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Lowcountry lawyering isn?t cheap, easy
2008-05-16 02:02:00
WILSON RELEASES FIRST AD IN FIERY FIGHT FOR SOLICITOR SEAT I would venture to guess that four out of five people couldn’t tell you what a solicitor does, but this showdown in the ninth circuit definitely has people interested as is gets very heated — and quite expensive. Exactly a week after challenger Blair Jennings took to television with a 30-second ad that likely set him back a few dozen thousand bucks and could only be described as a ringing endorsement for little white lies, incumbent Scarlett Wilson has launched one of her own. Besides sticking to the truth, the most noticeable difference in Wilson’s ad is that they actually put her on camera. And with a well spoken, attractive candidate (no offense, Blair) with a pretty solid record, it’s obvious why they did. If this back and forth keeps up between these two, and I’m guessing it will only get more intense for the final three weeks of the race, they’re going to burn through a very hefty p...
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REPORT: Illegal immigrants working at SC Statehouse
2008-05-15 22:35:00
OUT OF STATE FIRM HIRED FOR REPAIRS TO STATE CAPITOL BUILDING ALLEGEDLY USING ILLEGAL LABOR FOR JOB Less than a day after the South Carolina Legislature failed to pass a comprehensive immigration reform plan, The Palmetto Scoop has discovered that an out of state firm contracted to make repairs to the statehouse may be using illegal immigrants. The pictures I have obtained show what appears to be at least three Hispanic men identified as employees of Salem Contracting, a North Carolina-based company. The firm’s truck, parked directly in front of the statehouse steps, had North Carolina license plates. When asked if they were legal U.S. residents, the men reportedly shook their head side-to-side indicating “no.” Further attempts to communicate with the men in English were allegedly unsuccessful. I am told that a number of Statehouse officials have become aware of the situation and have attempted to contact immigration enforcement officials. I am investigating this...
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Things are bass ackwards
2008-05-15 19:06:00
MCCAIN GOES GREEN, OBAMA GOES GOD, GOP NOT IN TROUBLE A quick trip to the Drudge Report Wednesday yielded something very interesting about the upcoming presidential general election showdown between Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama. At the top of the page, Drudge had Obama’s new Kentucky ad featuring him standing at a pulpit in a Southern Baptist church — I’m told that the photo was taken in South Carolina and that this state’s “Queen Blogger” Laurin Manning, now working for the Illinois senator, put the ad together — with the statement “My faith teaches me that I can sit in church and pray all I want. But I won’t be fulfilling God’s Will unless I go out and do the Lord’s work.” It is an obvious play at the state’s plethora of Christian conservatives as well as an attempt to bury the radical Rev. Wright story, but if I didn’t know otherwise, I would have believed this was a Republican ad. And In ...
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Guess who?s back?
2008-05-14 18:37:00
SHEALY MAY RUN LOVELACE FOR GUV; ANDRE SITTING OUT? I’m not sure how much weight should be given to this, but I’ve received numerous reports today that Newberry physician Oscar Lovelace has hired political consultant Rod Shealy to run his possible 2010 campaign for governor. Lovelace challenged Gov. Mark Sanford in 2006 and carried 35 percent of the vote, largely by attacking the governor and cashing in on his opponents. Without Sanford on the ballot however, and with a field of other very competitive candidates, it would be hard for Lovelace to gain any traction. But if this rumor proves to be true, it would mean that Lt. Gov. André Bauer has either told Shealy he will not be running, or he has decided to ditch the consultant known for his over-the-top nasty and occasionally-illegal tactics. It could also signify the possibility that Bauer will seek a Congressional seat. And this all comes only a day after House Speaker Bobby Harrell announced that he would be sitting...
