HENRY McMASTER’S LIEUTENANT ARRESTED
|| By FITSNEWS || S.C. lieutenant governor Henry McMaster‘s chief of staff was busted for driving under the influence (DUI) this weekend.
Mark Plowden – a longtime McMaster aide who recently concluded a brief stint at the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC) – posted a $1,022 personal recognizance bond in the wake of his arrest. Details of his apprehension were not immediately provided by the City of Columbia, S.C. police department.
City of Columbia, S.C. spokeswoman Jennifer Timmons told FITS the incident report from Plowden’s arrest would be released on Monday.
Sources tell FITS Plowden was pulled over by police in front of the University of South Carolina’s Koger Center for the Performing Arts (1051 Greene Street) at around 12:30 a.m. on Saturday.
News of Plowden’s arrest – and a pic of his grinning mug shot – was first reported by WLTX TV 19 (CBS – Columbia, S.C.).
A former two-term attorney general, McMaster won the GOP primary for lieutenant governor last spring over governor Nikki Haley‘s handpicked No. 2 – Patrick McKinney. Well, to be precise – McKinney refused to contest McMaster in a two-week runoff election after finishing well behind him in the June 10 primary vote.
McMaster then coasted to victory in the 2014 general election over Democrat Bakari Sellers – despite a resurgence of his race-related problems.
So far, McMaster’s term as lieutenant governor is off to a horrific start. Even before Plowden’s arrest, the elder “statesman” was facing criticism for offering his Democratic successor Yancey McGill a $122,000-a-year plum bureaucratic post.
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And this is news how? There’s all kinds of drunks with DUIs working in the Statehouses all over the country. It’s not like he’s guilty of CDV. That would really be disgraceful.
yep…why a picture of haley and her husband standing beside this man accused of allegedly driving drunk?.what did they have to do with it?..has fits ever put a picture of haley and her husband beside anyone convicted of CDV?
Correction: Standing beside the boss of the man accused. ..
i stand corrected sir…
I don’t have a picture of Michael but I do have a picture with Haley Sanford and a CDV perp.
http://www.rapideyereality.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sanford-will-folks-nikki-haley1.jpg
Boom!
I thought you were all about “persuading” the hatefully extreme through Love, hope and pretty play…Didn’t you say you hated me because I’m not warm and soft?
I guess the conceding arm of affection and compromise in order to get along is not extended if it’s Republicans…eh?…only liberals are handled w/ respect by you, I guess…
I have my own demons.
Matthew 26:41 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
That’s my point. People like you and FITS hate and judge harshly and consistently, if it’s a Republican…
All the while preaching moderation, fairness and restraint toward your extremist liberal pals… Either you’re not very smart…or you are the willing tool of dangerous people…
I’m only harsh on those who are harsh to others. I’m not as harsh on you because commenters know what they are getting when they spar with you. Besides, others commenters come forward.
But when fits attacks Haley, other commenters pile on instead of defending her. That’s when my inner demons come out. I don’t like Graham, but I have to defend him against fits “hide our heads in the sand” foreign policy opinions.
The bottom line: You side w/ corrupt and dangerous people in hatred against me, because you are manipulated that way. Liberals and Liberal-Tarians cheer you on, because they have to defeat people like me, to maintain their power, take from the good, and feed their greed and immorality.
You sit around thinking if they like you, they will do right. I represent right, and true concern for ALL people as Americans. While they LTAO at your ignorance and stupidity and naivete.
I think you have been fair with me and I appreciate that. GT thinks ‘outside the box’ on most issues and in my opinion should be respected as the defender of the Judeo-Christian moral and cultural base this country was founded on that he so powerfully expresses with unrivaled passion and intellect.
That is what drives atheists like gutter dwellers Smirks, Boz and euwe max insane-THE TRUTH.
GT appeals to those voters who stayed home rather than vote for Romney. He wants them to vote for most conservative candidate available.
I try to appeal to voters who split their vote or switch from election to election. I want them to vote conservative.
Didn’t that strategy fail in 2008 and 2012-trying to appeal to moderates/RINO’s?
Reagan would have never been elected 1x without the support of conservative voters called The Moral Majority.
I prefer a more conservative candidate however support whomever the nominee is on the Republican side.
I think our situation would be worse if Dukakis, Gore or Kerry would have won. You can be conservative without scaring moderates. Cruz is good at throwing red meat to red audiences. I would love to see him president. Scott Walker is a true conservative that liberals hate, but he is a proven vote getter in a blue state.
Worse than not starting 2 unfunded wars that we were lied to about to get “buy in”?
Yeah you’re quite the clever one aren’t you?
Fact is you’re WORSE than these two racist pieces of Filth you consort with.
Instead of practicing your “conservatism” maybe you ought to READ your Bible instead of thumping it.
