and national political groups?
I’m following the money, and all I can find is money spent on behalf of everyone attacking Will.
I’m pretty much on Will’s side, but if there’s something you can provide, I’ll be glad to take a look. Otherwise, you’re not sure either, are you?
By Soft Sigh in Hell June 2, 2010 at 7:10 pm
“Inappropriate conduct? Did he he feed some stray children?”
I pray it doesn’t again involve “Sugar” the horse.
By Politics Rocks June 2, 2010 at 7:10 pm
Did Nikki and Merchant get it on in Colorado at the James Dobson event?
By Natasha June 2, 2010 at 7:11 pm
She denies second affair claim…
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/02/AR2010060204251.html
By Long Time Fan June 2, 2010 at 7:13 pm
wltx hit it first – now your turn!
By proudof sc June 2, 2010 at 7:15 pm
LM and NH-that is making the rounds.
By Pops June 2, 2010 at 7:17 pm
Charlie,
Your posts show you have no knowledge of these people or how they play in this soap opera. Read up a little and then get back to me.
Here’s a clue, Folks was playing Pearson. Donahue had no interest in the story and had no interest for over a year.
Neither did the Free Times.
The source pushing both was none other then WILL FOLKS. He needed to
create ‘pressure’ as an excuse to ‘go public’ with his claim.
Pearson clealry explained what he was doing was trying to keep FALSE stories out of the papers. Folks was playing a far different game, trying to show collusion before he went public. A careful reading shows NO admissions on Pearsons or Haley parts and no admission that they were trying to stop a TRUE story.
We know for a fact that Folks told people in 2008 that he had sex with Haley. Nobody believed him but that put the rumor into play. Pearson wasn’t dealing with a TRUE story (that they had sex) he was dealing with the rumor story that Folks had told someone a year ago they had sex. Two very different things. You may have realized, Folks is known to have lied in the past.
By Charlie June 2, 2010 at 7:17 pm
Davenport runs the story for AP:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gAg1FiRdAg26lfqUqQ0kUjLNouvwD9G3DTAO0
Davenport of the text messages, remember.
By Em June 2, 2010 at 7:17 pm
http://www.wolfereports.com/2010/06/02/the-turducken-comes-home-to-roost-on-marchanthaley/
By Pops June 2, 2010 at 7:21 pm
Gee Will Folks, look this guy actually has specifics:
“”Marchant says their one-night stand happened in 2008 during a trip to Utah”"
Gee, a one night stand in Utah…now that is verifiable, a location, an activity and the dates are easy enough to find.
So when are you going to provide anywhere near this detail which took this guy just one statement.
By Charlie June 2, 2010 at 7:23 pm
Pops, you’re not wasting any time on, so one last response to you and then you can wail your nonsense at someone else. I’d advise anyone with a brain to ignore you.
‘Pearson clearly explained what he was doing was trying to keep FALSE stories out of the papers.’
If Pearson had known the story to be false, he would have simply replied to Folks like this: ‘I asked Nikki about this. She swears she never had anything with you. What the fuck are you playing at?’ A child of ten could understand that if those texts were real, Pearson knew of the affair. Pearson admitted they were real.
Read the AP report.
By Charlie June 2, 2010 at 7:26 pm
Wow, Pops. I will respond to that.
Are you actually now saying that you think Marchant had a thing with Haley, but Folks didn’t?
1. That’s a huuuuuuuuge coincidence that Folks alleged this and then hey, she was unfaithful… but with someone else!
2. Her candidacy is fucked anyway. She is standing on family values and has claimed several times she has been 100% faithful to her husband. She is therefore both a hypocrite and a liar.
By Jeff June 2, 2010 at 7:36 pm
A conversation between Larry Marchant and Larry’s wife
http://palmstatepolitics.blogspot.com/2010/06/hold-your-horses-here.html
By yarrrrr June 2, 2010 at 7:38 pm
“UPDATE: Wow…”
Did you know that was coming?
By boi-dan June 2, 2010 at 7:40 pm
I heard she also slept with a few members of the Columbia Bloods gang, JR Berry and Joe Pinner……
By aaron burr June 2, 2010 at 7:43 pm
In related news, I hear we now have a state horse.
Ironically, it’s named Nikki– because everyone has had a ride.
By Balsak Tee Baghar June 2, 2010 at 7:52 pm
Pops,
Stay on top of Haley to the end.
Make a Slushie out of your opponents and their stupid facts and logic.
Never forget: “Teabaggery in defense of liberty is no vice!”
Palin-Haley 2012!
I can see India from my house!
By No Name June 2, 2010 at 7:56 pm
Ok lets stay focused here.
Not sure anyone really knew what would be played next or just how this will play out.
1. May our Editor please publish a spreadsheet composed of the following.
Fucker(Fuckee) Marital status Date Rival Campaign Supporting Evidence
2. Nuckie …..what were you thinking girl…not in the acts themselves….but that in a hyper sensitive world this would not come out.
By Cancerman June 2, 2010 at 8:13 pm
Nikki Haley Faces New Accusations of Inappropriate Relationship
Columbia, SC (WLTX) – Another man has come forward to say he had an inappropriate sexual encounter with the Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Nikki Haley.
Larry Marchant told News19 and several other media outlets Wednesday that he and Haley were together in June of 2008 while the two attended an event in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Marchant worked as a campaign aide for Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Andre Bauer. Bauer asked for and received Marchant’s resignation.
A campaign spokesperson says Bauer became aware of a certain situation several days ago and decided to take action.
News19 contacted Haley’s campaign about this latest accusation, and Campaign Manager Tim Pearson released the following statement.
“This is a false and outrageous desperate attack from a losing candidate’s paid campaign consultant in the final week of the race. As Nikki Haley rises in the polls, the good old boys in Columbia see their taxpayer-funded fraternity party coming crumbling down, and they will say or do anything to hold onto their power. This is South Carolina politics at its worst. the people of our state deserve better, and when Nikki Haley is governor, they’ll get it.”
This is the second accusation of an inappropriate relationship with the GOP frontrunner.
Last week, former Sanford staffer Will Folks said he and Haley had a relationship three years ago, something Haley has denied.
