The Palmetto Scoop

While attending the G8 Summit in L’Aquila, Italy this week, President Barack Obama apparently found a different kind of “stimulus package” — only this one had nothing to do with the economy. [...]

SC officials released unemployment numbers for February, and they weren’t pretty. The good news? We’re still better off than Michigan.

REX TO LAUNCH PROGRAM TO BUS STUDENTS FROM GOOD DISTRICTS TO BAD, BAD TO GOOD
In a move meant to show his unparalleled ability to take really old ideas and sell them as new, South Carolina Education Superintendent Jim Rex has apparently launched a new program to bus students from good school districts to bad ones, [...]

DILLON COUNTY FOOTBALL COACH, LEGISLATOR MAKES ENOUGH TO SEND 10 IMPOVERISHED STUDENTS TO SCHOOL
Last week’s selection of JV Martin Jr. High School student Ty’Sheoma Bethea to serve as the face of failed, impoverished public schools during President Obama’s Congressional address was quite an embarrassment to South Carolina and Dillon County.
Democrats across the state and country [...]

USC NOT HAPPY WITH $28.7 MILLION IN ‘STIMULUS’ CASH, WANTS MORE
President Barack Obama’s overwhelming socialist spending program has apparently created a nationwide pandemic in which ordinary citizens begin clamoring for unchecked government handouts. “If they’re getting theirs, I want mine,” seems to be common theme in many places across America.
Here in South Carolina, one [...]

MSM SHILLING FOR TENENBAUM, PUSHING U.S. ED. DEPT. POST
In yet another great example of how the traditional media is dooming itself to failure, The State newspaper ran an entire article Sunday about the fact that some guy who writes for Newsweek likes former South Carolina Education Superintendent Inez Tenenbaum.
No, he doesn’t like her “like that.” [...]

AMERICA HAS SPOKEN AND SADLY, NOT IN FAVOR OF REPUBLICANS
More than 130 million people voted across the United States yesterday in perhaps the most historic election in our nation’s history. While I was disappointed in the national outcome, I respect the fact that the people have spoken. And in a republic — especially [...]

FRANKENBAMACLINT, OTHER DEMOCRATS, PROVIDE ALL THE SCARINESS TPS NEEDS
With the election only four days away and my free time severely limited to absolute zero, I didn’t even realize today was Halloween. Actually, the only reason I even knew today was Friday was because I counted backward four days from next Tuesday. Severe sleep [...]

OFFICE LINEBACKER RETURNS TO ‘GIVE OUT THE PAIN’ TO NON-VOTERS
I’ve never quite been able to fully understand why so many Americans won’t bother to take the time once every two or four years to go vote for their leaders. Not that I’m complaining — if they are too lazy to take 15 [...]

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 [...]