Posted on 12/14/2012 8:34:10 AM PST by SeekAndFind
This is fun for a Friday. Gov. Nikki Haley is now deciding who will take Sen. Jim DeMint's (R-SC) place when he leaves the Senate to head up The Heritage Foundation.
Comedy Central host Stephen Colbert tops the list of preferred appointments with South Carolinians, according to a PPP poll:
Colbert tops the wish list of who South Carolina voters would like to see join that body at 20%, followed by Tim Scott at 15%, Trey Gowdy at 14%, Jenny Sanford at 11%, Henry McMaster and Mark Sanford at 8%, Jeff Duncan and Joe Wilson at 5%, and Mick Mulvaney at 4%.
It's Democrats and independents- those voters Haley most needs to improve her standing with- who are pining for a Colbert appointment. Among Democrats 32% say they'd like Colbert to be picked with Jenny Sanford at 19% and no one else in double digits. With crucial independent voters Colbert has a 15 point lead for the appointment, getting 28% to 13% for Tim Scott, 12% for Jenny Sanford, and 10% for Trey Gowdy with no one else in double digits.
So, there’s that. You can fret about what this says about the voting public, wonder whether it’s the Senate they’re goofing on or the pollsters, or you can just play along with the joke.
That’s what Haley did yesterday, acknowledging the public’s desire for a satirist in the Senate by giving him a vetting worthy of a satirist.
The Colbert Report Mr. Colbert, clearly a whole lot of people felt you needed a second look for U.S. Senate, and… fb.me/1Vnh9Ik1t
— Nikki Haley (@nikkihaley) December 13, 2012
Here’s what she found out:
Given that news updates out of South Carolina on this subject have been scarce, Haley seemed to enjoy keeping the political press wondering, as it did in almost ludicrous fashion over this:
Just prior to releasing her research on Mr. Colbert, Ms. Haley posted some lyrics from Adele’s hit “Rumor Has It” on her Facebook page. The ellipsis-filled status update, which was also shared on Twitter, simply included the song’s title and some of the words without any further explanation from Ms. Haley, prompting MSNBC’s Chuck Todd to wonder whether the post actually came from her. Politicker reached out to a spokesman for the governor who confirmed the Facebook post was something “she personally did herself.”
The field of possibilities remains unchanged:
Her short list means South Carolina could have its first Black U.S. senator or first female senator.
The person with knowledge of the process says the Republican governor is choosing among U.S. Reps. Tim Scott and Trey Gowdy, former first lady Jenny Sanford, state agency director Catherine Templeton, and former state Attorney General Henry McMaster.
Speculation abounds over who she might pick to fill the seat through 2014, when voters will choose someone to serve the remaining two years of DeMint’s term. The guesses began as soon as DeMint announced his resignation, effective Jan. 1, to become president of the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank.
Names tossed out as possibilities include the state’s four congressmen recently re-elected to their second term.
Scott was just named to the powerful Ways and Means Committee.
If Colbert actually ever did make it to the Hill, we have pretty good evidence that it would suck all the funny out of him, anyway. It’s happened before.
That’s the Dems’ way of protesting—the GOP preference vote was widely split.
I think he he funny and think Garrison Keillor is funny.
Do you have an exerciser on a space shuttle named after you?
Ha! I didn’t think so.
So there!
I think he he funny and think Garrison Keillor is funny.
Do you have an exerciser on a space shuttle named after you?
Ha! I didn’t think so.
So there!
Why do you noobies always insist on singling out the GOP? Nonetheless, I appreciate the unintended irony of your unintended irony...
Please not Joe Wilson. Is this the idiot Joe Wilson? Please say no.
Moi aussi, mon ami.
Pokes fun at both sides, and has facts and numbers and names to back it up, when he does.
F’r instance....
RE: I believe in the last election, the runner up to DeMint was democrat Al Green. Should not he be in the running too.
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There are MANY people in South Carolina who will vote for ANYONE but a Conservative.
In 2010, there was this man named Alvin Greene (not the singer, but the one you mentioned above) who for reasons I still cannot fathom, became the Democratic party nominee to ran against Jim DeMint.
Greene never held public office before and at the time of his candidacy, was unemployed and living with and caring for his father. He did serve in the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force before receiving an involuntary honorable discharge in 2009.
On August 13, 2010, it was announced that he had been indicted on criminal charges of showing pornographic pictures to an 18-year old female college student
Greene never presented any coherent policy during the campaign and sounded redundant and incoherent when interviewed about why he wanted to defeat Jim DeMint. He kept repeating over and over again: “Jim DeMint started the recession.”
Anyway, Jim DeMint won the election of course. What surprised me however was this — DeMint won ONLY 63% of the vote. Greene won 28% of the vote ( which translates to over 400,000 votes right there!! ).
That tells you a lot about many voters in South Carolina right there.
You probably should have looked it up.
Do not alter my words.
You may equate the GOP with America if you are such an abject party creature, but do not alter my words without pointing out that you have done so.
A distinct American nation existed before the Washington government and before the entwined malignant tumors known as the Democrat Party and the GOP. An American nation will exist after all of them are gone, and might even thrive again without their suffocating bonds.
Whatever stimulates you, have at it.
This country is so doomed
What happened to integrity and indomitable spirit? Do people in college think the way to the presidency is to be a street corner "organizer" or a half spun late night blow hard? Heaven help us.
Colbert is so proud of his South Carolina heritage he went to voice class to get rid of the Southern accent. The reason? He said he didn’t want people to think he was stupid because he was a Southerner. The man is a creep and a disgrace to all self-respecting Southerners.
So he is a cultural sellout along with being a vapid bore. I didn’t know that but I am not surprised.
wait for it...
Stephen Colbert
The person with knowledge of the process says the Republican governor is choosing among U.S. Reps. Tim Scott and Trey Gowdy, former first lady Jenny Sanford, state agency director Catherine Templeton, and former state Attorney General Henry McMaster.
Jenny Sanford? Huh?
RE: Jenny Sanford? Huh?
Yes, being victimized entitles you to some sort of “compensation” from South Carolina.
Leni
“People here in MN elected Jesse Ventura and Al Franken.”
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They may have elected Jesse but Al got in the old fashioned way, by votes “found” in car trunks. The recount continued until Al was over the top, otherwise they would still be counting.
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