It really wasn’t Mark Sanford’s fault
This is a copy of the Appalachian Trail map that my sources say was given to Gov. Sanford for his hike. So his confusion is perfectly understandable. I’m also told that the source of the faulty map was a South Carolina Capitol reporter, which of course makes this entire mess the media’s fault, as many have suggested.
UPDATE:
Sanford just had his press conference, in which he confessed to cheating on his wife and apologized to all who had faith in him. He handled it about as well as could be expected, explaining a classless act in a pretty classy fashion.
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Kamchak
June 24th, 2009
1:58 pm
The faulty intelligence card?
getalife
June 24th, 2009
1:59 pm
Hilarious Jay.
Here is the reporter that busted him out:
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2009/06/caught_red-handed.php?ref=fpblg
His press conference should be fun.
@@
June 24th, 2009
2:00 pm
Too funny, jay.
RealityKing
June 24th, 2009
2:04 pm
Tabloid news coverage.. Your liberal bias is showing again Jay.
RAMBLE ON!!!
June 24th, 2009
2:05 pm
Does she work for the National Enquire? They are the ones who break the real stories?
Oh wait, wrong party, my bad. I mean it’s not like he is a Democrat running for President of the United States and cheating on his dying wife or having babies out of wed lock, or something.
Who cares about that, Jay have we 100% confirmed yet if Bristol’s baby is indeed hers or Sarah’s?
WhoCares
June 24th, 2009
2:07 pm
Cut the guy some slack. I know every time I go to South Carolina I look forward to leaving.
I Report :-) You Whine :-(
June 24th, 2009
2:08 pm
OMG, the guy goes on vacation, the moonbats obsess over it.
Maybe you should take a vacation, hack.
Turd Ferguson
June 24th, 2009
2:08 pm
Perhaps Robert Byrd might be the Governor of our new State of Argentina and might reinstate the KKK.
Doggone/GA
June 24th, 2009
2:09 pm
“hack”
That’s a bad cough you have there. Maybe you need to give up smoking. Cancer kills, you know.
Doggone/GA
June 24th, 2009
2:12 pm
“Cut the guy some slack”
Or give him enough rope?
Normal
June 24th, 2009
2:14 pm
MIZ G and I nailed this, this morning. He was on the Trail (in Argentina) seeing a Gay, illegal immigrant, black bear with the H1N1 virus. Nothing more needs to be said…
RealityKing
June 24th, 2009
2:14 pm
America is more interested in what he was doing in Argentina. Was it really a vacation? Paid for by? Political inside connections?? Sexual shenanigans?? We read the NYTimes when we want tabliod news.., not that we expect much more from the AJC.
Normal
June 24th, 2009
2:16 pm
I Report
You Whine 
June 24th, 2009
2:08 pm
OMG, the guy goes on vacation, the moonbats obsess over it.
Maybe you should take a vacation, hack.
————————————————
Not even you WHINER, would go on vacation and not tell ANYONE if you were the Governor (G-d forbid)
RAMBLE ON!!!
June 24th, 2009
2:17 pm
I thought the NYT made the news and the AJC reported it?
RealityKing
June 24th, 2009
2:18 pm
Meanwhile.., while Obama consults with his doofus VP on his next “strong respone”. That may or may not prevent the Mullahs from a more deadly response..
“Protesters Reportedly Shot ‘Like Animals’ in Iran”
WhoCares
June 24th, 2009
2:19 pm
I gotta feeling this ones going nowhere fast.
Doggone/GA
June 24th, 2009
2:19 pm
“Not even you WHINER, would go on vacation and not tell ANYONE if you were the Governor ”
Are you SURE about that?
getalife
June 24th, 2009
2:21 pm
Come on cons.
So, he is a kook like you.
Let’s see your sense of humor because this story is funny.
RealityKing
June 24th, 2009
2:24 pm
Just so you’d know… I’m planning on taking vacation the second week of July. And not telling you or my secretary where I’m going.
Oh wait! Mark’s on TV. Biting my nails.., NOT!
RealityKing
June 24th, 2009
2:27 pm
Affair! Affair!!
Sanford Space -- A GOP Oddity
June 24th, 2009
2:28 pm
…This is Ground Control to Major TomTom
You’ve really made the grade
And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear
Now it’s time to leave the capsule if you dare
“This is Major TomTom to Ground Control
I’m stepping through the door
And I’m floating in a most peculiar way
And the stars look very different today
For here
Am I sitting in a tin can
Far above the world
Planet Earth is blue
And there’s nothing I can do
Though I’m past one hundred thousand miles
I’m feeling very still
And I think my spaceship knows which way to go
Tell my wife I love her very much (she knows!)
Ground Control to Major TomTom
Your circuit’s dead, there’s something wrong…
I Report :-) You Whine :-(
June 24th, 2009
2:29 pm
Not even you WHINER, would go on vacation and not tell ANYONE if you were the Governor (G-d forbid)
Abnormal- Where’s the love?
Just sayin……
Bark, bark.
grrrrrrrr
eewwww
DB, Gwinnettian
June 24th, 2009
2:30 pm
Snort.
But Jay, aren’t you fearful that the mighty Erik Son-of-Erik over at redstate will stomp his teeny feetsies and shriek “LIBRUL BASSS” for all to hear if he sees this?
getalife
June 24th, 2009
2:31 pm
He apologizes to his family for cutting and running to get laid.
He apologizes to his staff, friends and the people for cutting and running to get laid.
Then spews religion.
Just another con hypocrite.
Wes
June 24th, 2009
2:31 pm
Jay,
The guy threw away whatever shot he had at the presidency.
Why do you care about elaborating on it?
RealityKing
June 24th, 2009
2:31 pm
How could you miss that Jay!??
Religous baching begins…, now.
Turd Ferguson
June 24th, 2009
2:34 pm
“He apologizes to his family for cutting and running to get laid.
He apologizes to his staff, friends and the people for cutting and running to get laid.
Then spews religion.
Just another con hypocrite.”
Kinda reminds ya of Clinton and Jesse and many other democrats eh!
Turd Ferguson
June 24th, 2009
2:35 pm
Lets send Carter over to Iran to march with the protesters.
RealityKing
June 24th, 2009
2:35 pm
Resigns as chairman of governors association.
Yep, he’s a republican.
Oh wait.., the wife already knew, for 5 months!
Angry Black Man
June 24th, 2009
2:36 pm
Yet another unfaithful politician… Oh well. That’s the end of that story.
getalife
June 24th, 2009
2:37 pm
The trip to Argentina was a long distance booty call.
Wife knew of the affair.
Doggone/GA
June 24th, 2009
2:39 pm
“That’s the end of that story.”
Yeah…but it sounds like the Cons need to get tracking bracelets on their politicians, or they won’t have anyone left to run in 2012!
Turd Ferguson
June 24th, 2009
2:40 pm
Perhaps we could recruit John Edwards!! Well…maybe not.
Angry Black Man
June 24th, 2009
2:40 pm
getalife
If he had a woman from there, I can’t blame him for wanting to smack that arse. Have you seen some of the women from the Southern Hemisphere?
Bosch
June 24th, 2009
2:40 pm
Please tell me this guy wasn’t a “sanctity of marriage” type. Please.
Shawny
June 24th, 2009
2:40 pm
who cares? next…
gttim
June 24th, 2009
2:41 pm
If the press does not ask for a comment from every Republican politician who publicly attacked John Edwards, it will be further proof that the press is in the bag for the GOP! Wait, we already know that.
I hope somebody can track down anything Sanford said about John Edwards.
I need popcorn! This is hilarious!
Goldie
June 24th, 2009
2:41 pm
Mark Sanford — just another member of the Grumpy Old People’s party, out of touch with his emotions, family and constituents!
RealityKing
June 24th, 2009
2:42 pm
Oh darn, he went down there to break it off. So much for being Clintonesk..
Angry Black Man
June 24th, 2009
2:43 pm
This would have been a good day to be at work. Maybe I could have seen who he was traveling with. Gotta call somebody and get the dirt.
@@
June 24th, 2009
2:44 pm
Better hurry, jay, news is breaking on top of you.
Turd Ferguson
June 24th, 2009
2:44 pm
Travel to Argentina for a rendezvous…she must be some woman. I guess Sanford is now what they call an “International Playboy”!!?
RealityKing
June 24th, 2009
2:44 pm
Which brings up the question that the progressive media never dared ask the Obamas. Why DID Michelle not hardly talk to Barack for 2 yrs??
Doggone/GA
June 24th, 2009
2:44 pm
Wonder if he’ll resign now?
Mrs. Godzilla
June 24th, 2009
2:45 pm
Perry, Ensign, Sanford out…..
