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cali

(114,904 posts)
Wed May 8, 2013, 05:25 AM May 2013

Sanford beats Colbert Busch

In a story of political redemption, Mark Sanford is headed back to Congress after his career was derailed by scandal four years ago.

“I am one imperfect man saved by God’s grace,” the Republican told about 100 cheering supporters Tuesday after defeating Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch to win back the 1st District seat he held for three terms in the 1990s. “It’s my pledge to all of you going forward I’m going to be one of the best congressmen I could have ever been.”

Although the race was thought to be close going into the voting, Sanford collected 54 percent of the vote against Colbert Busch, the sister of political satirist Stephen Colbert, in a district that hasn’t elected a Democratic congressman in more than three decades. About 32 percent of the district’s voters went to the polls. Green Party candidate Eugene Platt finished far behind.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/former-south-carolina-gov-mark-sanford-seeking-political-redemption-wins-us-house-seat/2013/05/07/a198c8d0-b777-11e2-b568-6917f6ac6d9d_story.html

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Sanford beats Colbert Busch (Original Post) cali May 2013 OP
Political redemption my ass malaise May 2013 #1
I never want to hear another Republican candidate preaching Skidmore May 2013 #2
+1,000 malaise May 2013 #3
This message was self-deleted by its author Cali_Democrat May 2013 #9
Sanford family values Tanuki May 2013 #4
Replubican Christians are hypocrites KentuckyMark May 2013 #5
The folks in that district have no room to complain AndyA May 2013 #6
Sigh.... StandingInLeftField May 2013 #7
Actually, that kind of goes for anywhere Island Blue May 2013 #8
LOL South Carolina Cali_Democrat May 2013 #10
never had as strong a physical reaction Laura PourMeADrink May 2013 #11
I got pretty nauseated myself. It wasn't that I was so in love with Colbert Busch. CTyankee May 2013 #19
HA. Don't you wish we could pick colleges for those we care about? Laura PourMeADrink May 2013 #24
Yeah,this is such an issue...I hope my granddaughter chooses a Maryland college but CTyankee May 2013 #25
did you mean "doesn't want to go to college below Boston" ? nt Laura PourMeADrink May 2013 #26
ACK! I meant "above Boston" as in "north of Boston." CTyankee May 2013 #29
sigh! HappyMe May 2013 #12
38% of registered voters voted... StandingInLeftField May 2013 #13
it was a cliffhanger till next week librechik May 2013 #21
I wondered the same thing! GMTA! CTyankee May 2013 #16
I'm kind of hoping the mistress dumps him, HappyMe May 2013 #17
Would serve those republicans right... CTyankee May 2013 #20
I hope he does something more appalling and original than fleeing the office. librechik May 2013 #22
If they do that, then each and every one of them is just as vile as he is. CTyankee May 2013 #23
Party purity zipplewrath May 2013 #14
Okay then. HappyMe May 2013 #18
'I am one imperfect man saved by God’s grace'....oh go fuck yourself spanone May 2013 #15
" H2O Man May 2013 #27
Message auto-removed Name removed May 2013 #28
I thought this race was neck-and-neck. SwissTony May 2013 #30

malaise

(269,187 posts)
1. Political redemption my ass
Wed May 8, 2013, 05:29 AM
May 2013

Stupid ignorant ReTHUGmorons voted for this criminal who used their money for his escape to Argentina.

Skidmore

(37,364 posts)
2. I never want to hear another Republican candidate preaching
Wed May 8, 2013, 05:31 AM
May 2013

on the sanctity of marriage again. Any one doing this should be laughed and mocked and a chant of "Sanford, Sanford" should begin.

Response to malaise (Reply #1)

KentuckyMark

(4 posts)
5. Replubican Christians are hypocrites
Wed May 8, 2013, 06:11 AM
May 2013

If he will cheat on his wife, he will cheat on anything. I can't believe those idiots fell for that shit.

AndyA

(16,993 posts)
6. The folks in that district have no room to complain
Wed May 8, 2013, 06:27 AM
May 2013

If they discover he's stealing from them again. They knew what he was when they voted for him. They deserve whatever they get from the man. I do feel bad for those who knew better, and will have to endure his "representation."

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
11. never had as strong a physical reaction
Wed May 8, 2013, 07:56 AM
May 2013

(i.e. nauseated) as I did last night when I heard that creepy creepy creepy man won. Can a state possibly get stupider with time? YES, this proves it

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)
19. I got pretty nauseated myself. It wasn't that I was so in love with Colbert Busch.
Wed May 8, 2013, 09:43 AM
May 2013

It was just demoralizing that this guy could get back in office after pulling the stunts he pulled. You'd think the voters would CARE that he cheated them financially, even if they don't care about his infidelity.

