Ross Shealy over at Barbecue and Politics has been busy compiling some interesting facts on some of the individual races in our recent state primaries.
Actually, it’s just the same fact over and over, but it’s an interesting one. Howard Rich — that star of video, thanks to Katon Dawson — funneled thousands of bucks to candidate after candidate, right AFTER the final deadline for pre-primary campaign finance reports. So did some other out-of-state voucher supporters.
By Ross’ reckoning, Katrina (no relation) Shealy (to name one) got $97,000 in out-of-state funding, of which voters only had the chance to know about $5,000 before they voted.
Here’s the result of Ross’ labors with regard to Ms. Shealy. Here also is what he’s put together on the following candidates:
- Priscilla Robinson, House District 66 (Gilda Cobb-Hunter’s opponent)
- Sheri Few, House District 79
- Lee Bright, Senate District 12 (defeated Scott Talley)
- Wendy Nanney, House District 22
- Roger Nutt, House District 35
- Trey Whitehurst, House District 3
- Scott Singer, House 81
- Ken Roach, House District 34
- Deborah Long, House District 45
- Ed Rumsey, House District 2
- Curtis Brantley, District 122
- Dee Compton, Senate 10
- Raymond Russell, House 31
- Zina Manning, House 55
Our boy Ross has been busy. So has Howard Rich.
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EDITOR AT LA SOCIALISTA COMPARES MANHATTAN SCHOOL CHOICE SUPPORTER TO OSAMA BIN LADEN
FITSNews – July 13, 2008 – We already knew that Brad Warthen – the whiny, one-issue editorial page editor over at La Socialista – doesn’t like the notion of parental choice very much. He’d rather keep pouring billions of additional tax dollars down the same “government school sinkhole“, and his editorial board has written at least eleventy kabillion columns to that effect. We also already knew that Warthen doesn’t like school choice supporters very much, unless you consider calling someone a “cancer” to be a compliment.
Well, this week Warthen took his visceral hatred for a parent’s right to choose to a whole new level, comparing school choice supporter Howie Rich to terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden. Which is even more insulting when you consider that Rich is from Manhattan, where bin Laden’s “planes operation” killed 3,000 people on Sept. 11, 2001.
Warthen made the comparison in this column, but quickly removed the link after receiving some criticism and inserted this disclaimer:
Sheesh. Some of y’all were so sensitive about the link I put on that last sentence, that I cut it out, even though it was simply a straightforward link to what this video reminded me of.
First of all, Brad, don’t be a pussy. If you’re going to compare someone to a mass murderin’, America-hatin’ no good terrorist son of a rag-head bitch (just because you don’t agree with them), then stand by it … and leave it up there for people to see it.
Second, and most importantly, thank you for demonstrating once again what the “pro-public education” movement in South Carolina is all about – demonizing anyone who dares to offer real solutions to their ongoing and increasingly expensive failure to educate our children.
“Mongoloid Cut and Paster” Strikes Again…?
Gosh…when I go back to work [in the real world] — I won’t have time to keep up with y’all’s War of the Wordsmiths.
May it be soon.
Well if the pro-voucher crowd is a vulgar as RMS, that’s another reason to oppose them.
Brad,
You need to apologize for the comparing Howard Rich to Bin Laden. It is a reprehensible comparison, especially coming from a legitimate news outlet. And lay off the voucher issue – there are a lot of other issues affecting our state. I know where you stand and am very tired of hearing about it, and tired of The State’s attempt to intertwine every other issue with the voucher issue. This is all enough to make me wish the downsizing at McClatchy would have affected the editorial board instead of the newsroom.
Tell you what, Michael — I’ll consider your request once Howard Rich et al. stop trying to buy our Legislature.
In other words, when there is no longer a need to let you know that there is a persistent, well-funded, stealthy effort to control the General Assembly — one that is secretive about its means and deceptive about its aims, and is driven by outsiders, not by the voters of South Carolina — then this will probably no longer be one of the many subjects we write about.
Perhaps you should forget for a moment that this is about vouchers and tax credits, and focus on the factors I just described, and perhaps you can work up a little indignation, too. Until then — I know where you stand, and am tired of hearing about it. If you get a chance, tell Howard Rich that for me.
I don’t know Howard Rich, so I can’t tell him anything. I just go under the principle that people have a right to put their money towards whatever they (legally) want to advocate for, and as long as there is transparency everything will play out correctly.
The legislators don’t have to take Rich’s money. If they take it, then vouchers is likely an issue they truly believe in, regardless of where the money is coming from. Also, if they take it, they take it with the baggage of knowing they will be condemned by you and others who deem it inappropriate to take campaign contributions from out of state. It is their choice, and it should all play out in the political market. But there is nothing nefarious about it.
So, Howard Rich of New York is putting money into South Carolina to help him advocate for his views. And meanwhile, The State newspaper, a subsidiary of Sacramento, California based McClatchy, is spending most of its editorial ink saying that Rich doesn’t have a right to do so (and at one point likening the man to a mass murdering terrorist). It doesn’t make sense to me.
Newspaper people seem to resent anyone else having free speech. Many of them think it all has to go through their filters.
As noted above, the very purpose of editors is to try to set or alter public perception and opinion. They don’t accept the voice of the people as it is, or they would not be writing editorials and opinion columns – they would simply report public opinion as it really is, and the facts as they really are, in total.
Lee’s is a piece o’ work.
He’s railing that the newspaper people don’t like free speech for anyone but themselves….and yet…..here he is — spouting off opinions on a routine basis. Lee, has it ever occurred to you that if Brad or The State or McClatchy or the big-bad “liberal media” didn’t want opposing opinions or free speech for conservatives, then this blog might not allow to post your right-wing stuff over and over and over????
That’s not to mention letters-to-the-editor, etc.
Please, Lee….how’s about a little simple logic?
OK, Brad; I’m a ‘state employee.’ Lets consider how I get to kick back. I have chosen to work with the mentally retarded for over 30 years. And yes, I’ve gotten to TERI. Lets consider that for most of my professional life, I’ve received less than 40k/yr. Yeah, I’ve gotten great annual leave; I just can’t afford to go anywhere. And yes, I’ll get retirement; thank God, I’ve got other savings as well. Meanwhile our Health care costs more and covers less (now that I’m over 60, thankyou). While I don’t regret serving some people who need help, I don’t think it’s all that great–and I don’t think you would either.
The State only runs opposing opinions to fit a template. They are selling papers. they want to create controversy.
Ms. McLeod,
Do you think the state retirement system is run well, when it lacks the funds to generate the promised future payouts?
Do you think private sector taxpayers should have to do without retirement benefits in order to pay more taxes to fund your unfunded retirement promises?
What if enough of them decide to quit working so hard, or just move out of state, bankrupting the state retirement scheme?
I guess we lower income people just have to learn that the rich guys control our legislators and get used to it.
I guess all the foreigners can contribute too.
As a matter of fact, the National Association of Realtors is lobbying for a “silver card”, like a green card for non-working retirees to come to the US and buy the surplus of overpriced houses on the market.
Where’s the editorial attacking Bill Gates and Michael Bloomberg for using their “out-of-state money” to fund anti-smoking campaigns?