However, niether has offered any real evidence of impropriety.
By TheRightMan June 2, 2010 at 8:24 pm
I’ve never seen such desperation in my lifetime! These crooks led by Andre Bauer must be really desperate to maintain their gig in South Carolina.
Tell me, what sane man decides to ‘confess’ publicly to an affair without any major prodding? We saw with Bill Clinton, John Edwards, and even Sanford – males do NOT own up to affairs easily especially in cases like Folks and Marchant, where there is no evidence to support their claims.
They must really be trusting that the voters in their state are so gullible to believe this trash. With some of the liberal posters on this forum, they are just acting like political chimpanzees dancing for joy and claiming fire where there is no smoke.
Sorry to disappoint you, I believe Nikki is going to win both the primary and the general in a landslide after these desperate shenanigans from her opponents.
By HarryD June 2, 2010 at 8:27 pm
Marchant was playing with Bauer’s ….
By countryboy June 2, 2010 at 8:30 pm
Apparently the term “southern gentleman” doesn’t apply to anyone involved with or reporting on, politics in SC. Another asshole felt it necessary to spill the beans a week before the election. Bullshit. This was a last ditch “hail Mary” by Andre’s team.
By TheRightMan June 2, 2010 at 8:35 pm
Bauer fired Marchant because the jig is up and he doesn’t want to be tied up in legal complications once the lawsuits begin. Better to cut off his advisers now than go down with them. Else why wouldn’t he give a reason for the so-called ‘firing’. So-called because his van was parked outside Marchant’s house four hours after the announcement.
By Henry Mac June 2, 2010 at 8:35 pm
1) Will isn’t so special to Nikki it would seem. Everyone gets a piece.
2) Why would Bauer do this? He was surging in the polls and has a decent chance to make a run-off. The answer is he wouldn’t. I don’t know who would, or why, but it makes no sense for Andre to be behind this.
By ceilidh10 June 2, 2010 at 8:37 pm
He’s been outed as gay in national blogs. You can find him on Huffington Post. is he or isn’t he? Inquiring minds want to know.
By Billy Bob June 2, 2010 at 8:37 pm
Bauer=twink!!
By Edislow June 2, 2010 at 8:40 pm
This entire row is beginning to resemble a Monty Python skit or a world class monkey sh*t fight at the zoo.
I can’t wait to see what happens next.
And for the record, I have never slept with Nikki Haley.
Will Folks….?…um…no comment….
By ceilidh10 June 2, 2010 at 8:41 pm
if Will libelled/slandered Haley, where is her lawsuit? she has had plenty of time by time to file a lawuit.
Show me the beef.
By TheRightMan June 2, 2010 at 8:41 pm
Henry Mac:
“Why would Bauer do this?”
Obviously, you haven’t been reading the background of this story from other sites. Check Redstate.com for links to other blogs that made the Andre Bauer connection right from the start. Andre made a Nixonian play and he is trying to get out before it backfires on him but… it is too late, it already has.
By TheRightMan June 2, 2010 at 8:43 pm
Will Folks, you have one last chance to seek to redeem yourself. Just confess this whole deal and seek forgiveness from Nikki. You might be able to salvage just a teeny bit of your credibility.
By thesushi June 2, 2010 at 8:44 pm
If it couldn’t get any better (or worse)…It does.
@HenryMac, think about #2. Bauer is extricating himself from what will become a public issue if and when Will drops the hammer. One thing people continually ignore is that Will has to back up his claims. It’s not just comfort, it’s legal surety.
Jim Davenport smacked this story down, indeed.
By Amok92 June 2, 2010 at 8:47 pm
Hey Will when are you going to claim you had an affair with Bauer?
By Brian O'Connor June 2, 2010 at 8:49 pm
Will,
Does the Marchant “confession” make you feel vindicated, or jealous?
Wow, can this story get any jucier?
http://reddogreport.wordpress.com/2010/06/02/unbelieveable-nikki-haley-accused-of-having-another-affair/
Brian O’Connor
http://www.RedDogReport.com
@RedDogReport
By Paris Sailin June 2, 2010 at 8:54 pm
Charlie – Nice post at 5:54. Enjoyed it. Glad you are the one sparring with Pops tonight. What is with that guy, anyway? Great Jah in heaven, if Pops had been a Clinton supporter, he’d still be denying that Bill had sex with that woman because the dress was actually forest green.
By Say What? June 2, 2010 at 8:58 pm
This finishes Haley. No man would admit this to his wife just to do Andre a favor. This is serious business. Nikki needs to do some deep soul searching tonight and get right with her husband and children and then with God. Haley, Ravenel, Sanford, Ekstrom, Loftis, etc all have serious character issues from drugs to “screwing around.” The reform movement might have some good ideas but very bad role models. Better luck next time.
By dead agent caper June 2, 2010 at 9:00 pm
The only thing I’ve learned from these “confessions” is that Haley poses a serious threat to business-as-usual state government. She’s got my vote. Andrea is a disgusting, limp-wristed ass-clown.
By Synthetic June 2, 2010 at 9:02 pm
AND I thought my X was a Ho bag – same neighborhood as nh – must be in the water. My X had the same type of phone records as those produced by Folks and yes, my X was doing the person(s) that she had long, long conversations with at all hours of the day (including conversations where her and her significant other would get out of bed in the middle of the night to call one another).
We need a website where we can anonymously note who is doing who – i.e. name names
By TheRightMan June 2, 2010 at 9:06 pm
Say What:
“…No man would admit this to his wife just to do Andre a favor…”
This is the only part of your post that I agree with. And why should two allegations without any solid evidence finish off Haley? You wish… Have you been following the polls at all?
By jaded June 2, 2010 at 9:06 pm
To “The Right Man”:
“Will Folks, you have one last chance to seek to redeem yourself. Just confess this whole deal and seek forgiveness from Nikki. You might be able to salvage just a teeny bit of your credibility…..”
You’re killin’ me!
By Synthetic June 2, 2010 at 9:07 pm
The problem with filing a slander/libel suit is that it could also bite Haley in the bottom. The phone calls alone prove inclination. Haley would then have to show phone records, etc. to back up the claims that she has approved.
