by William Moultrie

Beaufort – Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC2) received an unexpected phone call from Washington this weekend relating to the ongoing investigation into his alleged ethics lapses. Read the full story

by William Moultrie

Spartanburg – Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) held a press conference today surrounded by what he described as “real American babies,” announcing new legislation to combat the ‘anchor baby’ epidemic. Read the full story

by William Moultrie

The tale of the princess who claimed she wore nearly no clothes

theDiscust proudly presents a tale of transparency Read the full story

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Columbia – The South Carolina Tea Party’s love affair with Republican gubernatorial candidate Nikki Haley has hit some rough water as the activists turned out in force Wednesday protesting her latest proposal to reinstate a tax on groceries. Read the full story

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Lexington – With less than 90 days left before the election, Rep. Nikki Haley’s gubernatorial campaign has unveiled a new slogan meant to highlight her ever-present calls for more transparency in state government. Read the full story

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Lexington – Beleaguered actor Mel Gibson has set his sites on a big-budget comeback movie tapping into the real-life soap opera of South Carolina politics. Read the full story

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Columbia – FITSNews.com, the loudest voice in South Carolina’s political blogosphere has been oddly silent lately. The official story is that the site was being re-tooled, but theDiscust has learned the site’s founder and editor Will Folks has been in a series of lengthy meetings with Rep. Nikki Haley plotting election strategy. Read the full story

REAL NEWS from WSPA:

Woman Arrested After Allegedly Stuffing Sandwich Down Pants
Deputies arrived on scene and say that Turner was heard screaming at the cashier to “give her the sandwich.” When the deputy noticed the grease stain on Turner’s pants, he asked Turner to remove the food, but Turner said she did not have anything in her pants.

Read the rest at WSPA.

editor’s note,  alternate headlines:

• There’s the beef
• “Is that a sandwich in your pants, or are you… oh, it’s a sandwich”
• Two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions in my panties
• more?