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One of the sillier aspects of the right-wing blogs is their self-important tendency to make claims to “exclusives” and “scoops.” And their unattributed, um, borrowing of blog material. Like today at the Palmetto Scoop, for example, which trumpets its discovery that the recent Columbia “so hot” ad is similar to an Ethan Allen ad campaign. [...]...
Not Very Bright - Wed 10:46 a.m. - 6 clicks 
As the final regular season of Barbecue & Politics comes to a close, and football season nears, it’s time to look back at a few of the highlights of the summer... Anti-public school oaths, take two. For the second time in his tenure as Governor of South Carolina, Mark Sanford appointed a signatory of an anti-public school pledge to the Education Oversight Committee. Shameful. Barac...
Barbecue and Politics - Wed 10:46 a.m. - 6 clicks
Click over and enjoy. Sacraments Wholesale considers his occupation and pay grades , wonderful stuff. Joe Wilson's (R-SC) latest efforts to rip off the South Carolina taxpayer is the focus of a couple of Elonkey posts. Respectful Insolence looks at the damage being done by antivaccinationists , and what special gift that has given us . The quick (and often foolish) response of t...
A Lie a Day - Fri 6:30 a.m. - 15 clicks
Maybe I should just call this blog, “Hey, go read Elonkey.” After figuring out that Joe Wilson’s bus tour sure looked like campaigning on taxpayers’ dime, she’s now confirmed that the this-isn’t-really-campaigning bus is pulling in to the Hilton Head Yacht Club for a fundraiser at 5:30. Elonkey’s what blogging should be. Read more here. [...]...
Not Very Bright - Thu 3:26 p.m. - 16 clicks
Elonkey continues to do a good job covering the interesting race between Joe Wilson and Rob Miller. Read her latest post here. ...
Not Very Bright - Aug 20 - 18 clicks
So yesterday I casually mentioned that South Carolina's "Conservatives in Action," which consists of a website and spokesman Taft Matney, is a Howard Rich front-group. It really wasn't fair of Gervais to make such a conclusory statement like that without presenting both sides of the issue, so today I thought I'd rectify the situation. CIA, you may recall, funded attack mail and television adv...
Barbecue and Politics - Aug 19 - 17 clicks
...Gervais found this old post from about two and a half years ago. Enjoy! Sanford brings home silver in Jobsledding Below: Sanford poses with an out-of-state supporter Competitors drive economies downhill in new winter sport B & P News – Torino, Italy South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford secured a silver medal Friday in the newest sport in the Winter Games – Olympic Jo...
Barbecue and Politics - Aug 17 - 16 clicks
If Gervais has said it once, I’ve said it a hundred times: Charleston millionaires simply have too little influence in our state government. A few months ago, I discussed how the South Carolina Club for Growth is here to fix that problem, by using synchronized contributions from a small group of Charleston millionaires to fund candidates around the state. Now some folks, lik...
Barbecue and Politics - Aug 7 - 12 clicks
One man orchestrated over half a million dollars in donations to candidates in the primaries. And he doesn't even live in the state. So just how badly does NYC millionaire Howard Rich want our state to be a "foothold state" for the privatization of public schools? How badly does he want a state house that will pass his voucher and tax credit agenda? ... A total of 37 candidates got a total ...
A Lie a Day - Jul 29 - 13 clicks
From The State , Education panel appointee answers critics : The president of the Alliance for the Separation of School and State said [newest Education Oversight Committee member Julie] Hershey signed his group’s proclamation — favoring the privatization of public education — at a 1999 Greenville event. “ There is virtually no possibility that she did not sign it , but there is every po...
Barbecue and Politics - Jul 26 - 14 clicks
Below: A screen shot of Obama's personal blog "I would be foolish not to respond," says presidential candidate B & P News - Amman, Jordan Presidential candidate Barack Obama has taken to his blog to respond to a South Carolina lawmaker who made headlines earlier this week by using his internet website to post a photograph of a t-shirt that compared the candidate to international ...
Barbecue and Politics - Jul 22 - 15 clicks
It's been six days since Gervais first told you that the newest member of South Carolina Education Oversight Committee, Sanford appointee Julie Hershey, was a listed as a signatory of a pledge that states: "I proclaim publicly that I favor ending government involvement in education." Six days is a long time, but by no means is it a record. Sanford appointee Karen Iacovelli remained on the...
Barbecue and Politics - Jul 21 - 20 clicks
Julie Hershey, the newest member of the South Carolina Education Oversight Committee, claims she never signed the anti-public school pledge that says: "I proclaim publicly that I favor ending government involvement in education. " According to an article in Friday's Spartanburg Herald-Journal , the Sanford appointee didn't like being asked about whether she signed the pledge: She said s...
Barbecue and Politics - Jul 18 - 15 clicks
Somebody please tell Gervais this is a joke. Somebody please tell me that the newest member of the Education Oversight Committee is not a signatory of an oath against public education … a pledge that says: “I proclaim publicly that I favor ending government involvement in education.” According to this press release ( pdf ), Julie Hershey of Greer is Mark Sanfo...
Barbecue and Politics - Jul 15 - 15 clicks
House District 22’s next lawmaker filed her post-election campaign finance disclosure on Saturday, and the good news is that 55% of her money came from “ South Carolina ,” the triangular-shaped state that surrounds the district. Only 45% came from out-of-state voucher interests. But, in keeping with SCRG’s modus operandi , most of the money from Howard Rich and his associates was ...
Barbecue and Politics - Jul 13 - 17 clicks
UPDATE 7/20/08: According to the Aiken Standard , Scott Singer has returned all but $3,000 of the funds sent to his campaign by Howard Rich, noting that he did not feel comfortable getting so much money from a single source. Scott Singer’s ill-fated campaign for House District 81 didn’t get any contributions from Howard Rich and his associates, except for a lot. Based on disclosures f...
Barbecue and Politics - Jul 10 - 3 clicks
If you've followed this blog at all for any length of time, you've undoubtedly seen us attest that South Carolina's supposed dominance by Republicans is just an illusion and the state could be in play in presidential elections if the right candidate mobilized voters. Consider that only half of the nearly 3 million eligible voters in the state consistently turn up to vote and many of those who ...
South Carolina Politics - Jul 8 - 16 clicks
Our junior-league Senator, Jim DeMint, has been working hard lately trying to offload the blame for helping to submarine the economy by waging illegal and costly wars and through the gutting domestic financial regulatory systems for 12 years under a Republican Congress and seven under the Bush Administration. While DUH-Mint continues to play politics and do nothing for anyone but rich GOP supp...
South Carolina Politics - Jun 17 - 16 clicks
