Disgraced former Congressman Anthony Weiner is drawing inspiration from disgraced former Governor Mark Sanford’s recent election to Congress in announcing his run for mayor of New York City.
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Michele Bachmann leaving MN because of gay marriage law, sets sights on SC
Conservative Republican firebrand, Tea Party darling, and former presidential contender Representative Michele Bachmann has announced that she will be leaving her adopted home state of Minnesota following the passage of a new law legalizing same-sex marriage in the state.
Mark Sanford rescinds call for more debates with Elizabeth Colbert Bush
Following his widely panned debate performance against Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch, former South Carolina governor Mark Sanford is backing away from his plea for more debates.
Sandford buys another controversial full-page ad
On the heels of a controversial full-page ad taken last weekend in the Charleston Post and Courier, Mark Sanford is going back to the well in an effort to prop up his flailing campaign.
Tagged with: advertising, charleston, election, governor, history, international affairs, jenny sanford, mark sanford
Posted in Features, Politics
Posted in Features, Politics
Sanford explains other unauthorized visits to ex-wife’s house
Following what he described in a full-page newspaper ad as a “rough week,” former South Carolina governor and current Congressional candidate Mark Sanford has decided to come forward to explain all of the alleged trespassing incidents at his ex-wife Jenny’s house.
Tagged with: congress, election, jenny sanford, mark sanford, sanford, SC-1
Posted in Features, Politics
Posted in Features, Politics
Haley responds to Sheheen’s candidacy, “lies”
“I appreciate Sen. Sheheen’s interest in trying again, but the way he’s launched his campaign is despicable,” said Haley, speaking with reporters on Wednesday. “The very first line of his email is a blatant lie and he knows it. He said ‘South Carolina is the greatest state in the union, with unlimited potential.’”
Tagged with: election, gop, governor, haley, nikki haley, vincent sheheen
Posted in Features, Politics
Posted in Features, Politics
SC lawmaker introduces bill allowing schoolchildren to carry guns
Following last week’s massacre of 20 children and seven adults in a Newtown, Connecticut elementary school, a South Carolina lawmaker says he has a plan to end school violence once and for all — by arming the schoolchildren.
Haley cites questionable record as governor in not appointing herself to Senate
Following the Sen. Jim DeMint’s unexpected retirement, pundits immediately began to speculate that South Carolina’s Governor Nikki Haley would appoint herself to the seat, but Haley has officially announced she will not be doing that.
