Cheating SC gov says God will make him better

[Scurrilous]

Source: Associated Press

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"South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, still clinging to office after admitting to an extramarital affair, wrote in an opinion piece released Sunday that God will change him so he can emerge from the scandal a more humble and effective leader.

"(W)hile none of us has the chance to attend our own funeral, in many ways I feel like I was at my own in the past weeks, and surprisingly I am thankful for the perspective it has afforded," Sanford wrote in the opinion piece distributed statewide for Sunday newspapers.

Sanford, a two-term Republican, returned from a mysterious, nearly weeklong disappearance last month to reveal a romance with a longtime friend in Argentina. In a series of Associated Press interviews, he described the woman as his "soul mate" but said he would work to repair his relationship with his wife, Jenny, the mother of their four sons.

Some lawmakers have called for Sanford to resign, and one state senator plans hearings on whether state money was used to facilitate the trysts. A criminal probe found nothing illegal.

Sanford and his wife left the state earlier this week for an undisclosed location and are expected to return Sunday evening, spokesman Joel Sawyer said."

Read more: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jVGOp2bl5_prbLYsoPOvD96f55bgD99H9L800

[Orrex]

1. Well, God could hardly make him worse

[saigon68]

63. Maybe God will shrink his weinee

[MindMatter]

83. I wonder why God brought him togeether with his girlfriend

or maybe that was the devil's doing.

You've got to watch out for that old devil. God can't do it all by Himself.

Well, what I mean is... God CAN do it all by Himself, but ... but he doesn't unless you really pray hard.

So let's all pray for the governor to kick that old devil out.

When he was porking the Argentinian, I wonder how many times Jesus' name came up.

[InfiniteThoughts]

122. nope ...

this is the republican gift that keeps on giving ....

:rofl:

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. God should be kicking his ass.

As Mrs. Sanford probably is doing right now at their undisclosed location.

[Boddingham]

17. Did you say the same thing when Clinton came all over Monica's dress?

I didn't. It is irrelevant and the impeachment proceeding was a fucking fraud. Or did you like that?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

20. I don't understand your point.

Sanford's "sin" is that he is a hypocrite; I don't care about who he fucks. Clinton was a hound dog but not a hypocrite, and no, he shouldn't have been impeached for what he did.

[Boddingham]

24. Sorry if I am mistaken.

But why is Sanford a hypocrite and Bill Clinton is not a hypocrite?

[JI7]

29. because Clinton never preached or claimed to be some better moral person like Sanford

[Boddingham]

31. I missed Sanford claiming to be a better moral person than Clinton.

Still, I don't care what anyone claims. It is not my business who is fucking who, when, where or how. I don't want to hear about it, and I will not condemn anyone for doing "it."

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

35. Oh, but he did, in that he condemned Clinton and demanded his resignation.

This is "very damaging stuff," Sanford declared at one point, when details of Clinton's conduct became known. "I think it would be much better for the country and for him personally (to resign)... I come from the business side," he said. "If you had a chairman or president in the business world facing these allegations, he'd be gone."

Explaining his decision to back impeachment articles against Clinton, he added, "I think what he did in this matter was reprehensible... I feel very comfortable with my vote."

[JI7]

36. so what are you complaining about Clinton for ?

the whole issue about Sanford is that he is a fucking hypocrite because he claimed to be something that he wasn't

Clinton didn't do that.

[Boddingham]

38. Are you talking to me?

I'm not complaining about anybody, except those posters who try to crucify politicians for having sex under any circumstances, any time, anywhere, no matter what is later said. Read all of my posts in this thread.

[JI7]

43. people aren't crucifying Sanford for having sex but for being the hypocritical piece of shit that he

is.

John Edwards gets the same reaction for the same reasons.

[TommyO]

70. Then why did you bring Clinton into this?

[Hissyspit]

53. Sanford has publicly proclaimed against the marriage rights of others and has used

his religion (falsely) to claim the right to suppress the civil rights of others. He is a hypocrite and has no right to claim to know what "God" will do. Yes, as a matter of fact you did miss it. Do some research before you claim equivalence in the two situations.


“The bottom line is that he lied under a different oath -the oath to his wife.” — Republican Congressman Marshall Clement “Mark” Sanford on politics and the sanctity of marriage, 1998

Question: “Should South Carolina restrict marriage to a union only between a man and a woman?” Answer: “Yes” — Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Mark Sanford, 2002 Vote Smart Political Courage Test

Question: “Should South Carolina recognize civil unions between same-sex couples?” Answer: “No” — Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Mark Sanford, 2002 Vote Smart Political Courage Test

Question: “Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding education… Support age-appropriate sexual education programs that teach about abstinence, contraceptives and HIV/STD prevention methods?” Answer: “No” — Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Mark Sanford, 2002 Vote Smart Political Courage Test

“Yes” — 1996 Vote on H.R. 3396, the “Defense of Marriage Act”, “to define and protect the institution of marriage” and to mandate that “the word ‘marriage’ means only a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife.”

