Not a Toe Tapper, But Close

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Another leader fails the morality litmus test...

Sen. Ensign drops his GOP leadership post after admitting affair

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2009/06/sexpoliticsensignclinton.html

[Conan71]

Lame.  So he's admitted to what probably most every other member of the HOR and Senate have done.  Power, privelege, and p***Y go hand-in-hand.

Too bad he's not a Dimocrat, he'd be given the keys to the executive wash room and Teddy's Oldsmobile.

When did he become a contender for 2012?  Why is any sitting legislator hinting at an election for higher office 3.5 years away when they've got far more important things on their plate right now?

[Cats Cats Cats]

Lame.  So he's admitted to what probably most every other member of the HOR and Senate have done.  Power, privelege, and p***Y go hand-in-hand.

Too bad he's not a Dimocrat, he'd be given the keys to the executive wash room and Teddy's Oldsmobile.

When did he become a contender for 2012?  Why is any sitting legislator hinting at an election for higher office 3.5 years away when they've got far more important things on their plate right now?

Sullivan already has dibs on Teddy's Olds so thats off the table.

[Hoss]

Sullivan already has dibs on Teddy's Olds so thats off the table.

That's gonna leave a mark for sure....

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Olberdoosh! http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22425001/vp/31416401#31416401" frameborder

Those Gang Of Pirates need to quit embarrassing themselves....

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OP-ED COLUMNIST
A Nation of Candidates

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/20/opinion/20collins.html?_r=1&emc=eta1
By GAIL COLLINS
Published: June 19, 2009
The saga of Senator John Ensign of Nevada, who resigned from a party leadership position this week because of a sex scandal, contained one surprising piece of information.

Obviously, it was something other than the fact that a U.S. senator, who is extremely vocal about family values, had a messy affair with a former campaign staff member.

What struck me was that virtually every story about Ensign's fall from grace included a reference to his having been considered a possible contender for his party's presidential nomination in 2012.

Who knew? I have to admit, I had trouble even putting a face to Ensign's name. Since then I have learned, however, that he is the only veterinarian in the Senate.

The Republican Party has finally turned into a big tent. Everybody's a presidential contender! Being a Republican senator is pretty much an automatic qualification. After all, there are only 40 of them. Once you've eliminated the ones with sex scandals and the guy from Kentucky who uses a teleprompter in debates, there's hardly enough left to fill up a stage at the Iowa State Fair.

One of the reasons that Republican presidential hopefuls are proliferating like rabbits is that the usual suspects — the names that come to mind when you ask people who they think will run against Barack Obama in 2012 — are such an underwhelming crew.

Mitt Romney is pushing himself as the party's lead attack dog on the Obama health care plan. But every time he shows up on television, we are reminded of a truth we learned during the last presidential campaign: There is something about Romney that causes people to want to change the channel; or, if they are in a senior center in Florida listening to a candidate forum, wander off in search of a second helping of Jell-O.

Bobby Jindal of Louisiana was supposed to be the next G.O.P. hope until he made that one big speech on TV. Instantly, he turned into the Fred Thompson of the new election cycle. (Just wait! He's the one! He's coming! He's here! ... That's it?)

Mike Huckabee now has a TV show where he discusses current events, plays with a rock band, sings with the new "American Idol" ("The Huckabee household has been rooting for this guy all season!") and talks to a "Biggest Loser" trainer on his special feature, "Get Healthy With Huck." I know Huckabee is pretending to be a candidate for the presidential nomination, but really, I think he's found his permanent niche.

The two biggest names are Newt Gingrich and Sarah Palin, one of whom has too many ideas while the other has no ideas whatsoever. But they are bound by the fact that neither one of them is actually ever going to be nominated for president even if we have another Ice Age and the only Americans left alive are them, Dennis Kucinich and that woman who was Miss California until Donald Trump fired her.

Gingrich's romantic history makes Senator Ensign look like a monk. (Last time around, we were so hoping that he and Rudy Giuliani would survive till the end of the primaries so we could say the three major Republican contenders had had a total of eight wives.) And he's basically spent the last decade as a talking head. When it comes to career preparation for a presidential race, the worst two options are mayor of New York City and Fox News guest commentator.

