The Christianity Scam
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | June 16th at 11:09 PM |
The Christ died. On the third day he rose again from the dead. There will be a last day and he will return to judge the living and the dead. As the Bible says, “To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all men so that by all possible means I might save some.” (1 Cor. 9:22). | Read More »
Told You So
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | June 10th at 03:40 PM |
I told you so. CNN is confirming what I’ve said since before election results were in Tuesday night. Jim DeMint is not going to endorse in the South Carolina runoff. Gresham Barrett has been touting his ties to DeMint and sending out mail with them on it together. He has been suggesting and expecting an endorsement. That will not come. Considering the two are close | Read More »
What is it About South Carolina’s Male Politicians?
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | June 9th at 10:00 PM |
I realize they don’t like getting beaten by a woman and Nikki Haley is the first woman in South Carolina to get so far, but Gresham Barrett is off to a rough start in the runoff. First Barrett says character is all that counts: “Character is not one of the things that matters,” he said. “It’s the only thing that matters.” Then he immediately tells | Read More »
Jim DeMint Has Not Endorsed Gresham Barrett.
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | June 7th at 06:02 PM |
Gresham Barrett is trotting around South Carolina alluding to a Jim DeMint endorsement to combat Sarah Palin and Mitt Romney endorsing Nikki Haley. There’s just one problem. Jim DeMint has not endorsed Gresham Barrett. In fact, DeMint has been upfront about staying out of the primary and I cannot imagine him endorsing Gresham Barrett over a conservative rockstar like Nikki Haley. This is an act | Read More »
Why we must unite behind Nikki Haley. All of us.
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | December 17th at 12:40 PM |
Interestingly, as I write this, word comes from the paper that one of the GOP candidates for Governor of South Carolina, has been AWOL from his day job. Gresham Barrett, a South Carolina Congressman, has been absent from more votes in the United States House of Representatives than any other Congressman, Democrat or Republican. Barrett is, like the other guys in the race, a good | Read More »
Compare and Contrast
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | December 10th at 11:33 AM |
Gresham voted for TARP, then went to a Tea Party: Nikki Haley, had she been in Congress, would have voted no. She too went to a Tea Party: They are both running for Governor of South Carolina. Which one do you support?