How does Sanford solve a problem like Maria? Heehee! And he and Ensign were part of the same prayer group, too.
Posted by Twinky P* at June 24, 2009 03:24 PMthe only question is how many days before his resignation. i say less than a week.
Posted by Turkana at June 24, 2009 03:37 PM"...the only question is how many days before his resignation. i say less than a week."
That sums up the difference: conservatives resign in shame, Democrats continue on in office without any shame.
Posted by Just Me at June 24, 2009 04:02 PMYeah, at least Bill satisfied his needs while "on the job".
But seriously, it's the hypocrisy of these guys that makes this relevant. If what Clinton did warranted impeachment to Sanford then the guy should have resigned today. But he didn't.
Posted by snark at June 24, 2009 04:06 PMaddendum to my previous post calling Sanford an idiot of the first degree...add Just Me to the list. Forget his affair (another holier than thou GOPer breaking God's Law..) he abdicated his JOB as Governor to hook up with someone. Leaving his State completely with no notice. Aberrant behavior even for a Republican.
Posted by T2 at June 24, 2009 04:09 PM...conservatives resign in shame,...
It's because they keep getting caught with little boys and hookers dressed as Bo Peep. BTW: Larry Craig didn't resign, though I bet he didn't get that "O" shaped mouth from eating square meals...if you know what I mean.
Posted by phidipides at June 24, 2009 04:14 PMThat sums up the difference: conservatives resign in shame, Democrats continue on in office without any shame.
Posted by Just Me at June 24, 2009 04:02 PM
...except for, once again, the Republican't didn't resign in shame, but is continuing on in office.
And Republican't domestic terrorist supporters shamelessly misrepresent their fellow Republican'ts inability to follow their own rules, and then shamelessly try and paint the Democratic politicians in a bad light because their fellow Republican'ts are morally bankrupt.
Thanks for showing us a an example of a typical Republican't hypocrite, Just Me! Have you gotten your weekly wingnut welfare check from Scaife yet?
Posted by (: Tom :) at June 24, 2009 04:45 PMSo gosh, Governor Sanford. Why the long face?
Yes! Yes! Yes! Finally got to use that one on a repubassli-KKKon! Swish! All net, no rim!
Until the emails came out, I was thinking his wife set him up in order to garner a sincere re-commitment by the Gov. to their marriage.
Posted by idiosynchronic at June 24, 2009 06:14 PMthe key here is the absolute fact that the Governor of a State simply walked away from his sworn duty for some strange. They guy has a moral rating of zero. Mr. Sanford: "humm, should I be the governor of South Carolina or sneak off to another Hemisphere for some non-wife stuff and not even be with my boys on Father's Day?" - easy answer- get the good stuff while he can. Disgusting. Republican. But it really isn't the morality, while abysmal. It's the rejection of his sworn duty to the State of S.C. for his own desires.
Posted by T2 at June 24, 2009 06:26 PMIt's the typical republiKKKon hypocrisy I enjoy:
Sanford calling out President Clinton, for cheating when Sanford was a congress critter, and the other sanctimonious statements made at other adulterers...
Another example the majority of republiKKKons are simply liars of one sort or another...
heh, no surprise there...
Is it just me or did Clinton's public approval ratings go "way up" after he fessed-up? Didn't he just get appointed to be an official government "taste-tester" and "well wisher" to Hati?
Thank you Sir, I'll have another...PLEASE...!!!
If the Argentine woman in question turns out to look a whole lot better than Sanford's wife and Bill's dog pound, will Sanford get a pass?
If impeached, will Sanford replace Mrs. (high school cheerleader) Senor on CNN or Rev. (plain-ol) Huckkleberry on Fox?
When men are in the voting booth in 2012 and about to make a choice between Obama and Sanford, will they be thinking about a certain sexy Argentine woman and vote with the little (tin foil wrapped) head?
Does anyone think that the African-American woman standing behind Sanford, laughing her ass off, during his "confession presser" will still have a job tomorrow?
Jus Sayin'
Domino49
PS.
It took Sanford "5 days" to get a massive case of Viagra induced "high balls" in Argentina before he decided to return home, to rest.
Seriously...what's not to like about this guy?
He's only cryin' because his balls are killing him.
What?
Me....cynical?
Posted by Domino49 at June 24, 2009 09:30 PMGeez, take a day off and THIS is what happens!?
Another day, another absurd Tali-GOoP hypocrite "apologizing" for his dirty, dirty, dirty animal-sex, this time with a superhot Argentine lady. Guv. Markie: "Can I have your email? How about a blowjob or twenty?" Jeebus Christ, what could be funnier? Hey Mark, howsabout your views on that nice latina lady for the Soopreme Court?
