“INDEPENDENT REPUBLICAN” REFERS TO INCUMBENT NIKKI HALEY AS “A DICTATOR AND A TYRANT”
By FITSNEWS || Self-styled “independent Republican” gubernatorial nominee Tom Ervin has suspended his 2014 campaign for the highest office in South Carolina – and chosen to endorse Democrat Vincent Sheheen over “Republican” Nikki Haley.
“My campaign for governor was based on two core principles – one that we deserve a governor we can trust, and two that the challenges facing South Carolina are bigger than political parties and partisan politics,” Ervin said.
The surprise announcement comes one week before voters go to the polls in a race Haley has all but sewn up.
According to Ervin, Sheheen “has what it takes to be an honest governor – he has what it takes to move our state in an honest direction.”
Ervin added Sheheen could “restore honor and integrity to the governor’s office” and fix the myriad of problems within Haley’s cabinet – including the ongoing scandals at the S.C. Department of Social Services (most of which broke exclusively on this website).
In endorsing Sheheen, Ervin invoked an editorial written by Cindi Ross Scoppe of The (Columbia, S.C.) State newspaper which slammed Haley as a dishonest “tyrant.”
“It comes down to Governor Haley’s inability to tell the truth to the people of our state,” Ervin said. “She’s chosen to act like a dictator and a tyrant rather than a leader.”
Polls have consistently shown Ervin’s candidacy eating into Sheheen’s support – not Haley’s. So his decision to drop out and endorse Sheheen will naturally have some effect on the race. Will it be enough to push Sheheen over the top?
We’ll have to see …
This website endorsed Libertarian Steve French for governor this week – although we had kind words for Ervin’s candidacy.
“We don’t agree with him on everything but the truth is he’s probably run the most substantive race of any of the four candidates … in fact he’s run the campaign Sheheen probably should have run, but didn’t,” we wrote in our endorsement of French. “Ervin has adopted aggressive pro-free market positions on taxes (eliminating the individual levy on income) and education (broadly expanding parental choice), while also embracing populist issues like term limits as well as progressive standards like increasing the minimum wage.”
Obviously we didn’t agree with Ervin on the minimum wage issue – and we were skeptical of his stance on spending issues.
However, we concluded there was more “treat” than “trick” to Ervin’s candidacy.
Campaign finance reports released last week showed Erwin took out $3.4 million in loans to finance his candidacy. He had $1.2 million in the bank for the home stretch of the race.
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How much did he blow on this??? Maybe he can start paying his employees again.
the state said he had spent at least 4.1 million ,LAST month.
‘thru ‘last month…Just under $5,000,000?
Was this the plan all along???
“My campaign for governor was based on two core principles – one that we deserve a governor we can trust…”
How can a candidate who bails out to the other party without taking it to a win or lose ending be trusted? Many of you folks sounded the warning and have called this one correctly.
Thank you sir.
I called it wrong. I really felt like Ervin’s shenanigans with running later, rather than during the primary, was to throw the election for Haley’s benefit. Whatever, I hope she doesn’t go back in, or at least if she does, she is keeping Jimmy Metts company while he is under indictment, shortly thereafter.
Probably.
It’s not enough to matter either way.
Would make sense. His wife Kathryn Williams was a major contributor to the SCDP in 2010 and donated to Sheheen against Haley last time.
Despite what Fits says ERvin ran a horrible campaign and lost ANY chance of taking votes from Haley when the first damn policy position he took was in support of gay marriage.
If this was the plan all along, it was the dumbest idea in the world. If Ervin wanted to get Sheheen elected, he could have pumped 1/2 the money he did in a PAC or to the DGA or the SCDP and could have swayed the election by going after Haley.
When Haley wins, Sheheen has to be thinking, Damnit Tom what a waste of money.
Go away, dipshit.
Haley is a LIAR! I can attest to that fact.
SHE DOES NOT DESERVE REELECTION!
I voted absentee and voted for Ervin.
Way to burn your vote. Did you not want to stand in line I guess???
No, Chemo on that day and wanted to make sure I made up for my vote, last time for Haley!
I hope your chemo is successful and you are healed soon.
Glad you wasted your vote. if you couldn’t see Irvin was total BS then you shouldn’t be voting.
