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Post by Pharcellus on May 8, 2013 17:26:33 GMT
Mark Sanford, ex-congressman, ex-governor, ex-husband, elected to his old Congressional seat.
I think it is amazing what insults to pond scum voters will put into office.
This guy lied, had an extramarital affair with a woman in Argentina while in office, and trespassed into his ex-wife's house.
The guy is a creep of the first order; he doesn't belong in office, he belongs in the clink. But he plays the voters like a fiddle "oh, but I have prayed to God to ask for a second chance!".
Fuck off, you vile twat.
Voters get the government they deserve by their ignorance in voting... and they wonder WHY OH WHY we have a gaggle of criminal fraudster shitheads in power.
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Post by kirinir on May 9, 2013 10:02:24 GMT
Yeah I've got a friend who is completely stunned by that.
Can't wait to hear from mum who lives in Aiken when I call her this weekend
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Post by FrithRae on May 9, 2013 16:13:15 GMT
I was shocked myself. I knew the Public memory was short but daaammuunnn..
Plus...he beat out Stephen Colbert's sister!! That just ain't right!! What an ego blow that has to be huh..."My brother is Stephen Colbert, my opponent lied and cheated on his wife - and I still lost..."
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Post by tantalyr on May 9, 2013 19:15:50 GMT
Clinton "lied and cheated on his wife," yet left office with a very high approval rating.
Louisiana Senator David Vittur admitted to being a regular of the D.C. Madam, yet was handily reelected to the Senate later.
This is pretty par for our congressmen isn't it?
By the way, the trespassing claim by Sanford's ex-wife turned out to be bogus. He did indeed visit his now former home to watch the Super Bowl at the request of his son--who, of course, was legally entitled to make such an invitation. Sanford was thus at the home legally, and the district attorney refused to file any charges over it.
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Post by Darkwater on May 10, 2013 4:00:59 GMT
Adultry is very American so I don't see the big deal. He even gets bonus points for it being with someone he was in love with, and not a random fling or hooker or something.
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Post by Pharcellus on May 10, 2013 4:20:25 GMT
Clinton "lied and cheated on his wife," yet left office with a very high approval rating. You won't get much mileage out of me over Clinton. He fucked up as well, though I think it a bit disingenuous to compare his indiscretions in the Oval Office with an intern to a Governor who fucking DISAPPEARED for nearly a WEEK just so he could go and bang some woman in Argentina. He lied about it to EVERYONE, from his staff, his family, his friends. It also was over FATHER'S DAY, so he even deprived his kids of their father over it. Clinton isn't particularly religious, but this SFB is a devout nutcase who is all about "family values", even having the gall to call Clinton a "rascal". Then, when the shoe is on the other foot, he brushes it away like so much lint on his collar. “The issue of lying is probably the biggest harm, if you will, to the system of Democratic government, representatives government, because it undermines trust. And if you undermine trust in our system, you undermine everything.” [Sanford on Clinton, CNN, 2/16/99] That's right, and NO FUCKING ONE should trust you to do anything in our government ever again. Yet another shining example of Christianity's and the right's "family values", re-affirmed by the voters as what "family values" really mean to them. Exactly. It is pretty par for the American voting public to continually vote the scum of the Earth into office to represent them and their views, EVEN AFTER the depths of their depravity are reveled. EVEN AFTER repeat performances! Incorrect. His son was NOT "legally entitled to make such an invitation" as it violated his parents' divorce agreement. Sanford WAS in violation of their divorce agreement, admitted to it voluntarily in court, and agreed to accept punitive measures to settle the case, which awarded $5000 in legal fees to his wife. Ultimately, I don't give a flying fuck who anyone has sex with, what I DO give a fuck about is LYING about it and then playing both sides of the hypocritical spectrum in terms of both ideology AND practice over it. How can ANYONE trust people when they behave with what amounts to scorn and disdain for basic morality and ethics? When someone is SUPPOSED to be looking out for other people as a FREAKING PUBLIC SERVANT, they HAVE to be held to a higher standard; they HAVE to set a better example. Otherwise, what's the point? Why don't we just elect Jeff Dahmer or Chuck Manson, or even Bozo the Clown instead? I know, I know.. people don't elect saints to represent them.. they only identify with "the fallen". Hell, Colbert Busch was no saint by any stretch of the imagination, but she has a much larger pair of principles than Sanford ever will ever again. |
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Post by Pharcellus on May 10, 2013 7:04:58 GMT
Adultry is very American so I don't see the big deal. He even gets bonus points for it being with someone he was in love with, and not a random fling or hooker or something. Like I said to Tantalyr, I couldn't care less about who he loves or has sex with. That is NOT the issue. The ISSUE is that he touts his "moral high ground" ideology as the core of who and what he is, and then goes on to show that it is just so much bullshit. Yeah, sure, it isn't important when it comes to who he's fucking (as long as they are consenting), but when it DOES come to something important, like policies where people's lives, both financial and literal, are concerned, I don't want someone with his questionable morals and ethics ANYWHERE near decisions affecting them. In short, I don't want to be one of the ones he chooses to start fucking over at any particular moment the next time his moral/ethical barometer goes on the blink. ..and yes, I know he's far from the only one in our government that has these kinds of problems, but the fix for that starts with this simple solution: STOP ELECTING THESE SUB-HUMAN PIECES OF SHITE! |
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Post by Kulamata on May 10, 2013 8:58:55 GMT
A good explanation of the "mechanics" of the election: fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/08/the-electoral-effect-of-sex-scandals-revisited/Nate Silver has an exceptionally good track record... well worth listening to. As to what our congresspersons are like; I see the bias of selective information here; somehow we fail to remember the vast majority who never hit the headlines. The paparazzi bait is a self-selected group if you will; we don't and won't hear about the dull plodder who does his three unsexy committees' work, flies home to listen to constituents bend his ear about local zoning issues, nominates a candidate for service academy every year or two, and tries to raise money without doing a full grovel. We're talking 535 people, folks; how many of them have you read about, royally disgracing themselves? Twenty??? Maybe??? Now, it is true that some folks in some areas of the country might find that a higher percentage of their CongressCritters wind up as the subjects of lurid headlines. Thus those fine folk who are in error in thinking that their turf is THE Amurrica, are misled into thinking that all Amurricans suffer from the same representational embarrassment... But I say not so! More seriously, I consider untethered, comprehensive cynicism to be an acid, eroding the foundations of democracy. |
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Post by woooooooo on May 13, 2013 16:10:51 GMT
Its a politician with a shady past who got (re)elected.
What are we looking for here?
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