Sanford: I’m Doing God’s Work

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In an op-ed published in several South Carolina newspapers, philandering Republican Governor Mark Sanford now says God wants him to stay on as Governor: Now and going forward.

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.

In this regard I think all that has transpired will be particularly relevant in the way I deal with the legislative body and other state leaders going forward. Micah 6:8 asks us to do justice, love mercy, and to walk humbly, and as I begin these steps into the last 18 months of this administration, it will indeed be with a more contrite and humble spirit.

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201 comments
1 austin_blue  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 9:50:14am

His wife must be so proud......

2 Desert Dog  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 9:50:17am

Well, maybe he thinks he's King Solomon? He had quite the collection, yes?

3 Optimizer  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 9:50:53am

I'd say "You've got to be kidding!", but I know you're not.

4 Bobblehead  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 9:51:02am

The man is delusional.

5 Egregious Philbin  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 9:51:03am

Xenu wept......

6 Gang of One  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 9:51:33am

re: #1 austin_blue

His wife God must be so proud......

FTFY

7 albusteve  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 9:52:47am

God and politics do not mix...he's just using both to further perverted agenda

8 jaunte  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 9:53:27am

Here's a Sanford campaign theme song:
King of Wishful Thinking

9 AuntAcid  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 9:53:36am

"You can fool some of the people all the time..."

10 Desert Dog  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 9:54:13am

I posted this before about Gov. Sanford, but here you go again:
See ya, bu-bye

11 albusteve  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 9:54:21am

"my stitch as hillbilly trailer trash will make me a better leader!"

12 esch  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 9:54:43am

Don't try to hide behind a Bible, you self-absorbed f**k. You need to resign, NOW, jackass.

These are the kinds of 'Christians' that deliver so much political ammo to the left.

13 Optimizer  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 9:54:44am

This calls to mind how my mother still made excuses for Jim Bakker, even after he ripped her off with his timeshare scam. Some people will actually buy this, "hook, line, and sinker".

14 MandyManners  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 9:55:43am

Another freakin' narcissist.

15 albusteve  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 9:56:06am

this is a fine example of conservative humor...c'mon

16 Cannadian Club Akbar  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 9:56:15am

The beer in my fridge is pure evil so I am doing Gods work by ridding the world of them.

17 Pianobuff  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 9:56:23am

I'm really starting to wonder if this guy has had multiple nervous breakdowns in the last few weeks.

He needs a vacation..... a long vacation.

18 Desert Dog  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 9:56:47am

I am off to Costco. Anyone need anything? 50 gallon drum of mayonnaise? 500 rolls of paper towels? 30 pounds of sirloin steak?

19 Desert Dog  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 9:57:32am

re: #16 Cannadian Club Akbar

The beer in my fridge is pure evil so I am doing Gods work by ridding the world of them.

I hear ya brother, I do my best to rid the fridge (and world) of such evil. In fact, I need to buy more liquid evil today.

20 austin_blue  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 9:57:38am

re: #17 Pianobuff

I'm really starting to wonder if this guy has had multiple nervous breakdowns in the last few weeks.

He needs a vacation..... a long vacation.

I hear Buenos Aires is lovely this time of year!

21 VegasRick  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 9:57:46am

re: #18 Desert Dog

I am off to Costco. Anyone need anything? 50 gallon drum of mayonnaise? 500 rolls of paper towels? 30 pounds of sirloin steak?

Which one do you go to? I'll be there in about an hour.

22 AuntAcid  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 9:57:48am

re: #18 Desert Dog

I am off to Costco. Anyone need anything? 50 gallon drum of mayonnaise? 500 rolls of paper towels? 30 pounds of sirloin steak?

Nuts. Send the Gov some nuts.

23 Desert Dog  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 9:57:56am

re: #17 Pianobuff

I'm really starting to wonder if this guy has had multiple nervous breakdowns in the last few weeks.

He needs a vacation..... a long vacation.

I hear Argentina is nice....lots of pretty women too

24 jaunte  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 9:58:11am

re: #18 Desert Dog

Can you bring me back 1,000 60watt bulbs?

25 esch  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 9:58:33am

re: #18 Desert Dog

I am off to Costco. Anyone need anything? 50 gallon drum of mayonnaise? 500 rolls of paper towels? 30 pounds of sirloin steak?

I'm good, but I heard Fwank mention in his last press conference he's running low on Crisco.

26 MandyManners  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 9:58:50am

re: #18 Desert Dog

I am off to Costco. Anyone need anything? 50 gallon drum of mayonnaise? 500 rolls of paper towels? 30 pounds of sirloin steak?

Tar and feathers.

27 VegasRick  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 9:58:59am

re: #24 jaunte

Can you bring me back 1,000 60watt bulbs?

They only sell them in the 2,500 size.

28 AuntAcid  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 9:59:24am

re: #20 austin_blue

I hear Buenos Aires is lovely this time of year!

Weather for Buenos Aires, Argentina

57°F
Current: Overcast
Wind: E at 10 mph
Humidity: 94%

29 albusteve  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 9:59:30am

re: #13 Optimizer

This calls to mind how my mother still made excuses for Jim Bakker, even after he ripped her off with his timeshare scam. Some people will actually buy this, "hook, line, and sinker".

just to be mean, Jimmy and Tami always seemed to have those exaggerated features of a ventriloquist's dummy...creepy

30 Pianobuff  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 9:59:33am

re: #23 Desert Dog

I hear Argentina is nice....lots of pretty women too

I was thinking more of the "Fluffy Acres" kind of destination.

31 james37211  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 9:59:36am

As a native South Carolinian, I must say ¨Get your ass out of my State House¨

32 jaunte  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 9:59:38am

re: #27 VegasRick

Well that will save me a trip later!

33 Cannadian Club Akbar  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 9:59:41am

re: #18 Desert Dog

I am off to Costco. Anyone need anything? 50 gallon drum of mayonnaise? 500 rolls of paper towels? 30 pounds of sirloin steak?

More evil beer, please. And some evil pretzels.

