The “Mark” Of Incompetence
By Wyatt Earp | July 5, 2009
Wow, you really have to hand it to South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford: The man knows how to commit political suicide. Sure, other politicians hired prostitutes (Eliot Spitzer), solicited sex in a men’s room stall (Larry Craig), and smoked crack cocaine on camera (Marion Barry), but few – if any – disappeared off the map for a week without telling a soul. That honor belongs to Mark Sanford.
Of course, that is like having the “honor” of being the president best known for soiling a blue dress, but you get my point.
As you all know, Sanford disappeared for a week because he was visiting his Latin lover in Argentina. Apparently, Sanford’s wife objected to those frequent liar miles, and the governor held a press conference ‘splaining his torrid affair. Career? D-U-N, done!
This knucklehead is the subject of this week’s Family Security Matters article. Here’s a sample:
Remember when the biggest mistake a politician would make was when he or she committed the occasional verbal gaffe? Congress was outraged when they learned that George Washington’s line, “I cannot tell a lie,” was, in fact, a lie. Nowadays, our elected officials are spending their time accepting thousands of dollars in bribes, hiring strippers for a party at the mayor’s residence, and voting for legislation without reading it first. In hindsight, spelling the word “potato” with an “e” on the end was pretty timid media fodder.
Recently however, many high-ranking public servants are tripping over themselves to see which one of them can be elected POTUS: President of the Unbelievably Stupid. The newest front-runner for that title is South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford. Sanford went missing on June 18th and no one knew his exact whereabouts, but members of his staff stated he was hiking the Appalachian Trail. The story made national headlines, while everyone from bounty hunters to Deputy Marshal Sam Gerard volunteered to conduct a hard-target search of every gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse and doghouse in the area.
These Herculean efforts proved futile, and some started to fear the worst. Was the governor injured? Was he the victim of foul play? Was he filming an episode of Dancing With The Stars? Just when things looked their worst, Sanford was finally found last Wednesday, June 24th, when he appeared at a press conference detailing his illicit, extramarital affair.
You can read the rest of teh funny HERE.
Topics: FSM | 6 Comments »
July 5th, 2009 at 5:21 pm
Thinking with the wrong head…
July 5th, 2009 at 6:51 pm
he needs to be neutered
July 5th, 2009 at 10:30 pm
The sad thing is that while everyone is all up in arms and all chatty about a Governor who cheated on his wife which only hurt himself and his family. Meanwhile we have politicians flat out STEALING from US. Diverting federal dollars to their family businesses(Pelosi etc), stealing money from federal programs(Obama’s @ Americorps), building airports with only one customer, pretty much so,
and on and on and on. Nothing on any of this by the MSM but hey lets kick the guy who cheated on his wife. God knows that’ll make everything better. That will certainly solve the fact that Dodd and Franks basically ensured the collapse of the mortgage industry while taking all kinds of money from Fannie and Freddie. What conflict of interest right?
Our country is being destroyed from inside and I’m starting to believe it’s on purpose.
July 6th, 2009 at 6:39 am
I was convinced that he was auditioning to e the new dad on “Jon & Kate Plus 8″. The Argentinian mistress thing hadn’t even entered my mind.
July 6th, 2009 at 8:07 pm
While I don’t condone what he did by a long shot, I will say I believe him when he says this is his first affair. He made way too many mistakes to be a “seasoned” cheater.
I’m really beginning to wonder if any man (or woman, save Nancy Pelosi- I don’t think she could run fast enough to catch someone to cheat with) in political office is capable of being monogamous and true.
July 7th, 2009 at 12:06 am
Old NFO – Happens to the best of us.
Rick – Now there’s an idea!
Mike – Pay no attention to the corrupt men behind the curtains!
Woody – Mark and Kate Plus 8. I like it!
Snigs – it happens, I’m sure. But I am also sure that it’s rare for the Beltway.