By FITSNews || Robert Ariail – former editorial cartoonist for The (Columbia, S.C.) State newspaper – has stirred up a veritable Indian viper’s nest with his latest cartoon, which depicts S.C. Rep. Nikki Haley as a hypocrite on her signature campaign issue of government transparency.
In one frame, the cartoon depicts Haley in a bikini with a pageant sash proclaiming herself as “Miss Transparency.” In the next frame, it shows her wearing a burqa – which women in some Muslim cultures are forced to wear in public to hide their bodies.
“What she promises,” the bikini frame reads.
“What we get,” reads the accompanying image of Haley in the burqa.
Potentially adding fuel to the fire is the fact that Ariail – like several prominent white members of the S.C. Republican Party to which Haley also belongs – is a member of a “whites only” country club in Columbia, S.C.
Featured Sunday on his website, the controversial cartoon has drawn sharp criticism from Haley supporters, who claim that it “essentially calls her a rag head.” Haley has been the victim of racial slurs in the past. Of course she’s also had trouble “walking the walk” when it comes to government transparency, the issue around which she has built her 2010 gubernatorial bid.
Two months ago, Haley cited a legislative exemption and refused to release email and cell phone records between her and FITS founding editor Will Folks, who claimed that and Haley had an “inappropriate physical relationship” in the Spring of 2007.
Then, Haley waited until just hour before the GOP runoff vote on June 22 to reveal that she had received $40,000 in undisclosed income from a firm with extensive taxpayer-funded contracts. Haley reported the income to the IRS, but claimed that she did not have to publicly disclose it.
Haley communications director Rob Godfrey did not immediately return a phone call from FITS seeking comment.
Pic: Robert Ariail.com
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By Fred July 19, 2010 at 3:36 pm
What does Robert Arial’s country club membership have to do with anything?
Nicki Haley (because she is of Indian-Sikh descent (can you say turban-time)) can’t get access to a country club in Columbia.
Robert Arial can’t get hired for the $110,000 per year Lexington Medical Center “job” Nicki Haley was handed last year.
…and I also bet Wilbur Smith will NOT give Robert Arial $40,000 for…. (Remind me again what she did to deserve the money).
Fred
By Todd July 19, 2010 at 4:23 pm
Fits,
If you have some real pics of Mrs. Haley scantly clad and/or nude. Please share.
Todd
By fitsnews July 19, 2010 at 4:25 pm
Todd-
Ha! I have to say, Robert’s representation is surprisingly accurate.
WF
By James July 19, 2010 at 4:55 pm
Mmm, burka.
By Florida Watching July 19, 2010 at 5:03 pm
Who paid to bikini wax her moneymaker?
Campaign funds perhaps???????
Yes…transparency, looks like it is time to revisit that 5PM tax disclosure.
By Florida Watching July 19, 2010 at 5:07 pm
Is she really that bone skinny????
No cushing for the pushing……..
Snapper……Gary…….James…..you gotta like cartoons!!!
By Florida Watching July 19, 2010 at 5:11 pm
You know, Fred has got a point……..sounds like somebody buying a politician……..is that legal???? Are you not suppose to but the lobbyist instead???
Let us revist ol’ Mitt maxing out SIX PACs in the name of Nookie Nikki. I’m just wondering why he didn’t pick SIXTY instead……
By WillFocks July 19, 2010 at 5:53 pm
Has anyone else noticed how much Brad Warthen’s blog has continued to be updated on a regular basis even after he “became employed by ADCO”? Is ADCO paying him to blog, or is he the spokesman for ADCO and if so, are his views the views of the company?
By Florida Watching July 19, 2010 at 6:25 pm
Sorry, one last thing…….I’m trying to get Robert to do a shower scene, why don’t you lend him a hand………..
By Jerry July 19, 2010 at 6:34 pm
Looks spot on to me
By Legal Eagle July 19, 2010 at 6:53 pm
And Ariail nails it again….no pun intended
By Fits Lies July 19, 2010 at 7:42 pm
Hey Sic,
Where’s your transparency (i.e., where’s your proof)?