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Like a fine wine
2008-05-13 23:50:00
POSSIBLE FUTURE SECOND LADY MARY PAWLENTY GETTING BETTER WITH AGE The man who is rumored to be atop GOP presidential nominee John McCain’s short list to serve as his running mate has recently earned some “love” from the media for a comment he made about his wife. “I have a wife who genuinely loves to fish. I mean, she will take the lead and ask me to go out fishing, and joyfully comes here,” Minn. Gov. Tim Pawlenty told a Minneapolis-St. Paul radio station, “She loves football, she’ll go to hockey games and, I jokingly say, ‘Now, if I could only get her to have sex with me.’” Being that I had absolutely no idea what Mary Pawlenty looks like, I did what I always do: I Googled it. It turns out — as you can see in the side-by-side pictures above — Mrs. Pawlenty has, umm, changed a bit over the last eight years. And I think most people would agree that it was for the better. Just to be PC here, I’m sure she h...
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André wishes TPS a Happy Birthday
2008-05-13 21:22:00
LT. GUV SENDS LETTER MARKING THE PALMETTO SCOOP’S FIRST ANNIVERSARY Elected officials and South Carolina politicos alike take note: if you want good press, follow Lt. Gov. André Bauer’s example and kill ‘em with kindness. If you read my writing often enough, you’ll know that I’m not exactly the best steward of that tactic, but South Carolina’s second in command is. Like last week when Bauer, a guest columnist and loyal reader, took the time to send The Palmetto Scoop a letter of congratulations on the site’s first birthday: That small act of kindness — the only one from a current officeholder, by the way — meant a lot and I sincerely thank him for it. Now I encourage the rest of you bums to follow his lead. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "André wishes TPS a Happy Birthday ", url: "http://www.palmettoscoop.com/2008/05/13/ andre-wishes-tps-a-happy-birthday/" });
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Harrell?s out
2008-05-13 18:03:00
HOUSE SPEAKER WILL NOT RUN FOR GOVERNOR IN 2010 The list of possible successors to Gov. Mark Sanford got shorter today as House Speaker Bobby Harrell has reportedly been calling numerous South Carolina politicos to inform them that he will not be running in two years. Numerous sources have confirmed that Harrell has been calling supporters today informing them that, after much thought and prayer and consulting with his family, he has made the decision to withhold his candidacy for the 2010 gubernatorial election. The speaker — along with Attorney General Henry McMaster, Congressman Gresham Barrett and a few other folks — was widely speculated to make a strong run for the governor’s mansion. This will almost certainly clear the way for a McMaster v. Barrett showdown, although it is possible a few other candidates could sneak in there. More to come… __________ UPDATE: In case you ever doubted that news travels fast in this state, Warren Tompkins and company be...
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Some people are downright lazy
2008-05-12 23:20:00
ILLEGAL HANDICAPPED PARKING PLAGUES SC, OFFICIALS DO NOTHING I’ve always said that doctors hand out handicapped parking placards like Michael Jackson hands out candy at his Neverland Ranch, and the Charleston Post and Courier has finally decided to back me up here. According to their Watchdog Report, “a growing number of hospital workers, downtown merchants and others are using parking placards for the handicapped to cheat the city out of thousands of dollars in parking meter revenue. Worse, these scammers are taking spaces that could be used by people with real disabilities, a Post and Courier Watchdog investigation found.” According to me, “I told you so.” Doctors sign off on placard applications for vague disabilities, such as “high stress.” Young people use their older relatives’ placards on shopping trips downtown, or in one case, for a prime spot next to a West Ashley fitness center. Motorists with blue or red placards for the d...
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SC could get more ?ultimater?
2008-05-12 18:51:00
STATE SENATE TO FIGHT OVER BILL LEGALIZING MMA BOUTS The only place more brutal than an Ultimate Fighting — also known as Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) — ring is the South Carolina legislature. So it is only fitting that the Senate will debate a bill Wednesday that would lift South Carolina’s ban on the sport, which mixes kickboxing with karate, judo and jujitsu, and direct the State Athletic Commission to regulate all fighting events. Why is this a good idea? Because we’re missing out on a boatload of cash from what has become a billion-dollar industry, duh. “You’re having events all around you, and no revenue’s coming into your state,” said Marc Ratner, a vice president of Las Vegas-based Ultimate Fighting Championship, which has looked at Columbia as a possible venue if legalized. Ratner said the sport is no more violent than boxing and attracts younger audiences. “It’s just a different form of combat sport,” said Rat...
