Posted on 06/26/2009 8:50:34 AM PDT by AJKauf
Sitting in Reno, Nevada, at the Conservative Leadership Conference (CLC) two years ago, I was awed by the governor of South Carolina. Here, at last, was someone who got it. Someone who understood the danger of big government and big spending, and that, yes, our civilization was on the line.
Chuck Muth of Citizen Outreach, who hoped to turn the CLC into CPAC West, reminded us that at the first CPAC a future president (Ronald Reagan) spoke and suggested perhaps we’d heard one at CLC. He then gave Governor Mark Sanford the Barry Goldwater Award. After the event, I walked over to Governor Sanford, gave him my card, and told him to call if he ever decided to run for president.
After recent events, I don’t expect to hear from Governor Sanford. The revelation of his affair with a woman in Argentina is gravely disappointing. Coming as it does on the heels of revelations about Senator John Ensign (R-NV) having an affair, it raises a whole spate of questions.
For years many have insisted these issues of personal character don’t matter. We heard that repeatedly during the presidential campaign of Rudy Giuliani. His supporters insisted that the issues in Giuliani’s life were private.
Of course, it’s more than a family matter....
(Excerpt) Read more at pajamasmedia.com ...
If he was into male interns and pages, he’d have to run for congress as a democrat!
Yes, thank G-d there are no Homo Repubs in the Congress.
Is this Maria?
Where’s Governor Kaine? Never mind, he’s a Democrat.
Ask the Duke of Windsor.
Governor Kaine is cruising rest stops on the NJ turnpike with a discreet trooper escort...
No, wait! That was the other NJ governor.
 Maria Belen Chapur Pictures: Revealed at Last! |
Screen grab from a 2001 reporting assignment in New York.
The boy-man left the country and was basically incommunicado for days, without transferring power to his Lt. Governor. That level of irresponsibility is unacceptable in an elected official.
The medium is the message — relying on such a messenger to champion our cause would ultimately undermine the cause itself. And I say this as a former Sanford supporter.
Yes. I agree. Also the Governor should step down. That level of irresponsibility is grounds enough.
Great article. Well said, finally.
And as far as Sanford taking off like that: yes, poor judgment on his part. But, we should ask again, how many HOURS has Obama even spent in the Oval Office since being elected? Mr. Ice-Cream-While-The-World-Burns.
Are we a bunch of holy rollers?
Without knowing you said it, you said it, Stupidity
Points well taken!
Amen. I totally agree with the author. Thanks for nothing, Mark.
A lot of conservative energy went into Mark Sanford and has been completely wasted.
Yep, the damage is done, and anyone who denies or tries to mitigate what was done is also doing a disservice to this country. That includes you, Rush Limbaugh. I am very disappointed with your spin on this.
He is sick..... sick, sick, sick.
Oh, and he wanted to be discovered. His wife knew about the Argentine mistress via a letter she found this past January. He just happened to leave love letters laying around. What a crud!!
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