Why would SC reject Mark Sanford but embrace Newt Gringrich for essentially the same thing?

[no_hypocrisy]

[mfcorey1]

1. IOKIYAR!!!!

[no_hypocrisy]

2. Gov. Sanford also was a republican.

[mfcorey1]

6. That's my point.

[JHB]

3. Because the rejected Sanford already. And because the real target is Obama

They've made a show of rejecting one scoundrel, so why waste time doing it again, especially with a guy they want to take down the Kenyan muslim usurper communist Wall Street-bailouter.

On edit: See also the points customerserviceguy makes in #4 below. The voluntary bow-out and freshness made the rejecting much, much easier, politically.

[customerserviceguy]

4. Where do you get the idea they rejected him?

He decided not to run for office again, and they didn't find a way to kick him out of office before his term was up. Also, there's the difference with the freshness of the offense, Newtie has had time to come back to Jaysus again after his 'fall', Sanford was rubbing their noses in it while he was still doing it.

[GoCubsGo]

13. Sanford was term-limited.

He was in his second term, and could not run again, at least not for Governor. The only reason they didn't kick him out of office was because the prospect of his being replaced by the Lt. Governor at the time was far worse. The thought of "Governor Andre Bauer" was too horrific for even the most die-hard moralists.

[TreasonousBastard]

5. It's not about the sin, it's about how well you repent.n/t

[WonderGrunion]

7. Because Sanford cheated with a furriner (foreigner)

Gingrich couldn't keep it in his pants but he kept it in the country.

[PassingFair]

9. Also, people respected his wife. And she didn't go down quietly.

She reminds me of many type A women that I cannot STAND to be around,
but I admire her for taking it to the mat with him in public.

[aaaaaa5a]

8. Easy...

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Gingrich is running against...

1) the media (intellectualism, science, facts, education),

2) the Democrats (equality, civil rights, gay rights, religious tolerance, compassion etc.),

3) Regionalism (North, Northeast, Urban, City, Boston, New York etc.)

4) What Southern voters traditionally and historically hate most... the black guy.

5) Anger/resentment/chip on their shoulder

Add these 5 elements together and you have everything Gingrich needed to appeal to the south. Mark Sanford did not have these same elements in his immediate political realm. This is why there is a double standard regarding how South Carolina voters are viewing the two situations.

[Fawke Em]

14. There are more "black guys" in the South than

in other regions; therefore, this is yet another bigoted regional post regarding the South.

[aaaaaa5a]

15. Sorry, thats the truth. nt

[GoCubsGo]

16. Spot on.

If Gingrich was a Democrat, he'd be hated just as much as they still hate Bill Clinton, who they still condemn for for just cheating on his only wife.

[tanyev]

10. Because Newt didn't get all weepy-eyed and blather on about soulmates.

He just shot back with a vitriol-laced attack at the media, and that's the surest way to the GOP base's heart.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

11. He asked his wife first!!!!!

[Enrique]

12. Newt is better at getting away with it

he's a master. Few people can match Newt's shamelessness.