Of course she misused her power. She made lots of money and continues to hurt the hardworking government average employees. The only ones who are FAR OVERPAID are Haley, her cabinet, legislators, and staff.

What? How dare they sue "mommy Haley" after she passed out all those "report cards" to legislators. Boy, those who have dared do this will certainly get "bad grades" when she passes out the next batch,

"republican has-been"?
haley is a "wanna be" that will morph into a "never was".

The claim should be investigated, as the charges are important. I will hold off judgement until all the facts are in.

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Of course she used her position to gain power, prestige and money. What politician doesn't? Think about it...have you ever seen a poor politician?

Sounds a lot of like what Newt did with Freddie Mac. But wait, didn't she say something about Newt? “And I think that Newt Gingrich has dealt with a lot of issues in the past, and I think now he’s going to have to show that he's got those ideas to deal with the future,”
Read more on Newsmax.com: S.C. Gov. Haley Tepid on Gingrich
Governor Haley, the past, any comment?

Sexual escapades and corruption. This woman has the got what it takes to be a politician.

Unconfirmed reports of sexual escapades and allegations of corruptions, maybe we should demand proof before we slur someone, even if they disagree with us politically

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I live in SC. Most of the people whom I know who voted for her now wish they had not. She has proven herself to be innefectual at best. At worst, she is a lying, cheating, b**ch. I didn't vote for her, and I proudly keep my Sheneen bumper sticker on my car so that people won't confuse me for someone who did.

I am sure if she is in fact influence peddling that it willm come out.
Word is from folks connected to the Show "Army Wives" she threatened to not renew the tax incentives for the show unless she got a speaking part.
Someone should check into that as well.

You're bumper sticker says it all....

SCNEOCON, you seem to be lumping everyone that works for the government into one group, so let's clear a few things up.
1). Most SC government employees do not make "much more than the private sector employees." Some do, but the average SC government employee does not. 2). Most SC government employees contribute to their own pension plans as well, actually, they do so doubly, as they contribute out of their pay check and they contribute wit their taxes too.
3).Most SC government employees' pension are not any more generous than any private sector pensions.
4). Most SC government employees do not retire and then return to work and collect pension and salary. This is an easy fix, change the pension rules.
5). Most SC government employees can be fired with the same ease as the private sector. The same laws apply to them.
6). Most Sc government employes get 13 paid holidays and 15 paid sick days plus vacation. This is similar to many private sector jobs.
7). "Preferential hiring...due to being a minority" is not exclusive to government, many in the private sector do the same.
Let's not attack the folks that provide the services we, as South Carolinians use because we are frustrated with a political system that is broken.
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Eric, the political system is broken because the public inions use their clout to enforce their agenda.

Joe, sorry to disagree, but the percentage of South Carolinians on "food stamps" is actually not 50%. The percentage is 18.1% according to the Department of Social Services records. This is higher than in the past. As to why, high unemployment, low average wages and a higher percentage of residents under the poverty level in our state.

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Joe, trust me, while public unions play a role in the current mess, they are by no means the major contributor and in SC, they are not even a factor as we do not have any.

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Eric, "trust me" the unions in California, Michigan, NJ, Illinois etc, etc have destroyed those states, yes SC does not have these still the benefits even here are unbelievable for public employees. It started that way in the North, give great benefits in lieu of pay, but what happened is as the unions power grew the wages increased and the benefits never stopped now you have cops making 150k a year! In California, the top 5 public workers earned over 250k a year working for the prison system, lifeguards are making 180k a year!

I saw a a great post in another article that said it best. It is ridiculous that the middle class is fighting with each other because some make more money than others. We have a problem in this country when we are getting angry over someone getting a decent living wage and retirement benefits, but we don't give that same anger to the executives getting a million+ bonus on top of their regular salary and benefits. Shouldn't the corporations be distributing that money better within? From reinvesting in the company to making sure their employees continue to be paid a decent wage.

The middle class needs to work together and direct their their anger in the right direction. Stop believing the lies that public employee salaries and public programs that help you are the problem. Stop believing the lies that the wealthy are the job creators. The only job creator is enough of a demand for the supply. When only 1% of a population has the means to create that demand it will never be enough to create a need for more jobs. Only by adding the other 99% will there be enough demand to create the need for more jobs. So start working together and demand that the wealthy executives that run the corporations be accountable and start letting the money 'trickle-down' as they promised it would 40+ years ago. Demand that they finally hold up their end of the bargin. This is the only way the middle class and our economy will be restored.

