The silver lining with Sanford's win

[Are_grits_groceries]

The SC GOP and the GOP as a whole now have a walking and talking hot mess on their hands.

Sanford will be catnip to the media so his face and antics will be news. Along with him will be his fiancé. That should make quite the picture at social gatherings. That will serve as a constant reminder to gawd and everybody about his prior shenanigans.

He is truly a wild card and crazier than a s***house mouse. Sanford will now believe that every idea he has should be made known and acted upon.

The SC Congressional Delegation members are gritting their teeth. They now automatically take a backseat to Markie.

As Sanford proves to be the latest poster child for the GOP, they know he will not be judged nearly as kindly by a national audience. He will suck up their oxygen right at a time when they are tryng to get away from his ilk.

They wanted him. They got him. Here's hoping he puts everybody on blast and is the gift that keeps on giving to his opponents.

[Victor_c3]

1. gotta give you a "true dat" n/t

[Fumesucker]

2. The press knew all about Newt's affair while he was involved in Clinton's impeachment

They said nothing at all.

There will be very little said about Sanford's affair in the national news I suspect, Republican affairs just aren't considered news.

[Moses2SandyKoufax]

3. I agree.

Sanford's victory will be seen as a political comeback story. His past indiscretions will be considered the past, and anyone who brings it up will be accused of beating a dead horse. We'll also hear a lot of Bill Clinton, Anthony Weiner, and Elliot Spitzer false equivalencies.

[cascadiance]

15. If anyone asks Anthony Weiner about his personal life he should just answer "Mark Sanford"...

... with a pause, and then follow it by "wouldn't do this and this and that that I've done for the people of my district," to illustrate the hypocrisy of the other side and the media that tries to attack him but allows the other side to celebrate "beating a liberal" as more important than anything he's done.

He should also ask questioners whether he's ever walked off the job to enjoy his private life and not do the work he was supposed to do.

[Are_grits_groceries]

5. Sanford will be accompanied

by his Appalachain Trail paramour. Newt's story is boring compared to the Sanford Saga.

In addition, as I said, Sanford is off the chain. He will be doing something to stay in the news whether he means to or not.

[Fumesucker]

6. Newt's story wasn't so boring when it was happening

It would have been explosive if the press had only reported it, given what else was going on in DC at the time.

Think how many newspapers and how much air time that would have sold and yet the press just buried the story, turned down that long green they long for so much.

Hell, Newt could easily have been impeached right besides Clinton, it was the press that made the call.

[Are_grits_groceries]

8. If you truly believe that Newt's story

compares to a disappearing Governor and all that followed, then have at it. He was a philandering cad in comparison to weirdness squared.
IF Newt's whole story had been aired then that's a whole new ball game. It wasn't so why bring that up.

[HiPointDem]

20. +1. the whores cover what suits their masters.

[freshwest]

4. Bwahaha! 'Crazier than a s***house mouse!'

You made me LOL!

[cali]

7. I disagree. The press will move on quickly. Sanford will marry his fiancee

and he won't be judged particularly harshly because that's already happened. Hell, if Vitter can get away with it, so can Sanford.

[Are_grits_groceries]

9. And for the last time,

Sanford is a loon. He keeps doing weird and incredible things. The press may try to go away. He will make news in some way.

[cascadiance]

16. Vitter's standing ovation by Republicans after he got reelected should have been a warning for us...

on how they will also celebrate Sanford. They lie about everything, including the myth that they have "values"...

[no_hypocrisy]

10. He's delusional about fitting into the DC social scene.

There is NO WAY that the wives of republicans in D.C. are going to invite Sanford and his fiancee to social gatherings.l They're snobby as it is, but calculate Sanford cheating on his wife, lying about it, and trying to introduce his mistress as his S.O. Not going to happen.

[onenote]

12. I think you misapprehend the nature of the DC social scene

If Sanford and his fiancee are married, they will work their way into the social scene if that's what they want. Maybe not on day one, but over time, unquestionably.

[a kennedy]

11. NPR is discussing this now.....

he's such a puke.....god gave him a 3rd, 4th and 5th chance my arse.

[Berlum]

13. Sanford is a Compleat Republican (R).

He is the latest embodiment of classic "Republican Family Values."

[cascadiance]

14. It says that the GOP now feels that people walking off the job to have affairs is a GOOD thing...

... that should be celebrated because it is so much more in line with their values than "evil" Democrats.

Next time they talk about "family values" they need to explain why it is relatively so "unimportant" to them!

[harmonicon]

17. Oh, please.

Republican politicians who have committed social and professional misdeeds far greater than Sanford's are still national figures. This sort of shit is just brushed under the rug by our media. Sanford will be treated no differently. He gets a pass, because he's a Republican.

[Dawson Leery]

18. The Talibornagains will forgive him.

[Blue Owl]

19. Spin the M$M's Selective Outrage wheel...

n/t