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Witherspoon campaign: Graham a traitor

FORMER RNC MEMBER MIMICS MOVEON.ORG, SENDS E-MAILS SAYING SENATE REPUBLICAN COMMITTED TREASON
A recent campaign e-mail published by SC Hotline from former Republican National Committeeman Buddy Witherspoon’s Senate campaign reveals the truly disturbing nature of the malicious, libelous attacks aimed at Sen. Lindsey Graham by his challenger.
The e-mail was sent by Witherspoon’s Political Director Christopher R. [...]

A few Wednesday scoops

LEATHERMAN, LICENSE PLATES, VOTER ID AND HOME RULE
I’ve been pretty busy lately so I haven’t been posting the usual absurd number of stories, but even if I had been around, there really isn’t anything going on in South Carolina. At least not much worthy of its own post.
So here are a few stories to [...]

The other Carolina has stolen our playbook

DIRTY TRICKS, WRIGHT BECOME CENTERPIECE OF NC PRIMARY
I’ll admit that, of late, I care about as much about the Democratic presidential nomination process as I do the Allendale County School System’s fifth grade science fair — although I here Bobby Smith’s baking soda volcano is totally going to beat out Susie Parker’s salt map — [...]

Would-be bomber hearts Pontius Pilate

SCHALLENBERGER SAID HE WANTED TO GO TO HEAVEN, KILL JESUS
To say that 18-year-old Ryan Schallenberger, who allegedly plotted to blow up Chesterfield High School with ammonium nitrate, is a “little disturbed” would probably be an understatement. In fact, calling him anything less is like saying Madonna and Kanye West respect Jesus.
Actually, it’s funny that [...]

Ritchie gets schooled at debate

MARTIN, HYDE TAKE INCUMBENT TO TASK ON SPECIAL INTEREST DONATIONS, ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION
I wasn’t at last night’s Senate District 13 debate between Sen. Jim Ritchie and challengers Shane Martin and Max Hyde because I try to stay as far away from Spartanburg as possible, but the Herald-Journal was and they said it was basically [...]

VIDEO: Chesney busts move, foot

WHY CAN’T WE EVER BE IN THE NEWS FOR GOOD THINGS?
I figured it would only be a matter of time before video of country music superstar Kenny Chesney’s injury at Saturday’s sell-out concert at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia hit the Internet. And then bam, there it is. It’s like I can [...]

Jim Rex for governor?

SC EDUCATION SUPERINTENDENT’S MINIMALLY ADEQUATE CAMPAIGN WEBSITE OF SHAME
Under the guise of a petition drive to create a Constitutional amendment inserting the words “high quality education” into the South Carolina Constitution, State Schools Superintendent Jim Rex has launched what appears to be nothing more than an exploratory Website for a looming 2010 gubernatorial bid.
On the [...]

What’s wrong with NFL scouts?

FMR. GAMECOCK STAR CORY BOYD GOES IN LAST ROUND OF DRAFT
Former University of South Carolina running back Cory Boyd is going to be an NFL star some day, I’m absolutely certain of that. But after being selected in the seventh round of this weekend’s draft — 238th overall — by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, [...]

Chesney injured at Williams-Brice show

TENNESSEE FAN HURTS FOOT AT GAMECOCKS’ STADIUM
Although it wasn’t a football game and there weren’t any 300 pound linemen charging at him, country music superstar Kenny Chesney still managed to suffer an injury at his much-anticipated, sold-out concert Saturday at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, the home of the University of South Carolina’s football team. [...]

Cousin of jailed pastor speaks out

VIDEO: FLORIDA MAN PRAYING FOR MILES’ RELEASE FROM RUSSIAN PRISON
The pastor of a Church in Fort Walton Beach, Fla., spoke Thursday with his local newspaper about his cousin Phillip Miles — who is also a pastor in Conway and recently made national headlines when he was sentenced to three years in a Russian [...]

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