By jaded June 2, 2010 at 9:07 pm
Hey Pops,
What will it take to convince you that Haley is lying?
By TheRightMan June 2, 2010 at 9:11 pm
Charlie @ 5:54 – You can’t stand Republicans yet you expect me to believe you will judge this allegations with impartiality and a minute sense of fairness. I will only believe you when you accept such fickle allegations planted against Democrats. Hell will certainly freeze over before you even accept that America under the Democrats has been one big mess after the other and don’t tell me you’re not a liberal.
By Henry Mac June 2, 2010 at 9:11 pm
TheRightMan:
Why the “F” would I read Redstate to find out what is going on in my backyard, to people I know and see everyday? I know a lot of folks outside of SC think you know what’s going on, but guess what…Redstate doesn’t know shit. They are grasping at any straw they can to save their own credibility. They are all as lost as Haley’s sense of morality.
By Cadmus June 2, 2010 at 9:19 pm
Newt Gingrich, Larry Craig, Henry Hyde, David Vitter, Mark Foley, Ted Haggard, John Ensign, Roy Ashburn, George Rekers, Mark Souder, Mark Sanford, Vito Fossella, Nikki Haley(?) et al. Maybe if these Republicans spent less time thinking about other people’s sex lives, they wouldn’t have worked themselves into such a lather and transgressed themselves. Is there a correlation between obsessive lecturing about sex, fear about gay marriage, paranoia about sexual orientation, gender confusion, etc. etc. and hypocritical sexual behavior? Well, maybe.
By jeffy June 2, 2010 at 9:21 pm
how does rick fulmer fit into this?
By colleen June 2, 2010 at 9:33 pm
Where is Jenny? Away on vacation with the boys? Why hasn’t she come forward to defend Nikki like Sarah Palin did?
By tcinsc June 2, 2010 at 9:41 pm
I wonder who is paying Jim Davenport to write this crap!!
By CNSYD June 2, 2010 at 9:43 pm
Honk if you have had sex with Haley!
By Runargorun June 2, 2010 at 9:44 pm
He was fired for having sex with a WOMAN.
By TheRightMan June 2, 2010 at 9:44 pm
“By Henry Mac on June 2nd, 2010 at 9:11 pm
TheRightMan:
Why the “F” would I read Redstate to find out what is going on in my backyard, to people I know and see everyday?”
I don’t know where to begin in my reply to this. Are you saying that out-of-state news organizations and/or blogs are not to be believed simply because they are out-of-state? Incredulous! And YOU are to be believed because you were an eyewitness to Folks and Marchant sleeping with Haley or having an “inappropriate physical relationship” – whatever the hell that means?
Let me tell you this, people will believe what they want to believe with respect to allegations that are not backed by any solid evidence – based on their personal inclinations. I presume you hate Nikki and possibly Palin (and are probably a liberal) so of course… you will believe this! I do not hate them and am inclined to give Nikki the benefit of the doubt until solid evidence aside some obscure phone call logs can be provided.
What Nikki’s detractors are banking on is that the mere whiff of impropriety will sully and bring her down sufficiently so they could have an opening. It might have worked in some less precarious times but not now when America is flaming mad and disgusted with the liberals’ hijacking of America!
Nikki is your next governor – live with it!
By Jackson Browne June 2, 2010 at 9:47 pm
“We knew up front that I didn’t have any evidence because you can’t have any evidence on a one night affair — you don’t have that.” – Larry Marchant.
The operative word in his quote is “We”. I was on the fence about the folks deal, but this is garbage politics and no matter what I thought about Nikki Haley before, I’d vote for her to keep her scumbag opponents out of office.
Larry also apparently felt like he owed it to Bauer to come clean….Hmmmmm nice priorities. Wouldn’t one feel that he owed it to his wife first and only?!
By Philip June 2, 2010 at 9:50 pm
Nikki “take a number” Haley
By Paris Sailin June 2, 2010 at 9:56 pm
TheRightMan – My favorite part about all this is watching you’uns boot-licking Nikki toadies’ heads exploding in slow motion right on here before our very eyes.
And all of this priceless entertainment comes as a result of the Gee Oh Peeing on one another. We libruhls got nothing to do with it. We are just visiting here celebrating with our scribbles and enjoying our popcorn.
Good sport, indeed!
I would hope that when Folks drops the final bomb that you will disappear from on here for awhile from the shame of being so intractably wrong on this. In fact, I’d almost bet on it. (wink)
Not really. I know you and your ilk have no shame.
By Jackson Browne June 2, 2010 at 9:56 pm
Hey TheRightMan, I’m a liberal and now I’d vote for Haley maybe even over her democratic challenger whoever that may be. Maybe she did, maybe she didn’t, but the motivations, morals, and true character of her Rethug opponents are clear that they will stop at nothing to gain the power and access that the office provides for themselves. They don’t give a damn about the State of SC or its people.
In addition to my earlier post, why would Marchant be getting calls from “people” to come clean. If it was common knowledge how didn’t Bauer know, and would he really be motivated and suddenly develop a conscience by getting “calls” from “people”?! Yeah, that happens all the time.
By Paris Sailin June 2, 2010 at 10:00 pm
Yeah, Jackson Browne, you’re a liberal and you’d now vote for Haley.
Ha, ha. Good one. We are SO fooled by that.
Really!
(wink)
By PR Flak June 2, 2010 at 10:05 pm
Read the very last paragraph: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/06/02/haley-faces-second-claim-of-affair/?fbid=pyZKRX2o7AF
“An adviser to the Barrett campaign, which has been accused of shopping the affair rumors about Haley, sent a story about the new allegation to reporters shortly after the news broke Wednesday.”
Was that you Wesley Donehue?
By Paris Sailin June 2, 2010 at 10:15 pm
TheRightMan
Can you explain what an “obscure phone log” is as opposed to a “real phone log?”
When Nikki explained the phone records of her 700 calls, many of them late at night into early morning, as being business as usual for “Round-the-Clock” Nikki (soon to have an entirely new meaning) – why didn’t she, instead of tendering this laughable “explanation,” just say, “I am not going to comment on stuff from obscure phone logs.”
