Nikki Haley, Will Folks Phone Records: Pair Had Long, Late-Night, Conversations

In Friday's installment of "I did have sexual relations with that woman" -- allegedly, that is -- South Carolina blogger Will Folks released a series of phone records showing lengthy, late-night conversations between him and South Carolina gubernatorial hopeful, Nikki Haley.

The large batch of phone records amounts to more than 700 calls placed over the past three years -- more than 1,000 pages of records, Folks says -- many of which came in the form of long exchanges in middle of nights in 2007, the year that Folks worked on Haley's campaign and the year that he alleges they engaged in an "inappropriate physical relationship." One such call began at 2:24 AM and ended 146 minutes later.

Nikki Haley's campaign addressed the matter shortly after the release, acknowledging the large quantity of calls but maintaining that they provided no concrete evidence of Folks's claim.

"This is getting ridiculous," Tim Pearson, Haley's campaign manager, said in a statement. "A blogger drops a thousand pages of phone records unearthing the mind-blowing revelation that he and Nikki Haley spoke on the phone. Of course they spoke on the phone. It is no secret Will Folks worked for Nikki -- she happens to be one of the few people willing to disclose her association with him. Nikki has forthrightly and repeatedly denied the false allegations against her, and at some point this nonsense has to stop."

When asked if she planned to release her own documentation of these contacts, Haley herself said no.

"I am not wasting any energy on this -- none," Haley told The Post and Courier. "If y'all have asked for them, I don't know about that yet. But I can tell you this right now: I am not wasting any energy on this. It is not worth the time and money of the people of this of state, and it's not worth the time and energy to get distracted off of this campaign."

On Folks's blog, he chooses to provide a sampling of the calls placed later at night, the ones that he maintains are "raising eyebrows across the state." Here are the phone records from August, the month when the late calls appeared most frequently and most lengthy:

8/7/07 - 10:19 PM - 180 minutes - incoming 8/9/07 - 10:47 PM - 79 minutes - incoming 8/20/07 - 9:58 PM - 73 minutes - incoming 8/25/07 - 2:24 AM - 146 minutes - incoming 8/26/07 - 9:53 PM - 63 minutes - outgoing 8/27/07 - 9:59 PM - 72 minutes - outgoing 8/27/07 - 11:12 PM - 2 minutes - outgoing 8/27/07 - 11:13 PM - 20 minutes - incoming 8/28/07 - 10:05 PM - 40 minutes - incoming 8/30/07 - 9:28 PM - 133 minutes - incoming

Comments

[Ann Shahan]

08:53 PM on 06/08/2010

The way it is today in politics, if she were a Democrat, she would have been pilloried by now. But she's a Republican so she's whatever she says goes. At least she accorded the innocent until proven guilty standard which only applies to Republicans today.

[Legendary Danny O Doul]

07:57 AM on 06/08/2010

NIKKI HALEY IS A TASTY CURRIED MORSEL
WHY WOULDN'T THESE GUYS WANT HER
AND SHE MAY BE EQUALLY LUSTY AND
QUITE PUNJABILY INSATIABLE

[TOPCAT711]

11:43 PM on 06/07/2010

Ms. Haley states : "I am not wasting any energy on this - none".

Maybe she doesn't have any 'energy' left ?

[DoinMyHomework]

12:50 AM on 06/05/2010

oh dear...

[KellyJohnson]

03:18 PM on 06/03/2010

South Carolinafornication is not Californication...oh no siree, not by a long shot!!! It is tastefully done, under the covers with a nightgown on. We are not heathens!!! Here in South Carolinafornication, we are decent people who go to church on Sunday to repent!!! That takes care of every sin we commit from Monday thru the weekend, and those are the rules we abide by, y'all.

[TOPCAT711]

11:45 PM on 06/07/2010

True.......

They go out on Saturday night to sow 'wild oats'.
Then go to church on Sunday to pray for 'crop failure'.

[DFutureIsNow]

09:51 AM on 06/02/2010

Phone sex

[TOPCAT711]

11:48 PM on 06/07/2010

I got up the nerve to try that once.

Got a busy signal........

[lexalexander]

02:18 PM on 06/01/2010

So if I want to become a global celebrity (and, let us not forget, maximize the hits on my blog), with which politician should I claim to have slept? Because, although she's coming up fast on the inside, Nikki Haley just ain't that well-known outside the comfy environs of HuffPo and the Palmetto State.

