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SCGOP Chairman Resigns

Just one month into his second two-year term, S.C. “Republican” Party chairman Chad Connelly has resigned his post. The former Amway salesman – who breezed to reelection as chairman at last month’s SCGOP convention – is giving up his job to take a position with the National Republican Committee (NRC)….

Just one month into his second two-year term, S.C. “Republican” Party chairman Chad Connelly has resigned his post. The former Amway salesman – who breezed to reelection as chairman at last month’s SCGOP convention – is giving up his job to take a position with the National Republican Committee (NRC).

“My time as Chairman of the SCGOP has been a rewarding experience and I want to thank all of those who helped our party thrive,” Connelly said in a statement. “We’ve made great strides in South Carolina over the past few years and I’m confident that I leave the party in very capable hands to build on the successes we’ve had.”

Replacing Connelly will be former SCGOP executive director Matt Moore, sources tell FITS.

In fact Moore was named “chairman by acclamation,” one GOP source told us, referring to the succession agreement as a “backroom deal if I’ve ever seen one.”

The implication? That Connelly knew all along that he would be taking a job with the RNC but ran for reelection anyway (drawing only token opposition) as a way of holding of the seat for Moore, who becomes the youngest party chairman in the country.

This website supported Connelly in 2011, however we were dismayed to see him proceed to suckle every establishment “Republican” teat he could find as opposed to upholding the ideals the SCGOP is supposed to stand for. Which is why we’ve come to realize that this position – like the SCGOP itself – is pointless.

“It really doesn’t matter who holds the position of ‘Republican’ chairman in South Carolina, because in order to keep the job you have to do what Connelly has done – which is to run around the state pretending that a bunch of corrupt, fiscally liberal anti-reformers are really good ‘conservatives,'” we wrote earlier this year.

Seriously … this is as predictable (and thus as pointless) as political post as you’re going to find in the Palmetto State, and while Moore is a good guy (and comes from a solid ideological lineage) none of that matters when you have to follow the orders of “reformers in name only” like Nikki Haley and outright “Republicans in Name Only” like S.C. House Speaker Bobby Harrell and S.C. Senate finance chairman Hugh Leatherman.

UPDATE: Confirmed. “In a vote of the South Carolina Republican Party state executive committee held earlier today, Matt Moore was elected State Chairman,” reads a statement from the party. “Moore becomes Chairman immediately and will succeed former Chairman Chad Connelly, who has taken a position at the Republican National Committee.”

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40 comments

Manray9 June 8, 2013 at 11:42 am

Just what the National Republican Committee needs — another huckster, another pyramid scheme.

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shifty henry June 8, 2013 at 11:52 am

Manray: Perhaps he can persuade Romney to sign up….

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giles June 8, 2013 at 2:38 pm

Chad did a fine job. Matt will do the same.

You aint never gonna make everyone happy but they will do just fine

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Manray9 June 8, 2013 at 11:42 am

Just what the National Republican Committee needs — another huckster, another pyramid scheme.

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shifty henry June 8, 2013 at 11:52 am

Manray: Perhaps he can persuade Romney to sign up….

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giles June 8, 2013 at 2:38 pm

Chad did a fine job. Matt will do the same.

You aint never gonna make everyone happy but they will do just fine

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Frank Pytel June 8, 2013 at 11:44 am

Well you know, he’s gotta keep the riff raff out. Kind of like the old penny auctions. Make sure the right guy gets the right stuff. Mmm Hmm. Yep Yep

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Frank Pytel June 8, 2013 at 11:44 am

Well you know, he’s gotta keep the riff raff out. Kind of like the old penny auctions. Make sure the right guy gets the right stuff. Mmm Hmm. Yep Yep

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shifty henry June 8, 2013 at 11:56 am

Sic: Could you please attempt to provide decent photos for your articles? You have been showing some damn grotesque ones from time to time. On my pc these photos stay on the home page until they are archived by new articles. UGH !!

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Frank Pytel June 8, 2013 at 11:59 am

Brown noser. Telling sic your home page is his website. Stuck up!! :P

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shifty henry June 8, 2013 at 12:51 pm

Frank: damit, you corrected me again – the Fits home page (edited above) — thanks…..

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shifty henry June 8, 2013 at 11:56 am

Sic: Could you please attempt to provide decent photos for your articles? You have been showing some damn grotesque ones from time to time.

