The Real Housewife of South Carolina
by Jeffrey JenaGuys like South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford are killing the Republican Party. You can’t turn up your nose at Bill Clinton and Elliott Spitzer and then make excuses for Mark Sanford. One of the reasons I usually vote for Republicans is that I like to think they reflect my conservative political and moral values. I like to think that their personal values will be reflected in the way they govern. When your personal life is in the gutter, it’s hard to take the moral high ground. I have to question the judgment of any politician who engages in risky behavior in his personal life. Bad personal life judgment means bad professional judgments.
There are a lot of other things in this story that make me question Mark Sanford’s judgment. How can any sane man think that he can jet off to South America for a week and have it go unnoticed? My brother runs a pizza joint and if he shows up fifteen minutes late the place is in chaos. How can a guy who runs a state think he can go off the grid for a week? I have long believed that a secret is only a secret if just one person knows it. How did the Governor’s love email get out? Gov. Sanford’s mistress claims her account was hacked. That means someone knew where to look for these love letters.
Here is another problem: Almost no one gets caught the first time they break a rule or a law. I am gonna guess that Governor Stanford has had another girlfriend or two in his past. I believe in forgiveness and that people can change but you do that in private and not while you are trying to fend off the liberals who are trying to ruin our country while your ex-mistresses are popping out of the woodwork. Mark Stanford needs to make some apologies and a quick exit from the political stage.
When he turns in his papers, I have the perfect person to replace him: his wife Jenny Sanford. She has been reported to be one of his top advisors and has experience in business and government. I also think she gives the other Republican Party hottie, Sarah Palin, a run for her money in the looks department. Here is what I like most about Jenny Sanford; she was not standing next to her husband when he gave his apology for his Argentine adventure. I have often wondered where these politicians find women who are willing to walk out behind them after they have been treated like doormats. She gave her husband a chance to straighten up when she found out about the affair a few months ago but now she is telling him to go suck eggs. She cares more about herself, herself self-respect and her values than the power of being First Lady of South Carolina with the possibility of moving up in a few years. If Hillary Clinton had that kind of spine, she would be sitting in the big chair right now instead of hoping that she can hang on and get her shot in 2016.
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Well, as has already been mentioned I have a lot more respect for Jenny for not following the other wives and do the "cuckold stance" – stoically standing by the husband while he makes his public confession.
Hypocrite of all this really goes to John Edward's wife who apparently knew about all of his mischief while on the campaign trail – campaigns for him – then once the story became public (no thanks to the MSM) seems to want it both ways and write a book on the issue.
BTW supposedly all of the Sanfords are spending the 4th of July at Jenny's parents home in Palm Beach – I would not want to be there with the Guv.
Hormones?
Some guys just "govern" with their little head, regardless of party lines. A cheater is a cheater regardless of party affiliation. A bum is a bum is a bum.
I don't believe he should step down though because Clinton didn't and neither did Edwards when their affairs came to light. The question is and should always be..Can they still do their jobs and do them well despite the "distractions" in their lives.
Don't you people need to read your bible and forgive?? Isn't that what your bible is for? To guide you people in times of chaos and strife. To see the correct path to take. Or is the bible just to be used as apolitical tool by small minded people to club the opposing party with when they do the sinnin'?
Seems that Sanford may well be more of a bad example for his son's than Clinton ever was. He said and the "HE" here is Sanford himself – He said that he asked his wife's permission to keep the affair going? Like DUH why not ask your GOD – Mr Republican Family Values Good Christian that you are. Or Satan – whichever you worship more. Why try to put the responsibility on an innocent woman to go out and sin like a drunken sailor? A woman that believed you when you got married to her in a church and vowed all that love for her for a long long time like you were telling the truth?
Please do not flame me for this posts folks. I am not really very familiar with lying hypocritical church going sinners that are more than ready to use the bible and its teaching for their own hypocritical political purposes.
Me too.
Who here? Not me either, Saul. We MUST expect our leaders to lead exemplary lives, that's why they are LEADERS, to LEAD by example. If we drop our standards and morals we become LIBERALS!
Thinking with the little head.
THANK YOU!!!
Agree completely, Sarah. Rachel, I'm sorry, but, WHAT?
Of course not, Roscoe. But all the same, KICK him to the curb! Some scummy ba**ard who cheats on his wife and, by extension, his family, can't be trusted! As I said above, if we drop our standards and morals we will become LIBERALS!
