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 [...]

New Polling: Mark Sanford “Not Dead Yet”

With one week left before voters in South Carolina’s first congressional district head to the polls, former S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford appears to have climbed back into the race against Democrat Elizabeth Colbert-Busch.
Will it be enough to propel him to a remarkable comeback win?
It’s going to be very, very close …
FITS has spoken with several [...]

SC-1: FreedomWorks Backs Mark Sanford

Rebuked by the national Republican establishment, former S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford has been actively engaging the fiscal conservative, pro-liberty movement in an effort to generate grassroots and financial support for his flagging comeback campaign.
How’s that effort going?
Unlike the rest of his campaign, pretty well actually …
Last week Sanford was endorsed by former U.S. Rep. Ron [...]

SC-1: No More Endorsements

This website has tried its damnedest to get genuine fiscal conservatives elected to various positions at all levels of government. Unfortunately every time we weigh in, one of two things invariably happen: Either the candidate we support loses their race or (worse) they sell out after they win.
(Ahem, Nikki Haley).
Seriously … with a handful of [...]

Colbert-Busch: Mark Sanford Is “Henny Penny”

This week’s much-anticipated debate between Mark Sanford and Elizabeth Colbert-Busch in the topsy-turvy South Carolina first congressional district wound up being quite the dud … if you’re a supporter of free markets, anyway.
If you like crony capitalism it was no doubt an enjoyable exchange … as both candidates expressed their support for more of the [...]

Mark Sanford Could Still Win? What?

For a brief moment this week, former S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford’s political comeback appeared beyond resuscitation. Trespassing allegations leveled by his ex-wife and a reversion to the chronic narcissism that compound his previous scandals had soured voters in the first congressional district against his candidacy.
Perhaps beyond any hope of him recovering … which is remarkable when [...]

Larry Grooms Addresses Write-In Movement

S.C. Sen. Larry Grooms is distancing himself from a movement urging voters in South Carolina’s first congressional district to write his name in on the ballot in next month’s special election.
In a statement posted to his Facebook page, Grooms called on first district voters “to not help elect a Democrat by writing in my name [...]

SC-1: Larry Grooms Write-In Candidacy Promoted

An independent expenditure group which ran ads on behalf of S.C. Senator Larry Grooms (R-Berkeley) during last month’s GOP primary for the Palmetto State’s first congressional district is preparing to run radio and television promoting the fiscal conservative as a write-in candidate in the general election.
You read that right … in the general election. As [...]

Mark Sanford Holds “Pelosi In The Park” Event

Charleston, SC – April 25, 2013 — Why is Nancy Pelosi running a campaign against Mark Sanford?
And why would we allow her to win given her belief Boeing should be shut down and given her beliefs are so contrary to those of people here along the coast of South Carolina?
Take a look for yourself:

Given she [...]

That Mark Sanford “Coitus” Sign

While S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford tours the Palmetto State’s first congressional district with a cutout of Democratic House leader Nancy Pelosi, one James Island resident is using the governor’s homemade sign shtick against him.
Just off the James Island connector in Charleston County, S.C., a FITS reader snapped a picture of a white sign spray-painted with [...]

Mark Sanford Debates “Nancy Pelosi”

Charleston, SC – April 24, 2013 – Former Governor Mark Sanford today stood at the site of what would have been the first debate between himself and his opponent, until Elizabeth Colbert Busch refused to participate, to instead “debate” her biggest benefactor, Nancy Pelosi.
“My opponent continues to run a stealth campaign, avoiding public appearances and [...]

Mark Sanford Pulls A Clint Eastwood …

Eager to get his “comeback campaign” back on track in South Carolina’s first congressional district, former Gov. Mark Sanford has taken a page out of Clint Eastwood’s book …
Although instead of talking to an empty chair, he’s debating a life-sized cutout of Nancy Pelosi – the ranking Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives and [...]