Archive for 'Election 2010'
Daddy Wilson Took Abramoff Money; Boy Wilson Still Ignoring Ethics Law
Posted on14. Jul, 2010 by Tim Kelly.
While we’re up to day four of lawbreaking by AG candidate Alan “Daddy’s Boy” Wilson, Rob Miller has today called on Joe “You Lie” Wilson to come clean about his own association with disgraced GOP bagman Jack Abramoff.
Wilson received $5,000 from the Abramoff-represented Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe and has repeatedly refused to return the tainted [...]
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Wilson Continues to Flaunt the Law
Posted on13. Jul, 2010 by Tim Kelly.
Daddy’s Boy Alan Wilson has a curious way of going about proving he wants to be South Carolina’s top lawyer – ignoring some of the most important laws he’d be expected to enforce.
It’s been three days since Wilson was supposed to file his latest ethics report – and we still don’t know just who is [...]
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Truth Squad SC Robocalls
Posted on22. Jun, 2010 by Tim Kelly.
The Indigo Journal Greater Ballentine Bureau received its second robocall in two days from “Truth Squad SC” getting all up in Alan Wilson’s grill. The script went something like this:
“Truth Squad SC wants you to know. Disgraced Sen. Jake Knotts – who used a racial slur against Nikki Haley – endorsed four candidates in [...]
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Nikki Haley: $971 and some shampoo
Posted on18. Jun, 2010 by Tim Kelly.
The State has “40 Things To Know About Nikki Haley” today, but two facts from the story tell you all you really need to know about her.
One, the sum of Haley’s legislative accomplishments:
Haley has introduced 13 bills since entering the state Legislature in 2004. One has become law – exempting salon employees who only shampoo [...]
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Liveblogging Rawl-Greene Election Protest
Posted on17. Jun, 2010 by Tim Kelly.
8:20
The Executive Committee votes overwhelmingly to reject Vic Rawl’s protest and uphold the U.S. Senate primary election results. Alvin Greene remains the Democratic Senate nominee.
8:15
Roll call vote now being called in Executive Committee session on motion to reject Rawl’s protest request. It’s not looking good for Rawl supporters…
8:10
Rep. Gilda Cobb-Hunter speaks in favor of denying [...]
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Linda Ketner for Senate?
Posted on17. Jun, 2010 by Jennifer Read.
While throngs of national media descend upon SCEA HQ today to cover the Vic Rawl protest hearing, a grassroots effort is underway across the Palmetto State to recruit a viable progressive candidate that S.C. Dems can rally behind this fall.
A group of former Linda Ketner staffers from her ‘08 congressional bid have started a [...]
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Rawl Protest
Posted on17. Jun, 2010 by Tim Kelly.
Later this afternoon, I’ll be heading over to SCEA headquarters to cover Vic Rawl’s protest of his primary loss to Alvin Greene. We’ll be liveblogging here, as well using our Twitter stream to bring you continuous updates. Unfortunately, we want be able to provide streaming video, unless you just want a picture of me typing [...]
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CREW Asks McMaster to Investigate Greenegate, Files FEC Complaint
Posted on15. Jun, 2010 by Tim Kelly.
A national ethics watchdog is the lastest group to join the fray over Alvin Greene.
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) is asking South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster to investigate whether someone paid Greene to run in the Democratic primary, a violation of South Carolina law.
CREW also filed a complaint with [...]
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Rawl on FOX America’s Newsroom
Posted on15. Jun, 2010 by Tim Kelly.
Judge Vic Rawl continued making his rounds of the national cable shows this morning on FOX.
Speaking to Bill Hemmer, Rawl avoided the question of whether he thinks Alvin Greene was a plant and pointed the finger at “software problems with the voting machines.”
“I have no comment on what Alvin Greene is or is [...]
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Before we get back to writing our communist-loving, baby killer, homosexual loving blogs…
Posted on15. Jun, 2010 by Tim Kelly.
…let’s again pay tribute to another Statehouse character we hope becomes completely irrelevant next Tuesday – our beloved Rep. Joey Millwood.
One can’t fully appreciate the wit and wisdom of Joey Bag-of-Donuts without following him on Twitter, where he often engaged one of our founding editors (I just love talking like Will Folks).
Before Joey slips back [...]
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