Here are some links refutting the idea that Ravenel had a clean boy scout image and this drug bust came totally out of the blue and “shocked” his fan base in SC:
Writing from Charleston, I can state that even when Ravenel previously ran for office, that he had had drug problems in the 1980s was known.
http://bookwormroom.wordpress.com/2007/06/19/credit-to-a-media-outlet-where-credit-is-due/
Ravenel, a millionaire real estate developer, had been arrested in 2005 on the drug charge but it could not be made to stick at that time for lack of corroborating witnesses.
http://thedisbrimstone-dailypitchfork.blogspot.com/
Now Adam Temple is taking shots at his former boss,Senator Jim DeMint, for taking Ravenel’s endorsement in the 2004 Republican Primary. It should be noted that the endorsement occurred over one year before Ravenel got heavily involved with drugs according to the indictment. Ravenel certianly had recently been rumored to be abusing cocaine and alcohol.
http://shotpolitics.com/desperate-mccain-using-ravenel-indictment-against-opponents.htm
There have been rumors of Ravenel being a coke-head for many, many years. The suprising thing is that he was stupid enough to get caught
50 posted on 06/20/2007 8:09:20 AM CDT by SC DOC
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1852987/posts?page=11
In short, the South Carolina Republicans knew it was a possiblity their “true conservative” was a cokehead. They didn’t care. As long as his name wasn’t “Lindsey Graham”, they were willing to risk that possiblity and bank on the rumors being false.
Bad move.
BillyBoy wrote: “In short, the South Carolina Republicans knew it was a possiblity their “true conservative” was a cokehead. They didn’t care. As long as his name wasn’t “Lindsey Graham”, they were willing to risk that possiblity and bank on the rumors being false.”
Help me out here. I’ve been scouring the Internet trying to find just ONE report dated BEFORE Ravenel’s indictment of this rumor that now everyone claims to have known about.
Can’t find one. Please provide a link... if you can.