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AlbertCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-27-09 10:47 AM
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Remind me: Which political party is "decadent" and "sick"?
Mark Sanford's zipper problem is yet more proof that Republican conservatives are just liberals in right-wing drag

By Joe Conason



South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford pauses to look at his notes as he admits to having an affair during a news conference Wednesday, June 24, 2009, and that was the reason why he was in Argentina. He also announce that he is resigning as chairman of the Republican Governors Association.

June 26, 2009 | Whenever the latest Republican politician is caught with his zipper undone, a predictable moment of introspection on the right inevitably ensues. Pundits, bloggers and perplexed citizens ruminate over the lessons they have learned, again and again, about human frailty, false piety and the temptations of flesh and power. They express concern for the damaged family and lament the fall of yet another promising young hypocrite. They resolve to restore the purity of their movement and always remember to remind us that this is all Bill Clinton's fault. What they never do is face up to an increasingly embarrassing fact about themselves and their leaders.

They're really just liberals in right-wing drag.

The proof is in the penance, or lack thereof, inflicted on the likes of Mark Sanford, John Ensign and David Vitter, to cite a few names from the top of a long, long list.


(the whole thing....well worth the read)

http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2009/06/26/sanford/index.html
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tavalon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-27-09 10:49 AM
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1. We are the chickenshit, afraid of our shadows party
The other one is the hypocrite sick and amoral SOBs.

Does that help?
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-27-09 10:50 AM
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2. liberals in right-wing drag? I don't buy that at all. They're just immature fear-based shits
who realized that the Republican party is the place that loves to have them.
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notesdev Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-27-09 10:51 AM
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3. Both of them -nt
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Democracyinkind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-27-09 10:55 AM
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5. +1. nt
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MannyGoldstein Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-27-09 10:53 AM
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4. Here 'Ya Go:
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Vidar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-29-09 07:56 AM
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6. The Corporate Party--either wing, Republican or Democrat.
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