2012 They’ll have to run Megan McCain…..
He Got those GOP Blues
June 24th, 2009
2:46 pm
It must be hard being a Republican when times are tough and all the GOP philosophies are found to be fantasies and every time you make a call on the party line, all you get is put on hold or told to just say no. Cut the poor guy some slack. He might be ready to come around to the Democratic Party way of thinking — reality-based thinking. It just takes some folks a little longer than others.
Mark Sanford
June 24th, 2009
2:47 pm
So funny…ha ha ha. Now SHUT UP you bunch a punks. She was worth every minute of it and so what if my political career is now in the dumpster. Hell with all of ya!
I renounce my US Citizenship, will leave this Country, vow to NEVER return and marry my precious Conzuela! Screw you guys!
catlady
June 24th, 2009
2:47 pm
His wife told him to take a hike, so he took it to Argentina. Great map, Jay!
RealityKing
June 24th, 2009
2:47 pm
ABC must be pissed!
Uno Momento
June 24th, 2009
2:49 pm
I wonder if she is carrying their love child?
RealityKing
June 24th, 2009
2:49 pm
Just so you’d know.., not going to Argentina in mid July.
getalife
June 24th, 2009
2:49 pm
At least he did not drag out his wife like Vitter.
He said he spent the last 5 days crying.
Is that the new younger generations term for sex?
Many lies in that press conference but typical for a con hypocrite.
catlady
June 24th, 2009
2:49 pm
So, um, why did he go to Argentina? To break off the affair? To continue the affair? To get Argentine citizenship? Long-distance booty call? WTH?
lovelyliz
June 24th, 2009
2:51 pm
Don’t cry for me Argentina?!?!?!?
Doggone/GA
June 24th, 2009
2:53 pm
Something like this happens…I don’t care who the public figure is…I always remember some Congressman (after Clinton’s affair became public) saying if that was HIM, the next thing he’d hear from his wife is “How do I reload this thing?”
Pepe Lopez
June 24th, 2009
2:53 pm
EH!!!…Who you think you are big American that come down here and violate our woman. I call you out now Meester Sanford!! You choose Meester Sanford…bottle, knives or guns…what it gonna be? OLE’!!
catlady
June 24th, 2009
2:54 pm
Are we sure it is with a WOMAN? This guy is so messed up. Get him out of there!
I Report :-) You Whine :-(
June 24th, 2009
2:54 pm
Liz Cheney Reacts To Presser On Iran- Cheney: “President Obama said that we’re going to offer unconditional talks if you unclench your fist and in response they’re shooting young women in the streets in Tehran.”
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2009/06/24/liz_cheney_reacts_to_presser_on_iran.html
If Obozo was my president, I’d talk about Sanford too.
Normal
June 24th, 2009
2:54 pm
The Governor admits affair!! It was the bear, OMG!!
Speedy Gonzalez
June 24th, 2009
2:56 pm
Im Pissed! Ahndaley, Ahndaley, Ariba, Ariba!!!
Normal
June 24th, 2009
2:56 pm
I Report
You Whine 
June 24th, 2009
2:29 pm
—————
Whiner, you are a HOOT!
wet wiccan
June 24th, 2009
2:57 pm
Maybe he was kidnapped by Gypsies!
Mark Sanford
June 24th, 2009
2:58 pm
If only they had waited until to start the Faulkland’s War this little affair couldve been buried on the back page of the sports section, darnit.
lovelyliz
June 24th, 2009
2:59 pm
Note to Republicans, especially the neo-conservatives, the only sex life you should be worried about is your own. If they aren’t sleeping with you and yours it’s NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS.
(Actually the Dems and voters at large should heed this advice too)
@@
June 24th, 2009
3:00 pm
Obama’s secret love letter to Iran’s Grand Ayatollah.
I wonder…
will Obama’s love affair continue after viewing Iran’s adventures into S&M?
Mrs. Godzilla
June 24th, 2009
3:00 pm
“WHEEEEEEWWWWW”
sound of righties everywhere to discover it was a mistress not a mister!
Mark Sanford
June 24th, 2009
3:01 pm
Thanks Lovelyliz and I couldnt agree more. So uuhhh, you wanna meet for a drink say, “after hours”?
Turd Ferguson
June 24th, 2009
3:03 pm
Seems Mister Obama has embarked on a rear-end kissing campaign…Iran, Syria, Venezuela…Wonder who could be next?
He Got those GOP Blues
June 24th, 2009
3:06 pm
The GOP needs to start charging Stewart and Colbert for this stuff. There’s so much to work with, they could even offer a bulk rate.
Northern Songs Ltd
June 24th, 2009
3:06 pm
At least 55 people were killed and 116 wounded Wednesday when two blasts ripped through an outdoor market area in eastern Baghdad, an Interior Ministry official said.
And we hoot and holler over another horny politician. Sweet Jesus.
Kate
June 24th, 2009
3:08 pm
If he’d been smart he could have blamed it on a wrong turn due to his GPS!!
Bosch
June 24th, 2009
3:08 pm
It kills me – he said in the news conference that he was resigning as head of the GOP Governor’s Association because he was going to be traveling around the state asking his friends for forgiveness: ie. “Will you still give me campaign money?”
The only person he needs to be asking forgiveness for is his wife. Otherwise, admit it, and move on.
ByteMe
June 24th, 2009
3:09 pm
Great graphic, Jay. Truly a classic.
Poor Mark. His political career shot to heck by “Little Mark”.
Bosch
June 24th, 2009
3:09 pm
And BTW, the USA is beating Spain as of right now.
getalife
June 24th, 2009
3:09 pm
Ensign, Sanford, who is next to fall?
Romney?
RealityKing
June 24th, 2009
3:12 pm
So did he admit the affair to come clean or because he was about to be found out?? How about some traditional investigative reporting Jay?
getalife
June 24th, 2009
3:14 pm
RK,
The picture and reporter at the airport forced his hand.
At least you are commenting on this issue and not attacking our President.
Good for you.
@@
June 24th, 2009
3:14 pm
Wasn’t Mark Sanford the potential candidate who so impressed our former Finch?
cranky old man
June 24th, 2009
3:15 pm
Hmm. This is the same guy who threatened to turn down federal stimulus money for his state because accepting it would be “irresponsible?”
RealityKing
June 24th, 2009
3:15 pm
At least he didn’t try to blame the definition of a word..
TnGelding
June 24th, 2009
3:16 pm
All hiking trails lead to Argentina and all planes pass through ATL. He was just brushing up on international relations.
KDMack
June 24th, 2009
3:17 pm
Conservative! Chair of the Republican Governor’s Associaton. My fellow liberals leave the cheating whoremongers alone. There is still room at the “CROSS” and our party. The way they are going it’s turning into one elected GOP official a week. The GOP is a joke stop pretending to be so perfect obviously it’s not WORKING……
Normal
June 24th, 2009
3:19 pm
Governor Stanford, flies spread disease, keep yours closed…
George American
June 24th, 2009
3:21 pm
Typical liberal media gutter story. This man’s demons have nothing to do with nothing.
Kamchak
June 24th, 2009
3:21 pm
Bosch
Jozy Altidore in the 27th min.!!!!!!!!
Northern Songs Ltd
June 24th, 2009
3:23 pm
Hey George – and neither did President Clinton’s.
Brad Steel
June 24th, 2009
3:23 pm
Someone please let the conservative parrots that they are up next with comparisons to Clinton/Lewinsky.
Do not let a good scandal go go waste when it gives you the opportunity to gin up another hysterical Clinton reference.
Normal
June 24th, 2009
3:23 pm
George American: Really, no REALLY, Bless your heart…
DB, Gwinnettian
June 24th, 2009
3:24 pm
Guess we all now know why he didn’t want the stimulus package. He had one of his own!
.
.
(h/t to some dfh over at Atrios.)
Bosch
June 24th, 2009
3:25 pm
Well, he’s an Episcopalian. That explains alot.
Bosch
June 24th, 2009
3:26 pm
Kamchak!!!!!
I’m getting nervous. Maybe I shouldn’t watch the second half.
Frederick Douglass
June 24th, 2009
3:26 pm
Who knew that the reason Sanford turned down the stimulus, was because he was receiving stimulation outside of his marriage?
N.J
June 24th, 2009
3:27 pm
Nothing to worry about. All he will have to say is that he asked Jesus for forgiveness, and the Republican sheep will follow.
GayGrayGeek
June 24th, 2009
3:27 pm
Bosch @ 2:40: Please tell me this guy wasn’t a “sanctity of marriage” type. Please.
Sorry. Sanford used my hubby and me, and our relationship, as part of his re-election strategy in 2006 with the Republican’t’s “Marriage Protection Amendment” to the SC state constitution.
IOW, he’s your run-of-the-mill, garden-variety Republican’t Hypocrite.
