Marshall C. Sanford, will you PLEASE GO NOW!
My opinion of Mark Sanford is well-known. So is my repeated call for him to go away and quick.
It’s taken too long, but South Carolina Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer has finally asked the lying liar to step down — and state House Republicans are meeting this weekend to discuss impeachment:
Lt. Gov. [Andre Bauer] announced today he is asking Gov. Mark Sanford to resign, saying “serious misconduct” by Sanford as well as “continuing distractions” are making it impossible for the state to move forward.
Bauer promised he would forgo his own plans to run for governor if Sanford resigns in the next month or the Legislature impeaches him by then.
He would not detail what he considers “serious misconduct,” the wording used in the state’s constitution for impeachment, but said it is clear that Sanford is absorbed in his defense and that makes “it virtually impossible for our state to solve the serious problems we are facing without a change of leadership.”
Sanford has been under political attack and media scrutiny ever since he returned from a secret, five-day trip to Argentina and announced June 24 that he had engaged in a year-long extramarital affair with an Argentine woman.
His wife and four sons have since moved out of the Governor’s Mansion and First Lady Jenny Sanford told Vogue magazine in a story published last week that she believes her husband has been “obsessed” with the other woman and has been going through a midlife crisis.
Some of Sanford’s staff watched the Statehouse news conference but returned to their offices immediately afterward without any response.
Bauer’s call, which he repeated in a letter to Sanford, came three days before House Republicans plan to discuss impeachment at a caucus retreat in Myrtle Beach.
With apologies to Dr. Seuss: Marshall C. Sanford, will you PLEASE GO NOW!
You can go by bus. You can go by jet. I don’t care how, just get, get, get.
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Please post his email address and phone number so the whole country can start calling him and tell him to get lost.
Fork – him – thrust – NOW!
Ohhh come on, its not like he left a girl to drown in a river.
oohhhh to soon???
He might as well go, he seems to more at home in Argentina than in America. My heart aches for Jenny and the four sons.
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He cheats on his wife while in office. He charges the Government for the costs of his affair.
He thinks he should be able to retain his office, in spite of his immorality.
Are you sure he isn’t a democrat?
Not at all.
Don’t cry for me, Argentina…
Perhaps a paraphrase of Oliver Cromwell’s dsimissing the Rump Parliament:
http://encarta.msn.com/sidebar_781540267/cromwell_%E2%80%9Cin_the_name_of_god_go%E2%80%9D.html
He’s humiliated his wife and children, committed crimes against the citizens of South Carolina, lied – yet wants to remain in office? What, pray tell, is his moral and ethical explanation for doing so? Umm, cause he likes being governor or simply too cheap to get an apartment?
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sismissing…:Sorry.
Despite his moral failings, Sanford is a good governor. Bauer is a hypocrite to demand Sanford’s resignation. Bauer himself abused his office by using it to get out of traffic tickets for multiple speeding instances (and I’m not talking about a mere 5 or 6 miles over the limit; I’m talking about deadly speeds) and verbally accosting at least one highway patrol officer who dared to enforce the law.
Sanford’s affair has nothing to do with his being governor. And, no, he didn’t charge the government for the costs. This is nothing more than political pandering at its finest.
I understand why Michelle and others want Sanford out. And if this had anything to do with his office, I would be right there with you. But it didn’t and Bauer would do far more damage to the state than Sanford has done or could do. South Carolina is replete with the Good Ol’ Boy system and Bauer is right in the thick of it all.
Nothing good can come of Sanford’s resignation.
Is this a typo?
As a resident of SC…please list the good things he has done for our State and especially our pathetic schools.
Roses are red, violets are blue.
I’m schitzophrenic and so am I.
If only conservatives would condemn David Vitter like this.
That’s funny! No one else seems to have noticed that…including me!
For every republican sleezebag, I could name you 10 democrats. So shut up.
Hey, maybe Sanford has a habit of referring to himself in the third person.
