Gov Mark Sanford mysterious disappearance

[seemingly random]

Originally posted by: ExarKun333
This story makes you wonder how many other governors, house members, or senators use the taxpayer dime to travel to exotic places ($8k for a frickin plane ticket!!!????)?

The airlines are going to get it one way or another. I seem to remember several airline bailouts during bushie's first term. And then, believe it or not, a scandal involving executive bonuses from taxpayer money.

 

[nageov3t]

Originally posted by: ExarKun333
This story makes you wonder how many other governors, house members, or senators use the taxpayer dime to travel to exotic places ($8k for a frickin plane ticket!!!????)?

I always thought governors traveling abroad on official trips was a relatively common occurrence.

 

[ayabe]

One last thought on this, earlier I posted this:

"We're approximately 23 hours away from Sanford admitting he has a drinking problem brought on by the ObamasocialismBBQ which led him down this dark road to Argentinian ex-Nazi Trannies."

Well I have to correct that prediction, didn't blame the sauce, no ex-Nazi's, and it isn't Sanford blaming Obama - but Rush:

"The best way to put it: He's trying to kill spirit. All this hope and change, he's trying to kill it .... This Sanford buisness, I gotta tell you, one of the first thoughts that crossed my mind ... What he did defies logic. This is more than being 180 degrees out of phase because of lust or love ... This is almost like, "I don't give a damn, the country's going to Hell in a handbasket, I just want out of here." He had just tried to fight the stimulus money coming to South Carolina. He didn't want any part of it; he lost the battle. He said, 'What the hell. I mean, the federal government's taking over -- what the hell, I want to enjoy life."

Despite being pretty absurd on principle, I think Rush might need to brush up on the timeline of events, you know like the affair starting long before any of this went down.

 

[Robor]

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: Craig234

Originally posted by: Moonbeam
What is it about the Republican party that attracts such an inordinate quantity of scum?

Their tolerant culture. Of scum. Where else do Ollie North, Nixon, Kissinger, Reagan, Elliot Abrams, Neocons, Cheney, the Bushes, Jack Abramaoff, Tom DeLay, Karl Rove, et al, fit?

Who else offers them wealth for being scum?

The party without principle is the loudest screamer about being the party of principle.

Don't forget about their puppet trumpeters Rush, Hannity and Levin.

They all claim to be "Great Americans" and "Patriots".

My Ass

Dave??? :shocked:

WB :beer:

 

[CallMeJoe]

Originally posted by: ayabe
...Despite being pretty absurd on principle, I think Rush might need to brush up on the timeline of events, you know like the affair starting long before any of this went down.

When has Rush ever allowed fact or logic interfere with a good partisan rant?

 

[BoomerD]

In related news, Republicans all over the country are cheering because at least it wasn't a homosexual affair...or marriage. :roll:

 

[Craig234]

Originally posted by: ayabe
One last thought on this, earlier I posted this:

"We're approximately 23 hours away from Sanford admitting he has a drinking problem brought on by the ObamasocialismBBQ which led him down this dark road to Argentinian ex-Nazi Trannies."

Well I have to correct that prediction, didn't blame the sauce, no ex-Nazi's, and it isn't Sanford blaming Obama - but Rush:

"The best way to put it: He's trying to kill spirit. All this hope and change, he's trying to kill it .... This Sanford buisness, I gotta tell you, one of the first thoughts that crossed my mind ... What he did defies logic. This is more than being 180 degrees out of phase because of lust or love ... This is almost like, "I don't give a damn, the country's going to Hell in a handbasket, I just want out of here." He had just tried to fight the stimulus money coming to South Carolina. He didn't want any part of it; he lost the battle. He said, 'What the hell. I mean, the federal government's taking over -- what the hell, I want to enjoy life."

Despite being pretty absurd on principle, I think Rush might need to brush up on the timeline of events, you know like the affair starting long before any of this went down.

I condemn Rush's propaganda and dishonesty, but to be fair to him, he coud split the hair that he's not talking about the affair in its entirety, but rather the bizarre events of the last few days when the governor went reckless i just 'disappearing' and apparently lying about that, in a way that got him caught - just after he did lose the battle on the stimulus funds.

It's typical Rush propaganda though, minimize the harm to his party, and grab ahold of it for a chance to attack Obama. He's a worm.

 

[Fern]

Michael Jackson's untimely death has pretty much blown the Sanford story right off the front page and (mostly) off TV. He got freakin lucky.

