BECAUSE THEY’RE DONE …
We continue to maintain that U.S. Rep. Trey Gowdy‘s endorsement of establishment “Republican” Marco Rubio really isn’t that big of a deal. As we noted in our recent post, it’s not going to move the needle for Rubio in early-voting South Carolina … nor will it make a dent on the national stage.
“As far as we’re concerned, Gowdy’s endorsement is crucial only insomuch as it impacts the ‘Republican’ status quo undercard – in which Rubio is battling former Florida governor Jeb Bush and several other second-tier candidates for the right to represent the Washington, D.C. political class on the presidential ballot next year,” we wrote.
That’s true …
But it appears as though Gowdy’s endorsement has had a seismic impact on the future of jurisprudence in the Palmetto State – namely by eliminating any chance he had at becoming the next chief justice of the S.C. Supreme Court. The proposed elevation of Gowdy to this lofty post was billed as the next step in his political evolution – not to mention a central component of the S.C. House of Representatives’ push for judicial reform.
Now the whole plan is … kaput.
Meaning GOP leaders must go back to the drawing board.
Sources in the S.C. General Assembly went out of their way to assure us Gowdy had given up his quest to become chief justice “weeks ago,” and stressed that the Rubio endorsement had “nothing to do with” his decision.
Right ….
To be fair, one conservative lawmaker said they would still vote to put Gowdy on the bench despite his controversial presidential nod.
“I was not happy with it but considering the field – if he does want it I would still vote for him,” the lawmaker told us.
But multiple other GOP lawmakers told us Gowdy’s endorsement of Rubio was a deal-breaker.
“He screwed up big time with his establishment endorsement,” a lawmaker from Gowdy’s fourth congressional district told us. “Lots of folks are mad. I’ve had several calls from constituents complaining.”
Another fourth district lawmaker confirmed that Gowdy’s endorsement of Rubio was driving “tons of calls” to their office.
“It’s running ten to one against him,” the lawmaker told us.
Wow …
Gowdy’s problem? Not only has he enraged his conservative base, he’s pissed off a broad swath of establishment “Republicans” in South Carolina who were fiercely loyal to Bush. That means he can no longer rely on the typical “liberal GOP-Democrat” governing coalition to get him to 86 votes – the number he would need to win a legislative election in the S.C. General Assembly.
“He went from having a majority – to having no path to a majority,” one lawmaker put it bluntly. “In the blink of an eye.”
Again, Gowdy backers made it abundantly clear he had already decided against running for the Supreme Court at the time of the Rubio endorsement, but we think they doth protest too much.
One thing is clear, though: The option is now completely off the table for him.
In fact, whatever Gowdy’s future plans in Palmetto politics may have been … they are severely compromised by virtue of this ill-conceived endorsement.
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It seems to me these SC pols overvalue the impact of their endorsements. I agree. Gowdy’s endorsement won’t “move the needle” for Rubio. I suppose it’s just another aspect of the narcissism that seems to drive those who seek and hold public office in SC these days. They need to face the tough reality that they’re just not that great.
Endorsing Rubio or Bush does seriously call into question, whatever judgment a local politician might (or might not) possess.
Yeah, would hate to see Republicans win a general election, right? Silly Gowdy. He should’ve endorsed a guy who can’t win.
There’s really no point in them winning if the winner is a sellout like Bush, Graham, Rubio, etc. There’s not a dime’s worth of difference in these traitors and the Democrats. Both have and will sell this country out in a skinny minute if they think they can make a dishonest buck out of it.
This needs to be up-voted about 1000 times.
Because they are all falling over themselves to endorse Trump?
Local politicians who endorses one of those two are looking to get the fuck out of SC and into REAL politics. FitsNews vigorously endorses Trump and he’s got a giant empty space on his blog where his main advert belongs. Not even a Trump ad. Telling, isn’t it?
I always thought that the notoriety that Gowdy achieved by investigating Hillary’s Benghazi debacle with his sub-committee would open some doors in public service at a high level in the Federal government. He handled the situation very well and did establish that Hillary lied on more than a few occasions. He was very professional and acquitted himself very well on the National stage.
Coming back to SC and serving as Chief justice of the SC Supreme would, for all practical purposes, take him off a much bigger stage in Washington. I think he realizes his path or advancement in the public sector should go through Washington, not Columbia.
Gowdy backing Rubio, at this point, just verifies to me that he adores the limelight in Washington and he should fit in well.
Are you kidding????
I ain’t no fan of Hillary but she took Gowdy’s best shot and it bounced off her and all Gowdy has done is revert to whining and theatrics of which prosecutors are famous for.