By Todd July 19, 2010 at 7:59 pm
Thanks Will, that’s all I needed to hear to get me through the week.
By Todd, the original one July 19, 2010 at 8:50 pm
Where did the other Todd come from? Sheesh. This Todd would have been meaner, of course, and way more cynical. Got to come up with another name? Guess so.
By Old Bike Dude July 19, 2010 at 9:00 pm
USINPAC=Muslims without a mat.
By madcock July 19, 2010 at 9:19 pm
Ban Burkhas! Take off the damn towel!!
By Billy Bob July 19, 2010 at 9:27 pm
BWAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHA!!!
By Lee July 19, 2010 at 9:28 pm
Will,
What does Nikki Haley’s husband do for a living? Who is the bread-winner in the family? Who wears the pants?
Lee
By snodgrass July 19, 2010 at 9:55 pm
Mattel should introduce the Barbi Haley doll – complete with burqa and scripted talking points refuting “distractions.” They could place it right on the shelf next to the Alvin Greene action figures.
By Gary July 19, 2010 at 11:15 pm
Here is slick Willie back to his old ways again…and suddenly all the trash headed and represented by FLORIDA WATCH has gone in to overdrive. Even the huge dose of drugs can not put them to sleep.
The Racist cartoon by Robert Ariail the member of Whites Only Club clearly proves that we have many many more Jake Knotts in this state and in Republican establishment who feel threatened by a an articulate and smart women who will not tolerate their BS.
The State newspaper has already become a propaganda arm of Sheheen and has been running this bogus nonsense about transparency in its blogs- regarding the meeting of business leaders with Haley. This business meetings as I read it were organized by Henry Mcmaster and the press was kept out at the request of these business people. During the meeting many expressed their unease with Chamber’s endorsement of Sheheen and wanted to assure Haley that they are Republicans and will always remain Republicans. So where is the question of transparency?? What is it that press needs to know more?? I know personally many business leaders who want to cancel their Chamber membership because of this outrage.
By Gary July 19, 2010 at 11:27 pm
Burka cladding Haley is also a total outrage and is shameless and baseless charge that she comes “from over there” where women wear Burkas.
Fist of all Haley is a Christian and her family has Sikh roots. i have looked at the philosophy of Sikh religion and I am rather surprised that it is in fact much more modern than most other Semitic religions. The women were given equal rights centuries ago and veil/Burka is banned and is considered as a form of slavery and subjugation of women.
Therefore Robert Ariail’s cartoon is doubly offensive. The State and Ariail should be ashamed of themselves and immediately apologize for this insult.
By sober rover July 20, 2010 at 12:47 am
I am gladiola glad to see some Nikki the Comet news it has been like a week since anything really about her of merit.
February 4th is gonna be awesome when Sic Willie’s book is published and the I told you so’s do abound…and the newly inaugurated Gov says “Mea Culpa” and “But I’m staying in office cuz the citizens want me to…” and Sic Willie becomes the darling of the talk-show circuit
By Old Bike Dude July 20, 2010 at 7:37 am
What more do we need to know you ask? Has thou been sleeping O great Haley fan. The womans a charade and needs to be refudiated.
By Florida Watching July 20, 2010 at 7:46 am
Gary – Chilax!
There is nothing transparent about Nikki. Not one single thing, except perhaps her desire to secretly seduce poor political cronies.
By Florida Watching July 20, 2010 at 7:47 am
Gary – Please explain those timely 5PM tax disclosures one more time.
By Florida Watching July 20, 2010 at 7:48 am
Gary – Tell us again about those $150,000 in “services.”
By Florida Watching July 20, 2010 at 7:49 am
Gary – Again, you have screwed up the intent of this cartoon.
By Florida Watching July 20, 2010 at 7:50 am
Gary – Get Nookie Nikki off your lap, you are starting to drool.
By Florida Watching July 20, 2010 at 7:54 am
Gary – Sic Willie says the cartoon is quite representative…….. does it feel like she has a boney butt to you? I would think it would be too boney to be enjoyable…….what do you think?
