S.C. Rep. Nikki Haley’s belated, controlled release of select recent emails on Friday yielded no new information regarding any of the affair allegations leveled against her. Of course that’s not surprising considering that Haley only released emails from one of her legislative accounts (and within that account, only released emails dating from April 1 to June 26 of this year).
We’ve already covered the incompleteness of Haley’s response, but it turns out there was one email buried within the binders of political spam released by her campaign on Friday that’s worth noting.
From The (Columbia, S.C.) State newspaper:
One of Haley’s few direct responses was to her father-in-law, Bill Haley, who offered to call an attorney at the McNair Law Firm to deal with the unproven accusations of infidelity.
“Pls wait until Tuesday and we can discuss,” Haley responded. “The goal is to survive until election day and then deal with the mud.”
Two-and-a-half months after sending this email, though, Haley still hasn’t “dealt with the mud.”
As we noted shortly after our founding editor, Will Folks, made his preemptive admission of an “inappropriate physical relationship” with Haley, the libel law regarding his claim is cut and dried. If Folks was lying, then by definition he acted with “actual malice” and a “reckless disregard for the truth,” which according to the Supreme Court’s Times v. Sullivan ruling is the legal standard that must be met by public officials seeking a judgment of libel.
Folks has turned over both physical evidence and computer hard drive information to his attorneys, and numerous witnesses have come forward willing to testify to their knowledge of the relationship – and the fact that Haley’s car was seen parked outside of Folks’ downtown Columbia, S.C. townhouse on numerous occasions late at night during the period when their affair took place.
Publicly, Folks has released text messages and phone records to support his claim (as well as his rationale for coming forward) but he has yet to produce a “smoking gun.”
“Yet …”
By Florida Watching August 21, 2010 at 1:53 pm
Dang Sic – You’re Good !!!
Sheheen was gonna bring it up sooner or later, anyway………..
By Florida Watching August 21, 2010 at 4:35 pm
Sic – Mr.Bill be after some muscle, man. This seems kinda personal. She’s had three months to check four months worth of worthless spam stuff…..and they let THIS out????
I trust you Sic Willie, when you say all your goodies are with your lawyers and stuff. Cos these GOP goons are scary………
By Zed August 21, 2010 at 6:45 pm
I’m surprised her father-in-law didn’t offer to stuff her turkey.
“Turkey” in the Bridget Keeney sense.
By C20H26N2O August 21, 2010 at 7:35 pm
When business is slow, WF panders to his lefties. Click-click , cha-ching – cha-ching. So you had an affair with her Folks. We get it. You endorsing Shoeshine now? He will screw all of us. I am not in the mood to bend over.
Let’s polygraph everyone in office, and fire everyone who fails. We need some new faces.
By sick of your sikh denial August 22, 2010 at 10:50 am
Let’s ask Larry Marchant to take a polygraph. I am sure he would oblige us. Viers would most likely take one too. Let’s demand that Haley take the test. I will bet my bottom dollar she would not! She couln’t pass it. I am pretty sure there are a few married men who have had an inappropriate physical relationship with Haley. They will not step forward. They do not want their spouses to know. Would you? If a person has a sexual addiction issue, they must know voters will find out sooner or later. Someone with a sexual addiction cannot control their sexual behavior. It’s a form of obsessive compulsive disorder, often analogous with compusive lying, ect. I hope the GOP is reading this.
By doc in Lexington August 22, 2010 at 11:21 am
This true. Sexual addiction is a form of obsessive compulsive behavior, much like gambling, drugs, lying, and alcohol. There is help for recovery through therapy. If you know someone with these issues, encourage them to seek help.
By spanky August 22, 2010 at 8:32 pm
Did she bang Sanford?
By spanky August 22, 2010 at 10:00 pm
In s.c. They go by Gingrich’s mottp “Eatin” ain’t cheatin’ “
By sick of your sikh denial August 23, 2010 at 10:39 am
I do not know anything about Sanford and Haley, except she flew first class with him to China.I’ve heard, from good authority,there is a hotel tape of Haley and Sanford. It appears she is going to his room. Maybe just talking business, you know?
By I'mYourHuckleberry August 23, 2010 at 2:52 pm
“Yet…”?
Where was the story about Will’s info being with lawyers? Last I read it was stuck in his computer, and they were still trying to get it out?
By Florida Watching August 24, 2010 at 11:35 am
“When you look at a marriage as good as theirs, it’s absolutely outrageous,” Carole Haley said. “And it certainly all backfired because they couldn’t prove it.”
Read more: http://www.islandpacket.com/2010/06/18/1279115/nikki-haleys-hilton-head-in-laws.html#ixzz0xXPTz6hn
Sic – You got backfired………man.
By w in lex August 24, 2010 at 12:48 pm
I am sure that Carole Haley wants to believe Niiki is innocent. I feel sorry for the whole family, especially the kids. Nikki has put them through this. She has only herself to blame. Look at Mark Sandford. What must his kids think of their dad? So I say to Nikki and Mark, was it worth it?
By Term Limits August 24, 2010 at 6:06 pm
Who really cares about this crap?
We need jobs
By Tiger August 26, 2010 at 9:22 am
Easy Sic – I hope you have backup copies of all evidence, in mulitple locations with several associates…..so they can’t get ALL OF YOU AT ONCE.
Use your media contacts.
By Cherry August 26, 2010 at 9:25 am
Sic – Probably a good time to reveal what you have. The GOP deserves time to recover from their misfortune. Let them pick a replacement to go against the Sheheen Monster.
By Dr. Finger August 26, 2010 at 5:22 pm
“This true. Sexual addiction is a form of obsessive compulsive behavior, much like gambling, drugs, lying, and alcohol. There is help for recovery through therapy. If you know someone with these issues, encourage them to seek help.”
Or………you can go shopping for the epic long rotating-ears, self-lubricating, battery-powered, ultra-vibrating and uber-thrusting robo rabbit deluxe with the solar heat package.
By James August 29, 2010 at 11:15 am
Is florida watching and/or that gay Charleston School of Law professor in need of medication? Don’t forget to tell your therapist about your “naughty” obsession.
By Prince Poppycock August 30, 2010 at 11:37 am
Oh……..James! Where have you been???? You left in such a hurry, and I have no idea what you did with the toilet paper!!!
By Bruce August 31, 2010 at 10:56 am
Oh yeah……James does that all the time. Never cleans up. Just takes my paper and leaves…..creep.
By Martha Washington September 2, 2010 at 1:38 am
blah blah blah I will enjoy leaving the blank for governor EMPTY this year. She’s got a bunch of corporatists and NAFTA-loving greedy bastards on her donation page. She is a walking contradiction. Good thing-this time- that the governor’s seat is the weakest in the nation.