“Yes” — 1999 Vote on H.R. 2587, a bill banning adoptions by same-sex couples.

“As Jenny and I are the parents of four little boys, we’ve always taught our kids that marriage was something between a man and a woman. As governor, I am supportive of legislation that furthers that definition here in South Carolina.” — Republican Governor Mark Sanford to the Post and Courier, February 2004

“He’s always felt marriage is between a man and a woman.” — Spokesman for Republican Governor Mark Sanford, April 2005

Question: “Do you think the Republican party should become more libertarian on the issue of gay marriage?” Answer: “No, I don’t.” — Republican Governor Mark Sanford, June 12 2009

“I could digress and say that you have the ability to give magnificent gentle kisses, or that I love your tan lines or that I love the curve of your hips, the erotic beauty of you holding yourself (or two magnificent parts of yourself) in the faded glow of the night’s light - but hey, that would be going into sexual details…” — Republican Governor Mark Sanford, July 2008, in an e-mail to his mistress

Sanford: "It is my personal view that the largest proclamation of one's faith ought to be in how one lives his life."


Gov. Mark Sanford - BIG FUCKING HYPOCRITE


"It's the HYPOCRISY, Stupid"

In case you've never noticed, religion is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

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[47of74]

62. Hypocrisy, thy name is Republican.

[Mad_Dem_X]

72. +1

He's one of the biggest hypocrites out there.

BTW, I can't imagine being married to a man, giving him four children, and then hearing him refer to another woman as his "soul mate."

[LeftishBrit]

59. He was a congressman in the 90s. and voted to impeach Clinton.

[proud2BlibKansan]

69. And if Sanford uses public moneys to travel to see his lady lover?

Is that okay with you too?

[Cha]

94. Yeah, you must missed how sanford called

for Clinton's Impeachment for doing to very shit thing that sanford just did only sanford used state fucking money to go to Argentina to do it and wouldn't take Recovery Money from the Fed Gov to help out the citizens of South Carolina.

Yeah, sanford's a Fucking Hypocrital Bullshitter.

[TankLV]

133. Try his "sanctity of marriage" crap to start with, then his ANTI GAY MARRIAGE crap,

then his RAILING AGAINST CLINTON...

[scarface2004]

77. don t feed the troll

please

[jwirr]

80. Because Sanford has been parading himself as a family values

right wing self righteous idiot for years while he is cheating on his wife. I do not remember Bill Clinton claiming to be sinless.

[Bluenorthwest]

84. Sanford grandstanded about Bill's affair, strongly and in huge

judgmental detail. The man also speaks out as a 'Defender of Marriage for One Man and One Woman' on the basis of his intense feelings of religiousness.
Hypocrite of the very first order. Not to mention his dereliction of duty. The man went missing, wandered to South America.

[sarcasmo]

100. Clinton was never a family values preacher, and when you preach the family values you better stand

By the family values.

[TankLV]

132. Clinton never BITCHED at what OTHER people did, did he - unlike YOU ASSHOLES!!!

[maglatinavi]

28. ocelot

I agree, Clinton shouldn't have been impeached ... he was not the first, nor the last to have an affair... believe me ... even sanctimonious shrub is supposed to have been involved with other women ... and so did his daddy ... or so it is rumored ...

[Demeter]

78. It's much worse than illicit sex. This Governor Was and Is AWOL

and as anti-democratic as the worst dictator. His problem isn't libido, it's entitlement to live outside the rules, because "God" chose him. He's a psychopathic criminal and should be booted out of office and locked up for the good of society and his family.

And so too should any public servant who lived, visited, or used the C Street Brothel be treated. And the building should be razed and the foundation forfeit all monies. And Coe should get deported to Gitmo, if not the electric chair.

[lumpy]

98. Sanford neglected his job as governor by leaving the state

without notice of his whereabouts while not providing for a second person in charge, using state funds for a liason not connected with his occupation. That is the problem; few really give little care about his sex life.

[sabrina 1]

120. Clinton and the Dems weren't preaching 'family values'

It's not the affair, which would be his own business if his party didn't make Clinton's and everyone else's private lives THEIR business.

It's the hypocrisy.

[TankLV]

131. Hey TROLL - YOU were the ones making clinton's cock a big deal, NOT US

now YOU fuckwads can CHOKE on your own "advice"...!!!

