Time to move on concerning Sanford.

[newinnm]

He is toast on the national political stage so it appears to me that any more talk about this is just being a fucking busy body. The people of S.C. will have to decide his future in the state.

Things that are none of your business about anyone:

Who they are fucking
Where their girl/boy friend is
If they/ their girlfriend is pregnant
What their husband/wife is thinking or feeling


There are a lot more important things to do


-nnnm

[Peacetrain]

1. We will see.. if state funds have been involved. this is just the beginning

[newinnm]

2. Only matters if you live in S.C.

[Peacetrain]

8. See now you have me thinking there really is something more there than meets the eye

[zulchzulu]

33. The OP forgets the political hypocrisy implications of one of the biggest Tea Bag Asshats

This is political gold to simmer for a while and yes, it is only the beginning.

This story skewers Republicans on several points:

• Moral hypocrisy
  
• Protests about the Stimulus Package with one of the most vocal opponents
  
• Giving the Republicans a taste of their own medicine
  
• Political obliteration of one of the Tea Bag Protest leaders
  

This, of course, is not the only issue we are facing or the only issue people are focusing on. The story is writing itself at this point and all we have to do is watch the Republican media channels have to report on one of their own.

This event also may make whatever few moderate Republicans waiting to leave the party to do so. That helps make the Republican Party head ever closer to becoming the New Whigs.

On edit:

What's funny about this thread is that the very intention to make us stop discussing the Sanford story is making us continue to discuss the Sanford story.

If the Op wants to discuss something else....um, discuss something else!

:hi:

[newinnm]

42. I was just pondering the Irony

:)

[Peacetrain]

47. I know, suddenly, everything makes me go hmmmmmmmm

:hi:

[rcrush]

3. Unless his whole story is a big lie to cover up something really bad that he did

You dont just up and disapear without telling anyone for 5 days just to go get laid. He could have made SOMETHING up. Got a $2000 an hour hooker to come to his hotel room in the city. I'm wondering what he really did.

[newinnm]

6. So what if he got

twelve $10,000 dollar an hour hookers. Is it your business?

-nnnm

[rcrush]

28. What difference does it make?

Its all made up bullshit. This guy is was a Bilderberg attendee in 2008. A mystery trip to Argentina for a lay is bullshit. He did something more than just get laid. Who gives a fuck if he got laid?

[newinnm]

29. It seems that 30% of DU does

Read the posts... I read one who was curious if his girlfriend was pregnant.



-nnnm

[rcrush]

35. well its a little too convienient for me.

Everyone likes to get laid. Lots of guys cheat on their wife. I dont give a fuck. But his story just stinks. And the MSM is going along with it. NOTHING TO SEE HERE HE WAS JUST FUCKING NOT DOING ANYTHING ILLEGAL!!!! right. If anything this seems like an engineered distraction from real events. The latest story on his secret "affair" is released during the exact time of the senate hearing of the Federal Reserves: Bank of America acquisition of Meryl Lynch.

The guy had an affair, admitted to it, and took questions. They are even bringing up his emails which are boring as hell. I mean what is the fricking story here anyway?

WE ARE STILL COMMITTING GENOCIDE IN THE MIDDLE EAST WITH BORROWED MONEY FROM CHINA!

[Jennicut]

37. Spitzer was kicked out for seeing a prostitute...so yes, it would be our business

[newinnm]

41. That was none of your business either

[Jennicut]

56. I agree but Rethugs need to be held to the same standard.

[brendan120678]

59. But patronizing a prostitute is illegal....

unless Sanford used state funds to visit his lady friend in Argentina, no law was broken, I don't think.

[Barrymores Ghost]

79. Unless he could be found guilty of violating SC's adultery statutes...

...which, if he was out of country, might fall outside state jurisdiction. Still, I say it's worth looking into. Make him accountable to the same laws, morality and scrutinity he holds others to.

[babylonsister]

4. Thanks for informing us on what to do!

:hi:

[Name removed]

5. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[babylonsister]

11. Who elected you morality cop? Not I. And you know nothing about

me, so that's a dumb question.

Sanford invited speculation by being a dirtbag and then admitting to it.

Too bad if you don't like it.

