Can you govern effectively when god is your co-pilot?

“It’s in the spirit of making good from bad that I am committing to you and the larger family of South Carolinians to use this experience to both trust God in his larger work of changing me, and from my end, to work to becoming a better and more effective leader,” he wrote.

The preceeding was from an op-ed piece that South Carolina governor, Mark Sanford is shopping around to the media in his state, perhaps on the premise that if the apology is based on the ‘unassailable’ premises of god, scripture, the flag and apple pie it will go down easier.

If I were a citizen of South Carolina, I’d be even angrier.

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Don't cry for them, Argentina. They're hot. Steamy. And, Republicans

It’s been an absolute watershed of upstanding, family oriented, superbly righteous Republicans with a ‘bright future in the party’ taking a dip in the old ‘cheatin’ on your wife’ pool of late.

First the revelations of Nevada Governor, Jim Gibbons’ extra-marital affairs with not one, but count ‘em, two or more ‘ladies’, then the stunning confession under threat of extortion by Senator John Ensign, rounded out by the now not so puzzling disappearance of South Carolina Republican Governor Mark Sanford.

I need a scorecard - or dance card. Each and every time I walk through the living room at my house and see the photo of me standing between Senators Reid and Ensign, I remember thinking: Ensign. Hottie.

Ah, how things change.

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