“LOVING WOMEN IS NOT THE SAME AS RESPECTING THEM”
We were extremely disappointed when former S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC) director Catherine Templeton endorsed the 2016 presidential campaign of former Florida governor Jeb Bush.
Templeton is a rising star on the statewide stage – as we’ve previously noted – and to see her hitch her wagon to such a liberal establishment “Republican” perplexed us. Vexed us, even.
To her credit, though, Templeton has refrained from political gamesmanship and branded herself not as an attacker of other campaigns but rather an advocate of Bush’s occasionally substantive policies (some of which this website has praised).
That’s smart … or at least it was smart.
As the 2016 presidential primary reaches a point of critical mass in early-voting South Carolina, Bush’s “substance” is being sacrificed on the altar of political desperation. Meanwhile Templeton has traded her principled advocacy on the issues for the sort of lowest common denominator politics we thought was beneath her.
In fact, she’s now employing the same 1990s-era political correctness that voters – especially those in the Palmetto State – have been rebuking with the same sort of vigor as they are rebuking establishment “Republican” candidates like Bush.
You know … the sort of vigor we captured in our endorsement of the anti-establishment candidacy of current GOP frontrunner, Donald Trump.
According to a release from Bush’s campaign, Templeton is leading the latest, last-ditch effort to brand Trump as anti-woman.
“There are leaders all over South Carolina, especially women leaders, who are looking at the rhetoric and antics of Donald Trump, and are being turned off,” she is quoted as saying in the release.
Templeton was overheard recently saying “loving women is not the same as respecting them.”
Really? You can’t do both?
We’re also told Templeton believes she is deftly striking some sort of balance between political correctness in a broader sense and her narrow disdain for one particular “misogynistic politician” – and she may be correct.
But that’s going to be a tough needle for her to thread if she continues carrying Bush’s water in the Palmetto State. An endorsement of Bush was already going to be hazardous to her political future … but now she’s compounding the problem by going on the attack.
Of interest? Templeton’s Feminazi-fueled criticism of the “The Donald” comes after she was observed embracing S.C. governor Nikki Haley during the 2016 “Republican” presidential debate in North Charleston, S.C. earlier this month.
We wonder – did these two on-again, off-again female leaders kiss and make up?
Haley has been leading the national charge against Trump – and figures prominently in the “Republican” party’s last-ditch effort to sink his momentum in South Carolina.
“This is the GOP Waterloo,” one national consultant told us. “It all comes down to South Carolina.”
Indeed it does … and the sides chosen in the looming battle will define careers for decades to come.
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Trump will lose a general election if he gets the nomination. That’s pretty much certain.
Then he will be ‘forgotten’, like Sarah Palin, and the establishment will move on. Only the fringe, that already been pretty much ‘forgotten’ by the establishment, are endorsing Trump. That’s a short term loser’s game.
Who is he going to lose to?
Probably Hillary, hopefully Bernie.
Either Hillary or Bernie. Both lead Trump in a general election. If you think Trump can win nationally, you are sadly mistaken. Never happen. Sorry
Your boy, Trump, can’t even handle a debate moderated by a female. He literally is running away from it. If he can’t handle friendly, soft ball debates, how in the hell will he handle a debate with either Bernie or Hillary? He’s scared already and he knows he is in way over his orange head. This is the beginning of the end for Donald.
Oh come on now, The Donald just tossed red meat to his supporters. He’s going to win the GOP primary, PERIOD. What happens in the general is another matter entirely though.
Don’t delude yourself, not participating in the final debate will hurt him only slightly but not enough to kill a double digit lead.
I never said he wouldn’t get the GOP nomination, looks like he might, but he’ll never win a national election. And don’t bring up PERIOD…it makes Donald and his supporters uncomfortable.
lol
The Trump is teaching Fox an economic lesson. Without Trump ratings will be crap. Fox will get the message and henceforth will be good little butt boys.
I see Megyn is another issue he has flip flopped, excuse me, “evolved” on since 2011.
But in their 2011 interview, Trump heaped praise on Kelly’s moderating skills.
“I could never beat you. That wouldn’t even be close. That would be no contest,” Trump said. “You have done a great job, by the way. And I mean it.”
This is the beginning of the end for Donald.
Yeah, I’ve heard that more than once in the last six months.
Speaking the truth = playing the “woman card”?
“There are leaders all over South Carolina, especially women leaders, who are looking at the rhetoric and antics of Donald Trump, and are being turned off,” she is quoted as
saying in the release.
Truth.
Templeton was overheard recently saying “loving women is not the same as respecting them.”
Truth.
