Mark Sanford must resign or apologize (he hasn't yet)
From the article:
I can begin to forgive Sanford is he gives this apology:
"I am so sorry for all of the people I judged through my false righteousness. I am so sorry to have judged Bill Clinton for what he did in his personal life. We should have never dragged him through that. I am so sorry for voting for impeachment. I am so sorry to the all of the loving gay couples in this country who want to make marriage work while I made a mockery of it. If they can find it in their heart to forgive me, I will try to be a better, less judgmental, less hypocritical and more open-minded person. Help me to become that person."
Then, we can see that he is sincere in recognizing his true faults. We are all human, but if we are to get beyond his mistakes and imperfections, he must understand what his original sin was. That is part and parcel of what he must atone for.
why?
are you his wife?
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and replace him with whom?
another politician who's nothing more than a parasite making their living off the hard work of the American people. unless the discussion turns to replacing him with nothing i say let him be.
No matter who you vote for, the government always gets in - Bill Hicks
impeached
Let's keep the issues straight. Clinton was impeached for his illegal actions when trying to cover up the affair, not for the affair.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment_of_Bill_Clinton
"The charges, perjury, obstruction of justice, and abuse of power"
To follow in Clinton's footsteps, Sanford will need to lie about the affair and obstruct justice. Since Sanford already admitted it and apparently is not obstructing justice, the impeachment comparison is not appropriate.
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yes
Yes but Sanford wanted him to resign so if that was just because of his lying under oath fine, but Sanford demanded fellow republican Linvingston resign for violating his "oath to his wife." He also discriminated against gays.
Gov. Sanford thinks lying to your wife is just as important as lying under oath. This is what he had to say about the affair of fellow Republican Bob Livingston:
"I'm sure there will be a lot of legalistic explanations pointing out the president lied under oath, [Livingston's] situation was not under oath. But the bottom line is, he still lied. He lied under a different oath and that is the oath to his wife. So it has got to be taken very seriously."
Mark Sanford also voted to impeach Bill Clinton for having an affair and lying about it while in office. He said, ""I think it would be much better for the country and for him personally (to resign)." In explaining why he voted to impeach the president, he said, "I think what he did in this matter was reprehensible... I feel very comfortable with my vote." He added that Clinton lacked "moral legitimacy" after his affair.
We say we want our
politicians to be "real" and "human". Yet, to be real and human means to have weaknesses and human frailities. Forgiveness is important. Understanding. There is no perfect person free from fault. Who will we get to run for any office, if the standard is perfection? Who among us can withstand a thorough "vetting"? Even good people make mistakes. This is an issue between him and his wife.
If only the majority of people would get really mad
at those politicians who have the blood of well over one million innocent people on their hands, who continue to torture, who continue to steal and loot, who continue to bring in the measures to oppress the people, incrementally but oppression nevertheless, who are so hypocritical as to condemn protests in the streets for election fraud allegations, who are the experts in calling the kettle black...
and there are many more reasons to list..
only then (and that's not even certain) could I
muster some thought as to an apology being appropriate for something that I consider not right but purely to do with his personal life and his family.
Why is it that people get soooo involved in everyone's personal life... live and let live.
You can't save him -- he'll forever be a Clinton associate
Just be glad you didn't find him (alive) in a closet with two faux nooses
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apology is way too much. I dont give a shit who, if, when, why, or how he cheated. As long as he does his job well thats all that matters. Name a few current governors doing a better job than him politically and then well have something. Nobody gave JFK shit for fucking Monroe, nobody gave grover cleveland shit when he was having a kid with another women while he was still president. and nodoby gave andrew jackson shit when he cheated, he got elected to another term. Give it up.
bull
he's not a preist. He's an adulturer, a very common critter
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And who broke into his personal e-mail account
Would that be Homeland Security? Ramn? Or, are they just trying to knock out any contender for the 2012 election?
I am sorry he had an affair. But, is he the first? Will he be the last?
I don't care. I just want to know why this is coming out now ? And, who got into his personal e-mail account?
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In truth,
to knock out
a big 2012 competitor
why resign?
that's just your "team think" mentality at work.
If he wouldn't have done
If he wouldn't have done this on father's day and selfishly thought about himself over his family, then I'd probably think it was no biggie.
That said, how smart can this guy be to think he could get away with what he did?
Not only that, he acts as though Newt Gingrich is some kind of senior to him on foreign affairs which shows what an imbecile he really is.
The man's an idiot but it has little to do with him messing around with another woman....
I don't think he should resign. I don't want him to.
I reserve the right to govern myself.
I reserve the right to govern myself.
Ne meither.
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Freedom is: not having to do what you don't want to do.
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Freedom is not: doing everything you want to.
Freedom is: not having to do what you don't want to do.
~ Joyce Meyer
If a politician will lie...
to his wife....he will lie to you. He should go. He should also reimburse the taxpayers for his junkits to Argentina and the time he was screwing his girlfriend on the taxpayers dime. What a dirtball. I am so sick ofthese people. I just want to hang them all.