34 SasquatchOnSteroids  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 9:59:45am

Political Translation - you're gonna have to drag me out kicking and screaming.

35 Desert Dog  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:00:00am

re: #24 jaunte

Can you bring me back 1,000 60watt bulbs?

Oh, you want the smaller pack then....sure. But, remember, you are killing mother earth with those 60 watters....you need to buy the fluorescent ones

36 jones  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:00:50am

Reached for comment G-d's spokesmenissued the following;

"Leave me out of this, please."

37 jaunte  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:01:03am

re: #35 Desert Dog

I'm just preparing for the 'anti-mercury reaction' against those in a few years...

38 MandyManners  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:01:07am

Ferris Bueller has more ethics than Mark Sanford.

39 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:01:19am

Hey Governor... God doesn't need oral.

40 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:01:42am

I'll probably regret having said that....

41 callahan23  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:01:46am

re: #20 austin_blue

I hear Buenos Aires is lovely this time of year!

Not so much:
Snow in Buenos Aires first time in 89 years

42 Ringo the Gringo  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:02:06am

I would hope that some Republicans have already started filing the necessary papers to have him recalled.

I would hope.

43 gman  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:02:13am

What a cop out. I wonder if Mark Sanford believes that his affair was part of God's larger plan for him too. It's time to grow up and take responsibility for yourself, Mr. Sanford.

44 MandyManners  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:02:15am

re: #39 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

*whack*

45 VegasRick  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:02:52am

re: #41 callahan23

Not so much:
Snow in Buenos Aires first time in 89 years

It was just Alwhore's dandruff falling.

46 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:03:24am

re: #44 MandyManners

yep.

47 callahan23  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:03:29am

re: #41 callahan23

Not so much:
Snow in Buenos Aires first time in 89 years

Update:
"Killer Cold Snap Grips South America"

48 Cannadian Club Akbar  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:04:03am

re: #43 gman

What a cop out. I wonder if Mark Sanford believes that his affair was part of God's larger plan for him too. It's time to grow up and take responsibility for yourself, Mr. Sanford.

If this was God's plan, why not 2 women? And why not really, really hot ones?

49 astronmr20  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:05:04am

Keep God out of it, you lying crapweasel.

50 reine.de.tout  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:05:33am

I find it hard to trust anybody who quotes Bible verses talking about justice, love, mercy and humility, when that individual has shown no inclination to be true to those principles in his personal life.

Guy needs to be kicked to the curb. Or under the bus.

51 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:05:53am

It really annoys me when people try to drag God into politics like this. If he wants to do God's work, he can resign, go to Africa, and dig clean wells for them while setting up schools.

52 reine.de.tout  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:06:13am

re: #51 EmmmieG

It really annoys me when people try to drag God into politics like this. If he wants to do God's work, he can resign, go to Africa, and dig clean wells for them while setting up schools.

Yes.

53 realwest  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:06:18am

re: #9 AuntAcid

"You can fool some of the people all the time..."

Oooh, ooh! I know who said that: Barack Obama!
Was I right, huh, was I?!?

54 albusteve  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:07:34am

It needs to be less strident and more about finding ways to work with legislative leaders to advance the ideas so many of us believe in. It means less time fighting the tide - and a greater awareness of the fact that God controls it.

I don't like this kind of bullshit...it is the will of Allah crap

55 wahabicorridor  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:07:34am

Ok, I've respected Jenny Sanford so far in this debacle. But this is really over the top. I just wish she'd finally call in the lawyers already (I would have done it a looooong time ago).

56 Killgore Trout  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:07:37am

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57 alegrias  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:07:56am

re: #12 esch

Don't try to hide behind a Bible, you self-absorbed f**k. You need to resign, NOW, jackass.

These are the kinds of 'Christians' that deliver so much political ammo to the left.

* * * * * *
Mark Sanford was an early supporter of John McCain's presidential ambitions.

All three belong in the "Gary Hart Club" of creeps cheating on their wives in full view of the media.

58 ArmyWife  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:08:00am

You know what? I hope that he is as religious as he states to whoever is listening, and that he feels like dog poop right now. I hope he feels like dog poop for a long, long time in the future.

I also wish he would learn about being humble and just say "I sinned. I am working with Jesus and my family to repair this mess I've made" and then go on. Now isn't the time to be righteous, it is the time to be low key and with his minister. As for the Governor thing? If he really wants to stay on, he adds the following "Although not deserving, I am hopeful the people of SC will allow me to continue serving them in the capacity of Gov. I've wronged the very same people I care about, and will begin to rebuild the trust that I shattered though time and doing what I was elected to do. Thank you, and have a good day". EXIT. NO QUESTIONS. JUST GO BACK TO WORK.

59 Wendya  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:08:46am

Whatever God wants Sanford to do is between the two of them. The Republican party and voters of that state, on the other hand, need to give him a swift boot in the ass.

60 realwest  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:09:09am

re: #47 callahan23

Update:
"Killer Cold Snap Grips South America"


ROTFLMAO!!

61 albusteve  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:10:31am

re: #59 Wendya

Whatever God wants Sanford to do is between the two of them. The Republican party and voters of that state, on the other hand, need to give him a swift boot in the ass.

as a stereotype, voters in America are a wimpy bunch of nit wits

62 gman  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:10:37am

This is just infantile and I've seen it with a lot of adults. Everything good and bad that happens to them is "God's will". So, basically they don't critically think through decisions like most people because it's been decided for them already as part of the "larger plan".

63 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:10:49am

OT

I don't follow golf that closely... but...c'mon! Tom Watson's 59 freakin' yeas old!

64 realwest  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:11:17am

re: #57 alegrias
John McCain cheated on his wife? When was that?

65 VegasRick  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:11:47am

re: #63 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

OT

I don't follow golf that closely... but...c'mon! Tom Watson's 59 freakin' yeas old!

And NOBODY boo's him!

66 Wendya  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:11:54am

re: #41 callahan23

Not so much:
Snow in Buenos Aires first time in 89 years

But don't you know this was predicted by algore and Obama's science team?

Yep, only now it's "climate change" since all of their hysterical shrieking about the earth burning up are not coming to pass.