I, too, am a resident of South Carolina. Born and bred. Sanford’s fiscal responsibility ranks high on the list of accomplishments, don’t you think? Or are you in favor of the wasteful, nepotistic spending that has plagued the state for so long and continues thanks to the likes men like Harrell, McConnel, Knotts, et al? Sanford calls it like it is. South Carolina’s system of government is dysfunctional at best. The SC governor is the weakest governor in the country in terms of power to overhaul a broken system. But Sanford hasn’t let that stop him from trying.
And don’t start with the school system. The governor is powerless to change things on the executive and judicial levels, let alone the educational system. We had the opportunity to elect someone to SecEd who could have done some good; instead, we pick yet another loser in Jim Rex. We have the system of education in SC we deserve because we keep electing people like Rex.
I disagree, its way past time that everyone who has been exposed by an immoral act should be booted from office.
If they will lie/cheat/steal to/from family and trusted associates, then why wouldn’t they lie to and/or steal from the people who put their trust in him/her.
We need to demand that our elected officials be an example of honesty and morality, not excuse them for being only a little corrupt.
I’d hate to see someone worse step in for Sanford too, but if the voters allow then they get the Government they deserve.
Or,
You don’t have to go home [to your wife] but you can’t stay here.
tre #6 if he was a democrat all democrats would be giving him a ticker tape parade, only republicans force their sinners to fall on their swords.
We don’t allow Democrats to set the standards. We are aiming higher. That is what (supposedly) makes us better.
We need to elect believers who practice what they preach, not phony pretenders who only tell us what we want to hear to get elected. Buh-bye Sanford. Go cry somewhere else.
You can go by ship
You can go by plane
We’re tired of you acting like a weenah
Just head on down to Argentinah
You can go by bus
You can go by jet
Please, we promise not to fuss
Let us pretend we never met
You can go by car
You can go by train
Please just go away quite far
Your presence makes us not sane
You can go by ship
You can go by carriage
Your trysts were let slip
You disrespected your vows of marriage
You can go by truck
You can go by bike
You’re just plain out of luck
Lying, lecherous politicians we do not like
(that probably required more energy than I’m willing to admit)
I joked with my wife at lunch to watch for Sanford to announce switching to the Democrat Party. Maybe it won’t be a joke after all..
Sanford needs to take a hike
I voted for him the first term and didn’t the second term and I’m glad I had no part in it.
I didn’t think anyone could literally list anything good he did for this state other than take care of Hilton Head, Myrtle Beach and all our tourist areas. He stated once on national TV that he would never want his children in a SC public school. How sad that he never made a slight attempt to make our schools decent and not the disgrace that they indeed are.
His fiscal responsibility? As we’re finding out…he meant that just for us but not himself.
Dude, I totally LOL’d at that! HA!
Good strong leather belt – $42
Cheap Hotel Room – $35
Doing the Right Thing – Priceless
You are correct, Bill Clinton is a Democrat…..
All he has to do in order to keep the governorship is-
SWITCH PARTIES
Just saw his press conference. The scumbag is digging-in his heels.
Listening to the press conference – But, mommy, all the other kids did it too!
The state owned plane and first class tickets while his entourage sat in coach, but some former people flew Concorde, etc.. This guy was a stimulus package all on his own.
In Texas that doesn’t rhyme.
I cannot imagine why Sanford is so determined to cling to any last vestige of power. He is toast for at least the next decade and probably for life. Why won’t he just clear the decks and let South Carolina get on with business without the soap opera?
Is it really necessary to put everyone through this mess until the end of his term?
I mean even Spitzer had the decency to resign!
South Carolina Legislature, will you PLEASE DO YOUR DUTY AND IMPEACH THIS SOB?
As far as I’m concerned, he shouldn’t even be allowed to resign. The legislature needs to do its duty and fire him. Followed by prosecutions for fraud and misuse of state resources.
If any of y’all think Andre’ “Speed” Bauer will not run for office next year are quite naive. Bauer is a skinny, icky politician.
Jake: Ya see, me and the Lord have an understanding.
HAHA, I read That Dr. Seuss book to my grandchildren a couple of weeks ago when they were staying. The reference immediately caught my attention. Yes, even the upbeat rhyming Dr. Seuss could probably get exasperated with certain individuals that are very annoying and whiny.
