The Right Scoop
You had your shot, Sanford, you blew it. Your sex was more important to you than your duty to your state. Go live with the consequences of your actions. Which, by the way, is another lesson God provides ie David & Bathsheba, Jonah, Adam & Eve. Suck it up and deal with it.
You can't ask for a second chance when you don't have any intention of making amends. That's not a second chance anymore, that's a way of life.
This man is sick, his narcissism rivals that of Obama.
If grass roots conservatives vote for this man in the primary, shame on them.
I don't want to hear about how libertarian he is or that he is good on spending. His wife couldn't trust him and his voters couldn't trust him to even show up for work. He was out of the country banging his mistress instead of doing his job, and lying to cover it up.
I still can't believe he is running. These people have no shame, NONE!
No telling what other skeletons are in this man's closet, and if sent to Washington our ideological enemies would find out about his other transgressions and blackmail him into voting against us. He would turn into another RINO.
No thanks!
NO!
Go and repent to your wife and children! Get right with them and put them first! Your days are over as a politician and the fact that you're trying to scheme your way back into the good graces of the public trust PROVES that you've learned NOTHING!
The most important thing in this world right now to you should be your family, but it's not! It's politics! You're a con man Sanford!
Join the scum bag liberal party. They can always use another lying fool!
Can't these people get over their need for political power? You've repented? Great. I wish you the best, but can't you find something else to do with your life? For 90% of politicians, it's an addiction for them. He's probably more upset about the loss to his political career then the harm to his marriage. There are pleanty of honorable things you can do with your life outside of politics. When a politician needs to get right back into politics, that tells me he shouldn't be in politics.
Political power is like the one ring in 'Lord of the Rings' for most politicians. They all think they can handle it without being corrupted. Very few of them can.
He is just apologizing publicly because he wants you to vote for him. He should of apologized a long time ago but he didn't because he is not really sorry. He is only sorry that he lost his cushy job.
He's a rank amateur at philandaring compared to most Dems; the Kennedy's come to mind. I don't know what kind of governor he was, but that would be my criteria.
What Sanford did is nothing compared to Clinton, LBJ, JFK, and so many others. This was an issue between Sanford and his wife and family. Sanford was doing a good job as governor; however, I like Tim Scott and would like to see him continue in that position. Tim Scott deserves his chance.
Well this looks promising! Maybe a potential Tea Party candidate in McConnell race :) http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/senate-races/283681-tea-party-challenger-to-mcconnell-emerging
Looks good so far and if he pans out to be the real deal let's hope Sarah gets behind him. Her influence has helped before.
I noticed Erick Erickson and some radio talking heads already forgave him and want him to win. I DON'T! Too freaking late and I don't like how the same people treat Sarah Palin like trash and she didn't do anything wrong & gets her whole life inspected with a microscope.
It's the same old story. Whoever said it best: Power corrupts.
Once someone senses that he has some sort of power, he can't give it up. He has to continue to think he is so important that the public will forgvie and forget. No way.
A second chance is not a pass.
A second chance is when you take time, work hard, and earn your respect back.
For most people, that takes several years.
Dump this bum...Let the Crotch-a-crats both white and minority shame their worthless, situational-ethics existence and destroy their own, and their childrens' future: not mine.
He doesn't have the guts to allow ratings and comments on his video. Such arrogance and cowardice.
I've sent him $100.
Sanford is an outstanding fiscal conservative.
RedState.com have endorsed him in this race.
Go Mark!
www.marksanford.com
Sorry, I'm not buying it. If he had learned from his mistakes, he would want to avoid the situations that got him into trouble in the first place, and that means avoiding politics. Washington is not the place for a recovering liar. Sending Sanford to Washington would be like hiring an alcoholic to manage your bar.
Sorry, I'm not buying it. If he had learned from his mistakes, he would want to avoid the situations that got him into trouble in the first place, and that means avoiding politics. Washington is not the place for a recovering liar. Sending Sanford to Washington would be like hiring an alcoholic to manage your bar.
God is a God of forgiveness, and that's between you and him.
Second chances have to be earned, but need not ever be given.