“….challenges facing South Carolina are bigger than political parties partisan politics,..”
Wow, now here’s a man who gets it! Too bad a large majority of the constituents of SC don’t get it. They vote against their own best interest election after election.
The only thing Ervin gets is that he was going to be publicly humiliated on election night.
Tora….Tora….Tora……. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NnhxjTzXC4
Borer … Borer … Borer …
You go Buz……….
+25 points and a Kamakazi headband….first player to the comment fief realm…..
One less reason to vote for Vinny.
Damn, I was going to vote for him. He’s a better candidate than Sheheen. Hell would freeze over before I’d vote for Haley or French.
IMO, ANYBODY but Haley….Haley will go down as the WORST governor in SC history. I feel sorry for the people of SC who are delusional enough to think that Haley deserves a second term. We are the laughing stock of the country and for good reason.
I agree. She is arguably worse than Mark Sanford.
Would they be as delusional as the people who thought Obama deserved a second term?
Yeah the first idiot to take an “Obama” bite! Ha,ha Admit you guys love you some Obama! It’s hurricane season, that’t Obama’s fault too…hehe
Yeah. We know Obamacare has been a disaster, (I don’t know how, seeing as how SC didn’t accept it). And Republicans who are in states that accepted it have to tapdance around their opposition since their constituents like it. (i.e Pence, McConnell). The economy is spiraling out of control at 16988(+170) as of today. Unemployment is at 5.9 and decreasing. Despite this, SC unemployment rates have increased over the last 3 months. Serious question, how is this possible when Haley announces 1000 jobs everyday? Look man, even people like myself have buyer’s remorse when it comes to the President, but jeez in comparison to Haley??? I know, I know, Benghazi, Isis, Ebola…
So SC doesn’t participate in obamacare? Do tell.
We have obamacare exchanges in SC (run by the feds) and I’m actually on that exchange for my ins. You realize there isn’t any way to not “accept” obamacare, right? All SC could do is not set up their own exchange…
I suppose you must mean the unsustainable Medicaid expansion that they want, which is just a part of obamacare.
Another Democrat on the prowl!
You can still vote for him…the effect is the same. ;-)
Ouch!
Now don’t poke the bear! I was being nice…ish.
I may just do that, or perhaps I will vote for French. If enough voted for Ervin to keep Haley from getting a majority, would it still throw the race into a runoff?
NO runoff.However that is a good plan.GO ahead and implement that dipshit.
You are fuckin dumber than Smirks and Buz combined!
I see your thinking, but no runoffs in a general, and the also-rans in this race aren’t even near the galaxy they would need to drag Haley down below Sheheen’s terrible numbers. File all of that under “N” for not-gonna-happen…
Does’t matter, the Dumb@$$ vote does not have a chance this cycle…Hang on, though, the media will get you pumped back up…once they forget what a F*#king mess ypou made this time…
Good reads. I just passed them along. Great job!!!
“Good reads. I just passed them along. Great job!!!”
Get a room – one far, far away.
Wow: I’ve never heard that before. How original. You’re a creative genius.
oh, the irony….
I’m glad you remembered that term I taught you. At least you’re learning from me….LMAO….
re-read my post history. I taught it to YOU.
oh, and kudos on getting your mom to WK for you here.
Sure you did. And you’re smart. You’re thumb-body, too.
And, oh yeah…here’s a link for you: Stuart Smalley – Daily Affirmations – YouTube
LMAO…..
Thanks Sandi. I had not posted much lately because I had some other projects I’m building that should enhance the website. Yesterday I put more on, and the traffic quadrupled. FB has all but stopped cross-promoting unless you pay. And it does not work very well, even when you do pay. FITS is scared to death of competition and The State and WIS have also blocked comments from SCPSD. They have a leftwing monopoly, and want to keep it.
But It’ll get done, count on it.
You are welcome.I do give Fits credit however.Buz went on one of his delusional stalking rants last night on another thread and demanded that Fits”out” you. Karl refused.
Be safe my friend and continue to speak the truth.
LMAO. Sandi…please fill in the details. Who is Karl? (Karl Marx?)…(:
Just like Ravenel and that implosion. When you have people with that level of character, it gets so messy on a personal level. Tell me what happened? Can you link Boz’s rant?