Brad Steel
June 24th, 2009
3:27 pm
The guy left the country to cheat on his wife. For a republican, that is is one of the shrewdest strategic moves we have seen in years. If you are going to cheat on your wife, leaving the country is a good place to start.
Maybe this is the turning point for the GOPers doing things that actually make sense.
RB from Gwinnett
June 24th, 2009
3:28 pm
Jay, I have to admit the map is funny. Nicely done.
I feel bad for Sanford’s family. He should resign and go away quietly.
getalife
June 24th, 2009
3:29 pm
He could see Argentina from the trail.
Bosch
June 24th, 2009
3:29 pm
GayGrayGeek,
Well, that’s too bad. Sigh.
Kamchak
June 24th, 2009
3:29 pm
Bosch
If Jay’s map was accurate, we wouldn’t have far to travel to see Boca Juniors play River Platte.
Normal
June 24th, 2009
3:32 pm
Bosch
June 24th, 2009
3:25 pm
Well, he’s an Episcopalian. That explains alot.
——————
So was Robert E. Lee…Just sayin’ how far they’ve fallen..
————-
Frederick Douglass
June 24th, 2009
3:33 pm
Sorry DB, Gwinnetian, I kind of plagiarized you by two minutes, which is about how much time Sanford has on his fifteen minutes of fame.
Bosch
June 24th, 2009
3:33 pm
Kamchak,
You’re right! The second half begins!
But before I get back into the game:
RB from downstairs,
John Kerry doesn’t speak for me, nor is he my leader, and using him as an example of “all libs trash talk to military, don’t support the military, and hate the military” is simply well, how did Normal put it….
Bless your heart. Seriously.
Zip
June 24th, 2009
3:35 pm
So he was interested in a stimulus package after all…. Sorry Jay, you are too restrained. This man is a coward and a bastard and needs to be kicked to the curb.
AmVet
June 24th, 2009
3:35 pm
When I said yesterday I would be surprised if it did not involve hookers of pedophilia, I wasn’t far off was I? (Assuming the saucy Latina was not a pro.)
And as usual with these buffoons, I’m not sure which is funnier – the family values charlatan with his Johnson out of control or the functionally illiterate hillbillies here who stump for his kind, no matter how much a lying a’hole the guy is.
I’ve lost track. Is this the 644th or 645th such recent episode of a RepuliCon on the national stage being a very, very bad boy?
Bosch
June 24th, 2009
3:35 pm
Normal,
I’m an Episcopalian. I like making fun of myself. Robert E. Lee was a fellow cult member of mine? Sweet!!! He was cool.
Zip
June 24th, 2009
3:37 pm
So his staff didn’t know where he was and his wife didn’t know where his staff was….
Mrs. Godzilla
June 24th, 2009
3:38 pm
No public stimulus for Sanford, he has privatized!
Bill Clinton
June 24th, 2009
3:39 pm
Help!!! I need some cigars quick! My Chicka loves them in her hoo haw.
Family Values Party
June 24th, 2009
3:39 pm
Most recently it was John Ensign of Nevada, and now Mark Sanford of South Carolina. These guys are Great Americans as Sean Hannity would say. Newt Gingrich is on his third wife and Rush Limbaugh has also had three. Isn’t it nice to know that this is the face of the party that stands for Family Values, Conservatism and the like?
They give new meaning to “Drill Here, Drill Now”
josef nix
June 24th, 2009
3:39 pm
NORMAL, BOSCH–SSh, with the Robert E. Lee! Jay’ll get his panties in a wad!
josef nix
June 24th, 2009
3:42 pm
See. he’s really getting ready to convert to the Obamistas…I’ve been telling you folks, but did y’all want to listen? Oh, no, I was just a crackpot…and as far as concerns y’all’s earlier slaps at the poor, unfortunate, illegal alien gay black bears…! Shame!!
gttim
June 24th, 2009
3:43 pm
Who is going to protect the sanctity of marriage in SC now? What about his children?
Bill Clinton
June 24th, 2009
3:44 pm
Get over here Monica, I need to stain your blue dress.
Midori
June 24th, 2009
3:44 pm
that map is almost as funny as Sarah Palin’s
http://www.browardgop.com/graphics/PalinMap.jpg
Bill Clinton
June 24th, 2009
3:46 pm
Get out of here Hitlerly! Can’t you see I’m busy here?
Californication
June 24th, 2009
3:46 pm
If he was a dimacrat they would make him the morals czar…
pat
June 24th, 2009
3:46 pm
Oh who cares…It’s his problem. I hope she was hot, because she sure was expensive.
He Got those GOP Blues
June 24th, 2009
3:46 pm
I suspect that there are some within the Democratic Party that view this little revelation as just one in a long list of paybacks that will be needed before they feel satisfied. You reap what you sow and I’ll bet that there are still a lot of bad feelings that have festered since the holier than thou party tried to bring down Clinton for his sexual misconduct. Then again, I could be wrong. Not everyone carries a grudge.
josef nix
June 24th, 2009
3:47 pm
gittim–what about his children? Well, they asked him what he wanted for Father’s Day…
Kamchak
June 24th, 2009
3:47 pm
Bosch
Just think—when we win this game, we probably get to play the Samba Kings again.
Normal
June 24th, 2009
3:47 pm
Bosch, Josef: I’m A Pisscopalian…I was babtised in a urinal…
FinnMcCool
June 24th, 2009
3:48 pm
hey, what is thast annoying tapping sound?
WhoCares
June 24th, 2009
3:48 pm
I just hope the other woman looks better than Lewinsky. Bragging rights are at stake here. Has anybody SEEN the other woman? You don’t rckon he drove her off a bridge somewhere do you?
getalife
June 24th, 2009
3:49 pm
Mike Allen from Politico tweets:
http://twitter.com/mikeallen
The plot thickens.
Normal
June 24th, 2009
3:50 pm
Californication
June 24th, 2009
3:46 pm
If he was a dimacrat they would make him the morals czar…
——————–
That makes alot of sense, you’re the one with fornication in your name…Just sayin’
jt
June 24th, 2009
3:50 pm
When Chicago “politicians” offer you an “offer” that you can’t refuse,
don’t refuse it.
Certainly, do not embarrass them with an untactful refusal.
Standby for a few more gubanatorial picadillos.
AmVet
June 24th, 2009
3:51 pm
Poor, confused and conflicted cons. Must be dark up there…
Normal
June 24th, 2009
3:54 pm
Josef, you’re late today, traffic? I gotta git in a few and I’m starting ten hour days tomorrow so I can only blog lunch time. Wanted to tell you, I’m almost finished with Canticles and was looking for a good companion book…heh,heh I found an old copy of Ben Hur…how’s that for one extreme to another?
GayGrayGeek
June 24th, 2009
3:54 pm
josef @ 3:42: Hehehe. My ex- and I started Atlanta’s first bear club. LOL
josef nix
June 24th, 2009
3:56 pm
WhoCares–
“I just hope the other woman looks better than Lewinsky. Bragging rights are at stake here. Has anybody SEEN the other woman? You don’t rckon he drove her off a bridge somewhere do you?”
josef nix
June 24th, 2009
4:00 pm
NORMAL–had some hold ups at work…caught y’all’s earlier comments,,,heh, heh! Great end to a long day! Still laughing… Tell the Missus she might want to get you a Mendoza Merlot…
ty webb
June 24th, 2009
4:01 pm
2-0 team USA 74:00
Kamchak
June 24th, 2009
4:01 pm
Clint Depsey 74th min.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
U.S. 2
Spain 0
Kamchak
June 24th, 2009
4:02 pm
correction: Clint Dempsey
josef nix
June 24th, 2009
4:03 pm
GayGrayGeek
” josef @ 3:42: Hehehe. My ex- and I started Atlanta’s first bear club. LOL”
Glad to hear from ya on this one…kinda made me wonder…jus’ speculatin’
Bosch
June 24th, 2009
4:03 pm
I can’t breathe.
mike
June 24th, 2009
4:04 pm
Yawn. Who cares? (besides Jay and other petty partisans, that is.)
Bosch
June 24th, 2009
4:04 pm
Clint Dempsey….bless his heart!
Midori
June 24th, 2009
4:05 pm
Hi, Boschie
Normal
June 24th, 2009
4:05 pm
Well y’all, I’m off…but the doctors say I’ll be OK soon…
will check in later, keep stirring the pot…Just sayin’
Kamchak
June 24th, 2009
4:06 pm
Separated at birth—Frankie Hejduk and Carles Puyol
lovelyliz
June 24th, 2009
4:06 pm
When the Republicans lose their self-appointed moral authority over us all, what do they have left?