Go back under your bridge, troll. GOD forgives, not us. Besides, the Bible tells us how not to live as well as how we are to live our lives properly. Have you ever read the Bible?
Who here? Not me either, Saul. We MUST have LEADERS who LEAD by example, that's why they are leaders, otherwise we are just LIBERALS.
Actually, the Bible says that we have to forgive if we expect forgiveness from God. I don't have to forgive Sanford because he hasn't wronged me, but the voters have the right to do anything they want with him. The people he really needs to be worried about are his wife and children. If the mistress really is his soul mate then he should have divorced his wife respectfully and pursued what he wanted like a man. If it was me, I'd have a really hard time forgiving my partner for treating me the way he has treated his wife.
That said, I think it has squat to do with his governing. You can't throw a rock (or even turn one over) without finding a politician with some scandal in his life. I don't expect any of them to be perfect, or an example of how I should live my life. I want to see them do the right thing in terms of politics. Anything else (as long as it's not illegal) should be between them and their families.
Hey What?(What kind of asinine pseudo is that anyway?) No, "we people" don't need to read our Bible and forgive, judgement is reserved for GOD, but you know so much about the subject of adultery from your beloved LIB leaders I'm sure you are an expert on the issue, right? Don't start running your mouth just to try and judge people who go to church just because you think the oppurtunity arises.
Apparently you live in some place other than the real world. Even if I granted your premise to you that we don't have the right to "the intimate personal details of a politician's [fixed that for you too] life", reality is what it is. If you're a Republican, you have to be as moral as Jesus (and even then they'll hate you).
But the fact is that we DO have the right to know the content of the character of the person we are selecting to office. And I, for one, think that someone who cheats on a woman whom he has vowed before witnesses to be faithful to until death would think nothing of cheating on a constituency that he has vowed before witnesses to be faithful to merely for the term of his service.
And to answer your question, who in their right mind would volunteer for that? Those with a clean conscience.
Exactly. He was definitely no RINO. And none of that changes the fact that he should resign.
The thing about Clinton was that he was POTUS when he committed this act. The "sisters" over at NOW would run any CEO out of the job under the label of "sexual harassment" if they did what Clinton did since it involved a white house intern. I guess "sexual harassment" never got on the list of high crimes and misdemeanors. Most of the politicians who resign over affairs do so out of shame and the feeling they have lost the trust and confidence of the electorate. What Clinton was impeached for was lying under oath. The vote was partisan and the defense was since the lie was "just" about sex, it did not rise to the level of impeachable offense. Most people, even conservatives did not want to tear the country apart again with another forced removal of a president. Practically speaking, this worked out well for the country. Do we think algore might have prevailed in the 2000 election if he had been the sitting president?
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I'm not sure if you are aware of the fact that the Bible, in Jesus' own words says "Judge not, lest ye be judged also". To judge is to literally hate(resent) as you also discern the truth. Jesus threw the Money-changers out of the temples and he made people aware of their sins on a daily basis. But he did it all with out hate in his heart. We don't have to put up with someone because we are afraid of God's judgement. Rather, we should see the man for what he is and he must pay the price for living the lie. We all do everyday, for any transgressions we commit. He has shown his true colors and he has to pay. I, for one, am sick and tired of the pols and their scandals, it can't matter if we agree with his job performance, LEADERS LEAD by example. Once more, and I'm sure you can agree, if we abandon our standards and morals we become LIBERALS. Sorry, but everyone has to be held to the same standards.
Also Des, how do you divorce your wife respectfully, especially after having an affair? It's quite obvious he was never worried about the most precious people on Earth to him, his family. Not to nitpick, but how is divorcing the mother of your children so you can be with another woman considered manly behaviour?
The one I like best is Barney Frank. Gets busted for running an escort service out of his basement and now he gets to spend Trillions of our dollars on his projects.
Sanford is just a plain idiot or is going through a mental melt down with his interviews and tails. He needs to resign. This guy cannot be with it upstairs with the statements he has made. He thinks he should still running a state, give me a break.
Of course Obama and his support for Iran and not Honduras shows me this guys elevator does not go all the way to the top floor either.
"A cheater is a cheater regardless of party affiliation.A bum is a bum is a bum." Well put, that being said, how can you then say that you don't believe he should step down because Clinton or Edwards didn't? I think we have to hold our conservative leaders to conservative convictions and principles, regardless of what the libs do. I know, the double standard that the libs(especially the MSM) hold conservatives to is sickening. But if we don't expect more of our leaders, we will never get more.
