SENATE PRESIDENT LATEST PALMETTO POLITICO SIDELINED BY TICK BITE Five months after U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson (RINO-SC) was sidelined with Lyme disease stemming from a tick bite, another prominent elected official in the Palmetto State has been knocked out of action by one of these pesky Ixodes scapularises. "You
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Two U.S. Congressmen from South Carolina are challenging the 2012 Republican presidential field to address energy independence as part of a national security debate taking place in Spartanburg, S.C. this weekend. U.S. Reps. Jeff Duncan and Joe Wilson have written an open letter "to the Republican
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An open letter to the Republican candidates for President: Tomorrow evening (November 12), at Wofford College in Spartanburg, SC, each of you will have the opportunity to discuss some of our country's most pressing national security concerns. We urge you to use this occasion to focus on the topic
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If you've never seen the Chapin, S.C. Labor Day parade, prepare yourself for a treat. There's motorcycles, music, costumes, floats, bands, candy and ... (of course) ... politicians. Among the parade's political participants? U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson, S.C. Rep. Nathan Ballentine
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U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson - the one-time bailout backer who now votes like a Tea Partier - has contracted Lyme disease as a result of a tick bite. Wilson was supposed to attend a South Carolina political rally held by U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minnesota) on Thursday, but a run-in with a particularly
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South Carolina's four new U.S. Representatives are fiscal conservative "rock stars," according to several Washington D.C. insiders who have been tracking the ongoing debt ceiling debate. FITS has spoken with several leaders of the fiscal conservative movement in our nation's capitol over the last
Read story »FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Matt Moore 803.988.8440 South Carolina's Republican Governor and entire Republican Congressional delegation have signed "Cut, Cap, Balance" pledge (http://cutcapbalancepledge.com) Columbia, S.C. - SCGOP Chairman Chad Connelly this morning praised Governor Nikki
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We've seen all sorts of different maps attempting to predict the new South Carolina congressional district lines, but the best breakdown by far was published on Monday by the website Red Racing Horses. As expected, the website predicts that "Republican" leaders at the S.C. State House will draw six
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South Carolina's elected representatives in Washington D.C. clearly weren't sold on the so-called "spending compromise" reached late Friday by the White House and congressional leaders. U.S. Reps. Jeff Duncan, Trey Gowdy, Mick Mulvaney, Tim Scott and Joe Wilson all voted against the deal cut by their
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South Carolina Republicans are at each others throats in the aftermath of a court ruling that blocked their right to hold closed primaries - including the "First in the South" 2012 presidential primary. What prompted this particular round of "Republican-on-Republican" sniping? Apparently, several
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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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Is somebody in the family of U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson handicapped? Physically, we mean? One of our readers recently spotted Wilson's BMW sport utility vehicle parked (legally) in a handicapped spot in the S.C. State House parking garage - where its driver was presumably paying a visit to S.C. Attorney
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