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McCain?s SC visit
2008-05-12 01:19:00
GOP CANDIDATE DODGES SANFORD VP QUESTIONS, SAYS HE WILL RETURN TO SC BEFORE ELECTION, DEMINT & GUV NO-SHOWS It will probably be a while before we see Republican presidential nominee John McCain in the Palmetto State again, but on Friday he was in Columbia for a fundraiser that reportedly raised nearly $1.5 million for his campaign. Prior to the event, McCain held a press conference with local and national media. Surrounded by South Carolina’s Republican leadership (from left to right: Rep. Joe Wilson, Sen. Lindsey Graham, SCGOP Chairman Katon Dawson, First Lady Jenny Sanford, one of Sen. Jim DeMint’s sons, Treasurer Converse Chellis, House Speaker Bobby Harrell, Secretary of State Mark Hammond, Greenville Mayor Knox White, and Attorney General Henry McMaster) McCain acknowledged the key role this state had in earning him the party’s nomination and thanked those who made it happen before discussing a few aspects of his campaign. McCain opened the floor to quest...
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Busch wins Darlington
2008-05-11 05:52:00
PALMETTO STATE’S ONE, ONLY NASCAR RACE GOES TO ANNOYING 23 YEAR OLD Unfortunately, NASCAR’s annual right-of-passage known as the Dodge Challenger 500 at Darlington Raceway didn’t go to TPS’s favorite driver Martin Truex Jr., and it totally sucked this year. Although most of the field earned their “Darlington Stripes,” Nevada’s 23-year-old prodigy Kyle Busch captured the checkered flag to cap off an otherwise uneventful weekend. At a track-record average speed of 140.350 mph, Busch, who led a race-high 169 laps, pulled away after a restart on Lap 308 of 367 and ran away from the rest of the field en route to his third Cup win of the year and the seventh of his career. One week removed from last Saturday’s controversial finish at Richmond, where Busch spun Dale Earnhardt Jr. in a late-race battle for the lead, Busch finished 3.115 seconds ahead of runner-up Carl Edwards and extended his lead in the Cup standings to 79 points over second-...
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Democrats sure are funny
2008-05-09 17:58:00
DNCC CELEBRATES WINNING BET BY SENDING SINGING SUPERDELEGATE IN DONKEY SUIT to RNCC When the Colorado Avalanche played the Minnesota Wild in the first round of the NHL’s Stanley Cup Playoffs, it spelled disaster for the GOP. That’s because Republican National Convention President and CEO Maria Cino and Democratic National Convention Committee CEO Leah Daughtry agreed to a “friendly wager” between the host cities, Minneapolis and Denver, respectively. According to the terms of the bet, the losing city’s convention team would send a “taste” of that city’s local delicacy for the winning city’s convention staff to enjoy. The Avalanche won the series, of course, because they are the best team ever (even though they were swept in the next round) and the Democrats in Denver received an assortment of walleye from the lakes of Minnesota. Umm… am I alone in thinking that might violate the “enjoy” part of the agreement? ...
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Straight Talk Express 3.0
2008-05-09 00:25:00
MCCAIN ROLLS BRAND NEW CAMPAIGN BUS INTO COLUMBIA From what I can tell, the advance preparations for tomorrow’s campaign visit by GOP presidential nominee Sen. John McCain are fully underway. And that includes the arrival of the brand spankin’ new Straight Talk Express pictured above in all its glory. The Palmetto Scoop of course was privy to an inside peak at the second version of McCain’s signature campaign bus, and let me tell you, that baby is sweet. Everything from the blinds to the doors was remote controlled and I counted five flat-screen plasma televisions and probably 300 cups of Starbucks coffee. What a long way he has come since the 2000 Straight Talk Express or even from last year’s model. I heard rumors that the current version cost upwards of $1 million, but I can’t confirm that. Anyway, here are a few more shots: SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Straight Talk Express 3.0", url: "http://www.palmettoscoop.com/2008/05/08/ straight-talk-expres...
