BREAKING: We Know Who Did It


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Who paid Will Folks? He was allegedly offered money. A LOT of money. In fact, RedState now confirms through a whole heap of sources that he’s been trying to sell this story for a year.

We know who bit.

We know who didn’t bite.

We know who paid Will Folks to push this story out there.

Oh, and you guys in the media, you’ve let Folks string you along. We’re going to string you along.

Tune in later for the answer.

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This is going to be fun methinks...

Darin_H Thursday, May 27th at 1:15PM EDT (link)

…starts the popcorn.

A visionary coward says that anger can be power, as long as there’s a victim on TV - Flat Top, Goo Goo Dolls

Me, too,

Steph C Thursday, May 27th at 1:18PM EDT (link)

but I gotta say I hate teaser diaries.

:-)

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Probably just lining up the ducks before it goes public.

earlgrey Thursday, May 27th at 4:01PM EDT (link)

I’d prefer to get the teaser and know progress is being made. We can wait. We are conservatives. Instant gratification nice, but not required.

Communicate openly, freely and tell it like it is. Don’t dodge the uncomfortable subject. Be up front. Tell people what you are doing and why.

Maybe Nikki will hold a presser

joayn Thursday, May 27th at 6:07PM EDT (link)

and make the announcement. Ooooooh, the drama!

America is an idea; a noble idea that essentially boils down to the shocking belief that the masses are in fact not asses. John Nolte

LOL

Steph C Thursday, May 27th at 9:57PM EDT (link)

nt

“[I]f the public are bound to yield obedience to laws to which they cannot give their approbation, they are slaves to those who make such laws and enforce them.” –Candidus in the Boston Gazette, 1772
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Hahahaha, got my popcorn out

E Pluribus Unum Thursday, May 27th at 1:19PM EDT (link)

When this is done, I want some scrotums (scrota?) removed from some media people. This has been a vile smear campaign, and the media did all the heavy lifting.

Get ‘em, Erick!

November is coming
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Scrota

Lammo Thursday, May 27th at 1:25PM EDT (link)

is the correct plural according to Dictionary.com

Don’t be so open minded that your brains fall out. (Fr. John Corapi, SOLT)

Crime never takes a holiday. (Dennis J. O’Shea, R.I.P.)

Unlawful is against the law. Illegal is a sick bird. (Ooold joke)

Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read. (Groucho Marx)

Thanks Lammo, I was in need of a little technical review

E Pluribus Unum Thursday, May 27th at 2:34PM EDT (link)

Now that is a term I will remember. Especially next January, and we own the House (maybe the Senate, but a 100% chance of owning the House).

There are so many investigations that need to be begun, I wouldn’t know where to start. But I sure want to see House Committee chairs collecting scrota from current administration officials, bureaucrats, and elected Democrats at all levels.

November is coming
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Your latin is great, E Pluribus (mean it) BUT....

zollistar Thursday, May 27th at 2:38PM EDT (link)

…I worry about hubris.

Yours, but mine too, re: the upcoming elections.

We still gotta (that’s not a latin word: I know) work.

I meant (I mean it)

zollistar Thursday, May 27th at 2:39PM EDT (link)

Of course, that is always understood

E Pluribus Unum Thursday, May 27th at 3:47PM EDT (link)

But I am calculating here, not preaching the ‘coast to the finish line’ strategy.

We have a very, very angry population. We have the most unbelievable combination of incompetence, arrogance, and anti-freedom agenda in a president ever imaginable. We have a media who has used all its leeway and nobody believes. We have a conservative movement (a couple of them, actually) that is as energetic as the situation requires. We (finally) have good conservative candidates coming out of the woodwork, chasing RINOs out of races, and polling far ahead of incumbent Dems. We have the Dems (incredibly) jamming even MORE unfreedom down our throats, screaming louder, and committing fatal mistakes everywhere, at every level. We have unions committing, out in the open, fatal mistakes that make headlines.

I am going to be neither humble, nor gracious, nor moderated about this. November 2 is going to be Little Big Horn. They’re going to cheat and steal, and we’re still going to annihilate them.

And when we’re done I (and a whole, whole BUNCH of people with me) am going to agitate very loudly and insistently for conservatives to clean house on the party, and then clean Obama’s house, then clean out unions and bureaucracies.

Lots and lots and lots of people need to go to jail for what the Democrats are doing right now.

