Even worse than it just plain sucks, the R’s are sure to be insufferable about it.
(CNN) - Former Gov. Mark Sanford will win the race for South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District, CNN projects. With 70% of the vote in, Republican Sanford leads Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch, 54%-45%.
Once considered a possible presidential candidate, Sanford left office at the end of his term having admitted to an extramarital affair and under a cloud of ethics violations. He represented the district for three terms before being elected governor.
Sometimes I get so frustrated and/or disheartened and/or annoyed by some of the news stories of the day that I can’t bring myself to write about them. Here are a few recent reports that made my blood pressure hit the roof. I am avoiding delving into them at length out of concern for my physical and mental health.
But this isn’t just any ordinary website. This one matchmakes (that is now a word) people who are on an infidelity hunt. They are featuring Mark Hiking the Appalachian Trail but Really with Argentine “Soul Mate” Sanford as their Very Special Poster Boy for an ad campaign to market their, erm, “products” to like-minded cheaters, just like Mark!
Genius!
“Forgiving and forgetting” was never so much fun! But remember, don’t tell the kids!
And how ironic that the billboard juxtaposes the word “use” right next to Sanford’s gigantic lying mug, as in “Use Sanford”… just the way he used everyone in his life.
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Debate will focus on taxes & federal spending, immigration, gun legislation, debt & deficit, foreign policy and other key issues in this special election to fill the seat left vacant when Tim Scott was appointed to the U.S. Senate.
Former Governor Mark Sanford was missing in action, and that crucial point has been missing from much of the analysis and coverage of the coming election. Desertion is at least as unethical as infidelity, and it is certainly more dangerous. As the ad points out:
“Mark Sanford abandoned his post.”
“No one, not even law enforcement or the National Guard, could reach him.”
“What are we supposed to do when we can’t get in touch with the leader? You can’t just walk away.”
“If I had abandoned my post, I could be court-martialed.”
Cheating on your spouse is one thing, irresponsibly abandoning your state and being completely unreachable is quite another.
All our posts about Mark Sanford can be found here, and there have been a ton of them.
Via an email from VoteVets.org:
You remember Mark Sanford? He’s the former Governor of South Carolina who went missing for six days while he said he was “hiking the Appalachian Trail,” when he really was on his now infamous personal trip to Argentina.
Well, after going into hiding for a few years, Sanford is now the Republican nominee in a Special Election for South Carolina’s First Congressional District.
The election is in two weeks, and his opponent is Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch… Stephen Colbert’s sister.
All caught up now?
We’re running a hard-hitting ad holding Sanford accountable for abandoning his post while serving as Governor, and we need your help to expand our buy. With Colbert-Busch up two points in the polls, it could mean the difference between a big victory, or an agonizing defeat.
This wouldn’t be Mark Sanford’s first term as a member of the House of Representatives.
Sanford served there before — from 1995 to 2001 — and was notorious for voting against a slew of bills important to veterans, including housing grants for homeless veterans, VA Appropriations Bills, and more.
We have a chance to stop him from returning, and we’re going to take it. I hope you’ll join us by watching the ad and contributing to VoteVets today.
PPP’s newest poll on the special election in South Carolina finds Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch expanding her lead to 9 points over Mark Sanford at 50/41. Green Party candidate Eugene Platt polls at 3%.
Colbert Busch’s lead is on the rise for several reasons. She has a 51/35 advantage with independents. She’s winning over 19% of Republicans, while losing just 7% of Democrats. And it also seems that after last week’s revelations about Sanford that a lot of GOP voters are planning to just stay at home- while the district supported Mitt Romney by 18 points last fall, those planning to turn out for the special election voted for him by only a 5 point spread. [...]
[I]t’s interesting to note that there is some backlash against Republicans over last week’s vote on background checks.
National Republicans are pulling the plug on Mark Sanford's suddenly besieged congressional campaign, POLITICO has learned – a potentially fatal blow to the former South Carolina governor's campaign against Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch.
Blindsided by news that Sanford's ex-wife has accused him of trespassing and concluding he has no plausible path to victory, the National Republican Congressional Committee has decided not to spend more money on Sanford's behalf ahead of the May 7 special election, according to two senior party officials who have been briefed on the decision.
"Mark Sanford has proven he knows what it takes to win elections. At this time, the NRCC will not be engaged in this special election," said Andrea Bozek, an NRCC spokeswoman.
The move comes hours after Tuesday night's report by the Associated Press that Sanford's ex-wife, Jenny Sanford, filed a court complaint accusing him of trespassing at her home in early February – which would be a violation of the terms of their divorce agreement.
"I did indeed watch the second half of the Super Bowl at the beach house with our 14 year old son because as a father I didn't think he should watch it alone. Given she was out of town I tried to reach her beforehand to tell her of the situation that had arisen, and met her at the back steps under the light of my cell phone when she returned and told her what had happened."
But then this nugget of information was revealed. CNN:
Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has engaged in a "pattern" of trespassing on his ex-wife's property since their divorce and was even issued a warning about the matter by her attorney two years ago, according to court documents related to the incident.
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