[GinaMaria]

129. more like laughing his ass off

Sanny, is great entertainment for humans and deities :-)

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

3. That's technically correct, since there's no God.

Therefore, he'll never be "better."

[Nevernose]

137. You'd think that god would have helped him out BEFORE, right?

Assuming there's a God, of course, which is a pretty lousy assumption to make. It's like people after the tsunami or after Katrina praying to God to make it all better. Why? Clearly, if there were a God, he's the one that put them into that mess in the first place.

[rwheeler31]

4. Do they have a chaperon from c street?

[MADem]

5. Unless God cuts off his balls, he'll never feel better. He's got the fever ... NT

[Fumesucker]

6. Can you say "Dog Whistle"?

Sure, I knew you could.

This is fundiespeak pure and simple, sin and redemption, a "come to Jebus" moment.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

9. Funny thing is, Sanford is an Episcopalian, and they don't talk like that.

But the Republican-fundie voters do. So Sanford piles hypocrisy upon hypocrisy by sucking up to those voters with that fundie dog-whistle, even though it's not really his church's thing at all.

[MichiganVote]

7. Is there really no end to the ego with these guys?

[sutz12]

8. Not until you take a dose of reality.

:shrug:

[Ikonoklast]

10. Allllllrighty, then, everything will be fine.

Whew. Glad we got that all cleared up.

They fuck up, get caught, ask Gawd to fix it all and make it nice like it was before, and go on their merry way with the gullible and ignorant crying tears of joy for witnessing their redemption.


What a deal.

[Odin2005]

11. Typical Evangelical.

Do bad things then ask their god to forgive them. HOW CONVENIENT!!! :eyes:

[Amonester]

39. Predictable, from billions of light-years away!!

Babies do that "by instinct" all the time while they grow up.
They do bad things, then ask their parents to forgive them!!

It's "babies" nature...

Grown-ups stop doing that once they're adults...

Retardblicans don't.

[Ilsa]

12. Maybe he'll be better if God "recycles" him. nt

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[demosincebirth]

13. If you're praying for potato's, grab a hoe

[OnyxCollie]

14. Oh, well. Everything's O.K. then. Duhhh.

[maglatinavi]

21. onyxcollie

Except that he said to the WORLD AT LARGE, the it was LOVE and his "love" is his "soul mate..." Anyone with at least a brain in a half inch of forehead would advise him as follows:
1. resign
2. divorce
3. go with your soul mate
4. to yourself be true
5. an stop talking to the world, no one believes you are going to eradicate that love that you so painfully and lachrymose advertised to the world
other wise, God will not recycle you...
and to the wife, as follows:
1. set him free
2. divorce him
3. there are men that will have you as their soul mate
4. no degree of forgiveness will really be in your heart of hearts ...

[Boddingham]

23. So, you think Clinton should have resigned after the Lewinski affair?

Apparently, you do. I don't

[Tangerine LaBamba]

44. Watch yourself, please be careful -

they way you leap to unfounded conclusions, you're in real danger of falling off a high cliff........................

[TankLV]

134. No - you just want it for DEMOCRATS, while we don't like HYPOCRITES...

like you...

[OnyxCollie]

26. Um, I was being sarcastic. I thought that it was obvious.

Welcome to DU.

[RayStar]

66. Set him free

Maglatinavi you have written a great post. The wife needs to stop punishing her husband and let this very unhappy man go. Why keep letting this man embarrass you and your family with his confession of love for another woman.
It may do you both good to be apart. Live life like that is no tomorrow.

[Bluenorthwest]

90. How is it the wife's fault exactly?

Is she binding the Gov. with chains? Holding him in SC under lock and key? Explain how it is not him doing the embarrassing? How is she 'letting' him do that? How is she keeping him from rushing to his 'soul mate? Sanford is doing all of this to himself, to her, and to his state.

[tblue37]

52. Of course it's "OK." It's always IOKIYAR. nt

[Historic NY]

15. Not when he finishes with the audit, he won't.

[Boddingham]

16. I couldn't care less who a politician has sex with.

In any party, any race, any sex, any office, I don't give a fucking shit. It is none of my business. I don't want to hear about it. I don't want to hear rumors about it. It is not relevant. I don't fucking care.

[lexanman]

51. what if its with someone underage?

just sayin.

[Hissyspit]

54. And that politician shouldn't be telling other consenting adults who they can have sex with,

suppressing their basic human rights based on their judgemental ignorance, and keeping young people in the dark about how to stay safe and healthy with regards to their sexual development.

He's a hypocrite.

You don't want to hear about politicians having sex, but you didn't have any problem bringing up Bill Clinton's semen...

