Sparks Fly Between Nikki Haley, Vincent Sheheen in S.C. Governor's Debate

[Joanne98]

Sparks flew between Haley and Sheheen in exchanges over their personal and legislative records and during questioning about how each has made money while a state employee.

Haley aggressively accused Sheheen, a trial lawyer, of profiting from state taxpayers by voting to regulate the state’s so-called payday lending industry while simultaneously being part of a law firm that made money from suing them. “Senator I don’t think you should have your hands in both pots of money,” she said. “You do represent the state and you do sue agencies that the taxpayers pay.”

Sheheen later hit Haley for not disclosing all of her income sources or tax returns and for the controversy surrounding her departure from her most recent job as a hospital fundraiser. A collection of emails obtained by the Associated Press show that Haley was effectively forced out of her the job, despite her public statements that she left amicably and voluntarily.

During an exchange over a legislative measure to cut state lawmakers’ pay, Haley defended her opposition to the cut saying, “I didn’t make hundreds of thousands of dollars suing the state. You’re doing political silliness, senator.”

http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2010/10/sparks-fly-between-nikki-haley-vincent-sheheen-in-sc-governors-debate.html

[bemildred]

1. So Haley is the Republican, right?

Yep.

[Joanne98]

2. Yep

[bemildred]

3. Her argument is bullshit.

There is no conflict of interest in what the other guy did. Better regulation of quick money stores would give him less to sue them about.

[Clio the Leo]

5. Nope......

... she's the next Palin waiting in the wings.

[angee_is_mad]

4. What is Sheheen's nationality?

it doesn't matter, but Shaheen is a common Lebanese name.

The spelling is different, but it may have been changed for assimilation purposes generations ago. It would be interesting if he had Arabic linage going against the Indian. Only in America, only in America.

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6. Here's the video

I started another thread with the video, which links back to this one, hope that's ok.

Anyway, follow the link below for part one. When it ends, you'll see part 2 in the bottom of the video screen. Each part is kinda short, and at the end you see a link to the next part in the bottom of the vid screen. Worth a look. Good debate. Sheheen won, hands down. His final comment got a nice reply from the audience.

http://www2.wspa.com/news/2010/oct/19/51/wspa-hosting-broadcasting-streaming-gubernatorial--ar-895816/