By Jackson Browne June 2, 2010 at 10:15 pm
Paris,
Okay you got me, I wouldn’t vote for her, but I would most definitely have some repressed republican style sex with her, or any other way she wanted it.
By Scooter June 2, 2010 at 10:16 pm
The people that continue to deny any wrong doing by Haley are sadly funny. It’s the “gotta win for the conservative program” that they cling to. There is no one behind this, paying for this. These 2 people have told the truth, and some just can’t face it. Haley is not the person to lead this state. She has stepped in it big time. No man is going to lie about an affair just to promote a political candidate. Take a deep breath and realize that Haley is lying and there well be more to come.
By thesushi June 2, 2010 at 10:16 pm
Jim Davenport’s sources don’t change in a week. Smoke n’ Fire.
By Say What? June 2, 2010 at 10:17 pm
Right Man: Yes I have followed the polls which were taken before this broke. Since that time, I have heard no one, including diehard Haley supporters, say they would vote for her now. I will stand by my post last week. If she gets elected, and she will not, your next governor will be Vince. There will be a mass exodus of republican voters including all of my very conservative family. I will repeat what has been said before, if I found out my wife had been talking with an “employee” in the middle of the night for hours I would divorce her immediately. Also, I would not be surprised if we do not hear one or more come forward to admit “crossing the line” with Haley.
By Gary June 2, 2010 at 10:19 pm
Will Folks so called “inappropriate relationship” was the first punch to bring down Nikky, but it failed…Now Marchant’s story is the second punch against Nikki Haley to sully her image more and further cause doubts in minds of public. It is a well planned operation and power behind both punches is the same. Besides the money paid to Marchant or possibly Will Folks as consultants, it is possible to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to such operatives underhand without any paper trail. Also Marchant can easily make his wife a a partner in this crime when both are making money off of a false story.
It is a shame that politicians will go to any length to achieve their nefarious objectives of power and pelf and it will be travesty of justice if they succeed this time.
By Whit Suber June 2, 2010 at 10:23 pm
SC Politics is a sess pool. I left a career in politics almost 20 years ago. I don’t miss it. The sad thing is, so many of the people involved are very likable. But the environment is a sess pool.
Overtime, it’s like being asked to behave in Caligula’s den,,, drunk,,, and on cocaine,,, and on fire.
And BTW, do you remember back when Mike Fair wanted to keep college kids from fuckin?
By Rylyn June 2, 2010 at 10:24 pm
PR – Donahue works for the SC Senate not Barrett’s Campaign – Let’s see now who is in the SC Senate that doesn’t like Haley or Barrett – oh that’s right Knotts who is connected to Rod Shealy and Andre Bauer. PR if you are trying to make this Barrett’s fault again you better look elsewhere. Who fired Marchant and made a public announcement about it?
By Brian O'Connor June 2, 2010 at 10:27 pm
What? That’s it? Only two accusers to step up?
Come on, ya’ll can do better than that!
Brian O’Connor
http://www.RedDogReport.com
@RedDogReport
By Soft Sigh from Hell June 2, 2010 at 10:28 pm
Could Joe Wilson be next, please.
With Nikki, with Jake, with a Swansea goat, whatever it takes to be rid of him.
By Todd June 2, 2010 at 10:29 pm
Damn I’d hit it too. I hope I get a turn
By Jackson Browne June 2, 2010 at 10:34 pm
Okay Paris, you got me. I wouldn’t vote for her, but I definitely would have some repressed republican style inappropriate physical contact with her, or any other style she wanted.
By Gary June 2, 2010 at 10:39 pm
Instead of keeping quiet about an alleged affair of which, by his own admission, there’s zero proof, he felt duty bound to disclose it right before the primary. And Andre Bauer felt duty bound to mention in his press release that Marchant was let go for “inappropriate conduct,” which isn’t at all a signal that we should believe something really did happen between him and Haley. We’re hip-deep in filth here.
In both Will and Marchant’s story it is slime bag Davenport of Associated Press who is playing a prominent role.
people will see through this game and there will be run off and Nikki will win in the first round itself.
By Countrydoc June 2, 2010 at 10:44 pm
Lord, I hope you people have been using condoms.
By Jr June 2, 2010 at 10:44 pm
Say what you want about Folks or Marchant but two allegations means one of two things: conspiracy or a pattern with Haley. I sure hope it’s the former.
By matthewb June 2, 2010 at 10:45 pm
Wes D has the proof that sicman holds close. betcha
By OhNoNotAgain June 2, 2010 at 10:46 pm
This makes it more important for Mr. Folks to produce clinching evidence, not merely evidence that suggests something could have happened.
Gutter politics if we don’t get that lickity split.
By Runargorun June 2, 2010 at 10:48 pm
Slut.
By dead agent caper June 2, 2010 at 10:50 pm
Andrea was sweating like a pig before the debate even started. Are we going to give the keys to this state to the likes of Andrea, Marchant, Folks, and Shealy? Any right thinking person wouldn’t even let Andrea have the keys to their car for a quick run to Walmart.
By TaylorSC June 2, 2010 at 11:11 pm
Good Lord, how to say this diplomatically…now that I’ve seen Marchant interviewed, I can’t believe that Haley had a one night stand with him unless she also has a drinking problem. Bauer could have found someone…shall we say younger and more vital…to take the fall for that.
By Matt June 2, 2010 at 11:16 pm
Marchant is gay…or at least extremely bi. I’m voting for Nikki no matter what these ass clowns say between now and Tuesday. Any divorce lawyer worth his hourly rate will tell you “Deny, Deny, Deny….until you can’t deny anymore” and so far no cold hard evidence of an affair has been provided by any of these scumbags. Anything short of a photo, video or voicemail and Nikki will be the next Governor.
By Balsak Tee Baghar June 2, 2010 at 11:22 pm
I don’t care if Nikki banged every male in the state — eight to eighty, blind, toothless or crazy — she will get my vote and assume office as South Carolina’s first woman governor!
Then it’s Palin-Haley in 2012, and we’re off to the races!
I wish I had eight arms to touch eight screens for her!