“The bottom line is that he lied under a different oath -the oath to his wife.” — Republican Congressman Marshall Clement “Mark” Sanford on politics and the sanctity of marriage, 1998

Question: “Should South Carolina restrict marriage to a union only between a man and a woman?” Answer: “Yes” — Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Mark Sanford, 2002 Vote Smart Political Courage Test

Question: “Should South Carolina recognize civil unions between same-sex couples?” Answer: “No” — Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Mark Sanford, 2002 Vote Smart Political Courage Test

Question: “Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding education… Support age-appropriate sexual education programs that teach about abstinence, contraceptives and HIV/STD prevention methods?” Answer: “No” — Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Mark Sanford, 2002 Vote Smart Political Courage Test

“Yes” — 1996 Vote on H.R. 3396, the “Defense of Marriage Act”, “to define and protect the institution of marriage” and to mandate that “the word ‘marriage’ means only a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife.”

“Yes” — 1999 Vote on H.R. 2587, a bill banning adoptions by same-sex couples.

“As Jenny and I are the parents of four little boys, we’ve always taught our kids that marriage was something between a man and a woman. As governor, I am supportive of legislation that furthers that definition here in South Carolina.” — Republican Governor Mark Sanford to the Post and Courier, February 2004

“He’s always felt marriage is between a man and a woman.” — Spokesman for Republican Governor Mark Sanford, April 2005

Question: “Do you think the Republican party should become more libertarian on the issue of gay marriage?” Answer: “No, I don’t.” — Republican Governor Mark Sanford, June 12 2009

“I could digress and say that you have the ability to give magnificent gentle kisses, or that I love your tan lines or that I love the curve of your hips, the erotic beauty of you holding yourself (or two magnificent parts of yourself) in the faded glow of the night’s light - but hey, that would be going into sexual details…” — Republican Governor Mark Sanford, July 2008, in an e-mail to his mistress

Sanford: "It is my personal view that the largest proclamation of one's faith ought to be in how one lives his life."


Gov. Mark Sanford - BIG FUCKING HYPOCRITE

[Bluenorthwest]

88. What does DOMA say about Soul Mates?

[Bluenorthwest]

87. Same here!

Except for the ones like Sanford, who attack millions of American families for their own sexuality. Sanford shouts 'one man and one woman' not me. He does that.
Sanford was also one of the most vicious and loud attackers of Bill Clinton for having an one off with Monica. He spewed on and on about marriage vows and oaths and all about how a man who cheats on his wife can not be trusted in office. Sanford said all of that and more.
He should simply be held to the standards he holds forth for others. His own fucking standards. He's the one who pretends to be a Sanctified Straight, in a Sacred bond created by God Himself, a union so holy and glorious that he has to make sure GLBT people can not have equal rights under the law. It is also him who made his 'Sacrament' into a public laughing stock. He's got a wife and a soul mate, Praise the Lord for abundance!

So what do you actually say about Sanford's meddling in the private lives of others? Our loves, our sexualities? Do you really see not hypocrisy there? Of course you do, but you want to pretend this is about Sanford being a Free Love proponent or something, even as Sanford spouts off some more about God's plan. Can not have it both ways. If he shut up and apologized, he could be free to go have as many soul mates as God can lead to his door, I do not give a shit. But he will not be allowed to attack others while living by his own freehand standards, you'd best believe it.

[rvablue]

101. Then you stand in direct opposition to Sanford who liked to go on TV in the 90s and say Clinton

should resign.

[KansDem]

127. I agree, but he deserted his post as SC governor and its commander in chief to visit his soulmate.

That should be the issue. No one knew where he was. What if SC was suddenly confronted with an emergency or disaster?

He should be removed from office for dereliction of duty.

[TankLV]

135. SURE you do...

[DeepBlueC]

18. has God been too busy for him so far?

Or was Sanford like...

[Politicalboi]

22. A criminal probe found nothing illegal.

Dereliction of duty is ok then? Using tax dollars since he was probably on the clock during his travels and screwing the woman. Which I would think would be fraud.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

25. Mark, Mark, Mark -

the sin of pride. Will you NEVER learn?

I just finished talking with God, who said he heard about you when you were busy bashing Clinton for his getting blown in the Oval Office. God said that was a little something he sent Bill, just to relieve the pressure of the office. God told me he offered the same thing to George W. Bush, but George didn't know what a blowjob was, so God decided to ignore him after that.

God told me he sent you that nice Argentinian lady so that you could explore your Inner Bottom. See, God knows that you'd find utter and total sexual joy and fulfillment when you finally got together with a woman who understood, and was willing to take care of, your deep, deep need to be dominated, and not just by a wife who was also your campaign manager.

