Gov. Mark Sanford goes crazy, disappears

[derspiess]

Yeah, but this one's named Maria Shapur.  That's Latino with some exotic Persian tossed in.  Could have a Paula Abdul thing going on.

It's not genetic, it's lifestyle-related.  If Argentine women weren't so fixated on staying thin at all costs, they'd age a lot better.

[alfred russel]

Mark Sanford is going to be saved a lot of grief due to the Michael Jackson death.

[saskganesh]

As an aspiring writer...

writers don't aspire. they write. get to work.

[alfred russel]

Rush Limbaugh is the sole media voice willing to say the truth--and identify Obama as the real villian in this story:

The best way to put it: He's trying to kill spirit. All this hope and change, he's trying to kill it .... This Sanford buisness, I gotta tell you, one of the first thoughts that crossed my mind ... What he did defies logic. This is more than being 180 degrees out of phase because of lust or love ... This is almost like, "I don't give a damn, the country's going to Hell in a handbasket, I just want out of here." He had just tried to fight the stimulus money coming to South Carolina. He didn't want any part of it; he lost the battle. He said, 'What the hell. I mean, the federal government's taking over -- what the hell, I want to enjoy life."

http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/?last_story=/politics/war_room/2009/06/26/limbaugh_sanford/

[Phillip V]

writers don't aspire. they write. get to work.

I need my Muse.

[Valmy]

Rush Limbaugh is the sole media voice willing to say the truth--and identify Obama as the real villian in this story:

The country is going to hell, he might as well get back on pain killers.

[alfred russel]

Rush Limbaugh is the sole media voice willing to say the truth--and identify Obama as the real villian in this story:

The country is going to hell, he might as well get back on pain killers.

I'm certain the man is on something.

[Savonarola]

I need my Muse.

You can borrow William Faulkner's:

[Caliga]

  Princesca's aunt's new log cabin is on the hill right above the JB distillery.

[saskganesh]

writers don't aspire. they write. get to work.

I need my Muse.

she's a bitch. she sometimes does come as a freebie, but otherwise only comes when you are working. like most pagan deities, she likes sacrifice.

[Phillip V]

Jenny Sanford is one FOXY lady. Rawr! Gov. Sanford is a crying pussy.

http://www.politico.com/singletitlevideo.html?bcpid=1155201977&bctid=27742610001

[Neil]

"the character of my children."

What a bitch.

[Caliga]

 

bolded part A:  IOW, my own personal salvation is more important than the well-being of the people of this state.  Nice 

bolded part B:  Is pathological lying a requirement for serving in statewide office in S.C.?  Wait, don't answer that

The Fix: Sanford Admits To More Contact With Mistress

By Chris Cillizza
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, June 30, 2009; 1:15 PM

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's admission to the Associated Press today that he had five encounters with his Argentine mistress over the course of a single year including two overnight stays in New York isn't likely to fundamentally alter the resignation sweepstakes currently swirling around him.

Sanford had previously said that he had spent time with Maria Belen Chapur on four occasions over the past year and had not said that any of the encounters were in the United States.

While Sanford's latest admission is sure to keep the story churning in the state media and, to a lesser extent, the national media, it's hard to see how five meetings rather than four with his mistress will further imperil Sanford's chances of hanging on for his last 18 months in office.

For one, Sanford has acknowledged publicly that he weighed resigning in the immediate aftermath of the scandal but decided against it -- meaning that he isn't all that likely to re-weigh the possibility of resigning.

In an email to supporters yesterday, Sanford wrote that "I would ultimately be a better person and of more service in whatever doors God opened next in life if I stuck around to learn lessons rather than running and hiding down at the farm."

For another, there are considerable political repercussions on the 2010 governors race if Sanford steps aside.

Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer (R), who is running for the open seat, would ascend to the governorship -- handing him a major leg-up in next year's primary fight. (Bauer's pledge that he would not run for a full term in 2010 if he became governor before then was greeted with a collective eye roll by consultants aligned with other candidates in the race.)

None of Bauer's 2010 opponents want to see him move up to the governor's office any time soon (or ever) and their desire for the status quo winds up strengthening Sanford's hand.

What could change that calculus? If other major revelations -- more affairs, further misuse of state funds, etc. -- emerge that turn public opinion overwhelmingly against Sanford. Politicians are, at heart, survivors, and if the sentiment for Sanford's resignation grew considerably, they would likely have no choice but to push him out.

[Valmy]

whatever doors God opened next in life if I stuck around to learn lessons rather than running and hiding down at the farm

Yet he broke up with his mistress anyway.  The Lord giveth and you sendeth away

[Neil]

bolded part A:  IOW, my own personal salvation is more important than the well-being of the people of this state.  Nice 

How does him having an affair affect the well-being of the people of that state?