Mark Sanford. How much deeper can the hole possibly go?
Offline ...He must be halfway to China by now.
First he offers the lame lie about the 4-day hike after having vanished from his home (apparently putting his family into a panic). Okay, fine, whatever. People are obviously going to lie about cheating to start off with.
...Then it turns out he was one of the dudes heavily criticizing Clinton and pushing for the impeachment. Then it turns out he has repeatedly pulled the 'family values' card against homosexuals in order to deny them rights. Then it turns out he's written a pile of e-mails to his mistress that are each just a dagger thrust into his wife's chest (going on and on about how the new gal is basically the best thing that's ever happened to him, how sofisticated she is, how beautiful she looks, etc).
Man, I'm not one for these ridiculous sex scandals (they must happen more or less all of the time anyway), but this one is such a doozy. The only thing that'd make it worse would be if we discovered he had a teenage boy on the side somewhere.
...Please tell me we'll find that out in the near future? 
"Natasha has just come up to the window from the courtyard and opened it wider so that the air may enter more freely into my room. I can see the bright green strip of grass beneath the wall, and the clear blue sky above the wall, and sunlight everywhere. Life is beautiful. Let the future generations cleanse it of all evil, oppression and violence, and enjoy it to the full."
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February 27, 1940
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I guess the Republicans are just tired of the Democrats taking all the whores and want some for themselves.
And what amazes me is that divorce is unlikely.
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In psychology this is called projection, rather than critisize themselves and re-evaluate their behaviour, they just pin it on somebody else.
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Of course not. Marriage is forever, remember?
Nothing like ancient ritual upheld by an orthodoxy for chaining women to undeserving assholes.
- Leon Trotsky, Last Will & Testament
February 27, 1940
Actually I would say that it's the woman who's more likely to be controlling.
It just takes a man 20 years to figure that out... and by then, his life is over ;-p
What Would Kharn Do?
Haven't you heard?
The Repugnants are the defenders of "family values", the sanctity of God's laws, marraige, marraige between a man and a woman, unless your a Morman...then it's Ok for a man and a harem.
It's always gratifing to see the crap they throw in everyone else's faces, backfire on their own next Presidential hopeful.
Awesome how these people play the 'god card' whenever they get in trouble.
Cheating SC gov says God will make him better
COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, still clinging to office after admitting to an extramarital affair, wrote in an opinion piece released Sunday that God will change him so he can emerge from the scandal a more humble and effective leader.
"(W)hile none of us has the chance to attend our own funeral, in many ways I feel like I was at my own in the past weeks, and surprisingly I am thankful for the perspective it has afforded," Sanford wrote in the opinion piece widely published online Sunday by South Carolina newspapers.
Sanford, a two-term Republican, returned from a mysterious, nearly weeklong disappearance last month to reveal a romance with a longtime friend in Argentina. In a series of Associated Press interviews, he described the woman as his "soul mate" but said he would work to repair his relationship with his wife, Jenny, the mother of their four sons.
Some lawmakers have called for Sanford to resign, and one state senator plans hearings on whether state money was used to facilitate the trysts. A criminal probe found nothing illegal.
Sanford and his wife left the state earlier this week for an undisclosed location and are expected to return Sunday evening, spokesman Joel Sawyer said.
In the opinion, Sanford vows to work with lawmakers he's long fought and cites scripture and his faith in God — just as he's done in his few public appearances since admitting the affair.
"It's in the spirit of making good from bad that I am committing to you and the larger family of South Carolinians to use this experience to both trust God in his larger work of changing me, and from my end, to work to becoming a better and more effective leader," he wrote.
The promise comes as the term-limited governor approaches his final legislative session. Even before the scandal, he admitted the session would offer him little chance of success in pushing a small-government agenda that sought to give his office more authority. The possibility of a White House run in 2012 has all but disappeared.
He's known for slamming fellow Republicans who control state government — once by carrying two piglets to the door of the House chamber to protest spending. More recently, a court order forced Sanford to seek federal stimulus money he refused to accept because of his libertarian principles, despite warnings from education officials of massive teacher layoffs.
Legislators said the governor's previous pledges to work together always quickly disintegrated.
"We've heard it every year," said House Labor Commerce and Industry Chairman Bill Sandifer, R-Seneca. He said he told the governor, "You have gone out of your way to make enemies. You've done absolutely nothing to make friends, and now you want us all to be your friends? That's a pretty tough pill to swallow."
Sanford, who has long fought to give the governor's office more control in the legislatively strong state, wrote that he would continue to push his agenda. And although he said his approach needed to be "less strident," critics said Sanford's contrition came 6 1/2 years too late.
"His love letters show he's a helluva writer," said Sen. Jake Knotts, R-West Columbia, a frequent adversary who made public that Sanford was missing. Sanford worked to get him ousted in the last election. "He's a helluva writer and a promise maker, but he doesn't keep promises to the state of South Carolina like he doesn't keep promises to his wife."
Senate Minority Leader John Land, also frequently at odds with Sanford, doubts the governor can change or knows how to compromise.
"If he didn't get his way, he'd take his balls and go home, so he left a lot of things on the table," the Manning Democrat said.
"You don't all of a sudden have a mid-life crisis and suddenly get along with people."
But Rep. Kris Crawford, a Sanford ally, said legislators should be willing to believe Sanford will change his tactics, though he added Sanford must "match his words with actions."
"Should we now not try to pivot and all go forward together?" the Florence Republican asked.
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Sanford pretty much abandoned his state and his responsibilities when he took off to have a good time. He left no one in charge and did not inform the Lt. Governor he would be out of the state and in fact out of the country. He should be impeached for failing to act as he swore in his oath, to administer the laws of South Carolina. He adequately demonstrated that his own needs and wants come first and those of his constituents matter not at all.
I care not at all that he cheated on his wife but he did screw over his constituents and should be held accountable for that.
Bill Maher on Hardball and developed further on his HBO show Real Time suggested that at least Sanford was in love, unlike the other sleaze politicians that jumped into the sack with whatever was convenient. On Real Time he compared Sanford's Email love letters to Mark Foley showing the contrast.
For more see:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/14/bill-maher-defends-sanfor_n_232442.html
and
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/19/bill-maher-compares-mark_n_239931.html
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Hey there Kevin,
Since you have clearly not seen “Team America” let me clue you in.
Marriage takes two people (minimum). To the extent that fucking happens on a regular basis, all is good. If it involves kinky fucking, all the better.
However, all too often, marriage becomes “the bitch won't fuck”. In that case, the asshole is only going to get fucked if he goes outside of his marriage. Enter such places as lookingforanonymousfuckbuddy.com.
Granted that Mark Sandford happens to be repuican (not a misspelling BTW), does this case tell us about repubicans or does it tell us about the bitch who refuses to put out for him?
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No kidding. Why don't these sanctimonious pricks ever call on God in public to, say, help with a tough round of budget negotiations?
Nobody I know was brainwashed into being an atheist.
Why Believe?