NANNEY ATTACKS FORMER OPPONENT, PRESIDENT BUSH FOR CELEBRATING FREEDOM
State Representative-elect Wendy Nanney continued her odd fixation with her former opponent today when her campaign manager Mike Green posted a creepy, stalker-esque photo of Rep. Gloria Haskins’ private home on the SCHotline Website.
In the photo, a Colombian flag can be seen flying from Haskins’ front porch. Green used this to make the childish claim that Haskins, who was born in Colombia prior to legally relocating with her family at the age of 12 to pursue the American dream, “is going back to her roots.”
What Green did not mention is that the flag was flying in honor of Colombian Independence Day, which marks the anniversary of that nation’s liberation from Spain.
In remarks given today at the White House, President Bush noted that it is appropriate that the U.S. and Columbia celebrate their freedom so close together because the two nations have much in common.
“Like the United States, Colombia gained its independence when a band of patriots rallied together against a distant monarchy,” Bush said. “Like the United States, Colombia was unified in its earliest days by a daring general who became the country’s first President. And like the United States, Colombia built a new government around the rule of law and the notion that liberty was an unalienable right.”
Also not mentioned is that Green cropped out the American flag which was displayed opposite the flag of Colombia.
Campaign tricks like these are commonplace in South Carolina, but rarely after a campaign has ended. And usually, the attacker does a better job of researching the symbolism of what they are attacking before they launch the assault.
But for Nanney, this is apparently a continuation of the tactics used to win her campaign. Her June 10 victory came largely as a result of a forged e-mail circulated through direct mail by her campaign.
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I guess all those Bob Jonesers just got done feeding the hungry and housing the homeless and had nothing better to do than take pictures
We have bigger issues brewing in South Carolina.
Gloria Haskins lost because of Gloria Haskins. When I saw her and her two kids running for delegate slots at the state convention, after they’d been rebuffed at district, the vanity was all too obvious. This vanity was made all too clear to her constituents when she ran her son against her opponent’s father.
Leadership isn’t about being vain or spiteful, and Gloria didn’t seem to understand that.
Gloria got a free ride as the wife/widow of a great guy and outstanding legislator, but after a while, people started voting for or against her, instead of Terry. When it turned out she didn’t have much to offer, her ouster was inevitable.
I don’t believe the email did much damage to her, but it probably did some. Regardless, I feel it doesn’t really matter what she flies out in front of her house - she’s done for and irrelevant.
Time for everyone to stop beating a dead horse and let it go.