Comments on: Impeach Clinton, Forgive Sanford

By: mred48

mred48 — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 02:01:32 +0000

On judgement day, who will God judge more harshly? Those who admitted their mistakes and repented, or those who, in their arrogance, refused to acknowledge wrongdoing. Since 1973, America has allowed the killing of 40 million unborn children. I believe that God, in his great mercy, forgives sin, but I also believe that he will deal harshly with those who by their actions, enable wrongding to continue.

By: RedGraham

RedGraham — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:15:30 +0000

You are the man. Excellent comment.

By: RedGraham

RedGraham — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 09:57:31 +0000

Thank you for putting things in their proper perspective. Clinton should have resigned.

By: mred48

mred48 — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:53:05 +0000

Sanford's actions were dispicable and he should resign. However, there is one big difference here. Clinton lied under oath to a grand jury, which is why he was impeached. Even after being exposed, he continued to lie. When Sanford was exposed, he “fessed up” and told the truth.

By: Willie Ward

Willie Ward — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:09:01 +0000

Governor Mark Sanford should resign because he abandoned the people of South Carolina,not because of his affair outside of his marriage.As the chief exec of his state it was very inappropriate for him to dissapear with no one knowing how to contact him. That to me is abandoning the people Of South Carolina. Has nothing to do with his affair with this woman.

By: LBelle

LBelle — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:43:40 +0000

While we're talking double-standards… Lets forgive Ensign (R) too

By: stevenj21

stevenj21 — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:23:37 +0000

Republican hipocracy runs wide and deep.They hide behind God because they are afraid to look in the mirror.

By: annieok

annieok — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:23:35 +0000

I think Lindsay's being so publically forgiving of both Ensign, who he said shouldn't even have resigned his leadership position, and of Sanford because, as he put it he “has sins” too. I think he's just waiting for the other shoe to drop on him. Ensign should have resigned from everything. He had an affair with a staff member who received a promotion and a pay raise at the beginning of the affair and both she and her husband, also an Ensign underling, were fired at the end of the affair. There are also reports that the couple's son received money. Both Ensign and Sanford's affairs involved dereliction of duty/public corruption. If Lindsay's not guility of that, most people don't care who he has an affair with.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:20:36 +0000

That definitely undermines *his* integrity, in a way that'll never see him elected again. I'm not convinced that the integrity of anything else was compromised by that action. And my understanding is that he was reachable, just no one knew where he was. He misled his family, employees, and the citizens of South Carolina. That's his integrity on the line. Mr. Weigel provides quotes that show that Sen. Graham had a problem with Clinton because “he manipulated witnesses, he undermined the integrity of the legal system like Richard Nixon undermined the integrity of the political system.” I'm not sure Sanford did anything to warrant a concern for the very foundations of our society. I take that back — maybe “family values”, but it's not like that term means a whole lot anymore anyways.

By: LaLee

LaLee — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:24:18 +0000

You said: "I haven't seen anything yet that would imply that Sanford has undermined the integrity of anything besides himself and his marriage."

Really?

How about AWOL from the job for days?