November is coming
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Dang, EPU... I think you're channeling Patton!

roscopico Thursday, May 27th at 11:21PM EDT (link)

(nt)

Im Himmel gibt’s kein Bier…

 
 
 
 
 

Don't bogart that popcorn! We're here for the duration! nt

nessa Thursday, May 27th at 1:37PM EDT (link)

“If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”—Samuel Adams

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As if they had any.

momma Thursday, May 27th at 1:42PM EDT (link)

Oh, they have them.

azaeroprof Thursday, May 27th at 2:05PM EDT (link)

They have dried up, empty hanging scrota.

 
 
 

I love a good cliff hanger

wolfster38 Thursday, May 27th at 1:23PM EDT (link)

Love those old serials. Tune in next week same bat time same bat channel ! gotta love it

“A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.”
The Declaration of Independence

 

He's been shopping the story?

Socrates Thursday, May 27th at 1:27PM EDT (link)

But that isn’t quite how he explained it, is it? He was only coming forward to keep his family out of the media spotlight.


Gone 2500 years, still not PC.

The story of Folks floating this rumor for a year has been around for a week or so....

yoyo Thursday, May 27th at 2:17PM EDT (link)

in fact, I tweeted about it last week.

http://twitter.com/RS_yoyo/status/14641196884

But, now that it is CONFIRMED, this is Awesome!

Go, Nikki, go!

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Only interesting if ...

acat Thursday, May 27th at 1:27PM EDT (link)

the answer lets Nikki go on the offensive in a shock-and-awe kind of a way. Destroy someone elses’ career.

If it turns out to have been one of the old-boy-network types, forex.

And, of course, if Nikki can be irrefutably exonerated.

Mew

Careful now as curiosity killed a cat, but Gamecock is a patient rooster whether its dawns or

Mike gamecock DeVine Thursday, May 27th at 1:32PM EDT (link)

political stories. But if the Braves score a run, I want to know, asap!

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You can't prove a negative (nt)

Neil Stevens Thursday, May 27th at 2:48PM EDT (link)

Unlikely Voter: Poll Analysis, Election Projection.
Current Senate Projection: Republicans +7 with 6% chance of GOP majority.
Current House Projection: Republicans +60

Give to the NRCC to fire Nancy Pelosi in November. Become a Precinct Committeeman to fire Michael Steele in December.

Correct, of course.

acat Thursday, May 27th at 3:23PM EDT (link)

This encounter with scum will hang around Nikki’s neck for the rest of her career. Should she, in 2016, decide to run for higher office, this will all bubble right back up and the media piranha will get to feed all over again.

Best she can hope for is a full breakdown and confession by the abusive, delusional sack of effluent, but even that won’t purge the digital amber.

Mew

Are you sure?

swami7774 Thursday, May 27th at 4:31PM EDT (link)

Weren’t we told that this type of thing was a “personal matter”?

Oops, forgot–that’s only when the “personal matter” involves a Democrat.

Today, there is a name for the political doctrine that rejoices in scarcity of everything except government. The name is environmentalism.

And even then, not 100% of the time. "Monkey Business" (n/t)

acat Thursday, May 27th at 4:57PM EDT (link)

Well I don't consider adultery

JamesSmith130 Thursday, May 27th at 7:18PM EDT (link)

a personal matter for a politician. My view of Bill Clinton is much less than Obama just on that basis alone.

If you can’t be trusted to be faithful to your spouse, well, what can you be trusted for? My general stance is that I will not vote or support an adulterer, regardless of party. John Ensign and David Vitter should have resigned, just as Bill Clinton should have.

I tip my hat to Mark Souder for his courage in leaving public office. I would like to see a culture where any politician caught of adultery immediately resigns.

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Teasers suck wind

txgho1911 Thursday, May 27th at 1:33PM EDT (link)

So did the pubic hair on the Coke can do it?

 

Soros! Please Let It Be Soros!

Ausonius Thursday, May 27th at 1:34PM EDT (link)

Of course Soros does not really fund Media Matters or the Tides Foundation!

It just seems that way! :)

So I will bite and say that Soros - in some finagling, money-laundering fashion -bit and paid for the smear.

Ausonius: 310-395 A.D. Teacher, Poet, Consul, General, Farmer.

Personal Tutor to the future St. Paulinus of Nola and to young Gratian, heir to the throne during the turbulent final years of the Western Roman Empire. When his former student Gratian was assassinated, Ausonius threw up his hands and retired to his farm in Gaul. Rome was captured by barbarians 14 years after his death.

 

Soros! Please Let It Be Soros!

Ausonius Thursday, May 27th at 1:34PM EDT (link)

Of course Soros does not really fund Media Matters or the Tides Foundation!

It just seems that way! :)

So I will bite and say that Soros - in some finagling, money-laundering fashion -bit and paid for the smear.

