The torrid love affair of S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford and his Latin lover Maria Belen Chapur has been forever immortalized by a Columbia artist.
This little gem was picked up Charleston Post and Courier reporter Yvonne Wenger – who happens to be the political [...]
The company [...]
With renewed optimism, we have taken steps to improve the language of our own petition drive website to simply say what we all seek: www.HighQualitySCEducation.com
As we enter the last months of the year, we need your help securing the last 32,000 signatures necessary to attain [...]
U.S. Rep. Gresham Barrett said he has sponsored three bills preventing the transfer of Guantanamo Bay detainees from being transferred to South Carolina, after gubernatorial rivals criticized his request they co-sign a letter to President Barack Obama opposing the move.
Obama has said he intends to close Guantanamo Bay, which has [...]
[...] But Haley, a Republican, noted that as a member of Congress, U.S. Rep. Gresham Barrett has an opportunity to do more than write letters [...]
STATE REP. SLAMS CONGRESSMAN FOR TARP VOTE
Congressman Gresham Barrett is beginning to realize that it was a bad idea to play politics with a decision that could send detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to South Carolina.
Barrett sent an email to nine gubernatorial candidates Tuesday asking them to [...]
Waldo is not typing furiously in his bath today. He's watching the ducks float through clouds of bubbles and considering all the data points the media have relegated to page 43. Let the premature bloggers explain it all first. We'll be back with some thoughts- well, when we' [...] 
VEREEN PLEADED GUILTY TO HAVING SEX WITH ANIMAL FOR 2ND TIME IN LAST 2 YEARS
The Horry County man who pleaded guilty for the second time in two years to having sex with a horse will spend [...]
Get ready for one of my favorite Christmas time traditions. Hollywild Animal Park puts on a stellar event each year with their “Holiday Lights Safari Benefit” starting November 21st until January 2nd.
You can drive through the almost 100 acres of spectacular light displays, feed the deer [...]
Last night’s gubernatorial debate between 10 — 10 — candidates was largely a genial affair in which the Democrats and Republicans were mixed with each other by alphabetical order. Because it was sponsored by an environmental organization, the questions centered around environmental protection and issues surrounding [...]
CONGRESSMAN: ‘IF IT IS GOOD ENOUGH FOR AMERICAN PEOPLE, IT IS GOOD ENOUGH FOR US’
If Congress decides to impose a government-run health care plan on Americans, then members of Congress will have to give up their cushy health care, under an amendment to be introduced by Congressman [...]
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mullins McLeod has rejected a plea from Republican gubernatorial candidate U.S. Rep. Gresham Barrett to write letters to President Barack Obama opposing the transfer of terrorism suspect to a North Charleston naval brig, telling Barrett to "take your letter and shove it."
Barrett, of Westminster, sent out his [...]
GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES SPAR OVER GITMO DETAINEES
Democrat gubernatorial candidate Mullins McLeod did not mince words Wednesday in responding to Congressman Gresham Barrett’s request that he sign a letter to President Barack Obama demanding that suspected terrorists be kept out of South Carolina.
“With all due respect, I’d request that [...]
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mullins McLeod has issued a blunt response to the terror-pandering of U.S. Rep. Gresham Barrett (R - Project Runway):
Dear Congressman Barrett,
ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS NATIONAL SECURITY A FEDERAL ISSUE
Congressman Gresham Barrett is passing the buck on his responsibility to keep terrorists out of South Carolina.
That’s the response from State Attorney General Henry McMaster a day after Barrett asked the candidates for South Carolina governor to sign a letter [...]
By a 53%-47% margin, Maine voters have repealed a measure that would have legalized homosexual marriage in the state-- even though, in the words of the Associated Press, “the stars seemed aligned for supporters of gay marriage. They had Maine’s governor, legislative leaders [...]
REPUBLICANS PICK UP GOVERNORSHIPS IN VA., N.J.
South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster called Tuesday night’s gubernatorial election in Virginia “a referendum on President Barack Obama.” And that is was… as was the election of New Jersey’s governor.
Republican Attorney General [...]
When the fictional administration of Democratic President Jed Bartlett – formerly the nations’ most liberal chief executive – found itself stuck in a left-leaning rut, it turned to a “blonde, leggy Republican” to provide some much-needed balance.
Her name? Ainsley Hayes.
And while she technically didn’t [...]
FMR. LAWMAKER HEADED BACK TO COLUMBIA AFTER SPECIAL ELECTION LANDSLIDE
Former State Rep. Ralph Norman won back his old South Carolina House district Tuesday night with an electoral trouncing of Democrat Kathy Cantrell.
Norman defeated Cantrell in the House district 48 special election with 72 percent of the vote [...]
Ten gubernatorial candidates from the Republican and Democratic parties shared a stage at a primary debate in Orangeburg, S.C. Tuesday night – the first time that’s happened in South Carolina history.
The joint debate – which focused on environmental issues – was sponsored by the S.C. Natural [...]
5 REPUBLICANS, 5 DEMOCRATS TACKLE ENVIRONMENT, ECONOMY
While voters in Virginia and New Jersey were electing their next governor, folks in South Carolina had the opportunity to hear from 10 candidates who want to be this state’s next chief executive.
Five candidates from each party shared a crowded stage [...]
Dropout Robot wants your kids, and your money.
If Jasper County School District can’t find enough money to operate schools, it is not because taxpayers have been stingy about pouring funding into the district.
For the 2009-2010 school year, the district is projected to spend [...]
We’ve lived in a number of backward places in the South over the years, but South Carolina has taken the cake for some time. More often than not, it was because of asinine “blue laws.” Because, shit, if you can’t get the people into your church, [...]
According to the White House, U.S. President Barack Obama went to bed a happy man Tuesday night …
After all, Obama’s aides insist he wasn’t watching election returns, but was instead enjoying the Chicago Bulls’ thrilling 83-81 come-from-behind victory over the Milwaukee Bucks.
In fact, [...]
We’re not making assumptions based on the New Jersey results or the final in NY-23. But, we do know a thing or two about Virginia, and we’re fairly confident that the results in the 2009 elections in Virginia hold as much significance as a dog’s bollocks. [...]
God forbid, while we consider the Columbia mayoral race, the phrase that keeps popping up for us is the lyric from Stealers Wheel: “Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right….” With Mayor Bob Coble saying that he won’t run again, the [...]
Republican Ralph Norman – one of the few reliable fiscal conservatives ever to serve in the S.C. General Assembly – will be returning to his old stomping grounds in 2010, replacing a liberal Republican who consistently voted against the best interests of South Carolina taxpayers.
Norman [...]
If ‘Unification I” went at a glacial pace, then “Unification II” travels at warp speed. It is jammed packed with exposition, action, and character moments. While it sounds like too much for a single episode, it all flows pretty well. 
A Republican has won statewide office in New Jersey for the first time in a dozen years, as Democratic Gov. Jon Corzine was ousted Tuesday night by former U.S. Attorney Chris Christie
With 99% of precincts reporting, Christie had 49% of the vote compared to 44% [...]
The City of Georgetown will have a Democratic mayor and city council remains under Democratic control after today's election. Unofficial results show Democratic mayoral candidate Jack Scoville receiving 821 votes with second place, write-in candidate Ron Charlton garnering 358.
Here's where you can watch the full debate from Tuesday, November 3rd.
