South Carolina's lame duck U.S. Representatives doled out hundreds of thousands of dollars in bonuses to their staff members during the fourth quarter of 2010, an analysis of congressional pay records shows. Former U.S. Rep. Gresham Barrett (RINO-Westminster) who ran unsuccessfully for governor of
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So here is this Monday's "post" - our first installment of the new year! Oh, and in an effort to make it abundantly clear that we're not just blasting out a random collection of sentence fragments, for today's "post" we've highlighted each article's headline (or rather our paraphrase of the headline)
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The last two years have produced plenty of drama in South Carolina, and we have no doubt that the Palmetto state's penchant for ass backwardness, cheap shots and notorious political high jinks will produce more of the same in 2011 ... particularly in advance of state's "First in the South" 2012 presidential
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U.S. Reps. Jim Clyburn and John Spratt both received perfect "100" scores from the AFL-CIO during the 2009 legislative session, meaning they voted in favor of every single item on the powerful union's wish list (including the "stimulus," "cap and trade" energy tax and "Obamacare"). That's nothing
Read story »By FITSNews || U.S. Rep. Bob Inglis (RINO-SC) blasted Tea Party icon Sarah Palin in an Associated Press interview this week, accusing her of "demagoguery" related to claims made about President Barack Obama's new socialized medicine law. Inglis also compared America's warring political factions to
Read story »By FITSNews || If you're looking for an example of everything that's wrong with South Carolina politics, look no further than the Republican primary for the fourth congressional district - which is supposed to be the most "conservative" congressional district in the Palmetto State. Basically, this race
Read story »By FITSNews || Try as we might, we've never understood the visceral hatred that some Republicans feel for former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani. In fact, "Hizzoner" was one of our favorite GOP presidential candidates in 2008, although let's be honest - that's not really saying much, is it? Between
Read story »By FITSNews || A South Carolina Congressional candidate is in hot water Monday after several controversial remarks resurfaced from her past on a popular political blog. Christina Jeffrey, a Republican who is running for the Palmetto State's Fourth Congressional District (which includes GOP strongholds
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