Nikki Haley’s Accounting Skills Are Being Called into Question

Posted on by Caleb Newquist

“Every time she touches a balance sheet, she leaves behind a tral [sic] of tax liens and penalties. If Rep. Haley really is an accountant, she is as incompetent as her mentor is at job recruitment.”

~ Trav Robertson, spokesman for South Carolina Gubernatorial candidate Vincent Sheheen, is talking out of his ass a little but the jab at Mark Sanford is duly noted.

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