Just in time for the holiday weekend, Athlon’s 2009 College Football preview magazine is out … although it probably won’t put University of South Carolina fans in a celebratory mood.
Seriously, just once we’d like to open one of these preseason publications and read about how “South [...]
Alaska's Governor Calls It Quits, And We Might Know Why....
In a week of stunning news, Sarah Palin may have topped them all today. She announced that she will be leaving her post as Governor of Alaska. Her speech of resignation was [...]
Former GOP Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin is stepping down as governor of Alaska at the end of the month, cutting her term short by seventeen months and sending the clearest signal yet that she is running for president in 2012.
And why wouldn’t she? Particularly given [...]
Gov. Mark Sanford’s longtime friend and strongest legislative ally says he counseled Sanford “on several occasions to consider resigning” in the wake of his sex scandal - advice the governor obviously isn’t taking.
S.C. Sen. Tom Davis - who previously served as the governor’s chief-of-staff - was [...]
What would compel Governor Palin to resign so abruptly? Waldo, typing furiously in his bath, snarked, "Mark Sanford is Trig's father. Those National and Republican Governors Association meetings were the perfect cover." [...] 
STATE SENATOR, ONE OF SANFORD’S CLOSEST FRIENDS, ASKED GOVERNOR TO CONSIDER RESIGNING
One of Gov. Mark Sanford’s closest friends and political allies is speaking out on the scandal that has rocked the Palmetto State for the last two weeks.
State Sen. Tom Davis (R-Beaufort) issued a statement Friday, a [...]
Sarah Palin Resigns as Alaska Governor
FORMER VP CANDIDATE WILL LEAVE OFFICE AT END OF MONTH
The Alaska governor who nearly became the first female vice president of the United States will resign at the end of the month.
Sarah Palin shocked the nation Friday by announcing at a press conference that she will step [...]
S.C. Chamber of Commerce President Otis Rawl is taking heat for comments that he made in the wake of Gov. Mark Sanford’s extramarital affair admission (and subsequent PR meltdown), but privately several influential business leaders are telling FITS that they support Rawl’s stated position.
“No truer words [...]
On Monday, President Obama told a gathering of homosexuals at the White House [...]
MURDERER BLAMED FOR 4 DEATHS IN 6 DAYS
Police in Gaffney are looking for a serial killer that is blamed for four deaths in last six days.
Cherokee County authorities said the victims were shot to death within [...]
Um, yeah.
If that picture turns you on, then you probably don’t need to be sitting in judgment of anyone else … you should probably be sitting in the corner of a dirty theater. Or the corner of a padded room.
But Alex Kozinski, a.k.a. the “Cow Porn” [...]
We chose not to cover S.C. First Lady Jenny Sanford’s statement yesterday for two main reasons.
First, people are growing tired of the minute-by-minute drama surrounding the admitted sexcapades of her husband, S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford. And second, Mrs. Sanford’s latest comments didn’t exactly plow any new [...]
Episcopalian for STFU 07.03.09 -- 9:51AM By David Kurtz Jon Stewart to Mark Sanford: "God killed Michael Jackson to save your ass -- and you gave another interview?!?"
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Over the past few days, our founding editor has been featured in a number of mainstream national media outlets, but there was one bit of local coverage that made him happier than a clam. Or happy as a clam.
Whichever.
It was a local music editor’s compilation [...]
This is the kind of error that technological utopians make. They assume that their particular scientific revolution will wipe away all traces of its predecessors—that if you change [...]
While Gov. Mark Sanford is considering the future of himself politically and personally, he’ll probably want to play some music, So, we’re trying to help out, giving him an eight-track shout out for music that works for his peculiar situation.
Emmylou Harris and Buck Owens, “Crying [...]
Here’s another in what we’re sure will be many Mark Sanford-related “Photoshop Moments” to come …
And look … this Fabio-style cover of Sanford and his Argentine lover, Maria Belen Chapur, comes with a book!
From Ace of Spades:
Sanford can be criticized for a lot post-scandal alone. [...]
Brooks Garner, one of the meteorologists for Columbia NBC affiliate WIS, fell victim to a number of people who decided to take advantage of his wardrobe late Thursday evening. While he didn’t come out and announce himself as the “Meaty Urologist,” he did [...]
Katon Dawson, the former chair of the S.C. Republican Party, wants Gov. Mark Sanford to fork over part of his enormous stash. As of the last reporting period, the Governor, who is term-limited, has $1.68 million in the bank, and can’t use it [...]
Newberry College found itself without a nickname recently, because the NCAA made a ruling for schools to stop using Indian names for their schools. Since Newberry used the name “Indians,” their name went by the wayside. However, recently Newberry managed to be in the [...]
Nobody loves Mark. Well, maybe his Argentine mistress, but that’s about it. Thursday, the conservative imprint of the Penguin Group, Sentinel, released Gov. Mark Sanford from his contract to write a book on his (totally fucking asinine) political philosophy. It’s understandable — [...]
After it was announced that Michael Jackson went into cardiac arrest and passed away, his albums started flying off the shelves. Jackson, who is one of the best-selling American music artists of all time, unfortunately kick-started his career by going six feet under.
“A few years [...]
Thursday, SLED chief Reggie Lloyd gave Gov. Mark Sanford a pass by saying that the Governor did not break any law in his multiple trips to Argentina and New York City to see his Argentine mistress, Maria Belén Chapur, over the past year.
“In [...]
Star Trek--"The Tholian Web"From the Georgetown Times:
Locally, State Rep. Vida Miller, a Democrat, is now joining the growing list of lawmakers urging Sanford to resign.She said Sanford’s continued admissions have “cast an ominous shadow over the state” and his actions “have left us effectively leaderless, and with no way to tackle [...]
Britney Spears to Star in a Holocaust Romance?
The Blogland is absolutely pumped to share news of positive developments on the condition of Nettie Britts, a Midlands GOP leader and Blogland reader:Mr. Sanderson pretends to offer solutions using specious arguments and name calling. He refuses to admit why his political heroes send their children to private school.
You didn't ask why they sent them to [...]
h/t The Advocate:Stephen Andrew Moller [...]
