"I think the fatal flaw of a lot of people in politics is they want to be loved"
Gov. Mark Sanford of South Carolina
I've been traveling quite a bit to South Carolina lately, nice state. Charleston has that southern charm and character, if a person has to work, SC not a bad place to do it. I saw this quote attributed to their governor. Isn't it the truth? Folks running for office often make lots of promises, to get elected of course, but maybe a little bit to feel the love of their potential constituency. Happens at the national level all the way down to the local level. Same situation once in office. Vocal advocates lobby for a point of view that may not represent the common good, but yet gain leverage with the elected officials. Why? Maybe it's love or fear of loss of love. Saying no to a citizen can be difficult, it goes counter to an elected officials intuition. Tough love? Sometimes saying no is the right thing even if it isn't terribly popular with some. Examine the upcoming proposal for a change in the calculation of water rates being put forth by a certain nautical oriented alderman from the West Side. Why? Maybe it's love.
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Can you feel the pain?
http://video.aol.com/video-detail/mark-sanford-draws-a-blank-on-mccainbush-economics/2881404633
You could have listened to Mark Sanford back when he was one of only two Republicans to vote against the 1998 resolution to make regime change in Iraq the official policy of the United States.That was when the Neo -Cons started planning the Iraq war He said that it was a “protest vote” in which he tried to reassert the legislature’s war-declaring powers. When asked about the invasion of Iraq, he extends his critique beyond the constitutional niceties. “I don’t believe in preemptive war,” he said flatly. “For us to hold the moral high ground in the world, our default position must be defensive.”
You got that right Mark and you were bucking the most powerful lobby in America
Mark Sanford must have known that our government would try and install a Democrat Party in Iraq
He prefered The Republican Guard who would have liberated Iraq with tax cuts and a drug prescription plan for seniors.
In the end he knew that would have created an Iraqi recession , massive job losses and bailout of the WMD industry leading to socialism and to a long overdue regime change
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