Well, it’s all official now. The next moron to run South Carolina (current moron here) may well be Henry McMaster, the disgraced Attorney General of that fine state.
Yes, the man who took on Craigslist, declared victory and then ran away is now officially a candidate for the esteemed office of Governor of South Carolina.
The state that our readers determined is less important than Craigslist. And the residents of South Carolina agreed.
Links to the whole sorry mess are below in chronological order. In the meantime, watch his video, follow him on Twitter or check out his official campaign site.
If you people in South Carolina vote this man into office again you deserve all the humiliation that will continue to rain down on you.
May 5: South Carolina Gives Craigslist Ultimatum: Remove Prostitution Or Face Criminal Charges
May 13: Hookers No Longer Welcome On Craigslist
May 18: What’s More Important – Craigslist or South Carolina? A TechCrunch Poll
May 19: South Carolina Holds Its Own Poll, Still Loses
May 20: Craigslist Sues South Carolina Attorney General McMaster; Asks For Restraining Order
May 20: South Carolina Declares Victory, Runs Away
May 22: McMaster’s Final Humiliation: Federal Smack Down (Restraining Order Below)
June 24: Adultery Rampant Among South Carolina Governors. This Must Be Craigslist’s Fault
Bonus Post: Powerset Parses Miss South Carolina
hope Stephen Colbert is not reading Techcrunch
He’s the Gavin Newsom of SC
Go go Nikki Haley
http://vimeo.com/6031630
McMaster is a tool and a half.
“(Restraining Order Below)” – where? Where? I want to see!
Lends a lot of credence to the publicity stunt angle theory, eh?
If elected he’ll be banning books Palin style within months.
Supposedly Jim Rex is running. Id vote for him instead of McMaster myself even though I perceive myself to be a right leaning centrist.
Truth be told all politicians are by nature tools.
So how stupid is this?
He begins… “TOMORROW I’ll be making one of the most important announcements…”
And then straight after makes the announcement!!
But to backwards people like him the internet is’nt like “OFFICIAL” it’s a magical land of happy people writing things, that only a select few can see.
Seriously, few government officials or entities grasp the true power of the internet. How many government websites do you see with a forum, public displays of comments, or anything even remotely Web 2.0.
Hell I worked for a local government for 8 years and pushed new web tech as much I could, anything where the citizens might make a comment and it be seen… shot down.
Humiliation? Hell, I’d call for an Internet blockade of the entire state (can’t prosecute a site in South Carolina if you can’t reach it).
OMG YES WE NEED HELP!!! WHY THE HELL US!!??!!
You i live in south carolina, and this dude is probably gonna win. I say Techcrunch should endorse Stephen Colbert to run for governor, can’t be much worse than we already have and are going to have.
This pro-prostitution campaign that TechCrunch has been waging since May 5th is a bit awkward to me.
I wasted some of my precious time going thru the time line in this article trying to figure out what all of the commotion is about, and found more hog-wash than I needed to conclude that not everything on TC is worth reading.
Since when is this a political site?
Oh, well, I guess this is an issue for the editors here. As for me, I’ll try and remember not to wast any more time on MA’s stuff.
The writers here should stick to what they are good at. And political commentary (well researched, even-handed, informed & objective) is simply not it.
It is like asking Warren Buffet to comment on the pros and cons of widget marketing or nelson mandela to give an evaluation of the scientific results the ISS has produced.
My constructive criticism would be for TC to focus more on what it is really known for and aiming to do: “obsessively profiling and reviewing new Internet products and companies”.
Filling the page with semi-related snippets such as that the southern German town of Würzburg is banning handshakes (which on top of things turns out untrue) do not really serve this purpose.
Maybe TC could use a little of the typical start-up advice of staying true to what you are good at, core-competencies and all these fun buzz-words.
Fuck this asshole. Go TC for calling out this facist! He has no right to tell anyone what they can or cannot do if it does not harm someone else. Prick.
This is the most one sided and unfair articleI have ever seen. I have lived in SC for the past 17 years, and Henry McMaster is a true public servant. I haven’t decided if I will vote for him in the Republican primary or not, but your opposition and unfair statements certainly make me more likely to do so.