Gov. Sanford’s Self Important Reflections Continue
19 July 2009 3:26 pm by Taylor Marsh
The Mark Sanford saga continues, this time it’s an op-ed in The State. One of my favorite comments is this one: Dude, stop using GOD as your wing man.
After all of his blathering, self flagellation, Gov. Sanford seems to have missed that nobody cares anymore.
Oh, except the journalists trying to grab the big get. But even then, David Gregory seems to have a wider concern. How “the GOP recovers” after all the Republican implosions. It’s touching. Here’s the text of Gregory’s email:
Look, you guys have a lot of pitches .. I get it and I know this is a tough situation … Let me just say this is the place to have a wider conversation with some context about not just the personal but also the future for him and the party … This situation only exacerbates the issue of how the GOP recovers when another national leader suffers a setback like this. So coming on Meet The Press allows you to frame the conversation how you really want to…and then move on. You can see (sic) you have done your interview and then move on. Consider it. – Email pdf, pg. 68
Sanford’s entire sweat soaked op-ed is simply an effort to sanctify his offensive behavior by pleading for some sort of acceptance through God. As if his brand of “Christianity” makes him more worthy of being taken seriously than if he was just some poor jackass who got his pecker caught in the neighbor’s pie.
It means less time fighting the tide, and a greater awareness of the fact that God controls it.
“God controls it.”
It’s just so perfect.
That’s Sandord’s out. He’s weak, because if he had trusted in God none of this would have happened.
Could this man be anymore ignorant or arrogantly self aware?
The notion of a God that is busy waiting for one of us to screw up so we can acknowledge the power He has to “control it,” because free will isn’t involved in life at all according to people like Sanford, is so unfathomably loopy to anyone who actually digs deep into religion and spiritual philosophy, that you’ve got to wonder if Mark Sanford has finally cracked.
The entire op-ed is an embarrassing ode to Mark Sanford’s arrogance. Because if he really understood what he’d done he would retreat in humility. Continuing the job of governor, but refusing to allow his ego center stage again to make his pitiful excuses and proselytizing sermons about God, whom he obviously doesn’t understand or respect since he’s ignoring the lesson of his failing, preferring to continue to point to himself and how important it is for everyone to see how sorry he is, accepting him back.
Seeking approval from anyone, especially when you’ve perpetrated a monumental screw up of historic proportions, illustrates Mark Sanford’s ego is still fully in charge and that he’s not learned a damn thing. His ego’s in the driver’s seat and is enjoying the ride.
Can anyone imagine a woman orchestrating such an appalling spectacle after getting caught in adulterous stupidity that leads to such far ranging revelatory humiliation? Not. A. Chance.