Ausonius: 310-395 A.D. Teacher, Poet, Consul, General, Farmer.

Personal Tutor to the future St. Paulinus of Nola and to young Gratian, heir to the throne during the turbulent final years of the Western Roman Empire. When his former student Gratian was assassinated, Ausonius threw up his hands and retired to his farm in Gaul. Rome was captured by barbarians 14 years after his death.

 

YEAH!!

dave2131 Thursday, May 27th at 1:35PM EDT (link)

Although, now I can’t work because I’ll be monitoring RS the rest of the day!

“Unlike cruel liberty that requires you to stand and take responsibility for your choices, kind tyranny requires only that you kneel and surrender your choices.”

 

This is an excellent development.

IronDioPriest Thursday, May 27th at 1:35PM EDT (link)

It’ll be refreshing for an accusation of sexual impropriety against a conservative to be proved false.

Can hardly wait for details!

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Does that change the outcome?

wesley83 Thursday, May 27th at 1:37PM EDT (link)

If she had an affair with him, does it really matter who paid him to tell his story? My intent is not to turn him into some pariah. I just don’t see how, if his story is true, it changes anything.

If she had an affair, he could’ve sold the story for $1, or nothing.

Wes

Have you NOT been following the story wesley?...

JadedByPolitics Thursday, May 27th at 1:43PM EDT (link)

The LADY said she did NOT sleep with that SLUG! what is your point?

Whoever has his enemy at his mercy &
does not destroy him is his own enemy

Perhaps wesley is just jaded

CowboyUp4419 Thursday, May 27th at 2:40PM EDT (link)

Politics will do that to you. ;)

 
 

right ... I'm glad he came finally forward actually

spim Thursday, May 27th at 1:44PM EDT (link)

as it is taking the heat off of my own affairs with Queen Elizabeth II, Margaret Thatcher, Mother Teresa and the Dalai Lama.

whoa, Margaret Thatcher?

streiff Thursday, May 27th at 1:47PM EDT (link)

she told ME that I was the one.

“A man does what he can and endures what he must.”

I always found Maggie strangely alluring

RedBeard Thursday, May 27th at 2:17PM EDT (link)

;-)

Standard-bearer for grouchy curmudgeonry since, oh, 1975 or so.

Yup , Maggie was special ! nt.

Bobcat51 Thursday, May 27th at 2:37PM EDT (link)

All modern aircraft have four dimensions: span, length, height and politics. TSR-2 simply got the first three right. ”
— Sir Sydney Camm

I notice Maggie didn't kiss & tell on you

tngal Thursday, May 27th at 3:16PM EDT (link)

Redbeard, Spim, Streiff Bobcat! So who bought you guys off? Shame on all ya’all.

she was afraid to

streiff Thursday, May 27th at 3:25PM EDT (link)

she knew she’d get the Full Folks if she opened her mouth

“A man does what he can and endures what he must.”

All I'm saying is...

wesley83 Thursday, May 27th at 3:45PM EDT (link)

John Edwards - lied about an affair
Bill Clinton - Lied about an affair
Mark Sanford - Lied about an affair

I’m not saying she did it. I’m saying that politicians have lied before. Before you crucify this guy, let’s get the facts. If he lied, he will sued for slander.

Wes

NO wesley, he shall be CRUCIFIED NOW...

JadedByPolitics Thursday, May 27th at 7:11PM EDT (link)

this PUNK has been trying to sell a story that NO ONE wanted because it wasn’t true but the minute she gets the BIG support now they want to pay for it? now it is true? NOT! that SMACKS of BS and he is a POS and btw get off your knees and stop kissing his ……

Whoever has his enemy at his mercy &
does not destroy him is his own enemy

 
 

TMI -nt-

civil_truth Thursday, May 27th at 7:29PM EDT (link)
 
 
 
 

Indeed

horse Thursday, May 27th at 9:40PM EDT (link)

I actually got to meet her during a UN function in NYC back in 1985 while still in college. She had a strong magnetism and was definitely the life of the party. People were drawn to her wanting to bask in her radiance. No kidding, she was alluring and I found myself a bit confused about it at that age.

 
 
 

Wes has a valid point based on what is now posted

nepanyrush Thursday, May 27th at 2:51PM EDT (link)

What is posted does not state anything about whether what Folks is peddling is true or not, just that it is now known who paid him to sell his story:

“Who paid Will Folks? He was alleged offered money. A LOT of money. In fact, RedState now confirms through a whole heap of sources that he’s been trying to sell this story for a year.”