Perhaps you do have a valid point, the man can still call himself a Republican, but he is certainly not a conservative. Conservatism is not just a political philosophy, it is also a Way of Life.
Excellent argument for term limits!
I could defend him in the beginning. Just because a person strives for the moral high road doesn't make them more guilty when the mess up than someone who never strived for it to begin with. I do think him being off the grid for a week could have been disasterous.
But the last few days with the soulmate talk, the crossed the line before talk and finding out Jenny had told him NOT to go see her changed my mind. His post apology behavior doesn't display a spirit of repentance and the selacious details are just plain cruel to his family.
Simple answer is that it's not a fireable offense in any other job so why should it be now.
But if we don't expect it, we shall never get better leaders.Also, the very essence of conservatism is just that, strong families and moral structure being the main theme or platform, anything else is not conservatism.
That's not true. It might be a goal, but we all fail in our attempts to live up to our expectations. It's not for any of us to decide who qualifies for any particular political philosophy. You can say he's a poor representative of Conservatism, but there isn't a person who can fulfill everyone's expectations. Sanford failed publicly (in a big way), but there is no one that can be pointed to as the pinnacle of Conservatism. Everyone believes in something or makes poor choices that someone on the sideline can point to and say, "He/she isn't a REAL Republican." It's why I think the term RINO is not only elitist, it's pointless.
Exactly! What's the next "offense" will we decide people should be disqualified from public life for engaging in? Drinking? Smoking? Speeding? Being mean on the internet?
Sanford cheating on his wife (especially in the manner he did it in) shows that no one should trust him to be their life mate. It doesn't say anything about his political trustworthiness. The voters can decide not to re-elect cheaters (Sanford is already term-limited), but no one should be forced to resign because people don't approve of his choices if they're legal.
To judge is to literally hate(resent) as you also discern the truth.
Well, that's an interpretation, but not an exact definition. I agree that you can use any measure you deem important to vote for someone. I just disagree that once we find out what a particular politician's foibles are, we immediately need to ostracize them over it. You shouldn't be hoping that any politician is going to embody your ideals, no matter what they say or do. That's how con men get themselves into positions of power. Vote for the person who agrees with you the most, then vote for someone else if he stops doing so.
Maybe we should stop looking at the people we put into office as leaders and start looking at them as representatives.
I don't need to be "led", I need someone who will speak up when another representative attempts to enact legislation that is counter to my interests.
Anyway, I don't care if my representative leads a squeaky clean life or chases women of loose moral turptitude. I just want him to be effective at his job. I'm not looking for a charismatic leader. We already have one too many.
Yeah, I phrased that poorly. If you are dissatisfied with your marriage, then you act like a man and deal with it. Too many people try to line up the next thing while they still have the safety of their current relationship. If he knew he was unhappy, he should have fixed it or asked for a divorce. That would have been respectful. To have an affair, then do something so stupid which made it national news brought humiliation on her and his children. It doesn't get more disrespectful.
Then you will get just that, some morally bankrupt freak who can look you straight in the eye and lie to you with absolutely no conscience only to get your vote, and then sell you down the river. WOW, dosen't that sound all too familiar? We MUST demand more of our reps, pols, whatever you want to call them!
http://www.salem-news.com/articles/october172007/...
Then who decides? What do you think we have elections for? I also believe that some are better examples of living the Conservative lifestyle(yes, it is a Way of Life) than others, and that is the person who will get my vote.You see, it is up to us, we are the ones who decide who is a real conservative, republican, independent, whoever you are voting for.
I don't need to be "led", I need someone who will speak up when another representative attempts to enact legislation that is counter to my interests.
Amen. I look to my religion to be led. I look to politicians to do what I tell them to, or I look for someone else who will. Anyone expecting their politicians to also be their role models is asking to get scammed.
The next "offense" will be whatever it is the voters find offensive about any particular pol, it's for us to decide.
No, it's up to us to vote for the person we like the most (for whatever reason is important to us). Nobody elected you or me to decide who's a "real" Republican, Libertarian, Democrat, Conservative, Liberal, Moderate, Christian, or anything else. Worrying about nonsense like labels is what has led the Democrats to power. That's the game they want to play (and the MSM is happy to be the referee). In the end, none of our opinions about someone's "real-ness" makes any difference, so the only reason to debate it is to make yourself feel superior.
