The Palmetto Scoop

Using Gravatars would create transparency in South Carolina’s blogosphere and put an end to the anonymous attacks that create pettiness and petulance.

SNARKYNESS IS GETTING OLD
In the Republican corner of South Carolina politics, it’s always been important to have traits shared by our elephant mascot: A thick skin and a long memory. That thick skin and long memory has undoubtedly come in handy recently as South Carolina’s political Twitterland and its brethren blogosphere have been nothing more [...]

IT IS TIME FOR CONSERVATIVES TO FIND RENEWED ENERGY
Any way you spin it, Tuesday was a historic night. Nearly 60 percent of Americans voted, and while 46 percent of them most likely wished, prayed and hoped for a different result, all of America will continue to be one nation, under God, indivisible with liberty and [...]

OBAMA STAFFER’S FACEBOOK FORUM FOR ANTI-MCCAIN DEMAGOGUERY
While perusing Facebook status updates, I noticed commentary on the profile of a friend, former South Carolina blog great, and current Obama staffer, Laurin Manning.
I have the utmost respect for Laurin, her work, and simply disagree with her politics, but being able to agree to disagree is a [...]

CLEMSON COACH COULD BE DISMISSED THIS AFTERNOON
Last night’s Clemson University collapse at Wake Forest placed the coaching career of Tommy Bowden in the ICU. Rumors are rampant (again)up and down I-26 and I-385 that a Clemson Board of Trustees Meeting is underway to discuss Tommy Bowden’s future at Clemson.
A press conference has been scheduled for [...]

NOW YOU CAN GIVE GARCIA OR SMELLEY A CHANCE
People say that politics is not for the faint of heart. Well, those people obviously never watched a University of South Carolina football game or endured seasons of the Cardiac Cocks causing heartbeats to go up and down throughout the Palmetto State.
Saturday’s win versus Ole Miss was [...]

SO SAYS ITS BANKING COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN
David Thomas is right: Wall Street needs a workout not a bailout.
The Greenville Senator’s guest editorial posted today on the SC Senate Republican Caucus’ website proves that every now and then South Carolina can be out front and leading on an issue. Thomas’s op-ed also does two things Congress [...]

AND MOST OF ALL, AMERICAN FREE MARKETS NOT SOVIET-STYLED SOCIALISM
The Palmetto Scoop’s editor and I traded barbs yesterday over the bailout. As I continued to offer soundbytes as to why the bill was full of baloney, I realized that Adam Fogle was right. This is not the time for speeches (e.g. Nancy Pelosi) or soundbytes [...]