TagsTagsToday, Republican House Majority Leader Eric Cantor is calling on Anthony Weiner to resign. But as always with Republicans, it's instructive to take a look at what they said when their people were in the spotlight. In the cases of Mark Sanford and John Ensign, both of whom had real affairs ...
Anthony Weiner, John Ensign, Mark Sanford, Eric Cantor, Republican Party, Hypocrisy
Philandering creationist governor (and Family member) Mark Sanford has been served walking papers by his wife. The First Marriage is ending. First Lady Jenny Sanford issued a statement this morning saying she is filing for divorce from Gov. Mark Sanford. In a two-page filing made this morning in Charleston County family court, ...
Mark Sanford, Politics, South Carolina, Creationism, GOP, Affair
Philandering creationist governor Mark Sanford has now been charged with 37 counts of violating South Carolina ethics laws. The complaint follows a three-month investigation into Sanford’s use of taxpayer money. Sanford is accused of using tax money to buy business-class airfare on domestic and international flights, flying on a state-owned aircraft ...
Mark Sanford, Politics, South Carolina, Creationism, GOP, Affair
Philandering creationist governor Mark Sanford now says he’s being persecuted just like Sarah Palin: Sanford: Now I know what Palin felt like. And he repeated his contention that God put him on Earth to be the governor of South Carolina. Sanford didn’t mention if God also planned for him to sneak ...
Mark Sanford, Politics, South Carolina, Creationism, GOP, Affair, Sarah Palin
South Carolina Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer is calling on philandering creationist governor Mark Sanford to resign, but Sanford says he won’t be “railroaded” out of office by people who just can’t seem to understand that he is a special human being. [Video]
Mark Sanford, Politics, South Carolina, Creationism, GOP, Affair
Philandering creationist GOP governor Mark Sanford is in more hot water. Mark Sanford may have more trouble on his hands. An Associated Press investigation shows the South Carolina Governor took dozens of flights on private planes that he didn’t report despite a state law requiring him to disclose who paid ...
Mark Sanford, Politics, South Carolina, Creationism, GOP, Affair
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 ...
Mark Sanford, Politics, South Carolina, Creationism, GOP, Affair
More of the Mark Sanford story’s leaking out, and it’s just not looking any better for the philandering creationist governor: Sanford, like a man in love, gushes about his ‘soul mate,’ confesses to other encounters. Crying at times and clearly wearing his emotions on his sleeve, the two-term governor also ...
Mark Sanford, Politics, South Carolina, Creationism, GOP, Affair
The saga of Governor Mark Sanford descends into farce, as he admits he lied about how often he saw his Argentinian mistress. COLUMBIA, S.C. – South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford admitted Tuesday that he saw his Argentine mistress more times than previously disclosed, including what was to be a farewell ...
Mark Sanford, Politics, South Carolina, Creationism, GOP, Affair
What’s going on with these top state officials and naked hiking? Former mayor in Georgia arrested for nudity. CLAYTON, Ga. – Naked time got a little too public for a former Georgia mayor. Authorities arrested Mark Musselwhite and charged him with public indecency last weekend after state Department of Natural Resources ...
Mark Sanford, Politics, South Carolina, Creationism, GOP, Affair, Mark Musselwhite, Georgia
One of the worst ways to learn about an affair is to find a love letter. South Carolina first lady Jenny Sanford says she discovered her husband’s affair in January when she found a letter to the governor from his mistress. Jenny Sanford told The Associated Press on Friday she told ...
Mark Sanford, Politics, South Carolina, Creationism, GOP, Affair
Sen. John F. Kerry weighs in on the disappearance of Mark Sanford with a real knee-slapper. WASHINGTON - A jovial U.S. Sen. John Kerry must have been channeling his inner Letterman Tuesday when he quipped the wrong governor had gone missing. The Bay State Democrat was regaling a group of business ...
Mark Sanford, Politics, South Carolina, Creationism, GOP, Affair, John F. Kerry
It’s kind of amazing, but Governor Mark Sanford actually seems to believe he can remain in office despite his propensity for disappearing without notice and lying about the reason. Byron York: Serious questions remain for Mark Sanford.
Mark Sanford, Politics, South Carolina, Creationism, GOP, Affair
An affair, with an Argentinian woman, apparently. Tell me you didn’t see this one coming.
South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford’s lost weekend mystery tour may not have been the best idea, politically speaking: The Fallout from Sanford’s South American Adventure. South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford’s South American getaway may be every chief executive’s dream — ditching security, escaping the bubble and wandering through a foreign ...
If you were worried about South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, worry no more: he’s been located. The whereabouts of Gov. Mark Sanford was unknown for nearly four days, and some state leaders question who was in charge of the executive office. But Sanford’s office told the lieutenant governor’s office Monday afternoon ...
At the South Carolina GOP convention (where creationist Karen Floyd was unanimously elected to lead the state’s Republican Party), Sen. Lindsey Graham gave a speech that became a farce when he said, “Let me tell you — Ron Paul, I like, I admire him, but I don’t agree with him ...
Evolution, Creationism, Religion, Intelligent Design, Science, GOP, Republican Party, Anti-Science, South Carolina, Karen Floyd, Ron Paul, Mark Sanford, Lindsey Graham
Randy Barnett follows up his post on the appalling prevalence of creationists in the GOP, with a point I’ve also been hammering over and over: Defining “Creationism” Down. If your favorite candidate is on record favoring creationism as science to be taught in government schools, he or she has already ...
Evolution, Creationism, discovery institute, Science, Bobby Jindal, Tim Pawlenty, Mark Sanford
For reference, I’m not the only blogger who believes that the GOP’s association with creationism is one of the factors that caused massive losses in the last two elections; Randy Barnett at the Volokh Conspiracy: This is Not Good. And since there are so many people who insist on denying this, ...
Evolution, Creationism, discovery institute, Science, Bobby Jindal, Tim Pawlenty, Mark Sanford
Here’s an Associated Press article on three Republican governors who are being looked at as front runners in the 2012 presidential election: Mark Sanford, Tim Pawlenty, and Bobby Jindal. All creationists. Mark Sanford: Newswatch * WIS * TV * January 29, 2006 Host: David Stanton Guest: Gov. Mark Sanford DS: What do you think about ...
Evolution, Creationism, discovery institute, Science, Bobby Jindal, Tim Pawlenty, Mark Sanford