Simpler answer is the enormous ramifications of politics in our lives.
I'm with you about voting. You can vote for whatever reason you choose (even if it's thinking your candidate is cuter than the other one). But to force someone to leave office? That's only for a crime or if the person is no longer able to govern.
Of course Obama and his support for Iran and not Honduras shows me this guys elevator does not go all the way to the top floor either.
Which is exactly why we shouldn't care so much about our politician's being our role models. Liberals are literally in love with Obama, so they give him a pass on virtually everything. Bill Clinton didn't get half of the pass from the MSM or the public that Obama does, which shows you that they have adopted him as some sort of messianic figure who can do no wrong (and anyone who criticizes him therefore must be evil). I don't have a love affair with any politician and I don't expect them to do anything except what they say they will regarding policy. When they don't, I look for their replacement.
Yes, it is an exact definition, not a matter of semantics.Anyway, all that aside, I feel we MUST try to hold our reps feet to the fire or we will certainly be sold out. You make a great point in saying we have to vote for the person who agrees with us the most, then vote for someone else if he stops doing so. This is as much power as we will ever have to shape our country's very future, the shape of the political landscape today is very scary, isn't it?
I totally agree, the shape of our nation's very soul is at stake.
Definitely, but it never hurts to try and look for the total package, which I'm sure is what you also try to do. The more you can trust a person by examining his lifestyle, the more comfortable you will be in voting for him, true?
Well put, but it never hurts to have the most trustworthy person on the job, especially with the power our pols have accrued in this day and age.
True. Of course I'm cynical to begin with, so it takes a lot to convince me. There are a few candidates that I trust more than others, but I can't recall one who stands out as my ideal. The ones who seem the most honest don't always agree with me, and vice versa. If I can't have the whole package, I'll be happy to just vote for the guy (or woman) who best expresses policies the way I see them. That way if he/she doesn't turn out to be who they said they were, I can see it in their vote.
Or how about-"He leads a conservative lifestyle, therefore I trust him and I will vote for that person"? The beautiful thing here, and scary at the same time, is we all have a responsibility to make a well informed choice.
That is an excellent point. With the way politicians have scammed the system, it's incredibly hard to get rid of the bad ones. That makes me want to get term limits passed on Congress, or change the financing laws to make both candidates more evenly matched. I especially hate jury-mandering where they change the district makeup to their benefit. Neither Republicans nor Democrats should be setting up residence in Congress for the rest of their lives before they've even passed their first bit of legislation.
Very true, the pols don't make it easy nowadays, do they?
I'm not an apologist for cheaters period but I'm also not going to sit and judge someone on their poor decisions in life. I don't agree with what he did but that's for him and his family to work through and it really shouldn't be part of the public interest. If he had spent taxpayers funds on his little jaunts then that would be an entirely different story altogether.
I don't feel sorry for him and I don't want him to step down, I do however; believe that he's probably being punished more then he ever thought he would be. Humiliation is a hard thing to live down, especially when one is in the public eye. IMO that's punishment enough.
I still think you're asking to get disappointed if you're trying to judge someone by what part of their private life you get to see. If he/she is doing something publicly (like Newt with his multiple marriages), then that's one thing, but if you take someone's word that they are really living the lifestyle they claim to be, you wind up with Larry Craig or Ted Haggert.
I still think you're asking to get disappointed if you're trying to judge someone by what part of their private life you get to see. If he/she is doing something publicly (like Newt with his multiple marriages), then that's one thing, but if you take someone's word that they are really living the lifestyle they claim to be, you wind up with Larry Craig or Ted Haggard.
Very true, I am also cynical to begin with, but I feel somewhere deep down inside is an eternal optimist, its just the sad state of affairs now seems to make one even more cynical, almost as a self-defense mechanism.We really have to pay attention to our pols in this day and age, they are very slick and polished.
No one cares, dude.
Well gee they forgot to include my neighbors in their report. That article is hysterically laughable, they listed everyone on the republican side who ever even thought of cheating, not just people in office either. They'd better be careful on their accusations about W though, highly unfounded liberal trash. I smell a libel lawsuit not far away.
I stand by my compliment to Mrs Standford. How does the fact that I recognize someone's appearence, be it race or perceived beauty diminish my arguement that the Governor and his ilk are killing the GOP?
