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Jun 24, 2009 at 01:45 PM
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During an emotional news conference, SC Gov. Stanford also said he is resigning as chairman of the Republican Governors Association.
Sanford also apologized to his family, friends and the state after suddenly leaving to Argentina without informing his staff
Ones considered a rising star in the Republican party Sanford admitted of being unfaithful to his wife and family.
There is speculation that Sanford might resign as South Carolina Gov. within the next few days.
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Jun 24, 2009 at 01:50 PM Hey Says:
Welcome to America!!!.
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Jun 24, 2009 at 01:49 PM Wondering Says:
Are there still any Senators who are still faithfull???.
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Jun 24, 2009 at 01:48 PM Wow Says:
I wonder why he decided to come clean???.
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Jun 24, 2009 at 01:53 PM kingsley the chucem Says:
Between Spitzer, clinton etc etc and now Governor Sanford they forgot to accept the issur of LOI SACHMOID NEBACH it Brought all these succcessful people down like Shimshon Hagibor!!!!!
What a waste over tayva!!!
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Jun 24, 2009 at 02:08 PM Anonymous Says:
Aside from our former Governor, it seems like these goiyeshe, "born again", evangelical republicans are taking the lead over jewish politicians in the infidelity rankings. On the other had, I'm not convinced that there is a correlation between marital fidelity and political competence as Spitzer demonstrated compared to the Patterson.
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Jun 24, 2009 at 02:08 PM Rippin Pinchas Says:
“ Between Spitzer, clinton etc etc and now Governor Sanford they forgot to accept the issur of LOI SACHMOID NEBACH it Brought all these succcessful people down like Shimshon Hagibor!!!!!
What a waste over tayva!!! ”
These individuals, unlike Clinton, are not smart enough to get away with it.
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Jun 24, 2009 at 02:07 PM Shaul Says:
What is with these GOP conservatives? They really need to learn to keep their pants on or at least stop telling everyone else how they observe "family values." Hypocrites.
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Jun 24, 2009 at 02:03 PM Anonymous Says:
i love when these republicans are reallt full of fakers and pigs
but they all know how to JUDGE a Liberal, when they are unfaithful...
lets finally declare the GOP the PIG party ...
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Jun 24, 2009 at 02:08 PM What Says:
Dear, dear friend" is code for another guy. Which really makes no difference, other than its the GOP that lectures against homosexuals.
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Jun 24, 2009 at 01:58 PM Anonymous Says:
Once and for all maybe people will recognize the fundamental hypocricy of these conservative "family values" right wing Republicans. They are all a bunch of liars and immoral jerks who tell the rest of us what to do while living a deceitful life. At least the Dems don't try to tell us how to live our lives (they have a hard enough time with their own as Spitzer will be the first to acknowledge)>
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Jun 24, 2009 at 02:11 PM Yup Says:
Just another politician. They are all the same.
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Jun 24, 2009 at 02:09 PM Cute Says:
In dissent with the Republican Party of South Carolina, Sanford, whose faith is Episcopal, opposes the faith-based license plates his state offers, marketed largely to the state's conservative evangelical citizens. After allowing the law to pass without his signature, he wrote, "It is my personal view that the largest proclamation of one's faith ought to be in how one lives his life."
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Jun 24, 2009 at 01:57 PM Anonymous Says:
“ I wonder why he decided to come clean???. ”
maybe he was about to be blackmailed
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Jun 24, 2009 at 02:31 PM Milhouse Says:
“ Aside from our former Governor, it seems like these goiyeshe, "born again", evangelical republicans are taking the lead over jewish politicians in the infidelity rankings. On the other had, I'm not convinced that there is a correlation between marital fidelity and political competence as Spitzer demonstrated compared to the Patterson. ”
What are you talking about? Republicans are nowhere near the lead in this or in any other kind of moral slippage. Occasionally someone slips, but it's nothing like the level found among the Democrats.
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Jun 24, 2009 at 02:42 PM Anonymous Says:
“ I wonder why he decided to come clean???. ”
he was probably threatened
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Jun 24, 2009 at 02:38 PM Raphael Kaufman Says:
The fact that people are sinful doesn't mean that you shouldn't listen to them when they tell you to be moral. Just because someone is a hypocrite doen't invalidate his message. As a Party, the Republicans represent and support (or should) traditional American values like self reliance, personal responsibilty and small government. The Republican Party believes that people are mart enough and capable enough to run their own lives, thankyouverymuch. Yes, I know that the Republican Party today honors these concepts more in the breach than in the observance. That's the reason the the Party is af gehakte tzuris these days. The Democratic Party, on the other hand, believes that people need the Government to take care of them and tell them what to do, think, and believe. Anyway those are my political views. You all are entitled to yours. (That's a real Republican Concept. Democrats don't believe that anyone is entitled to any political view except their own.) The bottom line is that you don't need Republicans or Democrats to tell you to lead a moral life. We, thank G-d, have Toras Moshe to tell us how to live.
