{"id":268,"date":"2013-05-01T03:22:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-01T03:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/highplainsblogger.wordpress.com\/2013\/05\/01\/sanford-doesnt-get-it"},"modified":"2013-05-01T03:22:00","modified_gmt":"2013-05-01T03:22:00","slug":"sanford-doesnt-get-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=268","title":{"rendered":"Sanford doesn\u2019t get it"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n

Mark Sanford wants to return to public office after betraying the people who once elected him governor of their state.<\/p>\n

It blows my mind that he just might get that chance.<\/p>\n

Sanford debated Democratic opponent Elizabeth Colbert Busch in South Carolina the other night. Sanford, the former Republican South Carolina governor, has become the object of late-night comedians\u2019 jokes, pundits\u2019 barbs and even has been dismissed by the higher-ups in his own political party.<\/p>\n

But he just might win the special election to Congress from South Carolina.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com\/_news\/2013\/04\/29\/17976693-sanford-plays-party-card-with-colbert-busch-in-sole-sc-debate?lite<\/a><\/p>\n

Why the jokes and the dissing?<\/p>\n

Well, he had an affair while he was still married to his wife, Jenny. That\u2019s not the worst of it \u2013 in my view \u2013 although cheating on one\u2019s spouse is bad enough. Sanford took off for the Southern Hemisphere to frolic with his mistress while telling the world he was \u201chiking the Appalachian Trail.\u201d He disappeared. He was off he grid, all the while getting paid to \u201cgovern\u201d his state. He lied.<\/p>\n

That was over Mothers Day weekend 2009. The word got out. Sanford was caught and the political world began its collective tittering.<\/p>\n

Colbert Busch is a solid candidate. She reportedly did well in the debate with Sanford, who observers said needed to hit it out of the park against the sister of comedian Stephen Colbert. They also said he didn\u2019t get the job done.<\/p>\n

The GOP has turned its back on Sanford, who recently was caught sneaking into his wife\u2019s home and violating a court order to stay away. The soap opera quality of this campaign almost defies description.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been sort of fun watching this guy try to explain himself. But now the serious business of selecting a congressional representative is almost at hand. I hope Mark Sanford gets the boot in the backside he deserves. It\u2019s obviously not my call. Vote wisely, 1st Congressional District residents.<\/p>\n\n

Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mark Sanford wants to return to public office after betraying the people who once elected him governor of their state. It blows my mind that he just might get that chance. Sanford debated Democratic opponent Elizabeth Colbert Busch in South Carolina the other night. Sanford, the former Republican South Carolina governor, has become the object … Continue reading Sanford doesn\u2019t get it<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}