Bauer is a reckless,dangerous, egotistical idiot. I’d rather see Sanford vetoing the spending than watch Bauer ….uh, making his mark all over the legislature.
Yeah because the LAST thing SC needs is to become a significant state and the people to get uppity with all those fancy-pants wants and needs.
Just another disappointing politician whose potential for greatness has gone unfulfilled. He’s overstayed his welcome and if he doesn’t resign, the good people of South Carolina should either recall him or have the legislature remove him.
Either way, he’s an embarrassment to South Carolinians and not fulfilling the promises he made to those who voted for him.
Those are the cold hard facts that Gov. Sanford cannot face.
Y’all are just so pleasant. But there’s just no way that’s true.
Of course not. No way that Dems don’t sleep around or cheat on their spouses (cough cough Eliot Spitzer), or lie to score cheap shots (cough cough Gov. Patterson), or are total hypocrites saying that it’s okay for liberals to protest wars but not okay for conservative Americans (and other like-minded folks) to say no to DeathCare (cough cough Nancy Pelosi). Or just plain commit negligent homicide and cover it up to save one’s hide (cough cough Ted Kennedy).
Nah, I really want your upside down, one way, wrongheaded world. Perhaps, some day, you’ll eclipse Ted Kennedy in greatness. You keep chipping away with that dull chissel, okay?
He is no different than any scum sucking dem, only we want our trash gone and forgotten. How about move on and stop electing scum in the first place.
Dems do, and are doing far worse to our country daily than what Sanford has done because of his trouser zipper problems.
I’m convinced that RSS is really The Breck Girl. Why else would he come here and say “ya’ll” so often.
The fact that Dems get caught up in more and worse scandals doesn’t make Sanford less wrong. He needs to go.
If South Carolinians were a were stupid enough to elect another slime-ball as Lt. Governor they will have a chance to rectify that mistake shortly.
BTW, I am a South Carolinian by birth but I have not lived there in a very long time.
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Yes, his interviews of late do show he’s quite obsessed with said woman. I think years from now he’s going to smack himself and say “WHAT was I thinking???”
At 2:37 pm, granite said:
Gotta love Cromwell’s speech. How about this: We march on Washington, take back our government, and give that speech to a joint session of Congress.
Why do you keep giving him press? He’s not going anywhere until the end of his term. What difference does it make to you?
Hey, did you know it was Ramadan? No? Why not? Maybe because you haven’t had a post on it? Maybe because it’s not anywhere in any news?
Why do you know about this? Because you keep beating a dead horse. If you didn’t give it attention it wouldn’t matter. You wouldn’t know the SC governor just like you wouldn’t know who most of the governors are.
I’ll do my Dr. Seuss.
LET-IT-GO.
Without googling, tell me who the NC governor is.
I’d trade our governor for him any day of the week.
Well said. Another way to put it is to ask: For himself, his state, Conservatism, and yes the Republican Party, what political capital has Sanford created by being obstinate in his refusal to resign in the wake of his affair and his possible misuse of state funds and authority?
If those that still support Sanford, as well as Sanford himself can give a reasonable answer to address the above question, then perhaps we too should continue to back him.
I think I’m hearing crickets chirping, though…
love2rumba said:
I’m a little cricket and I’m going to chirp for you.
He’s not that important. He only stands for those things if YOU say he stands for those things.
He didn’t do anything illegal. I didn’t think Clinton did anything illegal by having an affair either. Silly me, when I said Clinton’s impeachment didn’t have anything to do with sex, I meant it. You must not have.
Apparently an individual’s sex life is important to you. It shouldn’t be.
Does he do his job? If so, drop it. If not, impeach him. He’s not going to resign. The main guy leading his impeachment has the most to gain, and they have never gotten along. It is local politics that gained national prominence because of the liberal media.
The liberal media want to smear ‘the right’. The more importance you give to this issue, the worse it will be.
He’s the governor. You are not. Get over it.
I think he should stay right where he is. Democrats have done worse. You know, like murdering innocent women by drowning them.
You still didn’t answer my question that I highlighted in bold: For himself, his state, Conservatism, and yes the Republican Party, what political capital has Sanford created by being obstinate in his refusal to resign in the wake of his affair and his possible misuse of state funds and authority?