[newinnm]

18. You are the one making morality calls.

Not me.


-nnnm

[Barrymores Ghost]

77. So what's your handle over on the other side, Hoss?

Just wanna know who to look for when I start pitching chum in my spare time.

[newinnm]

85. Barrymores Ghost

[Name removed]

87. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[Hutzpa]

15. Yes!

we do, it's simple, she is not a public official whose taken an OATH to defend
and be truthful to the people of South Carolina, also, your tone is completely
off and uncalled for, just because you don't like what she has to say does not
warrant that idiotic response from you.....its asinine!

[Howardx]

12. i always respond well to that

really

[Hutzpa]

7. NOPE!!

We stay the course, it's fun.


:P

[newinnm]

9. Maybe you should

Become a peeping tom in your neighborhood.


-nnnm

[Hutzpa]

19. Maybe I am

and I'm peeping on you, so that you don't start these patronizing posts in the future.

[Cha]

57. "patronizing"?

More like fucking net nanny.

sanford sanford sanford. sanford.

[Hutzpa]

58. Well that explains it then

now I know the infatuation.....

[Barrymores Ghost]

74. Why, that sounds positively Republican of you.

Maybe something you have some experience at?

[newinnm]

84. uhmm no

Im not one of the people who are dying to know who other people are sleeping with and if they are preganant etc.......



-nnnm

[Barrymores Ghost]

88. It goes well beyond that, and if you're that incurious, maybe you should try the "ignore" button.

Or f*ck off entirely. Either is fine by me.

[Clio the Leo]

10. Instead, we could talk about how Obama is "going to tax our health care benefits!!!"

Which is the next meme on the MSM's list .... the way they are spinning it is complete and utter BS and at least the Sanford drama is blunting that a bit.

Ok Nora, let's read some more emails!!!!

[newinnm]

14. Who are you fucking?

[Clio the Leo]

40. Let me get back to you on that....

.... I'm TRYING to get ahold of more 2012 GOP Presidential hopefuls ..... I'm sending a message off to Jindhal's Facebook account right now. ;)

(talking about taking one for the team ..... I better get a medal for this!)

[Stephanie]

61. Hah!

Can we see some of our men make the same sacrifice? Where are our Alaskan paramours?

[Zen Democrat]

13. Sorry, but HYPOCRISY is the issue of the times for RWers ...

As long as they claim moral superiority, and they do, it's a major story. People are sick to death of this duplicitous sham called FAMILY VALUES. I do feel bad for the wife and kids -- and this man should have thought about them before running off to Argentina.

Who was the Dem congressman who got in hot water back in the 70's for his romps with the "Argentine Firecracker?" That was news for a month. You just can't tamp this stuff down when stories continue to develop -- like trips to see the mistress on taxpayer money. That'll get Sanford out of job really fast.

[newinnm]

16. Now come on

Thats not what you really care about. Be honest at least with yourself.

-nnnm

[Zen Democrat]

24. Maybe you're the one who needs to be honest. n/t

[Irreverend IX]

17. There's more to it.

If Sanford just wanted to travel over there to see his mistress, he could have come up with a bullshit excuse, some trade conference he had to attend or something, and no one would have thought twice about it. Instead, he bolted over there without telling anyone, abandoned his car at the airport and had no contact with his family or staff. Something compelled him to do that, something that he decided he'd rather end his political career than reveal.

[newinnm]

21. And thats your business why?

[Hutzpa]

25. Why(?) YES

For someone who wants to be President of the United States....YES!

[newinnm]

26. He will never be president

You know that...I know that...the whole country knows that.


-nnnm

[Barrymores Ghost]

91. Neither will Sarah Palin...

...doesn't mean I'm going to stop pointing her out for the lying, philandering, opportunistic, half-wit bimbo that she is, or publicly laughing at and deriding her for holding up her dysfunctional, trailer-trash clan as some kind of paragon of "Real American, conservative family values."

Hypocrites reap what they sow. Don't like it? Tough. The more you tell people to shut up, the more they'll tell you to fuck off and die.

Catching on yet?