He knew how much you loved it, finally finding a woman who met your twisted dominance needs.

That's why He yanked her from you.

Do you want to know a secret?

God was going to give her back to you, and you and she were going to have the Ultimate Happy Ending, but you had to go and open your big mouth in all the wrong ways, and then dig in and announce you weren't going to resign, and just blather on in your own, egotistical, self-involved way that really annoyed God.

That's when He decided that you can't have her back.

Mark, Mark, Mark, you went so far off the track, even God had some trouble finding you, but He told me that the Celestial Sonar doesn't work as well south of the Equator (don't tell anyone about this - it really fucks up that "omnipotent" image God's trying to cultivate).

Now, He's been watching you and Ensign and Pickering and all you closet cases from the C Street mental ward, and He's really disgusted with the bunch of you. He's not going to do anything with you, Mark. God doesn't care about you any more. That's your continuing sin of Pride speaking, when you announce that "God will make you better."

You just don't get it. All you sexually twisted white guys have to pay the price now. For you, it's going to be ongoing disclosure and humiliation, coupled with the irrevocable fact that your Argentinian lover is gone from you - forever.

So much for your soulmate.

All you've got now is a wife - another of God's truly great inventions - and yours is pissed.

God told me to tell you that Coburn is in a category by himself, and God has his eye on him........................

[sutz12]

27. Excuse me, sir...

"I talk to God all of the time. He never mentioned you."-Phillipe Gaston

:evilgrin:

[Tangerine LaBamba]

30. I had to google him -

and, alas, I've never seen "Ladyhawke."

But, yes, there are those of us - I'm real, Phillipe is fictional - who truly do chat with God.

Unlike those pretenders, the Falwells, the Robertsons, the Bushes.

(And, in real life, my surname is that of a god - honestly.............)

[sutz12]

102. I had no intention to diss people with real spiritual beliefs..

But the hypocrisy of these pseudo-christian fascists makes my blood boil at times.

Ladyhawke is a decent movie for its era. Matthew Broderick and Michelle Phieffer. How can you go wrong? :)

[bitchkitty]

121. LOVED that movie! :) n/t

[maglatinavi]

32. la bamba

roflmao!!! this is just too funny...!!!

[Tangerine LaBamba]

33. Why, thank you -

God thanks you, too, and told me to tell you this:

[maglatinavi]

34. bamba

lol!

[go west young man]

97. Great post! LMAO.

:-)

[Iggo]

37. Blame God.

Nice one, Guv.

[lexanman]

40. just believe

in Jesus is your savior and all is forgiven. See? Now he can continue to go about being a hypocritical scumbag asshole, and all will be forgiven. I can see why religion is very appealing to these jackasses.

[tomreedtoon]

41. God should change him into a pregnant black teen.

He, as a she, would learn how devastating and deadly the policies are that Republicans enforce. He wouldn't be a she for long; lots of black teens die from lack of medical care, gang violence and hopelessness.

[Torn_Scorned_Ignored]

103. VERY Very Funny!

[azurnoir]

42. So God's going to have him neutered

or would that be his wife's work, Gawd will just look the other way while she does it

[Korsa]

45. I don't know why

it surprises anybody anymore when a politician is found to be cheating. It surprises me when they come clean about it before anybody knows it was even going on, which usually makes me wonder what prompted the sudden honesty spurt.

I think the way he's talking is more designed to save whatever is left of his reputation, which if anything it isn't much...since apparently it wasn't much to begin with, for the duration of his time left in office. Since, I don't think it mentioned he was going to be resigning early.

Obviously, he knows he can't get away with the way he's been acting so far any further, because he's begging to just be friends with his peers. Then again, I do concede it sounds as if he's done that more than once and reneged on the promises. But, like was said in the article, it doesn't look like he's big on keeping promises, anyway.

Either way, he knows he can't really back-pedal, so he's trying to make it sound like less than it is. He's sorry, he'll never do it again, because he has faith on his side!

I don't know about anybody else, but I'm sick of hearing about how some kind of God is going to make everything all better. I'm not religious, myself, but...isn't it breaking a Christian commandment when you commit adultery? Maybe it only counts if you're an average Joe.

[Hissyspit]

55. Sanford's honesty spurt:

It has been reported that Sanford had come clean to some of this "C Street church" buddies.

Sanford came "clean" publicly when he got caught by the South Carolina press. They tracked his vehicles and someone sent him his emails to his mistress.

[Hissyspit]

68. "them" not "him"

[Fearless]

46. Ahh... the God excuse. Why not.

[DeSwiss]

47. Dear Governor Soulmate,

About getting better. This is a good thing you're doing. I'm sure the Mrs. approves. Particularly as you learn how to fall back in-love with her -- this will no doubt help.

