Henry Brown retires to spend time with family and controlled burns on his land

Boy Fogle says he broke the story that Congressman Henry Brown's retiring.  While the story- and the claim- appears to be true, The Palmetto Scoop's fast 'n loose sourcing and frequent indifference to doing the research that would prove his allegations wrong, or admitted to work copied from other sources, or his regular flacking of press releases for candidates his paymasters work for, and dutiful attacks on those they don't work for, Fogle's decision not to time stamp his post several site redesigns ago (after he claimed he never worked on the blog at work) means you can only assume he's right from the time stamps on reader comments.Why won't the big dog fess up to when he posts?


Jamie Sanderson glosses Scoopy on Brown's reasons:

In other words, he's not seeking reelection and will retire after this term. Why, however, is so revealing of what he's truly stood for.

Sources said Brown was upset with being a member of the minority party in Washington. And at 74 years old, age was also a factor in Brown’s decision not to run again.

Well said, and pretty much tells you that all the so-called power he had was only for self-intended reasons. Instead of getting beat – and he would – he chooses to bow out.

Instead of defending the record he has of not doing what's good for South Carolina and his district, he'll step down because he's "upset" with his role in Congress.

Brown must've felt like Ichabod Crane after the last election, when- a rock solid conservative, get-along, go-along, GOP backbencher- Wilson nearly got his ass handed a big ol' Costco-sized barrel of whoop-ass from a Democratic lesbian candidate, despite all of Boy Fogle's Chicken Little ravings.


Wee Willie Winkie has an Idiot's Delight listing of who might get into the race with Brown out, including his usual dollop of homophobia (let's see ya blame that comment on Thad Viers on Mande, Ol' Folksy).