S.C. Gov. Sanford says God on his side

[BlueJessamine]

Source: Washington Times

Embattled South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford acknowledged Tuesday that he has been shaken by the failure of a single fellow Republican to back him in his fight to save his job, but vowed to fight on for conservative causes and for "what God wanted me to do with my life."

The governor, trying to survive a scandal involving a widely publicized extramarital affair, also compared a new ethics probe over his travel and personal expenses to what he called the baseless complaints brought against former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.

"I think I now know what Sarah may have been feeling," Mr. Sanford told The Washington Times.

Mr. Sanford vowed not to quit despite growing pressure from South Carolina lawmakers and Republican Party officials to resign or face impeachment. He said he intends to complete his term, not to hold on to power but to fight for conservative principles of governance.


Read more: http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/sep/02/sanford-vows-fight-to-remain-governor/

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Adding to Mr. Sanford's woes, a poll released Friday found that 49.5 percent of South Carolina voters now want Mr. Sanford to go, compared with 36.6 percent who say he should remain in office. The result stands in sharp contrast to a similar poll shortly after the affair was revealed, when a majority of state voters said he should stay.

[Buzz Clik]

1. I suppose God told him to lie, cheat, embezzle, and boink an Argentine hottie.

God is a lot like a stoner roommate when it comes to giving advice.

[hatrack]

29. So THAT'S what happened to the Doritos . . .

They sure don't make Supreme Beings like they used to.

[DebbieCDC]

58. That is TOO funny

Gawd the stoner bud :rofl:

[zonkers]

66. u... r funny!

[SpiralHawk]

68. So this this mean Gawd is against America & decency & integrity?

Mighty peculiar, these Republicon Family Values.

[SoxFan]

2. God Says S.C. Governor Full Of It

[livetohike]

3. What is wrong with him? So dense he can't get the message

and instead thinks God is talking to him alone and not to anyone else?

I'm so sick of him and Sarah Palin - the laughing stock of the GOP. Oh add Bachman to that group too.

[LiberalEsto]

4. But the Devil's on his....

weenie

[Mad_Dem_X]

62. LOL!

[msongs]

5. playing the helpless victim 24/7 - now it's dog's fault nt

[MaineDem]

6. Did God intend for him to cheat on his wife?

I love religions of convenience. :eyes:

[Turbineguy]

7. "I think I now know what Sarah may have been feeling,"

Maybe he should fly to Alaska so she can feel him some more.

[xchrom]

8. ...

:rofl:

[fascisthunter]

9. somebody forgot to take their meds again

[GodlessBiker]

10. He is the George Costanza of governors, thriving in humiliation and embarrassment.

They should just start calling him "George."

[Arkana]

76. GEORGE IS GETTIN UPSET

[Dr.Phool]

11. These "Family" cult members believe they are appointed by God.

Us mere humans have no business trying to hold them accountable.

Impeach this self-annointed asshole already.

[peekaloo]

12. God fell down from laughing so hard

so yeah, he's on His side.

[Mari333]

13. God to Mark: stop using my name to justify your amourous dillydallying

[Autumn]

14. His god sucks n/t

[mcollier]

15. Of Course He Is

God's on the side of all republicans officials.

That's why they feel so comfortable engaging in godless acts of greed and selfsatisfaction at the detriment of others, cause they know the blood keeps them clean as a whisle....

Spare us the hipocracy tour Sanford, that hand has been overplayed far too often and for far too long.

[Are_grits_groceries]

16. Oh lord! Please make him stop explaining! nt

[Deep13]

17. Why do assholes always say that?

:shrug:

[ErtBob]

18. God wants you to provide and example

Governor Sanford, God indeed has a plan for you and it's quite obvious. He wants you to resign your position as an example of how a mature christian gentleman behaves when he is caught cheating on his wife, misusing public funds to fly down and visit your mistress and lying to your constituents about what you were up to during that time. You are done. Your are only embarrassing yourself, your church, and to a lesser extent your party. I say lesser extent because your behavior seems to be the norm in your party.

One second thought, hand on as long as you can! I'm enjoying the show and am looking forward to the impeachment proceedings.

[dothemath]

37. Dear ErtBob,

I resisted responding to posts until I got to yours.

If the whole world read your response, a few billion heads would nod sagely in agreement. One of two might mumble something.

Right wing whackos, however, will point out, and they have done this to a
fare thee well, God speaks to them, not you. You are listening to the other guy.
It is past time for you to 'slit your wrists', take an AR-15 to a meeting where people can ask questions and state their opinions, 'water a tree', ad nauseum.
JC was right about forgiveness, but what he forgot to say was He was not necessarily the one to choose. Ergo, the right wing whackos were the first to self-appoint themselves. Sorry about that.