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Solicitor ad probably wouldn?t hold up in court
2008-05-08 19:53:00
JENNINGS HAS HARD TIME TELLING TRUTH IN CAMPAIGN SPOT Political ads certainly have a propensity for taking a little liberty with the truth. But there is a big difference between embellishing and deceiving voters. Take for example Blair Jennings, who is challenging 9th Circuit Solicitor Scarlett Wilson in a very heated Lowcountry GOP primary. He is the first to take to television airwaves with a 30-second spot titled “Tough.” Unfortunately, the only thing “tough” about this ad is the love it garnered Jennings from the Charleston Post and Courier when they went through and debunked some of the untruthful claims in the ad. “Jennings has put some of our area’s worst criminals in prison, convicting over 60 homicide cases,” the narrator says. “The only candidate to successfully prosecute a death penalty case, convicting cop killer Jesse Sapp.” But in reality, the newspaper claims, those “60 homicides” include a large num...
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Rev. Wright coming to SC?
2008-05-08 15:56:00
OBAMA’S CONTROVERSIAL PASTOR SET TO VISIT AIKEN, MAY BE CANCELED FOR SECURITY REASONS The divisive former pastor of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama that has dominated recent headlines may be coming to Aiken next week. But a conflicting report claims that is not the case. According to the Aiken Standard, Rev. Jeremiah Wright is scheduled to take part in a revival at the Second Baptist Church on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Wright reportedly has visited the church four times previously. Second Baptist Church pastor Doug Slaughter and another pastor, Brendolyn Jenkins, could not be reached for comment Wednesday. WRDW-TV, who initially broke the story, is now claiming that Chris Thomas, one of their reporters, “has uncovered new information that creates confusion about the Aiken trip.” News 12 talked with the church Tuesday, and [Wright’s trip] was confirmed. Wednesday morning, Thomas talked to and e-mailed the media coordinator at Chicago’...
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USC women?s b-ball inks big name coach
2008-05-07 23:58:00
IT’S WNBA SUPERSTAR… WAIT FOR IT… … … DAWN STALEY! I think the above video adequately represents my feelings toward, and knowledge of, the WNBA. For those of you unfamiliar with the WNBA, it is the NBA’s attempt to take the incredibly boring “sport” of professional basketball and girl it up. I’m not by any means a sexist or anything, but you have to admit that the WNBA is downright atrocious. There are a lot of things that women are better at than men, but basketball isn’t one of them. Not even close. I mean, come on, they WNBA has had one dunk in the league’s history. And a team scoring in the double-digits is pretty much considered to have had a high-scoring game. Regardless, the University of South Carolina has hired former WNBA superstar — umm, hmm, let me see here… oh, there it is — Dawn Staley to coach the women’s basketball team. Staley is a three-time Olympic gold medalist and forme...
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McCain touts McMaster, SC ICAC task force
2008-05-07 20:17:00
INTERNET PREDATOR TASK FORCE A MODEL FOR SUCCESS, GOP PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE SAYS At a campaign stop in Rochester, Mich. Wednesday, Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain told supporters that combating child pornography, abuse and exploitation in any form will be a key priority of his administration and that he will make sure it is punished to the maximum extent of the law. McCain specifically cited Attorney General Henry McMaster’s overwhelmingly successful work on the issue as a model for what should be implemented at the federal level. “Just last month, for example, [McMaster] announced that the state’s SC Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force had arrested its one hundred and twenty first child predator,” McCain said. “Aided with funding from the Justice Department, the South Carolina task force has made significant progress in tracking down, arresting and prosecuting child predators in South Carolina. “Such federal, state and lo...
