Liberty MavenMark Sanford has become Fred Sanford. Period.
June 25th, 2009 10:51 am | by Mike Miller | Published in Individual Responsibility, Liberty, Maven Commentary, Politics | 8 Responses
Here at Liberty Maven we’ve mentioned Mark Sanford a number of times as one of the “Ron Paul Republicans” who might step into Ron Paul’s role in the future. But now Sanford has gotten himself into a fine mess by getting caught red-handed in an extramarital affair and then lying about it. So in one fell swoop his political ambitions have been completely nullified due to the fact that he’s now toast in the court of public opinion.
But should we really care about his personal dilly-dallying?
Personally, I’m sickened by the media’s fascination with the personal lives of politicians and celebrities. Mainstream media outlets have become tabloids, plain and simple. And let’s not overlook the hypocrisy that the liberal media said the indiscretions of President Clinton were none of our business and no big deal. Even more disgusting is that the majority of celebrities and politicians play the politically-correct role and go along with the fallacy that it’s any of our business and readily agree to fully air their dirty laundry in front of TV cameras.
Having said that, I’m personally disappointed in the latest revelations. The man cheated on his wife and then lied about it. This country needs a lot more honesty, and Sanford didn’t have the balls to be honest with his own wife. And even more disturbing are the revelations that at least one of his trips to Argentina was taxpayer-funded. More and more, Sanford is turning out to be just a typical sleazy politician.
Despite the fact that his political views have not changed overnight, Sanford will clearly not be the man to be the next “Ron Paul”. Right now he’s more like Fred Sanford, and broken man with little future prospects.
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June 25th, 2009 at 3:38 pm (#)
It's not ok to cheat a lie – it's a reflection of someones character. You don't have to be a social conservative to understand that…
June 25th, 2009 at 4:21 pm (#)
So much for Sanford. Let's go Gary Johnson 2012!!! He's the former governor of New Mexico if you didn't know. Check him out!
June 25th, 2009 at 4:33 pm (#)
Did you even bother to read the articles you linked? I'm not defending what he did, but none of it says he lied to his wife, and the article about his Argentina trip specifically says he went there on a department of Commerce trip. He said he paid for his latest trip with his own money and hasn't used public funds to travel there on his own.
June 25th, 2009 at 4:39 pm (#)
It's true the articles I linked to don't mention that he lied to his wife. But that fact has been shown already. He kept his affair from his wife for a period of time. That's deceipt. Then when he "went missing" and it later turned out he was in Argentina, he claimed he was there alone. The only thing he would say is that he "took a drive along the coast" which is extraordinarily unlikely since there are almost no roads along the coast in Argentina.
June 26th, 2009 at 6:42 am (#)
I do not care about his personal life. His political policies are all that matter
June 26th, 2009 at 12:15 pm (#)
Dave, are you serious? Didn't lie to wife? That's the most idiotic thing I've read on the Internet in 5 years. I guess a marital vow means nothing to you.
June 26th, 2009 at 8:16 am (#)
[...] political. I’m talking, of course, about Mark Sanford. There’s not much to say that hasn’t already been said. I realize many people liked Sanford and thought he may be the guy in 2012, but I was never [...]
June 26th, 2009 at 1:33 pm (#)
Well it appears part of his political policies is using YOUR MONEY to pursue interests in his personal life.