New York Strip Clubs: Dan Thomasson: GOP scandals a boost for Mitt
… Baloney,” an old friend said when he first heard it. “He’s off on the trail all right but it has nothing to do with hiking.”
The voters of the state now have a decision to make: Should a top elected official be allowed to remain in office after leaving the state’s borders without telling anyone where he is going or how to reach him in case of an emergency? That, of course, is Sanford’s real crime and one that probably should carry a stiff penalty. Other than that there is strong evidence of sheer stupidity here.
One might compare this to the antics of another Southerner, Gov. Earl Long of Louisiana, who carried on with a stripper and took a tour around the nation visiting other governors, sometimes with a sack over his head, after escaping from a mental hospital by firing the superintendant. But at least Long was a bit “pixiated.”