[The Truth Speaks]

01:31 PM on 05/31/2010

In politic you have to remember politician respond with read between the line answers when they are in trouble.So what Nikki Haley is actually saying is Will you haven,t shown definity proof that we was having sex so I won,t admit to any of it even though you came pretty close to outing us with the phone record.These idiot voters have been so dumb down with wanting to see me naked and having sex with you on video that they are oblivous to anything else you might have no matter how incriminating it might be against me.So go ahead Will show me and the country our sex video.Remember I checked your whole apartment for cameras before we would have sex and I saw nothing their will .You have only our late night phone records and you didn,t even record us because if you had you would you have put that out already.So I,m free and clear Will . One last thing Will I talk to Sarah paylin(last name spelled that way intentionally) and She said we,re gonna get you after I get elected Governor. She also told me how to handle my husband . Remember she had this same problem with Todd and he stayed with her.That Sarah , she sure know how to help us women when we cheat. She a pro at it Will . I,ll see you after the swearing in loverboy.

Nikki

[jaya6]

05:50 PM on 05/30/2010

Now keep in mind in that stack of phone call pages two third of the times, he called. Dirty dog!

[interlude]

06:54 PM on 05/30/2010

Another Haley campaign staff or family member or both. What country are you posting from? Is it true that Nikki has major support from people outside of the US?

Is Nikki Christian or Sikh? Is this behavior acceptable for a Sikh? I personally don't care but the residents of South Carolina place great importance on their leaders committing to Jesus Christ and renouncing all others. Which is it for Nikki? Why doesn't she come out and say she's a Christian instead of being mealy-mouthed about it? The voters want to know.

[me again]

08:26 AM on 05/31/2010

Poor grammatical syntax, perhaps a product of the South Carolina school system.

[camshaft]

05:38 PM on 05/30/2010

Here is an interesting read. The coverup begins.

http://www.fitsnews.com/2010/05/26/haley-gate-the-storm-before-the-storm/

[IWantTofu]

10:23 AM on 05/30/2010

Someone could come up with pictures of the two of them "doing it" on the Confederate Flag on the steps of the State Capitol, and Republicans will continue to rationalize why its not true and its not enough evidence.

[CindyInIndy]

02:12 PM on 05/30/2010

Not so fast. There would be an uproar! The Republicans would be upset that the ole Stars and Bars was being allowed to touch the ground!

[me again]

08:27 AM on 05/31/2010

They would also have a problem with their flag's desecration by an Indian immigrants child.

[NixonRulz]

06:09 PM on 06/05/2010

Ha! If Bill Clinton could appear on 60 minutes and all but confess to his lack of judgement (hundreds of affairs) and STILL get elected, then this poor woman, the victim of more Liberal Fascist oppression against women of power, should easily win.

[Progressive in FLA]

05:00 PM on 06/18/2010

The Republican Party with their "family values" flag is the only one who would oppress this woman. Actually, it's not the affair, it's the LIE about the affair that gets you every time. If she's proven to be a liar about being guilty, then she's toast.

[SimJack]

08:34 AM on 05/30/2010

Try as one might, it's increasingly clear that it is impossible to bang sense into a republican's head.

[kinoptikation]

01:05 AM on 05/30/2010

has there been any sexting in this story?... I'd like too see that and have a good laugh

[CindyInIndy]

09:38 AM on 05/30/2010

NH: "u know when i am governor that i will cut all funding to sc schools"
WF: "oh i want u so bad rite now"

[WorldGoneWild]

10:25 AM on 05/30/2010

LOL

[kinoptikation]

01:01 AM on 05/30/2010

aaaah, yessss, those lonely late night phone-calls, Will made her fingers do the walking

[JAGJR]

11:55 PM on 05/29/2010

The Good Ole Boys in SC have been running the place like a plantation and Nikki Haley would do a lot to throw a monkey wrench in their plans. I along with others my age(mid 30's) are sick and tired of all the crap that goes on in politics. What we hope will eventually happen is the people will begin governing our their own lives and just leave the BEAST of OPPRESSIVE GOVERNMENT to DIE it's own DEATH!

[m0ve]

01:15 AM on 05/30/2010

How are you being oppressed? Why don't you tell that to the homosexuals in Uganda, or the Uyghurs in China?

[JAGJR]

01:41 AM on 05/30/2010

Pardon me if I have mistaken your statement, however it appears as though you have taken the position that less oppression is justifiable, when the standard should be no oppression for anyone. If you have indeed taken the position I have interpreted I must ask... to whom does the title: DECIDER OF THOSE OPPRESSED go?

[Hal LeBoye]

10:40 PM on 06/02/2010

Uyghur please!

[me again]

08:30 AM on 05/31/2010

I have a problem with anyone who switches religions and becomes a foil for the religion and takes it into politics. She may be female, but her agenda is the same as most males who have held that job. She is not the answer, nor should anyone expect her to be. If you want a real change, get a female Democrat of merit to run....perhaps Crandall Bowles.