67 alegrias  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:11:54am

re: #55 wahabicorridor

Ok, I've respected Jenny Sanford so far in this debacle. But this is really over the top. I just wish she'd finally call in the lawyers already (I would have done it a looooong time ago).

* * * * *
Agreed, this can't be in their children's interest.

Can you imagine what the Sanford children must endure because of their father's public pants down problems?

68 reine.de.tout  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:12:08am

re: #62 gman

This is just infantile and I've seen it with a lot of adults. Everything good and bad that happens to them is "God's will". So, basically they don't critically think through decisions like most people because it's been decided for them already as part of the "larger plan".

God gave us free will to choose, and Sanford chose badly.
Not God's fault.

69 VegasRick  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:12:19am

re: #64 realwest

John McCain cheated on his wife? When was that?

1800's

70 SasquatchOnSteroids  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:12:59am

Where's The Church Lady when you need her ?

71 albusteve  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:13:01am

re: #64 realwest

John McCain cheated on his wife? When was that?

[Link: www.factcheck.org...]

72 Killgore Trout  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:13:02am

re: #69 VegasRick

He just couldn't keep it in his pantaloons.

73 Pianobuff  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:13:31am

re: #63 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

OT

I don't follow golf that closely... but...c'mon! Tom Watson's 59 freakin' yeas old!

-3 and one shot up going into the 18th hole.

This is just amazing...simply amazing.

74 realwest  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:13:40am

re: #63 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

OT

I don't follow golf that closely... but...c'mon! Tom Watson's 59 freakin' yeas old!


Yeah and I'm 64 - what's your point?!?

*WHACK* - hands clue by four to Mandy, with gratitude!

75 alegrias  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:13:47am

re: #62 gman

This is just infantile and I've seen it with a lot of adults. Everything good and bad that happens to them is "God's will". So, basically they don't critically think through decisions like most people because it's been decided for them already as part of the "larger plan".

* * * * *
"It's Allah's Will"

South Carolinians need to show THEIR will now.

Recall Sanford's rear end.

76 Bobblehead  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:13:59am

re: #18 Desert Dog

I am off to Costco. Anyone need anything? 50 gallon drum of mayonnaise? 500 rolls of paper towels? 30 pounds of sirloin steak?

If you could pick me up a giant super duper whooper size Tide liquid detergent I'd be very grateful. Also a multipack of the extremely jumbo sized tubs of Total toothpaste. Many thanks.

77 wahabicorridor  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:14:08am

re: #64 realwest

John McCain cheated on his wife? When was that?

First wife - after he came home from the war.

78 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:14:16am

I am thinking of concert footage of "Prince and the Revolution" in a tight prayer circle right before they went on stage to sing...

"Head," "Dirty Mind," and "Soft And Wet".

Just sayin...

79 Lincolntf  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:14:22am

OT, but this is time-sensitive. Tom Watson is teeing off at the 18th, leading the British Open. 59-year old Tom Watson.

80 FrogMarch  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:14:50am

If the Republican's insist on being the "party of God" - then they must not mind being the party out of power.

Thanks guys.

/can we leave the preaching the preachers?

81 callahan23  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:14:53am

re: #66 Wendya

But don't you know this was predicted by algore and Obama's science team?

Yep, only now it's "climate change" since all of their hysterical shrieking about the earth burning up are not coming to pass.

Wanna have a look at the current sun spot photo, here it is. Zilch *gulp*

82 realwest  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:15:04am

re: #69 VegasRick
Ah, slightly before my time!

83 Bobblehead  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:15:06am

re: #64 realwest

John McCain cheated on his wife? When was that?

1st wife. I think after he got home from Nam.

84 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:16:35am

re: #74 realwest

Ouch!

85 wahabicorridor  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:16:37am

re: #67 alegrias

Can you imagine what the Sanford children must endure because of their father's public pants down problems?

Oh, for them, I think the 'pants problem' doesn't even come close. Those remarks about the woman in Argentina being his 'soul mate' and 'trying to fall in love again with my wife' had to have been devestating.

86 alegrias  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:16:48am

re: #64 realwest

John McCain cheated on his wife? When was that?

* * * * * *
RealWest, it's old news but John McCain was a Navy congressional liaison palling around with Gary Hart back in 1979 while still married to Carol Shepp of Philadelphia, when he met Cindy Lou Hensley in Hawaii and conducted a whirl wind affair while still married to Carol Shepp.

McCain left his first wife and their 3 children and married Cindy in 1980.

87 albusteve  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:16:59am

re: #73 Pianobuff

-3 and one shot up going into the 18th hole.

This is just amazing...simply amazing.

Goggin can catch him...probably won't tho

88 Bobblehead  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:17:30am

re: #87 albusteve

Goggin can catch him...probably won't tho

Go Tom!

89 wahabicorridor  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:17:36am

re: #79 Lincolntf

OT, but this is time-sensitive. Tom Watson is teeing off at the 18th, leading the British Open. 59-year old Tom Watson.

ALRIGHT ALREADY!

sheesh

So how old was Nicklaus when he retired?

90 SixDegrees  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:17:48am

God just told me I should take a dump on Mark Sanford's front porch.

BBIAB.

91 Killgore Trout  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:18:12am

Wow. This guy's good.....
Bandsaw magic

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92 wahabicorridor  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:18:15am

re: #86 alegrias

* * * * * *
RealWest, it's old news but John McCain was a Navy congressional liaison palling around with Gary Hart back in 1979 while still married to Carol Shepp of Philadelphia, when he met Cindy Lou Hensley in Hawaii and conducted a whirl wind affair while still married to Carol Shepp.

McCain left his first wife and their 3 children and married Cindy in 1980.

I thought he and Carol were already seperated when he met Cindy?

93 Chekote  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:18:22am

Seriously, GOP politicians need to stop saying that they are fufilling God's mission. It may make some in the "base" happy but it is a HUGE turn off to everybody else.

94 realwest  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:19:09am

re: #89 wahabicorridor

ALRIGHT ALREADY!

sheesh

So how old was Nicklaus when he retired?

