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Governor Sanford faces impeachment hearings

Governor Sanford faces impeachment hearings

November 24, 2009 by LD Jackson · 4 Comments 

Everyone should be familiar by now with South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford and his infamous disappearing act in June. You know the one, where he went to Argentina to meet with his mistress and failed to put anyone in charge of the state while he was gone. He didn’t even notify most people of where [...]

Making conservatism look bad

July 17, 2009 by LD Jackson · 11 Comments 

I learned this lesson long ago. There is nothing most people hate worse than a hypocrite. For someone to espouse a particular belief, point of view, philosophy, etc. and then for it to be discovered that they were secretly going against that belief all along is the ultimate insult and a real slap in the face of the people who believed in what they were saying or doing. It certainly does the causes they have been fighting for no good and I would contend that conservatism is in that same boat.

Governor Mark Sanford

Governor Mark Sanford

June 24, 2009 by LD Jackson · 11 Comments 

When I first began hearing about South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, it was a pleasant surprise to hear about a politician who was a family man, who had conservative principles, and was not afraid to stand on those principles. He was being touted as a possible Presidential nominee for the Republican Party in 2012. The [...]

Mark Sanford says no bailout for South Carolina

November 16, 2008 by LD Jackson · 4 Comments 

Thanks to Tam, over at Bare Thoughts for alerting me to this article.
When President Bush, Secretary of the Treasury, Henry Paulson, and Congress first got together and decided some of these companies needed a bailout, at our expense, there were very few people who stood up and said no, this isn’t the way to go. [...]