Recent examples are Toal, Ford, and Graham.

On my pc these photos stay on the Fitsnews home page until they are archived by new articles. UGH !!

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Frank Pytel June 8, 2013 at 11:59 am

Brown noser. Telling sic your home page is his website. Stuck up!! :P

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shifty henry June 8, 2013 at 12:51 pm

Frank: damit, you corrected me again – the Fits home page (edited above) — thanks…..

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jimlewisowb June 8, 2013 at 12:06 pm

Fucking retard

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jimlewisowb June 8, 2013 at 12:06 pm

Fucking retard

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lawzoo June 8, 2013 at 2:42 pm

This is a good example of just how ridiculous trying to look at the Repugnuts as a well functioning state Party can be. The bozos have a monopoly on state-wide races but Thank God it’s a fractured debacle. It just gets worse !

Why in the hell the national bozos hired Connelly to travel across the country is really a mystery?

Comic relief?

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lawzoo June 8, 2013 at 2:42 pm

This is a good example of just how ridiculous trying to look at the Repugnuts as a well functioning state Party can be. The bozos have a monopoly on state-wide races but Thank God it’s a fractured debacle. It just gets worse !

Why in the hell the national bozos hired Connelly to travel across the country is really a mystery?

Comic relief?

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Brian June 8, 2013 at 3:04 pm

I this this is f’ing awesome!

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Brian June 8, 2013 at 3:04 pm

I this this is f’ing awesome!

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Toxic Shock June 8, 2013 at 3:56 pm

Pass me the Chapstick, I’m going into politics.

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Toxic Shock June 8, 2013 at 3:56 pm

Pass me the Chapstick, I’m going into politics.

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dill June 8, 2013 at 4:55 pm

I liked Chad. But Matt will be awesome.

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Lor June 8, 2013 at 10:05 pm

Agreed.
Matt has a good political mind and will have a straight shot at the next election. This is good news for Nikki, not so good for Vince.

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Kuyperdog June 9, 2013 at 12:57 am

I don’t know if so good for Nikki or not, Matt Moore is a guy of real principle!

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dill June 8, 2013 at 4:55 pm

I liked Chad. But Matt will be awesome.

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Lor June 8, 2013 at 10:05 pm

Agreed.
Matt has a good political mind and will have a straight shot at the next election. This is good news for Nikki, not so good for Vince.

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Kuyperdog June 9, 2013 at 12:57 am

I don’t know if so good for Nikki or not, Matt Moore is a guy of real principle!

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Jeffrey Sewell June 8, 2013 at 6:14 pm

Consider the SCGOP officially hijacked by Howard Rich, there are so many qualified leaders at the county level that no matter how skilful Moore’s political acumen may be; this is just wrong on so many levels but most importantly it is just simply disrespectful.

http://schotline.us/former-ed-named-scgop-chair-by-acclaimation/

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Jeffrey Sewell June 8, 2013 at 6:14 pm

Consider the SCGOP officially hijacked by Howard Rich, there are so many qualified leaders at the county level that no matter how skilful Moore’s political acumen may be; this is just wrong on so many levels but most importantly it is just simply disrespectful.

http://schotline.us/former-ed-named-scgop-chair-by-acclaimation/

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Curious June 9, 2013 at 8:10 pm

Really does sound like Connelly knew he was going to do this all along and was holding a place for Moore. Pretty shitty move.

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Marie Harrison June 10, 2013 at 9:57 am

What do you expect from a pecker head who still wears a college ring?

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Curious June 9, 2013 at 8:10 pm

Really does sound like Connelly knew he was going to do this all along and was holding a place for Moore. Pretty shitty move.

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Marie Harrison June 10, 2013 at 9:57 am

What do you expect from a pecker head who still wears a college ring?

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EJB June 10, 2013 at 9:50 am

Back room deals are never good, even when good guys do it.

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EJB June 10, 2013 at 9:50 am

Back room deals are never good, even when good guys do it.

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idiotwind June 10, 2013 at 12:04 pm

i feel dirty after reading this

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idiotwind June 10, 2013 at 12:04 pm

i feel dirty after reading this

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9" June 10, 2013 at 4:06 pm

what happened to his fucking mouth?

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9" June 10, 2013 at 4:06 pm

what happened to his fucking mouth?

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