He sucks as a congressman (he ain’t done a damn thing but mug the camera every time there is a hearing) and now it appears he has shot himself in the foot again.
I never thought I’d say it but Bob Inglis was 10X the representative for the people of the 4th Congressional District of the Great State of South Carolina.
He’s a damn good prosecutor (as long as he’s got 10-12 lawmen/women backing him up that is…..) not to mention sucking on the government teat since he became a lawyer.
And that is exactly what he will continue to do because he wouldn’t make it in the private sector!!!!
Do tell spark, but many in SC still think he is a hero?
It’s been so long since a Repiblican in Congress has actually had a real, tangible accomplishment that you guys see grandstanding as one. They’re playing you idiots like a fiddle.
That’s a damn good observation………
Zealots are always delusional no matter what political persuasion………..
I’ve noticed little Mick Mulvaney likes to post snippets of video of him yelling at people during congressional testimony. Most of them are just senseless noise.
We all know more than anyone else. The man can endorse anyone he wishes. Hell,look at the population that endorses the Clintons and they are lower than Whale Dung!
Greetings from my first annual golf invitational from sunny Denver. Gowdy pulled the plug on his CJ gig with this endorsement. A Speaker Ryan gives him much more clout in the House. Duh
“acquitted himself well?”
He was sweating like a racehorse when the cameras were on, out of embarrassment at the outlandishly stupid questions the partisan hacks on his committee were putting to the Secretary. He was seen in public, leading a team of dimwitted thugs in beating a dead horse, and was rightly mortified at the spectacle they were making of him and his kangaroo committee.
Ed I just can’t agree with you.The questions Gowdy and Jim Jordan (Ohio) asked confirmed that Clinton had told her daughter that it was indeed a terrorist attack that night and further solidified in the minds of Americans that she is not to be trusted.
Bullwinkle Hockey. The Establishment owns SC and Gowdy will get whatever he wants.
Agreed. The proof is that Fits sources won’t even reveal who they are on either side. Of course, it may be they don’t want to be associated with fitsnews.
It sure appears advertisers don’t want to be associated with FitsNews.
I think that the majority of those ads appeared at random without Will’s input, such as those about toenail fungus and similar — they just dropped in like gumballs from a penny machine in an arcade. Personally none of them would have interested me and I hated to have to scroll through a dozen to get to the comments each time I pulled up an article. Yes, they were annoying but they didn’t stop my enjoyment on Fitsnews.
Oh, this site is about you? Tell that to Will’s bottom line.
Lighten up dude.Shifty just expressed an opinion.
That’s what you get for thinking.
lol
End of year negotiation of new rates. So keep clicking so Will can keep this site going. :)
Nobody cares, when elections come around, who you endorsed for an office. Nobody gave a crap about his endorsements last cycle of others running for house/senate in other states, and nobody will give a crap about this one. Because it’s Trey Fucking Gowdy. He’s fine.
Without Trey’s efforts, we would know NOTHING about the treasonous miscreance of Hillary the Hateful. In order to stay in the position to do that, his loyalty had to be to those who would keep him in that position. One of the people who supported him wholeheartedly was Marco Rubio, who is a TEA-party electee. I have sat silent, for the most part, when people on this site have vilified many of my friends. Sometimes they were right, other times, not. But there is NO reason to vilify Trey. He may have done something, politically, that you didn’t like, but he is a reasonable, loyal, honest person, who has found a way to get along in order to do the country a great service. Don’t vote for Rubio. That’s fine. But to dismiss one of the FEW good men in South Carolina politics is an infamnia!
OK, I’ve had my say. Beat me up..
Apparently you don’t understand your own kind.
When you are claiming to be a ‘conservative’ aka ‘Right Wing Extremist’, you must hate who I hate, hate what I hate, like who I like, like what I like, and think how I think. If you don’t, then you are NOT a true ‘conservative’ you are a sell-out RINO or worse.
Please get with the program if you don’t want to get the same treatment Gowdy is getting.
Hee Hee. Thanks for that. Yes, it’s easy to get pasted with a title or a label, no matter which side of the bread is buttered.
And it comes from the same person that has a multiple personality disorder.
I don’t have a multitude of accounts that I post under, so what the hell are you referring to?
I wasn’t referring to you, I was referring to your comment about a certain “Right Wing Extremist” on this site.
Sorry you misunderstood.
Again, I AIN’T no fan of Hillary but he really kicked her ass and put her in her place didn’t he????
