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Proud to Be Cheap (South Carolina's governor hones his small-government credentials)
The Weekly Standard ^
| August 8, 2005
| Rachel DiCarlo
Posted on 07/30/2005 6:56:55 PM PDT by RWR8189
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posted on
07/30/2005 6:56:56 PM PDT
by
RWR8189
To: SC Swamp Fox; upchuck
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posted on
07/30/2005 7:02:23 PM PDT
by
visualops
(www.visualops.com)
To: visualops
To protest, Sanford showed up to the next session at the statehouse with two piglets--nicknamed Pork and Barrel--under his arms. "I told them to blame it on me," Sanford says. "I'll be the bad guy. I'll live with that. But once they rejected the vetoes I had to find a colorful way of representing what the voters already know--that there's too much pork."That's classic...
You guys are so lucky to have such a wonderful governor.
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posted on
07/30/2005 7:05:24 PM PDT
by
RWR8189
(I Will Sit on My Hands in 2008 Instead of Voting for McCain)(No Money for the NRSC)
To: RWR8189
50 state ping!!!!!!!DC ping RNC ping DNC ping!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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posted on
07/30/2005 7:08:20 PM PDT
by
GregB
(Bring back Capt. Michael Scott Speicher!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
To: RWR8189
If this guy doesn't run for president can we have him for Prime Minister of Australia?
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posted on
07/30/2005 7:08:28 PM PDT
by
Dundee
(They gave up all their tomorrows for our today’s.)
To: visualops; 2A Patriot; 2nd amendment mama; 4everontheRight; 77Jimmy; Abbeville Conservative; ...
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posted on
07/30/2005 7:11:55 PM PDT
by
SC Swamp Fox
(Aim small, miss small.)
To: RWR8189
He will be getting a check from me and then as much as I can spare!!!!!!
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posted on
07/30/2005 7:14:32 PM PDT
by
GregB
(Bring back Capt. Michael Scott Speicher!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
To: RWR8189
Since he entered the statehouse in 2003, Sanford's approval ratings have risen from the mid-50s to 70 percent.Imagine! All this by governing as a conservative and moving away from the mushy middle.
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posted on
07/30/2005 7:21:35 PM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(crime would drop like a sprung trapdoor if we brought back good old-fashioned hangings)
To: RWR8189
He's a rarity- a principled man.
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posted on
07/30/2005 7:26:10 PM PDT
by
visualops
(www.visualops.com)
To: RWR8189
"Some of his biggest critics, surprisingly, are fellow South Carolina Republicans. They control both chambers of the legislature and have joined Democrats in blocking Sanford from moving much of his agenda--mainly spending cuts."
Not surprising. Many republicans love big government and pork just as much as the democrats do. Some even more.
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posted on
07/30/2005 7:38:18 PM PDT
by
flashbunny
(Always remember to bring a towel!)
To: Dundee
"If this guy doesn't run for president can we have him for Prime Minister of Australia?"
The one you have looks pretty good to me.
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posted on
07/30/2005 7:38:55 PM PDT
by
dsc
To: RWR8189
"That's classic..."
Yeah, and look at the response:
"The governor needs to take his medication," Jim Harrison, a GOP representative from Columbia, told the Greenville News. "It's going to be very, very hard to work with him after this," another Republican, Bob Leach, added. "I don't know if anything else will be accomplished at all."
Why are there so many of these dirtballs in public life, almost to the exclusion of decent people?
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posted on
07/30/2005 7:43:47 PM PDT
by
dsc
To: dsc
The one you have looks pretty good to me. He's better than average but every now and then he rolls out the pork barrel.
Tell you what. We'll give you our guy to become your SECDEF or Homeland Security boss (John Howard would have the National Guard and the Minutemen on the border so fast your eyes would water), and we'll take this guy.
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posted on
07/30/2005 7:49:41 PM PDT
by
Dundee
(They gave up all their tomorrows for our today’s.)
To: Vigilanteman
[50% -> 70%] All this by governing as a conservative and moving away from the mushy middle.Rove, RNC, are you listening? Triangulation is just using a time lag circuit to convert the GOP into Democrats. And all the DNC has to do to make it work is keep moving to the left.
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posted on
07/30/2005 7:55:33 PM PDT
by
LTCJ
To: RWR8189
And they can save even more by eliminating government pensions. Most of these are paid by workers in the private sector who have no pensions themselves. It's a bit Soviet if you ask me.
To: RWR8189
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posted on
07/30/2005 8:55:33 PM PDT
by
RippleFire
("It's a joke, son!")
To: RWR8189
"The governor needs to take his medication," Jim Harrison, a GOP representative from Columbia, told the Greenville News. "It's going to be very, very hard to work with him after this," another Republican, Bob Leach, added. "I don't know if anything else will be accomplished at all."
...
Republican (and former Democrat) Verne Smith, a 33-year veteran of the state senate, told the News that Sanford's vetoes were "mean-spirited." "He's just in that mindset, kind of a libertarian mindset," he continued. "I know I'm going to try and override every dad-jim one of [his vetoes] because I don't have any spirit for him." Jim Harrison, RINO
Bob Leach, RINO
Verne Smith, RINO
We don't need RINOS in South Carolina. I'll vote against y'all if I can. Promise!
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posted on
07/30/2005 9:14:41 PM PDT
by
upchuck
("If our nation be destroyed, it would be from the judiciary." ~ Thomas Jefferson)
To: RWR8189
Now this is a guy I would vote for Prez. Where do I sign up.
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posted on
07/30/2005 9:29:55 PM PDT
by
Surtur
(Free Trade is NOT Fair Trade unless both economies are equivalent.)
To: Dundee
"Tell you what. We'll give you our guy to become your SECDEF or Homeland Security boss (John Howard would have the National Guard and the Minutemen on the border so fast your eyes would water), and we'll take this guy."
Hmmm....I don't know. Tough choice.
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posted on
07/30/2005 9:39:19 PM PDT
by
dsc
To: dsc
Hmmm....I don't know. Tough choice. We'll also take Hillary (White Cliffs could use a new dog catcher).
We got a deal?
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posted on
07/30/2005 9:46:20 PM PDT
by
Dundee
(They gave up all their tomorrows for our today’s.)
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