2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumWATCH: Mark Sanford debates a cardboard cutout of Nancy Pelosi
Paging Clint Eastwood
Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford (R) has been having a rough few weeks in his campaign to reclaim his old House seat.
His ex-wife sued him for trespassing; national Republicans dropped their support for his campaign; and a poll found him trailing his Democratic challenger by a robust 9-point margin despite the race being in a reliably Republican district.
So how did the Sanford campaign respond to that adversity? By having the candidate debate a cardboard cutout of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), a move seemingly ripped from the political playbook of Clint Eastwood, who famously delivered a rambling address at the Republican National Convention to an empty chair meant to represent President Obama.
http://news.yahoo.com/watch-mark-sanford-debates-cardboard-cutout-nancy-pelosi-164800436.html
Sanford was once touted as an up-and-coming Republican star and potential Presidential candidate not too long ago.
doc03
(35,364 posts)Hands down.
LiberalFighter
(51,084 posts)Heddi
(18,312 posts)Made living in a miserable state even more miserable
gejohnston
(17,502 posts)I volunteered for Korea just to leave.
Cha
(297,655 posts)recons and their gimmicks always seem to Backfire. So did Elizabeth really refuse to debate him or is it just another GOPLIES?