Years of “just wait and see what Gowdy does on the Bengazi affair, he’s gonna throw her sorry fat ass under the jail”
The result??The biggest fizzle since Evel Knevil “jumped” the Grand Canyon!!!!! Hillary and that other woman who testified around a year ago gave him the symbolic “finger” and Gowdy responded by throwing a “hissy fit” that would make a 12 year old girl proud!!!!!
Bob Inglis was 10X the representative for the people of the 4th Congressional District of the Great State of Souh Carolina and he’s not the blatant opportunist that Gowdy is.
I’ve seen how he acts behind closed doors………”FEW good men in South Carolina politics” my hillbilly ass!!!!!
Are you retarded?
All’s I can say is people who aren’t “sheeple” like yourself sure the fuck ain’t retarded
I think for myself,thank you.Problem with most of you people is that you never think ‘outside the box’.Regurgitation of the talking points of the MSM and political parties is why nothing ever changes.
Thinking outside the box is what being an independent is all about….
You’re the one regurgitating tired old shit. If I’ve heard your type spout “MSM talking points” one time I’ve heard it a thousand times. Its a staple of right wingnut talk radio when they have nothing else to bitch about.
That’s a fine ‘sheeple” coat you’re sporting. Don’t forget to get it sheared before it gets mottled and looks like shit.
No.An independent and/or moderate has no moral compass and doesn’t believe in a damn thing.Finger in the wind and in most cases votes with the ‘elitist’ class because of their disdain for people of faith.
No, an independent listens to both sides and realizes that each sides has nutty extremes that defy common sense. The best solutions can nearly always be found in between the two extremes. Put another way, in all things, moderation.
Our entire government is built to produce a compromise between opposing sides. Our government doesn’t function well now, because extremists such as yourself don’t understand those facts. You seek to hold the process hostage to your views when in fact the majority does not even share those views.
No different than regurgitation of the talking points of Limbaugh. Please, you’ve never had an original thought in your life.
Hey loser.Can’t wait for the game today.I see Baylor RUSHED for 645 yards against that ACC powerhouse UNC the other night.Oklahoma may score 60 today.
Go light your bong up in honor of dabo’s doppies!
Just in from Dabo’s pregame at the hotel! (avatar)
Houston 21
FSU 3
ACC and Clemson exposed as frauds….AGAIN!
Clemson 37
Oklahoma 17
Flip exposed as an idiot… AGAIN!
LMAO!!! Start the damn BUS!!!
Um… Yeah.
GO TIGERS!!!
Bob Inglis started out OK then went RINO. Like so many of our “statesmen ” do. I supported him when he ran against Hollings way back when, then the next time he showed up he was a moderate. Sell out.
I agree with you on this. Trey has done an above average job in the house. There are too many here that are of the persuasion that you are 100% right or 100% wrong. I might not agree with you every time but if I agree with you over 80% of the time I could support you.
Wow rouge, I’m impressed. Maybe we do need a republican school, you are referring to compromise. Wish you would of told them 7 years ago. The US would be much further down the road in a good way. Keep up the good work and spread your idea around! Happy New Year!
Where did I say compromise ? I will go along to a certain point. Past the point of basic values I will not. Right will always be right and wrong will always be wrong. Conservatives are never wrong. Liberals are never right. Moderates don’t know the difference. 7 years ago I supported Huckabee for POTUS. I voted for McCain in the general, but it was as close to licking a turd as I have ever come. The only justification was knowing that the alternative was what we wound up with.
Oh, BS.
he is just another grandstanding prosecutor who does not care one bit about truth or justice, just winning…and, he lost at Hillary’s appearance.
He actually won.He kept her nasty,lying face on television for about 9 hours and it reinforced to a majority of Americans of why they hate and don’t trust a damn thing she says.
Why do you think the Democrats hide those debates on Saturday nights when nobody will watch them?
Dude, give it up, even the right wing media thought it was a disaster from Gowdy’s perspective.
I think it is terrible for you to mock him this way. He did the best he could with with what the party and Fox gave him. Which is nothing. He could have kept going longer if McCarthy and Hanna had not admitted it was all trumped up to hurt Clinton’s poll numbers.
I’m going to shock you by agreeing with you. It appears that nobody else does.
Incidentally, I appreciate your screen name. You did a great job with Norway. One of your best pieces of work.
You don’t have to. Gowdy just sunk his own ship. Supporting a candidate who has no balls is unforgivable.
Rubio is a brilliant man and solid individual.Whether he can overcome the ‘gang of 8’ is another story.
He is very glib and good in debates but he is not a deep thinker, and is of average intelligence. He is bored as Senator and is quite lazy in that job.