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Jun 24, 2009 at 02:59 PM GOPer Says:
These problems with public vs private morality go back many years. Remember Nelson Rockefeller with both Happy and later that librarian. Seems that Rupublicans give into temptation as much as Democrats. I never vote for anyone who has followed such an imoral lifestyle,
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Jun 24, 2009 at 03:52 PM Anonymous Says:
“ Between Spitzer, clinton etc etc and now Governor Sanford they forgot to accept the issur of LOI SACHMOID NEBACH it Brought all these succcessful people down like Shimshon Hagibor!!!!!
What a waste over tayva!!! ”
chas vesholom to compare shimshon to these! by shimshon the posuk says כי מאת ה' הוא
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Jun 24, 2009 at 04:01 PM Anonymous Says:
“ Between Spitzer, clinton etc etc and now Governor Sanford they forgot to accept the issur of LOI SACHMOID NEBACH it Brought all these succcessful people down like Shimshon Hagibor!!!!!
What a waste over tayva!!! ”
please dont put shimshon hagibor together with these pigs
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Jun 24, 2009 at 03:36 PM Anonymous Says:
“ What are you talking about? Republicans are nowhere near the lead in this or in any other kind of moral slippage. Occasionally someone slips, but it's nothing like the level found among the Democrats. ”
yes, but democrats aren't pious, holier-then-thou hypocrites. Amazingly, as liberals, they believe in staying out of your bedroom and private life and that your moral choices are solely between you and your god.
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Jun 24, 2009 at 05:13 PM Anonymous Says:
Typical Conservative.
We can visit Communist countries, hobnob with Muslim dictators, spend recklessly and double the national debt, "bailout" corporations, and cheat on our wives.... cause cause... we have good "values".
The Republican party mantra should be: "do as I say, but not as I do."
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Jun 24, 2009 at 04:48 PM Anonymous Says:
“ Once and for all maybe people will recognize the fundamental hypocricy of these conservative "family values" right wing Republicans. They are all a bunch of liars and immoral jerks who tell the rest of us what to do while living a deceitful life. At least the Dems don't try to tell us how to live our lives (they have a hard enough time with their own as Spitzer will be the first to acknowledge)> ”
right like telling people not to smoke or drive gas guzzling cars, the dems never tell us how to live right?
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Jun 24, 2009 at 05:50 PM Milhouse Says:
“ yes, but democrats aren't pious, holier-then-thou hypocrites. Amazingly, as liberals, they believe in staying out of your bedroom and private life and that your moral choices are solely between you and your god. ”
Really? And when exactly have Republicans been mixing into your private life?
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Jun 24, 2009 at 06:22 PM Anonymous Says:
“ Really? And when exactly have Republicans been mixing into your private life? ”
Trying to pass laws regarding family values, gay marriage, sodomy, abortion, etc. while engaging in some or all of the above...
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Jun 24, 2009 at 07:04 PM Anonymous Says:
Typical conservative hypocrite!
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Jun 24, 2009 at 08:21 PM Anonymous Says:
“ Trying to pass laws regarding family values, gay marriage, sodomy, abortion, etc. while engaging in some or all of the above... ”
or like democrats voting for every single tax increase possible while not paying them. such hypocrits
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Jun 24, 2009 at 09:19 PM Abe S. Says:
“ What are you talking about? Republicans are nowhere near the lead in this or in any other kind of moral slippage. Occasionally someone slips, but it's nothing like the level found among the Democrats. ”
That was not the point at all. What the commenter was trying to say was, don't preach family values (which Sanford did, his WHOLE political life), if you are not going to follow them. He should resign, not because of moral issues, but for hypocrisy.
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Jun 24, 2009 at 09:47 PM Shlomo Says:
“ These individuals, unlike Clinton, are not smart enough to get away with it. ”
What ruins political life is the hypocrisy, not the bad behavior. The number politicians who have had illicit relationships is beyond count (Washington, Jefferson, Roosevelt, Kennedy, Clinton, etc.). The difference is that these guys didn't make a political issue out of morality. What brought Spitzer down was not prostitution, it was his "holier than thou" attitude. Clinton never ran on a platform of "family values" and thus was able to get away with it. Sanford will probably resign: he ran on a platform of "good values" and called on other politicians who were caught in similar situations to resign. Hypocrisy will have done him in.
