Witherspoon signs going up this week.
April 30, 2008
It seems that we can’t read, but then again 40% of South Carolinians can’t either. The email we received had a subject line of DUMP GRAHAM! PUT OUT SIGNS THIS WEEK! so without our morning cup of coffee we got confused and thought they were Dump Graham signs.
The Witherspoon campaign called our attention to it rather quickly. Good to see they read SC Hotline.com. They are not dump Graham signs they are Buddy Witherspoon signs. borrrrring no news here.
We were almost finished updating this morning when we received this breaking news email. It appears this email came from Chris Oviatt who is the political director for Whitherspoon for Senate and forwarded to us from another email address. If this is true it appears the Whitherspoon campaign is going negative on Senator Graham. If anyone has seen one of these dump Lindsey signs please send us a picture and we will post it. The email we received is below.
WITHERSPOON SUPPORTERS,
The signs are finally here and Buddy needs your help in getting them out. If you are able and willing please let me know so I can tell you where to pick them up. We are going to try and have all of the signs up by next weekend. We have pick up points in the low country, the upstate and the midlands. If you have a truck we really need your help with the 4 X 8’s. I look forward to hearing back from all of you!
Cheers!!–
Christopher R. Oviatt
Political Director
Witherspoon for U.S. Senate 08
803-477-6903chris@buddywitherspoon.comwww.buddywitherspoon.comdeportillegals@earthlink.net with the word, “CANCEL” in the subject line. If you’re receiving duplicate emails from us, please email deportillegals@earthlink.net with the word, “DUPLICATE” in the subject line and I’llmake every effort to rectify the situation.
If you’ve received this email but do not wish to receive further information and updates in the efforts to rid our state and country of the traitor, Lindsey Graham, please email
SC Hotline saw a story on FITSNews recently about a mail piece going out from the business community dealing with the workers compensation issue.
Today SC Hotline has exclusively obtained a copy of the mailing, which is from the SC Civil Justice Coalition.
Our information is that this mailing has been sent to voters in the districts of State Senator Dick Elliot, Catherine Ceips, Randy Scott, Jake Knotts, Luke Rankin and Joel Lourie. Each of those Senators is in a contested primary.
You can view the mailing below.
Economic Impact of Broken Homes in SC is $469 Million
April 17, 2008
Economic Impact of Broken Homes in SC is $469 Million
Columbia, SC, April 15, 2008 – On this Tax Day 2008, Palmetto Family Council released the figures of a new report calculating the cost of divorce and unwed childbearing to South Carolina taxpayers. According to Ben Scafidi, Ph.D., economics professor at Georgia College & State University, the cost of broken homes to South Carolina taxpayers is $469 Million annually, enough to cover state spending for Clemson University, MUSC, and the Departments of Social Services, Juvenile Justice, and Probation Pardon & Parole. The full cost to the nation is $112 billion.
“The social impact of divorce on American society has been frequently discussed, but this is the first time the economic impact has been reliably estimated,” said Dr. Oran P. Smith, President of Palmetto Family Council.
The Taxpayer Costs of Divorce and Unwed Childbearing, unveiled today in Washington and Columbia, suggests that healthy marriage would reduce poverty in female-headed households by 60%, for an overall reduction in poverty of 40%. That decrease in families living below the poverty line would reduce outlays for criminal justice, welfare, Medicaid, and SCHIP (children’s health insurance). State and federal governments would also see more long term tax revenue from adults not raised in poverty.
Turning to solutions, participants in the news conference representing the faith community, professional & pastoral counselors, social agencies, business and government challenged each other to redouble private efforts to promote healthy marriage and stable family life. Anne Badgely of Heritage Community Services in Charleston also called for South Carolina to learn from the experiences of the States of Oklahoma and Texas, which have successfully invested state revenues in breaking the cycle of single-parent homes and promoting healthy family formation.
A copy of the full report, including national statistics, is available online from its sponsor, the Institute for American Values at www.americanvalues.org.
Palmetto Family Council, founded in 1994, is the state public policy affiliate of Focus on the Family. Its mission is to strengthen and defend South Carolina families.