However, I must say that if there is a god, we are relieved to learn that you are not its finished product.

- That is all.

DeSwiss

on edit: K&R

[wundermaus]

48. So that's how it works...

Hypocrisy does sound a lot like theocracy...

[aquart]

49. I will always prefer my "leader" to screw his mistress than the country.

Bush fucked America.

[Hissyspit]

56. Sanford is fucking his state (also, helping to fuck gay American's civil rights)

[aquart]

58. For a Republican, that's the best of both worlds.

[caseymoz]

50. Then I expect him to become a liberal Democrat in no time.

:toast:

[Deja Q]

74. Been watching FOX news again?

:rofl:

[Roland99]

60. BWA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!

That's a knee-slapper!

[tomm2thumbs]

61. His wife is going to have to get in line now...

behind that woman from Argentina, behind God, behind the Governorship, behind C-Street.... she's got a lot of folks in front of her for his attention and frankly he should resign and start dealing with his kids and family and stop acting like a C-Street 'Chosen One'. The only thing he was chosen for was to exit stage left.

[truthisfreedom]

64. Maybe god can pay back his state for his non-stop theft.

just sayin'.

[sarcasmo]

65. The great Jebus coming to the rescue, so Mark is this all Bill Clinton needed to say?

[Vinca]

67. Translation: he's praying for a new girlfriend.

[SpiralHawk]

71. "The Hell I will." - Gee Hover

"You sactimonious, hypocritical Pharisee Republicon pretend 'christians' are going to have to pull yourselves up by your own perverted Family Values. Stop whining, and stop depending on ME to clean up your crappy karma.

"PS - while you're at it, clean up your Graven Images transgression bullshit."

- Gee Hover

[Deja Q]

73. And I thought repubes say it's up to each of us to pull ourselves up by our own bootstraps?

Of course, Sanford would do better not to remove his boots in the first place, for anyone who wants to get it on with him, if he's already married. That's up for him to control.

I'm surprised he didn't say "God told me to do her."

[eilen]

75. This man has no honor

If he truly feels the way he does about this woman in Argentina, he should divorce his wife and go be with his "soul mate." Allow his wife to pursue a fulfilling life not built on lies and allow his sons to grow up with no more public embarrassment. Really. It might be that God will forgive him of that too. lol.
And allow his state to be governed by a responsible person without distractions.

(Sanford clearly misconstrued the subtext of God's or Fate's little interference in his life. If "they" wanted him to continue his life as before, Ms. Argentina would have never been in his path).

This Xian stuff really fucks people up.

[shadowknows69]

76. I used to be a practicing Wiccan, but I suspect if I were an elected official

And went on TV after a transgression and said Pan and Hekate would "fix me"; I'm pretty sure I would lose my job and possibly be sent to a mental hospital. I'm so sick of people using their God as a shield or cure for their weakness.

[City Lights]

79. Scum.

Hypocritical scum.

:mad:

[BumRushDaShow]

81. "RGA calls for Spitzer resignation"

From here: http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0308/RGA_calls_for_Spitzer_resignation.html

The Republican Governor's association, with no apparent concern for David Vitter, puts out this statement from Executive Director Nick Ayers.

The Governor of New York should immediately resign from office and allow the people of New York to pursue honest leadership. The American people are tired of corrupt and hypocritical politicians. The Governor of New York is just another in the long list of politicians that have failed their constituents.

Locally, the Assembly Minority Leader, James Tedisco, is the first off the block:

"He has disgraced his office and the entire (sic) sttae of New York," he says , per MSNBC. "He should resign his office immediately."

Yet the same douche bags, who Stanford was the leader of until that fateful June day, are silent when it is one of their own. Look at this crap from here: http://rga-org.myrga.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=306:rga-statement-regarding-governor-sanford&catid=1:press-releases&Itemid=5

RGA Statement Regarding Governor Sanford

The Republican Governors Association announced today that Governor Haley Barbour will assume the duties of RGA Chairman effective immediately.

Statement of RGA Chairman Haley Barbour:

“The news revealed today hurts all of us who have gotten to know Governor Sanford over the years and so it is with regret that the RGA accepted Governor Sanford’s resignation as chairman.

While this news is deeply disappointing, I also know it’s important to remain focused on the future and Governor Sanford’s resignation allows him and us to do just that.

The RGA has an important task over the next two years. I am committed to seeing it through and confident we will succeed.”

More at link

Why isn't the RGA demanding his immediate resignation from office and calling him names like "corrupt and hypocritical" and a "failure" to his constituents? Why is Sanford still out there in the media? What is it with repuke media whoredom? :eyes:

[Joe Bacon]

82. Another example of IOKIYAR

Republicans can do whatever they want and Je$u$ forgives them.

