Oh what is this about? I expected the Luv Guv from South Carolina to tender his resignation today, but instead Palin beat him to the draw. Hey, the day isn’t over, be nice if we had two Family Values Repub Governors resign in one day.
Wonder what the story is about? All we know is she is stepping down effective at the end of this month. We know she is considering running for office in 2012, but this is a bit presumptive of her to step down this soon. There has to be more from the Wasilla Hillbilly than a 2012 run for President.
Over the weekend, I was feeling a little bummed not because Michael Jackson died, but rather because Jackson’s death pushed the top media stories of Sanford and Iran off the front page. Sadly, Iran needs our media coverage and isn’t getting any. But Governor Sanford’s on his own volition and need to tell all, has brought the shameful story right back up to super-market tabloid status.
Recently, we heard the Guv and First Lady were working on their marriage and he spent time back at home with his kids. It was like a late Father’s Day weekend for the Sanfords, but by Monday and Tuesday, Mark was behaving in a passive-aggressive manner towards his wife. This does not bode well for a couple trying to mend things. What it really means is he wants a divorce but doesn’t have the guts to tell her or do it, so he purposely sabotages all the so-called work they did on their marriage.
Gov. Mark Sanford’s statement that his concubine from Argentina is his “soulmate” and that he is “trying to fall back into love with his wife” was a fine example of a passive aggressive personality. No one, especially the AP, needed to know this information. It was designed to make him look like a love sick victim but instead it came off for what it is: a mean spirited comment. It also takes the onus off of him to beg for a divorce. With this insulting statement Jenny will seek a divorce (or so he hopes).
This type of behavior is hurting the Governor, his family and the people of South Carolina. It also shines another light on the hypocrisy of the GOP. 6 of the 27 South Carolina Conservative Republican Caucus have now called on Sanford to resign. Only 6, heh? That is quite revealing, too. I hope he doesn’t resign. I hope he continues to quote the Bible to justify his sins. I hope he continues to act like some hapless soul out of a Gabriel Marquez novel. Sanford is keeping me entertained. Sanford is also showing how selfish, cruel and insincere people who wrap themselves in a cross and a flag really are.
Franken finally declared winner in Minnesota Senate Race. The unanimous decision was issued today in favor of Al Franken. Here is what Sen. Bob Menendez of the National Democratic Senatorial Committee said concerning the long ordeal:
“As we’ve seen over the past 238 days, no matter how many times Norm Coleman goes to court, the result of the election never changes: Al Franken earned more votes than Norm Coleman. Al Franken was elected to the Senate and he ought to be able to get to work for the people of Minnesota. We’ve always said that Norm Coleman deserved his day in court, and he got eight months. Now we expect Governor Pawlenty to do the right thing, follow the law, and sign the election certificate. From health care to the Supreme Court to getting our economy moving again, the challenges facing us are complex and we need Al Franken in the Senate. In this historic and urgent moment in our history, Minnesotans have gone long enough without full representation. Al Franken will be an critical voice on the issues before us and it’s time to let him get to work.”
Of course he ignored the Ten Commandments, but managed to cherry pick the Bible to find the right story so he can continue as Governor.
From TPM:
And the South Carolina governor started out by using an interesting comparison to respond to calls for his resignation. King David didn’t back down after his own sex scandal, he told his colleagues, and neither will I.
As long as he is cherry picking the Bible, we need to remind Governor Sanford about what the Bible states as punishment for adultery, Leviticus 20:10
10 ¶ And the man that committeth adultery with another man’s wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
Reasons for stoning people, can be found in Deuteronomy ch.22, here’s one Governor Sanford should read:
22: If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel.
And since Gov. Sanford brought up the King of Israel, here is the story of King David and Bathsheba:
The story is told that David, while walking on the roof of his house, saw Bathsheba, who was then the wife of Uriah, taking a bath. He immediately desired her and later made her pregnant.
In an effort to conceal his sin, David summoned Uriah from the army (with whom he was on campaign) in the hope that Uriah would reconsummate his marriage and think the child his. Uriah was unwilling to violate the ancient kingdom rule applying to warriors in active service.[1] Rather than go home to his own bed, he preferred to remain with the palace troops.
After repeated efforts to convince Uriah to fertilize Bathsheba, the king gave the order to his general, Joab, that Uriah should be abandoned during a heated battle and left to the hands of the enemy. Ironically, David had Uriah himself carry the message that ordered his death. After Uriah was dead, David made the now widowed Bathsheba his wife.
