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Jenny Sanford Barbara Walters Interview: I Wouldn't Have Stood With The Governor, Even If He Asked Me

AP | BRUCE SMITH | Posted 12.08.2009 | Politics

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CHARLESTON, S.C. — Even if her straying husband had asked her to, South Carolina first lady Jenny Sanford says she wouldn't have stood with Gov....

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S.C. Impeachment? Lawmakers Debate Ousting Gov. Mark Sanford

Huffington Post/AP | Posted 12.08.2009 | Politics

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Lawmakers debating whether or not Gov. Mark Sanford should be impeached are focusing on his tryst in Argentina, reports the New York Times, and the fa...

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Return to Sender: Stamping Out Cockfighting Magazines

Michael Markarian | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

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The fight to stamp out animal fighting marches on, and with renewed vigor. The HSUS and HSLF will not rest until holdout cockfighters in every state are delivered nothing but long felony prison sentences.

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Boeing Assembly Line ANNOUNCED: South Carolina Picked For New 787 Plant

AP | DANIEL LOVERING and GEORGE TIBBITS | Posted 10.29.2009 | Business

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SEATTLE — Boeing Co. will open a second assembly line for its long-delayed 787 jetliner in South Carolina, expanding beyond its longtime manufac...

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Ulmer to Jews: I Meant It as a Compliment!

Lauren Weber | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

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Jim Ulmer may have thought he was praising Jews for their uncanny ability to become rich. But his recent op-ed about Senator Jim DeMint was the kind of compliment that leaves a bad taste.

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Sanford Pulled Over For Speeding (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

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Mark Sanford just cannot stay out the spotlight. On Tuesday a highway trooper pulled the governor's car over for speeding. "You got a good reason f...

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Duke! Mama's Home: From the Detroit Stories

Lester Sloan | Posted 12.03.2009 | Living

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Back home again, her three-and-one-half hours of dialysis over, my mother negotiates her way through a maze of bags, chairs and boxes, toward the hazy out-of-focus shapes of the kitchen.

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Dean Allen: GOP Candidate Raffles Off AK-47 At South Carolina Campaign Rally Called "Machinegun Social" (VIDEO)

AP | Posted 11.27.2009 | Politics

GREENVILLE, S.C. — A candidate to be South Carolina's next National Guard leader skipped the fiery speeches for firepower, launching his campaig...

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Why I'm Grateful for Joe Wilson and the Fury of Racists

Keli Goff | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics

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Some people's racism has been brought to the fore because the America they thought they knew is changing to an America in which a Black man can get elected president and their very own children applaud.

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From ACORN to Van Jones, the Online Rightroots Flexes Its Muscles

Matt Lewis | Posted 11.23.2009 | Technology

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Online success has more to do with passion and intensity than with technological sophistication. And in politics, the outsiders -- not the establishment -- own passion.

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Atlanta Flooding: 3 Killed, 5 Missing As Storms Drench Southeast

AP | GREG BLUESTEIN | Posted 11.21.2009 | Home

ATLANTA — Surging floodwaters ripped apart a west Georgia trailer home, drowning a 2-year-old boy swept from his father's arms. In Atlanta, stra...

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Joe Wilson Election: Chances Damaged By Outburst

AP | BEN EVANS and MEG KINNARD | Posted 11.20.2009 | Politics

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COLUMBIA, S.C. — Rep. Joe Wilson may have shouted his way into the toughest election fight of his life. Just ask former Sen. George Allen of Vi...

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Rachel Maddow Nails South Carolina Health Care

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.18.2009 | Media

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On last night's Rachel Maddow Show, Maddow took viewers through what she called a "magic map trick," in which she crunched the numbers on a handful of...

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Bauer: Sanford And I Are Not Talking

www.dailygamecock.com | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

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Once again, Bauer reiterated Sanford was ruining the state's reputation on the national radar and urged the governor to resign. He said he expects a "...

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Cammie Colin: 16 Year-Old Girl Bags 10-Foot Alligator With A Crossbow

AP | Posted 11.17.2009 | Green

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Obama on the Stump

Jerry Weissman | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics

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Rhetorical skills helped Barack Obama win the election. Will they help his health care reform plan win?

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No Caning This Time

Dr. Charles G. Cogan | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics

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South Carolina, the most "reb" of the rebel states (remember the Nullification Act?) has the distinction of unruly behavior in legislatures. Addison ...

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An Invitation to Redemption for Joe Wilson and Van Jones

Patty Limerick | Posted 11.15.2009 | Denver

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The American people have an unfortunate habit of taking valuable public servants who have made stupid public statements and forming an instant bucket-brigade to deliver those public servants to the trash heap of history.

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Emerging GOP Theme: Nullification

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics

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The code words change over time (from "nullification" to "states' rights" to Pawlenty's "state sovereignty"), but the idea is the same -- we retain the right to ignore any laws we don't feel like following.

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What Congress Could Learn from the USTA and MTV

Cindy Handler | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics

What do Kanye West, Serena Williams and a formerly obscure congressman from South Carolina have in common?

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Joe Wilson Raises $750,000 In Less Than 48 Hours; Opponent Tops $1 Million

Capitol Briefing | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics

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With a political arms race in full force, Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) has raised almost $750,000 in less than 48 hours since his shout of "You lie!" to P...

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Joe Wilson, You're No Joe Nye

Nancy Snow | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

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I promise you this: If I see Joe Wilson this Thanksgiving, I'll make sure not to shout out or finger point as I reach for the pecan pie.

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South Carolinians Gone Wild: Wilson's Only the Latest ...

Dan Manatt | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

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Remember Fort Sumter? Yes, Joe Wilson's ancestors literally started the Civil War.

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SC GOP Joins Lawmakers Asking Sanford To Resign

AP | JIM DAVENPORT | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

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COLUMBIA, S.C. — Leaders of South Carolina's Republican Party voted Thursday to ask Gov. Mark Sanford to resign, joining an increasing number of...

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Sanford: Finally, I'm No Longer the Biggest Douche in S. Carolina

Andy Borowitz | Posted 09.10.2009 | Comedy

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The embattled governor said he "practically danced a jig" when he saw Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC)'s outburst on television last night, adding, "That Joey boy did me a solid."

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