Posted on 10/16/2019 6:42:13 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The bell in the Independence Hall tower rang at 9 a.m., and Mark Sanford took a deep breath. He grabbed a giant check for “one trillion dollars,” stood next to a tiny wooden lectern, and asked me if I was ready for him to kick off a news conference announcing his bid to challenge President Donald Trump in the 2020 Republican primary.
It didn’t really feel like a news conference. I was the only reporter there.
And when it began, the only others around besides his two aides were a family 30 yards away with a selfie stick and a group of students from Paris who wanted to know why he had such a big check. (Answer: It represented the burden of the national debt.)
The former South Carolina congressman and governor — perhaps best known for disappearing from office for six days in 2009 to visit a paramour in Argentina — launched his long-long-long-shot presidential campaign Wednesday in a gloomy Philadelphia. The launch also served to kick off his "Kids, We’re Bankrupt and We Didn’t Even Know It” tour — a 3,500-mile, weeklong road trip he hopes will “spark a needed conversation” within the Republican Party about spending and debt. He was set to make stops later Wednesday in Harrisburg and Pittsburgh.
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Mark,when the phone don’t ring you’ll know it’s me.
There’s a sucker born every second.
Was that his ex or his girlfriend? It’s not sad. It’s an indication of how out of touch these people are. Remember John Edwards. Wife dying a girlfriend with child and he thinks he can win. Hillary? Don’t get me started.
Pretty tight campaign, Sanford.
I’m one of the 11 Philadelphian Republicans, I’m pretty easy to find, and I didn’t get an invite.
Just as well, I’m sure the conversation would immediately deteriorate into why you’re making a fool of yourself...
But upwards and onwards!
He’d a gotten a bigger audience on the Appalachian Trail.
You misspelled Pathetic
I dare the press to come after me.
Whats his face Gary Hart on a yacht with a tart.
Somebody besides him?
I’d be interested in knowing what kind of trouble with the boss that got this one reporter assigned to be there?
“Kids, We’re Bankrupt and We Didn’t Even Know It”
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Who does he think he’s talking to?
We don’t know we’re dead broke? Dude.
My wife is an alumnus of Archbishop Ryan High School. Go Rag Dolls!
The former South Carolina congressman and governor — perhaps best known for disappearing from office for six days in 2009 to visit a paramour in Argentina — launched his long-long-long-shot presidential campaign Wednesday in a gloomy Philadelphia. The launch also served to kick off his "Kids, We’re Bankrupt and We Didn’t Even Know It” tour — a 3,500-mile, weeklong road trip he hopes will “spark a needed conversation” within the Republican Party about spending and debt.
"Mr. Sanford, what color is the sky in your world?"
Argentina?
go back to Argentina dipsh1t...
In 2008 when Obama was in Europe, McCain took a campaign trip to a community in NH. He was met by an audience of one — a local reporter.
Fred Sanford to Mark Sanford,”YOU BIG DUMMY”
HaHa, I really miss ol’ Fred.
This guy is such a nobody, he could shout the N word in Compton and not get noticed.
His dropping out of the race will also be a non-event.
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