Jeffery Sewell, S.C. political consultant and noted RINO hunter, recently sent out an email advertising his access to the S.C. Election Commission voter file. In the subject, he writes, “Complete ‘08 SCEC file complete with appendeges e.g. no dead, felons etc blah blah…buy from me or pay twice the price…available right now.”
Now, Sewell has been kind to this site in the past, which surely means Wolfe Reports will join the number of recently axed sites from his news aggregator. That is fine. It is only a matter of time until we piss off nearly everyone and find ourselves begging for money for cheap beer like the rest of the homeless in Five Points.
However, how does a guy who has taken pride in going after “Republicans In Name Only” offer his voter file to Democrats? One of the email addresses listed is Jay Parmley, executive director of the South Carolina Democratic Party. Not only that, but Parmley is a member of the RISE SC Facebook group. RISE SC, as you may recall, is totally opposed to school choice, which Sewell says he favors and in which movement he has been involved.
But, that is not all. He has also offered the list to Rick Beltram, chairman of the Spartanburg County Republican Party. It should not take most people long to wonder why a guy who says he is a supporter of Karen Floyd and says she will be the next S.C. Republican Party chairman would be offering his list to one of her opponents.
And, still, there is more. He also offered it to people he called RINOs in the past, like S.C. operatives Rod Shealy and Wesley Donehue. What is not known is if the other people on the listing, like SCGOP chairman Katon Dawson, Richard Quinn & Associates’ Rick Quinn, McAllister Communications‘ Dave Wilson and Starboard Communications‘ Mike Green are considered to be in the same camp as the others, or just open to cut rate voter file access.
Either way, there are more things afoot in S.C. politics than anyone could even imagine.
As reported on FITSNews late Sunday afternoon, a new social networking site for S.C. conservatives, The Palmetto Network, is going forward to link up and coordinate social conservatives in the state.
In the post, it says that the site is invitation only, but Wolfe Reports registered as a member of the site when consultant Joshua Gross rolled out the site on Feb. 6, through a link in a Facebook news feed.
According to FITS, “FITS agreed not to release any members’ names, several prominent South Carolina politicos have already joined the network – including at least one candidate for governor.”
However, this site is under no such preconditions, and listed below are some of the more prominent members and a list of groups on The Palmetto Network, current as of 7 p.m. on Sunday. As of that time, no group yet had members.
MEMBERS, in alphabetical order
Elected officials and others
State Rep. Nathan Ballentine
U.S. Rep. Gresham Barrett
State Sen. Kevin Bryant
Former Sec. of State Jim Miles
Former state representative candidate Trey Whitehurst
Consultants, operatives and others
Tony Beam, director of Christian Worldview Center, North Greenville University
Nicole Cobb, Spartanburg County chair of S.C. Young Republicans
Chad Connelly, SCRG board member
Sheri Few, founder of SC PIE
Mike Green, consultant
Joshua Gross, consultant
Allen Klump, law student
Ashley Manini, director of MEDPAC at S.C. Medical Association
Taft Matney, spokesman for Conservatives in Action
Matt Moore, executive director of S.C. Club for Growth
Randy Page, president of SCRG
Jeff Quinton, operations assistant at Public Opinion Strategies
Jay W. Ragley, executive director of SCGOP
Oran Smith, president of Palmetto Family Council
Dave Wilson, creative director at McAlister Communications
Media
Adam Fogle, The Palmetto Scoop
Will Folks, FITSNews
Wes Wolfe, Wolfe Reports
GROUPS, in order of appearance
Christian Worldview Center
Dr. Everett’s Ed Forum
FITSNews
Foundation for American Restoration
Gun Owners of SC
HHIRC
Kevin Hall for SCGOP Chairman
Palmetto Family Council
SC Association of Christian Schools
SC Citizens for Life
SC Home School Network (SCAHIS)
SC Independent School Association
SC Parents Involved in Education
SC Policy Council
SCACS-SC Association of Christian Schools (posted twice)
South Carolinians for Responsible Government
The Palmetto Scoop