By mike traynor June 3, 2010 at 12:05 am
Bauer had to fire Larry, because he feared that Larry still carried a flame and was giving NH advance warning of Andre’s campaign strategy–NH knew of the Huckabee commercial AS IT WAS BEING MADE. She knew of scheduled events and the planned remarks.
NH IS a slut, and it is silly for her to continue to deny.
My sources tell me there is still another one out there.
By yarrrrr June 3, 2010 at 12:05 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Dkrud8Yjok
By Gramsci--GoogleHim June 3, 2010 at 12:12 am
“Are you saying that out-of-state news organizations and/or blogs are not to be believed simply because they are out-of-state? Incredulous!”
That’s adorable.
By phil tup June 3, 2010 at 12:35 am
bing! ok, so, that’s the missing piece to the puzzle. you have my forgiveness, willie. not that you asked for it, but at least your crazy approach to these past 2 weeks makes some sense now.
you knew about it all along, didn’t you? anyone as tied into the “scene” as you are would’ve heard the scuttlebutt (at the least from the same people grinding you for a confession), would have known that it was credible, and that a story could / would be forthcoming (although my guess is you didn’t anticipate an actual confession or else you would have had a piece all ready to go).
i give you credit to know that, of course, someone else had to break it as it would only make you look ridiculous supreme to peddle a rumor about another man, after you broke with your own admission.
the real question is this: how many more are there? it is unlikely it was just two. anyone who did what she did with willie, and then, a one nighter with another insider would indicate this behavior wasn’t isolated, and in fact, is probably pathological, at some level.
she thought herself invincible and drank the kool aid from the fountain. there are others, for sure.
By Ratfishtim June 3, 2010 at 12:52 am
To: Tim Pearson
From: John Q. Public
I thought you were going to keep this one under wraps, also, too.
You betcha.
By mypitts2 June 3, 2010 at 2:08 am
“…No man would admit this to his wife just to do Andre a favor…”
In the post-Edwards era, I’m not so sure. Didn’t Andrew Young pretend he fathered Edwards’ baby, to protect Edwards?
It depends on how low the men in question are.
Nikki’s still on top for now, and will cruise, unless some smoking gun comes out of somewhere.
By mypitts2 June 3, 2010 at 2:12 am
I’m coming around to Jackson Browne’s viewpoint (except I’d never vote for a Repub)
But the view from the outside is that Nikki Haley is standing down the corrupt and dirty Republican establishment in SC. To me, it’s becoming less relevant whether she actually did anything. The way her opponents are going about this — they don’t deserve to be rewarded for that crap.
By Just another Joe June 3, 2010 at 5:13 am
WTF! God this is all a big bunch of crap. STFU people (I like these IM shortcuts). what is really going on in the GOP race for governor, besides a second rate soap opera. I don’t care who sleep with who as long as they keep their trap shut about family values. Where is Uncle Billy (as in W. T. Sherman in case you don’t recognize who I am referring to)and his boys when you need them? This state needs to be wiped clean by fire and set aside as a nature preserve and retirement home for disgraced politicians (which should include about 99.9% of all them out there). However, since it is the rerun season on TV I am being entertained, so WTF am I complaining about. Life is good.
By Bobby June 3, 2010 at 6:18 am
Wes Donehue again? Wow!
By Clean House June 3, 2010 at 6:58 am
If there is one positive aspect of this entire drama unfolding its the spotlight being shined brightly on South Carolina Republican’s ruthless, corrupt and vile political consultants.
By mike June 3, 2010 at 7:04 am
Gang up on the lady and call her a whore. SC should be proud of the men we have in politics. Well this is sure to backfire. If you have a daughter look her in the eye and tell her she can be anything she sets her mind to. Just not governor of SC. You good ol boys are done.
By Charlie June 3, 2010 at 7:15 am
Ratfishtim wrote:
‘To: Tim Pearson
From: John Q. Public
I thought you were going to keep this one under wraps, also, too.
You betcha.’
Classic.
By WorkingTommyC June 3, 2010 at 7:38 am
Well, at least there’s no record of Larry Marchant having ever been paid by Bauer.
Oh, wait! Nevermind. There’s at least c. $50,000 paid to him by Bauer that we know of and who knows how much more by third parties.
If this weren’t a paid attack on Haley, why did he even bother to make the accusation otherwise? No proof possible–by his own admission–even if it were true (as if anyone in his right mind would believe him) and now all he’s done is hurt other people and shown what a highly paid prostitute he is for anyone like Bauer who pays him enough.
Oops! My bad: all the above makes him the perfect lobbyist. This is probably a career enhancer for him.
All this stuff and nonsense reminds me of high school. If a girl had enemies, the first accusation was that she was a slut who slept around with all the boys. If the accused were attractive, all the boys gladly took credit for the sins implicitly applied to them as well.
At this rate of campaign ethics devolution, the corrupt establishment will soon be running Jerry Springer for governor of South Carolina.
By mavtte June 3, 2010 at 7:42 am
In response to ceilidi 10
Who is gay, Audre (I suspect), Larry Marchant, Lindsey Graham???
My Goodness! Do we have two Barney Franks?
Please, SC, get back on track. This is a wonderful, beautiful state from the mountains to the ocean.
Sorry, but I do not wish to have a gay governor or even congressman. An intelligent woman, that has sown a few wild oats will get my vote, not the “good ole boys.”
By disgusted June 3, 2010 at 7:45 am
I personally saw her in a compromising situation in a city far away. A married woman/politician should have more sense than to put herself/himself in such. No, after that episode I never had use for Haley.
All you diehard fans can refuse to believe otherwise, and yes, politics in SC is a cesspool. BUT NH is a fake; it is simple as that. I pray she does not win the primary.
By Cayce June 3, 2010 at 7:47 am
It’s time that South Carolina political consultants stop fantasizing about being the next Lee Atwater and stop playing gutter politics.
By Disgusted 2 June 3, 2010 at 7:48 am
Disgusted,
Spill the beans?
By Charlie June 3, 2010 at 7:56 am
But surely Bauer is not so naive as to think that if he fired one of his own paid consultants, who then immediately revealed that they had slept with Haley, but had no proof, that nobody would point the finger at him? If so, he’s really dumb.