This isn't just about adultery and forgiveness it's about his stupidity and peoples trust. God may forgive him here and now but he needs to earn back the trust from the people he betrayed. Maybe he should run as a Democrat we know betrayal and lying are resume enhancements for them. It's actions like this that have made people cynical and distrustful.
he never actually said he made a mistake. he always sounded mad he was caught, but no true contrition
Well I love Newt and thought he would be the best to run for President inspite of his many sins in the past....so I looked at Sanford's record and he was pretty conservative as a Gov..so I say go by that and not his personal life.
nibble, I do love them both. Even both men are of high quality expert in leadership field especially in politic.My own feel, I would vote for Newt as of the moment, although you're only hearing from another human (myself)
I to supported Newt but Newt stood by his life changes and Christian beliefs for many years and earned back the respect he lost from his earlier mistakes. In my eyes Sanford has many years to go to prove he's changed and is standing by his Christian beliefs.
True enough, but I remember Newt getting hammered over and over for his personal life when I just wanted everybody to focus on what he accomplished...so I give the same leeway to the Gov, afterall, God forgives instantly not gradually.
No debate from me anybody who loves Newt had it right. I don't in fact disagree with how you want to make a decision or anyone else for that matter. I just wanted to express how I made my decision but sometimes I have to think about it for awhile before it comes out right.
I don't know that Sanford has asked God's forgiveness we only have his word. I do believe Newt asked for God's forgiveness and proved it because of the way he lived his life after his mistakes. That's what I was trying to say.
They should have listened to us Nibblesyble.
I guess it is up to the voters in the end. I just think as a Christian he has probably asked God for his wisdom on this very thing and felt led to do it, who are we to determine when he has lived a Christian life long enough to stand before the public again? It will all come out in the wash in the end. Nice debating with you cab!
I agree God's forgiveness is instantaneous but betrayal is betrayal and you need to earn your way back in the eyes of the people you've betrayed. Having God's forgiveness and living a Christian life helps you do that.
I think he was one of a few Gov's to not accept Obama stimulus money ... this was back when Orange Charlie "hugged" Obama.
I love that about him. Don't get me wrong I found what he did was horrid and so wrong to his wife and sons...but I am not sinless nor do I hold anyone to a standard that I cannot attain myself..perfection. I think if he holds true to his conservative principals now, then I think he deserves another chance.
He is better on fiscal issues then most conservatives...he deserves another chance. I would rather him then say Huckabee(I know he isn't running, just using him as an example) who has never wronged his wife, but would be more for Big Gov't than Sanford. I say we need to go by his record and trust that he has changed. Besides I have learned never to put any political figure on a pedastal as they always disappoint.
If Ted Kennedy and Robert Bryd can be elected Senators, then I don't know why Sanford can't. He's a saint compared to those two.
I don't think Christians expect politicians to be perfect. Speaking for myself, I leave it up to him and his wife to sort out his betrayal. What bothers me is that he lied and lied and lied to his Lt Governor and his constituents until he finally had to come clean.
No, but I would have expected he should have let him know where he could really be reached. (that was the protocol in my working years and my responsibility was nowhere near as important as the gov's)
Good point about all the lies. But another poster made this point which is also good:
>>> Would you rather have a weak and wounded Akin voting mostly conservative, or McCaskill voting 100% with Obama & Reid? <<<
Actions speak louder than words and trust is earned, so I guess he has some work to do.
And being from Pennsylvania, he kind of gives me the willies as he just reminds me of Jerry Sandusky.
Sinners lie.
I have lowered my expectations in the world of politics (but see a polician's public sins as a distraction from political issues).
Prime example is Clinton - Lewinsky - impeachment. That was the wrong focus. All the Republicans wanted punishment for immorality, while nothing was made of his selling/ giving nuclear secrets to the Chinese at the same time.
Yep. He is a con man preying on Christians' capacity for forgiveness.
It goes to principle. If Sanford had none and now found it, he would stand and say that his betrayal of the public trust is unforgivable, caused lasting and permanent damage, and, that he is no longer worthy of such trust and the enormous responsibility that goes with it.
That would be the first baby step toward earning it back.
Agree that impeachment for Clinton's traitorous actions re nuclear secrets would have been a good thing to pursue, but he wasn't impeached for immorality. As I recall, he was impeached for lying under oath.
Heck, we gave Obama a second chance didn't we?!!!/sarc
That said, "let he/she without sin cast the first stone". I like the guy.
Give him another chance. He didn't seem like a "player" to me; just a guy
who found love and couldn't resist. Doesn't sound like his marriage was
anything to brag about. More business oriented than love. I always feel
sorry for the children when public figures act up; they are really the ones who pay the price. I hope he does well, puts his life back together and moves on
in whatever way he can.
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