Archive for October, 2012

Constitutional Panel discussion with Congressmen Trey Gowdy and Mick Mulvaney

The Constitution Committee of Spartanburg County is pleased to announce a Constitutional Panel discussion with Congressmen Trey Gowdy (SC 4) and Mick Mulvaney (SC 5) on Saturday, December 1, 2012 at 9:00 AM. The event will be held in the banquet room of Sully’s Restaurant at Riverfalls Plantation Golf Course in Duncan, SC. The meeting [...]

October 31, 2012  Tags: ,   Posted in: Uncategorized  3 Comments

It’s time for “Evert’s Electables”

Evert is back with his usual pre-election rundown. This is a VERY long post, so you’ll have to CLICK TO READ MORE below. “Evert’s Electables” General Election November 6, 2012 PLEASE NOTE— • For candidates already in an office, I check voting records. My comments reflect their voting records over the course of their tenure. [...]

October 31, 2012   Posted in: Uncategorized  6 Comments

Batman suggests an alternative blog for you

Just passin’ along as sort of a public service announcement. From Batman: To all TEAPARTIERS: Concerning my comments, they are influenced from a REAL blog that informs anyone who cares about what REALLY is happening in the state of South Carolina. I suggest Spartanburg TEA Partiers check out FITSNEWS.com for what is REALLY going on [...]

October 30, 2012   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments

Let’s Set the Record Straight about “Outside Money”!

Katrina Shealy, one of the many conservatives who continually get the accusations of OH ! OH ! Outside Money!!! Oh!!!! … here’s her response tonight: Senator Knotts likes to talk about my “Out of State” Contributions well here they are – All $440 of them in 2 years of campaigning! $15.00 – Gary Post -Retired [...]

October 30, 2012   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Senate Finance Committee hearing on ID HACK

Going to give you a flavor of the Senate Finance Committee hearing on the ID Hack, from various twitter accounts: SC Radio News, SC Patch Politics, Stephen Largen, and Andy Shain. This is long so you’ll have to CLICK MORE below to see it all. Senate trying to figure out what privacy rules were in [...]

October 30, 2012   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments

SC House GOP Ethics Meeting CANCELLED (was Thursday)

On October 12 we got notice that there would be 3 public meetings for the newly formed SC House GOP Ethics committee. In the interim we learned that SC Policy Council President Ashley Landess would be one of the first to testify before the committee. I urged you to make time for this important meeting, [...]

October 30, 2012   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

The Incredible Shrinking Democracy

Shawn Drury with an view on this election cycle at ThePatch.com: For much of the last six weeks my colleagues and I here at Patch have spent a great deal of time attempting to make candidates for elected office available to voters through debates and forums. This has not been easy, as anyone who has [...]

October 30, 2012   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Batman visits the Spartanburg Tea Party!

Just another concerned citizen, who truly does strive for a measured outlook, has decided to begin commenting on our blog. Doesn’t seem to matter which post he comments on, since his carefully considered opinion is the same no matter what the topic. Yo Spartanburg Tea Party. You suck! So I’ll share a few here for [...]

October 29, 2012   Posted in: Uncategorized  6 Comments

Operation Benghazi Accountability MONDAY

FreedomWorks encourages everyone to participate. Monday! Operation Benghazi Accountability 1st Objective-(Media Blitz) By calling the press we will put pressure on them to ask the tough questions and to run the story White House Correspondents 202-266-7453 * NBC 212-664-3720 ABC 212-456-7777 CBS 212-975-3247 Why is the White House lying to us the American people? When [...]

October 28, 2012  Tags:   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments

Aligned with Obama’s Agenda

Brian Adams with a Letter to the Editor in today’s SHJ: I read a mailer from incumbent state Rep. Mike Forrester for the House District I live in, touting his “fight against the Obama agenda.” Apparently, Mr. Forrester has adopted the Barack Obama strategy — if you say it enough times, people will believe it. [...]

October 28, 2012  Tags:   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments