rssCensure: Good Enough for Sanford, Not Good Enough for Clinton
Tuesday, July 07, 2009 at 9:03 am
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By a 22-9 vote, the South Carolina Republican executive committee has voted to censure Gov. Mark Sanford (R-S.C.). Only 10 members of the committee demanded his resignation. It’s reminiscent of what happened after the 1998 elections, when Republicans lost seats in the House of Representatives and temporarily considered not voting to impeach President Bill Clinton. One New York Times report from Nov. 19, 1998, investigated what Republicans would do if they couldn’t impeach Clinton, quoting then-Rep. Mark Sanford of South Carolina.
Given the fact there aren’t enough votes for impeachment, if censure is the only available option, then that will be the option. It’s the only one that has a chance of surviving.
Shortly thereafter, Sanford voted to impeach Clinton on four counts.
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Pingback posted July 7, 2009 @ 11:58 am
[...] in Daily life, Democrats, GOP at 8:58 am by LeisureGuy Interesting point by David Weigel at Washington Independent: By a 22-9 vote, the South Carolina Republican executive committee has voted to censure Gov. Mark [...]
Comment posted July 7, 2009 @ 3:35 pm
It is clear that GOP comments about the sanctity of the family and the importance of the family structure take a poor second place to political considerations.
The SC GOP committee clearly believe that the GOP rank and file are unoffended by Sanford's behavior.
This is in direct contrast to the actions of Democrats in NY and In NJ who demanded that popular and effective Democratic Governors leave office immediately after sexual improprieties were made public.
But then, the Democrats willingness to act on matters of principle has always distinguished them from the Republicans who forget their principles as soon as the campaign season ends..
Comment posted July 7, 2009 @ 5:45 pm
Maybe it's that the Democrats (Bill Clinton) set a presadence that it's reallly not that bad after all.
He cheated on his wife, and she, who couldn't keep peace in her own household has a job trying to keep the peace between America and other nations.
Comment posted July 10, 2009 @ 10:04 am
I forgot about the four counts. Too bad Clinton set such a nasty precedance for Sanford to follow. Clinton should have resigned like the man Nixon who had those terrible audiotapes which were really nothing compared to Whitewater.
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