It is on the article about Haley and the sealed family court documents.
“Karl” has a FitsNews s/n and from past posts his sister is apparently married to Will? He responded to your post about economic development and commented that he was glad you “moved out of the trailer in West Columbia”. They must know where you live now?
Buz demanded your name. “Karl” apparently won’t give it up at this time. Smirks is encouraging “Karl” to do it this morning.
Aren’t they good little socialists? :-)
Sounds like Democrat Dirty Tricks and intimidation, for sure. People like Boz are obliterated by content, so they have to try to damage those who best them w/ personal attacks.
Also: the fact they are running “food allergy awareness” pieces on a “political” website should tell you a lot about the site’s credibility. Must be bleeding. If I were an advertiser, and my ad ran on here, I’d pull my contract.
Traffic quadruple..HA…4 people read it, and 3 of them were me when I went back to it to look at your misspellings and grammar mistakes.
Nobody is reading your shit.Why? Because most of it is blatnat ripoff of over here, or anyone else’s thoughts. You have never had an original thought in your life.
Idiot.
Again: no well-articulated details. Your lack of skill in critique, is showing you to be talent-less and not very bright. Or maybe you’re just not qualified to do what you so baldy want to do.
And: why so obsessed? are you Squishy? I never saw anyone so worried, like you are…. I LOVE IT…
PS: Go look at the number of hits on my Google profile – and that’s an under-count…LMAO, that should make you S#!t your pants…Hahaha…
You need a new editor over there. You know, if you’re not getting the little stuff right, you probably aren’t right with the big stuff, either.
That crap is just a bunch of 2nd yr USC “J school” dropout drivel.
Direct C+P from your “blog”:
Democrat Tom Ervin comes out closet, endorses fellow trial lawyer Sheheen
Ever hear of truncating a headline for space, Dumb@$$?
Yeah, Dumb@ss, you omitted “of the” to save space. You sound like an Obama liar..lying when its convenient for you Nice change there to put back in “of” to, @ssw!pe.
I guess you also misspelled “Ravenl” and “yo” (for “to”) on purpose as well? Moron.
And writing stories about Fits writing stories? Aren’t you just a d@mn genius? You can’t even make up new content.
I read your bullsh!t on the radio hosts getting fired. Why is that so great for Columbia radio? Maybe everybody who listens to Columbia radio isn’t a cock lover like you?
You’re obviously a narrow minded, facsist Obama lover you fscking pr!ck.
LMAO..literary criticism was such a feared course by so many of my fellow English majors… but I excelled at it, and actually caught the liberal head of the department stealing my ideas, when I took the course. I think she changed the curriculum based on what she learned from me.
You CERTAINLY are a GREAT example of why none of you should try what I do. You are LOST, and look stupid as you wander…Hahahaha…You so want to be..and it just warms my heart…seeing you flail.
And what exactly is it you do? You write stupid @ss drivel (and are afraid to completely write the profanity you love so much) on a blog no one reads. And you can’t even spell it all correctly. Better yet, then you lie about it like the Obama loving liberal you are. Please believe..noone ever changed or learned anything from you. You’re obviously not that smart, and your personality sucks.
English major…it figures. It matches your university for uselessness…Arrogance of Alabama with the trophy case, of well, USC.
“stupid @ss drivel” SHOW Don’t TELL….IOW: You’ve offered NOTHING of value. Your opinion, or emotion means nothing if you have no thought to support it…
Your grade is “F”
Very typical of someone w/ no ability to critique. You offer no specifics, other than complaining about technical aspects (spelling.) Proofreading is the lowest level in publishing. You can teach a monkey to spell (obviously, if you know how…) ….LMAO…
Intellect, insight and the powers of observation are rare and even more difficult to articulate. You seem to have NO Talent for what you are attempting to do…and That’s my whole problem w/ most of you…you run your mouths, but bring nothing, other than hate and emotion, to the table. And then I tell you who, and what, you are…and you have me for it….LMAO….
What does Fits do today? Instead of going after Ervin for accepting campaign donations and then spending the voters money to apparently put his wife and her law firm front and center in this campaign and then quitting on them… Fits creates another faux scandel about Haley.
