Posted on 10/17/2019 1:26:31 PM PDT by Hojczyk
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 Sanford kicked off his presidential campaign against Donald Trump in Philly. One person showed up
If you’re going to strike out, still swing big.
“One person showed up”
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Lined up outside 2 days beforehand to wait.
:D
I’m getting an image of the GEICO commercial with the two construction workers where one of them is singing that Whitesnake song and the other one is cheering him on.
Was that one person his Argentine firecracker?
Now he knows how Biden feels.
He chose...poorly.
Mark for later
Mark for later
Lol!
I hope he didn’t place a large order for campaign buttons...
I hope he did. He should be punished.
“Mark for later”?
I don’t think he will be around later!
His mistress?
That Wednesday in October, when you started your Presidential Campaign, and none of your four sons (or any other family members) decided to show up.
You reap what you sow, Mr. Sanford.
There was a time when you ‘just couldn’t be bothered’ to think about their feelings too.
Center city democrat Bill Quinn, left, greets Mark Sanford, right, as Sanford stops at the Peoples Plaza at Independence National Historical Park and Liberty Bell Center, during his campaign running for president against Donald Trump, in Philadelphia, October 16, 2019. Sanford bought with him a large check symbolizing the 1 trillion dollar deficit.
He could find more nuts on the Appalachian Trail.
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