Wednesday, June 24, 2009

We must protect the sanctity of marriage!

You have to love politicians like Mark Sanford, governor of South Carolina. This guy might be king of the idiots in the way he tried to get away with his extramarital affair--by running off to Argentina without telling his staff where he was going, causing everyone to wonder what the hell happened to the governor of South Carolina. Here is what he had to say about that. AP:
"I've let down a lot of people, that's the bottom line," Sanford said at a news conference. He said he's known the woman about eight years, but their relationship turned into something more a year ago while he was on an economic development trip to Argentina.
I don't want to be unfair to Republicans. Democratic politicians have had their own share of cheating on their wives. But gosh darnit, it just feels good to say to them, "GOTCHA!"

Because for people like Sanford, protecting the sanctity of marriage has nothing to do with having a working marriage of your own. It has nothing to do with respecting the values of monogamy in a two-person setting of a relationship. No, for Mark Sanford, it means making sure that gay people can't get married, can't get civil unions, and can't adopt children.

As I said before, Sanford is an idiot. Who else would do this:
A former three-term congressman, Sanford most recently snared headlines for his unsuccessful fight to turn aside federal stimulus cash for his state's schools. His vocal battle against the Obama administration -- and libertarian, small-government leanings -- won praise from conservative pundits. Ultimately, a state court order required him to take the money.
Oh, believe it or not, the dolt also said this once: "It is my personal view that the largest proclamation of one's faith ought to be in how one lives his life."

Nice, Sanford, nice.

2 comments:

  1. Hm.

    This has been so big on the news lately, but as a not-so-savvy citizen, my only response is, why is it that everyday he's making more confessions. Bothers me a little how the media is portraying this: He says she's the love of his life, but he will try to love his wife more. Does that even matter? Does that mean he's actually sorry?

    The only two good things that came out of this: (1) Gotcha! LOL (2) "He's been hiking the Appalachian Trail" euphemism... :P

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  2. I'm telling you, the guy is nutso-whacko, not fit to hold any sort of public office.

    And I think I'll use that euphemism from now on.

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