And I don't understand how women could vote for the guy. Chalk it up; to blind ideology, I guess. Maybe I was just expecting too much from the women down there. I'm glad I don't know any of them and I don't live there. I don't even want to travel there (ugh, and my granddaughter is considering applying to a college in that area...).

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
24. HA. Don't you wish we could pick colleges for those we care about?
Wed May 8, 2013, 07:01 PM
May 2013

My niece is selecting soon and I begged her not to go to one of her choices. Won't mention the school so as not to offend anyone here that might live there. Then, I realized I would probably not have listened to my aunt at her age either.

Whenever I think about Sanford with disgust, I wonder if I feel the same as many on the other side did toward Bill. But just disappearing without word as governor kind of puts him in a different class.

What I really worry about is our GOTV and I still wonder if we have the right person running our party.

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)
25. Yeah,this is such an issue...I hope my granddaughter chooses a Maryland college but
Wed May 8, 2013, 07:52 PM
May 2013

that won't be up to me. She lives in a Boston suburb and doesn't want to go to college below Boston. So that means Del, Md. and the Carolinas (she doesn't like FL).

Her major is either Environmental Science or Marine Biology. A coastal city's college is important.

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)
29. ACK! I meant "above Boston" as in "north of Boston."
Thu May 9, 2013, 05:20 AM
May 2013

IOW, she doesn't want any weather colder than where she is right now. She had considered LA where her aunt lives but decided it was too far from her family in MA.

HappyMe

(20,277 posts)
12. sigh!
Wed May 8, 2013, 08:03 AM
May 2013

I guess either the Dems didn't show up, or that there weren't enough of them to matter.

I wonder where he will disappear to this time.

13. 38% of registered voters voted...
Wed May 8, 2013, 08:19 AM
May 2013

I don't know the breakdown, but I would suspect that Dems voted in proportionately larger numbers than the Repubs. Just not that many Dems in SC, especially the 1st District (basically Charleston and the barrier islands.)

First votes in appeared to be from downtown Charleston, which is a majority Black area. Busch led 54% to 46% early on. Then the outlying areas started reporting, i.e., Kiawah Island, Sullivan's Island, Isle of Palms - all VERY wealthy areas. Sanford at 50% to Busch's 49% with the Green candidate at 1%. Finally, as the rural areas started reporting Sanford's lead increased to 54% where it stayed for the rest of the evening.

I was physically ill watching the results. Had to go to bed before the end of NCIS....

librechik

(30,676 posts)
21. it was a cliffhanger till next week
Wed May 8, 2013, 09:46 AM
May 2013

you're better off not knowing the end. they'll reprise at the beginning of next episode,

I knew it was over when someone pointed out the ballot error which listed Colbert twice. That sort of shenannigans is not just to fool the voters, but to give Republican elected officials an opportunity to game the election results.

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)
16. I wondered the same thing! GMTA!
Wed May 8, 2013, 09:37 AM
May 2013

If that mistress dumps him and goes back to Argentina he may go after her. Then the folks who voted him in had better be happy with it.

Oh, well, at least his election didn't INCREASE the number of republicans in House. I try to comfort myself with that.

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)
20. Would serve those republicans right...
Wed May 8, 2013, 09:45 AM
May 2013

I hope he rubs it in their faces. But I get the feeling that these people don't give much of a shit what he does, as long as he votes in a way that enriches them...

librechik

(30,676 posts)
22. I hope he does something more appalling and original than fleeing the office.
Wed May 8, 2013, 09:49 AM
May 2013

orgies in the governor's mansion at least. Something utterly unforgivable an unforgettable.

Then when they re-elect him we'll know the voters really learned their lesson.




CTyankee

(63,912 posts)
23. If they do that, then each and every one of them is just as vile as he is.
Wed May 8, 2013, 11:12 AM
May 2013

I have no respect for those people and I never will.

This has really gotten to me in a way that I didn't think it would. I am truly appalled.

zipplewrath

(16,646 posts)
14. Party purity
Wed May 8, 2013, 09:27 AM
May 2013

I'm sure this loss will be blamed on a progressive purity movement within the democratic party. We just didn't put up a conservative enough democrat.

Response to cali (Original post)

SwissTony

(2,560 posts)
30. I thought this race was neck-and-neck.
Thu May 9, 2013, 08:37 AM
May 2013

If he got 54%, then Colbert-Bush must have had 46% (probably less but it's that order of magnitude). So, that's an 8-point gap. That's actually a pretty big margin. Did something change in the last few days?

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