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TPS turns 1 year old
2008-05-07 17:48:00
THIS ONE’S FOR THE LOYAL READERS I was out of town all weekend living the dream and purposely forgot my computer, so I didn’t adequately mark The Palmetto Scoop’s first birthday Saturday. That’s right, this crazy adventure to redefine the South Carolina blogosphere all began with an innocent little welcome post on May 3, 2007. It’s hard to believe this blog has made it an entire year, and what a long way this has come. We’ve had 1,230 posts (and counting) and more than half-a-million unique hits (or three-quarters-of-a-million pageviews if that’s how you prefer to measure such things). But we couldn’t do it without you, our loyal readers. So to honor this site’s turning one year old, I don’t want to re-hash the greatest hits because I just did that five months ago. We’ve had a post or two that would probably make an updated “Top 10″ list, but I would rather pay tribute to the people who really keep this...
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This kid has a bright future in the SC legislature
2008-05-07 01:23:00
TODDLER DEMONSTRATES SKILLS NECESSARY FOR SUCCESSFUL LIFE AS STATE LEGISLATOR If you’ve ever wondered what some of our current lawmakers were like as children, I think this video might give you a good idea. The mohawk-sporting sprout above was taped by a local television reporter at a Chattanooga (Tenn.) Lookouts game sipping on an empty beer bottle. Sure it was empty, but once they get that first sweet taste for beer, infants never look back. I don’t think it’s too far fetched to envision folks like Sens. Hugh Leatherman and Jim Ritchie or Reps. Harry Cato and Dan Cooper or numerous others who control this state’s code of laws having a similarly “smashing” start to their lives. I’m not saying their drunkards — although most people in politics are — but just that they have a tendency to act like it. And now we see where it may have all began. Although, they threw up a pretty good smokescreen Tuesday a House panel approved a bi...
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This might be unconstitutional
2008-05-06 23:42:00
ACTIVIST JUDGE MARK HAYES SENTENCES SPARTANBURG TEEN TO TWO CENTURIES IN PRISON FOR ROBBERY, BURGLARY I’m not exactly a Constitutional law scholar, but I’m pretty sure that sentencing a 19-year-old kid to nearly 200 years in prison for a couple of robbery and burglary charges might not gel so well with the Eighth Amendment. So I’m guessing Cory Demond Linder, who sentenced to 196 years behind bars after pleading guilty to three counts of first-degree burglary, one count of second-degree burglary, two counts of armed robbery and one count of possession of a pistol during a violent crime, will have a pretty good case for a reduced sentence when his case is appealed. [Deputy Solicitor Barry Barnette] said Circuit Judge J. Mark Hayes II sentenced Linder to three 40-year sentences on the first degree burglary charges, two 30-year sentences for the armed robbery charges, a 15-year sentence for the second-degree burglary charge and another year-long sentence on the posses...
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Miss Teen SC: The Musical
2008-05-06 19:59:00
STUDENT ADDS HARMONY TO UPTON’S SWEET, SWEET POETRY I had just about stopped watching videos that referenced the pride and joy of our state, Miss Teen South Carolina Lauren Caitlin Upton, until I found this video. Danicah Waldo, a freshman cabaret singer at Pace University, dressed up as the besmirched beauty queen and put her infamous pageant prose to music at what looks to be some kind of orientation or talent show or whatever thing it is that the boring Dungeons & Dragons crowd does when they get to college. It’s truly a poignant song and absolutely captures the true essence of Upton’s celebrity, but I’m a little annoyed by that girl who’s supposed to be Amy Teegarden’s really horrible accent at the beginning. I’m not sure if she’s trying to do an over-the-top President Bush impersonation or just has no idea what southerners sound like. Either way, Teegarden doesn’t even had an accent, so what gives? And to make it worse...
