The stunning part of it comes in the reaction of our new-kid-on-the-block chief executive, Gov. Nikki Haley, who feels compelled to condemn those payments as "old-guard" politics that demands changing. She, of course, has not accrued enough time in the se

Robert J. Baker bbaker@theitem.com
Posted 11/8/11

Nathaniel Hawthorne taught us the horror of wearing a scarlet "A" for all the world to see. Our governor is fond of issuing an "F" to those she sees as wearing a scarlet "D" (read that as Democrat). And that, fellow Carolinians, is old-guard …

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