GayGrayGeek
June 24th, 2009
4:07 pm
mike – So no one should have cared about Clinton, either, then?
josef nix
June 24th, 2009
4:07 pm
He was there on a trade mission for the SC Film Commission…something about a John Voight proposal, “Conrack: Last Tango in Beaufort…”
mike
June 24th, 2009
4:08 pm
lovelyliz –
“When the Republicans lose their self-appointed moral authority over us all, what do they have left?”
Oh spare us. Many folks on the left claim moral authority as well, whether it is accusing Republicans of racism or claiming that conservatives don’t care about others. Read a few day’s worth of posts here and you will see that partisans of both stripes are fully capable of questioning the morals of others.
RW-(the original)
June 24th, 2009
4:09 pm
Great map, Jay B. I had no idea I drove all the way through Argentina whenever I went back up north.
I guess I was partially wrong earlier when I said he had to give a clear and understandable answer or he’d be political toast. He gave a clear and understandable answer and he’s still toast. Then again nobody can say he lacks experience in foreign affairs.
Bosch
June 24th, 2009
4:10 pm
Hi ya Midori! Where you been? Watching the USA/Spain soccer game – we’re about to win!!!!!!!! OMG!!!
mike
June 24th, 2009
4:11 pm
GayGrayGeek –
“So no one should have cared about Clinton, either, then?”
Oh I completely agree and I said so at the time.
I assume from your interest in the Sanford story that you must “have cared about Clinton” as you are so concerned with consistency. Why are you so interested in the private lives of others?
Chrissy
June 24th, 2009
4:11 pm
SOUTH CAROLINA….Enough said.
gttim
June 24th, 2009
4:11 pm
“The bottom line, though, is I am sure there will be a lot of legalistic explanations pointing out that the president lied under oath. His situation was not under oath. The bottom line, though, is he still lied. He lied under a different oath, and that is the oath to his wife. So it’s got to be taken very, very seriously.” [Sanford on Livingston, CNN, 12/18/98]
“We ought to ask questions…rather than circle the wagons for one of our tribe.” [Sanford on how the GOP reacts to affairs, New York Post, 12/20/98]
“I think it would be much better for the country and for him personally (to resign). I come from the business side. If you had a chairman or president in the business world facing these allegations, he’d be gone.” [Sanford on Clinton, The Post and Courier, 9/12/98]
“The issue of lying is probably the biggest harm, if you will, to the system of Democratic government, representatives government, because it undermines trust. And if you undermine trust in our system, you undermine everything.” [Sanford on Clinton, CNN, 2/16/99]
I rule Andy
June 24th, 2009
4:13 pm
BWAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA….
Any of you wingbutternuts feel foolish now?
Do I HAVE to go back to yesterday’s posts or can we get some mea culpa!
Usually if there’s smoke there’s fire…
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josef nix
June 24th, 2009
4:14 pm
She’s Latina…reckon he was getting some pointers on empathy fore the confirmation…?
Bosch
June 24th, 2009
4:14 pm
Can we get through one game without a red card? Bradley!!!
GayGrayGeek
June 24th, 2009
4:17 pm
josef @ 4:03 – Yeah, I’m probably who you think I am. Or he’s my ex-. Jus’ confirmin’.
I rule Andy
June 24th, 2009
4:17 pm
Andy is, curiously, missing from this thread… what gives????
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mike
June 24th, 2009
4:17 pm
I rule Andy –
Wow. Your excitement and satisifaction level over this makes me sad for you.
ty webb
June 24th, 2009
4:18 pm
Quick poll, what Politician got the most bang for his buck, so to speak?
My vote is for Gary Hart. Donna Rice was pretty hot
WhoCares
June 24th, 2009
4:21 pm
Uhm…in order to broaden my horizons and be a more diverse individual….what’s a red card?
josef nix
June 24th, 2009
4:22 pm
I rule Andy
“Andy is, curiously, missing from this thread… what gives????”
Wha’cha mean “gives…” Ain’t nuthin’ free!
gttim
June 24th, 2009
4:22 pm
South Carolina’s Code of Laws, Title 16–Crimes and Offenses, Chapter 15 “Offenses Against Morality and Decency”
SECTION 16-15-60. Adultery or fornication.
Any man or woman who shall be guilty of the crime of adultery or fornication shall be liable to indictment and, on conviction, shall be severally punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or imprisonment for not less than six months nor more than one year or by both fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court.
SECTION 16-15-70. “Adultery” defined.
“Adultery” is the living together and carnal intercourse with each other or habitual carnal intercourse with each other without living together of a man and woman when either is lawfully married to some other person.
AmVet
June 24th, 2009
4:22 pm
Take that you Iberians!
mike
June 24th, 2009
4:22 pm
“Quick poll, what Politician got the most bang for his buck, so to speak?”
JFK got Marilyn Monroe. Pretty tough to top that.
WhoCares
June 24th, 2009
4:23 pm
Ty
It has to be JFK…we’re talking Marilyn Monroe here…The ORIGINAL playmate!
Kamchak
June 24th, 2009
4:23 pm
U.S.A!!!
U.S.A!!!
U.S.A!!!
Mrs. Godzilla
June 24th, 2009
4:23 pm
JFK and Marilyn…..back when size 16 was sexy……
josef nix
June 24th, 2009
4:23 pm
GayGrayGeek @ 4:17
He Got those GOP Blues
June 24th, 2009
4:23 pm
It was a serpent, a boa from Argentina. I was see-duced in a moment of weakness, right after I had just finished doing battle with a fierce Democratic opponent that was breathing fire and brimstone.
Bosch
June 24th, 2009
4:24 pm
The USA beat Spain!!!!!! This is news.
suck my thumb
June 24th, 2009
4:25 pm
Sanford admitted to having an affair,good for him. Lib response would have been to lie to wife/daughter,Entire country on 60min’s,& Grand Jury. Then put on ruse with Jesse comin over on weekends to repent. Lib’s here holier than thou attitude is typical. Sanford is scum in my book for not upholding his marriage vows,but PLLLLLLLLLLLLease don’t tell me there are’nt many on both sides of the isle doin same.
Bosch
June 24th, 2009
4:25 pm
AmVet,
“Take that you Iberians!”
I was gonna write, “Suck on that Torres,” but I like yours better.
Paul
June 24th, 2009
4:26 pm
Cute graphic. But another family ripped apart. Sad.
Maybe you should rerun the thread from the other day on the way the Republican Party should go. Personally, I’d advise them to be just like Democrats – take all the sex stuff out of the agenda. Don’t even pretend to go for the values. Something happens, just say ‘oops, what a guy’ and move on. All a party does when they make that a major plank is set themselves up for failure. Let the local GOPs embrace it, if they want. Or tell them to come up with their own party. But enough of this self inflicted misery played out on the national stage.
Meanwhile in Iran – listened to a report of one hospital worker, said 9 deaths in their hospital from security forces, 28 gunshots, fear everywhere. Likely Mousavi’s under house arrest. Reporter noted that from the time the unrest started with Khomeni to the overthrow was a year. Keep hoping…
Hi Midori!
ty webb
June 24th, 2009
4:26 pm
Who cares,
Forgot about Marilyn and JFK. Good one.
How ’bout team USA!!!
josef nix
June 24th, 2009
4:27 pm
GayGrayGeek
gttim “Adultery” is the living together and carnal intercourse with each other or habitual carnal intercourse with each other without living together of a man and woman when either is lawfully married to some other person.
See, they won’t even let US commit adultry in SC!!
Paul
June 24th, 2009
4:28 pm
Congrats, Bosch! USA!!!
Dang, just saw we have a poll..
Mrs. Godzilla: “JFK and Marilyn…..back when size 16 was sexy……”
Ummm, it still is!
Donna Rice is a good vote…
See what I mean? Dems have a good time, ride out the storm and then have more fun with it.
Kamchak
June 24th, 2009
4:28 pm
WhoCares
2 yellow cards in one game = red card
If the infraction is serious enough a referee can issue a straight red card.
A player that is shown a red card must leave the field and that team must play shorthanded.
godless heathen
June 24th, 2009
4:29 pm
What a fool, this gov is. If he was getting the horns on, he could have just had a State Trouper fetch him a State Employee that he fancied.
If he just had to go to Aregentina, he should have called it a fact-finding mission and got the taxpayers to pick up the tab. Then he could have went down there and given the hussy a ride home across a tidewater bridge. “You want some ice for that?”
Case closed.
mike
June 24th, 2009
4:29 pm
Paul –
“Personally, I’d advise them to be just like Democrats – take all the sex stuff out of the agenda.”
Democrats don’t “take all of the sex stuff out of the agenda”, they just come at it from the opposite view. This notion that the culture wars all emanate from the right is silly.
lovelyliz
June 24th, 2009
4:29 pm
But mike the GOP just loves to lord it over everyone else. Hypocricy is just too easy for some
RealityKing
June 24th, 2009
4:29 pm
Its a sad day in America when personal distruction overshadows the violence in Iran. Except at the White House of course…
WhoCares
June 24th, 2009
4:30 pm
So like if you accidentaly on purpose kick somebody in the nads is that a red card?
