Sanford's sonnets: Between the tan lines

Congradulations people of South Carolina! You have been forced to sink as low as the people of Chicago/Illinois due to their politician's actions. You...we have almost hit rock bottom. I suspect there are a few untold stories in their final phases that will surprise us in the near future.

Well. Let's be honest. Bill Clinton who?

REALLY feel sorry for the kids...having this cr#p plastered all over the paper, internet news sites, twitter, facebook, etc. about your dad. What a JERK you are dad!!!

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."

Mark Sanford

This "story" is this week's Y2K: all media hype, no substance.

Posted by: Bemused | June 23, 2009 2:02 PM

Nailed it again!

Too bad for his wife and kids - the parents chose to live a political life and the husband chose to be unfaithful. Deal with it.

Some say that publishing the e-mails is crass - I say BS to that too. The sleaze deserves to have EVERY detail published. His dereliction of duty to chase tail diminishes our entire political system.

The fact that he has tried to take the high moral road in the past only makes it more sordid.

I feel NOTHING for his family. They've ridden the gravy train long enough. Payback is a b*tch.

Yeah, sure, scandal and infidelity and all of that, but reading those e-mails I also felt touched by their own recognition that those two had fallen deeply in love even knowing it was a rather hopeless situation.

So, this South Carolina paper knew SIX MONTHS ago that their conservative, family values, right-wing Republican governor was a philanderer. And it did nothing.
Must be another example of this so-called "liberal media" I keep hearing about.

How old are the Governor's children, because this is terrible for young people to see about a parent.

There must have been a slight miscommunication between Sanford and his staff over the weekend. He told them he'd be "spiking some Argentina tail," and they thought he'd said, "hiking the Appalachian trail." It was an honest mistake. I think they handled it well...family values and all.

Im a democrat. I feel sorry for him for the crazy situation he put himself in. He quite obviously was ill-prepared for all of this. I doubt he went looking for it - it kind of found all of them. Obviously his relationship with his wife was less than it should have been. I feel sorry for all of them. The man, the wife, the mistress and most of all the kids. Of course, it is easy to judge people on these matters - less judging on the personal matter is in order. His wife asked him to leave two weeks prior to his trip. His only public service transgression in my mind is going AWOL - he should have informed others. Reality is that his personal life should be his own business. I thought that in the Bill Clinton matter as well. Americans offer 'holier than thou' arguments but relationship statistics offer a counter-arguement that reality is very different than what people mouth. Just because these people are public servants does not mean their lives are owned by the public.

omg how truely boring! I hope it was worth ruining your career and family for this...

Ah the Loons are running amok, lead by Hypcritical Leftists and their Corrupt Leader, Mark Silva.
Hmmm, how many Swamp items have been on Sanford just today? How many were on John Edwards and his affair and love child? Two? Three? And the media and Swamp were brought kicking and screaming in covering the Edwards affair.

Once again, let's point out some distinct differences between Clinton and Sanford. Clinton was impeached because he committed crimes, not because he had an affair. Clinton impeded an investigation and lied under oath. Clinton committed perjury. Sanford, as far as we know, has not committed a crime. Clinton also had a history of cheating and abusing woman. Clinton harrassed women, from Paula Jones to Kathleen Willey. Clinton raped Juanita Broadderick.
Clinton lied to the American people about his Lewinsky affair. Who has Sanford lied to?
I am not excusing Sanford or what he has done. Watching TV tonight I did not see one conservative make excuses for him or utter the line, "Who cares? It's just sex!" which we heard time and time again about Clinton. Or "His personal life is none of our business." We heard that time and again about Clinton too. Heard that about Edwards as well.
And, Mark, when will see something about Virginia Dem Governor Thomas Kaine using Virginia's resources and taxpayer dollars while doing DNC business? When?

Oh great. First the Republicans ruin the economy, now they're outsourcing adultery.

See:

http://notionscapital.wordpress.com/2009/06/24/gop-governor-outsources-adultery/

And, Mark, when will see something about Virginia Dem Governor Thomas Kaine using Virginia's resources and taxpayer dollars while doing DNC business? When?

Posted by: John D | June 24, 2009 11:59 PM
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Little Johnny Chucklehead,

I can't imagine the coverage of Mark Sanford's affair makes you feel very good. Your most recent hysterical and childish rant screams at us that we don't get to judge Sanford for his adultery. But you know something? We're not.

We couldn't care less about Sanford's affair. It's none of our business. We hope the media leaves his family alone, and we don't relish their pain one bit. They have our sympathy.

