First on the CNN Ticker: Calls mount for Sanford to step down

[eppur_se_muova]

Source: CNN

Posted: 06:41 PM ET

From CNN Political Producer Peter Hamby

COLUMBIA, South Carolina (CNN) — Three more Republicans in the South Carolina state legislature spoke out against Mark Sanford on Monday and said the best thing for the governor to do in the wake of last week’s scandal is resign.

At a local Chamber of Commerce breakfast in Cherokee County, GOP House members Lanny Littlejohn, Dennis Moss and Steve Moss each told the audience that Sanford has lost the credibility to steer the state’s economy through the final 18 months of his term following revelations of an extramarital affair.

Reached by phone, each legislator confirmed their comments at the breakfast. All argued that Sanford has simply become too much of a distraction for the state and can no longer devote his full attention to the troubled economy. South Carolina has the third highest unemployment rate in the nation.

“When business leaders start moving to South Carolina, they want to see somebody they can have confidence in,” Littlejohn told CNN. “If you lie to your family and you lie to your friends, you lie to anyone.”



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[Akoto]

1. What they want is for Sanford to sweep himself under the rug, like in every scandal of theirs. n/t

[yourout]

2. I hope he sticks around.

Nothing better than public reminders of Republican hypocrisy.

[TheCowsCameHome]

3. Let him stay there - a weak GOP governor twisting slowly in the wind

If he isn't decent enough to resign, let him ruin his party too.

[Cha]

4. I think it would be better for the people

of South Carolina if sanford did the right thing and resigned..plus he's such an arrogant little dumbfuck..he needs to go.

"When business leaders start moving to South Carolina, they want to see somebody they can have confidence in,” Littlejohn told CNN. “If you lie to your family and you lie to your friends, you lie to anyone.”

Imagine what the Dems are saying if the repubs are saying this? The gop most certainly don't want his ass in there reminding everyone what a fuckup he is.

<snips from your article>>>

"Anti-Sanford sentiment is also set to play out in the public eye next week. Glenn McCall — one of South Carolina’s three Republican National Committee members — told CNN that he and other conservative activists are organizing a rally for Wednesday or Thursday at the State House in Columbia to demand Sanford’s resignation. McCall said he has lined up nearly 400 people ready to attend the rally.

McCall said the event is being organized, in part, because not enough Republican leaders in the legislature have publicly called for Sanford to step down. “There is no leadership out of our Republican majorities in the House and the Senate, so we have to go down to the State House steps and have a rally,” he said.

Last week, McCall became the first elected Republican official in the state to ask Sanford to resign. He said his sentiment reflects the will of the grassroots activists in his native York County who believe that Sanford has betrayed Republican values by cheating on his wife.

“This issue has taken us away from having serious conversations, and focusing on real issues,” McCall said. “With the governor, we feel the credibility is not there. The moral authority is not there.”

[No Elephants]

6. Is the Lt. Governor really any better than Sanford?

[Cha]

8. I don't know..I'm only

thinking of the people I've heard from in SC who want sanford gone.

[monmouth]

5. Now that the rumor of "many women" is getting legs, well, ya jest

can't have that in a good christian state.. I hope he stays too..

[No Elephants]

7. Hang in there, Marky Mark! SC Democrats really need ya!

[notesdev]

9. paging Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton to the white courtesy phone!

[CLANG]

10. Resign in disgrace and be politically dead forever!

:toast:

[Turbineguy]

11. Republicans?

Looks like Fox News labeling him a Democrat was a mistake.

[WoodyM]

12. As an eighty-year-old Sandlapper

(a term for a citizen of South Carolina), I have never seen a governor do more damage to an already poor state than Sanford has. His polices concern me much more than his personal actions. Before Sanford, we had a Secretary of Education, Inez Tenenbaum (SP?), who raised our graduation rate while increasing requirements for graduation. Sanford is not interested in educating all of the students in SC, but he pushed hard to support private schools. Public schools have suffered under Sanford.

[sarcasmo]

13. I wish Bill Clinton would speak up about this Sanford bullshit. This guy was out front during the

Clinton/Monica mess.

[Dark]

14. Ensign must be very happy that no one's talking about him nt

[wroberts189]

15. blood in the water ..they eat their own. nt

[regnaD kciN]

16. Gee, thanks...you had to give me "Sanford" and "mount" in the same sentence...

Now I'm going to need an outpatient lobotomy.

[dgibby]

17. I've lived in SC since '87.

Sanford is the worst Gov. I've seen here. I want him Impeached so he can't live off the taxpayer for the rest of his life. He certainly doesn't need the pension, he's a multi-millionaire. Of course, his financial status could take a significant nosedive after his wife is done with him, but I don't want to support him for the rest of his life.