How’s your blood pressure?
By Florida Watching July 20, 2010 at 7:54 am
BALSAK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
By colleen July 20, 2010 at 8:05 am
Hey sober-is the book going to be called “Yours truly”?
By Toyota Kawaski July 20, 2010 at 8:15 am
Gary is that you back from the grave already
By eggaday July 20, 2010 at 8:17 am
that looks exactly like Sanfraud in a skirt.
Sanfraud by the way is now in Europe. This after Bush beached his FIDELITY BOAT and Obama went to Maine. Are these C Street Men moving more money around?
By Florida Watching July 20, 2010 at 9:01 am
Yeah……..right?
Gary is such a buzz-kill. Here we have a non-transparent super-ho running for Governor……and all he can do is complain.
By Florida Watching July 20, 2010 at 9:05 am
Hey Sic
When you get a chance, could you confirm that Jakie does own a strip joint downtown? And if he does, could you post some undercover interns around to record all the politicians going in and out. I betcha if the cops sent a few undercover cops around….some “Johns” would be busted.
Oh, back to Nikki…….could you also get a peek at the employment records?
By Florida Watching July 20, 2010 at 9:07 am
Gary – Look at the bright side, with that outfit, she wouldn’t need underwear………
By Skidmarks July 20, 2010 at 9:35 am
- Arial missed the crazy eyes.
- She should have started wearing that burka as soon as the wedding vows were exchanged.
- An unemployed cartoonist belongs to Forest Lake? My, oh my.
By ceilidh10 July 20, 2010 at 9:55 am
This is just what the woman of color from India deserves. Her comeuppance.
She is too good to disclose anything. She thinks she is God’s gift to South Carolina and does not have to follow the rules. She is a lightweight. The GOP chose badly when they chose her.
Nikki Nikki–
Where’s your plan?
If you ain’t got one…
We’re voting for da man (from Camden)
South Carolina deserves so much more than her……
By Fred July 20, 2010 at 10:44 am
The only thing Arial did miss was the teeth.
The Woman has some teeth.
Fred
By Gary July 20, 2010 at 11:48 am
Florida Watching::
Naturally is relishing the chance to show his real side.
But as i have said before, you guys are only spitting on sky. We have already seen the results in Primary and it is not gonna be different.
No amount of slander/trash, stereotyping, racial epithets, frustration that a ” brown ” and that too a women will become a governor, no amount of hand wringing is gonna help. If lord almighty has made a decision, no one can change. Accept it, Accept Lord’s will, Accept the inevitable, Acceptance will bring peace and stability in your life.
South Carolinians have moved on and decided to move in to 21st century. No amount of Jake Knotts or Robert Ariails are going to stop that march.
By Florida Watching July 20, 2010 at 12:00 pm
Oh yes……..the scary eyes. Attention to detail is a plus.
By Florida Watching July 20, 2010 at 12:01 pm
You know……we bust on Palin about her padded boobs, anything there with Nikki???
By Florida Watching July 20, 2010 at 12:04 pm
Fits – What about the Nikki Cleavage? I’m thinking she is a weak B….. what do you think?
By Florida Watching July 20, 2010 at 12:08 pm
Fits – Ever try your hand at cartoons????
By Walt July 20, 2010 at 12:23 pm
Sic, leave her alone unless you have something newsworthy to disclose.
This cartoon makes Airial look bad. It won’t change a single vote. All it proves is you dont have to be fat and stupid to be a Jakie Knotts…
By Analyst July 20, 2010 at 12:37 pm
Gary,
Articulate Haley is. I will give you that. Smart…the jury is still out on that. Transparent…not even close. Go look at the tapes of the hearing she testified on. She refused to answer the question of why she didn’t as for a roll call vote on each section of the budget. It only takes one member to object to a unanimous consent. One. She kept dancing and would only keep turning back to the audience of misinformed tea-baggers for approval. Transparent will come out though. You can’t hide from your voting record or lack thereof. She can’t hide from the fact she voted for the stimulus money, but reailed against it. She can’t hide that she supported a bill that raised taxes on small business and second home owners in this state 50%, because she was banking on next year, by saying she saved primary homeowners 60%. Well as a primary homeowner let me assure you my property tax didn’t drop 60%, not even close, not even 6%. She can’t BS her way into the Governor’s office. We had 8 years of that, and quite frankly that’s enough.