But, when a Democrat slips, they go to hell no matter how they atone.

Fuck the GOP! Fuck 'em!

[Faygo Kid]

85. It's always "God's" responsibility with these GOP clowns. Never their own.

He's a piece of sh*t. I am more outraged with the GOP each and every day. "Party of personal responsibility" my behind.

[bemildred]

86. That's right, make a mess yourself, then expect GOD to clean it up. nt

[undeterred]

89. I hope he gets his shit together or resigns.

But he should have learned by now that the God talk doesn't go over so well in the public realm.

[Bluenorthwest]

91. Clearly God fucked up

and created a Sanctified, Holy Union of Marriage with Sanford and the wrong woman! Instead of bringing him together with his Soul Mate, the Almighty grafted him as one to some random woman, the Sacrament was a sham, and it is all God's fault for keeping that Soul Mate on another continent!
Do Sacraments usually get a 'do over'? Is a 'sacred thing' temporary?

[alarimer]

92. Fuck you, you sanctimonious piece of shit.

I swear these religious fucks are evil. Their religion is an EXCUSE. To do whatever the hell they want, because they are "forgiven" (in advance apparently, for anything they might do).

[Politicub]

93. People of SC - Unless they rise up against

Sanford and his waste of his time in office and using the citizens' tax dollars to fund his fuck field trips to Argentina, then they deserve what they get. Honestly, if the people in that state don't give a flying rats ass about their governor and buy his line about god making him "better," then I am not sure that SC can be helped.

It is encouraging to see the state senator planning hearings on this, because I think the fix was in from the beginning about him paying for the trips on his own dime. And aside from that, he was elected to do the people's business - not be distracted by his Southern Hemisphere mistress.

[Mz Pip]

95. Sanford needs to step down

and let God govern SC.

[GoldenOldie]

96. God has bigger problems to deal with

Sanford should let the all white, male stag club from "C Street," absolve his sins. All these "C Street," boys have a private boys club which claim allegiance only to one another as their highest priority. Vows of allegiance to each other over their Oaths of Office to uphold the US Constitution, when each one of them swore with their hand upon a bible. They vow allegiance to one another, over the wedding vows to their wives. Makes me wonder if their constant public proclamations of "marriage is only recognized by God between a man and a woman," is a cover to hide their own deviations?

[go west young man]

99. Ya got me wondering if ole Ted Haggert ever visited C-Street.

Could be a Gannon/Gukert- Ken Mehlman type thing going on there. Ya never know with these scandalous hypocritical right wingers.

[Joanne98]

104. Cheating SC gov says God will make him better

Source: AP

COLUMBIA, S.C. – South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, still clinging to office after admitting to an extramarital affair, wrote in an opinion piece released Sunday that God will change him so he can emerge from the scandal a more humble and effective leader.

"(W)hile none of us has the chance to attend our own funeral, in many ways I feel like I was at my own in the past weeks, and surprisingly I am thankful for the perspective it has afforded," Sanford wrote in the opinion piece widely published online Sunday by South Carolina newspapers.

Sanford, a two-term Republican, returned from a mysterious, nearly weeklong disappearance last month to reveal a romance with a longtime friend in Argentina. In a series of Associated Press interviews, he described the woman as his "soul mate" but said he would work to repair his relationship with his wife, Jenny, the mother of their four sons.

Some lawmakers have called for Sanford to resign, and one state senator plans hearings on whether state money was used to facilitate the trysts. A criminal probe found nothing illegal.


Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090719/ap_on_re_us/us_sc_governor

[havocmom]

105. Sanford thinks of himself as pretty frigging important

My feeling is god had bigger fish to fry

[Catshrink]

106. The Chosen

These assholes think they are above scrutiny and that the rules of common decency don't apply to them. They can do what they want but hey! No consequences because God will forgive them. Gotta love those Republican family values and their Republican God.

[opihimoimoi]

108. They use the mea culpa card as a means of carrying on as if all is Forgiven...

He has let down his constituents big time,,,and he thinks a confession is all it takes to make things cool?

Who brought up this Toad?

What the hell kind of staff does he have?

Where did he get his thinking skills ???

He is a dismal Failure!!!

Who voted for the dude?

He gives SC a Badname....

[Downwinder]

107. Sanford can go to Colorado and let them lay hands on him, but,

he might come back gay.

[rocktivity]

109. It's up to HIM to WANT to change, not God or anybody else

And he either doesn't believe that he can change, or doesn't believe that he ought to.