RealityKing
June 24th, 2009
4:33 pm
Funny how men are always to blame for marital infidelity. As if divorce is the best option to a failed marriage. What say you Copyleft??
ty webb
June 24th, 2009
4:33 pm
The thing with JFK and Marilyn is that it didn’t cost him his political career. Now I’m not condoning such behavior, but if you’re going to go down, go down swinging for the fence. Hart’s “Monkey Business” with Donna Rice cost him his political career, but that must of been one hell of a boat ride.
mike
June 24th, 2009
4:34 pm
lovelyliz –
“But mike the GOP just loves to lord it over everyone else.”
Oh nonsense. Many on the left regularly lords their supposedly greater tolerance and greater concern for others over everyone else just as frequently
“Hypocricy is just too easy for some”
Hypocrisy is easy for both sides, unless you are such a partisan that you are blind to the flaws of those who share your views.
josef nix
June 24th, 2009
4:34 pm
JFK and Marilyn, hands down!
rcs
June 24th, 2009
4:34 pm
when will republicans start acting more like democrats?
deny it. be defiant. when you have to admit it, do it on a Friday afternoon at 4:30. be the victim. but never, ever resign.
Bosch
June 24th, 2009
4:35 pm
Whocares,
Definitely, and probably a broken jaw after the game.
N.J
June 24th, 2009
4:37 pm
The inconsistancy of fundamentalist Christians. Of course, the entire philosophy of “salvation by faith alone” allows for all sorts of hypocrisies, when these “keepers of the public morality” get snagged on their own “sinful human nature”. Liberal have less problems with these human failings, and are rather more amused by the hypocrisy of people like Sanford
WhoCares
June 24th, 2009
4:37 pm
Ty How do you know that Joe DiMaggio wasn’t the 2nd shooter behind the fence. I guess you could say JFK “lost his mind” over Marilyn
Bosch
June 24th, 2009
4:38 pm
WhoCares,
And a yellow card is a really bad foul, but not a nad kicker foul. Like you accidentally on purpose knock someone in the shin with your foot up (which is dangerous because you could actually break your own leg doing that), or if you get real rowdy in a game and the ref calls you down and you don’t keep your fouls under control – he’ll eventually give you a yellow card. And if you get two yellows in a game – you get a red, and sit out the next game, AND your team is down a guy.
I rule Andy
June 24th, 2009
4:38 pm
Mike,
It’s always satisfying when your right, it sure beats being wrong.
Here:
@@ says:
Admit it, jay….you TiVo soaps don’tcha?
Dusty says:
Well, Gov. Sanford is a big boy now and did not tell the press where he was going. But he DID tell the ones who needed to know and THEY kept their mouths shut or made excuses to the busybodies.
How about that? Did you hear how every newspaper and news agency in the country kept the missing reporter captured in Afghanistan by the Taliban a BIG SECRET for SEVEN MONTHS and nobody would mention his situation or where he was !!! Only journalists are allowed to disappear quietly.
Come to think of it, I have no idea where Obama might be. Michelle said he was working on papers. The girls said he might be playing basketball. Biden said “You’re asking me?” But the Portuguese water pup said he was behind the shrubbery smoking a cigarette. That doggone dog can’t keep a secret!
Then Tank speaks up:
Jay,
And this is newsworthy? Economy, unemployment, North Korea, Iran and Perez Hilton; and this is the best you can come up with?
What a hack.
Then Davo bleats:
“Again, if Sanford’s staff knew where he was all along, why did the state vehicle he was driving have to be “tracked down” to Hartsfield? And what connection does that have to the Appalachian Trail?”
Why don’t you pry that plagarizing A$$ of yours off the couch and find out the facts of this deep, dark mystery for yourself.
…oh wait…
…that’s what reporters do.
Here’s what you do…
TPM.com
copy
myretardedliberalblog.com
paste
collect check
Your a hack, Bookman. Nothing original ever comes from you
Then Joel Edge:
Seems like the media wants to attack anyone from the Republicans who might be a challenge in the coming years. Kind of early to start the campaign against Sanford isn’t it?
Mike dismisses:
Yawn. Hyper-partisan liberal blogger contests argument of hyper-partisan conservative pundit regarding story of zero importance to anyone other than a hyper-partisan.
Well, I guess that is more interesting than commenting on the dwindling prospects for healthcare reform or anything else meaningful.
Kayaker Chimes in:
Did it ever cross Bookman’s mind that this guy just wanted some time alone? The Trail is one of the main tourist attractions of his state and what better way to promote SC than to spend some time on the Trail. The governor being gone for five days…. that why we elect Lt Governors.
And USinUK…. John Edwards is the poster child for the kind of behavior in your post. Last time I looked, he was a Democrat.
Of course Dusty laments on Wooty’s blog:
Jim Wooten,
You really got this one right. The absence of the SC governor is not a crisis to anyone but snoops. South Carolina is doing just fine. I do worry a bit about some of the bloggers here.
Every imaginable sex connected incident is mentioned by liberals whose minds can’t seem to get away from such thoughts.
Clean it up, ladies & gentlemen. The governor took a vacation. Maybe you need one too.
The @@ drops an F bomb on Wooty’s blog:
The funniest thing about all the hoopla, Jim, is that no matter where I go, liberals are implying SEX. Kinda lends credence to the study done proving that conservatives have better sex lives while liberals LUV talkin’ bout it among “their circle” of online friends.
Apologies for being crude but when it comes to liberals blogging and screwing political opponents is not a life I’d call productive.
Talk about delving into personal lifes….
UnEFFIN’ believable? Absolutely!
I got tired of copying… you get the point. Sanctimonious is sanctimonious…
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Billy Bob
June 24th, 2009
4:39 pm
[mild chuckle over AT map with superimposed map of Argentina, then rectifies himself to pursue important agenda]
Don’t tell me you haven’t got pictures of this Argentinian babe. THIS IS ONE LAME NEWSPAPER. YOUR GUY/GAL SHOULDA BORDED A DELTA FLIGHT TWO HOURS AGO TO GET THE EXCLUSIVES.
DO I HAVE TO RUN THIS PAPER MYSELF? GOOD JESUS IN HEAVEN…
Kamchak
June 24th, 2009
4:40 pm
“So like if you accidentally on purpose kick somebody in the nads is that a red card?”
Well—-like all sports with humans officiating it depends on if anyone sees you. There are, however, four official and cameras so it is unlikely such behavior goes unnoticed.
Paul
June 24th, 2009
4:40 pm
mike
Lemme rephrase that. Take all the ‘don’t do this’ sex stuff out of the political platform. Don’t have to advocate, just don’t address it.
Seems we have a consensus going for JFK and Marilyn… even for bloggers who know her only from youtube.
But gotta put Bobby in there, too. Those two brothers knew how to share!
I rule Andy
June 24th, 2009
4:40 pm
Man, Howard was getting shelled there for a few minutes, thank god he stood strong, that second goal was the bees knees…
Woo Hoo!
DoggoneGA
June 24th, 2009
4:42 pm
“back when size 16 was sexy”
Size 16 is still sexy…it’s just not fashionable!
mike
June 24th, 2009
4:43 pm
NJ –
“The inconsistancy of fundamentalist Christians. Of course, the entire philosophy of “salvation by faith alone” allows for all sorts of hypocrisies, when these “keepers of the public morality” get snagged on their own “sinful human nature”.”
Is Sanford a “fundamentalist Christian”? What church does he attend? Do you have any idea or is “fundamentalist Christian” just part of your stereotyped impression of Republicans?
Paul
June 24th, 2009
4:45 pm
DoggoneGA
Good taste ignores fashion.
Fashion isn’t always in good taste.
Twiggy – RIP
josef nix
June 24th, 2009
4:45 pm
BILLY BOB–I’m with you…before we go passin’ judgment..
mike
June 24th, 2009
4:45 pm
I rule Andy –
Two things –
1) Most of the quotes you cite claim that this story is not particularly newsworthy. My guess is that most of those people feel the same way. I know I do.
2) My point to you was that your glee and excitement over this as if you have actually accomplished something or won some important struggle makes me sad for you.
getalife
June 24th, 2009
4:47 pm
Yay, good news from the US soccer team and the gop are in a death spiral
Sadly, Texas whooped LSU last night with great pitching but LSU will win their 6th Championship.
I rule Andy
June 24th, 2009
4:47 pm
No…, I weep for you. You’re the one defending it. Not excited at all, not even mildy suprised, are you?
mike
June 24th, 2009
4:47 pm
Paul –
“Take all the ‘don’t do this’ sex stuff out of the political platform. Don’t have to advocate, just don’t address it.”
