The Sanford fallout

The Pajama Pundit — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:33:02 GMT

The State newspaper also publishes e-mails it had received from an anonymous tipster months ago about an affair Sanford was having with a woman named Maria in Argentina. The paper chose not to publish the e-mails at the time, because it couldn’t verify them.
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Sad. No reason to publish them. None at all.

I've got no love for a man who cheats on his wife, but why drag it all out in public this way? As Mrs. Lovejoy on The Simpsons often says, "Won't somebody think of the children?!"

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Anita, Birmingham, Alabama — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:35:56 GMT

He should resign from public service. Ensign should as well. Ensign should give up his Senate seat. I don't think that is fair to the American public. These people injected their personal family vaules, opinions and religion into politics before the public and they should resign.

We never asked them for their lies...they just lied.

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Bad Chihuahua — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:36:43 GMT

Mark Sanford
John Ensign

Both of you screwed up .... but not nearly as bad as Clinton. Impeached and repuned. OUCH.

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justthinkinoutloud — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:39:23 GMT

Stay tuned everyone, there is a lot more to come out on this story. Did he use taxpayer money to fund his trips? Did his staff invent the cover story of hiking to cover his sorry but? Is this the only affair? When he demanded that Clinton resign over his affair bit him in the butt? Did he and John Ensign go to the same places? Inquiring minds want to know.

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Eric, Salinas, CA — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:45:32 GMT

I am so enjoying the self destruction of the repugnant one's disappearing party of sore losers. I'm wondering why some on MSNBC tv are hanging the Libertarian label on Adulterer Sanford when he has never uttered a single liberal social viewpoint like Libertarians do. He certainly has the cheapskate financial nonsense down pat.

I so enjoyed Jon Stewart's Moment of Zen last night as he showed the Mourning Jerk saying that when Adulterer Sanford came back he'd be wondering what was up with all the interest. Man I bet he has furious that Adulterer Sanford made a fool out of him yesterday with his confession of sin. Must have been funny watching him wipe the egg off his face this morning, the one thing I learned from his show is that the Mourning Jerk can't tell time as he went over his time slot to keep flapping his ignorant gums.

It is so refreshing to watch the repugnant ones self destruct because they can't keep their little guns in their pants and stay faithful to their wives. I am so laughing at the party who so undeservedly tries to claim it is a Paragon of Virtue when we see so many of them dwelling in the gutter of morality.

Resign Now Adulterer Sanford!

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Bad Chihuahua's Imitator — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:47:55 GMT

And exactly what fallout is that?

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cindy, las vegas, nv — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:48:32 GMT

Another Politician who couldn't keep it in his pants. Both parties are guilty of this. The problem I have with this is the families that have to suffer for these peoples infidelity. I sure don't think living life in the public's eye is a plus. To much emotional stuff happens from this kind of action. I notice it's men who are usually guilty of these affairs. Guilty of thinking with the wrong heads!!!

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There, but for the grace of God, go I. — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:49:44 GMT

I'm having a little bit of trouble getting past schaudenfreude here. It's not me at my best. With this in mind, I hope that one day the moral high ground will be seen as someplace that you strive to reach and it's just a bit beyond your grasp. Secondly, if you do reach it, it's not a place from which to fire down at your opponents!

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BJ, CA — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:51:46 GMT

This is for you Governor Sanford..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAfIu-2XGEA

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jawillie Philadelphia, PA — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:52:21 GMT

Ok, righties. Fill in the blank.

"It's __________ fault"

- the liberal media's
- same-sex marriage's
- the homosexuals
- Obama's

Clearly the Republicans need to drop the "Family Values" bit and end the culture war against America. I'll be the first to admit that Democrats are hardly innocent in this area. I mean, we had 8 years of horn-dog in chief Clinton (who gave us DOMA and DADT). But Democrats aren't the ones quoting bible scripture and holding themselves up as morally superior to the rest of America.

The bottom line is that the more these guys get caught with their pants down, the less of a leg they have to stand on regarding same-sex marriage, "Don't Ask Don't Tell", or any other social issue. For you bible thumpers out there, you may want to check out Luke 6:42.

>>>Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother's eye. - KJV

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Dale S., Parker, CO — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:56:49 GMT

My head's gonna explode. This stinking turd voted against Bill Clinton on 2 of 3 articles of Impeachment because he said, and I quote "We need moral clarity here". Will a Repug, any Repug, explain to me why this creature is till Governor of SC? Why hasn't he had the "Moral clarity" to resign yet? I figured he was a more "Moral" person than Bill, so, silly me, I just figured he's do the "Moral" thing here and drag his pathetic carcass out of the Gov's office. But for the half dozen moronic Neocons that don't already know it, these guys are about as "Moral" as a pig in rut. Him and Ensign should start an Escort Service. Silly Sarah just made a statement: "My heart and my prayers go out to Gov. Sanford and his family". This is for a guy that demanded "Moral clarity" from Bill Clinton and did this to his family on Father's Day. I'm gonna go throw up now...

