Uncommonsense55
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SC Gov. Mark Sanford says he's had an affair
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford says he's been having an affair with a woman from Argentina and will resign as head of the Republican Governors' Association.The married father of four emotionally apologized to his wife, staff and others at a news conference after returning Wednesday from a trip to Argentina that followed a dayslong absence. His staff had said the Republican was hiking on the Appalachian Trail.
WOW
blammo
in the shadow of the wonder of bread
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Ha! I saw a blurb on the news that it was "discovered" that he was in Argentina rather than on the AT. Which seemed kind of weird to me, but now it he came out with the whole "affair" thing, it makes sense.
Hell of a carbon footprint for a booty call.
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Cookie
Flyntonville
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misskitty wrote >>
Talk about severe guilt. But why quit ?
Probably because there was talk of impeachment, but I'm leaning toward the "woman" not being a woman.
lifeliberty
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he didn't resign as governor, read the article again.
Hael
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I mean, really, what is up with all the scandalous politicians these days...sheesh.
*President Bill Clinton, Democrat, denied several times in public his sex affair with Monica Lewinski, but the facts were overwhelming and he had to admit the truth at the end. The details about the oral sex the couple had in the Oval Office and the gross aspects of the evidence presented by Lewinski made this case a shocking and very popular one.*New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey, Democrat, announced his resignation after revealing that he is gay and that he had an adulterous affair with a man.
*Gary Hart, Democrat, a Colorado Congressman, lost his Presidential opportunity in the Democrat nomination when some pictures went public. He was holding in his lap in lovingly manner a lady who was not his wife, Miss Donna Rice. Hart admitted the affair, and ended his presidential race.
*Eliot Spitzer, Democrat, had to resign as Governor of New York after been involved in a net of prostitution. He admitted to pay high class call girls.
*Ted Kennedy, Democrat, lost his race for the democrat nomination to the presidency when his allegedly lover was killed in a car accident while he was driving. Kennedy pleaded guilty for leaving the accident scene, but his sentence was suspended.
*Neil Goldschmidt, Democrat, Governor of Oregon, was publicly accused of having an affair with his children's babysitter. She was fourteen years old.
Motorist
The Trots
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Cookie wrote >>
misskitty wrote >>
Talk about severe guilt. But why quit ?Probably because there was talk of impeachment, but I'm leaning toward the "woman" not being a woman.
That was my first thought as well.
lifeliberty
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What's up with lying in general. there is no honor in it.
couple people getting caught lately
1, governor
2, tattooed stars on face chick
3, girls said they were picked up off parsons and were being taken to W.Va. to be hookers.
lifeliberty
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Cookie wrote >>
lifeliberty wrote >>
he didn't resign as governor, read the article again.I didn't even read it the first time. I still say dude.
it wasn't just to you, I think there were a couple of people mislead. but he does have a really good chance of resigning from his post as governor in the future.
Uncommonsense55
Schumacher Place/German Village
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Hael wrote >>
I mean, really, what is up with all the scandalous politicians these days...sheesh.
*President Bill Clinton, Democrat, denied several times in public his sex affair with Monica Lewinski, but the facts were overwhelming and he had to admit the truth at the end. The details about the oral sex the couple had in the Oval Office and the gross aspects of the evidence presented by Lewinski made this case a shocking and very popular one.
*New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey, Democrat, announced his resignation after revealing that he is gay and that he had an adulterous affair with a man.
*Gary Hart, Democrat, a Colorado Congressman, lost his Presidential opportunity in the Democrat nomination when some pictures went public. He was holding in his lap in lovingly manner a lady who was not his wife, Miss Donna Rice. Hart admitted the affair, and ended his presidential race.
*Eliot Spitzer, Democrat, had to resign as Governor of New York after been involved in a net of prostitution. He admitted to pay high class call girls.
*Ted Kennedy, Democrat, lost his race for the democrat nomination to the presidency when his allegedly lover was killed in a car accident while he was driving. Kennedy pleaded guilty for leaving the accident scene, but his sentence was suspended.
*Neil Goldschmidt, Democrat, Governor of Oregon, was publicly accused of having an affair with his children's babysitter. She was fourteen years old.
It's just not as funny as when it involves the self-proclaimed party of family values who vote lock step to protect marriage from those gay people who want to marry. Who protects their spouses' marriages from their "family values"?
LOL
misskitty
Columbus
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Hael
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Yeah, LOL, like this dude...
From Crime Fighter to Criminal: The Arc of American Leadership
Revelations that New York Governor Eliot Spitzer was a regular customer of a high end prostitution ring has shocked veterans of the state's famously partisan politics and led to immediate calls for his resignation (read Michael Powell and Mike McIntire's analysis piece in today's NYTimes).The exposure of the Governor's appetite for paid sex is different then the scandals that have swirled around American politicians caught in adulterous affairs for one simple reason. Most Americans do not consider adultery a crime anymore (although it remains one in many states), while patronizing a prostitute is.
Spitzer's came to power along the path that has become well marked for leadership in the era of governing through crime. As a prosecutor and later Attorney General, he made a reputation for being a fierce antagonist of crime wherever it lay. Indeed, his reputation as a reformer who could change Albany's fatally gridlocked political system was largely based on his ability to use crime war rhetoric against the rich and powerful in business and politics (rather than directing it mostly against the deviant and marginal which is the more favored strategy, see, for example Pete Wilson or George W. Bush as governors).
As I note in chapter 2 of Governing through Crime, the enormous power of crime to lift the authority of executives goes along with tremendous vulnerability on anything that looks like crime. President Clinton's sexual tryst was legal, but his attempts to lie about it almost cost him the job. Now Governor Spitzer has found the steep backside to the mountain of crime war.
The real shame is that breaking through the gridlock that prevents any substantial governing project from being launched whether in Albany or Sacramento is the key to opening up new modes of governing less locked to crime and Spitzer appeared to be someone capable of turning his crime warrior capital into such change.
The Governor will almost certainly have to resign, but perhaps the very magnitude of that result from what all must concede to be a marginal crime (compared to say bribery or drunk driving) will hopefully produce some head scratching. Is it better that all our politicians must spend their nights entertaining lobbyists with their attentions in order to raise campaign funds, than that some pay for sex in high end prostitution rings (probably ones with better working conditions and less exploitation than many)?
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Giant Corncob District
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