You mean take out all of the views that you don’t personally agree with. Well, I vote that the Democrats take out all of the policies out of their platform that I don’t personally agree with
I rule Andy
June 24th, 2009
4:48 pm
Where is that rascal Andy?
josef nix
June 24th, 2009
4:48 pm
getalife–Am Vet sez you from Louis-anne…Earl?
Paul
June 24th, 2009
4:49 pm
getalife
you have a weird idea of ’sadly.’
Like I said this morning, that was a great pitcher, only a freshman, pitched all 9 innings.
I’m sure LSU will win their 6th National Championship.
Just not tonight!
GayGrayGeek
June 24th, 2009
4:49 pm
mike, I suggest you live in a state where the Governor, running for re-election, uses you and your mate as his Whippin’ Boys in order to gain said re-election. As my husband and I did in 2006 in South Carolina. Once you’ve lived thru that experience, check back in with us about the level of Schadenfreude you might feel at said “morals and family values” Governor’s downfall.
electrician
June 24th, 2009
4:49 pm
mike..please define ‘fundamentalist christian’ do you know what it means? or are you just repeating what someone else told you?
mike
June 24th, 2009
4:49 pm
I rule Andy –
“No…, I weep for you.”
Why weep for me? I could not care less one way or the other?
“You’re the one defending it.”
What am I defending?
“Not excited at all, not even mildy suprised, are you?”
Nonsense. You are clearly thrilled with your childish taunting and applauding.
Am I surprised that a politician cheated on his wife? No.
mike
June 24th, 2009
4:51 pm
electrician –
“please define ‘fundamentalist christian’ do you know what it means? or are you just repeating what someone else told you?”
I do know what it means and I am repeating the quote recent post from NJ.
What is your point?
Paul
June 24th, 2009
4:52 pm
mike
Has nothing to do with what I agree with or not.
It’s a tailor-made issue to continue causing the Party grief. People can state standards to aspire to, but in this arena, when they fall short, it’s target and distraction time.
Face it: if they want to attract people who’ve never had sex outside of marriage, they’d get about… what…. 3 percent of the voters?
And of those 3 percent, two thirds are gonna register Democrat anyway.
It’s a loser issue with no upside.
mike
June 24th, 2009
4:53 pm
GayGrayGeek –
“mike, I suggest you live in a state where the Governor, running for re-election, uses you and your mate as his Whippin’ Boys in order to gain said re-election. As my husband and I did in 2006 in South Carolina. Once you’ve lived thru that experience, check back in with us about the level of Schadenfreude you might feel at said “morals and family values” Governor’s downfall.”
Uhh, why is this silly diatribe directed at me?
Are you going to answer my question from before? As you are so interested in this story and you are also so concerned with consistency, you must have considered the Clinton infidelity a big deal. Why are you so interested in the private lives of others? Unless of course you didn’t think the Clinton infidelity was a big deal or you are inconsistent.
Mrs. Godzilla
June 24th, 2009
4:54 pm
there seems to be a possibility that the taxpayers or SC paid for that
little walkabout…..
Midori
June 24th, 2009
4:54 pm
Hi, Paul
heading out to the Farmer’s Market…
RW-(the original)
June 24th, 2009
4:54 pm
Geez…An Argentine babe took out Sharapova today too.
electrician
June 24th, 2009
4:54 pm
mike ..the point is define fundamentalist christian if you are going to use that label.
Kayaker 71
June 24th, 2009
4:54 pm
Clinton, Je$$ie, Edwards, “Cold Cash Jefferson”, Foley, that jerk in the men’s room tapping his foot, Gingrich, O’Reilly, Ensign, all of the Kennedy family…. where does it end? Our elected officials and others in the public eye make a mockery of our trust placed in them to hold them to somewhat of a higher standard than the average guy/girl. Now Sanford. I take back everything I said in my earlier post…. I was mistaken to try to stand up for this guy. But please quit trying to place blame on a particular political party. It is unfair to do this, no matter what party you belong to.
mike
June 24th, 2009
4:55 pm
Paul –
“Face it: if they want to attract people who’ve never had sex outside of marriage, they’d get about… what…. 3 percent of the voters?”
Is the party running on a new “no sex outside of marriage” platform? Nobody told me about this.
Paul
June 24th, 2009
4:55 pm
Mrs Godzilla
walking wasn’t the problem….
Midori
In season, local produce: yay!
RW-(the original)
Not Sharapova, too!! Now even the tennis circuit has a morality clause?!!?
josef nix
June 24th, 2009
4:56 pm
mike–just playing devil’s advocate here, but public figures give up their private lives or at least here in the good ole USA
GayGrayGeek
June 24th, 2009
4:56 pm
Since Sanford went to Argentina to cry, this video seems So So Incredibly Apt today: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-XrAyCuXGs.
mike
June 24th, 2009
4:56 pm
electrician -
“mike ..the point is define fundamentalist christian if you are going to use that label.”
Uhh, I was asking NJ to back up the label that he used.
If one must “define fundamentalist christian if you are going to use that label”, why are you not asking NJ who called Sanford a fundamentalist Christian?
getalife
June 24th, 2009
4:57 pm
joseph,
Born in Vegas and staying down here on the coast (major global warming today) until can sell this house then back to Vegas.
Paul,
LSU was flat last night.
Remember, they thrive on drama.
RW-(the original)
June 24th, 2009
4:57 pm
Paul,
She didn’t take Sharapova down quite the same way.
Mrs. Godzilla
June 24th, 2009
4:57 pm
Ensign and Sanford…..AND the “C” Street Foundation and “The Family”
hhhmmmmmmm….interesting…..
Paul
June 24th, 2009
4:58 pm
mike 4:55
Seems to be the issue time and again, doesn’t it? Don’t believe me? Just ask the board if they can name, without Googling, a couple of Republicans who’ve made sex only among married to each other folks an issue, who’ve then not followed their own pronouncements.
But don’t. I don’t believe the AJC has enough storage space on this blog to accommodate the flood….
Cindy
June 24th, 2009
5:00 pm
Dems aren’t really outraged over Sanford’s regression….we just remember the Clinton witch hunt. We’re more outraged over the hyprocrisy of it all. Gopers trouncing on poor Bill and none any better.
Definitely JFK and Marilyn.
DoggoneGA
June 24th, 2009
5:00 pm
“where does it end? ”
Get used to it…it doesn’t
Mr. Snarky
June 24th, 2009
5:01 pm
Man those republican politicians love the ladies! Too bad they can’t let go of the whole puritanical “family values” facade…then they could be like Silvio Berlusconi or Sarkozy and have some fun with it. Instead, the egomaniacs have to sneak around and cheat on their wives. Then the wives have to pretend to support them through the scandal…oh the humanity!
Not that democrats are unfaithful, but they generally don’t try to corner the market on morality.
Paul
June 24th, 2009
5:01 pm
RW-(the original)
Oh, whew. Thanks. One more fantasy intact.
getalife
Well, tonight they’ll flourish. But the Texans are more of a ‘we’ll get down, but then we’ll counterattack and overwhelm.”
Had chicken fried pork chops last night. A salute to both states.
mike
June 24th, 2009
5:01 pm
Paul –
“Just ask the board if they can name, without Googling, a couple of Republicans who’ve made sex only among married to each other folks an issue, who’ve then not followed their own pronouncements.”
I’ve got an easier one. Name me some Republicans ” who’ve made sex only among married to each other folks an issue” this decade. Considering that you are so confident, you should have plenty of answers on the tip of your tongue.
GayGrayGeek
June 24th, 2009
5:02 pm
mike – Abstinence-Only Sex Education. Which, as we all saw, was a roaring success in the case of Bristol Palin.
Oh, and as to your demands – this is Jay’s blog. If you want to dictate who everyone is to talk and write about, start your own blog.
mike
June 24th, 2009
5:03 pm
Cindy –
“Dems aren’t really outraged over Sanford’s regression….we just remember the Clinton witch hunt”
Republicans were not “outraged” either. They were just taking the kind of political cheap shots that the left is taking at Sanford.
If Sanford is a hypocrite, than so are his critics.
josef nix
June 24th, 2009
5:04 pm
GayGrayGeek
Looked like an Obamita rally to me…jus’ sayin’
RW-(the original)
June 24th, 2009
5:05 pm
Paul,
I would have thought this news would have sparked a new fantasy or two.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Do you people really think the investigation of Clinton began with Monica? If he had cooperated with the original investigation it would’ve been over before Monica got out of grade school.
josef nix
June 24th, 2009
5:06 pm
mike:
“If Sanford is a hypocrite, than so are his critics.”
