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I'd just like to say that the kerfuffle around the Governor of S Carolina, Mark Sanford, is just the most entertaining thing for ages.

A republican of course.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Wed Jun 24th, 2009 at 01:37:32 PM EST
I am loving this...

"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.
by poemless on Wed Jun 24th, 2009 at 01:39:37 PM EST
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To quote Atrios: "I had no idea that the Appalachian Trail went all the way to Argentina."
by Magnifico on Wed Jun 24th, 2009 at 02:21:38 PM EST
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They're holding a presser and he has yet to arrive.  Where is he now?  Morocco?

"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.
by poemless on Wed Jun 24th, 2009 at 02:23:43 PM EST
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At least according to the CS Monitor: Sanford returns home to impeachment rumblings.
by Magnifico on Wed Jun 24th, 2009 at 02:28:49 PM EST
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He's certainly toast. He's so bad Fox have labelled him a democrat.

keep to the Fen Causeway
by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Wed Jun 24th, 2009 at 03:29:51 PM EST
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Reps should look on the bright side: At least this one was with a woman.

So it's at least slightly less outrageously hypocritical than normal.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Wed Jun 24th, 2009 at 03:32:20 PM EST
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Predictable hypocrisy:

Sanford on Livingston

"The bottom line, though, is I am sure there will be a lot of legalistic explanations pointing out that the president lied under oath. His situation was not under oath. The bottom line, though, is he still lied. He lied under a different oath, and that is the oath to his wife. So it's got to be taken very, very seriously." [Sanford on Livingston, CNN, 12/18/98
And on Clinton
"I think it would be much better for the country and for him personally (to resign). I come from the business side. If you had a chairman or president in the business world facing these allegations, he'd be gone." [Sanford on Clinton, The Post and Courier, 9/12/98]
by gk (g k quattro due due sette "at" gmail.com) on Thu Jun 25th, 2009 at 07:39:12 AM EST
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To be fair, he told his staff he'd be tapping some Argentina tail, but they misheard "hiking the Appalachian Trail."

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Wed Jun 24th, 2009 at 03:21:58 PM EST
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ROTFL.

"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.
by poemless on Wed Jun 24th, 2009 at 03:27:58 PM EST
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Better still:  adultery is illegal in SC.

Sweet Lord, it's Xmas!

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Wed Jun 24th, 2009 at 05:01:13 PM EST
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Dang! I initially thought he was pulling a Bill Bryson but this is even funnier than Burlesquoni...

Do you have more characters like him over there? Could you spare one or two for us in Yurp?

Europeans think a hundred miles is a long way. Americans think a hundred years is a long time.

by Bernard on Wed Jun 24th, 2009 at 05:46:31 PM EST
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More?  Oh, dear, dear Bernard, Sanford isn't even that much of a freak.

Google "David Vitter" and "diaper".

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Wed Jun 24th, 2009 at 05:53:32 PM EST
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I only have myself to blame for clicking on this diary....

"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.
by poemless on Wed Jun 24th, 2009 at 06:14:37 PM EST
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Times:
The identity of the leaker is unknown, although they were reportedly forwarded from the Governor's personal email account. Mr Sanford has revealed that his wife Jenny first found out about the affair at about the same time.

Mr Sanford's office has not disputed that the emails are authentic, according to The State.

by Sassafras on Thu Jun 25th, 2009 at 01:49:02 PM EST
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Ruh-roh.  So wifey turned the emails over?

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Thu Jun 25th, 2009 at 11:25:48 PM EST
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Bernard
Do you have more characters like him over there? Could you spare one or two for us in Yurp?

Yes We Have!  At last!  The USA finds an export product for which there is a global demand.


As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Wed Jun 24th, 2009 at 08:53:02 PM EST
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When we alrady have Berlu and Sarko ?? { boggles }

I'd add Brown except they need to be larger-than-life figures and Brown is too politically insubstantial to qualify.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Thu Jun 25th, 2009 at 03:38:05 AM EST
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Once he's PM, Cameron will definitely be in there, though.

I'd have to leave Brown out on grounds that he's still a lot better than Sarko or Butterball.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Thu Jun 25th, 2009 at 06:44:06 AM EST
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funniest comment of the month, Drew.

~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~
by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Thu Jun 25th, 2009 at 01:25:07 PM EST
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A republican of course.

Are you pointing this out for the benefit of those who get their news from Fox?

by gk (g k quattro due due sette "at" gmail.com) on Wed Jun 24th, 2009 at 10:19:35 PM EST
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