"I did not have sex with that woman" .....Bill Clinton
"911 was not an inside job" .......Bill Clinton
No, no, no...what he does in
No, no, no...what he does in his "personal life" will surely not affect his "public life" /s
If a person cannot lead in their personal life, how can they lead any where else?
I warned you guys to vette all of Ron Paul's endorsements
He doesn't have time to vette anyone -- his whole being is disecting bills and getting the message out.
We are putting too much pressure on Congressman Paul -- Until last year he's never been asked for an "endorsement"
Let's no longer look to "leaders" to give back out individualism -- do you NOT see the IDIOCY of such a philosophy.
How long will we "work" with the system.
We need to get into Counter Economics -- NOW!!
We need a national movement and a website to launch from.
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The Strategy is for The NEO-Cons
The Strategy is for the NEO-Cons are trying their best to purge the party of Conservatives.
See through the smoke screens...
Daryl
thank you
Nothing about this story has sat well with me from the 1st minute it broke. It smells like dead fish...that go with the flow. (something's going on here. and it may take years for the truth to come out)
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In truth,
enough already...
who cares? its over... move on...
"Unite Or Die"..
Hate to say it...
But MJ and Farrah dying is going to help in a big way.
Im really disappointed in Mr. Sanford. I think he is an awesome guy. He just screwed up. Personally, I think he is handling the best way a person can.
He didnt lie.
He admitted what was going on to his wife.
He sure as hell didnt get 'caught' doing anything.
What happens in his family business is none of my own business. Its sad. Im sure his family is hurting. The best thing I can think to do is leave them alone and let them handle it.
'Peace is a powerful message.' Ron Paul
It's up to the citizens of South Carolina
as to whether Sanford remains as governor. Are you a citizen of that state? For the rest of us it's none of our business whether he stays or goes.
Not Sanford or anyone else owes an apology for not supporting, not applauding a way of living that destroys human life. No one in good conscience can do anything to support increasing the death toll.
To oppose useless deaths of homosexuals is hypocritical, you say? To support it is to be open minded, you say?
What kind of people can tolerate death in the name of anal intercourse? There is something evil about a society that is indifferent to death.
Homosexuality causes...
death, in what percent of the cases would you estimate, John B?
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Fossils Rock!
'Cause there's a monster on the loose
Just as I can't tell what percentage of Jews died
in gas chambers between 1939 and 1945, I can't tell you the number of deaths resulting from practicing the homosexual lifestyle. The number is not insignificant. In my family the rate is 100%.
I'm sorry for your loss.
It's a horrible disease, but can be avoided by being monogamous. Promiscuous heteros get diseases all the time too, just lucky most of them aren't lethal. Luck of the draw.
I don't believe gays choose their instincts, and should be shown the respect that you wish for yourself.
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'Cause there's a monster on the loose
Whether we are heterosexual or homosexual,
how can we know we're in a monogamous relationship? How can we know where our partner has been? If I or my partner have had sexual relations in the past, our relationship is not monogamous. Some people have had dozens of monogamous relationships. You can't put the toothpaste back in the tube. Maybe that's not the best way to put it.
Is it the luck of the draw homosexual conduct is more lethal than heterosexual conduct? Isn't it a matter of human physiology?
Homosexual conduct like sharing needles is an excellent way to share diseases.
We aren't responsible for our instincts, but we are for our actions. Humans are not like animals bound by their instincts.
I'm tolerant of the homosexual lifestyle, but don't expect approval. The second does not follow from the first.
When we do unnatural things to our bodies, expect bad results whether cigarette smoking, overeating, avoidance of exercise, anal intercourse, and many more.
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"Homosexual conduct like sharing needles is an excellent way to share diseases."
This is false. If you they don't have tons of partners and check into their parter before they engage in sex, they are fine.
It's the stigma of it all that drive them into risky promiscuous situations. We need to make sure they can get married and carry on more mainstream lifestyles.
If, If If,If
If you do this and you don't do that, and you step on all the bases, the homosexual lifestyle is just hunky-dorey.
The history of the lifestyle since the early 1980's is filled with tragedy. You're living in a fantasy world if you ignore realities, if you ignore history.
It's impossible to run an "FBI check" on a potential partner, and it just takes one diseased partner to end your life.
I don't quite know what to make of your last paragraph. Are you saying I'm responsible for AIDS and other diseases associated with the lifestyle?
As far as promiscuity goes, whether heterosexual or homosexual, it seems to now be part of a mainstream life Too bad for our society.
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Well if homosexuals could adopt children and marry and be part of normal respectable life, I think there would be less promiscuity.
However, lots of things are dangerous. Living itself yields a 100% fatality in the long-run.
We we need to talk about is freedom. Just because alcohol is dangerous doesn't mean we should ban it.
Do you favor the prohibition too?