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SC State Senate Majority Leader Glenn McConnell's Confederate Obsession
By Paul Wachter - AOL News(Sept. 15) -- It comes as no surprise to South Carolina natives that state Senate Majority Leader Glenn McConnell likes to play dress-up. On Tuesday, Will Folks, former spokesman for Gov. Mark Sanford and self-described cuckolder of GOP gubernatorial candidate Nikki Haley's husband, posted pictures to his political website of McConnell attending a party dressed as a Confederate general. In the pictures, he's surrounded by various African-Americans dressed as slaves. This was not some secret party. It was last weekend's annual board of directors meeting of the National Federation of ...
Nikki Haley Called Ethnic Slur by South Carolina Lawmaker
By Mary C. Curtis - Politics DailyThe best you can say about the South Carolina political scene is that it's not boring. But while recent headlines have been about sex, the latest controversy returns to that old South Carolina favorite -- race. On an Internet political talk show, GOP state Sen. Jake Knotts on Thursday called state Rep. Nikki Haley, a gubernatorial candidate, a "raghead" -- a slur used against Arabs or other ethnic groups who wear turbans -- and talked about Haley's family and her parents' religion. "We already got one raghead in the White House," Knotts said on "Pub Politics." "We don't need another in the ...
South Carolina's Nikki Haley Fights Second Adultery Accusation
By Mary C. Curtis - Politics DailyA state that's slowly getting past the Argentine escapades of soon-to-be-former Gov. Mark Sanford is now preoccupied with charges of adultery and denials involving a Republican candidate to replace him. What is it about South Carolina? In her latest TV ad, GOP state Rep. and gubernatorial hopeful Nikki Haley says she's "seen the dark side of our state's politics," before emphasizing her vision for South Carolina, which includes strong schools, a growing economy and a "conservative government that's accountable." She is shown walking hand-in-hand on the beach with husband, Michael, with their ...
2nd Man Claims Affair With SC Governor Hopeful
By not in system - AOL NewsCOLUMBIA, S.C. (June 2) -- A South Carolina lobbyist resigned from a rival political campaign on Wednesday and then became the second man to claim he had a tryst with a Republican lawmaker trying to become the state's first female governor. Lobbyist Larry Marchant admitted he had no proof to back up his allegation of a one-night stand with state Rep. Nikki Haley in 2008 and her campaign vehemently denied the allegation. The claim became the latest political drama for a state that was roiled when Gov. Mark Sanford made a tearful confession last summer to sneaking out of the country to ...
SC Governor Hopeful Denies Blogger's Affair Allegation
By not in system - AOL News(May 24) -- Nikki Haley, a state legislator from South Carolina and Republican candidate for governor, is denying allegations by a conservative blogger that the two of them had an affair. ...
Nikki Haley, S.C. Governor Hopeful, Calls Affair Allegation a 'Smear'
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyNikki Haley, a state legislator from South Carolina and Republican candidate for governor, is denying allegations by a conservative blogger that the two of them had an affair. The blogger, Will Folks, claimed on his Web site Monday that he had a relationship with Haley, a married mother of two. "Several years ago, prior to my marriage, I had an inappropriate physical relationship with Nikki," Folks wrote on his blog, FitsNews. "That's it." A few hours later, Haley released a statement denying the claim and calling it a "disgraceful smear" designed to derail her campaign. "I have been ...
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