Sanford, on the other hand, does not have our sympathy. Not because of his adultery, but because of his hypocrisy. You want the gloating to stop? Then get your fracking noses out of our bodies and our bedrooms.

I'm talking about marriage equality and equal rights for gay people. I'm talking about abortion. I'm talking about the utterly absurd waste of time that is abstinence-only education by the government (you can teach your own kids any damn thing you want).

You guys launched the second impeachment in American history because Bill Clinton lied about getting a BJ from a woman who was not his wife and then you morons wasted millions more of taxpayer money by launching an investigation about a Clinton land deal in Arkansas twenty years earlier that had already been shown to have no merit whatsoever. And you want to tell us we have no right to hold you to a lower standard?

As long as you Wingnut goons think it is your business and your right to try to force the rest of us to conform to the sexual mores of your particular perversion of Christianity, you can expect to get your noses rubbed in it with relish and glee every time you show that you don't think the rules you want to apply to everyone else should apply to you.

In the meantime, go read Matthew 7:5. As soon as you start minding your own business, we'll be utterly delighted to stop minding it for you.

And for you and the other unhinged dopes on the right who say that your anti-abortion stance is about saving human lives and not punishing sexual behavior... go take a gander at Exodus 21:22. You guys twist yourselves into unbelievable pretzels trying to deny that it says what it obviously says: that the loss of an unborn baby is treated as a loss of property, not a loss of life.

You don't like gay marriage? Don't marry someone of the same sex. You don't like abortion? Don't get one. You think the only thing kids should be told about sex is to keep it in their pants? Tell your kids that, but don't waste my money or my kids' time on that nonsense.

Once you do that, I promise we won't care who Republicans have sex with.

C'mon! Who of us hasn't been in love and admit it, a steamy affair? If you have not, you have not lived! I am hot just reading the love emails. Give the man a break and those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones!d

This is where we bleeding heart liberals come in quite handy. I actually feel sorry for this guy.

The media should not have printed these e-mails.

John D --Do you ever get tired of being wrong? Can you ever spew enough lies?

How many were on John Edwards and his affair and love child? Two? Three? And the media and Swamp were brought kicking and screaming in covering the Edwards affair.
Posted by: John D | June 24, 2009 11:59 PM
How about 12! Search this site and count them, idiot.

BTW, there was one about Ensign.

So why is it, Johnny Do Good, that you feel you have to defend every errant Pug?? Why is it that it's Mark Silva's fault that Sanford trekked on down to B.A. for some "exotic" nookie?

I have sympathy for the boys and the wife. She may have been told to keep it shut or did so the kids could finish the school year out.

As far as Sanford...as an adult man he knew eight years ago when he started writing his email pen pal in secret it was wrong. I wonder how much state time and money was used to keep this going on over all those years. I don't believe his crocodile tears for one moment.

"I am not excusing Sanford or what he has done."

Well, THAT's a relief, John!! LOL!!
We were really worried you might try to change the subject, to something Democrats have done. LOL!!

I am NOT a moron!!

"Who has Sanford lied to?"

1. His Family

2. His Staff

3. The Public

Was he hiking the Appalachian Trail? No. Did he ever intend to hike the Appalachian trail? No. Was he in Argentina just to do something exotic? No. Was he in Argentina alone? No. Had Sanford told the public that his previous taxpayer funded trip to Argentina was to see his mistress? No.

To Janet - excellent post - you nailed it (pardon the pun)!!!

John D - your world gets smaller everyday.

Who cares about the sex. What bothers me is the description of all the trips this man takes.

I'm just a regular person who can barely afford to travel in my own state these days.

That is the appalling part of all this.

Janet-
GREAT POST!

I am so tired of political hypocrites.

If you're going to screw around, do it, but don't go pointing your finger at others who do it and tsk-tsk at them while you're texting your Argentine lover. Or your anywhere-lover.

Hypocrites.

I've no use for them.

South Carolina needs a do-over. This guy's ego will fight it, but he and his ego need to go.

"... there is something wonderful about listening to country music playing in the cab ..."
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It's those "I gotta woman waitin' fer me" lyrics that did it.

Janet--you rock! A wonderful post. And John D., you are a moron.

Janet-
GREAT POST!

Posted by: robbin | June 25, 2009 10:26 AM

Ditto.

