Nikki Haley as the voice of reason for the Republican
party: whoever suggests the same may have listened to her speech but
ignored her record.
This Sarah Palin Tea Party pick, this anti Medicaid
expansion Obamacare hater, this anti-immigration leader who signed into
legislation the equivalent of stop and frisk deportation, this Governor
who found no fault in the waving Confederate flag on state grounds until
it became politically expedient, politically necessary to champion its
removal. This Nikki Haley is the one who masqueraded as someone who
believed in tolerance and inclusion, who found grave fault in the
extreme views of her party and its leaders.
Nikki Haley gave a wonderful speech in response to the
State of the Union but while the words may have come from her mouth, the
sentiments belonged to someone else, someone far better, far more
reasonable in tone and practice than the person who governs South
Carolina. She was a wolf in sheep's clothing for the evening and her
star should not be illuminated by virtue of her one act play.
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