Why isn’t Fits asking about email and communications from the Ervin campaign about how this scam on the voters of SC unfolded? When it was created? Is Ervin going to refund campaign donations? What is the arrangement between Ervin and Sheheen and even Kathryn Williams, IF any? We already know she donated $45oo to Sheheen in 2010 (the state news).
Sandi, FITS is just getting paid, wouldn’t you guess? He’s doing what his master demand that he do. Because he has to know how F*#king Stupid he’s going to look on Tuesday night. His record of candidate failure is unblemished.
He does not mind being a BIG loser, as long as they pay him off. That’s the problem w/ “consultants.” They have no core values or honor. And it’s why so much of what FITS posts is not credible.
Good, stay home.
I personally think you ate lying,of course I could be wrong. I just believe you are a died in the wool Democrat trying to fool someone!
a “died” in the wool Democrat trying to fool someone!
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Now that would be something to see!
Theoretically, a sock stuffed in the mouth and one up each nostril with a beanie over all of that could create a “died” in the wool effect. It is expensive as hell for 100% Merino though.
heh-heh-heh! pretty good…..
It is depressing that come Nov 5th the same ole crooks will be running the state.
Is it possible Sheheen is paying Ervin to drop out and for his endorsement?
Ervin spent millions. Has Sheheen cut a deal with Ervin to reimburse him from his own campaign funds? After all Ervin was working to elect Sheheen.
Hello IRS?
Ervin cannot be bribed, or bought, unlike Haley.
He has more integrity in his little finger nail than Haley has in her multiple lying personalities combined!
I’ll bet when her term is over, and she can prowl again, her marriage is over too!
Integrity? Really? Even though he apparently loaned himself money and borrowed money from a bank he still accepted over $100,000 in campaign donations. Is Ervin gonna return that money in good faith? He lied to the voter and donors. He quit.
Tell ya what if my grandmother had given that SOB $10 I would be suing his ass for my money back after the scam he just pulled on the voters in SC.
Not about Haley’s marriage. It is about the scam Sheheen and Ervin just tried to pull on the voters.
Won’t matter.
Why is her marriage over? Her escapades seem to benefit the family unit with regard to housing and income at a minimum.
Ervin gonna repay the $100 Grand he fleeced from contributors?
Good question.
Thanks.
Horse shit
Horse shit
I feel better about Tom. The state news is reporting that he and Kathryn “prayed” (:-)) about the decision to drop out last night and end this scam and charade of a campaign they perpetuated on the voters of SC.
Course it could have been that “traitor” tommy reportedly had 1.2 million left and Kathryn pulled the plug on her loser/quitter husband. In my opinion this kind of irrational behavior by Tom can’t help her law practice.
She’ll have to shakedown more companies for work comp claims
So was I.
Even more sad is those folks who signed the petition and the folks who worked getting him on the ballot. They are the ones who should be really pissed. he let them down and shows what he is really made of.
My vote will be for Sheheen now – no way I’m voting for Queen Namrata
Q.: Where is a progress report on the DOR Hacking Scandal you witch???????
A. Nowhere cause there AIN’T NO FUCKING progress report!!!!!!!
LMAO!!! Clinton “triangulation”-Sheheen-Ervin-Fits!!!
Gonna jump on allageiant airlines cause the FUCKIN ship is sinkin!!
Oh my!!! Welcome back dude.I sure hope Ervin sends your $5.00 Kangaroo Money Order back?
Not trying to get off topic or spin anyone up, but since you brought it up…
How many cases of fraud and identity theft tied to that security breach have you read about, heard about, or had a law enforcement agency talk about? Lots of good work happened behind the scenes there, but no one can jump up and down and poke their chest out about it.
Just signing his petition did not mean you were for him it was to get him on the ballot.Go Sheheen!
If you’re keeping count this is another Fits endorsee that was running a sham campaign. This was Irvin’s plan all along. The guy is a diehard democrat.
“The guy is a diehard democrat”
There are worst things in the world to be…oh like a RepubliCON.
Durr hurr!
You’re right. T-Rav ran a fake campaign and we knew all along that Ervin and his wife supported Sheheen by the tens of thousands of contributions to Democrats in the past. His decision to drop out and endorse Sheheen is so transparent, I’m a little surprised he had the hutzpah to do it.