I hope that this breaking news is a discrediting of Folks, not just a “He was paid by so and so to get his story out.” After all, National Enquirer made money from the Edwards story. I believe in Nikki and what Folks discredited, but the article as posted does not promise that.

I'm going to reserve judgement on the whole issue

cabanon Thursday, May 27th at 11:06PM EDT (link)

until there is more actual proof or evidence of ANYTHING.

‘What is posted does not state anything about whether what Folks is peddling is true or not, just that it is now known who paid him to sell his story:’

The post actually doesn’t say who paid him at all, it doesn’t actually offer anything as proof.

“The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.”

 
 
 

Wow

conservativensc Thursday, May 27th at 1:47PM EDT (link)

I had a feeling it would come down like this. Way to go Red State. You all are awesome. Pass the popcorn please.

Go Nikki Go!

 

What? I Thought Will Folks Really Was Dirk Diggler<nt>

Repair_Man_Jack Thursday, May 27th at 1:48PM EDT (link)

“smug doesn’t balance a spreadsheet” -Moe lane

 

YAAAYYY!!

rabidcaveman Thursday, May 27th at 1:49PM EDT (link)

Now, I’m going to destroy my battery charge, checking RS, to find out what you’re talking about. PLEASE let it be about Nikki Haley!!

No not Nikki

txgho1911 Thursday, May 27th at 2:15PM EDT (link)

He was telling about kissing Hillory.

 
 

David Brock. It has to be David Brock....

Section9 Thursday, May 27th at 1:56PM EDT (link)

No, but seriously.

It’s got to be someone high up in Carolina Democratic Politics. I cannot believe someone in DC would want to go after Nikki Haley.

She strikes me as being too far down the food chain.

Still, this will be fun.

Well done, Erick. Congrats on unearthing this scam.

“History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it”-Winston Churchill

Probably Gresham Barrett's folks

pdawk Thursday, May 27th at 3:18PM EDT (link)

They are the ones that have been rumored to be behind this. Barrett thought he was going to get into a runoff with McMaster until Haley rocketed up the polls last week. Now, in desperation it would seem possible that he ginned this up as a hail mary play to knock Haley down.

Seriously, that is the strong scuttlebutt

E Pluribus Unum Thursday, May 27th at 5:30PM EDT (link)

Not that others in certain Dem quarters might not stand to gain here, and may have been involved.

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It was the International Chinese Communist Conspiracy

smagar Thursday, May 27th at 1:56PM EDT (link)

First they put flouride in our water, now this…

It wasn’t enough for them to corrupt our precious bodily fluids. They had to take a shot at the sacred institution of marraige, too.

“Who will stand/On either hand/And guard this bridge with me?” (Macaulay)

 

Let's see...the MSM sat on the John Edward's story for, oh, about 2

eburke Thursday, May 27th at 2:16PM EDT (link)

year’s because the Enquirer wasn’t a ‘credible source’ and they sat on the Nikki Haley story for about…oh, 2 minutes

Hmmm…now *what* pray tell might *possibly* account for that?

:/eyes rolling back so far they’ve fallen out of my head:

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“Dead fish go with the flow” ~ izoneguy

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Will you be breaking this on CNN?

wannabeanncoulter Thursday, May 27th at 2:22PM EDT (link)

Will this story break simultaneously on RedState and CNN? Because that would give you some serious journo cred!!!

I do think anyone named B. Hussein Obama should avoid using “hijack” and “religion” in the same sentence. — Ann Coulter

That would be good

redtillimdead Thursday, May 27th at 3:54PM EDT (link)

Make sure more people hear than if he just breaks it here.

Nancy Pelosi can kiss my asstroturf.

 
 

You sly dog, Erick. You're not holding back to break this on CNN, are you?

Section9 Thursday, May 27th at 2:32PM EDT (link)

Erick!

How could you……

Que lastima!

“History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it”-Winston Churchill

 

Oooh, oooh, ooooh! I know who it was!

teresakoch Thursday, May 27th at 2:44PM EDT (link)

It was Colonel Mustard in the Conservatory with the Lead Pipe!

What? Wrong game? Rats…..

 

Is it later yet?

reddogreport Thursday, May 27th at 2:46PM EDT (link)

How about now?

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I Love It!!!!!!!!!!!

badbilly Thursday, May 27th at 2:51PM EDT (link)

Great Job Erick,
Let’s throw a “Flash-Bang of Truth” at this guy and see just how Stunned he is. Tell me Will Folk, what is worse………the Pain of the Truth…………..or the anticipation of the Pain that the Truth will bring you??? I LoveIt!!!!!!!!!!!

 

This is great news Erick....

