Thursday, September 28, 2006

Crime at the State

Cindi Ross Scoppe writes a 1,000 word campaign ad for the Bill Cotty for Senate campaign.

How much would you like to bet that Ms. Scoppe will not be reporting her contribution to the the proper authorities? I'd go without barbecue for a month if Scoppe were to admit the fair-market value of her "advertorial" to the officials in charge.

Now I don't believe in making it a crime to speak your mind on an election. But The State has repeatedly editorialized that our ~~incumbent protection~~ campaign finance laws that criminalize speaking up and supporting your own candidate are all well and good and should be obeyed. (Here's a "news" account.)

(Never mind that Scoppe is backing this insane Bill Cotty plan that would make schools centralized at a higher level [the state level] rendering parents more beholden to Columbia.)

As usual, The State is playing by one set of rules for themselves (freedom of speech) and another set of rules for the rest of us (political speech only with government permission).

Hypocrites.

Posted by Bill Smith at 9:56 AM | 10 comments

Comments:

Right. They ARE huge hypocrites. And even more maddening is the sheer arrogance and condescension these people display in every single thing they write. Is there NOTHING that Brad doesn't have an opinion on? Could we have sweet silence from Cindi on anything? Anything at all? And it's not just that they opinionate about every frickin thing under the sun...it's that they are SO snooty and smug about it...as if we're just supposed to accept whatever they spew like the peasants that we are. I truly think that these chuckleheads believe they are the smartest people in the room, and they do everything they can to make sure we know it. Sickening. Dave

# posted by

Anonymous : 9/28/2006 09:15:00 PM

TOMMY MOORE CLOSES IN ON MARK SANFORD

New Independent Poll Shows Sanford’s Support is Slipping

COLUMBIA- Today, Survey South Carolina released the results of a new poll that shows Tommy Moore is closing in on Mark Sanford by a margin of 50%-46%.

“The tide is clearly turning,” said Moore spokeswoman Karen Gutmann. “South Carolina families want a leader who will work across party lines to create new jobs, improve our public education system, and support providing health care for our children.”

The poll was conducted on September 26th through September 28th and has a margin of error of +/- 4.7%. Sanford’s rapid slide is despite spending well over a million dollars in television ads in recent weeks.

These results are consistent with the last three independent Rasmussen poll results where Tommy Moore has consistently been chipping away at Mark Sanford’s lead.

This polling information follows the recent endorsement from Republican state Senator Verne Smith.

# posted by

Anonymous : 9/29/2006 12:00:00 PM

Columbia Insider Tommy Moore has about as much chance of becoming the next Governor of South Carolina as Hollywood Hypocrite Michael Moore.

I'd bet my bottom dollar on it.

# posted by

Bill Smith : 9/29/2006 03:30:00 PM

I don't know. Our Governor (Jenny Sanford) seems awfully agitated of late, what with the "We Don't Take PAC Money, Except For That We Actually Run A PAC And Take PAC Money And Then Transfer It To Ourselves" scandal.

Along with the other two hundred reasons she and her first lady (Mark) have been abyssmal failures.

# posted by

Anonymous : 9/29/2006 04:22:00 PM

"She and her first lady Mark". Golly gee. We sure do grow the homegrown wits. Please let's hurry up and get choice in education so that more minds are not destroyed.

# posted by

Anonymous : 10/03/2006 10:53:00 AM

The State newspaper is an out-of-state corporation which refuses to disclose its financial backers or supporters (a.k.a. subscribers) openly attempting to influence the outcome of an election without registering with the government or reporting the expenditures.

Sound familar? That is because that is what they charge anyone they don't like with.

You say they are HYPOCRITES. I believe they are far worse.

# posted by

Anonymous : 10/05/2006 01:17:00 PM

Need a laugh at Warthen's objective journalism.
http://blogs.thestate.com/bradwarthensblog/2006/10/the_company_the.html#comment-23645308

Now is he a journalist or a political activists?

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