More dysfunctional south carolina politicians

I am a South Carolinian by way of NY - Damn Yankee, but I have been here for 14 yrs. I followed the campaign between V. Sheheen and "TRICKY" Nikki and it was a "purchased" farce on her side of the field. Allegations of tax fraud,audits, and manipulation of funds from various sources and positions she "held" - The story that is happening now - Her complete and utter lack of ANY true political experience, as were shown in her debate performances (Sheheen crushed her) and total lack of understanding of the "state" of the state. She was well financed by the Heritage or some other foundation that wanted a female to win as Governor, paid for plain and simple,and with all that backing she still almost lost. Now, as Governor she is working her thievery and financial manipulation from the top - she has paid for cabinet and agency heads that make sure any excess money finds its way into her and their pockets while she cuts state workers jobs by the thousands, cuts Medicaid spending, the list goes on - BUT- She and her family and friends can go to Paris and Germany on a "job creating" search ? WTF - Just as they want and are going to do in Wisconsin, Ohio, and Florida - RECALL their Governors, We too should, as South Carolinians, whose state is being destroyed by the Indian princess, should demand a RECALL immediatley. She has not even been in office for 1 year and she has 4 lawsuits pending against her and who knows what else is coming? She should not have been elected AT ALL.

This no more illegal than Nasty Pelosi doing insider trading on the stock market?!?!?

Barney Frank should be cellmates with buster for all he did wrong and these Southern liberals complain, they should see what goes on in NY politics!

This is GOP standard operating procedure. I'm sure she saw nothing wrong with it. She is part of the problem, not part of the solution.

I have to say the Haley has not impressed me at all in her first year as Governor. Now Mitch Daniels Of Indiana is doing a phenomenal job!

@Tom Gallagher
re: I am a South Carolinian by way of NY - Damn Yankee

yeah, damn yankee...go back to NY...and put all blacks on a boat to africa...and get ICE to return all latinos (illegal or otherwise) back to mexico or where ever...

get all the germans back to germany...and especially all japanese back to japan...after all they stabbed us in the back at pearl harbor...

thought we had gotten past this crap...guess not.

OTOH...agree with many of your comments/opines...welcome to my beloved South...glad you saw the light.

havent followed the SC gov so have no opine...but OH, FL, WI, should recall their governors...

Uh, Joe, you obviously already have some....

"I recently wrote the CEO of McDonalds who claimed that they needed tax reform, I asked him just how greedy can they be, their profits and stock are at all time highs! If they really wanted to fuel the economy, double the wages, pay health benefits and give their workers a 401k with a match! So burgers would go up? Big deal!" Joe - 10:13am on Friday, November 18, 2011

Based on that statement, I believe that the only difference between our arguements is I do not lay the blame at the feet of the unions for the problem. If you are lucky enough to be in an industry that has a union, then you are provided the means to fight the greed you describe above. Otherwise, on our own, as individuals, we are unable to to fight for "better wages, health benefits, and a 401K with a match" that would fuel the economy. The corporation will just find a more compliant employee who will work for less. Instead, I blame a government bought by the, what did you call them, oh yea 'greedy' corporations and banks. I blame the 279 congressmen that signed Grover Norquist's 'Taxpayer protection pledge" so they are no longer there working for the best interest of their constituents, but working for Grover Norquist. I blame the repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act which prohibited commercial banks from engaging in the investment business. These are the things that brought us to where we are, not Unions.

What did Frank do wrong? OMG you cannot be serious, If you don't know I cannot or will not waste my time telling you

Joe -
Yes, I am aware of that. The repeal of Glass-Steagall began in the 1980s and finally was completely repealed by the 106th congress and Bill Clinton in 1999. The republican's and democrat's fingerprints are all over the final legislation to complete the repeal of Glass-Steagall.

Also, guess what? both democrats and republicans have signed Grover Norquist's 'Taxpayer protection pledge'.

It isn't about party, it is about greed. There is plenty of blame to go around and not just in Washington. To quote factcheck.org 'The U.S. economy is enormously complicated. Screwing it up takes a great deal of cooperation.' And we all cooperated beautifully.

@Jennifer
re: both democrats and republicans have signed Grover Norquist's 'Taxpayer protection pledge'...It isn't about party, it is about greed.

FYI. Sitting Democrats who have signed the pledge are Sen. Ben Nelson (NE) and House members Robert Andrews (NJ) and Ben Chandler (KY).

it is about greed and party philosophy and ideology...a mistaken belief (aka GOP voodoo economics) that the 1% will invest and grow the economy...true to some extent...but consumer spending trumps investment by the 1%.

a major factor in economic growth is consumer spending by the middle class (MC)...and if the MC has to spend more on health care, education, etcetc (the result of deep spending cuts)...then they have less or none to spend on consumers goods...

opine: the 1% (or 10%) will spend no less on consumer goods if their taxes are increased by 1% or whatever...neither will an increase substantially reduce their investing in businesses or the stock market...if they can make 10% vice 15%, they will still go for it.

and a tax increase on rich folks would do much to reduce budget deficits and the debt.

ask buffett, gates and the "patriotic millionaires"...

regs are needed to protect us from greedy bastards...repeal of glass steagall was a huge mistake by DEMs and GOPs...it had protected us for 70 some years...

the unregulated free market works only in a society where there are no bad guys...nirvana

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@Adam Crisp
know it wont happen...but posting adhoms may encourage comments...and help people see ignorance...