Younger than 59!!
YOU GO TOM WATSON!!!

95 AuntAcid  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:19:10am

re: #81 callahan23

Wanna have a look at the current sun spot photo, here it is. Zilch *gulp*

Who are you going to believe, Algore or your lying eyes?

96 SasquatchOnSteroids  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:19:14am

re: #79 Lincolntf

OT, but this is time-sensitive. Tom Watson is teeing off at the 18th, leading the British Open. 59-year old Tom Watson.

If you had said on Wednesday that Tiger would miss the cut and Watson would even be in contention, they'd have laughed your ass out of there.
Amazing.

97 alegrias  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:19:17am

re: #77 wahabicorridor

First wife - after he came home from the war.

* * * *
Seven years after McCain returned from POW camp, he remarried.

But McCain was apparently cheating on his first wife while palling around as a "crew member" with Gary Hart on the USS Monkey Business with Donna Rice, not Hart's wife.

98 Lincolntf  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:19:36am

re: #89 wahabicorridor

These guys never really retire. I think Nicklaus was 46 when he won his last Major.

99 Bobblehead  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:21:06am

re: #96 SasquatchOnSteroids

If you had said on Wednesday that Tiger would miss the cut and Watson would even be in contention, they'd have laughed your ass out of there.
Amazing.

I like it that Tiger never blames anyone but himself for his failures. Our president should take note.

100 realwest  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:21:24am

re: #97 alegrias
OK, now waitaminute - trying to update scorecard - You're saying McCain cheated on his wife with Donna Rice?
What?!

101 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:21:26am

Ain't it cool when you get to watch sports history? (Yes, I know we're less than a hundred comments...)

"Screw it"
-Mark Sanford

102 Wendya  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:21:27am

re: #92 wahabicorridor

I thought he and Carol were already seperated when he met Cindy?

That's what he claimed by the divorce petition contradicts that version.

103 zombie  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:21:34am

Well, in truth, if he hasn't done anything impeach-worthy, he doesn't need to step down if he doesn't want to.

Committing adultery is shameful, immoral and embarrassing, but it is not a crime.1

Of course, he'll rightfully be a laughingstock for citing the Bible to justify his infidelity, but hey, if he gets his jollies being a public hypocrite, who am I to judge? People have all sorts of strange fetishes these days.

1 Clinton, W & Lewinsky, M, 1995

104 Pianobuff  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:21:47am

re: #96 SasquatchOnSteroids

If you had said on Wednesday in 2006 that Tiger Hillary would miss the cut and Watson Obama would even be in contention, they'd have laughed your ass out of there.
Amazing.

105 Catttt  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:22:00am

This isn't just about fucking around. LOTS of people do that.

This ass left the fricking country to fuck around, leaving the state without a governor and without knowing where the hell he was.

I'm sick to death of sanctimonious people who drag their version of God in to save their asses and rationalize their behavior while condemning others for things that are none of their damn business, all the time expecting everyone to agree with their version of things, when that is very far from the case.

106 callahan23  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:22:00am

re: #95 AuntAcid

Who are you going to believe, Algore or your lying eyes?

My lying eyes!
I like this t-shirt.

107 esch  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:22:04am

re: #85 wahabicorridor

Oh, for them, I think the 'pants problem' doesn't even come close. Those remarks about the woman in Argentina being his 'soul mate' and 'trying to fall in love again with my wife' had to have been devestating.

Where are his wife's father and/or brothers to kick some sense and humility into this turd? If someone did this to my daughter there'd be a scuffle.

108 reine.de.tout  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:22:10am

re: #102 Wendya

That's what he claimed by the divorce petition contradicts that version.

They may have been living separately, but had not obtained a legal separation.

109 wahabicorridor  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:22:11am

re: #98 Lincolntf

These guys never really retire. I think Nicklaus was 46 when he won his last Major.

You are correct! I just checked it on wiki.

Gee, I thought he was a lot older than that.

Arnold Palmer stepped on my foot once, cleats and all.

110 alegrias  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:22:44am

re: #85 wahabicorridor

Oh, for them, I think the 'pants problem' doesn't even come close. Those remarks about the woman in Argentina being his 'soul mate' and 'trying to fall in love again with my wife' had to have been devestating.

* * * * *
Yeah, can you imagine having footage of your father blubbering on live TV about women NOT your mother, is FOREVER.

Sanford is a scum bag, and the Republican Governors ought to have kicked his ass out, made him walk the plank, exit the stage, retire to the sanatarium, immediately when this broke out.

Sanford's insanity pleas, laced with Biblical talk, smear all who stand by him.

111 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:22:44am

re: #109 wahabicorridor

Cleats on you or him or both...

112 realwest  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:22:55am

re: #81 callahan23

Wanna have a look at the current sun spot photo, here it is. Zilch *gulp*


Uh, I'm sorry my friend, but I don't see a single spot!
Not one!

113 reine.de.tout  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:23:03am

re: #109 wahabicorridor

You are correct! I just checked it on wiki.

Gee, I thought he was a lot older than that.

Arnold Palmer stepped on my foot once, cleats and all.

He once stepped on my mom's foot, too, in an elevator!
I wonder if he had big feet?

114 wahabicorridor  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:23:13am

re: #102 Wendya

That's what he claimed by the divorce petition contradicts that version.

Divorce and seperation aren't the same thing

/been there, done that

115 SixDegrees  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:23:45am

re: #103 zombie

Well, in truth, if he hasn't done anything impeach-worthy, he doesn't need to step down if he doesn't want to.

Committing adultery is shameful, immoral and embarrassing, but it is not a crime.1

Of course, he'll rightfully be a laughingstock for citing the Bible to justify his infidelity, but hey, if he gets his jollies being a public hypocrite, who am I to judge? People have all sorts of strange fetishes these days.

1 Clinton, W & Lewinsky, M, 1995

Well, yes. At least he wasn't obsessed with exercise balls...

116 austin_blue  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:23:54am

re: #109 wahabicorridor

You are correct! I just checked it on wiki.

Gee, I thought he was a lot older than that.