Maybe you should learn the facts instead of listening to the rhetoric.
http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials/121214-730424-pew-study-finds-growing-black-white-wealth-gap-under-obama.htm
Read the bible.
Proverb 14:12 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
Romans 12:2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
So, you live your life according to “received” knowledge instead of doing your own thinking and drawing your own conclusions. You are right, thinkin’s hard. Best let someone else or the herd tell you what is right–and righteous
Isaiah 118: Come now, and let us reason together,
***********”that by testing you may discern”********* I think God wants us to do our own thinking.
Translated: when you don’t meet my expectations, I judge that you are a bad person and it is then my moral duty, and I am righteously justified in doling out the punishment, to include abuse and violence towards others. “He needed killing’ Your Honor”. “I would be a negligent parent if I didn’t “discipline” (abuse) you; “If she would’t have got all up in my face I wouldn’t have broken her jaw”.
I am nothing like what describe here. I don’t treat people like that, but have admitted that I falter some when it involves Will Folks. So, I’m human.
We are all Bozos on this bus … Look how we allow those greasy poli-wogs to tax us for all of this foolishness … One should think we all could agree on one thing: if we expect to pass the farm on to our grandkids, we should take better aim at the Fascistic Gruberment that is trying to steal that farm from us.
(Yes, I am on my usual rant anti-tax wise … but, guess what. That is the only chink in the corrupt government armor.)
No racial slurs allowed on this blog. We support diversity in the govt armor. Rant away; know that God will sort out those who fall by the wayside, and I’m sure he will agree with you that they deserved it. Also, can I bill the State for the new shocks and front end alignment I’m going to need pretty soon, or is that an individual responsibility? I guess I should feel lucky though. I haven’t had abridge collapse under me–yet.
BTW, could you please ask the Repubs to do a little more “pay as you go” instead of putting all the expenses on the credit card the grandkids will have to pay? And, you might imagine that pay as you requires revenue. It will never be accomplished via program cutting–at program cutting that is feasible or practical.
The El Thumperino is not that far out of line … He is not remiss in pointing out the out-of-bounds markers … and the goal lines.
That’s what the Thumperinos say after someone takes exception to the bruises, welts, cuts, burns, and lacerations, not to mention emotional abuse
And neo-con foreign policy? Kill ’em all and let God sort it out?
I do agree with you about the “hiding heads” … also about this almost constant smooching of Saudi butt, bowing down to Greeks baring “gifts”, BHO and the HildaBeast allowing our sons of liberty (and ambassadors) to die for their own absolutely un-American agenda. …
I suppose you may be correct about this snooze organ being a bit anti-republicrat, but I heartly agree with FITS on this one thing: If it’s corrupt, expose it, always and forever.
It empoweres lunatics like Boz.
Oh,shut up.You’re warm and soft,and moist.
I don’t have a picture of Michael, either. But I do have a picture of the vehicle you drive.
Damn. I just figured out what that ‘finger’ of McMaster was meant to illuminate for us commentators.
Lock them doors Nikki.
How much you need ‘Bible’?
I’ll be fine after the first of the month. I shouldn’t paid for the whole night at the whore house this month. Thanx anyway.
ok
Driving drunk puts thousands of people lives at risk. Now THATS disgraceful, dumbass.
Driving drunk puts thousands of people lives at risk.
Hyperbole much?
I know it sounds hyperbolic, but you gotta admit to a *little* basis in fact. About 10,000 people die in alcohol-related crashes every year (it was over 20,000 annually back in the 80’s). Drunk drivers kill almost as many people as old-school murderers (there are about 15,000 murder / manslaughter charges made every year in the US). Any way you look at it, that’s a lot of dead folks.
MatB,
You are, of course, correct.
TBG read Bottom is at the Bottom’s post as: “[Mark Plowden (or another individual)] [d]riving drunk puts thousands of people lives at risk.”
Ah, gotcha. You’re right- I would think the lone drunk probably only poses a direct risk to the couple dozen or so drivers he or she may run across at intersections (or undivided roadways) until they wobble on into their destination. I see where you were now…
Pedestrians, too.
True…
There’s a difference between the number of people at risk by an individual who is drunk before he leaves towards his destination and makes decisions based on direction and so forth, and those who were at risk at specific points as he travels towards it.
Mmmmm … Of those 10,000, latest statistical anomaly is more than a third of those drunk drivers are in this country illegally. (Illegals are also the only group that can buy tequila at the third world grocery with food stamps … No kidding!)
True (and interesting). Not many real studies on the prevalence of illegal immigrants in the DUI fatality / arrest numbers yet, but based upon most of the early reviews it looks like your number is in the ball park. Most of the social science and LE folks agree, though, that it’s simply a reflection of cultural differences. DUI had little stigma in the US in the 60’s, 70’s, and even into the 80’s, but that has finally started to turn. South of the border, not so much.
