S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley continues to take heat for her controversial policy of deleting negative Facebook comments – and then banning the users who make them.
Reported exclusively by FITS earlier this month, the story of Haley’s Facebook pettiness quickly hit the mainstream media. Now it’s seeping over into the editorial realm, as evidenced by a recent op-ed article published in The Anderson Independent-Mail.
“What’s pretty clear about the self-proclaimed queen of transparency is that she doesn’t like it when people disagree with her,” the Independent-Mail‘s editorial board notes.
Like us, the paper isn’t disputing Haley’s right to do as she pleases with her own Facebook page – it’s just drawing attention to the governor’s hypocrisy.
“If she is going to use the account ‘to speak out on issues and against her rivals,’ as The Post and Courier phrases it, Haley should give her fans the same consideration,” the editorial notes. “Better that she address their concerns or questions than ban questions or concerns from being aired.”
Indeed …
That’s the true lesson of the Nikki Haley Facebook “scandal.” It’s yet another indication of the governor’s immaturity and inability to handle criticism.
Haley is no stranger to controversy on social media.
For example, her late-night Facebook entry attacking a local television station prompted a major brou-ha-ha last February. More recently, she engaged in a heated debate with a State Senator over the Boeing-National Labor Relations Board (NRLB) dispute – although the exchange occurred while Haley was posting messages as her husband, Michael Haley.
As we’ve previously noted, “Haley’s Facebook page is hers to do with as she pleases … we’re much more concerned with her efforts to destroy public records that incriminate her.”
Facebook Friends and Foes (Anderson Independent-Mail)
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By Roseanne February 27, 2012 at 10:53 am
Maybe she’d better hang on to her FB friends as long as she can before they start unfriending her–it’s pretty clear that she has very few real friends left.
By Penny February 27, 2012 at 10:57 am
Ghastly, those scary “I’m a molester” eyes creep me out every time. It is almost as if she is eyeing something naughty, and hopes that you notice that she is noticing, you know?
By I've seen the light February 27, 2012 at 11:03 am
I make it a policy to only be friends with people I actually like on FB. She isn’t even on my radar, and I could care less what she has to say.
By Capt Crunch February 27, 2012 at 11:06 am
She is just trying to relive her high school days.
By Silver Eagle February 27, 2012 at 11:10 am
None of this facebook stuff would bother me except for the fact that she does seem to be using her facebook for “governor business”. She makes many government statements on her face book concerning state issues. She has even called out senetors that voted against certain bills. Following is an example of what she puts on her facebook page: We lost amendment 97. Contributing to that loss were Sens. Alexander, Leatherman, Rankin, Setzler, Knotts, Campbell, McConnell and O’Dell. They voted to keep procurement in a new unaccountable board. More updates to follow….
Now I feel that probably should be archived data – but it won’t be because it is on her facebook page. More history being lost due to her lack of transparency and stupidness.
By Dr. Spock February 27, 2012 at 11:13 am
Yup, like the FB Victory Dance praising her Rock Star after the disastrous Senate Medical Committee vote.
By Dr. Finger February 27, 2012 at 11:40 am
The AG has asked me to check Nikki for the missing Temple money. Do you think she will post that on FB?
By Dr. Psycho February 27, 2012 at 11:10 am
Clinically, Nikki may believe that her FB friends are extensions of herself. After interviewing Templeton she told media is was like interviewing herself.
By cash February 27, 2012 at 11:24 am
Sociopath that needs help…stat.
By Dr. Happy February 27, 2012 at 11:35 am
She’s funny. A minority female of Indian descent, and she is FB praising a restaurant called High Cotton.
By Dr. Politicians February 27, 2012 at 11:37 am
She says she plans to talk with Obama about national issues. WTF?
By Dr. Doolittle February 27, 2012 at 11:43 am
Did Floyd tell Nikki she found the missing purple dildo on facebook, or was I dreaming?
By Hambone February 27, 2012 at 12:17 pm
In prison. Prisoners get to watch TV. Do they get to use computers and the web? Follow my thinking?
By Ezekiel February 27, 2012 at 1:48 pm
Even Obama has higher approval ratings in SC than Haley does now. And this poll was taken two months ago.
http://thepoliticalcarnival.net/2011/12/11/poll-itics-south-carolinians-have-soured-on-nikki-haley-president-obamas-approvals-up/
By Nikki's Facebook February 27, 2012 at 2:21 pm
Get Excited. It is a great to be the beautiful me. Happy Day.
By Dice Man February 27, 2012 at 3:21 pm
She has a face only a penis could love
By Hugh February 27, 2012 at 3:48 pm
Beg to differ. As long as she doesn’t do a Mister Ed smile, she’s pretty.
By Ralph Hightower February 27, 2012 at 4:18 pm
SC Governot Nikki Haley is nothing more than a spoiled brat.
By Dr. Leonard Hofstadter February 27, 2012 at 4:36 pm
Yup, Nikki’s Prozac stare on facebook is spooky. I hope she hasn’t upped the dose too much.
By OhNoNotAgain February 27, 2012 at 5:00 pm
Not covering Nikki skipping the President’s dinner? Huffpost story says talked to Obama about deepening ports on the eastern seaboard, including Charleston.
I think that would be of interest here.
By Take the Blinders Off February 27, 2012 at 8:34 pm
Does anybody really give a d@#< what Haley does with her facebook page? I mean, seriously, with all the corruptness going on in the state house, even spending time talking about this nonsense is nuts!
By Dr. Sheldon Cooper February 28, 2012 at 7:42 am
Besides, she has that soft porn look to her.
By Nikki's Facebook Look February 28, 2012 at 7:52 am
“Hi there. My name is Nikki. Do you like what you see?”