Couldn’t agree more!
mike
June 24th, 2009
5:07 pm
GayGrayGeek –
“mike – Abstinence-Only Sex Education. Which, as we all saw, was a roaring success in the case of Bristol Palin.”
Knew that was coming. Many Republicans want abstinence taught as a birth control method, not as a code of conduct for adults. That’s like saying that a Democrat who had unprotected sex is a hypocrite. Nice try.
“Oh, and as to your demands – this is Jay’s blog. If you want to dictate who everyone is to talk and write about, start your own blog.”
Easy. I dictated nothing. All I asked was if you were going to answer my question, as I answered yours when you chose to engage me. Your failure to answer is answer enough.
Paul
June 24th, 2009
5:07 pm
mike
You’ve got me, there. There aren’t any. Republicans this past decade don’t talk about sex outside of marriage. At all.
‘cept for abstinence only.
‘cept for homosexuality.
‘cept for the Republican Platform making marriage an issue.
AmVet
June 24th, 2009
5:07 pm
“I’m a bottom-line kind of guy. ~Mark Sanford
It just keeps getting better and better…
josef nix
June 24th, 2009
5:10 pm
AmVet
“It just keeps getting better and better…”
Don’t it just!
Paul
June 24th, 2009
5:11 pm
RW-(the original)
Make that TWO fantasies intact!
mike – good comeback on abstinence only.
So, I’m mistaken… So you’re saying Republican politicians and their constituents don’t give a fig about whether or not they mess around?
@@
June 24th, 2009
5:12 pm
IRA @ 4:38:
I wasn’t wrong — just disinterested. Innocent until evidence to the contrary can be delivered.
It WAS entertaining to see you guys so eager to share in his sexual escapades. Envy?
That’s something I wouldn’t know about but you libs……..
Hilarious!
Chris Salzmann
June 24th, 2009
5:12 pm
At least we can say that Gov. Sanford is an expert in foreign relations, off-shore drilling and not against all stimulus
mike
June 24th, 2009
5:14 pm
Paul –
Lame responses.
“‘cept for abstinence only.”
Again, Republicans want abstinence taught as a birth control method. It has nothing to do with making a moral value on “sex outside of marriage”.
“‘cept for homosexuality.”
The only thing that the GOP talks about relative to this is about the gay marriage. it has nothing to do with making a moral value on “sex outside of marriage”.
“‘cept for the Republican Platform making marriage an issue.”
The only thing that the GOP talks about relative to this is about the gay marriage. it has nothing to do with making a moral value on “sex outside of marriage”.
If this is your evidence that the GOP has made an issue about sex outside of marriage, you have made no case.
josef nix
June 24th, 2009
5:15 pm
Chris Salzmann @ 5:12
“At least we can say that Gov. Sanford is an expert in foreign relations, off-shore drilling and not against all stimulus ”
The best one yet!
AmVet
June 24th, 2009
5:17 pm
So the guy disappears for days on end. His staff concocts a farcical, lamebrain story or two. And the most gullible sheep on the planet – the neo-conned – think it is all harmless.
Geez, no wonder they keep getting annihilated every other November…
I'm ruled by Andy
June 24th, 2009
5:18 pm
Ok, ok, I admit it, I’m really Mrs. Sanford.
Mark was a good and honest man that waited until after the marriage to take my virginity and on our wedding not, he discovered that I was a he/she.
He said eewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.
Haven’t seen him since.
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mike
June 24th, 2009
5:18 pm
Paul –
“So, I’m mistaken… So you’re saying Republican politicians and their constituents don’t give a fig about whether or not they mess around?”
I’m not saying that. I am sure that some Republicans look at them with less respect, just as some Democrats look at John Edwards with less respect.
I am guessing that Republican politicians would be in more trouble with their constituents than a Democrat politician would be.
I Report :-) You Whine :-(
June 24th, 2009
5:18 pm
Mrs. Palin, your table is ready.
mike
June 24th, 2009
5:20 pm
“Geez, no wonder they keep getting annihilated every other November…”
Yeah, for two whole elections now. Whoopee.
electrician
June 24th, 2009
5:20 pm
mike..guess I’m out of the loop a little here, not a real blog pro, anyway ..I’ve been a christian for about 40 years and neither myself or any of my many christian friends use the terms fundamentalist,right wing or conservative christian to describe ourselves, these terms are usually espoused by someone who is connecting them to criticisms of Christians in general,
josef nix
June 24th, 2009
5:20 pm
The Unmentionable just came in from talking to the cross-the-street neighbor out working in the front yard. Asked her what she was doing out there in the heat of the day, Said she just wanted to make sure we knew it wasn’t her. She’s Argentine…
@@
June 24th, 2009
5:21 pm
It’s kinda odd that jay would write three Sanford columns based on pure speculation. Now that facts are in evidence, he’s silent.
No doubt he’ll come in to tell us he’s “been busy”.
Paul
June 24th, 2009
5:26 pm
mike
to piggyback on my 5:11 in light of your 5:14:
You you’re saying this whole sexual morality thing attributed to Republicans is mistaken? Granted, the discussion early on went down the ‘only within marriage’ thing, which was likely misleading but understandable, in light of all the recent Republican politicians committing adultery, but again, to clarify…
On further reflection, I’m holding off on the ‘good one’ for abstinence comeback. Why do Republicans want abstinence taught as a birth control method if they don’t care whether or not someone who isn’t married has sex? Seems abstinence only is trying to impose no sex on those who aren’t married (sex outside marriage doesn’t mean only for married couples – it means sex outside the institution of marriage).
Republicans don’t have any angst with gays and how they live as long as they don’t go for marriage?
I suppose, for me, anyway, is for the guy who runs as the Republican candidate to replace the governor, is to have him say:
What gays do is their business. I don’t care. As long as they don’t want to get married, I’m fine.
Abstinence only is only a birth control issue. It has nothing to do with morality. If that means oral sex, manual stuff, hey, I’m fine with that.
Maybe for good measure he could advocate repealing sodomy statutes. Those apply to married hetersexuals, too, you know.
Maybe a clear statement that “Sex outside marriage is not a political issue and I won’t discuss it.”
Think he’d win? Think he’d even get nominated?
josef nix
June 24th, 2009
5:26 pm
Whoo-whee, folks, git on upstairs, Jay’s on a roll today!
DoggoneGA
June 24th, 2009
5:26 pm
“No doubt he’ll come in to tell us he’s “been busy”.”
More likely: he’s laughing to hard to type coherently.
mike
June 24th, 2009
5:27 pm
electrician –
“.guess I’m out of the loop a little here, not a real blog pro, anyway ..I’ve been a christian for about 40 years and neither myself or any of my many christian friends use the terms fundamentalist,right wing or conservative christian to describe ourselves, these terms are usually espoused by someone who is connecting them to criticisms of Christians in general,”
I totally agree and was actually calling out NJ to back up his sneering use of the term. Trust me, I am definitely with you on this subject.
Mrs. Godzilla
June 24th, 2009
5:27 pm
No good will ever come from outsourcing nookie!
What’s wrong with a mistress from the good old U S of A?
Why does Sanford hate American hussies?
DoggoneGA
June 24th, 2009
5:31 pm
“Why does Sanford hate American hussies?”
The jokes just write themselves, don’t they?
Paul
June 24th, 2009
5:31 pm
Mrs. Godzilla
Maybe it has something to do with the exchange rate -
I’m going upstairs -
AmVet
June 24th, 2009
5:33 pm
“…outsourcing nookie!”
Oh, Mrs. G, you do make me laugh!
No matter the topic, the conned here are always outwomanned…
suck my thumb
June 24th, 2009
5:34 pm
“Size 16 is Sexy” uh sorry it ain’t!! Unless your trying to uplift someones self image. Otherwise it’s FAT!!!!
josef nix
June 24th, 2009
5:35 pm
Mrs. Godzilla
“No good will ever come from outsourcing nookie!
…Why does Sanford hate American hussies?”
That’s TOO good!
DoggoneGA
June 24th, 2009
5:35 pm
“Otherwise it’s FAT!!!!”
You have a LOT to learn about size 16s
josef nix
June 24th, 2009
5:37 pm
suck my thumb
“Size 16 is Sexy” uh sorry it ain’t!! Unless your trying to uplift someones self image. Otherwise it’s FAT!!!!
Well, as my brother with a taste for the zaftig says, “if you want to sleep on a bed of nails, don’t let me stop you,,,”
suck my thumb
June 24th, 2009
5:38 pm
No I don’t think so. Movin layers to get to the sweet stuff is not my idea of FUN! But to each ………..
mike
June 24th, 2009
5:44 pm
Mike –
“You you’re saying this whole sexual morality thing attributed to Republicans is mistaken?”
