Mark fucking Sanford????

[CatWoman]

Most Republicans in Washington are biting their tongues when it comes to Donald Trump, fearful that any candid criticisms of the new president could invite a backlash from their constituents or, potentially worse, provoke retribution from the commander in chief himself.

Mark Sanford is not like most Republicans in Washington.

This gives Sanford a unique sense of liberation to speak his mind about a president whose substance and style he considers a danger to democracy. “I’m a dead man walking,” he tells me, smiling. “If you’ve already been dead, you don’t fear it as much. I’ve been dead politically.”

His digs at Trump cover the spectrum. The president, Sanford says, “has fanned the flames of intolerance.” He has repeatedly misled the public, most recently about the national murder rate and the media’s coverage of terrorist attacks. He showed a lack of humility by using the National Prayer Breakfast to ridicule Arnold Schwarzenegger’s ratings on “The Celebrity Apprentice.” Most worrisome, Sanford says, Trump is unprepared for the presidency.

“Is he an honest man?” I ask.

For the first time, Sanford begins to measure his words. “I’ve got to be careful,” he says. “Because people who live in glass houses can’t throw stones.”

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/02/mark-sanford-profile-214791

[Rhiannon12866]

1. I know! Who would have guessed??

[CatWoman]

2. hey Rhi

he laments his bad choices.

especially breaking up his family.

trump should take notes.

[Rhiannon12866]

3. Hello, my friend! Good to see you here!

As for him being "a dead man," he did defeat Stephen Colbert's sister which made no sense to me. He completely dissed the citizens of South Carolina with his "Appalachian Trail" antics. After that clusterfuck, I would have thought his political career was over. I happened to be in SC at the time and there were Sanford signs all over. Boggles the mind...

[JI7]

4. he was talked up as President before the appalachian trail thing

after reading about him for a few years i have found his ex wife to be worse than he is.

[Rhiannon12866]

5. Whatever happened to the "mistress?" Did that work out?

He sure threw a lot away for that relationship. And that press conference afterwards was just painful. I knew nothing about the wife, but the ones I felt sorry for were his kids, MIA on Father's Day and all...

[JI7]

6. his ex wife was trying to keep him from the kids

if he stayed with her so they never got married.

but they do keep getting back together and seeing each other .

[Rhiannon12866]

7. He sounded pretty flaky to me

And I'm surprised Republicans would go for him with that background - "family values" and all. But then they seemed okay with Gingrich and Giuliani. And now there's Trump who has to be the most offensive creature on the planet. Hypocrites...

[JI7]

8. he married his wife for her money

i guess flaky is a good term for him. he isn't as evil as those others you named but then neither was W Bush but he was still a disaster as president.

[Rhiannon12866]

9. I was just astounded that the voters of SC chose him over anyone after the stunt he pulled

But then of course I was naturally drawn towards Stephen Colbert's sister, LOL. And I completely agree, both he and Bush* are preferable to Trump. I actually felt sick in 2004 when Bush* inexplicably got a second term after his initial disastrous one. But Trump is in a category all by himself. I had dental surgery on election day, woke up at 3am to see Trump and his disaster of a family congratulating themselves on the TV and I still keep hoping I'll wake up from this nightmare...

[TeamPooka]

10. well now. that is surprising.

[myrna minx]

11. The Appalachian trail can have a profound effect on a man.

[joet67]

12. After Trump, I guess anything goes...literally. nt

[world wide wally]

13. Is it now heroic to jut be honest?