Could this be perhaps, so that they are impossible to disprove?

All I have seen so far is a bunch of nonsensical sentences that are alleged to be from people (not Nikki herself mind you) familiar with the rumor, and I suspect we will continue to see such meaningless drivel ion the days to come in order to milk the attention for as long as possible.

Unless I see an email that is VERIFIABLY from Nikki herself, in which she says something like “Thank you for the night of passionate sex”, then I don’t buy it.

So, let’s just recap, if Will Folks is telling the truth and did knowingly violate another man’s wife, then he is a c*nt and a douchebag. However, if he is lying about it to smear her, then he is a c*nt and a douchebag.

Seems to me, no matter what, Will Folks is a c*nt and a douchebag.

candidates lives under a micrscope. No telling what you would find. Maybe it’s time to move on to more important matters like who can best be the Chief Executive Officer for the state. Lord knows they need a fresh approach to the old way of backroom management. My advice to McMasters, Barrett, & Bauer is be careful in your glee. Hope you don’t have anything to hide.

It may be that she indeed had an extramarital affair. We simply don’t know. But we DO know that people do it all the time, regardless of their ideology or their public persona. How many times have we been disappointed to learn that a “family values” politician is a lying, cheating POS? This wouldn’t be the first time.

Of course we want to defend a good woman if she is innocent of what she is being accused. Circling the wagons is the natural thing to do here, especially since it appears at this point that the accusations have no merit.

But the flip-side of that is people looking awfully foolish if it turns out that she has indeed done what she is accused of.

Jus’ sayin’.

The worst thing they’ve got on her is being a conservative.

with the “he has a black baby” lie. I guess when your state has the lowest high school graduation rate in the Union, political fact gathering has to be done orally. This is the first state I would like to dump from the Republican likely R list. The Dems can have them (except for the governorship). Maybe that’s what they are really afraid of. If Nikki Haley wins, their children may have to be educated. SC, your kid being the first to graduate from high school in your family, doesn’t have to be a mark of shame.

I thought both of them left.

and could give a possum’s behind if there was a shred of atomic particle sized truth to any of this as of yet unsubstantiated tripe. It has done nothing but serve the sponsor(s) purpose, which is, to distract from the real, substantive issues in this race and across our country. The originators of this tale might as well hang up th “mission accomplished” banner if this narrative prevails.

Who is better for South Carolina and our country vis a vis Congress for that matter? Is it the bunch of lawless, self indulgent, spendthrift, socialist leaning, America hating, military despising, sociologically destructive, law breaking, constituent ignoring, race baiting Democrat party jackals or somebody who is none of those things and maybe, possibly, in an alternate fantasy universe beyond our current dimension- where a burden of proof is not necessary had a moment of infidelity?

If you even have to think about the choices. Do me a favor- don’t vote or even better go cliff diving in the Grand Canyon.

And fed on 24/7 by her enemies.

Incivility of this sort, aided and abetted, can lead to greater incivility and ultimately violence when those whose side is constantly slandered feel they are being shoved into a corner with no other way out.

When the truth is your enemy nothing good can come of your actions.

1. Dueling was abolished.
2. *Most* people in cities stopped carrying concealed firearms.
3. The press corp was pretty much successfully shifted to the communist point of view.
4. Some of the above.
5. None of the above.
6. All of the above.
7. __________________ etc ad frikkin’ nausea

and was the subject of some of them. I’ve had a dime dropped on me to my wife, my boss, my enemies. You just learn to live with it and make sure there is no credible evidence against you. The one thing I’ve never seen, even when there was some open behavior that might give the rumor credibility, is the media picking it up. Maybe it is a change caused by changes in the media and the addition of the so-called new media. I live and worked in a capital city with an active and unfriendly press but the rumors on the street never even made the McClatchey paper’s “Ear” gossip column. There really is a sort of pact between political players that you’re innocent until openly caught because there but for the Grace of God go many.