Fern

 

[CaptnKirk]

Originally posted by: classy
What does this other woman look like?

McClatchy News Service has a video report she made when she was in New York
and acted as a reporter in 2001 about the 911 attacks.
Starts at 35 seconds into the clip

 

[0marTheZealot]

Originally posted by: CaptnKirk

Originally posted by: classy
What does this other woman look like?

McClatchy News Service has a video report she made when she was in New York
and acted as a reporter in 2001 about the 911 attacks.
Starts at 35 seconds into the clip

Good looking gal, but nothing I'd risk my political future over. I'm sure he could snag 10x better looking girls than that if he wanted to.

 

[SunSamurai]

Originally posted by: wwswimming
http://www.breitbart.tv/html/366123.html

video of his press conference.

if Clinton had handled things this way, he wouldn't have been impeached.

i thought Gov. Sanford handled the disclosure of his mistake with ass.

as far as flying off to Argentina because you met a beautiful woman while married with several children ON FATHERS DAY WEEKEND, these
things happen to classless weak scum.

fixed

 

[heyheybooboo]

Charlotte Disturber
S.C. first lady: 'He was told ? not to see her'
Jenny Sanford says she hoped her husband was hiking the Appalachian Trail, not visiting mistress.

South Carolina's first lady Jenny Sanford sat in her oceanfront living room Friday, recalling how her husband repeatedly asked permission to visit his lover in the months after she discovered his affair.

?I said absolutely not. It's one thing to forgive adultery. It's another thing to condone it,? Jenny Sanford said during a 20-minute interview ? her first extended comments on the affair.

She said that when her husband, Gov. Mark Sanford, inexplicably disappeared last week, she hoped he was hiking on the Appalachian Trail, as his staff told those who inquired about his absence. That he had dared to go to Argentina to see the other woman left her stunned.

?He was told in no uncertain terms not to see her,? she said in a strong, steady voice. ?I was hoping he was on the Appalachian Trail. But I was not worried about his safety. I was hoping he was doing some real soul searching somewhere and (I was) devastated to find out it was Argentina. It's tragic.?

 

[DealMonkey]

Jenny Sanford is the stupidest woman alive if she takes him back. The Republican MO seems to be: Chat up the sanctity of marriage your entire career, have a sexy affair on your wife, quote scripture, turn into a sniveling crying little baby in front of the MSM while begging for forgiveness, hope to hang onto your job. Rinse. Repeat.

 

[Harvey]

Originally posted by: DealMonkey

Jenny Sanford is the stupidest woman alive if she takes him back. The Republican MO seems to be: Chat up the sanctity of marriage your entire career, have a sexy affair on your wife, quote scripture, turn into a sniveling crying little baby in front of the MSM while begging for forgiveness, hope to hang onto your job. Rinse. Repeat.

Mark and Jenny Sanford have four sons together. That gives her four good reasons to be open to whatever works between them in their private lives. Giving and accepting forgiveness and rebuilding trust between two individuals and their children is a matter for them to resolve between themselves. It will take time if it is to happen at all.

Rebuilding trust on a public level is another matter. Sanford lied and abandoned his responsiblities to his wife, his office, his staff and the citizens of South Carolina, and his affair marks him as a hypocrite with respect to his previous public pronouncements about "family values," especially considering his previous condemnation of Bill Clinton's extra-marital affairs. Those are good reasons for him to resign, now and issues voters should remember should he choose to try to run for office again in the future.

 

[ProfJohn]

More pics of the babe he is messing around with.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...r-mark-s_n_220838.html

 

[ProfJohn]

It is funny watching all you libs preach about the 'sanctity' of marriage and how he should resign etc etc.

I guess what Sanford should have done was point his finger and the camera and said "I did not have sex with that woman" And lied under oath about it in a court of law and when finally busted have his people go out and say "It was only sex"

If he had only done that he would probably end up a beloved icon within his party.

 

[seemingly random]

Originally posted by: ProfJohn
It is funny watching all you libs preach about the 'sanctity' of marriage and how he should resign etc etc.

I guess what Sanford should have done was point his finger and the camera and said "I did not have sex with that woman" And lied under oath about it in a court of law and when finally busted have his people go out and say "It was only sex"

If he had only done that he would probably end up a beloved icon within his party.

I find it unsavory when anyone preaches about morality. They're just setting themselves for the big fail someday let alone the crass presumptuousness of it. It's like someone telling some else to pray for something or somebody.

