Well, Sanford has SC to kick around again

The expected end to the special election in the 1st Congressional District has come: Mark Sanford has won the South Carolina special election in a competitive race for what in normal circumstances is a safe Republican seat. The former governor beat Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch, the sister of comedian Stephen Colbert Busch, for the state’s [...]

Mark Sanford’s utter contempt for the Republican Party

I don’t have much time for blogging today — I was sick all weekend (ran a fever over 100, which for me is high, since I’m normally about 97 degrees) and couldn’t get to some things I wanted to get ahead on, so now I’m way behind. But since the special election in the 1st [...]

There’s nothing ‘right-wing’ about Mark Sanford

Just saw this fund-raising appeal from the Democrats: ROLL CALL: Conservatives Buy Airtime for Mark Sanford If you think Elizabeth Colbert Busch has a clear path to victory on Tuesday, think again. She’s neck and neck with Mark Sanford — 46-46. And now, right-wing groups are throwing everything they’ve got at keeping this seat in [...]

So much for the glass ceiling: Woman makes Most Wanted Terrorists list

Does Esquire still do its Dubious Achievement Awards? (I ask because, though I was a subscriber back in the ’70s, I haven’t picked up a copy in many a year.) If so, here’s something for the list: The Federal Bureau of Investigation announced today that it has named Joanne Chesimard to its “Most Wanted Terrorists” list, with [...]

Push-polling in the 1st District?

Not much time for blogging today, but I thought I’d call attention to the buzz today about a supposed push-poll aimed at smearing Elizabeth Colbert-Busch. Here’s an account from The Atlantic Wire: ThinkProgress spoke with two women in the state, each of whom said they’d gotten a call from someone claiming to be conducting a [...]

Sheriff Lott hires back ex-Chief Randy Scott

Some of y’all have mentioned this development on a previous thread, but here’s a separate post for it: COLUMBIA, SC — Beleaguered former Columbia police chief Randy Scott will return to his former employer, the Richland County Sheriff’s Department later this month at a salary barely more than a uniform deputy. Sheriff Leon Lott announced Wednesday [...]

Dueling videos, opening shots in 2014 campaign

James Smith’s comments about Nikki Haley and “corruption” should also be taken within the context of the above ad from the Democratic Governor’s Association. Meanwhile, with the video below, Haley supporters show that they want to run against Barack Obama again. But at least this ad mentions Sheheen, which is something. How do the ads [...]

‘Meanwhile, Sanford’s opponent spent the day campaigning elsewhere…’

My headline should seem familiar. It seems to me that there’s a line like that in most stories about the 1st Congressional District special election. For instance, this is the only mention of her in first 16 paragraphs of the Island Packet story I referred to in my last post: Meanwhile, his Democratic opponent in [...]

Larry Flynt endorses ‘America’s great sex pioneer,’ Mark Sanford

Gina Smith really buried the lede in that story. I read this morning her account of Mark Sanford’s visage being used by a website that promotes extramarital affairs (she also mentioned his endorsement by Rand Paul, which is about as startling as the fact that the Club for Growth still loves him). That was interesting, [...]

When you awake, will you really?

When you awake, you will remember everything; You will be hanging on a string, from your… When you believe, You will relieve the only soul That you were born with to grow old and never know. – The Band Had one of those dreams yesterday where you wake up, but you’re still in the dream. [...]

Great story: the shootout in Boston, by Cullen of the Globe

Earlier today, I heard Kevin Cullen of The Boston Globe on the radio, giving a riveting, shot-by-shot description of the gun battle between Boston-area cops and the Tsarnaev brothers last Thursday night. It’s a great story, and Cullen tells it well in his column this morning. In fact, I don’t recall ever having read a [...]

AP: Tsarnaev clammed up after hearing Miranda warning

The Associated Press reported this yesterday. Somehow I missed it until now, but it’s interesting enough to go ahead and take note of: BOSTON (AP) — The surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings acknowledged to the FBI his role in the attacks but did so before he was advised of his constitutional right to [...]