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 didnt 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, Were Bankrupt and We Didnt 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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You know it’s bad when only one person shows up and it’s not even a member of your family. Trump farts get more of a following!
Haha...thanks for the laugh I had at your mention of that blow-dried buffoon,Gary Hart. And the boat they were caught on was named Monkey Business.. The jokes write themselves.
“Mark Sanford kicked off his presidential campaign against Trump in Philly. One person showed up.”
don’t tell me his Argentinian ex-girlfriend showed up again ...
that little lectern looks like it’s homemade and was banged together right before his campaign kickoff ... also, just a lectern with no microphones or amplified sound system ... this is THE most pathetic kickoff of a Presidential election campaign EVER!
The guy’s a total loser... Only the corrupt press is stupid enough to give this guy notice.
Bwahahahaha!
Not sad. Laughable.
(Did she speak Portuguese?)
The launch also served to kick off his “Kids, Were Bankrupt and We Didnt Even Know It tour a 3,500-mile, weeklong road trip he hopes will spark a needed co
The message isn’t all bad, but I suppose it would depend on the context of the delivery.
3,500 mile road trip. 500 miles a day...................
The rent is too high guy offered to be his running mate.
His son. Sanford and Son.
Feller's gotta have his priorities. Think of the damage South Carolina avoided while he was gone.
You must be thinking of Brazil. They speak Spanish in Argentina.
He seems to be firmly in turd place behind Weld and Walsh in the race for Clown Car Conductor of the Never Trump Express.
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