Gowdy can endorse who he wishes. It’s not going to make a dimes worth of differences. Endorsements are way overrated. Rubio is likely the best of the establishment backed candidates and it’s dangerous for Gowdy to go too far off the reservation unless he wants to get thumped hard by Ryan, et al. The main problem with Rubio is his stand on immigration/amnesty and this might be something that has to be over looked in order to secure the White House. He’s still better than HillBilly.
You got it. This election is 100% about immigration/amnesty as Trump has defined it and Rubio is in a big whole.
A big “whole” of what?????
Chuck Shumer ‘SHIT’! :)
Take a look at Troopers Fed up they are going to the General Assembly about Trikki,s lousy appointee. ..2016…
She screwed the farmers also, but that is another story. Just more Trikki Nikki.
One can only hope this snake oil salesman will someday be seen for what he truly is – a self-centered mass who has misled thousands of good-hearted people in his pursuit to be noticed. He is a vapid person who subscribes to the belief that being a prosecutor-as-a-legislator is the best way to get You Tube views and guest appearances on news shows. Heaven forbid he actual try and legislate an idea.
Not likely. How many times has Graham been re-elected? Lets not forget trail hiking Sanford.
If Will is correct that Gowdy’s support for a SC Supreme Court appointment has been muted, then we may have witnessed one of those rare occasions when South Carolina actually avoids self-inflicted damage. “Dum Spiro Spero” indeed.
No doubt there is a fair number of individuals walking around who would like to stick something into Gowdy – a fork ain’t in their pants
How long have we been waiting for the Rubio mistress bomb to explode. Still “Trending” on the top scroll on the web site.
If WaPo is any indication, Marco’s ex-con cocaine dealing brother in law, his real estate license and still missing after 20+ years $15 million is more important.
None of it is important-see Trump.
After 8 years of the Muslim Satan destroying America the voters could care less about the non issues above.
They want the borders sealed and illegals deported w/NO path to citizenship,Obamacare repealed and jobs.
You don’t have to tell me that Republicans will excuse any kind of low life personal and professional corruption as long as it’s a Republican doing it.
In these times when the Democrat Party has become the party of treason and the appeaser of our enemies EVERYTHING is on the table to defeat evil.
Can whoever has been doing us the favor get rid of the latest Big, T manifestation. A new personality has emerged. The nutjob is back
I wouldn’t even call “it’ a “personality”.
Not true. There are Republicans who have committed unethical acts and even criminal acts. They are usually removed from office. For Democrats unethical or even criminal behavior is treated like a resume enhancement.
Try telling that to Anthony Weiner or Elliot Spitzer.
So, a man decides to support someone he believes in despite the political consequences and that’s a bad thing? I say we need more people like that.
Also, all these sources are so full of it. Especially the elected officials. They sway which way the wind blows. I know, I work inside the bubble. DOn’t worry they wind will change and they’ll proclaim they’ve “always been at war with Eastasia.”
Let South Carolina’s so called Republican Leadership keep their heads where the sun does not shine.It is the lack of real Leadership that is destroying this state and America!
We have a class of folks that look at themselves as Monarch’s. They are self centered and incapable of thinking of anyone but self. America is gone for all intents and purposes.
Maybe, he can follow in Carroll Campbell’s footsteps and become a lobbyist.
This guy turned out to be nothing but a pathetic loser GOP hack. Go try and sell Used Cars, asshole.
Used car salesmen have more morals.
BUCK MAHON’s AUTO SALES!
HICKORY TAVERN,SOUTH CAROLINA!
YOU BETCHA!!!!!
I understand that David Wilkins is absolutely furious with Gowdy over this. It seems that Wilkins has already promised the US Attorney job to one of his co-workers, once Bush is elected.
That would make sense. The SC GOP establishment despises anyone thinking or acting on their own beliefs. You toe the line or you are dead to them.
Gowdy was never recruited by one of the state’s big law firms. Never had a chance at the Big Court. Gowdy was given the Hillary investigation because it was a crap shoot and the leadership didn’t care what happened to the lemon-sucker if he failed.
Do ALL politicians have an aversion to Work and an HONORABLE living in the real world off the government sweet tit?
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Nothing wrong with posting this now, but anything you want legislators to see should be posted (or reposted) when it is in session and they are more regularly checking out Fitsnews (in large part presumably to make sure they are not mentioned in it . . . or showcased!).
Well howdy, Gowdy—so you’re the same RINO coward who voted Boehner/Ryan and to NOT defund Obamacare?
Bend over, Trey, and take a good look at your hypocrite House seat because come 2017 you will NOT be there !!!