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McCain coming to SC
2008-05-06 16:59:00
GOP PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE TO MAKE CAMPAIGN STOP IN COLUMBIA FRIDAY For the first time since winning the state’s Republican presidential primary in January en route to the party’s nomination, Sen. John McCain will be visiting South Carolina. The McCain campaign has just sent out invitations to a 5 p.m. fundraiser this Friday, May 9 at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center. But if you want to attend the event with the man who may be the next president, it won’t be cheap. Tickets start at $1,000 for the general reception and to be a co-chairman, the most exclusive spot at the event, someone will have had to raise or contributed at least $20,000. Most notably, all of South Carolina’s Republican leaders will be in attendance including Gov. Mark Sanford — who took a major political risk and endorsed McCain in early March when it was only a 99.9 percent certainty that the Arizona senator would get the GOP nod — both of the state’s U.S. Senat...
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Gamecocks? top hoops star arrested
2008-05-06 05:58:00
LEADING SCORER DOWNEY CHARGED WITH ON-CAMPUS ASSAULT For the University of South Carolina’s athletics program, the off-the-field legal problems have just been extended to the basketball court. News has just broken that Devan Downey, the sophomore who led the Gamecocks in scoring last year, was arrested Monday on a simple assault charge. We spoke with USC spokesman Russ McKinney, who said early last week around lunchtime Downey and another USC student got into an argument at the Russell House on campus. McKinney described the incident as “very minor.” Campus police investigated, and at the time, the student decided they didn’t want to press charges against Downey. That student changed their mind Monday, and Downey found himself at Richland County’s Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center. [WIS] Unlock the football players arrested, Downey is a major star. He’s easily USC’s best player and one of the best in the Southeastern Conference. To call this...
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First shot fired in 2010 Dem guv primary
2008-05-06 01:55:00
TENENBAUM TAKES OUT REX AT STATE DEMOCRAT CONVENTION The State newspaper is reporting that former State Education Superintendent Inez Tenenbaum worked to remove her successor, Jim Rex, as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention — an act that has heated up a deep-rooted rivalry and will likely boil over into the 2010 gubernatorial race. Sources close to the story told me that Tenenbaum’s husband Sam, along with former Democrat Party Chairman Dick Harpootlian, allegedly made a power play this weekend in Columbia at the party’s state convention to prevent Rex from representing Democrats after Rex reportedly refused to endorse presidential candidate Barack Obama. Rex, the highest ranking Democrat in South Carolina and the only member of his party to hold statewide office, was up against enormous pressure from Obama supporters including Tenenbaum, a state chair for the Illinois senator. While much of the “talk” surrounding Gov. Mark Sanford’s...
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SC Dems in bad form
2008-05-05 20:53:00
STATE PARTY HAS TROUBLE FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS The South Carolina Democrats can expect a visit from Bill Lumbergh — a.k.a. the State Ethics Commission — anytime now asking if they got the memo about the complying with state law. That’s because the party’s first quarter 2008 financial disclosure reports were incorrectly filed. A quick look shows that the campaign disclosure numbers are filled out on the April operating disclosure form and visa-versa. When reached for comment, an answering machine at the party headquarters said, “we will be out of the office on Saturday, May 5 preparing for our PACT tests. If you leave your name and e-mail address we will call you back, or if you prefer, leave your phone number and we will e-mail you as soon as possible.” Nevertheless, once the numbers are matched with their proper form, the South Carolina Republican Party still has a huge cash advantage — by an estimated two Mark Sanford slush funds reform gr...
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DeBoer case burns on
2008-05-05 18:09:00
BURNLOUNGE LAWSUIT NOT LIKELY TO BE SETTLED ANYTIME SOON In case you forgot, former University of South Carolina fullback Rob DeBoer was named in a lawsuit last June for his involvement in virtual music store BurnLounge, which the Federal Trade Commission claims is one of the largest pyramid schemes in the country. But little has happened since. Although the case was nearly settled, The State reports that it is still raging on. There?s no public talk of a settlement. In a court filing last month, DeBoer and other BurnLounge defendants said they plan to fight the charges at trial but need more time to prepare because they?re cash strapped. DeBoer is representing himself after the feds denied his request to pay his lawyer more money, the filing said. The defendants are under orders to keep their spending under control. The defendants sought an April 2009 trial date; the court scheduled trial for December. The feds are asking that DeBoer give back roughly $30 million to the people he ...
