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SteamWake
06-24-09, 09:07 AM
Where is he? Where was he?
This is one bizzare story !
This guy WAS a possible republican runner for Pres in 2012 but thats pretty much over now :yep:
http://www.thestate.com/local/story/838823.html
mookiemookie
06-24-09, 09:14 AM
There's something fishy going on. My theory is that he's a Republican politician, ergo he's trying to cover up a gay sex scandal.
AVGWarhawk
06-24-09, 09:17 AM
He was out getting some. Come on, hiking? It was the worst weather for the month and his phone shows he was in Atlanta GA. :shifty:
SteamWake
06-24-09, 09:22 AM
Well I only hope its a sex scandle after all to quote Bill Clinton thats his own buisness.
However ... Argentina? My gut instinct tells me the drug trade is somehow involved.
AVGWarhawk
06-24-09, 02:16 PM
Haha, he admitted to an affair. I knew he was off getting his ashes hauled. :har:
nikimcbee
06-24-09, 02:25 PM
Well I only hope its a sex scandle after all to quote Bill Clinton thats his own buisness.
However ... Argentina? My gut instinct tells me the drug trade is somehow involved.
Another sex story:yawn:?
mookiemookie
06-24-09, 02:27 PM
He couldn't have found local booty? :O:
CastleBravo
06-24-09, 02:32 PM
Well I only hope its a sex scandle after all to quote Bill Clinton thats his own buisness.
However ... Argentina? My gut instinct tells me the drug trade is somehow involved.
That is quite a leap. Is Argentina a large drug supplier? If so I haven't heard it as such. Just because the country lies in South America doesn't mean it is tropic and condusive to drug production. Argentina's climate is temperate much like the US and is good for growing pot, which grows about anywhere, but not much else.
SteamWake
06-24-09, 03:18 PM
Well he has already come out and admitted the affair. At least he had the scones to do that and not try to deny.
Something still tells me there is more to this story though.
CastleBravo
06-24-09, 03:25 PM
Something still tells me there is more to this story though.
That is what she said, and went about investigating....without any objection it would seem.:)
Fr8monkey
06-24-09, 05:36 PM
New on video... "Governors gone wild.":rotfl:
CaptainHaplo
06-24-09, 06:37 PM
Being one state up from SC, I have watched Mark Sanford for a long time. His principled conservative stances have always been impressive. I remember the pig incident quite clearly, and fondly.
However, the man erred - and while I appreciate his candor, I suspect there is more to it which caused him to admit this. His personal choices are between him and his family (since he hasn't been lying to congress and the american people over it) - but I do find his actions in being AWOL to be inexcusable and irresponsible. Thus,he needs to resign the governorship of the state.
I am very saddened by this, because his past has indicated he was the type of leader the "republican" party needed to ever get back on track. As an independant, my views are "conservative" and more often than not I agreed with his decisions. Tis a pity. He should step down, and deal with his family before all else.
SteamWake
06-24-09, 09:18 PM
Being one state up from SC, I have watched Mark Sanford for a long time. His principled conservative stances have always been impressive. I remember the pig incident quite clearly, and fondly.
However, the man erred - and while I appreciate his candor, I suspect there is more to it which caused him to admit this. His personal choices are between him and his family (since he hasn't been lying to congress and the american people over it) - but I do find his actions in being AWOL to be inexcusable and irresponsible. Thus,he needs to resign the governorship of the state.
I am very saddened by this, because his past has indicated he was the type of leader the "republican" party needed to ever get back on track. As an independant, my views are "conservative" and more often than not I agreed with his decisions. Tis a pity. He should step down, and deal with his family before all else.
Its hard to understand. To throw away a good carrier not to mention his marrige for a piece of...
Its hard to understand. To throw away a good carrier not to mention his marrige for a piece of...
It's not so hard to understand, just the nature of man. We're all suckers for a good lay. Even the King of England once gave up his throne for a woman.
But with his governor now felled by similar temptations, Inglis sees an opening for the Republican Party, a chance to “lose the stinking rot of self-righteousness” and “to understand we are all in need of some grace.”
