Mark Sanford is running for Congress

[UrbScotty]

Source: Washington Post

It’s official (or will be tomorrow): Former South Carolina governor Mark Sanford (R) is running in the special election for the state’s 1st district.

“Officially we’re going to announce tomorrow, and then it’s off to the races,” he told the National Review.

The House seat was left vacant earlier this month, when Rep. Tim Scott (R) was appointed to fill the Senate seat vacated by former senator Jim DeMint (R). A special election primary will be held March 19 with a general election on May 7.

Sanford told the conservative magazine that he had thought his political career was over but that “miraculous events” had brought him back. Sanford held the 1st House seat from 1995 to 2001.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/01/15/mark-sanford-is-running-for-congress/?wprss=rss_election-2012

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But is he running for Congress? Or is he "hiking" for Congress?

[Suich]

1. Aren't these guys embarassed, at all???

Like Vitter? I'd be mortified. What ever happened to Sanford's girlfriend?

[DemoTex]

2. What an arrogant prick ..

I hope Sanford is shown how little he is liked in SC, especially by women.

[SDjack]

3. Here comes the spear point of "family values" GOPers. nt

[KamaAina]

4. I assume he's running on his environmental record

preserving the Appalachian Trail in its pristine state.

Oh, right, it was his pristine state.

[Tom Ripley]

23. Or his Foreign Relations experience

[hobbit709]

6. say what?

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

10. That's actually a good point. I can't even think of a comeback.

[olddad56]

7. The man is just like his dick, no conscience, no memory.

[Judi Lynn]

9. Why should his state's voters trust a man who ditched his job as governor,

lied to absolutely everyone about where he was, was completely out of reach, on government time, attending to an illicit relationship thousands of miles from his responsibilities?

Why should anyone imagine he has grown a conscience and would serve his constituents better as a senator?

They've already SEEN how well he respects their votes.

[Dont call me Shirley]

12. He just needed a vacation

[harmonicon]

30. Why? I think you and I both know why.

Because the "other side" are Democrats, and you know who they are, right? Oh, sure, something about taking away your guns, but the real reason is... oh, what's it called? Oh, that's right: black.

[Faygo Kid]

11. Campaign trail instead of Appalachian trail?

Oh wait - he never went to the other one.

Even South Carolina voters aren't stupid enough to put him back in office. I think.

[dixiegrrrrl]

13. Au contraire....I think the stupid vote will over ride the intelligent vote.

Arizona and So. Carolina seem to be racing for the National Dodo trophy of the year.

[jmowreader]

15. Yes they are

[alp227]

18. Well, if Louisiana could RE-ELECT the DC Madam client David Vitter,

(and that state has a Dem senator Mary Landrieu) then you never know how South Carolinians will vote! I wonder how many SC evangelicals have "forgiven" Sanford.

(On edit) However I notice at the NationalReview.com comments section (and some threads from december on Free Republic) that the consensus on those sites = no Sanford. But do they necessarily represent the way South Carolina Republicans think?

[trof]

20. And Alabama could re-elect fired chief justice Roy '10 Commandments' Moore...

[The Second Stone]

31. Hiking for Congress instead of running

This is going to be grand.

[tanyev]

14. Now he can show off the new missus.

[tomm2thumbs]

16. He realized the only thing that would get him laid was his political persona

Mojo Hunters!! This Fall on Discovery Channel

[struggle4progress]

17. When is "run naked day" this year?

[Godot51]

19. He probably has a chance...

... the attention span of the average South Carolinian conservative is less than that of a goldfish. (Don't cry for me, Argentina, I mean Appalachia...)

[Nanjing to Seoul]

21. call the dc call girls. . .the hiker is back

and hornier than ever to fuck you and the country.

[Third Doctor]

22. He has a chance.

The cons in SC would crucify a Dem for this but Sanford in their eyes only make a mistake or they would created another excuse.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

24. Dave Vitter allowed a prostitute to diaper him

So, why NOT Mark Sanford?

That's the GOP.

[gateley]

26. "Allowed"? Probably begged.

[koiwoman53]

25. Two words: Lindsay Graham and Jim DeMint

These two douche bags get re-elected every year in S.C.

[47of74]

27. Insert a, so to speak, hiking the Appalachian Trail joke here

[MADem]

28. I wish his EX-WIFE would run against him. She was the brains behind the suit, after all.

He's an idiot.

[harmonicon]

29. I hope he's not "hiking" for Congress!

None of us want to see that. Oh, shit... what do you think "Running for Congress" might be a euphemism for?! Maybe he means that he's going to get a job as a skyscraper window-washer and combine it with naked puppetry or something.