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Somebody?s a little full of herself
2008-05-05 04:49:00
KETNER CAMPAIGN: SCREW THE ECONOMY, GIVE ME YOUR MONEY Sorry to scare you with that banner picture, but I think it adequately conjures up the compulsory thousand words about the intensely arrogant nature of Linda Ketner’s bid to unseat Congress man Henry Brown. And to remind her supporters that everything is all about Linda, she recently sent out an e-mail encouraging folks to take their rebate checks from the federal government and — rather than spend the money in a way that would stimulate the economy or pay down debt or — give them to her campaign. According to The State, Ketner “argues in her e-mail that spending the money is a short-term solution. Sending her to Congress is a commitment to needed, long-term change.” That sounds surprisingly like the jargon being pushed by Socialist Party Vice Presidential “candidate” Stewart A. Alexander. “The government rebate checks are an example of the failures of capitalism and how a capital...
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zZZzzzZZzZzZzZzZzzz?
2008-05-02 22:55:00
ANOTHER BORING DAY IN THE PALMETTO STATE I’m working on a few stories, but there’s pretty much absolutely nothing going on today. I mean there literally isn’t one cool thing to write about. So here’s a video of some guy singing an inaudible version of some unidentifiable song (Journey maybe?) in Mt. Pleasant last night. Yep, that’s all I’ve got. Deal with it. In my defense, it is actually a pretty good video. Especially the last twelve seconds where he pretty much gives up and just stops singing. If you can even call what he was doing prior to that point “singing.” There are plenty more of theseterrible karaoke videos posted here if you’re really bored courtesy of B92 FM and LowCountryToday.com. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "zZZzzzZZzZzZzZzZzzz…", url: "http://www.palmettoscoop.com/2008/05/02/ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz/" });

Former Gamecock joins Wilkins in Canada, ey
2008-05-02 18:39:00
SORENSEN DRAFTED BY SOME CFL TEAM I’VE NEVER HEARD OF Former University of South Carolina offensive lineman Justin Sorensen certainly proved that he likes to party when he went out in Columbia’s Five Points last Halloween dressed up as a 6′7″, 327-pound old lady. And now he has to prove that he can make it in professional football as he was selected fifth overall in Wednesday’s Canadian Football League draft by the British Columbia Lions. Oh wait, nevermind, that’s not professional football. But I guess it’s close. Granted in a different ballgame of sorts, but he’s the highest draft pick USC has had since George Rogers went No. 1 overall in the 1981 NFL draft. It’s more or less a draft-and-follow process for the Lions, who’ll maintain Sorensen’s CFL rights through the year and then see if he winds up being drafted or making an NFL roster in 2009. Either way, it’s a great fallback for the 6-7, 327-pound giant w...
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Bring back Boyanoski
2008-05-01 23:10:00
CAMPAIGNS AND ELECTIONS HAS REALLY GONE DOWNHILL LATELY I would be lying if I said I read Campaigns and Elections on a daily or even a weekly basis. In fact, I’m not sure if I’ve even been to their site since the end of the South Carolina primaries. But I have always considered them a reliable source of good information. Until today that is, when I came upon this tidbit about the 2010 race to replace Gov. Mark Sanford and realized that their grasp of this state’s politics has greatly deteriorated since the departure of John Boyanoski. As Democrats expand the congressional playing field this year, they may look to states like South Carolina to build gubernatorial majorities as well. When Republican Gov. Mark Sanford exits, state legislative Republicans, with whom the incumbent has a strained relationship, will rejoice. But their battle to keep the mansion could be difficult. Attorney General Henry McMaster and U.S. Rep. Gresham Barrett could try for the GOP nominat...
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