Trump Train Rolls Through South Carolina

Trump wins by double digits. Rubio gets second by a nose hair 0.2%.

Vincent Sheheen on Nikki Haley: 'We're Gonna Escort Whore Out The Door'

The crowd thought this was amusing...

While giving a get-out-the-vote speech at a Florence, South Carolina political event, Democrat gubernatorial candidate, State Senator Vincent Shaheen, told cheering fans of his opponent, sitting Republican governor Nikki Haley, "We are going to escort whore out the door."

Stupid: SC High School Superintendent forces students to remove flags from vehicles on September 11

Clueless doesn't begin to describe Spartanburg District 4 Superintendent Rallie Liston.

Woodruff, S.C. – 7 On Your Side was contacted by several upset parents who say Woodruff High School students were made to take down American flags from their vehicles on September 11.
Spartanburg District 4 Superintendent Rallie Liston said four students arrived at the school Thursday morning with U.S. flags propped up on poles in their pickup truck beds.
The school’s principal, Aaron Fulmer, confiscated the flags because he said it is against district policy to “draw attention” to one’s vehicle.
The flags were returned to the students at the end of the day.
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Actual Good News: South Carolina dumps Common Core

The Common Core revolt is building...

Via EAG News:

South Carolina’s top education leader announced on Monday that the Palmetto State is pulling out of the Common Core standardized testing group, Smarter Balanced.

Superintendent of Education Mick Zais sent a letter to state Board of Education members informing them of the move – after he learned he had the unilateral authority to do make it, PostAndCourier.com reports.

Zais was spurred to action by bills in the state legislature that, among other things, would prevent South Carolina from using the Smarter Balanced tests in schools.

“My recommendation was to get ahead of these actions of the General Assembly and show the members of the General Assembly that we believe exploring assessment options is the most prudent course of action for South Carolina,” Zais wrote in the letter.

The state was expected to begin using the Common Core-aligned Smarter Balanced tests during the 2014-15 school year. South Carolina students will still be tested on the new, nationalized math and English learning standards next year, but they may be given a re-worked version of the current state test or an alternative Common Core-aligned assessment, such as the ACT Aspire test, reports BeaufortGazette.com.

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Gun company 'American Tactical Imports' abandons New York...

American Tactical Imports (ATI) is moving to south Carolina. It's a great state. Let's wish them well.

American Tactical Imports (ATI) is the latest gun manufacturing company to flee New York’s draconian gun laws for safer grounds, citing the state’s passage of the SAFE Act and Summerville, South Carolina’s proximity to the port-of-entry for several of their imported products.
The move will bring more than 115 jobs to South Carolina where locals are supportive of the company’s move.  ”The people of South Carolina have welcomed ATI with open arms and we are excited about making our new corporate home there,” said company president Tony DiChario.  ATI will invest nearly $3 million in Summerville, a Charleston suburb.

Amusing: CNN can't find a South Carolina resident who signed up for Obamacare...

Fail...

Zombie Voters Reported in South Carolina

Zombie Voters pics on Sodahead

Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi seen nodding in approval.

(WTOC) — Already, there has been some question into folks who cast their ballots on Saturday.
South Carolina’s Attorney General, Alan Wilson has notified the U.S. Justice Department of potential voter fraud.

Wilson says an analysis found 953 ballots cast by voters were people who are listed as dead.
He has asked the State Law Enforcement Division to investigate.

Newt Scores His First Victory In South Carolina

All the major news sources are calling South Carolina for Newt Gingrich. Romney is projected to beat out Santorum for second place.

Via FOX News:

Newt Gingrich has won the South Carolina Republican primary, Fox News projects, further scrambling an already volatile presidential race which has produced three different winners in three states as the candidates head next to Florida. 

Fox News projects that Mitt Romney will place second in the Palmetto State, where he was leading in the polls just one week ago. With 5 percent of precincts reporting, Gingrich has 38 percent and Romney has 32 percent. 

Rick Santorum will finish in third place, Fox News projects, while Ron Paul will finish last. 

Romney has a 17-point lead in South Carolina?