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Tom Ervin ain’t no Charlie Crist.
Ervin is worse. Christ waited until the election was over to change parties.
You’d be talking about Crist – I’m pretty sure Christ has stayed steadfast in his principles…
subliminal. I don’t know if I did that or auto correct, but I’m correcting it.
But, but, but now my sardonic comment makes no sense…
LMAO!! I told ya he was a lying POS.
Haley may just hit 60% now!!!
I don’t remember you telling me that.
I just did. How would you like to have been one of this guys clients? Wonder if he ever quit on any of the people he represented in court?
The bigger question is…how do you get an up vote at the same time you post?
God has ordained my mission to fight evil.
Wish I could buy you for what you’re worth and sell you for what you think you’re worth.
Got $5,000,000? I could have saved Ervin that cash.
Sorry Sandi,
You are on God’s list; but, it is the wrong one. No pearly gates for you. You are a Haley clone with your profanity and biblical failings!
I was just rewarded. You boy Ervin just proved what many had been saying-a quitter.
GodHaley hasordainedpaid me for my mission to fightevilher opponents.FTFY
I’m glad you noticed that too, idcydm! Know that you aren’t alone in that.
lol!! I wanted to do away with the “UP” votes and loved the new format from a couple of days ago.
Apparently Fits decided you lib/soc were going to quit unless your emotionally needy demands were met.
+1 for you. Now go take your meds.
It took you that long to type that little bit of stuff? Geeze, you using one finger or what?
YEp…and it pointed right at ya…oh…all the votes for Ervin count
And we knew all along that that was exactly what would happen – now Vince gets his 6% or so back and he still loses.
Sadly, that appears to be be what is going to happen.
You are right. Funny how all of the hoopla and silliness is kinda dying out now that it’s time to put up or shut up, no?
But for anklynwhat WL LD it have cost him to stay in 50 cents more? Probably cost more for the press release to drop out than to stay in. This is perhaps more quixotic to me than his entry into the race?
G-D auto correct! I think my point came through
He apparently still had $1.2 million on hand.
Supposedly he and the old lady “prayed” about this last night and he dropped out.Horseshit .He had borrowed a lot of money from the bank according to the state news.
Will be interesting to see what Vinny promised him. MOney or a job?
Whatever the promise was, at least Sheheen won’t have to worry about following through on it…
Hubris, man. Hubris. To see that big 3% clocked up on election night in black and white after all the smack talk and money wasted represented an ass-whipping he just couldn’t take. No way to be sure, of course, but that’s my guess.
Yep.
The real story here is how Tom got raped by out of state political consultants. It was incredible how much they charged and how little they did.
Fuck “poor” Tom and his $5,ooo,ooo flush down the toilet.
You can’t name ONE political candidate that in the history of this country that QUIT the DEmocrat Party, QUIT the Republican Party and QUIT as an INDEPENDENT!! NOT ONE!!!
Swervin ERvin the loser…
“…in fact he’s run the campaign Sheheen probably should have run, but didn’t…”
So talking about hookers and dope was the way Gilligan should have been running – maybe that explains the “whore ” comment…
Rumor was there.Polling I have seen in two way race last week before Sheheen declared a war on women was Haley at 52% and Sheheen at 41%.
I would say Haley will end up with 55% and Sheheen at 42%. Ervin and French split the rest.
THis does explain the “weird” endorsement by Fits for French last night. Fits apparently was privy to this decision by Ervin and played the libs on here as fools! LMAO!!!!
I guess the embarrassment of dropping out at the last minute after a sham party-switch (of sorts) seems more palatable to Ervin than the ass-whipping he was going to take Tuesday.
Nobody saw this coming, of course.
HAH!
Will vote for French.
You did it again!!!You endorsed Ervin and he QUIT!!! :-)
Hah! I “endorsed.” Lord, you like to give me power, don’t you? My endorsement and 3 bucks or so will get you a double mocha latte at Starbucks. TRUTH: I said I’d vote for Ervin at one point. Kept betting those damned robo-calls from him. Got annoyed. Started looking more closely at French. Liked a lot of his positions. Will be voting for French. THEN when he loses you can say I backed another loser. Will that make you happy, pogo?
lol…
French drops out, urges supporters to vote for Sheheen.