I don't care what people look like either, however to say Obama isn't a good leader is factually inaccurate. He led enough of the voting public to back him and he is now running the show. To dismiss his abalities because we don't agree with him makes it more difficult for conservatives to fight against him. Like General Patton we need to study our opponents and learn from him so we can defeat him and his idealogy.
Bravo! I totally agree, it is so very hard to get them out once they are in .Unfortunately, the re-districting you just mentioned is on the very horizon with the upcoming census, and it already stinks to high heaven!
Yes, they definitely try to only show the part of their life that they want you to see, but its all we have right now.It would seem that our pols have made voting in a general election a full-time job just in trying to keep informed as a voter!
It seems to me if you can't trust him with his own family, I'm certainly not going to trust him with mine.
Also ,unfortunately, it seems as the ones who are the most humiliated are the most innocent ones, their families
That would be fun to watch.
Yes, very well put, we should never underestimate the libs capabilities, especially their organizational skills in "mobilising" their voting bloc.
He had to lie and deceive his own family to have this affair. Which means he does not feel obligated to tell the truth. But you think in his normal every day life of politics he will be completely honest with the voters, because his relationship with the voters is so much more stronger than the relationship with his wife? Certainly, you must be joking.
Doesn't it matter that he is the chief exec of the state? Even if he just went off to read the Bible, he is still supposed to let the state officials know where he is and how to reach him.
Not necessarily. Obama has a pretty conservative lifestyle as far as his own family is concerned. It is only the rest of America that gets the corruption, nasty machine politics, the economic malaise, the bad schools, the unconstitutional bureaucracy, the orchestrated destruction of traditional values.
What makes you conservative are the public positions you take. And the first step is recognizing that it´s not all about you. For example, I am not religious – not a believer at all. But I recognize the importance of Judeo-Christian values for our civilization and I support Christians, defend them, vote with them, all the rest of it. My personal life is just that. And if you cannot do that, we are just talking about identity politics, not conservatism.
We know what makes a conservative:
"At the heart of every conservative endeavor is the effort to conserve a historically given community. In any conflict the conservative is the one who sides with "us" against "them"–not knowing, but trusting. He is the one who looks for the good in the institutions, customs and habits that he has inherited. He is the one who seeks to defend and perpetuate an instinctive sense of loyalty, and who is therefore suspicious of experiments and innovations that put loyalty at risk.
So defined, conservatism is less a philosophy than a temperament; but it is, I believe, a temperament that emerges naturally from the experience of society, and which is indeed necessary if societies are to endure. The conservative strives to diminish social entropy."
How exactly do you call Sanford a RINO? This is the problem with Republicans….the guy is one of the leaders on Fiscal Conservatism in the nation, then the second you don't like something he does, you say he's not really a Republican. That is exactly what's wrong with the Republican party today.
The thing about Clinton was that he was POTUS when he committed his act. The "sisters" over at NOW would run any CEO out of the job under the label of "sexual harassment" if they did what Clinton did since it involved a white house intern. I guess "sexual harassment" never got on the liberal list of high crimes and misdemeanors. Most of the politicians who resign over affairs do so out of shame and the feeling they have lost the trust and confidence of the electorate. What Clinton was impeached for was lying under oath. The vote was partisan and the defense was "since the lie was "just" about sex, it did not rise to the level of impeachable offense." Most people, even conservatives did not want to tear the country apart again with another forced removal of a president. Practically speaking, this may actually have worked out well for the country. Do we think algore might have prevailed in the 2000 election if he had been the sitting president?
Of course I don't know Sanford but it *looks* like he is a bit humorless. I think a normal dose of joking and an occasional party can go along way to in preventing personal meltdowns.
I completely disagree (not that you're allowed to have an opinion, though). How can you define who lives a better Conservative lifestyle when you can't define what Conservative is? To some, Conservative is a monetary philosophy, to others it's about the size and scope of government. For some it's about freedom or the capitalistic ideals we've established. Others believe it's about behavior. Some believe it's a combination of some or all. There is no single definition of Conservatism, so you can only speak for your own opinion of what it means to you. What it means to me is very different so it can't be quantified, therefore it's pointless to argue about who's a "better" Conservative.
Think of it more as a verb…."He's very Conservative on fiscal issues," or "I like his Conservative stand on values." Trying to use it as a job title doesn't make any sense, and just leads to fights that go nowhere, but keep people apart who's philosophy's are actually very similar. The sad thing is, the worst offenders aren't the MSM, it's people who make their living selling Conservatism for profit. Much like Al Gore has made a hundred million selling global warming, it's easy to find commentators who've made millions by claiming they can tell you who's a "good" Conservative and who isn't. It's the same snake-oil salesman technique, people just don't seem to notice because they have already made their purchase.
