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.
Billy, why do you keep dancing around the central point that your boy is the biggest booster of criminal shamnesty in the Senate ? All the rest is irrelevent.
I'm from a neighboring state and follow politics quite closely, and I'd never heard a thing, and had never seen any such FReeper comment in any Ravenel-related thread until the Draft Ravenel comments you pointed out, which were fairly recent.
Anyway, your love for Little Lindsay borders on the homoerotic. You go in some very strange places in your manic desire to paint everyone but yourself as hypocrites. I don't dislike LG as much as some, but I'd sure like to see him replaced with a conservative. As for Fred, I think most people (not all, of course) realize that he is not perfect, but he inspires a great deal of excitement because of the dramatic contrast between he and Rudy McRomney, each of whom many FReepers would refuse to vote for entirely.