I watched the clip of Haley defending herself and attacking Bauer in the debate. Very impressive performance by Haley, unflappable, really, and shift by Bauer. Extraordinary balls on Haley if she’s lying. But I watched the clip with Marchant, too. Very bad toupee. Older. I can see why there are rumours about him being gay. So… should have been unconvincing. Strong denial from Haley, an unlikely accuser who was a paid consultant with an opponent. And surely Marchant’s a rough-and-ready political consultant. But he didn’t look like he was lying to me. Neither he nor Haley do, but one of them is.
It could be it’s a desperate move by Bauer, just to get some smoke out in the media, a second affair, etc. Marchant takes a fall, his wife eats it up, and Bauer denies everything and hopes it works. Could be.
But I’m a professional journalist. I doubted Folks’ story right up until Tim Pearson confirmed the text messages. You don’t need any more. None of the rest of it matters, logically. Those text messages were about a cover-up. If there had been no affair between Haley and Folks, Pearson would have known about it, from Haley certainly. In which case Folks making contact with him in that way must have meant Folks was the source of the invented story. In which case he would have called Folks on it, or replied in some other way. The idea that he ingeniously TEXTED back a guy who he beleived to be perpetuating a hoax against his candidate with a whole lot of material that looked like he believed the story and was tryign to cover it up… is more than just implausible, but defies reason. If he knew Folks was lying, he would also know Folks might publish his texts. Can you fuck up Donehue, we need to keep this under wraps, oh, I don’t think they have a new photo, wow, what a bastard, okay, good to hear it’s calm now, etc. What aim would this have but to make himself look bad later? Come on.
Logic dictates that Pearson knew there was an affair. Folks told him it might come out in the Free Times. Pearson thought about it and decided that there was no evidence out there, so the best strategy was to stonewall and wait until they produced evidence. They’ve done that ever since.
It really doesn’t matter just what Folks or Marchant or Bauer are up to. That text exchange – confirmed by Haley’s camp – says it all. She absolutely has to be lying about this. It’s astonishing bravado on her part to keep up the pretence, but what has she got to lose? If they produce evidence, she’s as done as she would have been if she’d weakly denied it. If they don’t, she wins. She’s counting on there not being enough hard evidence. And it’s pretty hard to prove you slept with someone.
Read the texts again. Try to think of a plausible explanation for Pearson responding to Folks in the way he has confirmed that he did.
By Charlie June 3, 2010 at 7:59 am
Disgusted – maybe you could share some details of what you saw with the press?
By corblu800 June 3, 2010 at 8:11 am
You people who are so sure the allegations are true clearly don’t know SC politics. They MAY be true, but anybody who has ever had anything to do with politics here knows they may NOT be true. There’s plenty of third-party money out there for grabs by the morality-free “consultants” and politicians who will do anything to get their favored candidate into office.
I’m waiting for proof. If no proof then the entire thing is a plot to HELP Haley into office. Remember, SC Repub voters are the ones who put Haley on top because of an endorsement (no doubt bought and paid for by the same third-party groups) from SARAH PALIN. They’re idiots & these guys have been manipulating them for years. After a second unsubstantiated allegation, Haley is in.
By Cliff June 3, 2010 at 8:16 am
Those that fight the good old boy system face a battle to the “end”. Billins of dollars are at the center of the issue. They will do or say anything to keep that money
By mavtte June 3, 2010 at 8:18 am
Our state would be better served if the people in office, running for office, would just come forward and tell the real truth. The majority of voters look at qualifications,perfomance and TRUTHFULNESS. SC is not ready for a ‘flaming” governor but a govenor with a low profile sex life, admittedly gay, would be accepted.
Why would Nicky Haley get so much press other than she is married? Not to my approval – but she is straight, I hope!! If not, she should fess up, too.
The main stream media is not going to report on our Senator or Lt. Govn.
Where is the real proof?
Bear with me, Readers, but I am new to this website. Having been born here and lived in SC all my life, it saddens me to go out of state and someone laughingly say, “Oh, SC!! The state where the Govn hiked the Appalacian Trai!! This acutually happened in Toronto, Canada.
Please, Politicians, Fess up, clear the air. Focus on the issues if you really care about our Wonderful State.
By Paris Sailin June 3, 2010 at 8:53 am
mavtte
Gosh, mavtte, you’re really obsessed with “the gay” an awful lot, kinda like Ted Haggard was. I don’t see where that even works into a story about Round-The-Clock Nikki, but you obsess on it in every post of yours.
Is there something we should know about you?
Besides that you’re a bigot, of course.
S. Freud
By Male Sapphist June 3, 2010 at 9:05 am
At some point this gets the Anna Nicole Smith aura…when I wonder if I am the only guy in the state that has not had a special moment with Nikki Haley. Who is the next to claim a tryst with Nikki?
I was looking to her to be our nominee and governor. I thought that her image, on a national stage, would help erase some of the beating we have taken in the national media. The democrats have been a quiet lot… just wait until the primaries are over.
By Paris Sailin June 3, 2010 at 9:26 am
What Charlie said at 7:56.
Exactly right. When I read the transcripts of the text messages in a news story surrounding the release, that’s when I knew she was guilty and came over onto this site for the first time to laugh about the hypocrisy and right-winger on right-winger carnage unfolding in the South Carolina Governor Gee Oh Pee primary.
By eggaday June 3, 2010 at 9:32 am
there is never two of anything, cmon…. NEXT_______________________.
Bad things always happen in threes.
Didn’t ya’ll’s grandmas teach you a bunch of ole wives tales that still hold true?
By Recovering Lobbyist June 3, 2010 at 10:08 am
This kind of crap is why I walked away from the State House. The whores in this story are the idiots running the smear campaign. What amazes me is it is Republican on Republican.
I for one made up my mind weeks ago. If one of the three stooges wins the Republican nomination, I am voting for Vince Sheheen. Why? We need an IQ in the Governor’s office.
By MaxConnor June 3, 2010 at 10:13 am
Todd, do you have anything to offer Nikki in advancing her career. If no, too bad. If yes, she definitely will bang you — as her supporter (Balsak Tee Baghar) has posted earlier, ” … banged every male in the state — eight to eighty, blind, toothless or crazy.” so Todd, start your own blog or become a lobbist!
