Mark Sanford vs. Mark Foley: the love letters (Bill Maher video)
Well, at least the GOP is making progress in terms of romance writing…
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Ronda Storms stars in Obama-bashing “TEA Party” on 4th of July in Brandon
By Mitch Perry
PoHo contributor
Mitch Perry is the anchor of the WMNF Evening News on 88.5 FM community radio.
Last Saturday in Brandon’s Clayton Park, approximately 200 citizens gathered for a TEA Party (Taxed Enough Already) organized by conservative activist Terry Kemple, and featuring a rally-the-troops speech by State Senator Ronda Storms (right).
It was one of what was supposed to be over 1,000 such expressions of outrage at government spending under the Obama administration around the country on Independence Day, and followed a similar outburst of conservative sentiment at the first “Teabag” parties held on Tax Day, April 15th.
That day was also dedicated to federal largesse, though you may recall it more as a media battle between the seeming outright advocacy of the Fox News network, and the derision of it by more liberal commentators, including way too many allusions to what the phrase ‘teabagging’ meant. (This Keith Olbermann bit was just part of that onslaught.)
The growing federal deficit was on the minds of most of the citizenry. Despite the fact that a large part of the current deficit can be laid at the feet of former President George W. Bush (as my previous column, referring NY Times columnist David Leonhardt, can attest to), those in attendance on Saturday were of no mind to hear such specific facts. Read the rest of this entry »
Hey, Mark Sanford! You just cheated on your wife! Where are you going on vacation?
Florida, of course!
But not Disney World — he’s been living in Fantasyland for too long already. No, the Palm Beach Post reports that he will be joining his wife tomorrow, no doubt with tail between legs, at her family’s place in a gated community called Loblolly Bay in Hobe Sound.
And you were dreading your family’s July 4th get-together. Who needs fireworks?
Ralph Hughes, Brian Blair and Mark Sanford prove themselves typical
By Catherine Durkin Robinson
PoHo contributor, “feminist mother of twins” and a political blogger, working under the title Out in Left Field.
Three Republicans continue The Suck.
Ralph Hughes died owing more than $60 million in back taxes.
Brian Blair beat the shit out of his teenage sons on Father’s Day.
Mark Sanford cheated on his wife.
None of this surprises me.
The Mark Sanford files: It’s 10 p.m. Do you know where your governor is?
The most dangerous predator on the Appalachian Trail: The Argentinian cougar
By Dan Sullivan
PoHo contributor
I love a good political scandal. There’s just something about the revelation that those we elect to office are regular human beings – susceptible to all the same temptations and lapses in judgment as the rest of us.
Naturally though, I prefer scandals that involve Democrats. The Blago scandal was one-in-a-million. And I think only the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky scandal could top Gary Hart’s 1988 romp on a boat called “Monkey Business.”
It’s not so much fun to read about Republicans breaking their word and compromising their good morals. Especially rising stars such as South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford.
The Mark Sanford files: Hiking up the skirt
By Peter Schweitzer
PoHo contributor
He was supposedly hiking — getting away from it all, clearing his head. Read the rest of this entry »
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford: He’s missing, errr, he’s hiking, err, he’s cruising, err, he’s fucking
Love this story. Just love this story.
Soon-to-be-former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford first came up missing, then his staff explained that he was hiking alone on the Appalachian Trail, then earlier today came word she was cruising off the coast of Argentina. Now, the truth.
Yes, it’s another woman.
From CNN:
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford admitted Wednesday, amid speculation over his whereabouts for the last several days, that he has been engaged in an extramarital affair with an Argentinian woman.
“I’ve been unfaithful to my wife,” Sanford told a news conference in Columbia, the state capital. “I developed a relationship with what started as a dear, dear friend from Argentina.”
His voice choking at times, Sanford apologized to his wife and four sons, his staff and supporters, and said he would resign immediately as head of the Republican Governors Association. The affair was discovered five months ago, Sanford said.
Watch the video of his admission from a live news conference after the jump:
Tribune vs. Times: new attack ad, suspending summer internships
And the newspaper war continues.
The Tampa Tribune has “suspended” its summer internship program in a cost-saving move. Managing Editor Duke Maas told internship seekers in this e-mail (obtained by Romenekso):
