Pawlenty to Jenny Sanford: Stand by your man… not!
Monday, June 29, 2009 at 12:56 pm
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Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty said on CNN Sunday he’s “glad” Jenny Sanford didn’t stand by last week as her husband, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, confessed before cameras to intercontinental philandering. (Off-camera, Pawlenty reportedly said his own wife would call the media and throw his things out of the house if he tried such a stunt.)
Pawlenty stopped short of calling Gov. Sanford’s absence-without-leave a “dereliction of duty” — words he was ready to apply to himself were he to refuse a state Supreme Court order to sign an election certificate in Minnesota’s U.S. Senate contest. Pawlenty isn’t prepared to stand by former Sen. Norm Coleman to that degree.
Here’s Pawlenty speaking to reporters earlier in the weekend, before a speech at the Arkansas Republican Party’s annual Governor’s Dinner — a keynoting gig that was Gov. Sanford’s last year.
Pawlenty mentions former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (a likely repeat GOP presidential contender in 2012) was out of town for some video work; presumably that’s Huckabee’s weekend Fox News show, on which he hosted country music’s Gatlin Brothers.
After the speech, Pawlenty seemed to sympathize with at least the concept of taking some personal time, if not for the purpose Sanford put his to. “Regardless of whether you’re a governor or anyone else, having a little clear-your-head time is probably a good thing,” Pawlenty told the AP. “But you always have to make sure you stay in touch in case there’s a problem. You have to communicate.” Before his Argentina expedition, Sanford was considered alongside Pawlenty and Huckabee a 2012 presidential hopeful.
The AP ranked Pawlenty as one of the more hard-to-track governors because he doesn’t disclose his whereabouts or planned activities.
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Comment posted June 29, 2009 @ 5:32 pm
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Comment posted June 30, 2009 @ 12:16 am
The USA has been torn apart in the attempt to build the class-ridden, theocratic polity necessary to support empire. Secular liberal government died in the swamps of Vietnam and the massive inflation that followed. The conservatism of Saint Reagan and that godly leader, George W. Bush died in the deserts of Iraq and the economic meltdown of last September.
What”s next? I suspect whoever rules us can only be some authoritarian hypocrite, beholden to big money.
Comment posted June 30, 2009 @ 7:57 am
Mark Sanford made a bad decision with the affair, but who are we to criticize when we don’t know what goes on in his home behind closed doors. I’m just saying, we don’t have the right to judge him. He has to resolve his problem with his wife and his family in his own way. I don’t think he should step down from Governor either, and he feels he can finish out the position and do a good job. Did John Kennedy have to give up his position as president, and he had affair after affair, and one with Marilyn Monroe……Noooo….he didn’t have to. Did Bill Clinton have to give up his presidency after he was playing arouond with Monica Lewinsky…..nooooo….he didn’t have to. Look at John Edwards, etc, etc. I’m just saying……..leave him alone. He has to make amends with his own family. Yes, politicians are held to a higher standards, but if these politicians in the past didn’t have to step down, the why would Sanford. Higher standards is for both parties. It’s because the Democrats live by a double standard. They can do what they want……and don’t criticize them………but let a Republican do something, and watch out.
Comment posted June 30, 2009 @ 8:38 am
The “video work” more importantly included an interview the the Lt. Gov. of South Carolina, Andre Bauer about this very same subject.
Part 1
Part 2
Comment posted June 30, 2009 @ 8:47 am
Sorry YouTube embedding seemingly doesn’t work here. Here’s the link of Huckabee’s interview of Andre Bauer.
Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJMhOUo4BaQ&feature=related
Comment posted June 30, 2009 @ 9:31 am
Joyce, Sanford is guilty of dereliction of duty for abandoning his executive responsibilities to the state of SC. It’s not just the sex. If he had turned over the reins of government to the lieutenant governor because he needed a vacation, that would have been fine. It’s also the hypocrisy. Sanford and many other Republicans (think Newt Gingrich, for example) have used family values as a club to attack Democrats. Apparently you think it is unfair to point out what people have actually said.
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