What a crappy thing to say--to suggest that he's passive and powerless over his own behavior, and all he can do is wait until God comes over and hits him on the head with a magic wand. I still say that his ulterior motive is to humiliate his wife into filing for divorce, which would "free" him to keep his job--and maybe even his mistress.

:mad:
rocktivity

[Sodbuster]

110. So why didn't God keep him from cheating on his wife in the first place?

I love the way these idiots can justify anything they do by invoking God.
Jackasses......

[thelordofhell]

111. That's ironic.....

Because I thank God everyday for exposing these hypocritical right-wing bastards every other day. Hey Mark, God is on the side of people that DON'T fool around on their wives and treat their marriage vows like a piece of toilet paper.

[lindisfarne]

112. This is a dupe - see down about 10.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3975460

[burning rain]

113. What he needs to do is simulate pain, contrition, and humility.

That, and quote the Good Book a lot. People love a righteous Christian, and the bloom is off the rose there, but he can develop a slightly different, but still winning brand as a "Christian struggling for reconciliation with the Lord and his wife." Nothing couch potatoes like more than seeing some mighty man fall down and have to pick himself up, appearing humble all the while. Makes the couch potatoes feel bigger, and it doesn't cost anything.

[PatSeg]

114. Yeah and will god make him less of a hypcrite???

He should "humbly" go away.

[Vidar]

115. Wonder how God feels about that?

[awnobles]

116. Sorry,

You have to do the work yourself if you want to get better.

[JDPriestly]

117. So, Sanford told this woman in Argentina that she was his soulmate

Both of them, as I understand the story, were married at the time. That's adultery and it clearly violates one of the Ten Commandments which the Religious Right holds so dear.

And he is now talking about how God is going to help him? Help him what? Lie about how he feels toward his wife? Lie about how he feels toward this other woman whom he called his "soulmate"? Pretend to love someone he doesn't love?

God has nothing to do with Sanford's conduct, never will, never did. Any fool can see that he is dropping his soulmate like a hot potato in order to save his career, not his marriage. Remember, he was being counseled by Christian leaders the whole time that he was carrying on his affair.

Sanford says God will help him. I hope so. But until his behavior toward and feelings about his wife and children have really changed, his talk about God is just using the name of God to improve his image. That violates the Commandment that states" Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain." He is just using the name of God to make himself look better -- in other words, out of vanity.

Humility should be seen and not heard, Sanford.

How about taking a little responsibility for yourself, Governor. Leave God out of this. If you had been listening to God in the first place, you would never have gotten into this mess.

[JDPriestly]

118. So, Sanford told this woman in Argentina that she was his soulmate

Both of them, as I understand the story, were married at the time. That's adultery and it clearly violates one of the Ten Commandments which the Religious Right holds so dear.

And he is now talking about how God is going to help him? Help him what? Lie about how he feels toward his wife? Lie about how he feels toward this other woman whom he called his "soulmate"? Pretend to love someone he doesn't love?

God has nothing to do with Sanford's conduct, never will, never did. Any fool can see that he is dropping his soulmate like a hot potato in order to save his career, not his marriage. Remember, he was being counseled by Christian leaders the whole time that he was carrying on his affair.

Sanford says God will help him. I hope so. But until his behavior toward and feelings about his wife and children have really changed, his talk about God is just using the name of God to improve his image. That violates the Commandment that states" Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain." He is just using the name of God to make himself look better -- in other words, out of vanity.

Humility should be seen and not heard, Sanford.

How about taking a little responsibility for yourself, Governor. Leave God out of this. If you had been listening to God in the first place, you would never have gotten into this mess.

[bloomington-lib]

119. Is the "attending our own funeral" comment supposed to mean

he died and has been "born again" into the politician he was supposed to be in the first place? They are sleazy as hell.

[nonsequitur]

123. Kick that piece of shit out of office. What a joke he is.

pppft

[daleo]

124. God works in mysterious ways

Sometimes he makes you go to Argentina and screw your brains out.

[Zhade]

125. Mythology can't help you now, fool.

NT!

[raccoon]

126. Maybe God will smite him with erectile dysfunction as a punishment. nt

[stenciltactical]

128. The longer he stays in office...

The longer this will be in the news. so I say he should stick it out :)

[TankLV]

130. Sorry - FAIL! No second chances AFTER YOU RAILED AGAINST OTHER FOR DOING WHAT YOU ARE DOING!!!

You're only way out is to RESIGN IN DISGRACE, just like you're "buddy" hypocrite ensign...

The only thing YOU need to do ASSHOLE is GO!!!

[TrogL]

136. Typical fundy talk

They get caught with their pants down, then announce either that the devil made them do it, or God has forgiven them and will change them. Not a word about their own, personal responsibility.