tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498743.post7753350407120388142..comments2024-01-20T12:57:30.117-06:00Comments on Whiskey, Tango, Foxtrot - over.: Mark Sanford needs to resign as SC governor over his incompetenceUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498743.post-61003146597239485882009-07-26T08:27:12.186-05:002009-07-26T08:27:12.186-05:00I meant to write "I'm not a South Carolin...I meant to write "I'm not a South Carolina [voter] so I can't punish his incompetence."Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06426545240164957029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498743.post-37008431825688833842009-07-25T16:27:33.375-05:002009-07-25T16:27:33.375-05:00I'll agree with you. Sanford is simply not com...I'll agree with you. Sanford is simply not competent as a governor. My opinion, however, doesn't matter too much to him for two reasons. <br /><br />First, I'm not a South Carolina governor, so I can't punish his incompetence. <br /><br />But second, and more important, Sanford does not see himself as answering to the voters. He answers only to God. That's the back story behind his line that in the Biblical accounts, David did not resign after his misdeeds. <br /><br />Now whether that is obedience to God or simply something the fundamentalist preachers advising him have convinced him comes from God doesn't matter. He's convinced that God intends for him to stay as governor in spite of his admitted "sin."<br /><br />That's the key reason for the separation of Church and State in a democracy. In a democracy a politician is expected to answer to the voters, not to whatever his personal view of a higher power is. <br /><br />So Sanford is not going to resign. He doesn't answer to the voters. He only answers to his own conception of what God has somehow told him to do. Those around him who he listens to have him convinced that he has the correct message from God.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06426545240164957029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498743.post-82680413152586199972009-07-24T10:00:42.287-05:002009-07-24T10:00:42.287-05:00Mark Sanford should be forced to resign from offic...Mark Sanford should be forced to resign from office immediately or be impeached. Our legislatures should force his ouster. What an incompetent jerk. He's not fit to continue as governor of South Carolina.colemanhinschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18371762597949001200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498743.post-90258834097399868542009-07-24T09:57:29.511-05:002009-07-24T09:57:29.511-05:00Mark Sanford is a disgrace and should resign immed...Mark Sanford is a disgrace and should resign immediately or be impeached. Our representatives should force him out of office as we do not need such an incompetent and lying person to be our governor of South Carolina.colemanhinschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18371762597949001200noreply@blogger.com