:yep:
Link. (http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2009/06/24/inglis-to-gop-lose-stinking-rot-of-self-righteousness/)
Tchocky
06-25-09, 01:51 AM
GOP don't have to do anything, it's the Democrats who really need to sort themselves out.
http://fromtheleft.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/foxsanford.jpg
Someone once asked me why...
My response was the politicians are built to tell you what you want to hear and not to keep their promises...
It is no wonder they cannot keep promises to their spouses either...
Sad testament to the state of marriage vows...
Good man, actually using his sexual organs once in awhile. (Unlike most politicians :rotfl:)
Fr8monkey
06-25-09, 10:26 AM
I think it is funny... I mean This loser was one of the guys after Clinton for getting a hummer and he dumps his family and asks for forgivness. What a douche.
Max2147
06-25-09, 10:34 AM
I guess I'll go ahead and touch the third rail here....
Was Governor Sanford one of those who said that gay marriage was a threat to the sanctity of marriage?
FIREWALL
06-25-09, 10:34 AM
He's not alone. This is the calibre of people running this country. :down:
mookiemookie
06-25-09, 10:51 AM
GOP don't have to do anything, it's the Democrats who really need to sort themselves out.
http://fromtheleft.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/foxsanford.jpg
Fox "News" has a long history of labeling embattled politicians as Dems.
John McCain (http://crooksandliars.com/2008/02/07/fox-news-labels-john-mccain-a-democrat) - Democrat
Joe Lieberman (http://www.newshounds.us/2007/06/11/fox_news_goofs_again_or_was_it_deliberate_labels_j oe_lieberman_a_democrat.php) - Democrat
Arlen Spector (http://crooksandliars.com/2007/07/24/fox-news-labels-arlen-specter-a-democrat) - Democrat (when he was still a Republican!)
Mark Foley (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eat-the-press/2006/10/04/oreilly-factor-labels-_e_30927.html) - Democrat
SteamWake
06-25-09, 10:58 AM
GOP don't have to do anything, it's the Democrats who really need to sort themselves out.
http://fromtheleft.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/foxsanford.jpg
I call shenanigins even fox aint that stupid.
Besides this would be a resume enhancement for a Dem :D
FIREWALL
06-25-09, 11:02 AM
Hopefully, the end of another political hack career. :yeah::woot:
"the stinking rot of self-righteousness" not just limited to Republican politicians, I see...
SteamWake
06-25-09, 12:12 PM
Hopefully, the end of another political hack career. :yeah::woot:
Shame, dont know about the 'hack' part but he is one of the few goveners whom resisted the stimulus money but in the end subcommed to the pressure from the feds.
Guess he had other things on his mind.
No matter his carrier is done. When a republican does this sort of thing its lights out.
mookiemookie
06-25-09, 01:29 PM
When a republican does this sort of thing its lights out.
Oh you mean like it was for John McCain, David Vitter, Rudy Guiliani and Newt Gingrich?
Oh you mean like it was for John McCain, David Vitter, Rudy Guiliani and Newt Gingrich?
What public office does Rudy Guiliani holds atm? How about Gingrich? I'll even bet Vitter doesn't win reelection next year either. That leaves John McCain whose infidelity occurs long before he even ran for office.
Surely you can come up with better examples than that dude.
mookiemookie
06-25-09, 02:01 PM
What public office does Rudy Guiliani holds atm? How about Gingrich? I'll even bet Vitter doesn't win reelection next year either. That leaves John McCain whose infidelity occurs long before he even ran for office.
Surely you can come up with better examples than that dude.
Guiliani ran for president last year and is on Fox all the time. Gingrich is being floated as a nominee in 2012 and is also on Fox all the time. Vitter is still a senator, and McCain was the GOP nominee last year.
Pretty far from "lights out."
Look at the famous Dems who were caught up in that sort of thing: McGreevy? Gone. Gary Hart? Where is he now? John Edwards? Done. Spitzer? Gone. Gary Condit? Gone.
