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McCain cancels Day One of GOP Convention

GUSTAV NO LAUGHING MATTER FOR REPUBLICANS
While some South Carolina Democrats are laughing about the impending devastation of Hurricane Gustav, which will likely make landfall near New Orleans early tomorrow morning as a strong category three storm, Republicans have postponed the first day of the Republican National Convention.
“This is a time when we have to do [...]

OVERRATED

NO. 9 TIGERS FALL TO NO. 24 ‘BAMA
While the University of South Carolina blanked a weak NC State team Thursday night, the Southeastern Conference continued to show its dominance over the Atlantic Coast Conference Saturday. The ninth-ranked Clemson Tigers lost to the University of Alabama 34-10 in Atlanta.
And it wasn’t just a loss… it [...]

Spratt, Fowler have warped sense of humor

CONGRESSMAN, FORMER DNC CHAIR JOKE ABOUT HURRICANE HITTING DURING REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
The conservative blog RedState has posted the above video of former Democratic National Chairman Don Fowler and Congressman John Spratt laughing it up on an airplane ride to Charlotte following the Democratic National Convention in Denver this week.
What was so funny? The [...]

SC leaders respond to McCain-Palin ticket

MCMASTER, GRAHAM, DAWSON, SANFORD ALL WEIGH IN
The final piece of the presidential puzzle is in place after today’s surprise selection of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to fill out Republican nominee John McCain’s ticket. And South Carolina Republicans couldn’t be more excited.
Attorney General Henry McMaster, in St. Paul, Minn. to serve as the Chief Sergeant [...]

Greetings from Minnesota

SHOT FROM INSIDE THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION
No, I’m not in Minnesota for the Republican National Convention. I received blogger credentials and could have gone, but unfortunately have too much going on here at home.
That said, I have plenty of friends and associates who are in St. Paul, Minn. for next week’s big convention and [...]

McCain picks Palin for VP

ALASKA GOVERNOR TAPPED AS GOP PRESIDENTIAL RUNNING MATE
Republican presidential nominee John McCain has chosen 44-year-old Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate, a move shocking pretty much everyone in the political world.
To call the move a gamble is an understatement. It could possibly be the greatest move in American political history, or it [...]

GAME. ON.

GAMECOCKS KICK OFF 2008 SEASON TONIGHT AT 8
It’s been 278 days since the last time the University of South Carolina took the field at Williams-Brice Stadium. Tonight, that long wait finally comes to an end as the Gamecocks take on NC State in Columbia.
USC enters the game a two-touchdown favorite, and a [...]

SCGOP launches McCain ad

POWERFUL RESPONSE TO OBAMA’S ‘HOUSE’ ATTACK
“This is the story of a John McCain home you might not know about.”
That’s the opening line of a new 30-second advertisement released today by the South Carolina Republican Party promoting the presumptive GOP presidential nominee.
The ad is a response to a spot released last week by Democrat [...]

Failing public schools and you

SAT SCORES NOT AS ROSY AS THEY WANT YOU TO THINK
The South Carolina big government education establishment has been working hard all week trying to spin the dreadful results of South Carolina’s SAT scores, released earlier this week.
While those numbers showed public schools in lower-income areas were expectedly low — Lee (806), Williamsburg (802), Allendale [...]

Ketner drops two new ads…

STRAIGHT INTO THE TOILET
Congressional candidate Linda Ketner may be at the Democratic National Convention in Denver hitting up all the LGBT receptions, but back in South Carolina, her daddy’s money already has her on television. Today, she launched not one, but two new ads.
Granted, it’s a bit early to go on television [...]

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