Arnold Palmer stepped on my foot once, cleats and all.

Watson is out there with a titanium hip that he got last October. Left himself a tester on the 18th for the win.

117 esch  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:24:09am

re: #105 Catttt

DING!

118 Wendya  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:24:13am

re: #103 zombie

Committing adultery is shameful, immoral and embarrassing, but it is not a crime.1

I agree but I always look at it this way.... if the guy can discard his wife and children like a pair of dirty underwear, how is he going to treat his constituents?

119 alegrias  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:24:50am

re: #92 wahabicorridor

I thought he and Carol were already seperated when he met Cindy?

* * * *
Don't know--wasn't there!
McCain was not divorced when he took up with Cindy, is all I know.

120 reine.de.tout  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:24:55am

re: #115 SixDegrees

Well, yes. At least he wasn't obsessed with exercise balls...

Not just an obsession - an "unusual" attraction.
As opposed, I guess, to someone who has a "Normal" attraction to exercise balls.

121 austin_blue  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:25:41am

Missed it. Four hole playoff with Stewie.

122 wahabicorridor  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:25:42am

re: #105 Catttt

updinged ya!

But you forgot about the taxpayer money part...........

123 realwest  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:25:46am

re: #109 wahabicorridor
"Arnold Palmer stepped on my foot once, cleats and all."
And I'll bet, golf nut that you are, that you haven't washed that foot since, either!
/

124 Lincolntf  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:25:50am

It's a play-off!!!! Watson vs. Cink. 4 holes.

125 Wendya  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:26:12am

re: #114 wahabicorridor

Divorce and seperation aren't the same thing

/been there, done that


Uh.. I was merely pointing out that McCain tried to claim he was legally separated before he started screwing around.

126 ihateronpaul  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:26:42am

ok, I have had quite enough of these C-Street slimeballs.

127 SixDegrees  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:26:56am

re: #107 esch

Where are his wife's father and/or brothers to kick some sense and humility into this turd? If someone did this to my daughter there'd be a scuffle.

Not worth going to jail over. And that's where you'd wind up if you tried such a thing.

Better to hire a good divorce lawyer who'll strip him right down to his jock strap, and leave him with nothing to fill it with.

128 wahabicorridor  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:26:59am

re: #113 reine.de.tout

He once stepped on my mom's foot, too, in an elevator!
I wonder if he had big feet?

Or just clumsy. But I was just 14 and pretty small - easy to miss in the crowd.

129 alegrias  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:27:25am

re: #100 realwest

OK, now waitaminute - trying to update scorecard - You're saying McCain cheated on his wife with Donna Rice?
What?!

* * * *
No, sorry, I meant Gary Hart's affair with Donna Rice aboard his boat "Monkey Business" was not the only swinging happening.

I meant Hart & McCain were good bipartisan friends who were both "swingers" while married (not divorced) from their wives.

130 wahabicorridor  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:27:30am

re: #125 Wendya


ok, got it.

131 realwest  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:27:43am

re: #121 austin_blue

Missed it. Four hole playoff with Stewie.


SHIT!

132 SpaceJesus  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:28:13am

there has to be some bureaucratic technicality that allows us to disown the south, there just has to be.

133 Lincolntf  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:28:21am

re: #131 realwest

Nothing's ever easy, eh?

134 SixDegrees  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:28:40am

re: #120 reine.de.tout

Not just an obsession - an "unusual" attraction.
As opposed, I guess, to someone who has a "Normal" attraction to exercise balls.

True. I mean, a long-term, monogamous relation with one ball is understandable. But doing 70 in one night? The guy's got problems.

135 Bobblehead  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:28:54am

re: #120 reine.de.tout

Not just an obsession - an "unusual" attraction.
As opposed, I guess, to someone who has a "Normal" attraction to exercise balls.

It always starts with the exercise balls and moves on to something more sinister like a pilates machine. This man needs help.

136 reine.de.tout  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:28:59am

re: #132 SpaceJesus

there has to be some bureaucratic technicality that allows us to disown the south, there just has to be.

I thought the South tried to "disown" the north at one time, and it didn't work. Why should it work the other way around?

137 jcbunga  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:29:08am

Disgusting.

138 ArmyWife  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:29:13am

re: #132 SpaceJesus

Those of us in the South can only hope you Yankees go elsewhere. ;)

139 realwest  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:29:20am

re: #132 SpaceJesus

there has to be some bureaucratic technicality that allows us to disown the south, there just has to be.


Lord knows we'all hope so!
Uh, you DO live up north, right?!

140 BARACK THE VOTE  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:29:42am

re: #119 alegrias

* * * *
Don't know--wasn't there!
McCain was not divorced when he took up with Cindy, is all I know.

Not divorced, not separated. Wendya is right. McCain lied about it.

But IMO, it's not really our business. McCain even admits he treated Carol horribly; she's forgiven him. I guess it's between them.

On the other hand, a douchebag like Sanford who piously called for Clinton to be impeached, and who abandoned his responsibilities in order to run off to Argentina and schtupp the new 'love of his life', deserves all the shit that can be flung his way.

141 reine.de.tout  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:30:03am

re: #134 SixDegrees

True. I mean, a long-term, monogamous relation with one ball is understandable. But doing 70 in one night? The guy's got problems.

Absolutely!
re: #135 Bobblehead

It always starts with the exercise balls and moves on to something more sinister like a pilates machine. This man needs help.


Oh, yes, he certainly does. Those Pilates machines are rough and can be very dangerous.

142 realwest  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:30:05am

re: #138 ArmyWife
7 seconds! GMTA!

143 DEZes  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:30:05am

re: #132 SpaceJesus

there has to be some bureaucratic technicality that allows us to disown the south, there just has to be.

Can we disown you 1st?

144 MandyManners  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:30:08am

re: #132 SpaceJesus

there has to be some bureaucratic technicality that allows us to disown the south, there just has to be.

Oh, go fuck yourself.

145 wahabicorridor  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:30:47am

re: #123 realwest

"Arnold Palmer stepped on my foot once, cleats and all."
And I'll bet, golf nut that you are, that you haven't washed that foot since, either!
/

I got his autograph too! But it was lost in a flood.