Christine (Trelaina) Thursday, May 27th at 3:00PM EDT (link)

Doing the jobs the liberal-stream media won’t do.

Just be sure you reveal this early enough so it can make a few conservative media outlets before the long weekend….

“I would be a poor Commander in Chief”
– Barack Obama, July 3 2008

 

I say...

LtE113 Thursday, May 27th at 3:05PM EDT (link)

Axelrod.

“Don’t forgot what we did”…Ozzie Guillen

 

Sigh

reddogreport Thursday, May 27th at 3:08PM EDT (link)

Please, please, please don’t do it!

The Will Folks/Nikki Haley is blogger fodder extraordinaire. The stories just write themselves and my hit count has been spinning out of control of late.

Please don’t kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.

Brian O’Connor
RedDogReport.com

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Red Dog Report
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“Conservative Opinion”
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Relax.

Moe Lane Thursday, May 27th at 3:21PM EDT (link)
 

Hilarious

cringinghere Thursday, May 27th at 3:08PM EDT (link)

I love the “string along” thingie! Funny!

 

It was obvious, IMHO.

workingtommyc Thursday, May 27th at 3:19PM EDT (link)

Well, it was obvious that he was paid something, IMHO.

I’ve just been wondering if he were really going through with pretending that he wasn’t paid or if he were going to sting the person who paid him by revealing ALL before too many more days went by.

Check out his site and go back a few weeks and you’ll find polling he did to check out what people thought of him and his reputation for truth. He must have been banking on his having enough of a reputation to survive the storm he would cause or arrogantly thought that everyone would of course believe him no matter how outrageous the claims.

 

What is all this proving

conservativecrusade Thursday, May 27th at 3:31PM EDT (link)

considering that this drawn out answer to Folks claims is doing nothing but keeping this entire matter in the faces of those who will make the choice to vote for her or not.

The whole mess is ugly, I agree with you on that. But regardless, most peoples only concern in this matter is whether or not the affair happened or not. All the other mess is just side issues. And most of her supporters would forgive, if it is true, had she simply admitted the affair when asked. And if she is innocent, they will destroy Folks.

This is the breakdown of redstate visitors.

Red State Company Profile: Redstate.com is a Falls Church, VA, US-based website owned by Mike Krempasky. The domain name redstate.com was first registered on February 11, 2003. This Google Page Rank 7/10 website has a Traffic Estimate rank of 6,556 with an estimated 1,427,300 monthly visits. According to Alexa, Redstate has a worldwide rank of 12,860, is ranked 2,362 in the United States, and has 3,056 external websites linking to it. Redstate.com targets these keywords and phrases with their SEO: “conservative news, conservative government, conservatives, elections, right politics.”

Now lets assume around 5% of the monthly visitors are from SC. That amounts to 71365 people and lets assume about 30% of those are undecided on the race, 21410. All this crap and game playing keeps them undecided and will push them to one of the others.

This site should be on the front line of getting to the truth but it should not keep the issue in our faces until it has the evidence to prove it one way or the other. Rebuttal is one thing and the petty insignificant crap Folks has been putting on his website deserves contempt and an answer. But this post and letting us know who paid Folks does nothing to close this ugly issue. Being paid and being a shit head will not change anything if she had the affair nor will it boost Nikki’s chances to win if it is a lie. If it comes out it was a blatant lie, redstate should put their power behind Nikki in destroying everything Folk. If it is true, the site would have to decide if her lies denying it is enough to not back her or if the site should work for damage control. But either way, this is not helping anything and there are a ton of voters who visit this site, use the site to help them make decisions, and constantly seeing the game playing and reminders of the whole affair, is not helping.

People know Folks is a scumbag, they know the whole way this thing was handled or exposed, true or not, was low class. But people also grow just as disgusted with game playing and harping on a subject just as quickly. And many people have already worked to put this whole thing in the back of their minds, only to see it being brought back to light time after time after time.

If the site has proof positive, not proof like Folks and the Free Press have used, display it and blow this whole thing into bits and be done with it. If not, let others with no tact, keep harping and rehashing the whole matter.

Basically what I am saying in a nutshell is we want to know the truth. We are tired of Folks and his games, but we are also just as tired of the other games. We are about to vote for the “president” of our state, we are tired of the old style political games from any side, and we want a person who we can trust. We despise how Nikki was treated regardless of whether or not it happened and we could care less what his motivations were. What we do want is an end to this from all sides, an end to the games and posting of unfounded and unproven crap, and we want a huge site like this to get to the bottom of the matter one way or the other and that does not include who was paid or who was not paid. We simply want to be able to cast a vote for a trustworthy conservative and we look to sites like this to aid in our decision. We just want the truth on what if anything happened and all the rest of the crap does not matter to most.