That is how will it benefit (re: gain political capital) for the above named parties to stay the course?
What? You mean that if I just stop discussing it some dem isn’t going to harp on this????? They’d love him to stay on, just to weaken real conservatives in that state elsewhere longer term…and the longer term is what is important.
The bottom line is that he lied about the affair,and unless it can be proven that his affair solely came out of his salary as governor, he still has legal problems which are in fact impeachable, which if he does not resign, is a probability for he has become a liability to himself, his wife, his party. Moreover, his continual babbling about his Christian faith-which he tore to shreds like a dimwit-has destroyed his credibility.
Governor Sanford needs a shrink, not be kept in office.
He’s an embarrassment. Right now he is deluded beyond belief.
If you want to wrap yourself around this guy, you can go ahead and do so. Again, I do not know what you are going to gain by it.
Other than for the above, thank you for chirping.
It’s not that I’m wrapping myself around him. I’m just not obsessing over him.
To your bold points. He doesn’t represent ‘conservatism’ unless you say he does. If he’s conservative, that’s great. . . but he’s not the sole arbiter of conservatism.
He’s not wrapping himself in Republicanism. His Lt. Gov is a R too who doesn’t think he represents R’s well. You don’t think he represents R’s well. He’s a man who made mistakes in his PERSONAL LIFE.
The more you talk about his ‘misuse of government funds’ the bigger the issue becomes. That’s not really important to you because he paid back the questionable amounts. The more you talk about it, the more legs this story will have. And the Dems will say it’s the republicans who think republicans are criminals.
It’s like the US investigating the CIA. Why do your enemy’s job for them? Especially if it doesn’t affect you.
You have an issue with his ‘misuse of government funds’ because you are mad that he cheated on his wife. He’s come clean on the funds he’s used.
In NC, we are STILL investigating our former gov for misuse of funds. His travel records for using highway patrol funds for the entire year of 2005 are missing. The feds are looking for them. He was a D, his Lt. Gov is now the Gov and she’s a D. Lots of our D legislators are now in jail for violating federal law.
Again, I’d trade our corruption for this ‘corruption’ in a second. But I’m not wrapping myself around Sanford specifically. I just don’t think this issue is as important as people here seem to think it is.
Our former gov’s wife was given a cushy job at a state college. They made the job up for her (200,000/year). When outrage forced them to get rid of her, they didn’t refill the position.
I could continue about WHY our D speaker is now in JAIL (not impeached, in JAIL). . . but I’ve seen gov corruption. Sanford’s is tame.
Agreed. Every time I see this guy on TV, I cringe. If he would resign, at least he could retain a semblance of dignity. But to continue to whine and babble about how much the state “needs him” after he abdicated his responsibility to fly to Argentina to satisfy his lust, is just too much to bear. He abandoned his responsibility, deceived and defrauded the people of South Carolina, and has brought shame to himself and to his family, as well as to his state. TIME.TO.GO.
I remember all too well the sordid details of our fine president Clinton who shamed our country with his inability to control himself, and his penchant for lying. For months on end, the nation was treated to a nightly parade of trash talk. As a direct result of Clinton’s actions, our public standards of decency were permanently lowered. Now we have Sanford who can’t even see why he should no longer hold the public trust, after he threw it away.
I’m not obsessing either…nature takes care of its own.
How do you know what is important to me?
It was Sanford’s actions that brought this imbroglio upon him…not me.. and not the next critic. Get it?
I could honestly care less about his wife. She made her life with him and she will have to deal with his adultery in whatever way she chooses.
His wife and children don’t deserve what he is doing to them with this public humiliation. What an ego this dirt bag has.
I suspect that the charges of misuse of government assets and funds will turn out to be overstated if not completely fabricated. It is a convenient lever to use against someone who is now wildly unpopular.
The problem is the guy is now completely ineffective. If the Lt. Governor is also a slime-ball then I guess trading one slime-ball for another may teach the good people of South Carolina to stop voting for slime-balls!
Frankly, it is time all of us learned that lesson. We have a chance to demonstrate our ability to learn in 2010 and again in 2012. Time will tell…