•6:04 PM
I saw this today:
"COLUMBIA, S.C. – South Carolina lawmakers recommended a formal rebuke on Wednesday for Gov. Mark Sanford for his summertime tryst and travel, opting to censure the Republican after nixing an impeachment measure.
A panel considering impeachment called his trip to see his Argentine mistress embarrassing and said his use of state planes was poor judgment, but they mostly agreed it was not serious misconduct that merited removal from office. Instead, the seven lawmakers unanimously sent a full legislative committee a measure that would censure Sanford."
Can someone please help me understand how committing adultery, stealing state tax payer money in the form of fuel and transportation (and who knows what else) to pursue this affair, disappearing for 7 days in Buenos Aires and lying to the public about it not serious misconduct?! I must have missed something.
The duplicity in politics is truly sickening...
Accessed at http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091209/ap_on_re_us/us_sc_governor on December 9, 2009
"COLUMBIA, S.C. – South Carolina lawmakers recommended a formal rebuke on Wednesday for Gov. Mark Sanford for his summertime tryst and travel, opting to censure the Republican after nixing an impeachment measure.
A panel considering impeachment called his trip to see his Argentine mistress embarrassing and said his use of state planes was poor judgment, but they mostly agreed it was not serious misconduct that merited removal from office. Instead, the seven lawmakers unanimously sent a full legislative committee a measure that would censure Sanford."
Can someone please help me understand how committing adultery, stealing state tax payer money in the form of fuel and transportation (and who knows what else) to pursue this affair, disappearing for 7 days in Buenos Aires and lying to the public about it not serious misconduct?! I must have missed something.
The duplicity in politics is truly sickening...
Accessed at http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091209/ap_on_re_us/us_sc_governor on December 9, 2009
2 comments:
It is probably because many of the impeaching legislators are adulterous, thieving, arrogant dirtbags too. The hand that points the finger at Gov. Sanford might just come back and slap them on the face.
Boy, have I become cynical or what?
Ethan -
I think it is a combination of a little bit of that and the fact that because the Republicans are in charge of the SC senate they don't want to bring shame on one of their own - it wouldn't be politically good for them. At least that is what they think. They are wrong though. I believe their lack of moral courage will reveal the true nature of their political philosophy: get elected at all costs.
At least the Democrats in Illinois had the guts to expel one of their own for his fraud.
The duplicity is astounding. They use values to hijack voters and to win political points all the while they could care less about living them and supporting them themselves. It seems as though all is vanity...