Stay off small planes for awhile.

[dgibby]

19. What's wrong with this picture?

Look closely. Could this possibly be part of the problem? This is "Cubby" Culberson, Sanford's local "spiritual" advisor. Praise jeebus!:evilgrin: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=&imgrefurl=http://www.flickr.com/photos/capitolweekly/3727562046/&usg=__PT8qIvLR0xQhQtoZ68VQvTJ6lTg=&h=375&w=500&sz=56&hl=en&start=1&um=1&tbnid=QoHnK6eTqX-qRM:&tbnh=98&tbnw=130&prev=/images%253Fq%253Dcubby%252Bculbertson%2526hl%253Den%2526client%253Dfirefox-a%2526rls%253Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%2526sa%253DN%2526um%253D1

[Are_grits_groceries]

24. *snort*

No wonder he was Sanford's adviser. They probably sat around and tried to parse "Song of Solomon."

Cubby looks like someone who would drive an Ice Cream truck that you would tell your kids to avoid.

[sinkingfeeling]

20. So 'God' now approves of extramarital affairs? Tell me again why gay marriages will destroy

this 'Christian' country.

[Javaman]

21. He's done. this is the equivalent of naming your DD character Conan.

it's certain death.

and yes, I am a geek. eat me.

[madmom]

22. I am so sick of these assholes using their religion for whatever suits their fancy. We

do not care what you think you god told you. You are supposed to be a representative of the people and the people are telling you to go. God does not pay your salary or set the rules for your job. If you want him in your personal life that's one thing but not in your professional life. GET RELIGION OUT OF POLITICS! Man I hate religious hypocrites!:grr: :banghead: :rant:

Prove to us god told you this, show us the note!

[robo50]

31. Amen to THAT!!! I agree

completley! Sick of this crap from elected officials.

[pundaint]

23. I'm beginning to think that God is stupid.

If God wanted mark to remain in office why didn't God just tell mark to shut the f*** up?

[bulloney]

25. God must have been riding coach with him on that flight to Argentina.

[old mark]

26. These family people should be investigated - about time for a little religious persecution here

in the Homeland.


mark

[Betty]

27. "Jesus thinks you're a jerk"

thank you.

[goclark]

28. What's his girlfriend doing now?

[kskiska]

41. Rumor was she was right there in Columbia

in arm's reach.

[onehandle]

30. Hell, yeah! Stay the philandering course. nt

[SpiralHawk]

69. "Bring her on (in nylons). God has approved this message." - Gov. Sanford (R)

eom

[OwnedByFerrets]

32. .....

"Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain."

Wouldn't using gods name to justify your adulterous affair be using the name in vain??

Oh, and btw Mr Sanford, bring up idiot palin might not be the wisest move you've ever made.

[WestSeattle2]

33. This is one twisted, delusional individual...n/t

[quiet.american]

34. Well, Sanford is a "Doug Coe Christian," so absolutely anything goes. nt

[Anti-Republician]

35. Sanford is full of shit

Was God on his side when he cheated on his wife? Naw, I don't think so. And he was the same person critizing former president Clinton. Saying ''he should be impeached'' and other things to that order.....Boy I tell you about these republicians. They try to get away with each and everything.

[jeremyfive]

36. God? Or the voices in his head?

What Governor Sanford and the voices in his head he calls "God" want is different from what the people of South Carolina need.

He keeps making generalizations about the people of South Carolina and how they "agree" with him and "understand", etc.

I am in touch with many people in South Carolina, and they are HORRIFIED by Sanford.

[Bossy Monkey]

38. God says Hey, MAYBE I knocked up a virgin who was already married, but EWWWWW!

Has Fox News identified Sanford as a Democrat yet? You know it's inevitable.

[BR_Parkway]

39. God was always about more than one wife until those do-gooders

like NOM & Jerry Falwell had to go make it all traditional to just have one man/one woman.

[Piwi2009]

40. "God is on my side"

This guy has a lot of things on the side.

[whosinpower]

42. Common misunderstanding but

God doesn't take sides. I mean, if he did....surely there would be evidence to show that he/she/it does. Did he stop World War 1, 11 and all the rest from happening? no. Seemslikehe rewards good and bad, just as equally. Did he intervene and stop hijackers fly into the twin towers? no. Did he stop the US from bombing Afghanistan? no. How about Katrina? The Tsunami that wiped out 500 000 souls in Indonesia....I could go on and on.....