Anyway, all you pious SC Team McCainers squeeze your little eyeballs shut really tight and pray for the soul (and balls!) of The Most Reverend Jeebusite Holy Marriage Gub'nor Mark Sanford (R-hypocrite)---and all will be forgiven! Cause whatever idiotic "sins" are committed by Christianist pols, it's all about "apology" (to everyone and his dog) and "forgiveness" (except for Demoncrats---then you just know they's goin' to hell no matter what!)
"Democrats continue in office without shame"
Yep, just ask Spitzer, you braindead conserva-turd!
Buenos Aires Mark ain't resigning----his SC peeps are all a-praying for him as we write which will turn everything around as we all know, and his "trial separation" wife is perusing some helpful new sex books Guv Mark came home with, and has bought herself a new wig on the internets, so all will be well! "Work on" that marriage, you crazy kids!
Posted by euzoius at June 25, 2009 06:40 AMThe Sanford debacle is a non-trivial event for Democratic good guys. We shouldn't be above stirring the pot as much as possible, for as long as possible.
Any chance we have to split off "family values" Republicans from the rest of the tribe is good for civilization as we'd like to know it.
Posted by Rick at June 25, 2009 03:08 PMThis is why I never want to get married again. I tend to vote Democratic or Green, and the kinds of guys I might consider marrying for more than two seconds (the consideration process, not the duration of the marriage) tend to overwhelmingly be guys who employ your brand of twisted logic. This is one reason feminists are so angry at the Left; this is one reason the most radical of us look forward to the day when men are allowed to live long enough to contribute to a sperm bank and no longer. I'm only half joking.
This is part of it, anyway. That you can't discern the difference between misogynistic porn and free speech, and that you can't discern between freely consenting sex between single adults and ADULTERY between a married guy and his mistress.
Gross. Disgusting. Absolutely puerile.
Here's a clue for the clueless. If you don't want to have to keep a promise, don't make one in the first place. If you don't want to be faithful to a spouse, don't get married. At the least, when/if you DO get married, it is possible to make up your own vows and at THAT point you can vow to only be sexually faithful to your spouse when you feel like it and at no other time. If she's cool with that, great. You've found your soulmate and I'm happy for you.
But DON'T go around acting like mainstream wedding vows are optional, like when a man gets married and swears fidelity, he's just kidding and it's no big deal if he backs out later without warning. It IS a big deal. These cheating scandals are a LOT less about the sex than you think. What they're mostly about is that the husband LIED. The GOP are a bunch of frigging hypocrites, mind you, but on this issue they're absolutely correct--IT IS a moral issue and IT DOES matter. Again, not because of the sexual element, but because the man in question BETRAYED the one person he ought to never betray, the one person HE CHOSE to spend the rest of his life with because, presumably, he LOVES that person.
It'd be nice if they'd live like they actually believe that stuff, and I'm not about to defect to the GOP or anything. But seriously, this shit grosses me out. When the Edwards scandal broke I was horrified to find that a liberal man I'd respected for well over a decade chose to also frame THAT situation as a "free sexual choice made between consenting adults." ELIZABETH EDWARDS IS DYING OF CANCER, her husband went around behind her back, and we're supposed to applaud him?
Get with the program. I mean, we're trying to make gay marriage legal and you can't even respect the straight kind. Why bother? Why not ban it for everyone? Because clearly the "good guys" don't want it in the first place so what's the point?
Posted by Dana at June 26, 2009 01:07 PMDear Dana,
Life is tough. Married life is even harder. Temptation isn't restricted to political party.
Please take into consideration that, by nature, men (most?) are hard wired to seek multiple mates. Women (most?)are hard wired to seek....a better man.
Sexual orientation goes out the window when talking about multiple mates and a better choice of mate..period.
It would seem that married or not, straight or gay, it's still a highly competitive jungle out there. And, as we get older and past our physical prime, desperation (fear of death?) takes over and as is the case with soooo many people, desperation makes fools of us all.
Only the rules are perfect, not people.
I guess that's a good reason to "practice" religion. I don't know of anyone who has "perfected" their religion.
Jus Sayin',
Domino49
PS.
John Edwards had to deal with a very, very sick wife. While he obviously made some very bad (selfish) choices, he didn't abandon his wife, or children.
I think that under the circumstances (could his wife even have sex?) he was just looking for a little normalcy. It's easy to judge him now, but, I don't have his problems. Do you? Would you really be willing to "shut it down" before you were 50?
Posted by Domino49 at June 26, 2009 08:17 PM