So, something gave this one legs that such a story usually doesn’t have and I suspect the legs come from its source which would mean some fairly high-level political player.

I am utterly appalled at Will Folks’ incredulous slanderous accusation and I don’t believe a word of it. I truly believe the man is living in a fantasy world. Nikki has my undivided support. My husband and I have donated and will vote for her. South Carolina needs to rid itself of the establishment. Mrs Haley is the only candidate that can handle such a task and her competition knows this too. They “the good ole boys” are all to aware of the threat and will stop at nothing to defeat her.

As for the likes of Mr. Folks and whomever behind this most obvious smear campaign… I can only hope that their 15 minutes of infamy is soon over. The little I’ve read about Folks and his absurd “come to Jesus” confessional moment tells me all that I need to know and that is.. Will Folks is the “Perez Hilton” of South Carolina. He is a pariah and nothing more than a sell out hack! While listening the other day to Keven Cohen’s (a local radio broadcaster) program, it was admitted by Will Folks that he refuses to give direct interviews because he wants any and all discussions to go directly to his site for the hits. “Hits” turn a profit. The entire story doesn’t pass the smell test for me. However, it does scream ulterior motives that include greed and corruption.

Erick.. I just want to say Thank you and also offer my thanks to the others that continue to defend and support Nikki Haley.

With Regards,
J.R. Olson
Columbia, SC

Why no posts on WA senate candidate Clint Didier…you know the same guy endorsed by Palin who took 100K+ in federal subsidies?

Boy, everything is just a problem caused by liberals for you hypocrite RINOs, isn’t it?

at the debate on Tuesday and people can judge among the candidates then. The main thing that I and other South Carolinians, particularly tea party supporters, care about is tossing out the career politicians entrenched in this State. I think it will be clear what will happen after the debate on Tuesday. Incidentally, it was painful watching that press conference with Nikki’s husband Mike standing there. If I were going through anything like this, the accuser would need to be worried about crossing paths with my husband. I can’t imagine how he feels. Anyway, I don’t know about backlash, but I have a feeling this primary will be really close now, where as before, Nikki would have been way out in front.

It’s clear Folks has shamelessly manipulated the media.

It’s clear that the media has shamelessly blown up the story.

It’s clear the good ol’ boys campaigns are implicated here.

Given the information out there, I think it’s entirely possible something went on. And entirely possible the whole thing is a frame up. But that’s not the pont. Nikki Haley wouldn’t be the first one to have struggles in her marriage. Nikki Haley wasn’t running on beating anyone over the head with a Bible while calling out others for their moral failings.

She was running on cleaning up the government and promoting fiscal conservatism. And She has an excellent record on those things. She is the victim of a politically motivated smear job.

And I believe regardless of how this plays out, she deserves conservatives continued support.

And if Erick was right about Barrett being one of the main parties behind the smears, it will keep Cheney’s record of endorsing the worst, most corrupt elements of the D.C. establishment perfect during this election cycle.

Fortunately, the Republican primary electorate doesn’t seem to be listening to Dick Cheney. We can only hope S.C. continues that trend.

Unlike most of you here, I do live in South Carolina. You have no idea of the daily lying, stealing and cheating done by our State politicians. They passed a law whereby their adsence from voting on an issue results in a YES vote. Of course, within 30 days they can change their position to “that’s not my real position.” These same politicians are a major portion of the motivating force pushing the lynching along. SC voters are clueless. Our upstate Congressman Mr. Clueless Inglis and Senator Slippery Graham are prime examples of our state’s political machine, i.e. they go with the winds of re-election. Here is the real problem for Mrs. Haley, She is in a snake pit. She has proven she can survive. She has proven she can stand on her convictions.

All the blusters like Inglis, Graham, McMaster, Baurer, Barrett, and a long list of self servers, need to be able to mount their defense of their careers. Nikki and others like her are going to give them fits.