In all the world, if God rewards anyone, or anything, it seems to me that the most successful creature on the planet would be the one that is most adaptable to changing environment, can withstand drastic changes, is impervious to catastrophies such as Chernobyl. Then....by htat measure.....God rewards.....cockroaches.

No God does not take sides. That should never be the question - Is God on my side. The question should be - Am I on his?

[No Elephants]

43. You're right, Mark, so right. Stand tall. Preach it. Sing it out. Don't be shy King David would

not have shut up and sat down. Don't you dare do it, either. You know God called you and the other members of The Family to be rich and powerful. Stand your ground. Brazen it out. Be REALLY loud and proud. You owe it to God, to America and to yourself.


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[CanonRay]

44. Everybody needs one imaginary friend

[progressoid]

45. Yawn.

God blah blah blah. The Bible blah blah blah. Repeat ad nauseum.

[Historic NY]

46. God told you to commit ADULTERY....I thought Moses said it wasn't okay..

in the tablets he brought home from God.

[Enrique]

47. Palin response: leave me out of this

I have enough of my own problems.

[Joe Bacon]

48. Where's Cole Porter when you need him????

In olden days a glimpse of stocking
Was looked on as something shocking,
But now, THE FAMILY knows,
Anything Goes.

[DainBramaged]

49. I guess wick-dippers are blessed? Why wasn't God on Bill Clinton's side?

:eyes:

[Joe Bacon]

53. Because Bill is a Democrat.

And the God of THE FAMILY only blesses Republicans!

[Piwi2009]

56. Bill Clinton had god on his side, too.

It was said Bill Clinton had looked through the bible and determined that "eatin' aint cheatin."

All one can say is --- GIMME THAT OLD TIME RELIGION, GIMME THAT OLD TIME RELIGION (stomp, clap!)

[Stephanie]

50. I see a match made in Heaven - will there be wedding bells?

[RussBLib]

51. Leviticus demands death for adulterers

Which Bible is Sanford reading? Did they re-write it again and not tell anyone?

[cstanleytech]

52. I suspect they are backing him but only behind closed doors.

[xxqqqzme]

54. Can you imagine a democrat using this lame ass excuse?

I mean, really, they would be laughed out of the party.

[ProudDad]

55. Dog...

See, he meant Dog...

But he's kinda' dyslexic...

(His) Dog's on his side.

And his Dog wants to hump Ms. Chapur too...

[DebbieCDC]

57. God told him to hike that ol' Appalachian Trail

[Cha]

59. Oh yeah, stupid sanford..involk

palin's name. That will get you somewhere..a big coveted spot in the Losers' club.

[Mudoria]

60. God may indeed be on his side..

unfortunately for Sanford the Lord does not have a vote in the South Carolina legislature. It doesn't bode well when the members of your own party are determined to boot your ass out of office.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

61. So it was a threesome.

I see.

[donco6]

63. When your only compatriot is Sarah Palin - well, WTF are you thinking?

That should tell you everything you need to know.

[tabasco]

64. Which god, the god of poontang?

These repukes would be funny if they weren't so dangerous.

[alfredo]

65. If God is on your side, that god must be a real asshole.

[WinkyDink]

67. Well, aside from that pesky little Commandment.,

[and-justice-for-all]

70. If that were true, what does that say about his "god"? nt

[hayu_lol]

71. Dunno anymore about removing religion from politics...

seems like the answer to the problem is removing politicians from politics. That would take care of the rest automatically.

;^)

[jeffbr]

72. God to Sanford: "Hey, fuck off"

[Elmore Furth]

73. God may be on his side but history is not

Small minds, big egos and huge libidos don't last long in politics.

[CKennedy16]

74. Does this pukes God have a short term memory?

I guess God forgot to tell the rest of his flock that they don't need to worry about that silly commandment about being faithful to your spouse.

[Arkana]

75. Why does God tell all these wingnuts to do stupid things?

Maybe He has a sense of humor.

[FlyByNight]

77. God on Sanford's side?

That I sincerely doubt. However, what is known is that his wife isn't by his side - at least for now.

[Blandocyte]

78. What a bunch of crazies the repukes have.

No wonder they lost so big last election.

[Hekate]

79. Riiiight. Isn't he a member of The Family, or something? "I have sinned, but I am special" ...

... as Doonesbury put it.

I am sometimes tempted to ask these criminal and/or cheating bozos: Which god do you think is on your side?

Hekate

[Endangered Specie]

80. Heh, I hear voices all the time telling me to have sex with women...

I just don't call them "God".

[yellowcanine]

81. Neat trick. Name your penis "God" and you can do whatever you want.