Actually, I hate golf. I've tried it and I hate it. And expensive way to ruin a prefectly good walk. But I'll be happy to drive the cart and drink the beer!

The clincher was the Mahoghany Bay course at St. Thomas. I nearly threw my clubs over the cliff, like in that commercial. "Cept they were rented.

146 realwest  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:31:35am

re: #144 MandyManners
And, as usual, Mandy wins for the most succinct and appropriate response!
Take a bow Mandy!

147 BARACK THE VOTE  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:31:35am

re: #134 SixDegrees

True. I mean, a long-term, monogamous relation with one ball is understandable. But doing 70 in one night? The guy's got problems.

Marriage is between one man and one exercise ball. //////

148 wahabicorridor  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:31:57am

re: #132 SpaceJesus

there has to be some bureaucratic technicality that allows us to disown the south, there just has to be.

What the hell is wrong with you?

Guillian, McGreavy, etc.

McGreavy, especially. He's entered a seminary or something.

149 reine.de.tout  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:32:16am

Damn! New thread and we haven't yet fully discussed the differences between an "unusual" attraction to exercise balls and a "normal" attraction to exercise balls!

150 Pianobuff  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:32:33am

re: #144 MandyManners

Oh, go fuck yourself.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

151 SpaceJesus  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:32:36am

re: #136 reine.de.tout

I thought the South tried to "disown" the north at one time, and it didn't work. Why should it work the other way around?


I'm thinking that after the Civil War, somehow, somewhere, some one in DC perhaps made a technical error in readmitting the south to the Union. I'm sure of it.

There has to be a way to get rid of it once and for all.

152 DEZes  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:32:59am

re: #146 realwest

And, as usual, Mandy wins for the most succinct and appropriate response!
Take a bow Mandy!

She is a treasure.

Hello Mr. realwest.
Lizards.

153 realwest  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:33:12am

OK y'all this time I AM leaving! Hope you all have a great day and that I get the chance to see you all down the road!

154 Bobblehead  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:33:32am

re: #149 reine.de.tout

Damn! New thread and we haven't yet fully discussed the differences between an "unusual" attraction to exercise balls and a "normal" attraction to exercise balls!

Agreed. We need a new thread just for that subject.

155 callahan23  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:33:34am

re: #112 realwest

Uh, I'm sorry my friend, but I don't see a single spot!
Not one!

That is exactly what I was getting at. The sun-spots are extremely late to start their new cycle. And there is some scientists that think that the sun-spot activity is directly connected to the temperatures here on earth.
Here is a graph that tracks back the sun-spots 400 years into the Maunder-Minimum. Some food for thought considering the whole CO2 theory.

156 snowcrash  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:33:35am

re: #151 SpaceJesus
SpaceMoron.

157 SixDegrees  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:33:53am

re: #149 reine.de.tout

Damn! New thread and we haven't yet fully discussed the differences between an "unusual" attraction to exercise balls and a "normal" attraction to exercise balls!

Now that I think about it, 70 in one night bespeaks an unusual amount of...stamina.

I'd hate to be the janitor that had to clean up the gym the next morning.

158 reine.de.tout  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:34:12am

re: #151 SpaceJesus

I'm thinking that after the Civil War, somehow, somewhere, some one in DC perhaps made a technical error in readmitting the south to the Union. I'm sure of it.

There has to be a way to get rid of it once and for all.

Being a redneck suthren heathen myself, I cannot agree with you.
But I'm sure you already knew all of that.

159 Bobblehead  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:34:55am

re: #157 SixDegrees

Now that I think about it, 70 in one night bespeaks an unusual amount of...stamina.

I'd hate to be the janitor that had to clean up the gym the next morning.

Gross! I need brain bleach now.

160 Eclectic Infidel  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:35:17am

re: #16 Cannadian Club Akbar

The beer in my fridge is pure evil so I am doing Gods work by ridding the world of them.

Yes. One ice cold container of liquid evil after another. So sweet the evil.

161 reine.de.tout  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:35:25am

re: #154 Bobblehead

Agreed. We need a new thread just for that subject.

And Pink Freud here to help us figure out what it all means.

162 sergeant Major  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:36:56am

I guess God told him to commit adultery also..

163 wahabicorridor  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:37:10am

re: #161 reine.de.tout

And Pink Freud here to help us figure out what it all means.

damn. you just reminded me - I owe the woman an email, big time!

164 callahan23  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:37:24am

re: #153 realwest

(((realwest))) you are in my thoughts, always.

165 reine.de.tout  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:38:36am

re: #163 wahabicorridor

damn. you just reminded me - I owe the woman an email, big time!

I don't know where she is - I've sent a couple of e- mails and haven't heard from her. Or maybe she's just ignoring me wah-wah-wah!

166 Bobblehead  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:39:01am

re: #161 reine.de.tout

And Pink Freud here to help us figure out what it all means.

Indeed and some of our 1st class wits to keep us laughing. Perhaps on the next private thread?

167 rightymouse  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:39:21am

re: #162 sergeant Major

I guess God told him to commit adultery also..

He mistook that adulterous itch in his pants for divine intervention.

168 reine.de.tout  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:39:48am

re: #166 Bobblehead

Indeed and some of our 1st class wits to keep us laughing. Perhaps on the next private thread?

That would be great!

169 Catttt  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:40:07am

This made me laugh - lord have mercy.

Youtube Video
170 Catttt  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:42:06am

re: #132 SpaceJesus

there has to be some bureaucratic technicality that allows us to disown the south, there just has to be.

Well, the South did TRY to get away........

Comon. The South is rich and varied, and you've obviously never experienced it.

171 jvic  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:43:22am

re: #170 Catttt

Well, the South did TRY to get away........

Comon. The South is rich and varied, and you've obviously never experienced it.

I dealt with a number of Southerners and Southern organizations in the aerospace industry. I respected them and afaik they respected me.

My impression was that if I were willing to adapt to their ways of doing things and work hard and contribute, I was welcome to 'come on down'.

