South Carolina’s 2014 gubernatorial race is shaping up as a rematch of 2010 … which is bad news for Palmetto State taxpayers.
Their current choices?
Nikki Haley – a truth-averse, big spending crony capitalist – or Vincent Sheheen, a big government liberal who doesn’t think Haley is expanding government fast enough.
Ah, bipartisanshit …
Haley has yet to officially affirm herself as a candidate for reelection but it’s common knowledge she’s running again. In fact her top political advisor Tim Pearson left the governor’s office several months ago to begin organizing her campaign.
This week Sheehen announced that he, too, was taking steps to run for governor in 2014.
“South Carolina is the greatest state in the union, with unlimited potential. But let’s face it, the status quo is not working,” Sheheen said in a statement. “I want what you want – a South Carolina that our families, and the families of our children and grandchildren, can be successful in. For South Carolina to succeed, we have to change. And we need change now!”
Unfortunately Sheheen’s definition of “change” includes things like one-upping Haley on Medicaid expansion.
Further complicating Sheheen’s efforts? The likelihood that a black liberal third party candidate – Morgan Bruce Reeves – will run for governor again in 2014, a development which could siphon precious votes away from the Democratic nominee.
Four months ago, a survey released by Public Policy Polling showed Sheheen with a narrow 46-44 percent lead over Haley. However, the scandal-scarred (and regular-scarred) chief executive has managed to go a few months without any major pooch screws – and the PPP poll didn’t account for the presence of a third party candidate on the left.
Don’t get us wrong … Haley’s term as governor has been an unmitigated disaster. And the “Republican” incumbent is incredibly vulnerable given her multiple miscues – most notably the “Savannah River Sellout” and “#SCHacked” scandals. Also, if last month’s disappointing jobs report becomes a trend … Haley could be facing economic headwinds in addition to the fallout from her own epic incompetence.
Still, Sheheen hasn’t demonstrated an ability to capitalize on those mistakes … and his support for Medicaid expansion over and above the expansion associated with “Haleycare” isn’t going to win him the votes he needs to pull off an upset.
The real story here? South Carolinians total lack of a real choice. Either they reelect the lying, big government “Republican” or they get stuck with the bigger government Democrat. That’s why we’re calling the Haley-Sheheen rematch what it is: A Democratic primary disguised as a general election.
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We had Sanford fort 8 years. He did a VERY POOR job despite Bush’s ROBUST economy. Haley is doing a better job (at least he’s not Hiking) despite Obama’s Disater of an economy…….but we reallly need CONSERVATIVE gov’t.
Haley needs to be HARD “DeMint-Scott” Right” or she could get big heat in a priimary…
OR: If Sheheen, like Busch, Dis-Avowsm Obama, and the Total Disaster he is: He could actually beat a moderate (Sanford-like) Haley…
The only “robust” part of the Bush economy was ridiculously inflated home values before the bubble popped, but that doesn’t stop you from sounding like a DPRK propagandist.
GEORGE BUSH BRING GREAT PROSPERITY TO AMERICAN PEOPLE. REPUBLICAN PARTY IS BEST PARTY.
The bubble really started in Slick Willie’s term and can be directly tied to the “community activism” of the President and his cohorts.
They’re both guilty here, just wanted to keep the facts straight.
The democrat Community Re-Investment Act…and the Forcing of Banks to loan based on race. Bush WARNED Congress about it, over and over……But let’s not let Reality get in the way…Even too many Republicans are TOO stupid to find the truth…..
Also: Smirks: What was the lowest unemplyment rate under Bush??…What was the Lowest price for a gallon of gas?….
I don’t mind a Liar or a Corrupt son of a B!*ch…but I do reserve the right to Slap the Livin’ $#!* out of your lying, stupid @$$ when I catch you in the act…
The HIGHEST price I paid for regular here in SC during Dubya’s time in office was $3.989 on 15 July 2008.
The LOWEST price I paid for regular here in SC during Obama’s time was $1.389 on 5 Feb 2009.
Thank Bush for every penny you saved,,,You Funkin’ IDIOT…because he was responsible. And balme the democrats, who took Congress in 06, for the spikes…
Also: I notce your Stupid @$$ FAILED to mention unemployment, you Funk*N Communist Dirtbag.
Again: I don’t care about your stupidity, or corrupt nature of lying…just be ready for me to slap the P!$$ out of you, when you do it. You act like a fool, I’ll punish you…because we’re all suffering for you Ignorance…so I have the right to make you account…Think of it like what the democrat president did to Japan in WWII…
T– when you say “we really need CONSERVATIVE gov’t”, can you give me an example of what you are looking for? Tax cuts? Mandatory Baptist Church attendance on Wednesday and twice on Sunday? Elimination of Medicaid? Elimination of Public Schools? I’d really like to know what you believe would make this a better state in which to live.
