Sins of the Fathers

Correction: (4.00 / 4)

Mark Sanford is not even remotely a national figure any more.

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by: Tim C. @ Wed Jun 24, 2009 at 15:28:02 PM CDT

<b>Correction:</b> (0.00 / 0)

Thanks to his pants problem, Mark Sanford is now a national laughingstock.  

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by: susanthe @ Wed Jun 24, 2009 at 18:08:42 PM CDT

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Is there any truth to the rumor (started by me) that.. (0.00 / 0)

Sanford's Latin American paramour is none other than Fannie Foxe, the Argentinian Firecracker? She always had a think for gringo politicians. Weren't they seem frolicking in a Buenos Aires fountain?

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by: Michael Marsh @ Wed Jun 24, 2009 at 19:01:38 PM CDT

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Wilbur Mills n/t (0.00 / 0)

"Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that's what the poet does." Allen Ginsberg

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by: JonnyBBad @ Thu Jun 25, 2009 at 16:30:06 PM CDT

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Collecting Sanford/Barbour Memorabilia (4.00 / 1)

Sanford's disappearance a problem for GOP
Several Republican governors haven't looked like political grown-ups

Barbour, a former chairman of the Republican National Committee and a well-regarded political strategist before becoming Mississippi governor, has long insisted that GOP governors would lead the party's efforts to rebuild. He reiterated that belief in an interview Tuesday, while acknowledging some of his colleagues' recent public relations challenges.

Several of the GOP's most prominent governors blasted the stimulus plan making its way through Congress Thursday, urging Senate Republicans to resist passing the bill and taking aim at what they called unnecessary spending in the package.

"The legislation currently being considered includes excess spending and impedes states' abilities to manage their own programs," said Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour. "I will oppose any stimulus package that increases states' costs and taxes, or results in federal control over state-administered programs.

Barbour concluded: "The best stimulus package is one that includes tax cuts and real job creation initiatives that can have an immediate positive impact on the American economy."

In a statement coordinated by South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, who chairs the Republican Governors Association, Sanford, Barbour, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, Texas Gov. Rick Perry and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin took a hard line against what they termed debt-increasing measures in the proposed economic recovery bill.

Sanford, who along with Barbour led the charge against President Barack Obama's stimulus package, attended one of the tea party events in Charleston, S.C., and said he was up until 12:30 a.m. watching the protests on television.

The two governors also defended GOP colleague Rick Perry, the Texas governor, who generated controversy Wednesday over comments he made at one of the anti-tax rallies that hinted at the prospect of secession from the United States.
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Sanford and Barbour dismissed the controversy as overblown.

"I don't blame Gov. Perry for talking about the 10th Amendment," Barbour said.

www.KusterforCongress.com  

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by: Jack Mitchell @ Wed Jun 24, 2009 at 15:30:05 PM CDT

Barbour takes over RGA (4.00 / 1)

That was fast: The Republican Governors Association just announced that Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour -- already "in line" to take the chairmanship of the RGA -- has assumed it.

" As a former RNC chairman and one of the best governors in the country, no one is better positioned to takeover as RGA chairman than Governor Barbour," executive director Nick Ayers said in a statement.

www.KusterforCongress.com  

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by: Jack Mitchell @ Wed Jun 24, 2009 at 15:41:54 PM CDT

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Thank G-d (4.00 / 6)

The thought of a rudderless Republican Governors Association, even for a few hours, is just terrifying.

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by: JimC @ Wed Jun 24, 2009 at 15:53:54 PM CDT

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I am Shocked! Shocked! that... (4.00 / 1)

Sarah-of-the-North was not offered this plum position. She would be perfect. I mean, she knows more about energy policy than just about anyone in the country, she is a skilled moose huntress,  and she goes eyeball-to-eyeball with Putin practically every day.

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by: Michael Marsh @ Wed Jun 24, 2009 at 17:54:01 PM CDT

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R (0.00 / 0)

Not D. R.

http://mediamatters.org/blog/2...

