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The Will Folks\/Nikki Haley story<\/font><\/strong><\/u><\/div>\n

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On 05\/24\/2010, Conservative SC blogger, Will Folks, announced that he in 2007 had been sexually involved with Nikki Haley, a State Representative and the front-running GOP candidate for Governor. Haley is a married mother of two children. At the time, Folks was single. Apparently, rumors of the affair had been around for a while and reporters were looking into the story. There was dialog between Folks and Haley’s Campaign Manager about the possibility of the affair becoming public, as well as allegations that the rumors were being exploited by one of Haley’s opponents.  Folks, a Haley supporter and former employee, gave as his reason for going public that he was preempting the gradual release of the story [Letting the Chips Fall<\/strong><\/a>]:<\/div>\n
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Specifically, within the last forty-eight hours several pieces of information which purportedly document a prior physical relationship between myself and Rep. Haley have begun to be leaked slowly, piece by piece, to members of the mainstream media.  I am told that at least one story based upon this information will be published this week.  Watching all of this unfold, I have become convinced that the gradual release of this information is deliberately designed to advance this story in the press while simultaneously forcing either evasive answers or denials on my part or on Nikki’s part. I refuse to play that game. I refuse to have someone hold the political equivalent of a switch-blade in front of my face and just sit there and watch as they cut me to pieces. The truth in this case is what it is.  Several years ago, prior to my marriage, I had an inappropriate physical relationship with Nikki.<\/sup><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
After a few apologies, he goes on:<\/div>\n
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In preemptively addressing this matter, I am well aware that conspiracy theories will abound regarding my motives. In fact, I have already been assigned so many roles in so many different conspiracies that I have lost count of which villain I’m supposed to be playing. I also know that no matter what I do, I will be end up being smeared in some form or fashion by someone. That’s fine. I can sleep at night knowing I handled this the best way I knew how [the way my wife and I decided together that it needed to be handled], which was to simply tell the truth. After that, wherever the chips fall, they fall.<\/sup><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Nikki Haley denied the allegations categorically. On 05\/26\/2010, Folks published a number of emails between he and Haley’s campaign manager and another political operative, now working for an opponent of hers [maybe] as evidence [Haley-gate: The Storm Before The Storm<\/strong><\/a>]. Most of the email is about covering up the story. Here’s the most incriminating email:<\/div>\n
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From: Wes Donehue
To: Will Folks
Sent: May 14, 2010 10:36 AM<\/sup><\/div>\n