Jack Kennedy and Clinton, yeah I'll give you them. But this latest right wing talking point about how "Republicans don't stand for this sort of thing" is not based in reality.
Guiliani ran for president last year and is on Fox all the time. Gingrich is being floated as a nominee in 2012 and is also on Fox all the time. Vitter is still a senator, and McCain was the GOP nominee last year.
Pretty far from "lights out."
Look at the famous Dems who were caught up in that sort of thing: McGreevy? Gone. Gary Hart? Where is he now? John Edwards? Done. Spitzer? Gone. Gary Condit? Gone.
Jack Kennedy and Clinton, yeah I'll give you them. But this latest right wing talking point about how "Republicans don't stand for this sort of thing" is not based in reality.
Add Barney Frank to that list.
Now i'll grant you that it's not as black and white as Steam implied but at least the Republicans look at such infidelities as a negative whereas the Dems generally don't.
Max2147
06-25-09, 04:01 PM
Republicans look at such infidelities as a negative whereas the Dems generally don't.
WHAT?!?!?
I hang out in pretty liberal circles, and I can confirm that Dems view infidelities as negative just as much as Republicans do.
Hopefully, the end of another political hack career. :yeah::woot:
I'm sorry but why should getting a quick shag on the side have to do with his political career, IT IS HIS PERSONAL LIFE, leave the bloody guy alone.
SteamWake
06-25-09, 04:47 PM
I'm sorry but why should getting a quick shag on the side have to do with his political career, IT IS HIS PERSONAL LIFE, leave the bloody guy alone.
You dont understand hes a Republican this will not be tolerated.
You dont understand hes a Republican this will not be tolerated.
If he's republican wouldn't he of been castrated before he was allowed to join?
WHAT?!?!?
I hang out in pretty liberal circles, and I can confirm that Dems view infidelities as negative just as much as Republicans do.
We have our share of Dems around here too but i'll take your word for it.
Platapus
06-25-09, 07:28 PM
It would be interesting to take an informal poll on what bothers people about this
1. The fact that this guy creeped
2. The fact that this guy abandoned his office of governor by sneaking off
Personally I am more concerned with 2
1 makes him a bad person but there is nothing that says that a bad person can't be a governor.
2 makes him a bad governor.
Tchocky
06-26-09, 01:58 AM
Looking at the last crop of sex scandals, it seems that what sinks the politician concerned is not the affair itself, more the lying and trying to cover it up.
Hence Sanford's sackcloth and ashes routine.
Platapus - If I was on Sanford's staff/PR team, I'd be seriously angry. He's made a joke out of his office.
Looking at the last crop of sex scandals, it seems that what sinks the politician concerned is not the affair itself, more the lying and trying to cover it up.
He was having sex with another women behind his wife's back, what is he supposed to have a press conference and go "Hey I'm having a quick shag with an Argentinian babe, don't tell my wife please." :rotfl:
Skybird
06-26-09, 07:46 AM
An exemplary moralist.
The higher the posture, the deeper the fall.
OneToughHerring
06-26-09, 07:58 AM
GOP don't have to do anything, it's the Democrats who really need to sort themselves out.
http://fromtheleft.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/foxsanford.jpg
Not again! Isn't this something Fox news is very fond of doing? Claiming these sex scandal gop'ers are dems? What a subtle move. :D
edit. Oh, read mookiemookie's post, thanks for that, very enlightening.
I call shenanigins even fox aint that stupid.
Check out mookiemookie's links.
SteamWake
06-26-09, 08:48 AM
It would be interesting to take an informal poll on what bothers people about this
1. The fact that this guy creeped
2. The fact that this guy abandoned his office of governor by sneaking off
Personally I am more concerned with 2
1 makes him a bad person but there is nothing that says that a bad person can't be a governor.
2 makes him a bad governor.
Either one in my opinion makes him unfit for office.
That whole 'content of charecter thing'.
IF you want to break it down by partys it appears to be a 'tie'
http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/thegaggle/archive/2009/06/25/sex-scandals-through-the-years-both-parties-even.aspx
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