Don’t forget the women nationally. Educated women, miniority women, millennial women….all won’t vote for Trump. You can’t win without them.
You don’t understand the Trump supporter, preferring instead to assume they are all blue-collar high school grads to make yourself feel better about your biased thinking. There is NO candidate with a broader appeal than Trump. He gathers them from every corner, just as Reagan did (remember “Reagan Democrats”?). This is a revolution, friends, a train that is picking up steam, not slowing down.
” I’ve always had a good relationship with Nancy Pelosi.”
You don’t seem to understand. No bias, just facts. You’ll find out in November…
“Donald Trump might be another of those cases. It’s not clear what policy positions Trump really holds, but to the extent he has articulated them, they’re all over the map and not that well aligned with those traditionally held by Republican officeholders. However, unlike previous “mavericks” such as Bill Clinton or McCain, Trump is not very popular with general election voters. On the contrary, he’s extremely unpopular with independents and would begin the general election race with worse favorability ratings than any candidate to receive a major-party nomination before.”
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-republican-party-may-be-failing/
About 20 percent of likely Democratic voters say they would buck the party and vote for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in a general election, according to a new poll.
The willingness of some Democrats to change sides could be a major problem for Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton this fall.
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/265330-some-dems-would-defect-for-trump-poll-shows
That ‘poll’ is a few weeks old. Have anything recent?
Again, think about that for a minute. He’s one of their own. They see that now.
I read that 10% voted for the GOP in both Obama elections. So I don’t think 20% is anything unusual. Lots of those blue collar, industrial types of the old democrat party vote GOP. The article flipthewerido linked said 14% of GOP would vote Dem instead of Trump.
Growing anti-establishment sentiments held by many evangelical Christians is why Christians are supporting Trump. Not only are conservative Christians solidly Republican, they are also fierce traditionalists who feel that their values are increasingly under assault by modern society.
That’s nice. Too bad there are not enough of them to get a republican elected. Haven’t been for decades. Too bad many of them see right through Trump’s pathetic attempts at pandering to them. Why can’t you?
And that makes no sense what so ever, unless traditional values includes having multiple affairs.
In The Art of the Deal, Trump boasted about bedding other men’s wives.
“If I told the real stories of my experiences with women, often seemingly very happily married and important women, this book would be a guaranteed best-seller,” he wrote.
This is more telling. Trump supporters are generally scared of the world and look for an authoritative figure to protect them and keep them safe from the precieved frightening world around them. Just like Nazi sympathizers…
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/authoritarians-agree-trump-for-president/2016/01/19/407f58ec-bef0-11e5-bcda-62a36b394160_story.html
Wrong team.Obama administration is a pro-Muslim Brotherhood administration and hate Jews.Why they gave Iran nukes.
But it doesn’t matter. They supported the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, Muslim Brotherhood types have been in the Oval Office.
Let’s face it: They hate Israel and they like Jews who contribute to their campaigns and vote for their president and so forth, but that’s it.
I thought you weren’t going to post here anymore! LMAO!!!
You are a very smart person. Templeton is correct, her bags include Nikki. Enough said.
The so-called “woman card” wouldn’t gain so much traction if there wasn’t a foundation in fact there.
Love it! A man convicted of CDV, Will,Folks, endorses Trump and attacks a woman for bringing up Trump’s totally real and totally dismal record with women? Somebody hit up Gawker.com with this story.
Someone’s mad at Will today. Could it be a certain troll got mad at him? Oh my!!!
If FitsNews had any other actual ‘staffers’, you might being hearing something like this…
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/aug/10/breitbart-staffers-accuse-site-of-accepting-trump-/
He could shoot someone and not lose any polling, because the positive coverage he buys would cover his ass. LMAO!!!
Don’t underestimate the scorned women vote.
“We wonder – did these two on-again, off-again female leaders kiss and make up?”
More importantly, does anyone have a picture of it?
Two words Ms. Templeton:
Newt Gingrich
She’s a Hillary Clinton Democrat who found herself needing to identify as a Republican when Haley started showing an interest in appointing her to LLR. She’s the ultimate RINO.
Kind of like Trump was a Clinton democrat who found himself needing to identify as republican because their voters are fools who he knew he could trick into thinking he was an actual conservative?
Just for the record are we talking about the R’s that wander the halls of the State House or the R’s with a horn on their head, a big ass, like to mud wrestle and wander the plains meandering around like they have drunk too much Ripple
“Ripple”…lol…funny and generational reference.
I only know it because I was watching an old episode of “Sanford & Son” last weekend and it was mentioned and I had to “google” it to understand the reference better.
