South Carolina Dems call for Sanford investigation

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http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/06/27/south-carolina-dems-call-for-sanford-investigation/
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South Carolina Democratic Party chairwoman Carol Fowler said Saturday that Republicans in the legislature should form a bipartisan committee to investigate Gov. Mark Sanford

"Mark Sanford deceived us– the only way now for South Carolinians to feel confident they are being told the truth is for the General Assembly to pursue every recourse under the law to get at that truth," Fowler said in a statement.

During the past 10 days South Carolinians have been subjected to the greatest display of irresponsible behavior by an elected official in a hundred years. Mark Sanford abandoned his official duties, deceived the public, and misled his family. He has even admitted to using public funds to support his extramarital affair."

"But in spite of 10 days of full national humiliation, South Carolinians still don't know the whole truth. Is Mark Sanford simply an irresponsible public official or guilty of something criminal?

"Mark Sanford has made a mockery of Republican claims to represent family values and stewardship of tax dollars. Now he's hoping his fellow Republicans will turn their heads rather than do what they are obligated to do – investigate how the governor abused the public trust by using official resources to conduct and cover up an affair.

"Just over a week ago Mark Sanford abandoned his duties and sneaked out of the country. He went to great lengths to cover up his conduct – even using his staff to do so. His fellow Republicans should not now be complicit in covering up Sanford's abuses.

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1. I'm in favor of a probe to determine how much taxpayer money Sanford spent to probe his mistress.

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2. If he was going to be sneaky he could have done a better job!

The fact that he went missing opened the drawbridge. Surely he would have arranged a meeting in Argentina with some government agencies to cover his tracks. Looks like he wanted to get caught?

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3. No,

he is just an arrogant SOB!

[Rosa Luxemburg]

4. I guess he can't get used to the new way of things

deceit is out.

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5. In my thesaurus "arrogant SOB" is a synonym for "Republican politician".

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6. This was way more than arrogance

This was blind stupidity