172 reine.de.tout  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:44:13am

re: #169 Catttt

This made me laugh - lord have mercy.

[Video]

ROFL!
That was funny!

173 rightymouse  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:44:15am

re: #169 Catttt

LOLOLOL!

174 wahabicorridor  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:44:33am

re: #170 Catttt

Well, the South did TRY to get away........

Comon. The South is rich and varied, and you've obviously never experienced it.

I'll vouch for that. Born and raised in Pennsylvania - and I've adopted Virginia as my home. It's gorgeous and has history out the kazoo. 22 years now.

175 skaught  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:45:30am

While I think this bonehead should step down, I have to ask why the headline says "I'm doing God's work" and the description claims that he says God wants him to stay on. The release doesn't say either of these things. The "work" mentioned is God's work IN HIM (changing him), not that he believes he is doing God's work. And I didn't see anything in it that says "God wants me to stay on". Why the need to manufacture these things? For yet another goof on faith?

176 shiplord kirel  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:45:45am

I've been channeling socon die-hards, so YOU don't have to:

"Hey, at least he didn't drive that Argie newsbabe off a bridge and drown her!"
"I question the timing of this media witch-hunt, coming so close to the 40th anniversary of Chappaquiddick and all."
"The Soros mind control satellites have gotten to him. I mean, a God-fearing family man like Brother Mark wouldn't make this big an ass of himself of his own free will, would he?"

Source: Kirel News Network® I invent, you decide.

177 wahabicorridor  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:46:46am

re: #174 wahabicorridor


altho' I should add that my mother was a New Orleans girl so I'm well versed in southern cultural cues, which be absolutely opaque to a Yankee.

For example, when a southern woman says to you "Why you sweet thing bless your heart" - it may be time to start running - unless you've just shown up with a pecan pie.

178 rightymouse  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:48:38am

re: #151 SpaceJesus

I'm thinking that after the Civil War, somehow, somewhere, some one in DC perhaps made a technical error in readmitting the south to the Union. I'm sure of it.

There has to be a way to get rid of it once and for all.

Since I wasn't born here, I don't consider myself a northerner or a southerner. What I DO know is that I'm American and love this country. From sea to shining sea.

179 reine.de.tout  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:48:58am

re: #175 skaught

While I think this bonehead should step down, I have to ask why the headline says "I'm doing God's work" and the description claims that he says God wants him to stay on. The release doesn't say either of these things. The "work" mentioned is God's work IN HIM (changing him), not that he believes he is doing God's work. And I didn't see anything in it that says "God wants me to stay on". Why the need to manufacture these things? For yet another goof on faith?

The guy is quoting Bible verses that basically ask people to show him justice, love, mercy & humility that he has not shown in his life. He's the one "goofing" on faith, using it to justify staying in office. Just wrong, imo.

180 callahan23  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:51:36am

Dinner's ready be back in a while.

181 Skaught  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:52:11am

re: #179 reine.de.tout

The guy is quoting Bible verses that basically ask people to show him justice, love, mercy & humility that he has not shown in his life. He's the one "goofing" on faith, using it to justify staying in office. Just wrong, imo.

No, he quoted the verse to indicated how *he* wanted to approach his job. He wasn't asking that people apply that to him. Again, he needs to go. But let's keep things in context.

182 Catttt  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:57:09am

re: #103 zombie

Well, in truth, if he hasn't done anything impeach-worthy, he doesn't need to step down if he doesn't want to.

Committing adultery is shameful, immoral and embarrassing, but it is not a crime.1

Of course, he'll rightfully be a laughingstock for citing the Bible to justify his infidelity, but hey, if he gets his jollies being a public hypocrite, who am I to judge? People have all sorts of strange fetishes these days.

1 Clinton, W & Lewinsky, M, 1995

Believe it or not, adultery is still a crime in Maryland. I used that little-known fact to scare the hell out of my then-husband, since everyone and his cat knew he was cheating. The main use made of this law is that people plead the fifth in divorce court when questioned about adultery.

183 reine.de.tout  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:57:15am

re: #181 Skaught

No, he quoted the verse to indicated how *he* wanted to approach his job. He wasn't asking that people apply that to him. Again, he needs to go. But let's keep things in context.

I do not believe he was quoting verse to indicate how "he" wanted to approach his job.

He was using Bible quotations to try to convince the citizens of that state that he should not pay any consequences for his actions, which go beyond his unfaithfulness to his wife and family, and includes unfaithfulness to the citizens of the state during that period of time he "disappeared" (and then lied about it), leaving the state without its governor.

184 rightymouse  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 10:58:19am

re: #179 reine.de.tout

The guy is quoting Bible verses that basically ask people to show him justice, love, mercy & humility that he has not shown in his life. He's the one "goofing" on faith, using it to justify staying in office. Just wrong, imo.


I have about as much empathy for him as when Swaggart was caught hosing a prostitute & crying his "I have sinned" crocodile tears for the world to see. This was after he exposed (sorry about that) two fellow evangelists, Marvin Gorman and Jim Bakker, for their sexual naughties, mind you.

185 reine.de.tout  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 11:00:37am

re: #184 rightymouse

I have about as much empathy for him as when Swaggart was caught hosing a prostitute & crying his "I have sinned" crocodile tears for the world to see. This was after he exposed (sorry about that) two fellow evangelists, Marvin Gorman and Jim Bakker, for their sexual naughties, mind you.

Exactly.
Remember that after Swaggart was caught with the prostitute and cried those tears, he was CAUGHT AGAIN doing the same thing. I have no use for those who use Bible verses to justify their own actions. They guy made his choice; there should be consequences in this world for poor choices; whatever God's judgement will be of Sanford is not mine to know.

186 lurking faith  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 11:01:58am

re: #132 SpaceJesus

there has to be some bureaucratic technicality that allows us to disown the south, there just has to be.

I'll see your "Mark Sanford" and raise you a "Jesse Ventura" and an "Al Franken."