Champipple was his drink for romancing the ladies.
Boozolete, was the ladies drinks.
“There are leaders all over South Carolina, especially women leaders, who are looking at the rhetoric and antics of Donald Trump, and are being turned off,”
Good to know! That takes some heat off me.
A lot of heat will be turned off soon. LANDSLIDE boy !!!
Like loving illegals crossing the border that must remain open for workers for the supporters of the RINOS.
Yeah, back to business as usual.
NO WAY!
Trump!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
“I’ve always had a great relationship with Harry Reid.”
He is the ONLY reason 20+ million American’s watch it… I would LOVE to see him skip JUST to see the rating drop to 1 million viewers…
I say doing a live rally on another network that will sign over 100% of precedes to wounded warriors… Do it live at the same time the actual debate is being held and have the ENTIRE thing be “Trump makes fun of the candidates on Fox as they respond to questions”… It would be yuuuge!
The debates are not going to change anyone’s minds at this point in time, Trump has this one in the bag,,,
“Trump has this one in the bag”
And, especially given his recent remarks, I am loving every second of it.
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/265330-some-dems-would-defect-for-trump-poll-shows
20%
20% of Democrats flipping to Trump.
Of course they are. He’s ready to work with Pelosi, Reid & Schumer. Duh!
Lets hope he uses a reputable veteran’s group this time.
Reagan didn’t participate in the last debate before Iowa in 1980…interesting.
Shouldn’t you be meeting with your attorney?
I am with him now.Got a message for him?
Yes. Which disqus account do you pretend is your lawyer?
Also, you need a new crush besides Rocky. It’s cute, but sad.
Yep. Tell him to bill you double for wasting his time.
He laughed.Said he liked Batman and wouldn’t sue Catwoman.He did ask if you had permission to use that avatar…something about copyright infringement. :)
He can contact my attorneys:
Dewey, Cheatham & Howe
800-555-5555
I just dialed the number and got FitsNews. :))
Howe finally got promoted after the Steele indictment, eh?
Yeah, those two are comparable. Maybe you can link to an article that actually proves your point wrong again, pogo?
Have you looked into how much foreign labor Trump uses to staff and build his resorts?
Apparently not.
“Rising Star”, is that the same as “High as a kite?”
She’s like a monkey climbing a pole, a hot monkey with a big butt.
And being a woman is no excuse for being a deceitful, lying arrogant douche.
If changing a few words…There are leaders all over South Carolina, especially *men leaders*, who are looking at the rhetoric and antics of *Hillary Clinton*, and are being turned off, would that be playing the *Man Card*?
The lesson is that at some point “rising stars” fly high enough that they join the establishment. Katherine just did. To bad, as she had promise.
“I think I’m going to be able to get along with Pelosi. I’ve always had a good relationship with Nancy Pelosi. I’ve never had a problem.”
“I’ve always had a great relationship with Harry Reid.”
“Hey look, I think I’ll be able to get along with well with Chuck Schumer. I was always very good with Schumer. I was close to Schumer in many ways.”
http://therightscoop.com/trump-i-can-cut-deals-with-nancy-pelosi-and-chuck-schumer/#ixzz3yT82SafF
Oh boy, this is going to be awesome.
Boehner pours another glass of Merlot, lights a smoke and chuckles.
You are such a dumbass. Seriously, I think it must require a lot of effort on your part to be so ignorant to what is going on in this world and what is required to fix it. You must live in a cabin in the middle of BFE and your only social interaction is with that oxygen thief dog.
Per his recent statements, apparently compromise with Pelosi, Reid & Schumer is what is required.
It isn’t compromise if all parties are on the same page. Trump is a closet liberal who supports Hillary.
Hi pogo. Deleted another account and back to being a ‘guest’?
Started drinking yet? Tell Terry L Ward ‘hello’!
#DisqusLivesMatter
#FrivolousLawsuits
#HasTheDACalledYet
#Sanders2016
Break up to make up, that’s all you do. First you hate her, then you love her, then you hate her again …
Trump has the guts to take on the bias media, something no other candidate in recent history has had the guts to do. The media keeps saying Trump can’t get his way, but the smart voters understand they as saying we have always got our way and now that is being threatened. No other candidate in either party has the guts to stand up to the media. This is a sign of a leader that will take on tyrants (media) and not allow them to make the rules. Every other Republican candidate are afraid to stand up to the media. How the heck will they stand up to the pro-immigration National Republican Committee after getting their donors money?
Bullshit. I have seen Christie on numerous occasions be an asshole to the media and even his own citizens. Trump isn’t the only dickhead in the race. Newt did the same thing too – and where did that get him?