Good luck getting an real answer…
A real answer, sorry.
Called it!
No it’s really simple…but I’ve tired of expaling it to people too F*%$kin ignorant to admit or get it…
So I’m lobbying my Reps to paas a law that will allow be to kick your Ignorant @$$, w/o fear of penalty (kinda like a less extreme version of the law that let’s OJ kill white people (but mine is against Dumb@$$#$, like you, not race-based.)
Or maybe they’d just let me intimidate your Idiot @$$ from voting, like the New Black Panthers get to do…and I’m asking them to let me vote 6 times, like democrats…
“So I’m lobbying my Reps to paas a law that will allow be to kick your Ignorant @$$, w/o fear of penalty…”
How about meeting at Burger King? I’ll have a notary there stating there shall be no lawsuits from the ass kicking?
No, I would not want to interrupt your stupid @$$ while you’re at work…But be ready if you open your Ignorant mouth around me…be ready for a little H#!! to come your way…I am so F*@^in tired of F$*@ ups and liars…You will not do it again, if you do it around me…
We’ll see about that, want we? I’ll make damn sure you’ll remain stupid. You know what they say about checks you can’t cash…
T– Here is an easy question. Who is more in line with your views– Sarah Palin, Marco Rubio or Tim Scott?
Go read the Republican Party Platform and get abck to me.
Also: Jim DeMint was the best at adhering to Conservative values, and the GOP Platform. DeMint could have been re-elected in perpetuity because he was clean and just followed the pledges he made a a Conservative leader, and more or less told the media to CRAM IT…he was untouchable.
Just what I thought. No original ideas– just another follower. I actually admire DeMint because he was true to his beliefs (granted I didn’t agree with many) and did not change to get re-elected.
We had Sanford fort 8 years. He did a VERY POOR job despite Bush’s ROBUST economy. Haley is doing a better job (at least he’s not Hiking) despite Obama’s Disater of an economy…….but we reallly need CONSERVATIVE gov’t.
Haley needs to be HARD “DeMint-Scott” Right” or she could get big heat in a priimary…
OR: If Sheheen, like Busch, Dis-Avowsm Obama, and the Total Disaster he is: He could actually beat a moderate (Sanford-like) Haley…
The only “robust” part of the Bush economy was ridiculously inflated home values before the bubble popped, but that doesn’t stop you from sounding like a DPRK propagandist.
GEORGE BUSH BRING GREAT PROSPERITY TO AMERICAN PEOPLE. REPUBLICAN PARTY IS BEST PARTY.
The bubble really started in Slick Willie’s term and can be directly tied to the “community activism” of the President and his cohorts.
They’re both guilty here, just wanted to keep the facts straight.
The democrat Community Re-Investment Act…and the Forcing of Banks to loan based on race. Bush WARNED Congress about it, over and over……But let’s not let Reality get in the way…Even too many Republicans are TOO stupid to find the truth…..
Also: Smirks: What was the lowest unemplyment rate under Bush??…What was the Lowest price for a gallon of gas?….
I don’t mind a Liar or a Corrupt son of a B!*ch…but I do reserve the right to Slap the Livin’ $#!* out of your lying, stupid @$$ when I catch you in the act…
The HIGHEST price I paid for regular here in SC during Dubya’s time in office was $3.989 on 15 July 2008.
The LOWEST price I paid for regular here in SC during Obama’s time was $1.389 on 5 Feb 2009.
Thank Bush for every penny you saved,,,You Funkin’ IDIOT…because he was responsible. And balme the democrats, who took Congress in 06, for the spikes…
Also: I notce your Stupid @$$ FAILED to mention unemployment, you Funk*N Communist Dirtbag.
Again: I don’t care about your stupidity, or corrupt nature of lying…just be ready for me to slap the P!$$ out of you, when you do it. You act like a fool, I’ll punish you…because we’re all suffering for you Ignorance…so I have the right to make you account…Think of it like what the democrat president did to Japan in WWII…
T– when you say “we really need CONSERVATIVE gov’t”, can you give me an example of what you are looking for? Tax cuts? Mandatory Baptist Church attendance on Wednesday and twice on Sunday? Elimination of Medicaid? Elimination of Public Schools? I’d really like to know what you believe would make this a better state in which to live.
Good luck getting an real answer…
A real answer, sorry.
