Comedy Central faux conservative comedian Stephen Colbert was an active participant in his sister Elizabeth Colbert-Busch’s failed congressional campaign – lending his star power and fundraising prowess to her unsuccessful bid to defeat former S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford in South Carolina’s first congressional district.
How is he taking her surprisingly lopsided loss?
“I gotta tell you, tonight [...]
Stephen Colbert Responds To His Sister’s Defeat
SC-1: Winners And Losers
The special election for South Carolina’s first congressional district is (at long last) over. The saga that began last December – when S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley tapped U.S. Rep. Tim Scott to take Jim DeMint’s seat in the U.S. Senate – ended Tuesday night with a resounding victory for former S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford.
In fact [...]
Ad Compares Colbert-Busch To Axe Murderer
A bizarre interent ad has compared Democratic congressional candidate Elizabeth Colbert-Busch to suspected nineteenth century axe murderer Lizzie Borden. The ad also claims Colbert-Busch supports “fewer regulations for abortion clinics that enable butchers like Kermit Gosnell to murder women and children.”
Wow …
Borden was tried and acquitted for the grisly hacking of her father and stepmother [...]
Parsing The SC-1 Poll
The big news in this week’s new South Carolina first congressional district poll is that former S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford appears to have momentum on his side as his comeback campaign approaches its moment of decision.
The governor is now barely ahead of Democrat Elizabeth Colbert-Busch, according to the latest data from Public Policy Poling – [...]
Mark Sanford Retakes Lead In SC-1
Former S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford has retaken the lead in his congressional comeback bid – erasing Democrat Elizabeth Colbert-Busch’s nine-point lead in just two weeks according to the results of the latest Public Policy Polling survey.
With less than 24 hours to go before polls open, Sanford enjoys a narrow 47-46 percent advantage over Colbert-Busch – [...]
Mark Sanford Announces “No Debt” Tour
Charleston, SC – May 4, 2013 – Former Governor Mark Sanford today announced the following public campaign stops for Monday, May 6:
7:30AM – Collective Coffee Co., 766 S Shelmore Blvd., Mt. Pleasant
8:30AM – Boulevard Diner with Gov. Edwards and Rep. Limehouse, 409 W Coleman Blvd., Mt. Pleasant
9:15AM – Firestone Complete Auto Care with Gov. Edwards and Rep. [...]
So Here’s Elizabeth Colbert-Busch’s Mug Shot
Thus far South Carolina’s topsy turvy first congressional district special election has been a referendum on the personal life of former S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford. Dominating the headlines? His 2009 fall from grace as well as the more recent trespassing allegations leveled against him by his ex-wife, former S.C. First Lady Jenny Sanford.
The great ‘undiscovered country?’ [...]
Colbert-Busch Launches “Elizabeth Means Business” Bus Tour
Charleston, S.C. – In the final days of the campaign, Elizabeth Colbert Busch is crisscrossing the First Congressional District, visiting at least six towns at 15 stops in four days and making additional unscheduled stops along the way on the “Elizabeth Means Business” bus tour.
Elizabeth will be talking with voters at events, rallying supporters as [...]
SC-1: Tie Ball Game
Former S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford and Democrat Elizabeth Colbert-Busch are tied in their increasingly heated battle for South Carolina’s first congressional district, according to a new poll from Red Racing Horses.
The poll – posted to the GOP-leaning website on Thursday – shows both candidates receiving 46 percent of the vote with 7 percent of voters undecided, [...]
GOP Sources: Dems Planted “Abortion” Poll
Democrats, not Republicans, are responsible for a controversial “push poll” in the increasingly competitive special election for South Carolina’s first congressional district … at least that’s what multiple GOP sources are telling FITS.
In fact one prominent Republican strategist went so far as to tell FITS they don’t believe the poll – which falsely accused Democratic [...]
Colbert-Busch “Abortion” Push Poll Rocks SC-1
A “push poll” – or a telephone survey that’s used to influence voters (as opposed to obtaining information from them) – is accusing Democratic congressional candidate Elizabeth Colbert-Busch of having had an abortion.
FITS investigated this allegation several weeks ago when the rumor was first floated to us and Colbert’s campaign told us unequivocally that the [...]
SC-1: Then Larry Flynt Happened …
Larry Flynt – publisher of the pornographic magazine Hustler and the inspiration for the movie The People vs. Larry Flynt – has endorsed the congressional candidacy of former S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford.
And no, we’re not making this up …
“No one has done more to expose the sexual hypocrisy of traditional values in America today,” Flynt [...]