I love how you all bash him based on a political stand. Out of the millions of people in the world its sad how 1 single person can cause such a stir in national news and its looked upon so badly. Sure an affair is never a good route but as the email says sometimes you dont look for or control feelings or things that happen, they just happen. Why do i defend this? because ive been in the same situation, still am... an impossible situation of love in which we will never be together.
This nation is run by the media, and its outrageous. Stay the hell out of peoples personal lives regardless and let them do their job. If the job is done correctly and well then whats the big deal? I find no reason that someones feelings and sensitive information should be exploited to all that can get their hands on it. Ask yourself this, would you be willing to submit some of your deepest hidden secrets to the world? didnt think so. Its not his fault his family now has to deal with this, blame the media. Otherwise no one wouldve ever known on such a widespread basis.

"Watching TV tonight I did not see one conservative make excuses for him or utter the line, "Who cares? It's just sex!" which we heard time and time again about Clinton. Or "His personal life is none of our business." We heard that time and again about Clinton too. Heard that about Edwards as well."

Surely you can't be that dim. Your party--which laughably considers itself the paragon of "family values"--is rife with deviant members who repeatedly engage in shameful, unethical behavior. And yet, these are the same losers who publicly blast the indiscretions of others. Bible-thumping Mark Sanford didn't hesitate to lambaste Clinton, but wasted no time failing to live up to his own so-called morals. Not only did he abandon his family on Father's Day, he deserted his own constituents while servicing himself in another country on their dime. Then again, such disgraceful hypocrisy is endemic to your party so perhaps no one should expect anything different.

Say what you want about Sanford's morals, but they guy's a pretty decent writer. Has a real poetic streak in him.

What is wrong with you? The poor guy had to eat his own lesson. So, people stay in unhappy marriages, so people fall in love. Why do you enjoy sooo much judging others? Are you so much better?

The whole brouhaha is NOT about his affair. The man ABANDONED HIS POST as governor! He told absolutely no one -- including his "second in command" -- where he was. He turned off his cell phone. He SIMPLY DISAPPEARED! He is the only one who can act in the event of an emergency -- like a tornado or flood -- and his staff couldn't even reach him on his phone. I can certainly understand needing to get away -- but you let people know how to reach you, especially if you are basically the CEO of the state. He put the nail in his own coffin -- if he had told his staff "hey, I'm going out of town; you can reach me on my cell," I'd bet none of this would have happened and he'd be going on his merry way.

What if Maria turns out to be Mario????? Wouldn't that be the icing on the
cake!!! You can't make these stories up. If you don't want your personal life on the front page of the news don't do things that will get it their. I don't feel sorry for him. I do feel sorry for
his wife and children.

Look, I can forgive the guy but not his phony Jesus holier than thou posturing that preaches intolerance.

The guy is a narcissistic politician. His ego is larger than the state of SC, the state he defrauded out of taxpayer funds by traveling to a foreign country to make himself feel virile and powerful. He abandoned his post, his family, and the responsibilities he accepted when he took the oath of office. The right wing holy rollers with their family values continue to make fools of themselves: Sandord, Vitter, Ensign, et. al. What is it with guys who feel they're entitled to extramarital sex? It's entitlement? Ego? Self-adulation? It's arrogance and ego, I know that much for sure. Porn, Letterman, and politicians all seem to have one thing in common: the perceived right to degrade women. I'll just keep laughing at these politicians, with their public admissions of their sins. They look so stupid and so funny all slumped over, with that "I'm caught. I'm so ashamed - not that I did it - but that I got caught," look about themselves. Entitlement, ego, self-adulation. Keep it up, boys!

What happened when Bill Clinton Cheated? What about President Kennedy? How about the Mary Jo death in Chappaquiddick caused by sitting senator Ted Kennedy? All these were Dems and there are more. Wrong is Wrong so say for one you say for ALL! Don't be a hypocrite!

I am a foreigner and not acquainted with the finer details of America's political culture. But for me it's clear to see that Janet fails to see the irony in her post. What she is saying is basically, it was wrong to throw dirt on Clinton for the Lewinsky BJ (which is absolutely true btw) but it is okay to throw dirt on Sanford because he is a Republican.

The only logic behind this thinking is, the score is equalled somehow.

And of course, it is a field day for all Democrats because this Sanford seems to be a stout family man in public.

I am a leftist myself. But still I think that this kind of arguing is wrong. Publishing a man's love letters against his will is sick, unfair and obscene, no matter what he has done to you. This would be impossible in Germany.

I can imagine being a leftist in the USA is tough business, where having a state-financed health insurance (something that even the poorest European nation affords to his citizens) is regarded "socialist". But that is no excuse to resort to this means.