[Irreverend IX]

30. Uh, he's a prominent public servant.

You're going on about how his sex life is none of our business, but governors don't disappear for a week just to get laid. This guy threw everything away -- his career, his chance at the presidency -- for what? I think he believed he would end up dead or in prison if he didn't go to Argentina as fast as he could. Those are just about the only things worse than what did happen to him. Maybe he's involved in an international criminal enterprise, maybe he's in the pocket of some foreign intelligence agency. If he was, that's everyone's business.

[newinnm]

38. No its not.

Just the nosy ones

[CJCRANE]

60. You didn't respond to these points:

"Maybe he's involved in an international criminal enterprise, maybe he's in the pocket of some foreign intelligence agency".

[newinnm]

62. Still none of your business

[CJCRANE]

64. Um....I think you're missing the point - this is a political discussion board...

dereliction of duty by a politician obviously merits discussion!


:hi:

[newinnm]

65. Thhen this belongs in the SC board

[Barrymores Ghost]

92. Take it up with the mods. n/t

[nxylas]

68. You've got to be fucking kidding

Not saying I believe this theory, but if a state governor was in the pay of a foreign power, that would be everybody's business.

[Barrymores Ghost]

82. Are you deliberately that obtuse?

Or just a moran?

The world is waiting.

[dalaigh lllama]

75. I'm still trying to figure out why what's discussed here is YOUR business

If you're done discussing Sanford, then don't click on Sanford threads. This "you know why you're still talking about it" and "this sad affair is none of your business" line is utter sanctimony.

Why just start a thread explaining why you're no longer interested in Sanford instead of purporting to make pronouncements to others that this topic is now off the table?

[treestar]

83. Republican family values blatherers who judged Clinton for it deserve

it, that's why.

Let him take the heat he would have put on others.

[Stephanie]

20. Your concern is duly noted

[greguganus]

22. Why is this in GD:P? n/t

[newinnm]

23. Because thats where all of the Sanford posts are

[MadBadger]

31. Why do you care?

[greguganus]

36. Maybe because this forum is for presidential posts? n/t

[MadBadger]

39. Again, does it really matter? There are many posts in GD-P that dont have to do with Obama.

Not to mention Sanford is a 2012 possible candidate. Also, why didnt you post this in the other threads.

[greguganus]

94. It matters to me. If I want to read about Sanford I wouldn't click on GD:P forum.

Also, why didn't you comment on other posts in GD:P where people asked why non-presidential posts were being made?

[MadBadger]

95. I did

[NatBurner]

27. tell that to CNN

i stopped giving a shit yesterday

[Webster Green]

32. It's the hypocrisy, stupid!

Trashing rethugs is SOP on this board. You better get used to it.

Oh, and stop giving orders about what to post here. We hate that. :thumbsdown:

[newinnm]

34. I dont really care what you hate.

[zulchzulu]

43. Perhaps you can start a thread on another subject...

If you want everyone to "move on" with the Sanford story (which will go away by Monday anyway), start a thread about something that would become more interesting.

Since you're a fairly new member of DU, perhaps you may want to leave this forum and find another that suits your fancy.

[newinnm]

46. Maybe...just maybe

You should.............
nah I wont say it...


-nnnm

[Webster Green]

69. Damn, you're grouchy..

Kind of weird too. :smoke:

[jesus_of_suburbia]

44. It's my business when a Hypocritical Repuke is caught with his pants down.

I want this to go on and on and on....

He said he was a "Family Values" politician, yet he left his 4 sons on Father's Day to be with his girlfriend.

America needs to hear it over and over again.

[newinnm]

45. No its not

You are just nosy

-nnnm

[jesus_of_suburbia]

54. Yes it is.

You just don't want America to see a GOP governor in all his hypocrisy.

I feel sorry for his kids, but he should have thought about that before cheating on his wife.

Think of the damage he has done to millions of marriages over our country!

[Barrymores Ghost]

76. Yes, it is.

You don't want to hear about Mark Sanford being just another in a long and illustrious line of hypocritical, sanctimonious, self-righteous lying Repugnicunt fucks, find someplace else to hang your hat, Hoss...be it another thread or another forum.

Otherwise, get used to me making it a point to remind you.

