Tag Archives: Mark Sanford

Deliverance

BY RICH GALEN
Reprinted from Mullings.com

You know what? I am perfectly happy to follow the news about The Little Prince (with a nod toward Antoine de Saint-Exupry).

As you know the Prince was born yesterday (with a nod toward Judy Holliday) and in the way of Royalty the announcement read: “Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge was safely delivered of a son at 4.24 p.m. The baby weighs 8 lbs. 6 oz. The Duke of Cambridge was present for the birth. The queen, The Duke of Edinburgh, The Prince of Wales, The Duchess of Cornwall, Prince Harry and members of both families have been informed and are delighted with the news.”

You have to hand it to the Royals; who else would have the chutzpah to use the construct: “was delivered of a son?” Continue reading →

Men Behaving Badly

BY RICH GALEN
Reprinted from Mullings.com

Mark Sanford is the worst example of what passes for a political professional in the United States.

He will, in the next few days, be sworn in as the Member of Congress from the First District of South Carolina having won a special election against a woman whose only reason for running is that she is the sister of comedian Stephen Colbert.

What a choice. Continue reading →

Mark Sanford (R-Appalachian Trail)

BY B. JAY COOPER
Reprinted from BJayCooper.com

I had lunch a recently with an experienced Republican operative who happens to be from the South Carolina congressional district where Mark Sanford, the governor who said he was hiking on the Appalachian Trail but really was in Argentina with his mistress, is running for redemption. I also had dinner recently with a Democratic fund-raiser.

The Democrat and our other dinner companions (all three are Democrats) were joking about Sanford’s travails and saying there is no way he can win the special election. The Republican at lunch said he would win easily (Note: he said this before Sanford was nailed for trespassing in his ex-wife’s house watching the Super Bowl with  his young son and “trespassing,” meaning he violated his divorce agreement). When my Republican friend said the ex-governor would win, I questioned him, too, because my New England-based Continue reading →