 

[marincounty]

Originally posted by: ProfJohn
It is funny watching all you libs preach about the 'sanctity' of marriage and how he should resign etc etc.

I guess what Sanford should have done was point his finger and the camera and said "I did not have sex with that woman" And lied under oath about it in a court of law and when finally busted have his people go out and say "It was only sex"

If he had only done that he would probably end up a beloved icon within his party.

The difference is one man was put under a microscope, with an unscrupulous prosecutor with an unlimited budget to go after him. He also was a fine president.

Gov Sanford had no such organized group investigating him. He brought it on himself.
He is also a terrible politician, trying to refuse stimulus money for his state. He is also a Republican, who run on family values, trying to ban gay marriage, etc., the hypocrisy is glaring.

 

[CallMeJoe]

Originally posted by: ProfJohn
It is funny watching all you libs preach about the 'sanctity' of marriage and how he should resign etc etc.
I guess what Sanford should have done was point his finger and the camera and said "I did not have sex with that woman" And lied under oath about it in a court of law and when finally busted have his people go out and say "It was only sex"
If he had only done that he would probably end up a beloved icon within his party.

If Bill Clinton had run for president emphasizing his Christian morality and good family values and had made public statements criticizing another politician for immoral behavior, you would have a valid analogy. What you fail to acknowledge is the hypocrisy of the "fallen" family values politician.

I shouldn't be at all surprised, as you are, if anything, more partisan (and more hypocritical) than the "libs" you love to ridicule.

 

[EXman]

Originally posted by: DealMonkey
Jenny Sanford is the stupidest woman alive if she takes him back. The Republican MO seems to be: Chat up the sanctity of marriage your entire career, have a sexy affair on your wife, quote scripture, turn into a sniveling crying little baby in front of the MSM while begging for forgiveness, hope to hang onto your job. Rinse. Repeat.

politicians are assholes women are stupid to think the professional liars won't do it to them. I hope he quits and his wife finds someone better. He's got a screw loose.

 

[CallMeJoe]

Originally posted by: DealMonkey
Jenny Sanford is the stupidest woman alive if she takes him back. The Republican MO seems to be: Chat up the sanctity of marriage your entire career, have a sexy affair on your wife, quote scripture, turn into a sniveling crying little baby in front of the MSM while begging for forgiveness, hope to hang onto your job. Rinse. Repeat.

Mrs. Sanford is working from a stronger position than most political wives; she has a large inheritance, a successful career in investment banking, and she managed all his political campaigns to date. If she walks, Governor Sanford has to pray for a generous alimony settlement or a great book deal...

 

[DealMonkey]

Originally posted by: ProfJohn
It is funny watching all you libs preach about the 'sanctity' of marriage and how he should resign etc etc.

I guess what Sanford should have done was point his finger and the camera and said "I did not have sex with that woman" And lied under oath about it in a court of law and when finally busted have his people go out and say "It was only sex"

If he had only done that he would probably end up a beloved icon within his party.

You never cease to completely miss the point, PJ.

 

[colonel]

It was a set up, I just read in the NC newspaper The State , Sen Jane Knott , a rat, got his long knife in Sandorf back, the GOP pay back to their own people this way.

http://www.thestate.com/local/story/844260.html

 

[CallMeJoe]

Originally posted by: colonel
It was a set up, I just read in the NC newspaper The State , Sen Jane Knott , a rat, got his long knife in Sandorf back, the GOP pay back to their own people this way.

http://www.thestate.com/local/story/844260.html

South Carolina newspaper.

Jake Knotts

Sanford

I'm not sure where you get the "rat" characterization of Senator Knotts, or how he forced Governor Sanford either to have an affair or to make an intercontinental booty-call on his Argentine mistress, so I will have to assume your "set up" call is as wrong as everything else you posted.

 

[Harvey]

Originally posted by: ProfJohn

It is funny watching all you libs preach about the 'sanctity' of marriage and how he should resign etc etc.

Marital infidelity is an equal opportunity temptation across party lines. The difference is, Republicans are the hypocrites whose sales pitch pimps "the sanctity of marriage" and other "family values" as uniquely their own.

It's not the tragedy of Sanford's private life. It's his hypocrisy because his colossal ethical failure is diametrically opposed to the public position he spewed to pimp his own election to a position of public power and responsiblity.

By putting quotes around the word 'sanctity,' you imply that you don't support or believe in "the 'sanctity' of marriage" or "family values," the buzz words of your own party... at least as long as you think you can use the those words to point your faux outrage at the other side. :roll: