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#rsrh NYT, WaPo analyze latest attempt to smear Gov. Nikki Haley (R, SC)

And just a bit angrily, too. If that surprises you, it shouldn’t: while the NYT loathes conservatives in general – while Kathleen Parker of the Washington Post merely(?!) loathes a lot of specific conservatives – both probably despise New Media even more.  And since it was a doofus progressive regional blogger (Logan Smith, for the benefit of those tuning in late*) that started the whole carnival of stupidity in the first place, well…

And that’s that, hopefully.  Until the next time that somebody tries it, of course.

Moe Lane

*Search engines, too.  In light of that, let me print the following terms: nincompoop, doofus, n00b, twerp, goofball, idiot, moron, ineffectual, and justifiably obscure.

Nikki Haley’s interview with some provincial hick at Time Magazine.

Most people are concetrating on the absolutely inane question Gov. Haley got at the end – as God is my witness, the Time interviewer* really did ask whether the Governor tipped Sikh cab drivers more – but the entire interview is in its way engrossing viewing. If only because the interviewer clearly thought that there was a hick in the interviewing room (true) and that her name was Nikki Haley (false). I mean, I grew up in New York and New Jersey and I was humiliated by the utter unsophisticated provincialism of the interviewer; I would take some comfort that the woman’s accent suggests that she’s just some rube right off of the boat, but that’s cultural chauvinism talking. Continue reading Nikki Haley’s interview with some provincial hick at Time Magazine.

The IRS is NOT investigating Gov. Nikki Haley (R, SC).

Welcome to South Carolina! Here’s your accordion.

You may remember that a few days ago a minor South Carolinian political blog tossed out the very serious allegation that South Carolina governor Nikki Haley was about to be indicted by the Justice Department for alleged tax fraud involving her parents’ temple*. The keyword? “Imminent.” Well, it turns out that the IRS is not actually investigating either the Governor or the temple (H/T @RBPundit) in fact, if I’m reading this correctly the entire thing was more or less based off of the usual bureaucratic paperwork (H/T Hot Air Headlines). The goofball progressive blogger n00b (some guy named Logan Smith) that put up the article in the first place at first tried to stand by his anonymously-sourced allegations, but has since more or less given up and done one of the more grudging and passive-aggressive retractions that it’s been my pleasure to read lately. I don’t even think that Smith is going to get fifteen minutes out of this; and, of course, he’ll never get another shot.

Tragic. Continue reading The IRS is NOT investigating Gov. Nikki Haley (R, SC).

Libtalker Randy Rhodes spews anti-Indian racism like so many teeth.

Woman’s not fond of Bobby Jindal and/or Nikki Haley, for some reason.

You know, I have a problem with the way that somebody ambushed Randi Rhodes and got her to make racist and prejudiced comments about the governors of Louisiana and South Carolina. It’s just… cruel to do that to an alcoholic on a bender; when you have somebody with an existing history of being found face down in the gutter with the recent contents of her stomach spread out around her in a semi-particulate spray, taking advantage of that by shoving a microphone in her face and asking her to spout off some good, old-fashioned racism is simply not very civi… wait, hold on. She talked this trash on the air?

“Bobby Jindal even converted from Hinduism — Nikki Haley, too — in order to be acceptable to the conservative South in Louisiana and uh — [about a five second pause] Georgia! I mean, that is crazy that in order to be acceptable to the party you have to, you know, pretend that you’ve given up your religion!”

While sober?

Well, then.

Continue reading Libtalker Randy Rhodes spews anti-Indian racism like so many teeth.

Andre Bauer’s unfortunate endorsement of Newt Gingrich. [UPDATED]

[Please note the edit below: the implication in the CNN article was that Bauer’s endorsement of Gingrich was welcomed by the campaign, but there’s still wiggle room for Team Newt. I’ve emailed the Gingrich campaign to confirm.]

Team Newt announced today that they [CNN reported today that the Gingrich campaign] had picked up the endorsement of Andre Bauer, who is: a former Lt. Governor of South Carolina; a former gubernatorial candidate; and a potential candidate for the new SC-07 seat.  If that name sounds familiar, it should… because Andre Bauer was also the person that current South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley gutted like a newly-caught river trout for Bauer’s (alleged) role in attempting to wreck Haley’s marriage and career:

Continue reading Andre Bauer’s unfortunate endorsement of Newt Gingrich. [UPDATED]

North Carolinian Nathan Shafer arrested for threatening life of Gov. Nikki Haley (R, SC)…

…but the white guy insists that it’s not a big deal that he publicly posted a promise to murder an Indian-American female governor if nobody else does.

“I hope someone murders you before I do,” Shafer said he commented on the post. “How’s that for freedom of speech?”

(H/T: Verum Serum) Well… not to editorialize here or anything, but since Nathan Shafer asked: it’s pretty darn awful example of ‘freedom of speech.’ Continue reading North Carolinian Nathan Shafer arrested for threatening life of Gov. Nikki Haley (R, SC)…

NYT uses bad guesser Jack Bass to attack Nikki Haley.

I will admit that the New York Times largely did not attack South Carolina governor Nikki Haley (R) all that harshly in this article; in fact, they said some things that were actually complimentary (given that the governor is openly going after entrenched Republican interests in SC, that’s probably not a surprise). But they couldn’t quite resist playing silly games by getting local liberal political flack Jack Bass to say “Her understanding of the role of state government appears rather limited” – and presenting Bass as an authority. Here’s a radical notion for the NYT: if you simply must use a liberal to attack a conservative, could you at least mention the following? Continue reading NYT uses bad guesser Jack Bass to attack Nikki Haley.

RedState Interview: Gov. Nikki Haley (R, SC).

We talked this afternoon on South Carolina’s Spending Accountability Act (which was formally signed into law today). To refresh people’s memories: Governor Haley had campaigned in part on a platform of transparency, with a specific focus on the South Carolinian legislature’s ability to vote on funding issues without their votes actually going on the record. The Governor has long been a proponent of reversing this, and the Spending Accountability Act is the result: it requires roll call votes on bills, particularly ones involving the budget. We spoke on this and some other matters:

Gov. Haley’s Facebook page (mentioned at the end of the interview) can be found here.

Moe Lane (crosspost)

Nikki Haley’s Inaugural Speech.

Nikki Haley was sworn in today as South Carolina governor, and of all the annoyances that the Left has been trying to inflict upon us for the last few days over their petulant inability to dictate what can and cannot be said, this one grates most: they made me forget that briefly. We at RedState have been waiting for this moment for quite some time, after all.

Link to video here; text here. Enjoy.

Moe Lane (crosspost)

#rsrh Breaking the Dem AA lock.

Admittedly, we were hoping for more than 37%, but every little bit helps.

[Alvin] Greene, an African-American, captures 63% of the black vote. Eighty percent (80%) of whites favor [Senator Jim] DeMint.

I’m not going to be cruel and quote the total poll results. Suffice it to say that I wish that Greene had actually done something to deserve the public humiliation that is coming for him.  The poor SOB just wanted to try out American democracy for himself, and he’s not going to get anything out of it…

Moe Lane

PS: OTOH, Nikki Haley is easily crushing Vince Shaheen in SC-GOV, and I’m sure that Shaheen has done something to deserve that.