(Hat tip to Atrios)

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by: JimC @ Wed Jun 24, 2009 at 16:19:54 PM CDT

Sanford a D mole? (4.00 / 1)

I knew we were running covert ops, but I didn't know Sanford was with us.

The Club For Growth cover was brilliant.

 

www.KusterforCongress.com  

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by: Jack Mitchell @ Wed Jun 24, 2009 at 16:47:22 PM CDT

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I've finally figured it out. (4.00 / 1)

When Republicans talk about family and fidelity and fiscal prudence, they're talking to themselves.  Somebody should tell them that talking doesn't work.

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by: hannah @ Wed Jun 24, 2009 at 16:33:54 PM CDT

Sanford was going to be a featured speaker at the " 2009 Values Voter Summit".. (4.00 / 5)

run by James Dobson's Focus on the Family.

Bad news is they just scrubbed him, for reasons unknown.

Luckily, if you bought your ticket you will still be able to see Bill O'Reilly, Rush Limbaugh, Laura Ingrahim, Mike Huckleberry, Eric Cantor, Glenn Beck, and many others. So their will no shortage of hypocrisy and bombast.

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by: Michael Marsh @ Wed Jun 24, 2009 at 19:45:02 PM CDT

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"Get High With Rush" (4.00 / 3)

Can't wait for that Values Seminar!

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by: Dartmouth Dem @ Wed Jun 24, 2009 at 22:18:32 PM CDT

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Sorrow (4.00 / 1)

First, I feel sorry for his wife and family.  Not about him.  Just those who he's lied to.

Second, I feel sorry for the people of his state.  Those who voted for him should feel not only let down by him, but shamed that they might have let themselves be deceived by his rhetoric.

Third, I feel sorry for all the people who he has hurt with his hypocricy -- the gays and lesbians he has fought against, the horrible things he said about President Bill Clinton, the hate that he has thrown the way of those who have, according to him, "low morals."  When in the end we find out his life is gutter level.  

This guy is a piece of work who should be put out of work.  

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by: Rep. Jim Splaine @ Wed Jun 24, 2009 at 18:05:41 PM CDT

Well Said, Jim n/t (4.00 / 1)

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by: Dartmouth Dem @ Wed Jun 24, 2009 at 18:15:17 PM CDT

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A Fan of Impeachment (4.00 / 2)

The House of Representatives voted Dec. 19 on four articles of impeachment. Article I, alleging perjury before a grand jury, passed 228-206. Article II, accusing the president of perjury in a civil lawsuit, failed 229-205. Article III, alleging obstruction of justice, was approved 221-212. Article IV, charging abuse of power, failed 285-148.

SOUTH CAROLINA
Sanford (R)
Article I yes
Article II no
Article III  yes
Article IV  yes

(h/t JonnyBBad)  

www.KusterforCongress.com  

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by: Jack Mitchell @ Wed Jun 24, 2009 at 19:10:09 PM CDT

They warned us (4.00 / 4)

that gay marriage would threaten the sanctity of marriage everywhere.

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by: kite @ Wed Jun 24, 2009 at 20:04:38 PM CDT

LOL (0.00 / 0)

Funny how that worked out.  Or not so funny.  

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by: Rep. Jim Splaine @ Wed Jun 24, 2009 at 20:52:34 PM CDT

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This isn't about politics (0.00 / 0)

It doesn't especially reflect on Republicans, not after Bill Clinton, Spitzer and Edwards.

Not even when you include the "hypocrisy" thing. I remember Edwards piously explaining that he couldn't support marriage equality because he believed a marriage was a hallowed institution between a man and a woman. Bill gave us DADT and signed DOMA.

(It reflects on males, though.)

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by: elwood @ Thu Jun 25, 2009 at 04:55:28 AM CDT

Good Point... (0.00 / 0)

...hypocrisy knows no party boundaries.  People are not perfect.  What galls me is that some who pretend to be want to make judgements, and force their supposed "standards," onto others.  

