Dear Governor for-the-moment Sanford: Stop digging!
The old adage is “It ain’t the crime, it’s the cover-up.” Sanford seems to have taken that to heart. Once the crime was discovered, we’ve been treated to a seemingly-endless series of apologies for his behavior.
How many apologies can one man make? Were I you I’d either be holed up somewhere trying to reconcile with my wife and kids or I’d be instituting divorce proceedings so I could start a new life with my lover. I sure as hell wouldn’t be sitting down with The Associated Press for a three-hour interview.
That’s because you have a sense of basic decency and self respect. Also, you have better sense than to take off for a foreign country without telling anyone, while responsible for governing a state.
On the other hand, Teddy Roosevelt used to vanish while he was president. The Secret Service would report for work in the morning, and his wife would say, “Well, he’s gone, then boys are gone, and their tackle is gone. They’re probably off fishing. He’ll be back by lunchtime.” And they’d have to sit and cool their heels until he showed up again.
Probably the reason the Secret Service works 24/7 now.
Re my other post about The Family – Sanford is an active member of same. Listen to Fresh Air.
Actually, my favorite (if not very polite) story about last week was told by Willie Brown (former speaker of the Calif. assembly) in his weekly political gossip column. Willie claims he got into a cab to go somewhere, shortly after Michael Jackson died, and the cabbie asked him if Michael Jackson was a Republican. Willie said he didn’t think so, and asked why. He got this response:
“He managed to knock both that two-timing South Carolina governor and that two-timing, Bible-thumping senator from Nevada off the front page. Republicans haven’t gotten that much help from a black man since Sammy Davis Jr. hugged Richard Nixon.”
I had to share that!
Heh. I saw similar sentiments somewhere else: “Mark Sanford ought to be giving thanks for Michael Jackson’s death.”