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Breathe in, breathe out....breathe in, breathe out. -nt-

eburke Thursday, May 27th at 3:44PM EDT (link)

“All that need be done for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.”

“Dead fish go with the flow” ~ izoneguy

“We have a Statue of Liberty not a Statue of Necessity” ~ ColdWarrior

 

I disagree.

shadowtax Thursday, May 27th at 3:53PM EDT (link)

I do not believe that an affair happened at all. I believe that the issue here is the vulgar political hit. The circumstances matter. Vile attacks like this will not stop unless the perpetrators are exposed and ostrasized. You cannot simply ignore attacks like this and hope they go away.

If you want disciplined campaign debate you must be prepared to punish those that break the rules of the debate.

Shadow, read the post my friend

conservativecrusade Thursday, May 27th at 6:08PM EDT (link)

and you will see where I said unproven claims need to be answered. My issue is not with demanding all those making the accusations give us proof, or even going after the record and honesty of the person making the claims. My issue is with the constant rehashing of this matter and the waste of time dwelling on Folks. It is not doing a thing to prove this matter one way or the other, and it is not furthering Nikki’s cause or the states image. We all know Folks is a turd and this matter was pushed out on the public in a classless way. What those who support Nikki need to do is only challenge this whole matter when new claims are made with no proof, and other than that leave it alone. It would be better to spend the time it took to write this and the effort spent to keep this trashy matter in the public eye by writing about the positives of Nikki.

Quite frankly most in the state do not hold Folks in high regard. But announcing things without proof, even if it is fun to do Folks that way, is no different than what he did. And it keeps this whole issue in the view of those undecided. Keep it up and they will reject Nikki just because they have had enough of the whole matter.

“The America Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public’s money.” — Alexis de Tocqueville

If you kill enough of them, they stop fighting. — Curtis LeMay

We don’t have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven’t taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much. — Ronald Reagan

Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the American people’s liberty teeth and keystone under independence. — George Washington

I still disagree.

shadowtax Thursday, May 27th at 7:00PM EDT (link)

There are many many people is SC who have no idea who Folks is. Until last week, I had no idea.

The truth is that this is news to a lot of people. Now many people know only one thing about Nikki Haley. If we ignore the story it lingers. We need to kill it. Dishonor it. Decisively. Then focus on a strong message for the close

Nobody’s stopping you from writing about the positives of Nikki. Go right ahead. I would rather defend her honor than her candidacy. That’s just me.

I understand what you are saying

conservativecrusade Thursday, May 27th at 9:15PM EDT (link)

but that is still not the point. This entire thread was designed to play games and imitate what Folks has said on his site. It is not defending her honor, that was done long ago. It is simply another thread with a ton of responses which basically say, “we can do it too Folks, see look” and ‘lets trash Folks as much as possible by suggesting we have proof too!” What in hells fire does this accomplish but allow all the SC people that come on here to dwell yet again on the whole fiasco but yet still do not get an answer on if it happened or not.

We knew Clinton screwed Lewinski and we knew he lied about it. He was guilty and proven guilty. But by the time it was over, after all the attacks on him, the attacks on his wife, the thousands of stories on in, people started to view him as the victim. Same applies here. Keep putting out these nonsense posts/threads that have nothing in them but “look at the idiot Folks”, by the time it is over no one will care did she or did she not, they will simply be disgusted with all the nonsense and vote with someone else.

If Nikki does not find it worthy to defend, why do we need to keep harping on it. And if Nikki does not feel the need to ever mention Folks name, why do we? They say proof will be here soon, lets wait and see? If he opens his mouth, we go after what he says. But until that happens, let it die. Because there are people in here who are still undecided about who to vote for in the primary and the eventual runoff, they see the nonsense in here and the other sites, they do not vote for her and that would be a shame. And this is coming from a McMaster supporter who wants to see Nikki get every vote she would have if this was never brought up.

“The America Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public’s money.” — Alexis de Tocqueville

If you kill enough of them, they stop fighting. — Curtis LeMay

We don’t have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven’t taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much. — Ronald Reagan

Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the American people’s liberty teeth and keystone under independence. — George Washington

 
 
 
 
 

Let it be Obama!!

redtillimdead Thursday, May 27th at 3:55PM EDT (link)

Following the Sestak story, the TERRIBLE response to the oil spill, and then this (highly unlikely though) would be a great 3rd strike against him…

Nancy Pelosi can kiss my asstroturf.