187 Skaught  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 11:05:50am

What he said/wrote was, "In this regard I think all that has transpired will be particularly relevant in the way I deal with the legislative body and other state leaders going forward. Micah 6:8 asks us to do justice, love mercy, and to walk humbly, and as I begin these steps into the last 18 months of this administration, it will indeed be with a more contrite and humble spirit."

In the first sentence he starts talking about the way he will "deal with the legislative body", then refers to the verse in Micah. So the comment is definitely about how he will approach his work. If you want to think this was a masked effort to have people treat him the same way, that's up to you. But it's not the context of the paragraph. I too think he should shut up and step down. But I can't read his mind or heart, so I don't know if he was meaning more than just the context that he wrote in.

188 rightymouse  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 11:08:49am

re: #185 reine.de.tout

Exactly.
Remember that after Swaggart was caught with the prostitute and cried those tears, he was CAUGHT AGAIN doing the same thing. I have no use for those who use Bible verses to justify their own actions. They guy made his choice; there should be consequences in this world for poor choices; whatever God's judgement will be of Sanford is not mine to know.


And the 2nd time Swaggart told those at Family Worship Center that "The Lord told me it's flat none of your business."

Makes me wonder if these people even believe in G-d, or that they use Him as some sort of carny show to gain money and power. Blech.

189 reine.de.tout  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 11:10:06am

re: #188 rightymouse

And the 2nd time Swaggart told those at Family Worship Center that "The Lord told me it's flat none of your business."

Makes me wonder if these people even believe in G-d, or that they use Him as some sort of carny show to gain money and power. Blech.

You know Jimmy Lee Swaggart is first cousin to a couple of charismatic entertainers, Jerry Lee Lewis, and then the guy who owned the bar in Houston, Mickey Lee Gilley.

Showmen, all of them.

190 reine.de.tout  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 11:13:41am

re: #187 Skaught

What he said/wrote was, "In this regard I think all that has transpired will be particularly relevant in the way I deal with the legislative body and other state leaders going forward. Micah 6:8 asks us to do justice, love mercy, and to walk humbly, and as I begin these steps into the last 18 months of this administration, it will indeed be with a more contrite and humble spirit."

In the first sentence he starts talking about the way he will "deal with the legislative body", then refers to the verse in Micah. So the comment is definitely about how he will approach his work. If you want to think this was a masked effort to have people treat him the same way, that's up to you. But it's not the context of the paragraph. I too think he should shut up and step down. But I can't read his mind or heart, so I don't know if he was meaning more than just the context that he wrote in.

I can't read his mind or heart either and make no claims that I can.

What I can read are his actual actions . . . failure to abide by the commandments and carrying on a most passionate affair with a woman other than his wife, the harm this very public thing has to have done to his children, his abandonment of his duties as Governor of the state . . . I can read those actions and think that this is a man who will use whatever he can, including verse from the Bible, to deflect criticism of himself.

191 rightymouse  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 11:21:54am

re: #189 reine.de.tout

You know Jimmy Lee Swaggart is first cousin to a couple of charismatic entertainers, Jerry Lee Lewis, and then the guy who owned the bar in Houston, Mickey Lee Gilley.

Showmen, all of them.


Yep. Knew about the relationships.

The televangelists have always creeped me out. And politicians who hide behind the Bible when they do things like Sanford creep me out just as much.

192 Skaught  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 11:23:05am

That's fine. But the words do not say what is claimed.

193 poteen  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 11:26:51am

re: #190 reine.de.tout

On target.
He has failed. Rather than face his failures, he has lied. To his wife, children, constituents, mistress and himself. Now he's trying to rationalize his lies.
No integrity, none whatsoever.

194 funky chicken  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 12:03:51pm

re: #51 EmmmieG

It really annoys me when people try to drag God into politics like this. If he wants to do God's work, he can resign, go to Africa, and dig clean wells for them while setting up schools.

How about setting up boarding schools for kids from inner city Charleston, to see if he can get them away from gangsta culture?

Hey, if it's missionary work, it doesn't matter what your percentage of success is, right?

195 hazzyday  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 12:29:53pm

So he got caught and then caught on to religion. He must of not been too serious about his religion before.

A lot of people in the same boat in his state. Maybe he could extend to them his new found religious humility and ask them to serve the state with him.

He can find the like minded folks in prison. And a lot of them are probably more serious and committed to their conversion then he is.


States - Negative motto's
Florida - the dumbest state
California - the most irresponsible state
South Carolina - the most unfaithful state
Washington - the disaster state
Vermont - the I Heart Pedophiles state.
Louisiana - most corrupt state 1
Illinois - most corrupt state 2 (What does this say about the Mississippi River.
Minnesota -- The Frankenstein State.

196 hazzyday  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 12:32:40pm

re: #151 SpaceJesus

I'm thinking that after the Civil War, somehow, somewhere, some one in DC perhaps made a technical error in readmitting the south to the Union. I'm sure of it.

There has to be a way to get rid of it once and for all.

It would be better to sell San Francisco to the Chinese.

197 curt9988  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 2:15:04pm

Barf.

198 SpaceJesus  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 2:31:38pm

re: #196 hazzyday

It would be better to sell San Francisco to the Chinese.

SF is actually nice to visit. The south has absolutely no redeeming qualities.

199 yochanan  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 3:01:12pm

send in the clowns.

200 lorenzo  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 3:07:06pm

I heard that God talked to Sanford while he was eating breakfast. Apparently Gods voice came right out of a box of Corn Flakes. It was reported that God said that coveting another man's wife while abridging his commandments was OK as long as Sanford served the people as governor and used his office to made sure that all South Carolinians had concealed weapons.

201 theheat  Sun, Jul 19, 2009 3:44:29pm

I have to wonder what other voices Sanford's heard, like, "Drop your pants! Time to get sexxay with someone-not-your-wife!"

I knew he'd play the Fundie shell game as soon as he was reported on walkabout with his "spiritual adviser" after he was busted for his little side trip to bone his girlfriend. Now it's all part of God's plan, so he's gonna be A-OK with the bible thumpers.

But, honestly, who really falls for this shit? He might as well tell me his goldfish talks to him.


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