By Typical Male June 3, 2010 at 10:16 am
The bumbling comment by Marchant in the AP story makes me think he’s telling the truth:
“It just happened. It was one time and one time only. It was not an affair. It was just one time,” Marchant said. “It was one of those things that happened. You just want to forget about it … We just had a one-night indiscretion.”
Doesn’t that sound like your typical male who just got caught cheating and is trying to justify to his pregnant wife why his “one-night stand” wasn’t an “affair”!?!?! You know — “it just happened”.
Give me a break. This guy sounds too guilty to be making this stuff up.
And does it remind you of another guy who tried to justify his cheating? It’s on the opposite end of the spectrum, but he tried to explain away his infidelity because it was a “love story” about his “soul mate.” Why can’t these guys just man up and admit they were wrong? End of story.
By Darth June 3, 2010 at 11:00 am
So which one surfaces next as I slept with Nikki on election eve, Jakie Knotts, Jean Toal, Mike Reino, Jim Clyburn or Nancy Pelosi?
Why am I reminded of the howls of mock rage over Nancy Stevenson’s “throbbing bosom” novels in the latter days of her successful bids for Lite Gov?
By SCumbucket June 3, 2010 at 11:01 am
Nude Nikki Haley pics or STFU.
By Just call me Ava June 3, 2010 at 11:46 am
People, one thing is crystal clear for me after reading some of the comments of the “true believers”—the most important thing that our state can do is improve our public education system as it is obvious that our schools are sorely lacking in the teaching of critical thinking skills.
I’m a successful professional who thinks nothing of putting in 60-70 hour weeks at times to get the job done when working on a big project. I have regular conference calls as a part of my job and many have stretched to 3 and even 4 hours long. I’ve also logged quite a few 6 and 7 day work weeks and yes, had lengthy business calls on weekends. But let me tell you one thing, in my 20-year plus career to date, I have never, not once, had a call with a co-worker or client past 10pm at night. Not once. The only time I’ve ever had lengthy phone calls in the wee hours of the morning, it’s always been with a man that I’ve been romantically involved with or a family member or friend in some sort of deep crisis.
So this is where the lack of critical thinking skills in this state come into play. Some of you actually believe the bullshit line that Haley “barely knew” Folks? You truly believe she’s the shining example of truth and virtue she claims to be in her campaign ads? Let me tell you one thing I’ve learned over my career in dealing at times with politicans: they lie. They all do. It’s as natural to them as breathing and it doesn’t matter what party they belong to. Some are just a bit better at acting. And boy is Haley a potential Academy Award nominee if some of you are actually buying this bullshit about how she often takes 3-4 hour long phone calls in the early morning hours to discuss business. If her husband actually believes all of this, it’s obvious why she’s been such a busy girl with her extra-curricular activities, the man has got to be dumber than a post, or a graduate of the SC public school system. Honestly, can anyone please cite me just one single instance where a politican’s sex scandal, be it local, state, or national has ever been proven to be NOT true?
And while we’re at it if I have to sit through one more commercial this go-round with some candidate, with years of previous experience as an elected official (be it local, state, or federal), vowing to bring “fresh ideas” to whatever job it is they aspire to, I’ll pull an Elvis and shoot the damn TV. I’ll vote for the first one who can tell me why, in all their previous years of elected office they never actually successfully introduced or implemented some of these “fresh” ideas.
And why not ask yourselves why they all trying to portray themselves as “political outsiders” and/or the biggest tea-party patriot anyone has ever seen? Those of us with more finely-developed critical thinking skills know it’s because they’re saying what they think will get them elected, plain, pure, and simple. If the polls showed that people wanted a bald-headed man or woman to be elected, they’d all be looking like Yul Brenner or Captain Picard the very next day.
And I do remember taking a U.S. Government class in high school so I’m at a loss to explain how candidates running for state-wide government are vowing to change or introduce federal laws which they would have absolutely zero ability to do as a state-wide elected official. Are the people of SC so stupid that they don’t understand the difference between the functions of state government and federal government? Or are these little Napoleons planning the very “federal government takeover” they all claim to be against. They’re all trying to sell you whatever flavor of bullshit that happens to be the “hot-button” issue of the day and that at the end of that day, they’ll keep right on doing whatever the hell it was that they were doing or not doing that got this state (and our country) into such a terrible mess once elected/re-elected. These people aren’t the solution, they’re the problem, if they believe government is such a bad thing and want to “limit” it why the hell are they so desperate to get elected or re-elected to the thing they declare they hate? I swear the people of this state would vote for a Sheep if it got in front of a camera and declared it was a God-fearing anti-Government Christian who loved their mate & were devoted to their family. No wonder our state has been at the bottom of the cesspool of politics for as long as I could remember.
I’m honestly not knocking religion here, I’m a born and bred Southern Baptist myself but my granddaddy told me long ago that the ones who had to make a big ole’ point of telling you they were a Christian were the very ones trying to see how fast and how many times they could break the 10 Commandments. And ps–Kudos to Nikki for playing the part of living martyr, excuse me, CHRISTIAN martyr to high-perfection, you’ve got that part down pat. Good ole’ Sarah could give you a few pointers on that one. Why I might even vote for you if you’ll promise to be a half-term governor just like her.
By Puking Scarlett June 3, 2010 at 11:49 am
Larry (Scumbag) Marchant is a source to be believed – OMG this is just another foiled attempt to drive the women candidate in the ground – shame on you pitful male pigs (men) in South Carolina.
By James June 3, 2010 at 11:55 am
Recovering lobbyist, you’re a Sheheen supporter and a professor, right? Who do you support for secretary of education?
By Truth Seeker June 3, 2010 at 12:38 pm
AVA, spot on! I don’t think anyone could frame the reality of the situation any better.
By Paris Sailin June 3, 2010 at 12:47 pm
Just call me Ava
Great post.
I’m in love.
Are you married?
I am.
By Kama Sutra June 3, 2010 at 1:02 pm
Andre the Great Dick Tator
By Help June 3, 2010 at 1:23 pm
Secretary of education is a cabinet position appointment by the president. Do you mean Superintendent of Education?
