Gov. Mark Sanford Should Be Removed From Office..

[rsmith6621]

....Seems like he purposely evaded his job....my GOD he isn't responsible....HELL if elected and he needed to clear his mind would he do the same to the country and just sneak out one night and DISAPPEAR...


He is not fit if it take a secret jaunt to clear his mind.....

[newinnm]

1. If you arent from South Carolina

I dont see where your opinion matters.

-nnnm

[kestrel91316]

3. If he was hiking on federal land or a federally owned trail, it sure as hell IS our business.

If he wants to have a super secret private life, he needs to leave PUBLIC office, lol.

But seriously, if this is a person who opposes gay rights or women's medical privacy rights (he IS a Repuke, correct?), then he has no right to personal privacy of any kind either.

[newinnm]

5. So no one hiking on public land

can escape you prying eyes? Seems to me you are just a busybody.

-nnnm

[notesdev]

14. What exactly was so important

that you couldn't do without him for a few days?

And a person who doesn't agree with you doesn't deserve rights? On what basis then do you deserve rights?

[newinnm]

19. Rights should only be afforded to those

Who are on my side of the issue.

-nnnm :sarcasm:

[tekisui]

11. I am a Democrat, and he is a potential repuke nominee for Pres.

Now is the time to hurt his effort. Keep the story in the news, and make it a question of confidence.

This is a gift for us.

[newinnm]

18. Oh for the love of God

There are a thousand things more important.

-nnnm

[tekisui]

26. And, we have the ability to deal with them all. You know, walk and chew

gum. I don't pass on a chance to hit a potential repuke nominee. Especially one as bad as 'No Stimulus' Sanford.

I wonder why you are defending him so much?

[newinnm]

29. Not defending him

Im just wondering how he impacts your life. If you were from SC Id say you have every right to be upset...pass judgement etc but it seems to me that nothing he does affects your life...you dont contribute to his salary so it seems that this is just busy bodiness.

-nnnm

[tekisui]

31. I am a political junkie. It matters to me. Shaping the story,

the debates starts now. He will very much be my business if/when he throws his hat in the ring. Now is the time to define every potential candidate. We will be like flies on shit with each flub, gaffe, scandal or erratic behavior any of the potential repuke candidates make.

If you can't stomach this criticism, you may want to avoid this place when the campaigns take off. It will be brutal.

[Missy Vixen]

32. Could have fooled me

You've spent a lot of valuable time and bandwidth telling the rest of us it's none of our business, does not affect us, etcetera.

Ever been to South Carolina? Did you know that Sanford turned down the stimulus funds DESPITE the fact that there are 178 bridges in South Carolina rated "inadequate"? In other words, would you want anyone you loved crossing those bridges? Here's another argument of why we should all care: South Carolina's standards for public schools? "Minimally adequate". There are children in that state who attend school in a structurally unsafe building, not to mention the difficulty of learning in those conditions.

This affects ALL OF US, whether you like it or not.

Sanford should have been out of office for just the stimulus bullshit. This stunt? It should be played and replayed on every channel until he is seen for exactly what he is: Unfit to hold office. Unfit to run for the Presidency of the United States.

[nxylas]

38. Three words: "Potential presidential candidate"

I hate the permanent campaign as much as anyone, but it's part of an ongoing pattern: a Great White Hope emerges (normally, I'd avoid using such a racist phrase, but it seems appropriate for today's Republican Party) that the Freeper base that now controls the Party falls in love with, and then gets revealed to be a complete basket case. If it continues, the GOP will run out of potential candidates and be reduced to printing "SOME GUY WHO SHOWED UP AT ONE OF OUR MEETINGS ONCE '12" bumper stickers.

[tekisui]

36. Hey, did you hear? It wasn't the AT, it was Argentina.

Are you interested now?

[newinnm]

40. No

[Blue_Roses]

41. no surprise there...

:eyes:

[tekisui]

42. This is why we have to stay on stories, because I knew that one

was a lie from first mention. And, why one wants to defend him or give him the benefit of the doubt with such an obvious lie is beyond me.

[tekisui]

43. Affair!

[Left Is Write]

45. I just love it when people say things like that, as if it's impossible

to be concerned about more than one issue at a time.

[Catherine Vincent]

12. Well excuuuuuuuuuuse the OP...

for having an opinion.

[newinnm]

16. Grow up

[jgraz]

17. You may not have heard the news...

But the South lost the Civil War. South Carolina is back in the union.

[newinnm]

22. So tell me

What impact the Govenor of South Carolina has on your life?

-nnnm

[jgraz]

30. What impact does my comment have on your life?

None? Well, I really don't see how your opinion matters.