[CJCRANE]

48. Do not think of an ELEPHANT.

;)

[Stephanie]

49. Things that are none of Mark Sanford's business:

Whether individuals are allowed to marry the person they love regardless of their sexual orientation.
Whether anyone other than himself abides by his religious beilefs and "morals" which he would like to impose on the rest of us
Whether same-sex couples deserve the same rights and protections straight couples receive with regard to federal laws and benefits

[newinnm]

51. So let me get this straight

If your neighbor is anti gay that gives you the right to know who they are fucking?

[Stephanie]

55. If he's so concerned about who I'm fucking, then yes.

Obviously.

[BklnDem75]

50. Kick and No Rec

I'll not move on. Thx.

[salguine]

52. I'd rather focus on healthcare, thanks. I hope others would, too.

[newinnm]

53. Oh no...the voice of reason.

[yodermon]

63. you're right about who cares who he's fucking. However,

if he abused his position of power to cover up the affair, then no we should NOT move on, he should be investigated.
Plus the more attention that we pay to him, the more the rank hypocracy of the republicans is exposed.
And yes I live in NC not SC so I'm not allowed to comment on this OH WAIT LOOK i just did.

[olkaz]

66. Got anything else I need to do today, boss?

Arrogant much?

[newinnm]

67. Nosy much?

[Stephanie]

70. When a guy calls a press conference to announce that he lied and he's having an affair

He is inviting the attention. If you have a beef, take it up with Sanford.

[Barrymores Ghost]

89. Next time, try writing that for the Albuquerque idiot in a red crayon...

..and do it slowly, so he can keep up.

[Ikonoklast]

93. Funny dat.

I certainly didn't know he was having an affair with another married woman until he got up in front of the entire nation and informed us.

But let's go easy on the guy. The weight of the hypocrisy he is carrying around must be bone-crushing.

[Paladin]

71. You Couldn't Be More Wrong.

I didn't notice the Repubs taking such a circumspect, hands-off approach with Clinton. Why should we do any different with fallen Republicans? Foregoing such a potent political weapon is just idiotic---taking the Nice Guy approach is exactly what the right-wingers expect from us; they depend on it to win. Enough is enough....

[Barrymores Ghost]

72. WRONG. The asshole wanted to be Vice President and fancied himself as POTUS material.

He helped spearhead the Tea-bagger movement. He tried to derail the federal stimulus funding for his state and an investigation may turn up evidence that he improperly used taxpayer funds to pay for his international sexual dalliances. He left his entire state in a leadership vacuum for nearly a week without a word.

Oh, and he called a national press conference so he could spend 15 minutes babbling about why he lied to his family, staff and state about his magical email friendship that turned into clandestine shagging sessions. I'd say that makes it fair fucking game. I think he and his pseudo-Christian, feaux-moralistic, lying, cheating ilk should be made accountable for their hypocrisy.

Everything relevant to his disappearance should be picked apart under an electron microscope and made public for all to see and learn from. Fuck this business about it being South Carolina's issue. You gonna demand that news coming out of South Carolina be stopped at its borders? It's very much everyone's business at this point, because the man is a fraud and PLACED HIMSELF on the national stage.

[Spazito]

73. "There are a lot more important things to do"

Well, don't you think you better get started on those "more important things" instead of wasting your time lecturing others? Damn, time's a wastin' ya know, also, too!

[Cleita]

78. I agree, but many it seems just like to wallow in the mud.

I'm finding the hide-a-thread function very useful.

[Barrymores Ghost]

80. It seems to me that exposing false sanctimony and hypocrisy is what many here like.

I say, more power to them.

As you mentioned, the "Ignore" function is a handy feature. I mean no offense to you, but perhaps you can kindly show the "concerned," whining prat who started this thread how to use it.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

81. recall him

[TexasObserver]

86. Time to stop trying to control what other people want to talk about.

What would we do without helpful posters to instruct us that a topic's relevance has expired?

There's a feature called HIDE THREAD. Learn how to use it.

Better yet, stop expecting others to share your personal opinion about what constitutes the proper time to discuss a given topic.

[Dr Fate]

90. Looks like Wacko-Jacko just granted you your wish. n/t

n/t