If Romney wins South Carolina big, the GOP primary race is effectively over.

Via TIME:

In another sign of the front runner’s growing strength, Mitt Romney has taken the lead in South Carolina, according to a TIME/CNN/ORC poll released Friday.


The poll, which surveyed likely primary voters on Wednesday and Thursday, found Romney commanding 37% support, a 17-point gain since early December. He’s not the only one carrying momentum out of Iowa’s photo finish. Rick Santorum has surged 15 points, to 19%, picking up the largest chunk of Newt Gingrich’s shattered coalition. The former Speaker is still in the hunt with 18%, but that’s down from 43% in December.

Ron Paul’s share has doubled, to 12%, while Rick Perry’s has dwindled to a mere 5%.

The new data, which come a little more than two weeks before the Palmetto primary, confirm the broader contours of the GOP race. Romney’s solid position is strengthened by the splintering effect produced by his rivals — his 37% support is equal to that of Santorum’s and Gingrich’s combined. The largest remaining threat to Romney is a conservative bloc coalesced behind one candidate.

Obama's NLRB lawyer cracks jokes after blocking 1000 Boeing jobs in South Carolina

Keeping Americans from decent paying jobs is hilarious nowadays, isn't it?

From Beltway Confidential:

New documents obtained by Judicial Watch show acting National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Lafe Solomon joking that the NLRB’s suit against Boeing would kill jobs in South Carolina. Commenting on a Planet Labor article whose headline suggests Boeing might not be able to open its new plant in South Carolina because of “antiunion behavior,” Solomon writes:

The article gave me a new idea. You go to geneva and I get a job with airbus. We screwed up the us economy and now we can tackle europe.

Solomon goes on to complain that Obama NLRB nominee Craig Becker may be getting the credit for the Boeing suit: “I didn’t read all of the meltwater articles but some of the headlines tie boeing to craig. Unbelievable.”

Solomon’s colleague, outgoing NLRB Chairwoman Wlima Liebman, replies by soothing Soloman’s bruised ego. “None of the articles tie craig to boeing. Just mention his recess appointment. No one is raining on your parade,” Liebman wrote in reply.

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Alvin Greene's Attack Ad Smears Jim Demint as Evil, UnAmerican, Bigot and a Maniac

Read the text behind Demint at the beginning of the video ad. It is tempting to call Democratic Party's nominee for Senate in South Carolina, Alvin Green, the most embarrassing Democrat ever. But that threshold is so high...

Tim Scott Poised to Become 1st Black GOP Congressman Since 2003

Black Republican Tim Scott has won the South Carolina GOP primary after defeating Paul Thurmond, the son of the late U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond, in a primary run-off. Scott's congressional district is heavily Republican and he is expected to win easily this fall. Tim Scott had the endorsement of Sarah Palin.

AP reported:

Tim Scott beat Paul Thurmond, the son of the late U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond, in a GOP runoff Tuesday in the state’s coastal 1st District.

Scott is now a heavy favorite in a district that has elected a Republican congressman for three decades. He is poised to become the nation’s first black GOP congressman since 2003 when Oklahoma’s J.C. Watts retired.

The 44-year-old Scott was the first black Republican in the South Carolina legislature in more than a century when elected in 2008. Before that, he served 13 years on Charleston County Council.

South Carolina Democratic Senate Primary Winner Facing Felony Charges

Alvin Greene, the surprise democratic Senate primary winner, is facing felony charges for showing obscene Internet photos to a University of South Carolina student. This is priceless.

South Carolina’s surprise Democratic nominee to challenge U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint is facing a pending felony charge.

Court records show 32-year-old Alvin Greene was arrested in November and charged with showing obscene Internet photos to a University of South Carolina student. The felony charge carries up to five years in prison.

Greene said he had no comment when asked about the charge Wednesday and hung up on a reporter.

Stupid Law Alert: South Carolina Requiring Subversive Groups to Register With the Government

If you live in South Carolina and want to overthrow the government, you have to register and pay a $5 fee. I am sure a line is now forming outside the SC Secretary of State's office.

Associated Content reported the story.