NRCC Throws in the Towel on Mark Sanford

From Politico:

Blindsided by news that Sanford’s ex-wife has accused him of trespassing and concluding he has no plausible path to victory, the National Republican Congressional Committee has decided not to spend more money on Sanford’s behalf ahead of the May 7 special election.

What's more remarkable about this story is that Republican voters actually wanted him back in elected office.  A fiscal and moral fraud yet they think he's the one to elect to office to showcase their perceived values.  It's nuts.

Sanford: God Is Using Me

Getting lost in this week's shuffle is Republican South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford once again referencing God's will in hopes to defend against calls for his resignation.

"God can use imperfect people to perform his will."

Sure thing Marky Mark.

Sanford also used a classic Republican manuever to question people's faith. They do the same with patriotism too. 'If you actually believe in America then you'll support such and such, if you don't you must not be a patriot.' Except this time Sanford uses for it religion and to justify his administration.

"If you believe in this process of redemption, repentance, hope, and growth, then you've got to stay around for the second part of the show."

In other words, if you truly believe in God and the Bible, you'll allow me to remain as governor since God has forgiven me and is now using me-- imperfect and all-- to perform his will. Sanford is led by God in a Walk we all envy. Question him or his Walk With God and you are going against the very will of God Almighty.

Sanford Stays True To His Conservative Ways

It started off as a great week for Christian right wing conservative, Governor Mark Sanford of South Carolina. His wife and kids moved out of the tax payer owned governor's mansion giving him free reign to have his mistress and soul mate over at any time he chose. Who wouldn't want a deal like that? You get a big mansion to yourself, your hot Argentinian lover can stop by any time and you get to be governor of one of the most conservative states in the Union. Couldn't be better, right? But then word came out that this very moral and macho-like conservative used the state jet for personal use running up thousands upon thousands of dollars for the State of South Carolina.

Now this is the guy who was probably the leading opponent of President Obama. Sanford used his very conservative values to prove Obama was nothing more than a tax and spend liberal. Funny how all the while Sanford was living the high life, flying around in a jet he thought was solely his and humping some other guy's wife. No he didn't just stop being a "conservative" once all this broke, he never was one to begin with. Just a liar, that fits in all too well with the GOP.

Sanford Keeps Walk With God at Forefront

If everything in my past was a total fake and my most recent and all to fittingly hidden actions resulted in lifting the veil revealing that I never once embarked on a path to follow God's Word or ever followed the principles of small government and fiscal conservatism, the last thing I would want to do is keep up the same charade to once again prove that I'm now a changed man.

Disgraced Governor of South Carolina Mark Sanford just can't seem to fully acknowledge God had nothing to do with him cheating on his wife and defrauding the people he publicly swore before God and persons to faithfully execute the office of governor. Leave behind your self-righteous Holy talk and just admit it was all a front so you could have multiple affairs on your wife and defraud tax payers all the while portraying yourself as a Holy God Walking small government fiscal conservative. Just admit it.

But he can't. Instead he writes an op-ed for The State where he mentions God 4 different times, gives Bible quotes and says this incident has made him a stronger person and hopefully a better leader. My question is leader of what?

Sanford Admits to More Women

...but says he didn't have sex with them. As we all know, you don't have to have sex to be unfaithful and you don't have to have sex to have an independent investigation make public all your deeds.

More Lying From Sanford

Sanford spokesman Joel Sawyer confirms, Sanford lied about how many times he met with his forbidden love. It seems Sanford met with his Argentine lover almost triple the number of times he admitted to last week. Not to fear, though, Sanford attended some of those meetings with his spiritual adviser.

Sanford References Bible in Defense of Not Resigning

Any sane person would think that after the immoral acts of the Republican Party over the last decade, the last thing they would want to do is keep up their God Talk when it comes to defending themselves. There is nothing holy or moral about the GOP. Their display of governance and treatment of anyone who doesn't agree with them is the farthest thing from Christian anyone can find.

Yet Mark Sanford, the same guy who voted to impeach Clinton, is now insisting he's not going to resign because in the Bible, King David didn't resign after his affair. Sadly there are many self-labeled Christian conservatives holding a picture of Reagan watching Sanford on their Fox News teevee set and saying Amen.

TOAST

Unfaithful to more than just his wife.

I don't care about his affair. It's beyond politics. What gets me is that it was fine to be chair of the Republican Governor's Association while having his affair when it wasn't public. But now that he has to admit to it, and he was forced to admit it, it's not like he came forward out of the goodness of his heart, but now that he has to admit to it he's going to resign from the RGA. That's bullcrap. Until he gets caught, he portrays himself as a god-fearing, moral values family man. Typical Republican, but I'm tired of people saying he deserves credit for being honest and coming forward. Whatever. He was caught and then came forward. That's not honesty or courage. It's narcissism.

*Update:

Wait till you read the emails between Sanford and his forbidden love. Wow, talk about a sicko. Notice the dates on the emails. His affair goes back a ways. And now remember, he never resigned any leadership posts until he was caught. The whole time he was a leader of the RGA and a self-professed moral value Republican. He attended Bible study on C-Street and blasted President Clinton while calling for his resignation for, of all things, having an affair.