Called it!
No it’s really simple…but I’ve tired of expaling it to people too F*%$kin ignorant to admit or get it…
So I’m lobbying my Reps to paas a law that will allow be to kick your Ignorant @$$, w/o fear of penalty (kinda like a less extreme version of the law that let’s OJ kill white people (but mine is against Dumb@$$#$, like you, not race-based.)
Or maybe they’d just let me intimidate your Idiot @$$ from voting, like the New Black Panthers get to do…and I’m asking them to let me vote 6 times, like democrats…
“So I’m lobbying my Reps to paas a law that will allow be to kick your Ignorant @$$, w/o fear of penalty…”
How about meeting at Burger King? I’ll have a notary there stating there shall be no lawsuits from the ass kicking?
No, I would not want to interrupt your stupid @$$ while you’re at work…But be ready if you open your Ignorant mouth around me…be ready for a little H#!! to come your way…I am so F*@^in tired of F$*@ ups and liars…You will not do it again, if you do it around me…
We’ll see about that, want we? I’ll make damn sure you’ll remain stupid. You know what they say about checks you can’t cash…
T– Here is an easy question. Who is more in line with your views– Sarah Palin, Marco Rubio or Tim Scott?
Go read the Republican Party Platform and get abck to me.
Also: Jim DeMint was the best at adhering to Conservative values, and the GOP Platform. DeMint could have been re-elected in perpetuity because he was clean and just followed the pledges he made a a Conservative leader, and more or less told the media to CRAM IT…he was untouchable.
Just what I thought. No original ideas– just another follower. I actually admire DeMint because he was true to his beliefs (granted I didn’t agree with many) and did not change to get re-elected.
hey, i voted in the poll and it said i already voted, not so. the website is kicking out people who vote “neither”
Did you click “vote” twice by accident, per chance? I’ve had it deny my vote saying something about “couldn’t be verified” or something, but that’s mostly when I try on my phone.
And yes, the layout sucks on the phone, especially commenting.
hey, i voted in the poll and it said i already voted, not so. the website is kicking out people who vote “neither”
Did you click “vote” twice by accident, per chance? I’ve had it deny my vote saying something about “couldn’t be verified” or something, but that’s mostly when I try on my phone.
And yes, the layout sucks on the phone, especially commenting.
I, like the old fool I am, voted for the RINO Haley in the last election. Many of my friends did the same. I can tell ,without doubt, NEVER again. My friends and family feel the same. She has connections to Danny Frazier, Bob Peeler, Harvey peeler and Ted McGee.
She has either screwed, or screwed up everything she touched.
I, like the old fool I am, voted for the RINO Haley in the last election. Many of my friends did the same. I can tell ,without doubt, NEVER again. My friends and family feel the same. She has connections to Danny Frazier, Bob Peeler, Harvey peeler and Ted McGee.
She has either screwed, or screwed up everything she touched.
Homest to God I’d rather have Jake Knotts in office. At least we could have a few laughs while getting screwed. ON another note, put a white hat and red shirt on this clown and tell me he is not a spitting image of Gilligan!
Damned if he doesn’t!
ROFL!! excellent…
Homest to God I’d rather have Jake Knotts in office. At least we could have a few laughs while getting screwed. ON another note, put a white hat and red shirt on this clown and tell me he is not a spitting image of Gilligan!
Damned if he doesn’t!
ROFL!! excellent…
Yeah, I think I’d rather have had Sheheen win by a longshot considering what Haley has managed to do to this state. If a better candidate shows up to the primaries, fine, but much like Sanford, Haley needs to go.
Yeah, I think I’d rather have had Sheheen win by a longshot considering what Haley has managed to do to this state. If a better candidate shows up to the primaries, fine, but much like Sanford, Haley needs to go.
come on, you act like the gov has any significant ammount of power in this state, the legislature is whats running us into the ground, the gov only gets to appoint directors for the agencies
Strongly disagree. Despite the fact most people have forgotten, job of governor isn’t to politic. It’s to lead the executive branch. Including her agencies. Which she has abjectly failed to do because she’s busy doing the politician job. She doesn’t only get to ‘appoint’ directors. She gets to set their agency objectives, and then hold them accountable. Since she didn’t, they aren’t.
It’s a great day in SC
come on, you act like the gov has any significant ammount of power in this state, the legislature is whats running us into the ground, the gov only gets to appoint directors for the agencies
Strongly disagree. Despite the fact most people have forgotten, job of governor isn’t to politic. It’s to lead the executive branch. Including her agencies. Which she has abjectly failed to do because she’s busy doing the politician job. She doesn’t only get to ‘appoint’ directors. She gets to set their agency objectives, and then hold them accountable. Since she didn’t, they aren’t.
