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South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford says an extramarital affair is behind his unexplained disappearance.
At a news conference Wednesday afternoon, he admitted he’s been unfaithful to his wife with a friend from Argentina.
Sanford says he and his family have been working through the affair for about the last five months.
He apologized to his wife, kids and staff after his mystery trip to Argentina.
He says, “I’ve let down a lot of people.”
He says he spent the last 5 days in Argentina “crying a lot”.
Sanford also resigned as chairman of the Republican Governors Association, but when asked if he’d resign as governor of South Carolina, he did not respond.
Har!
Come on, I haven’t heard the Repubs beating on the ‘family values’ drum in years. Not like they did during the Clinton years, that’s for sure.
Most all the liberals taking glee in this family tragedy were screaming to leave Bill Clinton alone because it was his private life, even though it was a government employee, while on the job. Some of you may have even defended Eliot Spitzer and he broke the law. Talk about hypocritical.
Grow up!
# 62 You’re too shallow to figure out the discussion is not about the legality or morality of it.
It’s about hypocrisy.
Go back to Myspace.
#63 Dallas the Hypocrite
>>It’s about hypocrisy.
You complain about the hypocrisy of others and all the while you are it’s greatest offender.
You are a hypocrite because you attack based on a political affiliation instead of the deed. It’s alright for Clinton, but Sanford must be punished.
You are the very thing you say you despise. Bet that makes you proud – now drop and give me twenty push-ups.
#49 Thanks for the laugh…starts the morning out right.
What’s the difference between the self-proclaimed “family values” party and the other one?
When the members of the other party are caught cheating, they are disgraced and they resign (McGreevey, Spitzer).
When the self-proclaimed “family values” party members are caught cheating, they are disgraced but they don’t resign.
One would think that the “family values” party would be harder on their members who cheat, and insist that they resign. But they don’t. In fact, it’s the other party that shows, by their actions, that they take family values more seriously.
Example #4,326 of Republican hypocrisy.
#45 RBG – sure, but: cheating is a one thing, a given. Calling yourself a “promise keeper”, pledging never to cheat, lecturing others on “family values”, and THEN cheating: that is whole different kettle of condoms. This guy deserves everything he gets, not simply for cheating, but for being a monumental Haggardesque Hypocrite.
67 brian t
Kind of like liberals professing their fundamental support for the touchy-feely side of human relations, huh?
RBG
#64 “…You are a hypocrite because you attack based on a political affiliation instead of the deed. It’s alright for Clinton, but Sanford must be punished..”
I don’t care about other people cheating on their spouse. That’s not my business. You conservative hypocrites are the ones making it your business because you have to stick your nose in other peoples private matters.
What matter here is this schmuck Sanford, noted for morality blabbering gets caught with banging some chick in Argentina. Rumor has it he was getting fucked by a black guy but I don;t want to spread rumors.
That is the hypocrisy at hand here. The right wingdings that need to have their nose in others people’s business need to be called to that mat. I’m good at that. I will ferret out all you MF’s for your hypocrisy.
I’m surprised that the “it’s all a leftwing conspiracy” crowd that spews here have not suggested that lefty operatives have employed these temptresses (or what ever the gay equivalent) to seduce these fine upstanding Republican citizens, so far just the usual ineffective pseudo sympathy and prayers. Come on guys you never take the blame for any thing why this?
#69 Dallas the Hypocrite
>>Rumor has it he was getting fucked by a black guy but I don;t want to spread rumors.
I highly suspect you are the only one getting hit by a black guy, but that’s another story.
I know you think there should be no standards and everyone should go around humping everyone else’s leg, but facts are facts – you are the hypocrite.
Dallas is a Hypocrite!!!
I challenge the Republicans to produce a list HALF this length.
I apologize for the length but someone has to do it.
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Republican executive Randall Casseday of the conservative Washington Times newspaper was arrested for soliciting sex from a 13-year old girl on the internet.
Republican chairman of the Oregon Christian Coalition Lou Beres confessed to molesting a 13-year old girl.
Republican County Constable Larry Dale Floyd was arrested on suspicion of soliciting sex with an 8-year old girl. Floyd has repeatedly won elections for Denton County, Texas constable.
Republican judge Mark Pazuhanich pleaded no contest to fondling a 10-year old girl and was sentenced to 10 years probation.
Republican Party leader Bobby Stumbo was arrested for having sex with a 5-year old boy.