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by: Rep. Jim Splaine @ Thu Jun 25, 2009 at 07:18:30 AM CDT

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That's sexist and offensive. (4.00 / 2)

(It reflects on males, though.)

What about all the women in politics who have done exactly the same thing?

Like...

      ...uh...


            ...does Governor Paterson's wife count?

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by: Tim C. @ Thu Jun 25, 2009 at 08:49:30 AM CDT

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If she runs (0.00 / 0)

Ask her about the Cuban missile crisis.

http://thinkprogress.org/2009/...

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by: JimC @ Thu Jun 25, 2009 at 15:53:48 PM CDT

Self Justifying Biblical Analogy (4.00 / 1)

Sanford compares himself to King David:

Earlier, the latest Luv Guv apologized to his staff Friday during a bizarre cabinet meeting during which he compared himself to the Bible's King David - who continued to lead after sleeping with another man's wife, Bathsheba.

"What I find interesting is the story of David, and the way in which he fell mightily ... but then picked up the pieces and built from there," said the governor, who did not address growing calls from Republicans and Democrats that he resign.

http://www.nydailynews.com/new...


"When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on."  Franklin D. Roosevelt    

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by: Kathy Sullivan 2 @ Sat Jun 27, 2009 at 05:25:18 AM CDT

Well, if the Bible said it... (0.00 / 0)

... that oughta be good enough for the people of South Carolina. If it's not, he could kick it up a notch and compare himself to Jesus being persecuted by the pharisees.

Maybe a more accurate analogy, though, would be Sampson brought down by Delilah, but I don't see the Luv Guv peddling that one.

I like his new nickname- the "Luv Guv". It's going to be tough overcoming that.

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by: Michael Marsh @ Sat Jun 27, 2009 at 05:47:33 AM CDT

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sure...blame it on the Jews....n/t (4.00 / 1)

"Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that's what the poet does." Allen Ginsberg

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by: JonnyBBad @ Sat Jun 27, 2009 at 06:49:35 AM CDT

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Sanford needs mental help. (4.00 / 1)

He is not rational, as evidenced by his behavior--simply walking away from his responsibilities and leaving the country without telling his staff. (I'm leaving out the personal stuff.)

He is not King David and this is not ancient Israel. Totally inappropriate statement on many levels.

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by: Jennifer Daler @ Sat Jun 27, 2009 at 06:40:01 AM CDT

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he is not irrational (4.00 / 1)

he's a guy..:)

http://archive.salon.com/sex/f...

In King David's time, the Jewish people were still primarily herdsmen, and they were not monogamous. They were nomadic tribes, with a leader and many wives. That's why Jewish tradition held that the only true way to determine if someone was Jewish was matrilineal descent, i.e., 'you always knew who the mother was'. So this anal-ogy of Gov. Sanford's is just more spin.he's not irrational, he's a first class jerk.
And a moralizing two faced one at that.


"Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that's what the poet does." Allen Ginsberg

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by: JonnyBBad @ Sat Jun 27, 2009 at 06:57:11 AM CDT

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Mother's baby (0.00 / 0)

Father's maybe.

www.KusterforCongress.com  

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by: Jack Mitchell @ Sat Jun 27, 2009 at 09:04:10 AM CDT

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I think it is more a matter of cynicism than irrationality (4.00 / 1)

He is from South Carolina, one of our more benighted provinces. It is one of the most religious states and the variety of religious experience there tends to the more primitive. For a fair number of these folks the Bible is a living, breathing document and guide.

The Luv Guv is in a fight for his political life, and he knows he can get away with this sort of malarky. For at least some of the people, his analogy will resonate.
 

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by: Michael Marsh @ Sat Jun 27, 2009 at 07:32:42 AM CDT

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@petehoekstra (4.00 / 1)

"I have sinned. Now I know what it's like to be King David."

(Hat tip to David at Blue Mass Group for "@petehoekstra."

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by: JimC @ Sat Jun 27, 2009 at 07:44:35 AM CDT

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