It’s a great day in SC
I voted for Haley. Never voted for a Democrat. Now? I’m going to campaign, and vote, for whatever Bozo the Democrats are running. Guess it’s Sheheen. Better to vote for the clown I don’t know, then the incompetent liar I do. Next time I’ll vote for the buffoon the Republicans run, unless it’s Sanford.
For audio recording of my conversation with Haley, documentation of her direct lie to my face, see Article submitted to FITS, http://laurenscountycitizenswatch.com/articles
For domentation of Haley’s incompetence as operations leader/manager and failure to take specific action on documented agency mismanagement, see links in above article, to investigation of SC Parks,Rec, Tourism Department.
I presented Haley with documented emails from SC PRT lawyer Willoughby purposefully misrepresenting facts and law, or incompetently (or both, like big boss Haley) ignorant, to hide mismanaged funding of Laurens County corruption, Haley freely admitted the Commission for Ethics Reform that she spent all her time marketing, and lots of our money on consultants, won’t do diddly to get rid of corruption in the agencies she’s supposed to be managing for us.
Instead of doing her duty to us by setting quantifiable agency operational goals that could deliver on her first lying promises to increase transparency and reduce corruption, she spent our money marketing for National Republican Party functions. A true politician. Politicians tell us what we want to hear, ignore the law and their duties to us, and market themselves by rhetoric. Public servants tell us the ugly truth we need to know, and act above the law. The idea that it matters if a politician is ‘conservative’ or ‘liberal’ is a joke. Politicians freely admit to ignoring law already voted in. Until citizens demand public servants instead of politicians, what does it matter how these corrupt politician pigs vote on bills, or what they veteo?
Until people change their thinking, the only thing that matters is voting each corpulent bloodsucker out of office after just one term, so their corruption building nest is disturbed.
Thinking we can get anything else out of politicians is delusional folly.
Edit: “Public servants…don’t act above the law”
I voted for Haley. Never voted for a Democrat. Now? I’m going to campaign, and vote, for whatever Bozo the Democrats are running. Guess it’s Sheheen. Better to vote for the clown I don’t know, then the incompetent liar I do. Next time I’ll vote for the buffoon the Republicans run, unless it’s Sanford.
For audio recording of my conversation with Haley, documentation of her direct lie to my face, see Article submitted to FITS, http://laurenscountycitizenswatch.com/articles
For domentation of Haley’s incompetence as operations leader/manager and failure to take specific action on documented agency mismanagement, see links in above article, to investigation of SC Parks,Rec, Tourism Department.
I presented Haley with documented emails from SC PRT lawyer Willoughby purposefully misrepresenting facts and law, or incompetently (or both, like big boss Haley) ignorant, to hide mismanaged funding of Laurens County corruption, Haley freely admitted the Commission for Ethics Reform that she spent all her time marketing, and lots of our money on consultants, won’t do diddly to get rid of corruption in the agencies she’s supposed to be managing for us.
Instead of doing her duty to us by setting quantifiable agency operational goals that could deliver on her first lying promises to increase transparency and reduce corruption, she spent our money marketing for National Republican Party functions. A true politician. Politicians tell us what we want to hear, ignore the law and their duties to us, and market themselves by rhetoric. Public servants tell us the ugly truth we need to know, and act above the law. The idea that it matters if a politician is ‘conservative’ or ‘liberal’ is a joke. Politicians freely admit to ignoring law already voted in. Until citizens demand public servants instead of politicians, what does it matter how these corrupt politician pigs vote on bills, or what they veteo?
Until people change their thinking, the only thing that matters is voting each corpulent bloodsucker out of office after just one term, so their corruption building nest is disturbed.
Thinking we can get anything else out of politicians is delusional folly.
Edit: “Public servants…don’t act above the law”
I don’t have a problem with Haley and Sanford returning to China……..first class,one way….well maybe business class…damn,I can’t remember where I want them to sit.
I don’t have a problem with Haley and Sanford returning to China……..first class,one way….well maybe business class…damn,I can’t remember where I want them to sit.
I believe that there will be a strong third party candidate in the race come November 2014 that will draw enough votes from the Madame of the State House to make this race interesting.
I believe that there will be a strong third party candidate in the race come November 2014 that will draw enough votes from the Madame of the State House to make this race interesting.
Gov Haley has a lot of work ahead of her. This life long republican hears GOP types talking poorly about Haley everyday.