Sheheen drops out, urges supporters to vote for Reeves.
Reeves wins by a landslide. South Carolina’s economy makes a miraculous recovery through legalized weed/hemp farming and trade.
I’ll vote for pizza
FITS said: “Self-styled “independent Republican” gubernatorial nominee Tom Ervin…
Which begs the question: Who is more STUPID…FITS or the Dumb@$$#$ who hang on his every word as Gospel.
PS: We got a piece on FITS War on Women (the B-Word) on SCPSD…lots of traffic on it…thanks FITS…people really think you are a slime…
Why you so upset? Does this upset your egg cart?
No, actually…the more left FITS drifts, the better for me.
Lots of traffic, eh? Reached the low tens yet?
Haley’s been polling at about 50% the last couple of cycles. This probably just makes it close, unless Tom’s words encourage a larger number of voters to sit out. Then again, a lot of his followers may sit-out rather than vote for Vinny. If it was closer – maybe this would make a difference. We’ll see though – there’ could be a starting ripple of upstate GOP to sit this out and let Haley lose.
You are delusional. Not one damn thing you posted makes sense.
This should surprise no one. Ervin is a Democrat and he thought he could take votes from Haley and Sheheen would win. Good Old Boy politics at its best.
SCPSD headline: Democrat Tom Ervin comes out closet, endorses fellow trial lawyer Sheheen…
Much better – more accurate- synopsis of the Ervin farce of a campaign….
Ervin has gathered almost $4 million in his campaign — about the same as Haley did in her 2010 bid for governor and $500,000 more than what Sheheen raised during the current campaign.
But Ervin has self-financed the bulk of his campaign.
The former state judge has borrowed $2.2 million from himself and $1.6 million from Arthur State Bank, according to data filed with the state Ethics Commission. Ervin raised just under $100,000 from outside contributors. He had $1.2 million on hand as of last week, according to state records.
Ervin, a Greenville attorney and radio station owner, was a Democrat when he served in the S.C. House in the 1980s but switched parties to run for a House seat in 2005.
Williams, his wife and an attorney in Greenville, has donated to both parties in recent years — including $4,500 to Sheheen’s 2010 gubernatorial campaign and $50,000 to the S.C. Democratic Party that same year, according to state records.
http://www.thestate.com/2014/10/28/3773874_ervin-drops-out-of-governors-race.html?sp=/99/205/&rh=1
Who believes Sheheen is paying off Ervin’s campaign debt/loans for his dropping out, endorsing him and promising Ervin a job if elected?
Read more here: http://www.thestate.com/2014/10/28/3773874_ervin-drops-out-of-governors-race.html?sp=/99/205/&rh=1#storylink=cpy
I am glad to see this senile Old Cracker hit the road.Another embarrassment to the citizens of S.C..
Tom was a Demopcrap when he was appointed to the WCC and he stated he would not be a Commissioner long as they(demo) were going to make him a Judge. Wife is huge ball buster two of the worst around calling themselves lawyers.
Reeves it is then! Doubling the salaries of teachers, fireman, and policeman and the legalization of marijuana?…I’ll take it.
But seriously, I was going to “burn my vote” for Ervin. Now I’m back to Sheheen just to get Haley out.
A close family member recently voted “absentee” for Ervin. Will the votes for Ervin still be counted or will they be discarded?
They will be tallied and reported as will any cast next week on the actual ballots. At the rate this election is going I think I’m going to write in Carroll Campbell for Governor and Strom Thurmond for Senate. They’ve both been planted for awhile but they are better than the current crop for sure.
This “voting for dead guys” thing might be kind of cool. They would have to pass a law making signatures via Ouija Board a legal way to sign bills and other things, though.
At this point a bucket of hair in office would be better than four more years of Haley.
and now the Jakie Knotts contingent tries to play a trump card…
Tom Ervin did not have the courage to face Gov. Haley in the primary, and now he does not have the courage to face her in a general election.
Thinking Ervin would siphon votes from Haley, the Democrats supported his candidacy. Once the polls indicated he was siphoning votes from Sheheen, a different strategy ensued.
After Sheheen shot himself in the foot, then the Democrat Ervin demonstrates his true colors and allegiance.