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Mark Sanford kicked off his presidential campaign against Trump in Philly. One person showed up.
The Philadelphia Inquirer ^ | October 16, 2019 | Anna Orso

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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TOPICS: Pennsylvania; South Carolina; Campaign News; Parties
KEYWORDS: 2020; argentina; donaldtrump; gop; harrisburg; marksanford; nevertrump; nevertrumper; nevertrumpers; pennsylvania; philadelphia; pittsburgh; republicans; sanford; southcarolina; trump; wompwomp
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Mark Sanford should......

......Take A Hike!


21 posted on 10/16/2019 7:02:49 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
One person showed up.

Well, it's a start. Next month the news might report his turnout doubled.

22 posted on 10/16/2019 7:03:40 PM PDT by C210N (If you dislike productive billionaires, be 1,000 times more suspect of one confiscatory trillionaire)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; Impy; BillyBoy; LS; NFHale; GOPsterinMA; campaignPete R-CT; AuH2ORepublican; ...

*snickers*


23 posted on 10/16/2019 7:03:43 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Who will think of the gerbils ? Just say no to Buttgiggity !)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Get lost, Mark.


24 posted on 10/16/2019 7:04:07 PM PDT by madison10
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The Republican base enthusiasm for #NeverTrumper candidates is nil, zilch, nada.

Grahamnesty, McCarthy, and all the other GOPe scum should take note.


25 posted on 10/16/2019 7:06:02 PM PDT by wildcard_redneck (If the Trump Administration doesn't prosecute the coup plotters he loses the election in 2020)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Mark needs a Snickers. He’s delusional when he’s hungry.


26 posted on 10/16/2019 7:06:38 PM PDT by Rastus
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“Please clap.”


27 posted on 10/16/2019 7:06:56 PM PDT by simpson96
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To: C210N

This thread at 25 posts has that many times interest than he did in Philly.


28 posted on 10/16/2019 7:10:25 PM PDT by xp38
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To: simpson96

Going to be the shortest campaign in history


29 posted on 10/16/2019 7:12:04 PM PDT by Rodm
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Not even his sizzling Argentine girlfriend showed up?


30 posted on 10/16/2019 7:15:06 PM PDT by lurk
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

More than he deserves. Nicely written piece too, thanks for posting this.


31 posted on 10/16/2019 7:16:07 PM PDT by jocon307
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Just wait until his next rally when two people show up. The fake news media will claim “Sanford’s support has doubled!”


32 posted on 10/16/2019 7:17:28 PM PDT by bort
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To: simpson96

The reason the applause was completely inaudible when Sanford made his big announcement there in Philly, was because, not only did only one person show up for the announcement, but there was also only one hand actually applauding the announcement, and that makes no sound whatsoever.

33 posted on 10/16/2019 7:19:14 PM PDT by Songcraft
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

If a politician falls on his face, and there’s nobody there to hear him... did he really make a sound?


34 posted on 10/16/2019 7:19:31 PM PDT by adorno
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Don’t read the Philly Bird Cage Rag...was it one including Mark, or besides him?


35 posted on 10/16/2019 7:20:14 PM PDT by Jhadur ("You are not ready for immortality.")
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To: C210N

CNN: Our original crowd estimate was one hundred thousand. After presented with clear evidence we have revised our estimate to two.


36 posted on 10/16/2019 7:22:33 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Was the person that showed up his current mistress?


37 posted on 10/16/2019 7:28:52 PM PDT by Kazan
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To: fieldmarshaldj

I heard his next campaign stop is the Appalachian trail.


38 posted on 10/16/2019 7:29:17 PM PDT by BillyBoy (States rights is NOT a suicide pact)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

"He's right...you know that?"

39 posted on 10/16/2019 7:32:22 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Kazan
Was the person that showed up his current mistress?

Savage. I love it.

40 posted on 10/16/2019 7:33:28 PM PDT by TontoKowalski (You can call me "Dick.")
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