 

Diversionary Tactic

Castor Thursday, May 27th at 4:31PM EDT (link)

Someone behind Will Folks came out with this lying hit job to grab headlines away from Sestakgate.
We´re waiting and checking RS every so often to see Erick´s revelations .
In the meantime let´s send it in for Nikki!

 

I'll play along...

Josh Painter Thursday, May 27th at 4:42PM EDT (link)

RedState: We know who paid Will Folks to smear Nikki Haley

- JP

“An armed society is a polite society” - Robert A. Heinlein, “Beyond This Horizon” (1942)

 

My guess is . . .

Adjoran Thursday, May 27th at 4:53PM EDT (link)

NOT Barrett - Folks tried to point at his campaign several times already. That was a diversion. Not McMaster, either - as AG he knows better, and he came out to not only strongly deny any involvement, but to say he doesn’t believe it and point out that Folks is known for false rumors.

That leaves the one guy who has said NOTHING since the scandal broke. Maintained a low profile, kept his same ads running, but no press conference for him. Why miss the free exposure?

Andre Bauer. He’s got the money, the motivation, and is more friendly with Folks than most SC pols.

Interesting... because of the theories and such I've read...

Mary Beth Thursday, May 27th at 5:20PM EDT (link)

… I’ve seen his name involved as well as someone higher on the GOP food chain that might have wanted to hurt both Haley and Palin for political reasons. Someone who backs Bauer.

I don’t want to put the name here since it is strictly a rumor, but you might already know who I’m talking about anyway.

“A political party cannot be all things to all people. It must represent certain fundamental beliefs which must not be compromised to political expediency, or simply to swell its numbers.” ~ Ronald Reagan

Hmm...

autiger89 Thursday, May 27th at 6:03PM EDT (link)

To toot my own horn, I picked Bauer a few days ago. It fits his MO. One of his lieutenants (henchmen) outed Sanford and kept pushing hardest for Sanford to resign, which would have elevated Bauer from Lt. Governor to Governor.

 
 
 

Bush did it

E Pluribus Unum Thursday, May 27th at 5:34PM EDT (link)

I mean, I don’t know when he had the time, between pointing the hurricane to New Orleans, helping Halliburton invade Iraq for oil (so we wouldn’t need those pesky deepwater wells), dodging the draft, personally ghost writing Bob Novak’s column that outed super-spy Valery Wilson, waterboarding terrorists tourists, and snooping on cell phone calls.

But one thing I know to a moral certainty. George W Bush is responsible.

November is coming
GOTV = Get Out the Vote
Do your conservative t-shirt shopping at EPU Gear.

 

Libations are in Order

pamela1631 Thursday, May 27th at 5:46PM EDT (link)

To go with the Popcorn

8 oz good Tequila
4 oz Cointreau
4 scoops good lime sherbet
Good Margarita mix
Ice cubes

Measure Tequila and Cointreau into blender
Add sherbet
Add enough ice to top
Finish with Margarita Mix.

Place lid on tightly and turn on.
Pulse until blended.
Enjoy

This republic was not established by cowards; and cowards will not preserve it. ~~Elmer Davis

Freedom is but two letters from Serfdom ~~Pamela1631

Pamela...is the tequila from Arizona?? ;-)) (nt)

From ME to You Thursday, May 27th at 5:50PM EDT (link)

Not to my knowledge...

pamela1631 Thursday, May 27th at 7:23PM EDT (link)

Though Chamucos Reposado or Casa Noble Black are my preferences

Anyone have a dart board with pictures affixed of the unusual suspects?

This republic was not established by cowards; and cowards will not preserve it. ~~Elmer Davis

Freedom is but two letters from Serfdom ~~Pamela1631

 
 

Too many ingredients

RedBeard Thursday, May 27th at 6:02PM EDT (link)

Maker’s Mark in a short tumbler, with a single ice cube as the only adulteration. ;-)

Cheers!

Standard-bearer for grouchy curmudgeonry since, oh, 1975 or so.

 
 

Here's hoping ...

joayn Thursday, May 27th at 6:05PM EDT (link)

the head of the state Democrat party is the one. Pleeeeeeze let it be a Democrat. No Republicans involved.

America is an idea; a noble idea that essentially boils down to the shocking belief that the masses are in fact not asses. John Nolte

 

He's denying he was paid.

joayn Thursday, May 27th at 6:30PM EDT (link)

At The Daily Caller.

http://dailycaller.com/

Hope your proof is 100%, Erick. This guy is a creep, creep, creep.

