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Steve French Planning “Veto Message”

LIBERTARIAN GUBERNATORIAL NOMINEE WANTS TO HIGHLIGHT REAL SPENDING CUTS S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley’s failure to protect taxpayers hit a new “low” this week when she issued only $18.5 million worth of budget vetoes … out of a $25.1 billion spending plan. That’s less than one-tenth of one percent …  Steve…

LIBERTARIAN GUBERNATORIAL NOMINEE WANTS TO HIGHLIGHT REAL SPENDING CUTS

S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley’s failure to protect taxpayers hit a new “low” this week when she issued only $18.5 million worth of budget vetoes … out of a $25.1 billion spending plan.

That’s less than one-tenth of one percent … 

Steve French, the Libertarian Party’s gubernatorial nominee, expressed his frustration with Haley’s anemic vetoes – referring to them collectively (and correctly) as a “joke.” Sources close to his campaign tell FITS he plans on taking things a step further, though.

In an effort to provide voters with a contrast to Haley’s status quo rubber-stamping (and generate a little free media for his insurgent gubernatorial bid), French’s campaign says he will be rolling out a list of spending items he would have cut from the state budget.

Sort of an “alternative veto message.”

We like it …

In fact that’s just the sort of clever thinking that could make French the first credible third party statewide candidate South Carolina has seen in some time – assuming he makes good on the concept.

Anyway, we’ll be sure to bring our readers French’s “veto message” as soon as we receive it …

 

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18 comments

The Colonel June 13, 2014 at 11:26 am

Maybe if he’d present his message while juggling running chainsaws and live cats and riding a unicycle across the Gervais street bridge while balanced on the handrail he’d get some attention – or at least a viral video on Facebook….

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junior justice June 13, 2014 at 1:07 pm

But..But.. He has Fitsnews! Isn’t that enough?

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Greetings From Folly Beach June 13, 2014 at 1:22 pm

it is for the 25 to 30 dipshits that believe everything he posts.

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Bible Thumper June 13, 2014 at 5:05 pm

French should study the David Brat campaign. ….. let his wife do the acrobatics.

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The Colonel June 13, 2014 at 6:21 pm

That’s exactly the point. He’ll send out a”press release”, make a post on Facebook… What he ought to do is make a couple of giant charts of the budget showing what she did and what he’d do. Then he should take to the State House steps and engage in a debate with a cutout Nikki (after making a big deal of inviting her to a debate). It’s pure theater but it will get him noticed on a slow news day.

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BiggerIsBetter June 13, 2014 at 12:17 pm

would love a French massage…..yeah babee

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bamberger June 13, 2014 at 12:20 pm

In November, hopefully the voters will veto Haley. One and done!

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you know me June 13, 2014 at 12:21 pm

Hopefully the voters will take Will Folk’s lead and dump Nikki.

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GrandTango June 13, 2014 at 5:01 pm

Yeah: FITS is a F*#kin’ Genius. Look what he did for Nancy Mace’s political career and RonPaul’s presidential hopes.

I bet French is about to S#!t all over himself, in anticipation of FITS’ endorsement.

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Bible Thumper June 13, 2014 at 5:10 pm

Will’s accusations did help the Haley campaign.

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Emily Peterkin June 15, 2014 at 7:24 pm

Not a chance…us South Carolina folks will not fall for Myths and Fables.

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GrandTango June 13, 2014 at 5:00 pm

I VETO all Liberal-Tarians. They are immature, and not emotionally, intellectually or practically fit to lead anything, other than the other 3% of Dumb@$$#$ who are as foolhardy as them…

French wants to legalize drugs. Even the democrats are smart enough to reject Stupid ideas that would lead to a more doped-up society. We have enough Bran-Dead voting now (see Obama)…

STFU, French, and go back in your hole. You are a sideshow at best…or make that Freak Show.

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Beartrkkr June 13, 2014 at 6:33 pm

Yea but if they are doped up they might be happy to sit at home and eat Doritos on Election Day.

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Not High June 13, 2014 at 7:10 pm

Drugs might as well be legal now. Anyone can get anything they want easily. Drugs are cheaper and more potent than they were 20-30 years ago. All the drug prohibition does is make society spend money on law enforcement and incarceration for addicts, and it creates a crime ridden black market. To top it all off drug investigations are a top excuse used by the government to violate our privacy and constitutional rights.

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GrandTango June 13, 2014 at 9:10 pm

Put down that crack-pipe, and take off the tin-foil hat, Dumb@$$…

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SCBlues June 14, 2014 at 8:57 am

To show his patriotism, shouldn’t he be required to change his last name to “Freedom”?

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Colin Ross June 14, 2014 at 10:46 am

lol it has been discussed actually. It is a common joke on the campagin of yelling out Steve Freedom

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The Colonel June 16, 2014 at 11:07 am

Still waiting on his communique with baited breath…

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