Republican petition drive manager Tom Randall pleaded guilty to molesting two girls under the age of 14, one of them the daughter of an associate in the petition business.
Republican County Chairman Armando Tebano was arrested for sexually molesting a 14-year-old girl.
Republican teacher and former city councilman John Collins pleaded guilty to sexually molesting 13 and 14 year old girls.
Republican campaign worker Mark Seidensticker is a convicted child molester.
Republican Mayor Philip Giordano is serving a 37-year sentence in federal prison for sexually abusing 8- and 10-year old girls.
Republican Mayor Tom Adams was arrested for distributing child pornography over the internet.
Republican Mayor John Gosek was arrested on charges of soliciting sex from two 15-year old girls.
Republican County Commissioner David Swartz pleaded guilty to molesting two girls under the age of 11 and was sentenced to 8 years in prison.
Republican legislator Edison Misla Aldarondo was sentenced to 10 years in prison for raping his daughter between the ages of 9 and 17.
Republican Committeeman John R. Curtain was charged with molesting a teenage boy and unlawful sexual contact with a minor.
Republican anti-abortion activist Howard Scott Heldreth is a convicted child rapist in Florida.
Republican zoning supervisor, Boy Scout leader and Lutheran church president Dennis L. Rader pleaded guilty to performing a sexual act on an 11-year old girl he murdered.
Republican anti-abortion activist Nicholas Morency pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography on his computer and offering a bounty to anybody who murders an abortion doctor.
Republican campaign consultant Tom Shortridge was sentenced to three years probation for taking nude photographs of a 15-year old girl.
Republican racist pedophile and United States Senator Strom Thurmond had sex with a 15-year old black girl which produced a child.
Republican pastor Mike Hintz, whom George W. Bush commended during the 2004 presidential campaign, surrendered to police after admitting to a sexual affair with a female juvenile.
Republican legislator Peter Dibble pleaded no contest to having an inappropriate relationship with a 13-year-old girl.
Republican advertising consultant Carey Lee Cramer was sentenced to six years in prison for molesting two 8-year old girls, one of whom appeared in an anti-Gore television commercial.
Republican activist Lawrence E. King, Jr. organized child sex parties at the White House during the 1980s.
Republican lobbyist Craig J. Spence organized child sex parties at the White House during the 1980s.
Republican Congressman Donald “Buz” Lukens was found guilty of having sex with a female minor and sentenced to one month in jail.
Republican fundraiser Richard A. Delgaudio was found guilty of child porn charges and paying two teenage girls to pose for sexual photos.
Republican activist Mark A. Grethen convicted on six counts of sex crimes involving children.
Republican campaign chairman Randal David Ankeney pleaded guilty to attempted sexual assault on a child and was arrested again five years later on the same charge.
Republican Congressman Dan Crane had sex with a female minor working as a congressional page.
Republican activist and Christian Coalition leader Beverly Russell admitted to an incestuous relationship with his step daughter.
Republican Judge Ronald C. Kline was placed under house arrest for child molestation and possession of child pornography.
Republican congressman and anti-gay activist Robert Bauman was charged with having sex with a 16-year-old boy he picked up at a gay bar.
Republican Committee Chairman Jeffrey Patti was arrested for distributing a video clip of a 5-year-old girl being raped.
Republican activist Marty Glickman (a.k.a . “Republican Marty”), was taken into custody by Florida police on four counts of unlawful sexual activity with an underage girl and one count of delivering the drug LSD.
Republican legislative aide Howard L. Brooks was charged with molesting a 12-year old boy and possession of child pornography.
Republican Senate candidate John Hathaway was accused of having sex with his 12-year old baby sitter and withdrew his candidacy after the allegations were reported in the media.
Republican preacher Stephen White, who demanded a return to traditional values, was sentenced to jail after offering $20 to a 14-year-old boy for permission to perform oral sex on him.
Republican talk show host Jon Matthews pleaded guilty to exposing his genitals to an 11 year old girl.
Republican anti-gay activist Earl “Butch” Kimmerling was sentenced to 40 years in prison for molesting an 8-year old girl after he attempted to stop a gay couple from adopting her.
Republican Party leader Paul Ingram pleaded guilty to six counts of raping his daughters and served 14 years in federal prison.
Republican election board official Kevin Coan was sentenced to two years probation for soliciting sex over the internet from a 14-year old girl.
Republican politician Andrew Buhr was charged with two counts of first degree sodomy with a 13-year old boy.