By James June 3, 2010 at 2:01 pm
No, secretary of state. Yes, the top education job in the state.
By Whippersnapper June 3, 2010 at 2:58 pm
Just call me Ava posted (on June 3rd, 2010 at 11:46 am) above a dissertation she likely spent some time composing.
Ava, my comment on your long comment is that your jealousy appears to be showing and/or you appear to be someone frightened that Nikki Haley is destined to become South Carolina’s answer to New Jersey’s Governor Chris Christie (i.e., someone who will be coming in and cleaning out all the corruption and waste of the citizens’ money). Maybe that will have an adverse impact on your bottom line – if you are feeding at the trough? Wow, think about that — the end of the “old boys network” and the end of the “gravy train”.
By soccer mom June 3, 2010 at 2:59 pm
Right on, Ava. That’s why we need to vote for the candidate with zero fresh ideas and who is too old to cheat – Henry McMaster.
By tomatofarmer June 3, 2010 at 3:41 pm
Ava,
You’re no woman, of this I am certain. This site is a cesspool full of multiple posts written by the same people under various identities.
If so much is at stake in this election, then something is very very wrong and if all of these people have been sleeping around as it appears and they are willing to point it out so readily, then that is all they had on Sanford and the only means to eliminate whatever threat he posed. Looks like the two-party system is truly doomed and it must be finally time. So, lets assume every candidate has slept with someone, lied about something, etc. Now what? Damn, I guess we have to talk substance and issues. At least Andre-a finally shaved her eyebrows, that was just hard to look at.
By Scarlett June 3, 2010 at 4:38 pm
tomatofarmer: “At least Andre-a finally shaved her eyebrows, that was just hard to look at.”
That right there is FUNNY, I don’t care who you are!
soccer mom: “…That’s why we need to vote for the candidate with zero fresh ideas and who is too old to cheat – Henry McMaster.”
You hit the nail square on the head. “They” have engineered this entire circus to get that done. Let’s face it, good ole “Hawwwnrrryy” isn’t going to upset the apple cart down there. It will be at least four more years of business as usual. He’s basically oblivious to anything.
By eggaday June 3, 2010 at 4:46 pm
You guys really think Nikki Haley will finally open up transparancy to the Sanfraud mess, because that bona fide hard copy proof never got out.
Nikki, Sanfraud’s personal pick for his follow up cleaning up behind the man who started it all? Remember Jenny campaigned…. so do you really, really ( to quote Seth on Saturday Night Live) really think Nikki Haley would expose Sanfraud’s transgressions……..??
Nope me either. Another reason to not pull her leaver.
By uh-oh June 3, 2010 at 6:09 pm
From Whippersnapper: “Wow, think about that — the end of the “old boys network” and the end of the ‘gravy train’.”
The only train we’re talking about here is the one Haley’s pulling……
By uh-oh June 3, 2010 at 6:12 pm
Larry Marchant — did anyone watch the video at Palmetto State Politics? Not exactly a chick magnet….
By Whippersnapper June 3, 2010 at 8:34 pm
uh-oh said above (on June 3rd, 2010 at 6:09 pm)
“From Whippersnapper: ‘Wow, think about that — the end of the ‘old boys network’ and the end of the ‘gravy train’.
The only train we’re talking about here is the one Haley’s pulling……”
uh-oh, you’ve got a lot of class dude … too bad it’s all of the lowest variety. I’m guessing you’re a DIMmocrat afraid of losing some free or easy money from the public trough.
By Admiral_Komack June 3, 2010 at 10:26 pm
Think Progress:
SC senator: We’ve ‘got one raghead in the White House, we don’t need a raghead in the governor’s mansion.’
By Amanda Terkel at 9:33 pm
SC senator: We’ve ‘got one raghead in the White House, we don’t need a raghead in the governor’s mansion.’
Today, the Christian Broadcasting Network published a story about Nikki Haley, the frontrunner to become South Carolina’s GOP gubernatorial nominee, saying that she “recently changed the language on her website to reflect a more Christian tone.” The story said that although Haley has “gone out of her way to make sure people know she is a Christian,” she was raised in the Sikh faith and placed more emphasis on that tradition when she ran for the state legislature in 2004. This evening in an interview with Pub Politics, state Sen. Jake Knotts (R-SC) — who is supporting a different candidate — slammed Haley by using a racial slur:
We already got one raghead in the White House, we don’t need a raghead in the governor’s mansion.
The South Carolina Republican Party has issued a statement condemning Knott’s remarks, saying, “Senator Knotts should apologize for his inappropriate comments, so that we can put this unfortunate incident behind us and focus on issues important to moving our state forward.”
http://thinkprogress.org/2010/06/03/sc-senator-weve-got-one-raghead-in-the-white-house-we-don%e2%80%99t-need-a-raghead-in-the-governor%e2%80%99s-mansion/
-Stay classy, SC Republicans!
By Tel June 4, 2010 at 1:15 pm
The biggest joke in all this isn’t a half-baked website, or the lame brained “founding editor” , it’s the losers that actually believe this tripe. Probably the same losers that vote for the likes of Linksey (what am I) Graham and Bob (I’ll let my kids decide) Inglis. Absolutely pathetic. You keep voting for and believing those dinosaurs and their bottom feeding followers and you’ll still be mired in the same place 20 years from now.
By TJ June 4, 2010 at 3:58 pm
the good ole boys are just trying to bring the lady down.
By It's SC June 5, 2010 at 6:31 am
Everyone makes a big deal about the Marchant-Bauer connection but whats been unsaid so far is that Marchant has a connection with each candidate and their consultants. All of South Carolina’s consultants and operatives are inner-connected. Larry provided fundraising for Bauer. Marchant is a longtime associate of McMaster and served on boards with him. Marchant and McMaster were both members of Kappa Alpha Order at USC. Marchant was a long time tenent of Richard Quinn & Associates (McMaster’s Consultants) and shared office space with RQA on Gervais Street. In addition, he was friends socially with all of the McMaster crowd. Marchant had a professional and social relationship with Nikki Haley that included numerous school choice meetings and dinners in Columbia and trips throughout South Carolina and around the nation.