The Palin family, meanwhile, seems less likely to replace the Obamas in the White House than to replace the Gosselins on "Jon & Kate Plus Eight." (Have we mentioned that Sarah's new grandson is naked in GQ this month?)

Recently, during a dust-up with David Letterman, Palin once again violated the cardinal rule for famous parents who want to shield their children from the media, which is, of course, don't talk about your children to the media.

She is perhaps the only celebrity in America who does not understand that if a late show host makes a tasteless joke about your daughter, the worst possible response is to complain loudly until it's certain the entire universe knows your child was insulted, all the while making the joke sound even more offensive than it was.

It might also have helped if your husband had refrained from volunteering your 18-year-old daughter, the mother of the GQ baby, to be the anti-teen-pregnancy ambassador for a clothing manufacturer.

We would worry that all this was a bad signal about how much restraint and judgment Palin might use in the White House. But fortunately, there's that Ice Age rule.

Maybe the Republicans were too hasty in wiping Ensign off the list. It's possible that in 2012 the party will feel as though it needs a standard-bearer who knows how to deworm a poodle. Lord knows there are worse possibilities.

Charles M. Blow is off today.

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This happens to be another strange Republican lost in the woods.

Had he been a dim, the idealogic rigid at TNF would be all over it like the flies they are on that important Barbra Boxer thread.

Should South Carolina Impeach Governor Sanford?
http://baldwinparkdemocrat.blogspot.com/2009/06/should-south-carolina-impeach-governor.html

By his actions, or lack of actions, Governor Sanford has broken his covenant with the people of South Carolina. They should seriously consider whether he should remain in office as their elected leader.

STEWIE!!!!  http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=231545&title=governor-mark-sanford-is-missing



NBC to Air Remake of 'Sanford and SonS'
"IT'S THE  STORY OF A MODERN-DAY JUNKMAN WHO ABANDONS HIS FOUR SONS ON FATHER'S DAY, IN ORDER TO PULL A DISAPPEARING ACT ... SO THAT HE CAN BECOME A WALKING SYMBOL OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY."

[Conan71]

Mebbe Sanford did a quick five-day spin dry at a private rehab down in Argentina.

I wouldn't have a problem with this so long as he'd have turned over power to #2 in charge and let his chief of staff know his whereabouts.  Other than that, the media doesn't have a right to demand to know where a governor is every single minute of the day.  He's got a right to time off, but this was more like a twist-off. There's most definitely a screw loose, probably another damn wake-n-bake.  You know just keeping up the bozone layer.

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He's a weirdo. He went in the woods and came out reintarnated.

Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a  hillbilly.

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JUST IN! AND ANOTHER UNETHICAL ETHICS POLITICO!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31522908/ns/politics-more_politics/

Gov. Sanford admits to extramarital affair
Relationship revealed after S.C. governor's mysterious trip to Argentina


What a POS. Guilty of foreploy!

Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about  yourself for the purpose of getting laid.

GOPeed.

[Conan71]

"the 49-year-old governor said at a news conference where he choked up as he ruminated with remarkable frankness on God's law, moral absolutes and following one's heart."

GHACK! GHACK! HUUURRRRLLL!!!

I guess his staff was relieved he was in Argentina with a woman instead of trolling for gays on the Appalachian Trail.

Olberdoosh and Pedantic Matthews will have a lot of fun with this tonight. 

[Townsend]

"the 49-year-old governor said at a news conference where he choked up as he ruminated with remarkable frankness on God's law, moral absolutes and following one's heart."

GHACK! GHACK! HUUURRRRLLL!!!

I guess his staff was relieved he was in Argentina with a woman instead of trolling for gays on the Appalachian Trail.

Olberdoosh and Pedantic Matthews will have a lot of fun with this tonight. 

Argentinian post surgical woman?

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WHAT A HYPO CRITTER!!!!!

Sanford Was Harsh Critic Of Clinton Affair, Called President A Rascal

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/24/sanford-was-harsh-critic_n_220325.html

[Ed W]

You can't make this stuff up.  No one would believe it.

[Conan71]

in re: Sanford on Clinton/Lewinsky

The ones who bellow the loudest in outrage are usually the ones doing the same thing.