Nope.
This article makes no mention of a Breathalyzer score. One of Shifty Henry’s “pro tips” is to never blow into the machine. I suspect that this defendant will not be convicted of DUI.
considering he was busted driving on the wrong side of a divided street I think it will be an uphill battle not to be convicted.
Another Republicans veers to the left.
… full report on Monday, after the Super Bowl crowds the top of the fold and this story is page 17.
How about Chief of Staff – where does Deputy come from?
Go Repukions. …all that pressure …..good lord. …code of ethics state employees. ..no drinkie while hitting on USC girls bow tie boy…
It’s a good thing Mark didn’t reach for his driver’s license. Oh! I forgot; he’s white.
LOL … All the more reason for exposure here?
There’s a lot of people in Columbia that would face criticism if appointed to a $122K position like Yancey McGill. He’s not one that would draw serious concern from either Democrats or Republicans, however.
You doth protest too much, Folks.
$122K plus perks, travel, pension and non-ObamaCare gold collar health insurance …
So, who are these “rich” we are all suppose to hate enough to heavily tax ’em?
Yep
The Rich don’t exist.
They are a figment of those damn liberals imagination
South Carolina State Government is all fucked up, full of corruption and criminals in office stealing from YOU. This clique of good old boys and girls screams a dire need for the citizens of SC to send everyone in state government to the gallows.
You must unite and destroy the evil that has taken over.
Dude, it’s South Carolina. They will all be re-elected, probably multiple times. The people of SC prefer the crooks they know.
And for the DUI – a simple “Dont do it again.”
Rocky, you drunk?
You all smell blood in the water … and any poli-wog in the cross hairs will do.
That is the nature of politically festooned Gruberment … An example might be how many pedophiles work in any state’s child “protective” services … Why, out here in Hollywood ……….
SC Supreme Court Chief Justice Jeal Toal must have mentored him.
Q: What is a drunk man’s idea of a balanced diet?
A: A Budweiser in each hand!
Q: Whats the difference between Amy Winehouse and Captain Morgan?
A: Captain Morgan comes alive when you add coke!
Q: What did the bartender say after Charles Dickens ordered a martini?
A: “Olive or twist?”
Q: What did the bartender say after a book walked into the bar?
A: “Please, no stories!”
Two pieces of string walked into a bar. The bartender told them that his bar did not serve their kind and they should leave…
They went out to the parking lot, fluffed up their ends, entwined themselves and went back in the bar and ordered a beer. As the bartender was drawing the beer…recognition started to sink in. He turned and accused: “Hey…..Aren’t you the same two pieces of string that I just tossed out?”
Indignantly and in unison, the strings replied:
“I’m a frayed knot!”
Q: What did the man with slab of asphalt under his arm order?
A: “A beer please, and one for the road.”
Does that guy in the picture have his hand on Haley’s ass?
That guy is her husband. That ass lost some shape during Michael’s deployment, but as we could see walking the aisle during the SCSOTU address, it’s back to perfection. Let’s hope he is never deployed over seas again.
Just get your Mom to drive you around while you’re drunk. That’s what Flip and I do.
Getta moped.
Could you see my giant fat @$$ perched on a tiny scooter? I’m more of a Jazzy man.
I’m not flattered…
Deweycycle, you mean?
One can still hurt or kill with a moped while driving drunk. Bicycle too.
True enough, but the laws of physics bend for no man- if you can choose, get run into by a moped (rather than a GMC 2500 dually pickup)… ;-)
Hey FITS, thanks for this Earth-shattering and pertinent report…This all but dooms the GOP for the White House in 2106. Hillary – “I don’t Recall” Clinton is a DONE-DEAL now..right???
How do you get this stuff? You are such a pooper-scooper for hot items…
And you’re such a GREAT political pundit…Do you think McMaster will resign over this GARGANTUAN scandal???..What about Haley???..This sinks her career, does it not???…..This will be all over the nation by 5 p.m. But Cracker-Jack FITS had it first…
Why are you on here if you don’t like anything he writes?? Does it make you feel better to harass someone else for making a living?? Especially when you don’t even have the BALLS to give us your real name!!! Wow… You are a real stud!! Get a life and you might not have these anger issues that makes you hide behind an alias!!!
I LOVE busting the @$$ of Bullies and liars…It’s called justice, I guess.
Can’t have Dumb@$$#$ like you wandering around w/o seeing that there is more than irrational, partisan Hate and Attack-dogs in this state…Can we?
A Capital place To be.
You mean a capitalization place to be?
Yes, indeed…
“…irrational, partisan hate…”
GT would never express such platitudes.