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David K., St. Louis, MO — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:59:17 GMT

"How do you solve a problem like Maria?"

That's not the Sound of Music you hear, Governor. That's the sound of hypocrisy crashing round about you.

As someone who is involved in a long-distance relationship myself, I can empathize a tiny bit with the Governor. But I don't have children and a wife who should be priority job 1. Was it really all worth it, Governor?

Hope you are happy in Buenos Aires. It's cold down there this time of year. Very cold indeed.

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Seattle Sue — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:03:49 GMT

I thought I heard Stanford say he was going to resign from Governor of South Carolina and the head of the state GOP party. What happened?

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eagle1776 — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:09:14 GMT

FR. Nothing like beating a story to death. I heard all I want to know yesterday. Give it a rest and give us more as it comes along say tomorrow or next week or when something really different and important emerges from this story. What we have above is redundancy.

Get off your collective butts and go out and find something else to report. There must be something out there. AOL can find other stuff to talk about, why can't you?

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katiec — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:29:24 GMT

If these politicans had not campaigned on family values, religion, if they had not pointed fingers,condemmed and demanded resignation from those who have made "mistakes" than this would not be that much of a story.
They hide behind the bible while being the phoniest of hypocrits.
Kinda like the rest of the GOP.

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Cicero — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:31:13 GMT

I feel bad for the govenor, his family and those impacted.

Yet, maybe, just maybe this will get the GOP off their darn "social" agenda. If we stick to financial issues, issues which affect voters wallets, we will be just fine. Let people do what they want in their private lives, and maximize their income so they have more disposable to spend when they are away from work. That is the definition of Liberty. Of "classical liberalism".

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Suzanne — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:31:38 GMT

Republicans thy name is hypocrisy...

The GOP might want to hire a PR firm and change their platform from the "family values" party to something like the "boys just want to have fun" party.

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Cicero — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:32:10 GMT

And Rush says he is only conservative from the hip up.

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He_HSSSblog.com — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:35:41 GMT

Somebody is going to have to explain to me what on earth Mark Stanford was thinking. The man is 49 years old and built a life that outwardly would make many men proud. He has a wife and four sons. He is a second term Governor of South Carolina, was the head of the Republican Governors Association, and was a serious candidate for the Republican Party in the 2012 Presidential Election. If you look at his biography you can see that he ascended through the ranks by building his life up step by step. But he met a woman outside the confines of his marriage and let a self-claimed innocent friendship blossom into an affair. The story is too common. A life gets built up and then it all falls down.
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Tim Stocken, Highland Lakes, NJ — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:37:32 GMT

I can't believe I heard a republican defender actually bring the Ted Kennedy up in defense of Mark Sanford. Talk about old news.

Yes, Bill Clinton, Eliot Spitzer and John Edwards (particularly John Edwards) were repulsive in their actions. However, I don't remember any of these men using Bible study groups and the like to fly under the radar.

It is the hypocrisy that highlights the sin. We are all human, Democrat or republican, but it is those who claim perfection and fail who stand out...

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Charlotte N, Boothbay, ME — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:37:59 GMT

What a self-absorbed, selfish, immature, blind and heartless man this is. What a failed example for his beautiful sons. He expects us to sympathize with his broken heart, his tears, his oooshy and nauseating revelations about the deep and satisfying soulmate conversations he had with this woman, while his family is being wounded? He even had the gall to quote the Bible in his smarmy emails to the mistress. How does anyone think they can buid a new life on the wreckage of a family? This makes me sick. Throw the guy out of the home, the office, and all areas of public life so he can wallow in private. Disgusting.

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Tim Stocken, Highland Lakes, NJ — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:39:54 GMT

Cicero - Yes, but Rush is full of it from the lip, in.

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an84u — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:58:49 GMT

The self-righteous, puritanical, wingnut RePUKEs try to appear asexual...South Carolinians, and all citizens, need to realize an erect penis has no conscience; it's not a thing to forgive; just pay immorality zero attention and continue business as usual...who cares if little Linsey Woolsey Gayham's a eunoch; if Storm Thudmand fathered black women's babes; of if skinny beanpole Standford, the "bottomline guy" snuck off at taxpayer's expense on Father's Day to a nude hike or romp (or whatever!) on the ATrail or in a SAmerican tryst. Forget it! These guys are immortal SC sons. Leave their sex (or non-sex) dalliances out of it. Enjoy their leadership and honor them, SC, without reservation or secret evasion of mind! Now is the time for the great sucking sound of RePUKElican silence!