And, get over yourself. It’s a political cartoon, satire, comedy. I’m sure that Republicans, Democrats, Doctors, Lawyers, Reagan, Obama, Bush, Sanford, Hodges….you get my point could find thousands of cartoon that would be offensive if their skin was thin as tissue, but grow up Gary, it’s a cartoon.
And, FITS, while I’m sure you just like to point out the members of an all white club when you get a chance, it doesn’t relate at all to this story. BTW, I tried pledging Omega Psi Phi, problem was I was white.
By George July 20, 2010 at 12:42 pm
Robert Ariail must be one of those South Carolina bubba people that Balsak talks about because it is obvious that he has never been overseas. Christian Indians don’t wear burqas.
By Crooner July 20, 2010 at 1:14 pm
I thought this was a poorly mixed metaphor at worst. Are burqas worn by women other than muslims? Maybe sexist, but not racist.
By Jackie A July 20, 2010 at 1:38 pm
Just read an article in a Fla.paper saying they were tired of paying for secirity for Sanford to meet up with his lover.They had to cover him on Mothers Day weekend,Fathers Day weekend and June 10 thru 15.They want S C to pay.Whats up Fits?
By Truth Seeker July 20, 2010 at 1:43 pm
She does have some tombstones!
By carl the greenskeeper July 20, 2010 at 1:52 pm
“Uh, what we have here is … failure to communicate. She says she wants transparency, but she don’t give it. Then, she gets made fun of. Now, I don’t like this one bit better than you men do, but this is how she wants it, so this is how she gets it. I’m only telling her this for her own good.”
“Sometimes Captain, I wish you wouldn’t be so good to me.”
By Balsak Tee Baghar July 20, 2010 at 2:13 pm
Greetings, fresh day of a sparkling new era!
First, allow me to condemn the crude and juvenile cartoonist failure Robert Airhead!
With this type of Rosewood Elementary School artwork, he could not even hold down a job at a sub-mediocrity of a newspaper in a Fourth World region like here!
In my hometown of Calcutta, India, he would belong to his own group of untouchables!
This caste is so untouchable they may not even touch themselves!
Imagine how they have to live!
Now I wish to address all of you transparency crazies!
How much of Nikki are you slobbering to see with your eternally horny obsessions?
Do you think you will be permitted to view the see-through crotchless thong panties worn by the goddess Nikki Haley of Lexington County only for the pleasures of her husband and many lucky boyfriends?
Not in my lifetimes . . . and not in yours!
Get some lives, losers!
Palin-Haley 2012!
I can see India from my house!
By colleen July 20, 2010 at 2:25 pm
Yes, what’s up Fits? Either you do not know what is going on or you are paid to keep quiet about those trips.
By Old Bike Dude July 20, 2010 at 3:27 pm
Gary WHAT DO YOU MEAN SHE BROWN!!! Jesus man what have you done. Republicans thought she was white and Tea Partiers thought she was Negro-lite. Brown! Brown!! Jesus, this changes everything!!
By Huhhh??? July 20, 2010 at 4:46 pm
Gary – do you know the meaning of Semitic?
Ya got the wrong part of the world, nitwit, i.e., typical Haley supporter.
By Florida Watching July 20, 2010 at 4:51 pm
Balsak – Man, that was funny.
By Florida Watching July 20, 2010 at 5:09 pm
Balsak – “see-through crotchless thong panties”
Well, now….exactly how does that work? How can it be “see-through” if it doesn’t exist (crotchless)??? I mean, I can imagine a see-through crotch, or no crotch at all…..either way the literal Balsak may gaze upon the glistening wisps of the Holy Nikki Goddess of Lexington County moneymaker. And even still….if it is crotchless, how does the thong part work? What connects the front to the back?
