Nikki Haley Teases Stephen Colbert Over Qualifications

Gov. Nikki Haley has made it clear she won't be selecting Stephen Colbert to fill the senate seat vacated by the resignation of Jim DeMint.

When DeMint's announced he'd been stepping down, Colbert immediately seized on the opportunity and thousands of his fans sent messages supporting him via Twitter and Facebook.

Sources told Patch earlier this week Haley will pick one of these five candidates.

Haley said Colbert's inablility to name the state drink during an appearance she made in April on his show was enough to disqualify him. Watch their exchange here.

But that does not mean the Governor won't be having some fun with the "faux conservative."

Haley took to her Facebook page today to further explain her decision to rule out Colbert. The explanation included this rather incriminating piece of evidence.

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