The drumbeat is pretty steady from the Sheheen campaign, calling Nikki Haley all kinda mean, nasty, ugly things.
One wonders when he’ll use some of these ads to push what he will do if elected. He has plenty of proposals, as well as accomplishments to tout. It would be nice to see him emphasize some of them.
Even in an ad when he does talk about his plans, he can hardly get to them for complaining about Haley. In this one last week about education policy, he spends more time complaining about what the governor has or has not done than saying what he would do. In the whole 31 seconds, these are the only words he speaks that describe his plans:
As governor, I’ll restore school funding and raise teacher pay….
It takes him 3 seconds to say them.
Anyway, here’s the release that went with this new video:
NEW TV AD: “Unethical” Calls Out Nikki Haley’s Repeated Ethics Violations“No wonder, Nikki Haley has been called ‘unethical, perhaps even corrupt.’ We just can’t trust Nikki Haley.”Camden, SC – Sheheen for South Carolina today released a new television ad addressing Nikki Haley’s repeated ethical violations and her secretive, dishonest behavior. The spot, “Unethical” is part of a substantial six-figure statewide TV buy which began last night. “Unethical” is the fifth television ad Sheheen for South Carolina has run in the 2014 gubernatorial campaign.“From using the state plane for political events to taking the state car to pick up campaign cash, Nikki Haley has repeatedly violated ethical standards for her own personal benefit and then covered up her bad behavior,” said Andrew Whalen, Sheheen’s campaign manager. “South Carolinians deserve honest leadership and real accountability from a governor they can trust. With all her unethical behavior, it’s clear we just can’t trust Nikki Haley.”AD BACKUP:
Ad Backup The South Carolina State Ethics Commission has opened an inquiry into the campaign finances of Republican Governor Nikki Haley. Special Report with Bret Baier, Fox News, 4/10/2012 We thought we could trust Nikki Haley to look out for us. But Haley used the state plane to fly to political events – and was forced to repay taxpayers. CG: Used State Plane for Political Events
CG: Forced to Repay Tax Payers
“Gov. Nikki Haley reimburses state for plane usage,” Seanna Adcox, Associated Press, 10/8/2012COLUMBIA — South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has repaid about $10,000 for using state planes to attend news conferences and bill-signings, after The Associated Press informed her of a rule against that.
Haley’s spokesman said her office was unaware legislators put a clause in the budget last year that added the restrictions. She returned $9,590 on Friday to the state Aeronautics Commission, which operates the state’s two taxpayer-funded planes. The reimbursement covers flights taken across the state over seven days since last July.
Nikki Haley used an official state car to get to an out-of-state political fundraiser… CG: Used State Car for Political Fundraiser
“SC Gov. Haley unhurt in previously undisclosed June wreck,” Andrew Shain, The State, 8/27/2013:Haley, her political adviser Tim Pearson and political fundraiser Marissa Crawford were riding in a state-issued Chevrolet Suburban driven by SLED agent Kenneth Williamson to a political event at the Grandover Resort in Greensboro on June 27, according to an incident report from the N.C. State Highway Patrol….
Haley was visiting Greensboro to attend a retreat for a political group run by backers of Republican N.C. Gov. Pat McCrory.
But as the governor gears up for a 2014 re-election campaign against likely Democratic challenger Vincent Sheheen, the previously unreported car accident raised questions about whether Haley uses state-owned vehicles to travel to campaign fundraising events. The vehicle and the driver are provided to the governor through the Executive Protection Unit, which according to SLED spokesman Thom Berry includes “a number of different vehicles from a number of different agencies.” According to a spokesperson from the Department of Public Safety, which owns the SUV, the repair expenses were paid from the state Highway Patrol budget.
The accident took place just outside the Grandover Resort, a conference center and golf resort in Greensboro, N.C. According to an article in the Charlotte Observer, supporters of N.C. Gov. Pat McCrory hosted a $5,000-per-person retreat at Grandover on June 27 and 28, and Gov. Haley was scheduled to appear on the 27th for a reception, dinner, and forum. The article noted that the event was “expected to draw 100 to 150 corporate representatives and wealthy donors.”
“SC Gov. Haley agrees to pay state for campaign expenses,” Andrew Shain, The State, 10/8/2013:
More than a week after the wreck was revealed, the governor’s campaign announced it would start paying mileage for state-owned vehicles taken to campaign events.
