A new poll shows a wide open contest in the race to replace S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford, with Republicans and Democrats nowhere near to settling on their nominees for next year’s general election campaign.
Over forty percent of Democrats and nearly thirty percent of Republicans declined to [...]
HALEY SURPASSES BARRETT, MCMASTER, BAUER LEAD GOP FIELD
A new poll released on Tuesday by Insider Advantage/Majority Opinion offers an interesting insight into what South Carolinians think about their current governor as well as who they want to be their next [...]
Recent Congressional Votes
Senate: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2010 Senate: Cloture Motion; Reid Amdt. to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act House: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2010 House: Jobs for Main Street ActUpcoming Congressional Bills
Senate: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Recent Senate Votes [...]
First, it was S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford’s infamous “I was hiking the Appalachian Trail” statement. Then came U.S. Rep. Addison Graves “Joe” Wilson shouting “You lie!” at President Barack Obama.
Who’s the latest South Carolina politician to open his mouth and insert a generous [...]
Sick of a radical socialist agenda (one that our country can’t afford) getting shoved down your throats by the powers that be in Washington, D.C.?
Feel powerless to do anything about it?
You shouldn’t.
South Carolina residents now have their first real opportunity to fight back via the [...]
TERRIERS STUN GAMECOCKS IN SPARTANBURG, 68-61
The University of South Carolina suffered a shocking loss on the road Saturday to Southern Conference “rival” Wofford.
Led by Noah Dahlman’s 19 points, Wofford (6-6) took a seven-point lead early in the game and never looked back en route [...]
Thirty-three years ago, Gerald Ford was in the final year of his presidency, a brand new company called Apple was beginning production on the first personal computers, you could buy a cup of coffee for 26 cents and Congress passed a major new law called the Toxic Substances Control [...]
The House Judiciary Committee meeting on Wednesday to address the impeachment or censure of Gov. Mark Sanford was classic House. There were impassioned speeches, some ill-chosen remarks and after all that noise, little actually was accomplished.
It started out with debate over the impeachment resolution, [...]
“Hail hail the lucky ones,” Eddie Vedder once sang, and damn(it) if it “ain’t better to be lucky than good,” as the old adage goes.
Disgraced S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford knows what we’re talking about on both counts, as the full S.C. House [...]
By an 18 to 6 vote, the committee decided Sanford's misuse of state aircraft and five-day disappearance to visit his [...]
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE VOTES 18-6 AGAINST MEASURE TO REMOVE GOV.
The effort to remove Gov. Mark Sanford from office came to an end on Wednesday, as the South Carolina House judiciary committee killed a measure to impeach the embattled governor.
But a formal censure of the governor was unanimously approved [...]
Recent Congressional Votes
Senate: Motion to Table Nelson Amdt.; Abortion Funding Senate: FY2010 Omnibus Appropriations bill House: Tax Extenders Act of 2009 House: FY2010 Omnibus Appropriations bill House: The Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009Upcoming Congressional Bills
Senate: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care ActHouse: Department [...]
LEGISLATION GIVES POWER TO LT. GOV. DURING ABSENCE OF GOV.
When Gov. Mark Sanford disappeared for five days in June to visit his Argentinian mistress, he left South Carolina in a state of utter confusion.
State law provides for the transfer of power if a governor is dead, declared [...]
Joe.My.God:
Why is Gov. Mark Sanford smiling? Maybe because he doesn’t live in New Hampshire. Beside other things that Sanford most likely abhors — hippies, flinty old men out of Pepperidge Farm commercials, teh gheys — the Granite State is also home of an enforceable [...]
Carolina might not be setting the woods on fire during Steve Spurrier’s tenure, but apparently somebody’s doing something right. One of those somebodies is offensive line coach Eric Wolford. According to reports, he’s been selected as the next head coach of Youngstown State. Wolford [...]
DIVORCE FINAL HEARING SET FOR FEB. 26
After 20 years of marriage, Gov. Mark Sanford and his wife Jenny may be officially divorced in just over two months.
A final hearing date has been set for Feb. 26 after First Lady Jenny [...]
We’re not going to speculate on S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford’s eternal destiny (or destination) … but we can speculate as to how the governor might want to spend eternity, if it were up to him.
Our guess is the governor’s ideal “Great Beyond” would [...]
WOLFORD OFFERED JOB AT YOUNGSTOWN STATE
The man who oversaw the University of South Carolina’s offensive line this season is likely on his way to Ohio.
USC offensive line coach Eric Wolford has reportedly been offered the head coaching job at Youngstown State — a post he is expect [...]
S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford – along with Nevada Sen. Jon Ensign and former N.C. Senator John Edwards – were lampooned on Saturday Night Live as three angry adulterers, jealous that coverage of golfer Tiger Woods had stolen their extramarital thunder.
Sanford – played by actor Jason Sudeikis [...]
DISGRACED GOVERNOR PULLING ONLY 3% IN FAILBLOG.ORG POLL
Gov. Mark Sanford’s five day disappearance and admission to an affair with a woman from Argentina has resulted in a divorce, a near impeachment, and a rock-bottom approval rating. And now, it may earn him the FAILBlog.org “Top [...]
TMZ has become the new hub for investigative journalism in America — aggressively and unapologetically — and today it went live with the Sanfords’ divorce filing. The initial filing doesn’t have anything that unusual, for those used to looking over such things. However, South Carolina [...]
Sophomore running back Mark Ingram became the first player in Alabama’s long and storied football history to win a Heisman Trophy on Saturday, edging out Stanford Cardinal running back Toby Gerhart in the closest vote in the 75-year history of the award.
Ingram received 1,304 votes [...]
Since S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford was obviously omitted from his family’s Christmas card this year, we figured it was only appropriate that he get a word in edgewise this holiday season.
Accordingly, in collaboration (not) with the governor, we’ve prepared this special Christmas [...]
Talk about awkward timing …
A day after estranged S.C. First Lady Jenny Sanford announced that she was divorcing her philandering husband, S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford, the traditional Sanford family Christmas cards began arriving in select South Carolina mailboxes …
This year’s cards are not like [...]
