Mark Sanford (R-SC) celebration thread

[Bobby]

Hahahaha.

“I’ve spent the last five days of my life crying in Argentina,” Sanford said. “I am committed to trying to get my heart right.”

Oh, I bet you were crying! Go back to the tanning bed you carrot looking twat.

 

[Run DMB]

You have to give him credit though, a secret lover in Argentina is much more exotic than a hooker from New Jersey.

 

[RobbieD_PL]

What would have been even more funny is if he hadn't have come back.

Still Argentinian amante ftw!

 

[Bobby]

You have to give him credit though, a secret lover in Argentina is much more exotic than a hooker from New Jersey.

Oh, absolutely.

 

[ARIAGA II]

Ha! In the words of SP1TV's Wayne Rooney : Snaaaared
Taken from the liberal manifesto the Huffington Post
Sanford Was Harsh Critic Of Clinton Affair, Called President A Rascal

The standard Sanford has set for other politicians over the years has been fairly high. A member of the House of Representatives during the heyday of the Clinton-Lewinsky affair, he was often a harsh critic of the president for his marital misconduct.

This is "very damaging stuff," Sanford declared at one point, when details of Clinton's conduct became known. "I think it would be much better for the country and for him personally (to resign)... I come from the business side," he said. "If you had a chairman or president in the business world facing these allegations, he'd be gone."

Explaining his decision to back impeachment articles against Clinton, he added, "I think what he did in this matter was reprehensible... I feel very comfortable with my vote."

Sanford's complaints were directed primarily, although not entirely, at Clinton's lying about the affair rather than the affair itself. At one point, however, he proclaimed that Clinton was likely to get away with his infidelities and indiscretion because he already had the perception of someone who was untrustworthy.

"In politics you can get away with anything as long as it's what's expected," he was quoted saying in a Boston Globe article published in December 1998. "If people expect you to be a rascal, you can be a rascal."

At another point, however, Sanford seemed to acknowledge that when it came to politicians, skeletons in the closet were to be expected. "This is a human institution," he said of Congress, in a Maclean's article from September 1998. "Take it as a given that weird stuff goes on."

More than anything else, Sanford -- after initially cautioning the press to withhold judgment until all the facts in the Clinton case were known -- became deeply skeptical of the president's motives. He was one of only five members of the House of Representatives (and one of two Republicans -- Ron Paul being the other) to vote against expressing support for U.S. troops in combat after Clinton ordered bombing raids in Iraq. Sanford reasoned that the president was trying to distract attention from his marital issues. And toward the end of the saga, he insisted that Clinton could not operate with any effectiveness because he'd been untruthful.

"The issue of lying is probably the biggest harm, if you will, to the system of Democratic government, representatives government, because it undermines trust," he told CNN. "And if you undermine trust in our system, you undermine everything."

Now, of course, he is working to rebuild the trust he lost from an affair of his own.

 

[Ubik Valis]

Ha! In the words of SP1TV's Wayne Rooney : Snaaaared
Taken from the liberal manifesto the Huffington Post
Sanford Was Harsh Critic Of Clinton Affair, Called President A Rascal

Haha, "I come from the business side"....brilliant.

Good old double-standard. A classic motif of (American) politics.

 

[Bobby]

You know what, he kept pushing away the stimulus money because Obama was going to audit it. I bet he spent SC's money on this.

 

[ShiftyPowers]

You know what, he kept pushing away the stimulus money because Obama was going to audit it. I bet he spent SC's money on this.

He disappeared in a state car didn't he? But Bobby, I think your thread title is wrong...

 

[Bobby]

Haha, I knew they'd try it! They did it with Foley too!

Oh, and heh.

Edit: You'll love this - Rumors say he spend $28,000 in South Carolina's money for a "business trip"....to Argentina.

 

[Siawash]

He claimed he spent all of his own money on this trip.

 

[Bobby]

You know Sanford just breathed a huge sigh of relief.

 

[andy]

The woman's name apparently is María Belén Chapur, she is political analyst who has worked in local argentine news channels.

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[Bobby]

How are people there reacting to it?

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/597/story/802138.html - What a clown, he's comparing himself to King David now. Egomaniac.

 

[Run DMB]

So is the Republican presidential candidate for 2012 going to be the one who knows how to keep his dick in his pants? Is that going to be the deciding factor? The three guys I'm rooting for (Pawlenty, Jindal and Huckabee) seem pretty reliable in this respect. Huck's a Baptist minister. Bobby's too young to have a mid-life crisis and he seems pretty asexual anyway. Pawlenty is from Minnesota, and we just don't do things like that.

 

[Bobby]

Knowing the current state of the Republican Party, the nominee is already decided and it's Palin.

 

[ShiftyPowers]

So is the Republican presidential candidate for 2012 going to be the one who knows how to keep his dick in his pants? Is that going to be the deciding factor? The three guys I'm rooting for (Pawlenty, Jindal and Huckabee) seem pretty reliable in this respect. Huck's a Baptist minister. Bobby's too young to have a mid-life crisis and he seems pretty asexual anyway. Pawlenty is from Minnesota, and we just don't do things like that.

Hahaha, I think "asexual" is probably the best adjective one could possibly use for Jindal.

 

[Bobby]

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/597/story/803348.html

If Jenny Sanford needs a faithful, loving guy, hey...I'm here

Well, you guys say I need a girlfriend, bad.