[jmowreader]

44. He potentially has a massive impact on my life...

because of his presence on a very short list of Repukes who might run against President Obama in 2012. Therefore, I want to ruin as many Repukes' chances of being elected President as I possibly can.

I want these fuckers to be so hard up for candidates they start looking at mayors...unfortunately for them, I went through the list of the 25 largest American cities and, once you get past New York's mayor (who couldn't get elected president), the next seven mayors are all Democrats. You gotta get all the way to San Diego, in ninth place, to find a Republican mayor. Somehow I think a sitting Democratic president can trounce the mayor of the ninth-largest American city.

[lies and propaganda]

24. Because this is OUR country moran

I dont give a shit what the state is, his douche-y votes affect me, so YOUR opinion doesnt matter.

[newinnm]

33. How do they affect you.

Give me one instace of how anything he has done affects you.


-nnnm

[roguevalley]

34. since he has pretenses of being president, everyone's opinion matters.

[Xithras]

2. Disagree strongly...

Look, I don't like Sanford, but I refuse to begrudge anybody the joy of hiking to clear the mind. I've erased stress by taking a long weekend to hike MANY times, and my wife rarely knows exactly where I will be when I go. All I need is a pack, a flyrod, a compass, and a need to escape.

Besides, the quotes coming out now make it sound like at least a few of his staffers, and probably his wife, did know roughly where he was. The real question now should be whether they did anything illegal by not divulging that. If the police tracked his cellphone, they had obviously launched a formal investigation into his whereabouts. If his staffers didn't reveal those whereabouts to the state police while they were investigating, that may be a crime.

[seabeyond]

7. maybe people who have a need for alone better understands this behavior

i dont have a single problem with this man walking away for a couple days. has been a norm in my life, all my life. AND i do it without doing anything wrong.

i think it is a stupid non story. but was on the road, so not sure if there is more to it than what i am seeing

[KittyWampus]

21. actually, the quotes coming out now are conflicting. #1. writing something in private #2. Hiking

since they can't get their stories straight, I am perfectly willing to call bullshit cover story no matter what they say.

And in what world does an executive, a state GOVERNOR, just take off?

He didn't notify the Lieutenant Governor and his wife at one point said she didn't know where he was.

[grace0418]

23. I think the problem lies in the fact that he is a politician and public figure. If you or I take a

day or two to disappear, it's not a big deal. But neither of us are running states. When someone at his level and with his position disappears, even if a couple people know where he is, it becomes a concern. He wasted the taxpayers' money by causing a police investigation to be launched. They can't just stand by and assume he'll return to his duties when he feels like it. They have to make sure he wasn't kidnapped or assassinated. If you or I don't show up for work, we'd be fired and that would be that. Only if family members or friends started to worry would anything further happen.

[K8-EEE]

25. According to another SC repuke he pulls these "capers" all the time

Governors are supposed to turn the state government over to the Lt. Gov if they are going to be out of state and/or unable to be in charge in an emergency.

The guy's a flake. It has nothing to do with hiking -- he acted irresponsibly.

And sorry I think it's weird that your wife & kids don't know where the fuck you are on Father's day!

[Hepburn]

4. Would that be fully clothed....or naked?

Just curious....:shrug:

[WeDidIt]

6. Personally, I hope he wins teh GOP Presidential nomination in 2012

:evilgrin:

Sanford/Palin 2012

Nutty and Nuttier.

[Stevenmarc]

8. Are you telling him to take a hike

[raccoon]

9. Rec'd. One more puts this on Greatest! nt

[tekisui]

10. YES! Keep this story of a flaked out repuke gov. hiding something

and ignoring his duties.

[MineralMan]

13. If hiking naked, he wasn't hiding much.

[tekisui]

15. There is a tradition on the AT to hike naked on the Summer Solstice,

which was Saturday.

[nxylas]

20. I've been saying that for ages

However, if this is the catalyst that gets him kicked out, then so much the better.

[graywarrior]

27. Someone could have told him to take a hike

:shrug:

[Freddie Stubbs]

28. Would Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer be an improvement?

:shrug:

[rucky]

35. Who doesn't wish they could do that for a few days?

[JBoy]

37. Sarah Palin would not approve of his actions

He'd be in charge of the South Carolina National Guard. And he probably keeps an eye on Bermuda from his house.

[Stuart G]

39. You mean there is nowhere to clear one's mind in ..a state like

South Carolina?..nowhere?...Isn't this state on the Atlantic? Couldn't he go somewhere and watch the water in his own state?.....for a couple of hours? This is all crap..