The campaign has reimbursed the S.C. Department of Public Safety and SLED $1,178 for mileage dating back to Haley’s start in office in January 2011, spokesman Rob Godfrey said. The campaign already has reimbursed the state $7,610 for out-of-state travel.
And then she didn’t tell us when the car was wrecked. “SC Gov. Haley unhurt in previously undisclosed June wreck,” Andrew Shain, The State, 8/27/2013:SLED did not report the accident when it happened because it was minor, agency Chief Mark Keel said Tuesday.
But as the governor gears up for a 2014 re-election campaign against likely Democratic challenger Vincent Sheheen, the previously unreported car accident raised questions about whether Haley uses state-owned vehicles to travel to campaign fundraising events. The vehicle and the driver are provided to the governor through the Executive Protection Unit, which according to SLED spokesman Thom Berry includes “a number of different vehicles from a number of different agencies.” According to a spokesperson from the Department of Public Safety, which owns the SUV, the repair expenses were paid from the state Highway Patrol budget.
The accident took place just outside the Grandover Resort, a conference center and golf resort in Greensboro, N.C. According to an article in the Charlotte Observer, supporters of N.C. Gov. Pat McCrory hosted a $5,000-per-person retreat at Grandover on June 27 and 28, and Gov. Haley was scheduled to appear on the 27th for a reception, dinner, and forum. The article noted that the event was “expected to draw 100 to 150 corporate representatives and wealthy donors.”
“SC Gov. Haley agrees to pay state for campaign expenses,” Andrew Shain, The State, 10/8/2013:
More than a week after the wreck was revealed, the governor’s campaign announced it would start paying mileage for state-owned vehicles taken to campaign events.
The campaign has reimbursed the S.C. Department of Public Safety and SLED $1,178 for mileage dating back to Haley’s start in office in January 2011, spokesman Rob Godfrey said. The campaign already has reimbursed the state $7,610 for out-of-state travel.
No wonder, Nikki Haley has been called “unethical….Perhaps even corrupt.” CG: The State 8/10/2014
CG: “…her actions were unethical. Perhaps even corrupt.”
“Scoppe: There were signs then; there are signs now,” Cindi Ross Scoppe, The State, 8/10/2014 Even if then-Rep. Nikki Haley was acting within the confines of the law when she tried to turn votes at the State House and turn around the bureaucrats at DHEC on behalf of the hospital that was paying her a six-figure salary for a job for which she had no apparent qualifications, her actions were unethical. Perhaps even corrupt. Ditto accepting more than $40,000 in consulting fees from a government contractor who hired her for her “good contacts.”
We just can’t trust Nikki Haley. ###
Related Posts
More evidence of the worst run political campaign in South Carolina history.
Sheheen had a shot- but he’s really blowing it. HIs campaign is awful and he’s received terrible advice.
NO ONE- and i mean NO ONE I know is talking about the governor’s race at all- not even when I try to bring the subject up. no one cares.
Sheheen’s complaining all the time. His campaign is about as positive as a negative TB test.
I agree with Barry. I don’t believe Sheheen really wants to be governor this time around. I wish he had opted out. Maybe someone would have emerged who could beat Haley. If he had wanted to run again, he should have been campaigning for the last four years—just as Haley has been doing. When it comes to policy, she’s a zero, but she knows how to campaign; spin, spin, spin; and turn pig slop into something that the uninformed voters of South Carolina will accept as caviar.
To the “R” voters no matter what: Don’t get your panties twisted. I know you are true believers. But most SC voters don’t really know or care about much of anything. They’re just listening for the buzz words, and Nikki Haley has them all for “her side.”
If I could change just one thing about the political process, I think it would be to do away with straight ticket voting. That might help a little bit. Just think, SC went from a straight ticket Democrat state to a straight ticket Republican state. No two-party system for us. We’ll keep our one thousand problems and boat loads of corruption just like they are. Thank you very much.
Agree 100%.. in fact, why not just remove the party designation beside a candidate’s name. That would require some thought by the voters then.
Yes, Doug! I was about to say that very thing! There should be no party designation on a ballot.
As for straight-ticket, I’m a radical on that. I think anyone who votes a straight ticket, deliberately and with malice aforethought, should thenceforth forfeit the right to vote. Anyone who thus surrenders the sacred responsibility to carefully discern between candidates to a party — “Here, party, you do my thinking for me; I’m too lazy” — doesn’t deserve that birthright any more…