This did not please the Lord, and so…
The king at once confessed his sin and expressed sincere repentance. Bathsheba’s child by David was smitten with a severe illness and died at a few days after birth, which the king accepted as his punishment.
so… tell me why, Governor Mark Sanford used this story to parallel his life. The guy is crazy and needs to resign before he embarrasses his family, state and country any further.
visits the B.A., a well known place for gaycations. And hey, who would ever know? Except the family values Governor of South Carolina left the country (supposedly on the spur- of- the moment) without telling his family or the Lt. Gov. of South Carolina. He didn’t travel with his security either. Well, well, how does one do that? Don’t you need a visa to travel to Argentina? Wouldn’t you think a high profile Republican Presidential candidate traveling to a country decimated by Milton Friedman’s disastrous economic polices would need to have protection?
His SUV was found and had a sleeping bag in it, guess he did that to deceive his wife and family about camping out alone (cough, cough) on the AT. His staff repeated the AT lies so much, our own Times Free Press has it up on page 4 in a small blip at the bottom of the page, the fib was put out by the AP (naturally).
I can’t wait for this week’s National Enquirer to tell us the sordid details. I will update this blog as needed, for now… here’s Patti Lupone in What’s Up Buenos Aires:
Better than reality teevee! The missing Gov. Sanford’s SUV has been found at the Atlanta airport and he was spotted there. Why couldn’t he fly somewhere from Charleston’s airport? Did he fly to Maine to start the AT there instead of northern Georgia? Naah… probably not. T
Stay tuned to find out what lie is told next. Remember his wife and family have not heard from him in six days and there was no contact even on Father’s Day. But the State owned vehicle is parked in the Hartsfield airport, from AJC :
On Tuesday, sources told News 4’s Nigel Robertson that a state vehicle is missing and was tracked down, not to the Appalachian Trail, but to the Hartsfield-Jackson Airport in Atlanta.
Sources told Robertson that a federal agent spotted Sanford in the airport boarding a plane. Robertson was told that the governor was not accompanied by security detail.
Sanford has been out of reach for more than four days, including Father’s Day.
Sawyer has emphasized that the governor was hiking on the Appalachian Trail and that it wasn’t something the staff or Jenny Sanford were concerned about.
But sources told WYFF News 4 that the federal agent who spotted Sanford saw him at the Atlanta airport, which is about 80 miles from the start of the trail.
WYFF News 4 has not yet confirmed where the plane was going or how the governor got to the airport, but it is clear there are two very different stories.
News 4 called the governor’s office, and was told again by staffers that they stand by their original statement that the governor is hiking the Appalachian Trail. They did not want to comment on this story.
We finally heard from the AWOL Governor of South Carolina. He has been missing since last Thursday, but today his office reported he was out walking the Appalachian Trail. Of course, the AT does not go through South Carolina, but that didn’t stop Gov. Sandford (and GOP Presidential hopeful in 2012) from stealing the State SUV to go missing on Father’s Day weekend.
It might strike some of you as odd that a father of four boys would leave them home to go walk the AT on Father’s Day weekend. But this action showed prudent judgement from the Guv because he was out on the AT for Naked Hiking Day. Yep, this weekend was that special time for the AT.
Sanford had not disappeared. According to his spokesman, he was hiking on the Appalachian Trail. Coincidentally, on Naked Hiking Day.
It’s a big tradition. Many hikers celebrate the summer solstice by hiking au naturel. It just so happened the solstice occurred on Fathers Day — one of the days Sanford was hiking.
On Saturday, this beautiful, young woman was killed while walking with her father to show solidarity with Mousavi’s party. Neda’s senseless death was captured on cell phone and put up on the Internet . Neda, was one of many, who were killed by the Basiji on Saturday.
Austin Heap, and other geeks, keep us updated via Facebook of the happenings in Iran. Last Saturday, he received several “goodbye” messages from Iranian students. Reports came in of acid being dropped from helicopters on the protesters. Many wrote in of p.v.c. pipe filled with cement by the police and used on the students. By Saturday afternoon, Austin Heap sent out a message to Iranians to remove their battery from the cell phone and wrap it in foil when they were about 5 minutes from home. The police came during the night and hauled many protesters and twitterers away, their screams were captured on film. The horrors of the government’s brutality is out there for the whole world to witness.
But the Iranian students are not just twittering and waiting for the dreaded knock to happen. Au contraire, they are emboldened through the use of technology and are using this back at the Basiji. Help from around the world is coming through the Internet. It is truly amazing. Here are some of the posts off of Facebook.
your-Freedom, offers an application that breaks through firewall, filters, blocks, etc. THEY ARE NOW OFFERING THEIR SERVICES FOR FREE TO ALL IRANIANS IN IRAN. They have increased their bandwidth, and as soon as you sign up with an IP address from Iran, you get full access to all websites etc, at no charge. This will last until censorship in Iran has stopped!!
and this message:
basij website tracking protesters! Let’s shut it down, ping the f__k out of it! ping = reload the page . Post this into your News Feed so millions of people will load the pages and crash the site. They are going to people’s homes and arresting them!
Everyone is outraged by the crackdown. Neda’s death will not be in vain.
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