I LOVE busting the @$$…
Many here have long suspected as much. : )
True dat. Log Cabin Republican all the way.
Problem is you’ve never successfully busted one. You’re kind of like the retarded cousin everyone here just laughs at.
Ah HORSESHIT…everybody knows everybody’s name on FITS…
Thats his story and hes sticking to it..hes a proven liar and a proven coward..thats teh entire being of GT, hes just a pussy troll who hides behind about a dozen names on this site. easy tos pot, he come up with another name and writes things like..”gee GT you nailed it. Your blog is so on the money..” easy to spot a gt made up friend.
He had a “blog” of his own and it failed miserably.
2106? That might be Chelsea’s grandkids. The Slick One and Mate would be long retired by then (hopefully).
If Mark had been a Democrat and downtown or near 5 Points, he could call Bob Coble and get him to call a few his old hanging on buds like he does for Jean Toal and it would all go away.
Proof no difference in Republicans and Democrats. McMaster whom I have supported over the years hires Yancey McGill a long time Democrat.
Good for McMaster.Treats you with the contempt you deserve.
Youre so damn dumb that anytime somebody puts an “R” by their name you automatically vote for them.
They laugh at fools like you.
What?”Mad” DUMBASS?
Yancey McGill will be making almost three times as much as McMaster. It’s not good politics. Kinda makes it admirable, but not too smart.
Yancey is a DINO.
Mr. Mark Plowden was also hired by Will’s latest obsession, Catherine Templeton just prior to his current job, July 2012, to work at DHEC as communications director.
http://www.wach.com/m/news/story?id=773442
Well Well Well, Mr Mark Plowden. Seems to me someone fell off his high horse (Probably Drunk) and is down here with us peasants. Its funny to see this arrest and having your name in news and your face planted throughout social media. I do remember a quote you said about a case at the AG office, “We believe he is guilty and if we drop charges now it is like saying he should have never been arrested”. Wow. So i guess in your own words your are a drunk and should have been arrested. So go ahead and plead guilty and save the tax payers some money.
This pebble-in-the-shoe epidemic is out of control. These poor, innocent pols are the real victims! /s
It wasn’t a DUI, his sugar(diabetes) was acting up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0oXPf0hMag
Maybe he was just distracted by a pebble in his tire.
I wish Haley would fix the roads to alleviate this problem.
Scott Walker leads Iowa. Great news. He is some who actually ha achieved something.
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/iowa-poll/2015/01/31/iowa-poll-walker-leads-tight-pack/22659477/
Too bad he never did that graduating from college thing.
Maybe, he’ll have the correspondence/online degree completed by 2016.
I like him all the more for not graduating from college. He is very smart, so could have done so. He chose to chart his own path. Been a pretty good path at that.
Well we know he has the ability to Koch suck. That seems to be a requirement for Republicans these days. Remember when that radio host called him pretending to be Charles Koch. He was peeing all over himself, until he found out it was fake.
Walker is a worthless, shameless, pion. God help the American people if they elect someone like him.
From the NYT:
WASHINGTON — Obama administration officials and other supporters of the Affordable Care Act say they worry that the tax-filing season will generate new anger as uninsured consumers learn that they must pay tax penalties and as many people struggle with complex forms needed to justify tax credits they received in 2014 to pay for health insurance.
The White House has already granted some exemptions and is considering more to avoid a political firestorm.
And FITS is too busy sucking off ‘Pootlian, and his Democrat Party @$$-kissers to report on things that REALLY severely Damage South Carolinians…
THIS is why we NEED sites like SCPSD…the SC media is in out-of-touch Lockstep…and it SUCKS
Still no readers? lol
I’m more read (and far more provocative) that FITS, you Dumb@$$…and it’s his site…
You’ll be AMAZED at the response when you say something different and original…Of course YOU probably have no idea of what I speak…
Yeah some response..crickets and tumbleweeds. Perhaps that should be the name of your new “blog” Crickets and tumbleweeds.
Correction: You are more RED.
God, you are a thick cunt.
None..zippo..nadda..why go to a site written by a proven liar and a coward? utter failure.
Yup! ObamaCare is now ObamaTax … remind me again why so many of you voted for Him?
Mitt Romney?
Duuuhhh. That’s exactly what Chief Justice John Roberts said, too.
But, really, you brilliant news hounds did not know how this worked?
It was all out there from the very beginning.
Tear up your Medicaid Card so we can stop paying for your health care you worthless taker.
Wasn’t Mark Plowden with Henry at the AG office as an asst. AG?
Is he not a lawyer?
No, he’s just a drunk.
At first he was with the Governor’s office, then with the Attorney General.
Thru lhis law firm was able to obtain favors from a local county clerk. Such as having liens signed and certified before a homeowner could answer it in court. Because of his status with the state’s GOP …