We’ve already expressed our disappointment in former U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint for leaving his elected post four years early. However we trusted DeMint when he said he could do more for the pro-taxpayer, pro-free market, pro-liberty cause in his new role as head of The Heritage Foundation, a “conservative” think tank in Washington, D.C.
So far [...]
Jim DeMint Disappoints Again
Wilkes: Fifty Shades Of Escapism
By Mande Wilkes || When last week I defended gold diggers, underneath the article itself was a critique of the paradox of power. Women resent feminism because it made us responsible for things that turned out to be not so much fun. We haven’t been liberated at all … we’ve been snatched from a life of [...]
Wilkes: Are US Soldiers Heroes Or Hoodlums?
By Mande Wilkes || First American soldiers urinated on Afghan bodies. Then they burned Korans, just for the hell of it. Then, an American soldier in cold blood killed more than a dozen Afghan civilians – the very people, I note, who U.S. troops are supposed to be protecting from extremist brutality.
Now, in the latest [...]
In Defense Of Gold Diggers
By Mande Wilkes || Having cut my teeth on anti-feminism via the inimitable Dr. Laura and her radio program, I’ve been for some time South Carolina’s preeminent anti-feminist.
I mean, I had the chutzpah to write, in black and white and on this very web site, that lady politicians are antithetical to a capitalist democracy … [...]
Roses, Etc.
New S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC) commissioner Catherine Templeton made a few friends during her first week on the job, sources tell FITS.
The controversial appointee of S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley handed out roses to several agency employees on her first day at work last week.
Contrary to early reports, the impromptu rose ceremony [...]
Wilkes: Why Women Love Rick Santorum
By Mande Wilkes || In spite of myself and against virtually every political stance I have ever taken, I currently find myself defending Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum.
I know … I’m as shocked as you are.
From welfare to warfare, Santorum represents everything I’ve grown to resent about my fellow (so-called) conservatives. I find the GOP generally, and [...]
Wilkes: Sic The “Misogynist”
By Mande Wilkes || When on a D-list blog I read about Will Folks’ “toxic attitude toward women,” I LOL’d, rolled my eyes, and then did what I’ve done a dozen times – sent Will a picture of my shoes so that he could advise as to the fashionability of my outfit.
(For those of you who’ve [...]
Wilkes Bailing On SC-7?
Coastal Tea Party favorite Mande Wilkes may be abandoning her bid for South Carolina’s seventh congressional district – and planning an endorsement of one of the other candidates in the race.
Bummer right?
Wilkes – who gave S.C. Rep. Nelson Hardwick (RINO-Myrtle Beach) a run for his money in a 2010 State House race – is a [...]
Prosser … Eh …
Former S.C. Parks Recreation and Tourism (PRT) director Chad Prosser recently announced his candidacy for the newly-drawn seventh congressional district, becoming literally the umpteenth person to do so.
And while a pair of candidates have dropped out recently (one spectacularly so), we currently count at least eight Republican candidates running for this seat – Prosser, former [...]
Wilkes: How Ron Paul Could Lose In Iowa
By Mande Wilkes || Full disclosure: I have a vested political interest in Ron Paul’s candidacy. During the presidential primary season, the extent to which he broadens his base will in part determine my own base going into South Carolina’s congressional primary. So I’m not just a Ron Paul supporter – well, I’m that too [...]
“Conservative Republican” Seeks To Silence Whistleblower
S.C. Rep. Thad Viers (above) – who is running for the newly-drawn S.C. seventh congressional district – attaches the label “Conservative Republican” to every press release his campaign sends out.
Not only that, his candidacy has been endorsed by S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley, who as we all know is also a “Conservative Republican,” right?
Right?
We found it [...]
