Wednesday, June 24, 2009

There must be something in the water...

Wow. Did John Ensign put him up to this?

Democrats everywhere must be cackling gleefully into their Barack Obama coffee mugs. Apparently, the Republican party has fulfilled the quest they've been barking about for months - nay, years; re-defining the brand of the GOP. Perhaps they're hoping to collect a younger demographic with the edge-y "Moronic middle-aged guys who can't keep their pants on" branding. I'm thinking that may not test real well with their usual demographic but perhaps it will draw in some outlier groups. Like maybe people who are big Bill Clinton fans?

My questions about this whole situation:

a) What on earth made him think that as one of only fifty governors in the country, he could disappear without actually telling people where he was going for a full week and think that no one would question it? Did he want to get caught?

b) He says his wife has known about the affair for five months. If he had already admitted it to her, why would he continue it??

c) I ask once again why everyone ignores Ron Paul despite the fact that he is brilliant and can keep it classy. The Republicans wouldn't even let him into some of the debates.

d) I wonder what our country will be like once we have a one-party political system as the Republican party is clearing crumbling from within like a house of feta cheese built on a foundation of sand...

6 comments:

Krisan said...

ha, i thought the same thing! way to keep it classy guys.

miss you friend!!

Unknown said...

It's so disheartening. Is infidelity in vogue now? I had the same question as you did--namely, why would you go to Argentina after you admitted to your wife that you were having an affair?! I'm sure his paramour has an email address or a phone number. He could easily have broken up with her that way. Gosh. I loved that he said, "I spent five days crying in Argentina." Boo hoo. Your kids were father-less on Father's Day, so deal.

Where are the sensible conservatives who aren't raving lunatics or illiterate rubes or philandering jerks? Get it together, GOP!

Anonymous said...

From the caption: "South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford wipes his tears after admitting to having an extramarital affair during a news conference in Columbia, S.C." Good thing The Fix went to grammar school.

Anonymous said...

I should clarify my previous comment. Either Mr. Cillizza or Ms. Chastain misplaced their modifier.

Emily Lilley said...

Would we call that a dangling participle, Wes?

Eric said...

I want to know how you make it all the way from SC to boarding a plane in Atlanta without realizing that this is a bad idea.