Not entirely. What I would say is that socially conservative people are a big block of the Republican party. In order to get elected in some of these conservative districts, you need to support the policies that represent the will of those voters. Whether or not a particular politician does things that are inconsistent with those positions is not a big deal in my mind. Much like I don’t have an issue with Obama signing anti-smoking legislation when he still smokes. Just because he does it doesn’t mean that he doesn’t believe it is dangerous and it doesn’t mean that voters don’t generally support the legislation.
Now guys like Sanford and Craig are in trouble with some conservative folks, but as the base’s continued support of flawed people like Newt and Rush shows, even the most hardcore conservative is able to overlook an individual flaws, much like the most hardcore liberal call overlook Ted Kennedy’s adventures. The fact that he got away with manslaughter and is still a leader in the Senate does not mean that the Democratic party or Democratic voters don’t really care about justice.
“Why do Republicans want abstinence taught as a birth control method if they don’t care whether or not someone who isn’t married has sex?”
Well, it is a birth control method. Not one which I was inclined to use when a teen, but a method nonetheless.
Some Republicans believe that promotion of contraceptives encourages underage sex. Not my view, but that is the position of many. The difference is the focus on underage as opposed to extramarital. The fact that many conservatives don’t want contraceptives to be taught does not mean they are against the adult usage of them.
suck my thumb
June 24th, 2009
5:45 pm
Obviously no one here knows that a size 16 is BIG!!!! Does Martin Lawrence’s “BIG MAMA” ring a bell???? (slight exag)
Copyleft
June 24th, 2009
5:47 pm
Show some tact and decorum, people. After all, when John Edwards confessed his affair, the conservatives were respectful and considerate…
No, wait a minute.
Never mind. Carry on!
suck my thumb
June 24th, 2009
5:50 pm
Copyleft-I agree the same treatment should be used on all. It’s all good. If your scum your scum regardless of political affiliation.
Paul
June 24th, 2009
5:52 pm
mike
That’s decent.
But I would submit, the reality is, the Republican base is quite sexually conservatively traditional. In theory. And that conflicts with the practical reality.
But as you point out, they’re going to get elected by reflecting those values. Whether they agree with them or not.
So it seems to me, even if not officially stated, that the de facto position of most Republicans is along the lines of a a big, big consideration of sex within marriage for married couples and all that other stuff.
suck my thumb
June 24th, 2009
5:54 pm
One other thing about size 16. The only time that it would’nt be considered BIG, is if she is 7 FRICKIN FEET TALL!!!!!!!!!! People
mike
June 24th, 2009
5:59 pm
Paul –
“So it seems to me, even if not officially stated, that the de facto position of most Republicans is along the lines of a a big, big consideration of sex within marriage for married couples and all that other stuff.”
Well that’s a bit of an extraplolation. There are really only two sex-related policies that the Republicans take. They are opposed to abortion and they are opposed to same-sex marriage. I don’t think they care a bit about sexual relations between consenting adults. I consider myself a conservative and I think adultery is wrong, but a pretty common offense committed by lots of good people. I don’t really care about what anyone else does. I think that position is a lot more common among conservatives than you would believe.
GayGrayGeek
June 24th, 2009
6:14 pm
Mrs. G – I almost want to ask you to marry me. Well, except for the fact that I’m already married. And Gay. And the fact that you’re already a Mrs., as well…
GayGrayGeek
June 24th, 2009
6:16 pm
Hehehe. A dear friend of mine just posted this over on FaceBook:
So let’s see…we have David Vitter, Senator Wide Stance Craig, John Ensign and NOW Governor Sanford. How’s them Family Values? I guess they valued family so much they wanted more than one.
Andy the Welcher
June 24th, 2009
6:35 pm
Damn the luck I was in stall next Mr. Stanford just tapping my foot like crazy, then I tried the extra wide stance, now I know why he wasn’t going for it, he had some tasty Argentinian trollup already lined up…
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josef nix
June 24th, 2009
6:48 pm
GayGrayGeek
Can’t ever have too much of a good thang’s what I always say!
Responsible Reporting
June 24th, 2009
7:04 pm
If you are looking for more informed and relevant opinions in Georgia and the United States please see
http://www.boortz.com
http://www.drudgereport.com
Stop reading this guy because he should not be allowed to put food on his table for his family after writting this.
Hilarious
June 24th, 2009
7:04 pm
ROFLMAO!!!
Kayaker 71
June 24th, 2009
7:31 pm
What the hell is wrong with size 16? There’s just more there to love.
Andy the Welcher
June 24th, 2009
9:17 pm
writting is not a word moron.
Yankee
June 24th, 2009
10:07 pm
I now understand why Gov. Sanford (R) SC did not want the Stimulus for South Carolina. He was already getting HIS Stimulus.
ghostwriter
June 25th, 2009
6:20 am
Her Whiner,
Do you remember Reagan’s Iran policy? Sending a bible inside a chocolate cake! Trading weapons for hostages! Please!
How about his slobbering over Marcos in the Philippines after he stole the vote? How about the smear campaign he tried against Cory Aquino? That was a real profile in courage.
How about blaming the Carter Administration for the deaths of 241 Marines after the barracks bombing at the Beirut airport 3 years after Carter left office? Lay off Obama. Your hero was a loser!
JSS
June 25th, 2009
8:01 am
Boortz??? Mike Drudge??? Are you kidding me? No rational person still listens to those fools… Good luck to you if you get your information from those clowns… Just imagine where we’d be with that national tax scheme right now, Bankrupt like GM!!!
RLJ
June 25th, 2009
10:01 am
A family and marriage are hurting because of this man’s hypocrisy. Can we lay off the jokes?
Copyleft
June 25th, 2009
10:13 am
Certainly. I remember the respectful silence given to John Edwards and Bill Clinton, for example.
N.J
June 25th, 2009
12:22 pm
I am not referring to Sanford himself, but to the religious right and the absurd inconsistencies in their religious ideology
And one can be a FUNDAMENTALIST without being an EVANGELICAL. Sanford repeatedly gave statements which were based FIRMLY on Fundamentalist, literalistic interpretations of scripture. One CAN be a FUNDAMENTALIST and an EPISCOPALIAN
There are some who liken Sanford to a New Barry Goldwater, rather than a new Reagan, or more like Ron Paul.
But he was rather involved with the South Carolina branch of Focus on the Family and similar groups.
N.J
June 25th, 2009
12:39 pm
The biggest hypocrisy is that one of the loudest mouthed politicians screaming for Clinton’s impeachment was John Ensign another one of these hypocritical Republicans. No one would give a rats ass if these guys simply left the entire issue of who sleeps with who outside of the political arena, and especially left the entire issue of RELIGION out of the electoral process completely. Listening to the European media comparing American politics to Iranian Politics has been very enlightening, because in the last three decades, most political candidates to national office have had to pass muster when it comes to asserting their “Christian” faith. No one who asserted they were an atheist, or agnostic could actually meet the religious test that is now necessary to even get close to a nomination. There is both legal and constitutional precedent for removing such considerations from the election and campaign processes.
What is most ironic is that during the FIRST presidency, a member of Washington’s cabinet, Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton, was brought to court on morals charges for having an affair with a married woman, the assertion being that this somehow made him unfit for high office and the courts ruled in Hamilton’s favor. That ones personal life should NEVER be used to make a case for their performance in public office, and it was illegal to use it to remove a person from office. Nor should it ever be used in a line of questioning with regard to an elected or nominated official.
Of course this was ignored in the questioning of Bill Clinton. In effect, such a line of questioning was made illegal by the courts well over 200 years ago. The entire Lewinsky issue was legally beyond the scope of the special counsel.
Again the issue is not who sleeps with who to anyone of a progressive leaning. What is the issue is the hypocrisy followed by the varied forms of “mea culpa,.mea maxima culpa” that follow quickly upon the heels of one of these stories.
The statistics are pretty firm. One in two people in this country have such peccadilloes. Half of all those Republicans dribbling virtue out of the corners of their mouths are extremely likely to be getting some on the side, if they are the average sort of family guys they claim to be.
Most Democrats wouldn’t care at all about Mark Sanford of John Ensign if the didn’t play the “holier than thou” game that Republicans play with religion.
N.J
June 25th, 2009
12:42 pm
Don’y Cry for me Argentina…does anyone remember Wilbur Mills and Fannie Fox?
The difference is that after Mills got snagged with an Argentinian stripper, his DEMOCRATIC constituency re-elected him with 60 percent of the vote.
N.J
June 25th, 2009
12:52 pm
And to be honest, I am not at all worried about how much Sanford’s family is hurting. His policies have left a lot of people hurting a lot more where it counts. Joblessness, homelessness, people losing their houses, and a governor who rejects all efforts to actually do something about it. Everything that occurred in Sanford’s case here is relatively minor compared to a lot of other forms of hurt. Certainly neither he nor his family will ever want for their basic needs.