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In today’s newspaper, the second page headlines read, “Clamor rises for Sanford to resign”. One wonders who is more empty headed, the population whose feelings were reported or the newspaper that wasted time reporting this as sensible news. It is, I admit, a notch above the even more senseless reporting of Michael Jackson death.

Governor Sanford had an affair and has admitted to such. Like religion, his marital status has no constitutional connection to his role as governor. Short of experiencing a mental disorder like insanity, there is nothing that disqualifies him from the governorship. You might rightfully think he would be so embarrassed that the only thing he wanted to do was to find a big rock and climb under. Arguably it might be inconsistent for the governor to discharge his duties from under a rock.

If the question were instead, would you ever vote for Sanford again I can see a group of sensible people shouting, “no way”. His recent press conferences display someone who might even be questioned as a poor role model for his own children and certainly someone too much a slave to his emotions to govern predictably. The real flaw is, of course, the gross hypocrisy that Mark Sanford and John Ensign represent. They are quick to cast a stone at Bill Clinton or gays seeking equal rights for a committed relationship, and offer impromptu sermons about righteous living and then find it in their capacity to cheat on their wives and embarrass their children and friends. If they had not first worn their supposed religious beliefs on their sleeves (so all the gullible voters could see), one might readily give some room to him now.

What are these people clamoring about anyway?

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