She needs to take action that means something, not just looks like something. She needs to visit the grass roots. she needs to understand the base must vote for her or she is out. She should ask someone like Treasurer Curtis Loftis or other true blue conservative type to be active in her campaign. Haley must look after her base or we will the Governor’s office.
If you think this leopard can or will change it’s spots, can i sell you the land the apitol sits on? I’ll let you have it cheap, real cheap.
Haley is a total failure, in way over her head. In my opinion she is a cheating nympho. She is, in fact, a proven liar and incompetent. The nympho and cheater is well rumored, yet unproved; but, where there is tha much smoke…well you can be sure a flame is burning somewere. In her case, it is between her legs!!
If you care more about empty campaign promises than facts, you’ll ignore documentation and the audio recording (links in my other post) of Haley’s lie to me and admission the Commission for Ethics Reform won’t do anything about the corruption in the EXECUTIVE BRANCH. You won’t pay attention to her campaign lies to increase transparency. You’ll overlook she should have worked on doing so in the EXECUTIVE BRANCH, and you’ll give her credit for a Commission that isn’t related to her position in EXEC BRANCH. You’ll ignore her lack of action to reduce documented corruption in EXEC BRANCH state agencies, like the emails I gave her, of PRT’s lawyer lying/incompetenly ignoring law, to hide Parrish mismanagement.
She and the stupidly inane GOP party officer imbeciles have done what the Democratic party never could – convinced me to vote for almost straight Dem ticket. And campaign for any Dem clown running against her!!! Just to block Repub politicians from breeding more little party politicians roaches in their festering nest of status quo corruption they built. Right now Haley nest queen. GET THE RAID!!!!
Next term? Vote the Dem out, the Repub in. Cycle them. Only way to break up the nest. Until citizens know to demand a PUBLIC SERVANT, not POLITICIAN.
Gov Haley has a lot of work ahead of her. This life long republican hears GOP types talking poorly about Haley everyday.
She needs to take action that means something, not just looks like something. She needs to visit the grass roots. she needs to understand the base must vote for her or she is out. She should ask someone like Treasurer Curtis Loftis or other true blue conservative type to be active in her campaign. Haley must look after her base or we will the Governor’s office.
If you think this leopard can or will change it’s spots, can i sell you the land the apitol sits on? I’ll let you have it cheap, real cheap.
Haley is a total failure, in way over her head. In my opinion she is a cheating nympho. She is, in fact, a proven liar and incompetent. The nympho and cheater is well rumored, yet unproved; but, where there is tha much smoke…well you can be sure a flame is burning somewere. In her case, it is between her legs!!
If you care more about empty campaign promises than facts, you’ll ignore documentation and the audio recording (links in my other post) of Haley’s lie to me and admission the Commission for Ethics Reform won’t do anything about the corruption in the EXECUTIVE BRANCH. You won’t pay attention to her campaign lies to increase transparency. You’ll overlook she should have worked on doing so in the EXECUTIVE BRANCH, and you’ll give her credit for a Commission that isn’t related to her position in EXEC BRANCH. You’ll ignore her lack of action to reduce documented corruption in EXEC BRANCH state agencies, like the emails I gave her, of PRT’s lawyer lying/incompetenly ignoring law, to hide Parrish mismanagement.
She and the stupidly inane GOP party officer imbeciles have done what the Democratic party never could – convinced me to vote for almost straight Dem ticket. And campaign for any Dem clown running against her!!! Just to block Repub politicians from breeding more little party politicians roaches in their festering nest of status quo corruption they built. Right now Haley nest queen. GET THE RAID!!!!
Next term? Vote the Dem out, the Repub in. Cycle them. Only way to break up the nest. Until citizens know to demand a PUBLIC SERVANT, not POLITICIAN.
Drinking game: Every time this website does a Haley vs. Sheheen article, take a shot.
You are already dead.
Drinking game: Every time this website does a Haley vs. Sheheen article, take a shot.
You are already dead.
Haley will never get my vote. Destroyed lives in the SCDEW by taking their jobs and giving them to her buddies. Haley is all for self and not for the people in South Carolina. To many parties and to many pals. It is a terrible day in South Carolina.
Haley will never get my vote. Destroyed lives in the SCDEW by taking their jobs and giving them to her buddies. Haley is all for self and not for the people in South Carolina. To many parties and to many pals. It is a terrible day in South Carolina.
NINE INCH!Fuck they butt till they sick of the trough …
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAWxU4BC5kc
NINE INCH!Fuck they butt till they sick of the trough …
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAWxU4BC5kc