The Skepticrats » Mark Sanford

Sanford may get lucky again

Deuce Geary — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:14:20 +0000

No, not that kind of lucky, as in “I hope you get lucky!” The kind of lucky that has one of the world’s most famous sex symbols and the world’s most famous accused pedophile and plastic surgery victim die the day after you announce your affair, thus bumping your admission out of the most-written about story slot.

Rumor has it there’s a John Edwards – Rielle Hunter sex tape floating around out there. But I’m pretty sure there’s no truth to the rumor that Mark Sanford has mobilized the South Carolina National Guard and the state police in a dragnet to find the tape.

If it shows up, it will sure be interesting to see how the press handles the situation.

I have a special Rule 5 motion to make

Deuce Geary — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:41:51 +0000

I hereby move that there be no picures of Maria Belen Chapur allowed in any Rule 5 posts this week. Or ever. And that goes for anyone else’s “other woman.”

Just in case anyone’s thinking about it.

Thanks a lot, Mark Sanford and John Ensign!

Deuce Geary — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:12:33 +0000

As Allahpundit writes at HotAir: “At the rate we’re going, I’m starting to think Obama might run unopposed in 2012.”

Can I make one simple request? If you’re going to cat around, stay a low-level party hack! Ensign and Sanford were chair of the Republican Policy Committee and chair of the Republican Governors Association, respectively. Cripes!

In that context, I might have been willing to cut John Kerry a break for his class-less joke about how he wished Sarah Palin had been the one to go missing — had Kerry made that “joke” after Sanford’s announcement. Then, it would have made sense because Palin would have been one more high-profile Republican and genuine contender for 2012 getting knocked out of the saddle. Coming as it did before Sanford’s announcement, however, Kerry’s comment is just bizarre.

By the way, one thing Sanford apparently doesn’t deserve to be raked over the coals for is leaving his family over Father’s day weekend. Apparently, his wife asked him to move out a couple of weeks ago and their existing arrangement was that Sanford “would not contact” his family. She and Ensign’s wife have both been class acts. I hope they can heal their marriages out of the spotlights.

UPDATE: Media Matters notes that Fox News displayed a “D” after Sanford’s name in its report on the confession, misidentifying Sanford as a Democrat. I’m sure MM thinks it was something nefarious, but I’m thinking the graphics guy was just thinking Dumbass when he put that “D” up on the screen.

Governor Mark Sanford’s wife . . . comfortable, putting up a good front, or crazy?

Deuce Geary — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:37:38 +0000

In the saga of Governor Mark Sanford’s unexpected incommunicado status, Karol at Alarming News picked up on Sanford’s wife’s apparent nonchalance. Wrote Karol:

His wife is not worried because, get this, “the governor said he needed time away from their children to write something.” Shaaaaaaaaaady.

I don’t know. I’d consider it shady if Elliott Spitzer were missing at the same time and there was a chance the two of them were out together. But as a professional tethered to work by technology nearly 24/7, I sure can understand the need to get away from it all, even if that means ditching your security detail (not that I have one). Perhaps getting out unexpectedly was the only way Sanford could do it.