A Tale of Two Moralities

http://firedoglake.com/2009/06/26/a-tale-of-two-moralities/

By: Swopa Friday June 26, 2009 3:20 pm


When South Carolina governor Mark Sanford made his rambling, tearful admission of infidelity on Wednesday, some people felt a bit of sympathy for him. Sure, he probably had no intention of coming clean until he was caught in the act of returning from Buenos Aires -- but, once he finally got around to it, his confession was relatively heartfelt and not as obviously self-serving as we've come to expect from straying politicians.

Of course, that was Wednesday. Given time to collect himself, Sanford's GOP instincts for hypocrisy wrapped in sanctimony appear to have made a full recovery. Via TPM Muckraker, in the course of "apologizing" as the start of a cabinet meeting, Sanford invoked the biblical story of King David, who didn't quit his reign over his affair with Bathsheba.