As far as I know, there were not even whispers of anything untoward regarding Ravenel.
Anyone could have some sort of dirty laundry hidden away, but until and if it comes out, it's not possible to know about it.
That's why you never 'marry' a polician, because you'll never really know.
Untrue. Rumors that Ravenel has illegal drug issues had swirled for years, but there never any concrete proof. I distinctly remember that were three posters that referenced cocaine on the "Draft Ravenel for Senate 2008" petition. This was monthes ago. I'd be happy to post then but of course, the petition got removed. If you can back through the posts, you'll discover a few monthes that FieldMarshaldj was touting Ravenel and freepers were ranting that Graham is homosexual, I mentioned that locals in South Carolina had concern that Ravenel was a druggie. In both cases, there was no "proof", but that didn't stop them from listing Graham as a matter-of-fact homo. Ravenel's cocaine rumors, though was simply ignored by the Lynch Lindsey crowd, of course.
Besides, the fact Ravenel was pimping for Rooty, of all candidates, in South Carolina, should have raised red flags. The fact that ANY South Carolinian is promoting an abortion-loving, gun-grabbing drag queen in the primaries is bad news was apparent to everyone but the hard core Lindsey Graham haters. What kind of honest conservative wants to "replace" a McCain yes-man with a Rudy yes-man? The guy was Rudy's S.C. campaign manger. Would you support a "true conservative" in the primary who turned out to be the current Public Relations Manager for Jim Jeffords? Of course not. It's obvious to everyone but them that being hitched to Rudy is 10X worse than being hitched to McCain. All they care about is that Ravenel professed to do their bidding on every issue and was popular enough to "win" a contested primary.
If you showed them a video of Ravenel attending a Satanic church and killing kittens, they'd probably still support the guy as long as he professed to agree with them on every issue and could "beat Graham". THAT was their focus, not whether their candidate had integrity or morals.