Mark Stanford (that's how I pronounce his name) voted to impeach Bill Clinton

[bluestateguy]

for having an affair and lying about it!

[Jennicut]

1. Oh really? Hypocrite.

[Political Tiger]

2. Indeed! But why am I not surprised? ;)

n/t

[tridim]

3. Only Democrats get impeached for sex

For Republicans it's just par for the course.

[goclark]

4. How sweet it is ~

[SunsetDreams]

5. Hypocrite!

This probably is not the first time, just the first time he got caught.

[TeamJordan23]

6. Another 'family values' politician exposed as a hypocrite. nm

[4lbs]

7. The GOP: Throwing boulders from giant glass houses for almost a century! (n/t)

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[Blue_Tires]

8. there ought to be a running list of all the RW high-horse riders in 1998-99

who later got caught dipping the wick in a different tallow...

the count has to be in the dozens by now...

[rvablue]

9. Of course he did. They are all hypocrites one and all! n/t

[Anser]

10. Sorry guys...

I'm actualy a pretty big fan of clinton, and of course think the impeachment crap of the late 90's was ridiculous... BUT

"I did not have sexual relations with that woman."

Is a far cry from..

"I've been unfaithful to my wife, I'm sorry and ashamed." said with tears in his eyes...


I only say this because an attempt point out this hypocrisy may actually blow up in our faces. I personally don't want to see a split screen with Clinton emotionalessly denying his infidelity next to Sanford wiping tears from his eyes.

[demo dutch]

11. Who cares about the affair, it's leaving SC unattended and lying to staff, that's offensive

[Zynx]

12. The whole "LORD HELP ME! I HAVE SINNED!!!" thing makes it no better

and actually a whole lot worse. At least Bill Clinton didn't pretend to be a good moral man.

[Jade Fox]

13. Exactly

The "moral values" right has infinite forgiveness for their own sins, because heh, they feel really really bad about what they've done--at least after they are caught.

The Christian right is hooked on sin/forgiveness like a drug. And, no sin, no forgiveness. I think they secretly applaud people like Sanford/Vitter/Gingrich. But someone like Clinton doesn't doesn't beg for forgiveness, so he is....unforgivable.

[calmblueocean]

14. I've never heard it put quite that way before

I think there's really something to that.

[Bluenorthwest]

15. Sanford is one of those Defenders of Marriage, you know

"One man, one woman...and then that other woman, and so on until caught."

When any politician says that "one man, one woman, Sacred Union" line, his wife should call a divorce lawyer on the spot.