Comments on: Mark Sanford Used State Employees To Set Up Trips To His Mistress http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/07/10/mark-sanford-used-state-employees-to-set-up-trips-to-his-mistress/ Like Kryptonite To Stupid Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:30:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Oliver Willis http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/07/10/mark-sanford-used-state-employees-to-set-up-trips-to-his-mistress/#comment-162328 Oliver Willis Sun, 12 Jul 2009 11:41:41 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=15353#comment-162328 <em>Yet we still think Republicans do dirty tricks</em> And it has nothing to do with Watergate. Bush has scandals all his own. <em>And leftists still believe that we don’t fight wars to achieve military goals , but to show other countries we are in earnest.</em> You mean like righties saying we invaded Iraq for Freedom(tm) and Democracy(tm). Yet we still think Republicans do dirty tricks
And it has nothing to do with Watergate. Bush has scandals all his own.

And leftists still believe that we don’t fight wars to achieve military goals , but to show other countries we are in earnest.
You mean like righties saying we invaded Iraq for Freedom(tm) and Democracy(tm).

]]> By: Frank DiSalle http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/07/10/mark-sanford-used-state-employees-to-set-up-trips-to-his-mistress/#comment-162326 Frank DiSalle Sun, 12 Jul 2009 09:22:09 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=15353#comment-162326 Yes, and it's been 37 years since WaterGate, and 34 years since that helicopter left the roof of the US Embassy in Saigon. Yet we still think Republicans do dirty tricks, and call for a special prosecutor when one of them doesn't pay a ticket. And leftists still believe that we don't fight wars to achieve military goals , but to show other countries we are in earnest. So, your point was ? Yes, and it’s been 37 years since WaterGate, and 34 years since that helicopter left the roof of the US Embassy in Saigon. Yet we still think Republicans do dirty tricks, and call for a special prosecutor when one of them doesn’t pay a ticket.

And leftists still believe that we don’t fight wars to achieve military goals , but to show other countries we are in earnest. So, your point was ?

]]> By: Oliver Willis http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/07/10/mark-sanford-used-state-employees-to-set-up-trips-to-his-mistress/#comment-162313 Oliver Willis Sun, 12 Jul 2009 06:42:09 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=15353#comment-162313 We now approach the 13th anniversary of this reference, and a half decade of its irrelevance. We now approach the 13th anniversary of this reference, and a half decade of its irrelevance.

]]> By: Frank DiSalle http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/07/10/mark-sanford-used-state-employees-to-set-up-trips-to-his-mistress/#comment-162308 Frank DiSalle Sun, 12 Jul 2009 06:00:20 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=15353#comment-162308 But the standard was not set by Democrats for one of their own, and the standard was not met by ... Guess Who? It was Clinton who changed the standard to : "If you can't convict me, then you can't evict me " But the standard was not set by Democrats for one of their own, and the standard was not met by … Guess Who?

It was Clinton who changed the standard to : “If you can’t convict me, then you can’t evict me “

]]> By: Repack Rider http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/07/10/mark-sanford-used-state-employees-to-set-up-trips-to-his-mistress/#comment-162291 Repack Rider Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:29:27 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=15353#comment-162291 <i>Refusing to do the honorable thing and resign</i> The standard set and demanded not by Democrats, but by... Wait for it... Sanford and Ensign! Refusing to do the honorable thing and resign

The standard set and demanded not by Democrats, but by…

Wait for it…

Sanford and Ensign!

]]> By: SFV Educator http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/07/10/mark-sanford-used-state-employees-to-set-up-trips-to-his-mistress/#comment-162290 SFV Educator Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:20:30 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=15353#comment-162290 This just seems to be another fine example of money not being able to buy common sense. Really, thinking no one would care about using state funds on a mistress?!? This just seems to be another fine example of money not being able to buy common sense. Really, thinking no one would care about using state funds on a mistress?!?

]]> By: Bruce Henry http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/07/10/mark-sanford-used-state-employees-to-set-up-trips-to-his-mistress/#comment-162289 Bruce Henry Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:18:29 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=15353#comment-162289 Wow. What a slay, Frank. You rule. Wow.
What a slay, Frank.
You rule.

]]> By: Frank DiSalle http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/07/10/mark-sanford-used-state-employees-to-set-up-trips-to-his-mistress/#comment-162277 Frank DiSalle Sat, 11 Jul 2009 21:28:22 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=15353#comment-162277 Let's see: Using state employees to hook up with his mistress. Paying off witnesses. Refusing to do the honorable thing and resign. Sounds <i>sooo</i> familiar... I just can't put my <strike>Clinton</strike> finger on it. Let me eat this <i>im</i>peach and I'll get back to you. I was going to do some white water rafting, maybe pick a rose or two, if the law against it is not too firm. After all, I'm not Rich Let’s see: Using state employees to hook up with his mistress.
Paying off witnesses.
Refusing to do the honorable thing and resign.

Sounds sooo familiar…

I just can’t put my Clinton finger on it. Let me eat this impeach and I’ll get back to you. I was going to do some white water rafting, maybe pick a rose or two, if the law against it is not too firm. After all, I’m not Rich

]]> By: Duros62 http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/07/10/mark-sanford-used-state-employees-to-set-up-trips-to-his-mistress/#comment-162233 Duros62 Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:36:38 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=15353#comment-162233 Still not going to resign, huh? The S. Carolina legislature still not going to push for removal, huh? The good folks of SC are just gonna let him skate? Still not going to resign, huh? The S. Carolina legislature still not going to push for removal, huh? The good folks of SC are just gonna let him skate?

]]> By: jr http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/07/10/mark-sanford-used-state-employees-to-set-up-trips-to-his-mistress/#comment-162217 jr Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:35:29 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=15353#comment-162217 "I was teaching them about geography"-Mark Sanford “I was teaching them about geography”-Mark Sanford

]]> By: Jaim http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/07/10/mark-sanford-used-state-employees-to-set-up-trips-to-his-mistress/#comment-162203 Jaim Sat, 11 Jul 2009 09:21:50 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=15353#comment-162203 This is just getting crazier. Did his parents try and pay her off like Ensign's did? This is just getting crazier.

Did his parents try and pay her off like Ensign’s did?

]]> By: jrfunkenstein http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/07/10/mark-sanford-used-state-employees-to-set-up-trips-to-his-mistress/#comment-162172 jrfunkenstein Sat, 11 Jul 2009 04:33:46 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=15353#comment-162172 Wow; this guy really thought his position entitled him to do whatever the eff he wanted. Why his wife thinks he's worth another chance is just laughable. She might want to reconsider when he suggests a great therapist he knows in Buenos Aires. Wow; this guy really thought his position entitled him to do whatever the eff he wanted.

Why his wife thinks he’s worth another chance is just laughable.

She might want to reconsider when he suggests a great therapist he knows in Buenos Aires.

]]> By: Repack Rider http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/07/10/mark-sanford-used-state-employees-to-set-up-trips-to-his-mistress/#comment-162129 Repack Rider Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:38:19 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=15353#comment-162129 You say that like it's a bad thing, but for Mark Sanford it is but another grain of sand on a beach. You say that like it’s a bad thing, but for Mark Sanford it is but another grain of sand on a beach.

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