Republican legislator Keith Westmoreland was arrested on seven felony counts of lewd and lascivious exhibition to girls under the age of 16 ( i.e. exposing himself to children).
Republican anti-abortion activist John Allen Burt was found guilty of molesting a 15-year old girl.
Republican County Councilman Keola Childs pleaded guilty to molesting a male child.
Republican activist John Butler was charged with criminal sexual assault on a teenage girl.
Republican candidate Richard Gardner admitted to molesting his two daughters.
Republican Councilman and former Marine Jack W. Gardner was convicted of molesting a 13-year old girl.
Republican County Commissioner Merrill Robert Barter pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual contact and assault on a teenage boy.
Republican City Councilman Fred C. Smeltzer, Jr. pleaded no contest to raping a 15 year-old girl and served 6-months in prison.
Republican activist Parker J. Bena pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography on his home computer and was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison and fined $18,000.
Republican parole board officer and former Colorado state representative, Larry Jack Schwarz, was fired after child pornography was found in his possession.
Republican strategist and Citadel Military College graduate Robin Vanderwall was convicted in Virginia on five counts of soliciting sex from boys and girls over the internet.
Republican city councilman Mark Harris, who is described as a “good military man” and “church goer,” was convicted of repeatedly having sex with an 11-year-old girl and sentenced to 12 years in prison.
Republican businessman Jon Grunseth withdrew his candidacy for Minnesota governor after allegations surfaced that he went swimming in the nude with four underage girls, including his daughter.
Republican campaign worker, police officer and self-proclaimed reverend Steve Aiken was convicted of having sex with two underage girls.
Republican director of the “Young Republican Federation” Nicholas Elizondo molested his 6-year old daughter and was sentenced to six years in prison.
Republican president of the New York City Housing Development Corp. Russell Harding pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography on his computer.
Republican benefactor of conservative Christian groups, Richard A. Dasen Sr., was found guilty of raping a 15-year old girl. Dasen, 62, who is married with grown children and several grandchildren, has allegedly told police that over the past decade he paid more than $1 million to have sex with a large number of young women.
Republican Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld authorized the rape of children in Iraqi prisons in order to humiliate their parents into providing information about the anti-American insurgency. See excerpt of one prisoner’s report here and his full report here.
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And that is just the past few years. All the time the Republicans have been telling us that the Republicans are the party of the Morals and Family Values.
#71, ‘tempt,
I haven’t seen Dallas ever advocate we stick our collective noses in anyone else’s business. To the contrary, I would summarize his philosophy as a live and let live type of person. Like most of us, he doesn’t care what you do, just don’t tell him what he can do.
My apologies to Dallas if you think I’m wrong.
The Republican party is really stupid. If you are going to moral behavior as a platform, you can’t elect people who aren’t moral. They should learn from the Dems. The Dems just say there is no right/wrong or good/evil. Thus, you can’t nail them.
#72 Mr Fusion
No politician should be trusted and should never be allowed more than two terms. It’s good enough for the President then it’s good enough for the lower pretenders.
I see your list only attacks Republicans which makes you just as much a hypocrite as Dallas.
You are a hypocrite because your attack is based on a political affiliation instead of the deed.
Mr Fusion is a Hypocrite!!!
#72 So Republicans are just like Democrats, is that what you are proving?
Would your name be on the other list?
#75, contempt, I disagree. In a system of self government, people should be able to elect whomever they want (assuming they meet the age and citizenship requirements) for as many times as they want. The term limit placed on the President was just a short-sighted overreaction to FDR and should be repealed IMO.
#77 Sea Lawyer
Under normal circumstances I would agree with you. Sadly, the education system has failed us allowing kid to graduation without he slightest knowledge of how a free republic is suppose to work.
Stop graduating stupid kids and I will retract my two term limit demand.
#77, SL,
I agree, but not enthusiastically. As an example of why not, what if someone like Bush jr wanted to rig the system as we are seeing in Iran at the moment?
In general though, I want to vote for who ever the hell I want to. Even if I have to write their name in.
#75, Idiot ‘temp,
I see your list only attacks Republicans which makes you just as much a hypocrite as Dallas.
It was supposed to be only Republicans, idiot. The challenge is for you to compile a list half that long of Democrats.
Instead though, you would rather just call people hypocrites. It appears you don’t even know what the word means.
Another right wing nut using a big word he doesn’t understand. That must be comforting to Alphie.