We'll probably wind up at the bottom of a ditch in Red Bank, S.C. for doing this, but such is fleeting nature of life ... we just hope that our website has provided people with a few smiles over the years. Anyway, in an apparent effort to preempt the "smoking gun" that S.C. Sen. Jake Knotts (RINO-Lexington)
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We promise not to spend the entire week focused on the S.C. District 23 Senate race, but at the moment it's the gift that keeps on giving ... Two weeks ago, we reported on some saucy allegations made against S.C. Sen. Jake Knotts by supporters of Katrina Shealy, the Lexington County GOP official (and
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Former local television anchor Kara Gormley (Meador) has decided to run for the South Carolina State Senate seat currently held by Jakie Knotts (RINO-Lexington). "Yes, I am going to jump into the fray," Gormley told FITS this week. "People say that folks like me - people with no money - can't win,"
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A year-and-a-half after calling then-S.C. Rep. Nikki Haley a "rag head," controversial State Senator Jakie Knotts (RINO-Lexington) is returning to the "scene of the crime." Knotts - a.k.a. "Ol' Knocky" - will appear on this week's edition of Pub Politics, a popular internet radio program which he's
Read story »During Prohibition, temperance activists hired a scholar to rewrite the Bible by removing all references to alcoholic beverages. A former guest is reappearing this week so we can rewrite some history as well. Jake Knotts isn’t the only character returning, so is Wes. And we’re back to our usual
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MUD FLIES EARLY IN CONTESTED S.C. SENATE RACE Supporters of S.C. Senate candidate Katrina Shealy - who fancies herself as something of a 21st Century Jesus - are accusing incumbent State Sen. Jakie Knotts (RINO-Lexington) of roughing up a prostitute during a 2000 incident in a motor home at the old
Read story »S.C. Sen. Jakie Knotts (RINO-Lexington) is one of the most fiscally liberal politicians in the Palmetto State - which is why he needed extensive Democratic crossover support to win reelection to the S.C. Senate back in 2008. Having said that, Knotts' lone announced opponent for the 2012 GOP primary
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S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley told a Lowcountry, S.C. middle school that she was bullied as a child - and that she's still battling "big bullies' in the S.C. Senate. "I was bullied, and I was bullied because no one knew whether I was black or white," Haley told seventh-graders at Daniel Island School on Monday,
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Lexington County (S.C.) Republican Party Chairman Rich Bolen will challenge incumbent State Senator Ronnie Cromer (RINO-Prosperity, S.C.) for S.C. Senate District No. 18, which covers parts of Lexington, Newberry and Saluda counties. In fact, according to The (Columbia, S.C.) Free Times, Bolen announced
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We all know that Lexington County (S.C.) Republican activist Katrina Shealy - and presumably a few others - will be challenging corpulent "Republican in Name Only" Jakie Knotts in 2012, but what other "Republican" incumbents will face primary challenges next year? We can certainly think of a few who
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South Carolina elected officials are warily eying the ongoing legal drama surrounding S.C. Lt. Gov. Ken Ard (RINO-Pamplico) - a guy who most political observers believe is on the verge of being indicted by a statewide grand jury as a result of his numerous campaign finance violations (and the lies he
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S.C. Lt. Gov. Ken Ard has settled with the South Carolina State Ethics Commission after the agency accused him of committing more than 100 campaign finance violations. Ard's punishment? Like other "Republicans in Name Only" before him (and no doubt other RINOs to come), Ard got a slap on the wrist.
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