“Hey look, I think I’ll be able to get along with well with Chuck Schumer. I was always very good with Schumer. I was close to Schumer in many ways.”
Bernie Sanders supports gay marriage, abortion, and Israel. Trump has a lot of anti-semites backing him. Wondering if you are one of those?
I thought you were leaving fitnews while your lawyer filed a defamation suit in Lexington County. I knew you couldn’t stay away, you stupid homo, pedophile.
Google my friend Mike DeWine.You have big problems.
Ooooh, I shaking in my shoes!……I am so afraid!
Yeah, right, like the 69 year old Ohio Attorney General has time or inclination to pursue your bullshit, butt hurt whining about getting abused on this worthless, crappy website. Might I suggest a long term stay in a mental institution for you and your various alter egos.
By the way, did you tell your “good friend” AG DeWine that you are a sick and twisted homo pedophile and a 25 year member of NAMBLA?
lol…now why would you make false and libelous allegations as above?
Ain’t enough ‘clicks’ on this site to pay that bill.
Betcha by golly wow!
Given the the current stable of Republican nominees, it would probably served her better to stay neutral for the time being.
Given the current state of the polls in SC, she is backing an unattractive candidate. Just proclaiming her allegiance to the Republican party, regardless the future candidate to be selected, would probably serve her well for future political ambitions.
Only women showed up to work after snowstorm, Senator says.
Senator Lisa Murkowski looked around the Senate floor and noticed something was a little… off.
“Something is genuinely different,” she told the few assembled lawmakers during Tuesday’s short morning session.
Back at work after last weekend’s snowstorm shuttered the federal government, the Republican senator from Alaska noted that she shared something in common with every single person in the room.
No, Republicans and Democrats didn’t magically come together during the weather break and agree on something. Every single person in the room was a woman.
Every. Single. One.
Why was she dumb enough to stay when she knew she was just wasting her time there? Women…
Those women believe in working for a paycheck? While the men blew it off and stayed home on your taxpayer dime.
Ignore Squishy. He doesn’t have a woman and blames them for his lack of companionship.
I’m soooo lonely!!! I do so long for those evenings where a female would be there to ignore me, complain about everything and spend the whole night on the phone with her mother.
Why would tell us how lame and boring women find you? How they would literally do anything else but engage you while in the same room as you? It’s already very obvious. You’re the typical borish conservative male.
Where were all the assholes who reportedly sleep on the floor of their offices?
I don’t touch the red bag.
I don’t touch the red bag of cleansing – I respect it’s power.
FHRITP!
The WSJ reports that Trump has the highest appeal to uneducated angry middle to lower middle class agnostic white voters who blame their lack of success on others – primarily the government and racial minorities. Templeton does not fall into this category. Trump supporters don’t care that he routinely insults and manipulates them. Most of them are not smart enough to even realize it. Endorsements mean nothing. But I could easily see Templeton as the next Governor and a true rising star increasingly small mainstream Republican firmament. Unlike Nikki Haley, a vastly over-rated liar and reformed(?) adulterer.
Who do the Asians prefer?
CNN has a report on their website about his supporters. Same findings. The whining about white people being discriminated against takes the cake. What I noticed with these folks is there are never specific examples of this discrimination against them. Like the imaginary war on Christmas.
The WSJ is FOS. I would love to meet a “uneducated Agnostic”, jeez, then you can show me a vegetarian steak eater. It is eating the “king makers” a new butthole that they have no influence over the process and the more they demonize him the more the public loves him.
You have very little understanding of the outside world.
I guess not knowing what “agnostic” means makes you a Trump supporter.
I see the Gov.(?) Haley’s teeth found a new home.
So Templeton likes bush. That’s pretty hot. Glad to see this site getting back to its roots.
All Trump needs to seal the SC deal is Elinor “bloody bitch ” Kitzman. Another Haley failure, incompetent, witch.
I was not voting for Trump until Haley’s pathetic attack. The “anchor baby” screwed up again.
If Catherine T’s next career target is in DC, or from DC, then maybe she’s temporarily weakened a bit temporarily, but if it is in SC politics or judiciary I doubt she’s harmed at all.
i’d hit it. …
But then you would hit just about anything. Is this really supposed to be a bachanded compliment to Templeton or anyone? Who gives a shit what she thinks, BTW?
Not “bachanded” at all. Just voicing an observation. And i really don’t care what she thinks. Should i? And do you?
Does she even have a job?
I thought NIMRATA hired her to “talk smack” to all the UNIONS in South Carolina!
Must have worked herself out of a job.
Another unemployed attorney.