America is an idea; a noble idea that essentially boils down to the shocking belief that the masses are in fact not asses. John Nolte

 

Responsible party is either Elvis or Jimmy Hoffa

civil_truth Thursday, May 27th at 6:30PM EDT (link)

…as stand-ins for George Bush, who was too busy at the time causing oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico.

 

Relevant if he was shipping a bogus story

JamesSmith130 Thursday, May 27th at 7:13PM EDT (link)

and without more evidence, I believe Haley here.

“Islam is a violent–I was going to say religion–but it’s not a religion. It’s a political system. It’s a violent political system bent on the overthrow of governments of the world and world domination.”- Pat Robertson
 

And that's is how most of South Carolina

JamesSmith130 Thursday, May 27th at 7:25PM EDT (link)

will see it too. This may be a nice salacious story for the media, but Folks hasn’t produced a shred of evidence and can’t.

This has NY Times v McCain in 2008 written all over it.

“Islam is a violent–I was going to say religion–but it’s not a religion. It’s a political system. It’s a violent political system bent on the overthrow of governments of the world and world domination.”- Pat Robertson
 

If phone records are proof of an affair

politisite Thursday, May 27th at 7:35PM EDT (link)

Politisite is having an affair with Newt Gingrich and Mike Huckabee! The idea that Folks and Haley talked is nothing since Folks was on Haley’s payroll. Folks was Governor Mark Sanfords press secretary until he was cited for Domestic violence.

Albert N. Milliron
Politisite: Politics from the Right Side of the Web
http://www.politisite.com

Correction

autiger89 Friday, May 28th at 5:20AM EDT (link)

Folks pled guilty to Domestic Violence charges.

 
 

Are you ready to rumble???

Obis_Sister Thursday, May 27th at 7:42PM EDT (link)

I just love this!

 

It took a while to trace back the data, but here ya go.........

Kenny Solomon Thursday, May 27th at 8:19PM EDT (link)

Teh Eeeeevil Booooooooooosh’s earthquake machine missed it’s target (again), setting off a chain of events from an unexpected tremor under Chris Matthews’ already tingling leg, doubling the normal intensity.

Then, the pressure wave deflected off Keith Olberman’s ego, into a path directly bisecting David Gregory’s perfectly coiffed mop.

However, at that instant Mr. Gregory was in front of a mirror in the network’s multi-gender bathroom making sure he knew he was the fairest in the land and Ms. Maddow opened the door.

The resulting motion and airflow compensation within the room caused the fault line to shift…….. taking it on to a path direct to…………. Oh my………

This is too good for someone the likes of me to reveal who did the deed.

I’d better let Erick take it from here.

;)

Kenny Solomon
Patriot Guard Riders

 

For the Legal types...

pamela1631 Thursday, May 27th at 8:24PM EDT (link)

Will there be forthcoming arrests and if so under what statutes?

And who can be sued down to their skin?

This republic was not established by cowards; and cowards will not preserve it. ~~Elmer Davis

Freedom is but two letters from Serfdom ~~Pamela1631

 

Who is Wesley Donehue? (NT)

Josh Painter Thursday, May 27th at 9:02PM EDT (link)

- JP

“An armed society is a polite society” - Robert A. Heinlein, “Beyond This Horizon” (1942)

He's a political consultant, Republican, in Columbia

Adjoran Thursday, May 27th at 9:28PM EDT (link)

He did some advance work for Romney in the state in 2008.

Folks was apparently trying to use him as a go-between to make contact with Haley. Not sure if he’s done any work for any of the gubernatorial candidates this time around.

Actually

autiger89 Friday, May 28th at 5:42AM EDT (link)

Wes Donehue is a political consultant in SC, and according to Will Folks, works for the Gresham Barrett campaign.

In the list of “text messages” released (I use quotes because, for all I know, they could be made up), Donehue appears to be trying to get Folks to go public with the “story”. Tim Pearson, Nikki Haley’s campaign manager, appears to be Folks’ contact on the campaign. Jim Davenport is also listed as a reporter for the Associated Press.

Reading the “text messages” as a whole do not show evidence of an affair. There are statements that could be interpreted more than one way, and there are gaps in the conversation that could provide context to what is being said. These gaps stand out like red flags.

Personally, I believe Folks thinks (mistakenly) that he is trying to pull something very clever here. But I suspect he will wind up facing some jail time for the fraud he is perpetrating, and certainly a civil lawsuit.

 
 
 

Now that "24" is finished,

grandma Thursday, May 27th at 9:59PM EDT (link)

I’m certainly glad that the suspense void has been filled. Erick, make sure you keep us primed so we stay tuned for the announcement.

 

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