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How Sanford Can Get His Groove Back

Four tricks up his sleeve to win back the public

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 30, 2009 11:11 AM CDT
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(Newser) – Mark Sanford has fallen from grace, but he possesses the know-how to make his way back, writes Roger Simon of Politico. What the philandering governor has going for him:

  • "He knows how to use people." Just look at his marriage: His wife ran his campaign in 1994, when they had two children under 2, and he paid her back “by betraying and humiliating her.”

  • "He already has embarrassed himself as much as he can." The whole world’s read his sensuous words, and he can tell the public, “You already know everything that is wrong with me.”
  • "He knows how to fool all of the press some of the time and some of the press all of the time." The Washington Post reported that he was “quite happily married” the day he announced the affair.
  • "If he can get the missus in line, he is home free." Getting back together with his wife would give him “a second chance” from South Carolinians, says Sen. Lindsey Graham. But winning back her affections may be tough.

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, second for the right, gestures as he talks to members of the media Monday, June 29, 2009, in Columbia, S.C. Gov.
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, second for the right, gestures as he talks to members of the media Monday, June 29, 2009, in Columbia, S.C. Gov.   (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain)
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford.
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford.   (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain)
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AdaptAndOvercome
Jun 30, 2009 8:04 AM CDT
He knows how to use people, work the media, and he needs to get his misses in line. Who is this jackass? Karl Rove! Oh, forgot...same party. He said, in an interview, his mistress was his "soul mate" and he needs to work to fall "back" into love with his wife. His wife was right to show him to the door and now she should clean his clock, by charging him for everything she ever did in those 20 years that they were married..seeing as how he's treating her like a servant. Then he admits to having several other "indiscretions", but never had sex with them. "What a hypocrit". Did he get a Bill Clinton special...you know the one he was so critical of, and now he says it wasn't sexual. His glass house is chattering more everyday, he better watch that he doesn't cut himself.
JonmarkP
Jun 30, 2009 7:40 AM CDT
He simply does not recognize as valuable anything but his own career and needs - not his wife, not his mistress, not his religion and certainly not the people of South Carolina. If they don't shitcan him immediately, shame on them-they'll be a party to the charade.
AnnieChrist
Jun 30, 2009 6:47 AM CDT
lindsy graham's comment sums up oh so perfectly what it means to be a republican. You can be the epitome of a scumbag, but as long as the spin masters can portray you as a wholesome, loving father and husband, their dumbass base will embrace you and keep you in office.

 
South Carolina • infidelity • adultery • Lindsey Graham • governor • political scandal • Mark Sanford • Election 2010 • Jenny Sanford • Maria Belen Chapur • Republican governor

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