He should stay. Clinton and Kennedy did not miss a step with their filth. I don't want him replaced with a Democrat with no standards. This has been Republican suicide, stop playing the Dems' game.
Frankly if I was governer and did that to my wife, I would not be handing in my resignation, I would be getting buried as my wife explained to the police that I accidentally fell on my knife 22 times.
I read your quote as "Be careful who you SLEEP WITH on on the way up the ladder because you might have to look him in the eye on the way back down."
And it kind of made some sense.
You are correct , it is unfortunate that he didn't display conservative values in the conduct of his personal life. My point being that if a pol shows his true colors in this manner it would certainly be harder if not impossible to vote for him the next time, as you pointed out, in his case, it dosen't matter anyway, there is no next time for him.
Exactly!
(quote by Roger Scruton)
I have no problem calling Mark Sanford a conservative. He was by most accounts a good conscientious governor of his state. It is only right that his career is over, because he has displayed not only personal failings but stupidity and recklessness in the public handling of the affair. No excuses for that. But don´t give me that RINO nonsense. If every governor were a Sanford, we would be embarrassed, but we would on average be better off as a nation (you bet, given the size of California and Michigan).
You rethugs neo nazis are worst than hitler and you make the good old usa look worst than Germany in the 1930's & 40's. Im so glad I moved from that redneck hellhole full of inbred gap tooth goobers called South Carolina. ALL YOU SCUMBAGS SUCK AND IF YOU DON'T LIKE OUR PRESIDENT TAKE YOUR FUNKY A.S.S.E.S. BACK TO AFRICA.
I agree w/ Funeral Guy! Times 10. J. Sanford is a fairly attractive woman, somewhat a WASPy ,raw-boned uptight chick IMHO, but nowhere near in Sarah Palin's realm of looks. So ditto on getting your eyes checked. Quickly. As for Gov. Mark, I say let his term play out, he will leave at some point when people get tired of him. He actually may be crazy like a fox, though, he sure did undercut all the plans the left had of "outing" his secrets, didn't he? And has the lefty feminazis writing odes to him.
The only impression I get of Sanford is that he's nuts. I don't care if he gets back together with his wife or not, or what political party he represents. It's obvious the people of South Carolina will be better off when he's gone and I hope it's soon. I'm VERY happy he didn't get further in Republican politics, just like I'm glad Newt Gingrich didn't because he was doing roughly the same thing Clinton was when Gingrich was still Speaker. They're all kind of out of the same mold, and it's slimy.
Seriously not sure why people keep saying he had a chance at the Presidency. Not really. He doesn't, nor has he ever had the personality, or even seemingly the drive. He never struck me as president material, just by the simple virtue of being a fiscally responsible governor.
[...] Read it. When he turns in his papers, I have the perfect person to replace him: his wife Jenny Sanford. She has been reported to be one of his top advisors and has experience in business and government. I also think she gives the other Republican Party hottie, Sarah Palin, a run for her money in the looks department. Here is what I like most about Jenny Sanford; she was not standing next to her husband when he gave his apology for his Argentine adventure. I have often wondered where these politicians find women who are willing to walk out behind them after they have been treated like doormats. She gave her husband a chance to straighten up when she found out about the affair a few months ago but now she is telling him to go suck eggs. She cares more about herself, herself self-respect and her values than the power of being First Lady of South Carolina with the possibility of moving up in a few years. If Hillary Clinton had that kind of spine, she would be sitting in the big chair right now instead of hoping that she can hang on and get her shot in 2016. [...]
Wag: I like your version better. Sorry, Dad.
Can we at least agree that the-soon-to-be-former Mrs. Sanford is TONS better looking than Nancy and Hillary?
Personally I'd rather have a governor who fights the Orwellian Real ID program and refuses to participate in the Ponzi Stimulus scam who also cheats on his wife over a faithful governor who allows himself to be Washington's puppet like most states have.
Get an education.
I agree with you to a certain extent, but I think that Jenny's failure to keep her mouth shut, suggests a certain lack of judgment on her part.
I agree with you to a certain extent, but I think that Jenny's failure to keep her mouth shut suggests a certain lack of judgment on her part.
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