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Jun 24, 2009 at 10:35 PM Elections Have Consequences Says:
The diff between the democrats and republicans when it comes to legal matters is quite contrasting. Republicans generally push the offender out of office while the democraps are busy forgiving.
Its safe to say that the Republicans hold their people to a HIGHER standard.
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Jun 24, 2009 at 09:51 PM FVNMS Says:
“ Welcome to America!!!. ”
Gibberish. Back when the whole Lewinsky fiasco broke I was doing rounds with this Italian guy. He always used to say Americans are too puritannical and prudish. Everyone in Europe has eimitzen oif'n zat, if ya know what I mean. Why are you knocking America?
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Jun 25, 2009 at 06:19 AM simshon hatzdig Says:
“ Between Spitzer, clinton etc etc and now Governor Sanford they forgot to accept the issur of LOI SACHMOID NEBACH it Brought all these succcessful people down like Shimshon Hagibor!!!!!
What a waste over tayva!!! ”
are you sick in you head to write such comments. look in the gemorah meforsihm he was calld shimshon hatadik. this is a outrach to compare this ppl to one of our graed leaders
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Jun 25, 2009 at 01:17 AM Milhouse Says:
“ Trying to pass laws regarding family values, gay marriage, sodomy, abortion, etc. while engaging in some or all of the above... ”
Really? What laws, specifically?
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Jun 25, 2009 at 08:41 AM Anonymous Says:
“ What ruins political life is the hypocrisy, not the bad behavior. The number politicians who have had illicit relationships is beyond count (Washington, Jefferson, Roosevelt, Kennedy, Clinton, etc.). The difference is that these guys didn't make a political issue out of morality. What brought Spitzer down was not prostitution, it was his "holier than thou" attitude. Clinton never ran on a platform of "family values" and thus was able to get away with it. Sanford will probably resign: he ran on a platform of "good values" and called on other politicians who were caught in similar situations to resign. Hypocrisy will have done him in. ”
no. clinton prevailed because he's a sophisticated liar. period.
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Jun 25, 2009 at 08:58 AM Anonymous Says:
At least we know who Client number 10 is
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Jun 25, 2009 at 10:31 AM Anonymous Says:
It's a real though philosophical question! How can you explain the historical behaviour of men. Especially the admiral ones?!!!
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Jun 25, 2009 at 12:18 PM PMO Says:
“ What are you talking about? Republicans are nowhere near the lead in this or in any other kind of moral slippage. Occasionally someone slips, but it's nothing like the level found among the Democrats. ”
If you look at the sex scandals of the last 20 years (search google for lists), you will find that roughly 61% were Republicans. I'm not defending the claim, just stating the facts.
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Jun 25, 2009 at 12:20 PM PMO Says:
“ Really? And when exactly have Republicans been mixing into your private life? ”
I think he is referring to the "social conservative" wing of the Republican party... people don't understand that not every Republican is a crazy xian nutjob... although it does seem to be the crazy xian nutjobs that get into the most trouble...
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Jun 25, 2009 at 01:21 PM Anonymous Says:
“ It's a real though philosophical question! How can you explain the historical behaviour of men. Especially the admiral ones?!!! ”
It's not so though, look at the gamora m. Sikah that an admiral person has a bigger......
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Jun 25, 2009 at 03:23 PM anonymous Says:
The Republican problem is their selfrightousness and condemning everyone and being hol;ier than the pope when they are subject to the human foibles and failings
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Jun 25, 2009 at 04:06 PM Anonymous Says:
I'd like to take another light, in the goyshe world values are different. But I can't help but think that it took a lot of guts to come clean and not started lying about it. Lehavdel Yehuda came clean re Tamar and that is why he became a leader. I think in the goyshye world, this man looks and acts statesman on their level
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Jun 26, 2009 at 02:53 PM Milhouse Says:
“ The Republican problem is their selfrightousness and condemning everyone and being hol;ier than the pope when they are subject to the human foibles and failings ”
Really? Can you give a few examples? It seems to me that the overwhelming majority of smugness and self-righteousness is to be found in the Democrats and points left. Republicans, especially religious ones, tend NOT to puff themselves up.
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Jun 26, 2009 at 02:50 PM Milhouse Says:
“ I think he is referring to the "social conservative" wing of the Republican party... people don't understand that not every Republican is a crazy xian nutjob... although it does seem to be the crazy xian nutjobs that get into the most trouble... ”
Really? And when exactly as the "social conservative" wing of the Republican party been mixing into his private life? What exactly is he doing that they've banned, or even tried to ban?