Me thinks you were really over-reaching on the wish list there.
By Florida Watching July 20, 2010 at 5:15 pm
Fits – Gotta give you credit. You never dump any of my comments. This cartoon Robert character however, wipes them out left and right. He is missing some………thing.
By Gary July 20, 2010 at 5:47 pm
The Analyst:
Look no one is perfect and specially politicians. We had Obama’s change slogan and he turned out to be just like any other politicians may be less bad that George Bush, but no where near the hype. Is Haley perfect NO..Is Sheheen perfect HELL NO. This whole transparency BS about Haley was started by the State blogger named Mordock regarding her meetings with business leaders. Where is the transparency issue when business leaders want to meet in private and air their concerns?? There is nothing that effects public, there is no voting record, there is no state money involved etc. Then this cartoonist from the same paper comes up with cartoon simply blows this issue out of proportion. Off course he has right to make cartoons and the guy seems funny.
In fact Haley is the only one who would throw sunlight on the whole Government process.
By Rylyn July 20, 2010 at 6:36 pm
This “cartoon” if you can call it that is as racist as Jakie Knotts comments. Shame on you for posting it and giving it any credibility. Since the shrinking of the liberal State Newspaper we all thought Robert Aerial was dead. With cartoons like this we at least know he is brain dead.
By Florida Watching July 20, 2010 at 7:58 pm
Gary – “In fact Haley is the only one who would throw sunlight on the whole Government process.”
Well, let’s start with Nikki releasing the STATE owned computers and phones with her moneymaker maneuvers all over them………
Will she allow everyone to practice her 5PM tax disclosure failures?
Will she finally admit that she tooted the flute of Willie and Larry??
Will she wear Balsak’s favorite undies so the voters can judge whether her bikini wax was worth it?
Will she confess about the hospital gig?
Come on Gary, this is easy.
By Florida Watching July 20, 2010 at 8:04 pm
Rylyn – Get real……….the theme was transparency.
Pinhead
By Florida Watching July 20, 2010 at 8:08 pm
I will say that Robert is not big on comments.
By Florida Watching July 20, 2010 at 8:10 pm
Fits – Things rock when you throw in a couple gems……
Just saying………..
By Florida Watching July 20, 2010 at 8:27 pm
Huhhh? – I can’t believe you called Gary a nitwit!!!!
What a GREAT description.
By Florida Watching July 20, 2010 at 8:28 pm
Dude – Really//// Who wants brown???? I want something exotic
Now, let us revisit those bikini waxes………..
By Florida Watching July 20, 2010 at 8:33 pm
Gary = Make sure Nookie Nikki never logs onto this site. Cause you are getting creamed……more than she is………and that is hard to do.
By Florida Watching July 20, 2010 at 8:37 pm
Hey – Any evidence out there that Nikki may be into gals?????
By Crafty July 21, 2010 at 12:39 am
Cartoon right on point with Haley\Sanfraud!!
By Genomic Repairman July 21, 2010 at 1:55 am
Well at least the artist was kind and fixed that beak on Haley.
By Catherine July 21, 2010 at 8:18 am
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph — Is anyone else already sick and tired of the “race card” that Nimrata is playing on a continual basis? This is getting really tiresome.
Note to Haley — Your were born a Sikh Indian — GET OVER IT! It doesn’t bother other people as much as it does you.
The race card is getting as tiresome as the “Good Ole Boys Are Out To Get Me” whine.
Let’s talk about her voting record, or more specifically, lack thereof.
By Florida Watching July 21, 2010 at 8:42 am
Don’t forget the teeth. Very kind with the teeth. And boobs…..no hint of enhanced boobs, that is Palin’s department.
By carl the greenskeeper July 21, 2010 at 11:46 am
I was like, you know, planning on seeing what brown can do for me, you know? Mrs. Haley, you animal. Let me teach you how to bark like a dog….
By Staffer July 21, 2010 at 12:44 pm
Sheheen’s called your transparency bet Haley. Now show your cards or STFU.