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Posted on 05/25/2010 6:36:48 PM PDT by pissant
Didn’t he say originally that he’d have nothing more to say after his “confession”?
Round two:
Republican blogger Will Folks, in an e-mail to The Daily Caller, said records of e-mails, text messages and phone records will prove he had an extramarital affair with South Carolina gubernatorial candidate Nikki Haley.
“In the end, I think the record of communication here will end up speaking for itself,” Folks told The Daily Caller.
He told the local Fox affiliate that he’d just met with his lawyer and would release the material “soon.” More from one of his co-bloggers, who wonders why Haley hasn’t sued yet:
One reason for Team Haley’s reticence to call for the post’s removal or pursue a legal remedy against our founding editor could be that Nikki Haley and Will Folks both use Verizon Wireless for their personal cell phone service, and that any legal motion that’s filed would undoubtedly result in the publication of a flood of phone records, text messages, emails, voicemails and other data exchanges between the two protagonists in this unfolding drama…
All we can tell you for now is that the record of correspondence between the two of them began on November 20, 2005 – with an email sent at 8:33 a.m. from Haley’s State House email address … to Will Folks’ personal address … in which Haley complimented Folks on an article he had written praising her gubernatorial ambitions.
Maybe she hasn’t sued because … it’ll drag the story out even further, a lesson learned by celebrities vis-a-vis tabloids a thousand years ago? One mark in Folks’s favor, though: A South Carolina paper evidently was working on this story, and got at least one prominent pol to admit he’d heard the rumors before Folks ever came clean.
Former Sanford spokesman and FITSNews blogger Will Folks privately admitted a year ago to having a brief extramarital affair with GOP gubernatorial contender S.C. Rep. Nikki Haley, according to a Palmetto State Republican political operative…
Free Times has been investigating a story involving an alleged affair between Haley and Folks for several weeks and spoke with Folks about it May 14…
“There have been rumors about that,” said state Rep. Annette Young, a Dorchester County Republican, May 13. “I heard [it was Haley and] Will Folks.”…
Other House members have confirmed they’d heard about an alleged affair between Haley and Folks, but did not want their names to appear in this story.
“It’s not a secret,” said Columbia Democratic Rep. Todd Rutherford on May 13 while in the lobby of the legislative chambers. He added that other House members told him they’d heard such things, too.
Young claims she first heard the rumor about a year ago. Hmmmm. Here’s what I don’t get: If it’s all true and there’s documentation of it, why would Haley have denied it in the first place? It’s a classic case of the cover-up being worse than crime. All she would have had to do is say, “Yes, I made a mistake, but my husband and I are working through it.” Remember, she’s got Jenny Sanford in her corner for political cover and it’s a safe bet that the press wouldn’t have gone after a young mother for cheating the way they would a male candidate. If it turns out she lied, though — blatantly, with a paper trail to prove it — she’s in trouble. So why would she?
The right is still firmly in her corner at the moment, in any case. According to her spokesman, yesterday was her single biggest day of online fundraising ever (Red State is touting a money bomb for her as I write this in the name of “fighting the smears”) and she was way up in the last primary poll before this broke yesterday. Per PPP, it was Haley 39, McMaster 18, Barrett 16, Bauer 13 as of this weekend. What’ll it be tomorrow?
I think he said 24 business hours, right?
Texts and emails can be easily forged nowadays. Its common place, actually, in Hollywood.
Probably is true. I mean when’s the last time that a rumor like this turned out to be false?
So all this sh*t would have been cleared up if they used AT&T, T-Mobile or US Cellular? WTF?
You’d think his atty would let him present forged emails and text messages?
Lawyers can’t be fooled?
This guy is butt ugly and I would question her judgement if true.
Yeah they can. But would that just bring more illegality into it?
Probably is true. I mean when’s the last time that a rumor like this turned out to be false?
Last one I can recall was the one that claimed Sarah Palin had an affair with one of Todds business associates. That turned out to be a load of crap like all of the other smears and lies they’ve thrown at her.
Sure, you think Lawyers a care? If he has them what is he waiting for, Mr. Green to show up?
The guy is a convicted criminal, that’s why.
Pics or STFU.
Let me get this straight: Someone is saying they are going to release details of their affair with someone else?
I’m not interested and, frankly, would come to the defense of the other party, regardless of who they are. This is sleaze at its worst.
Unless I’m missing something...
i’m inclined to disbelieve it
“Soon” must be code word for when he thinks he’s sufficently made enough damage? Put up or shut up!
Ronald Reagan’s alleged affair
Nancy Reagan’s alleged affair (with Frank Sinatra)
President G H W Bush’s alleged airplane bailout
President G H W Bush’s alleged affair
President G W Bush’s alleged cocaine use.
President G W Bush’s alleged abortion
President G W Bush’s romantic tryst (with Condoleeza Rice)
John McCain’s alleged alleged airplane bailout
John McCain’s alleged affair
Todd Palin’s alleged affair
Bristol Palin’s alleged mothering of Trig.
Sarah Palin’s alleged affair
Didn’t the Times post about a McCain affair that went no where?
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