“Sanford done with Politics”
November 23, 2007 | Filed Under Alex Stroman, State Politics, The Chaser, Top Shelf News
Written by Alex Stroman
Mark Sanford was recently in Chester County during his 30-town “Harvest Tour”, and while reading the local newspaper account over Thanksgiving, I found this piece:
Sanford, a three-time U.S. Representative before running for governor is in his second term. He told a crowd of about 30 Chester County residents and officials that “this was it” for him in public life.
The family farm is “waiting” for Sanford, he said, though he has on occasion been mentioned as a dark-horse presidential candidate and at other times a likely vice presidential running mate for Republican candidates not from the South who might need to shore up a Southern base.
Despite that, Sanford was asked, “When are you announcing for Senate?”
Sanford shook his head and reiterated he was not going to run for public office again.
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He might very well be telling the truth.
He has millions of dollars stashed in nonprofits that he can use as he wishes. He raised the money for “educational” purposes, which can include private jets to give speeches, lavish hotel suites, expensive lunches and dinners with the “in the know set”, and the ability to give that money to other nonprofits and others, that will in turn owe Mr. Sanford.
When I retire from State government I will get a pin, and thank you and small retirement package.
When Mark Sanford retires after living well at the taxpayers’ expense (mansion, drivers, cars, travel, etc) he takes millions of dollars that were raised from people that had special interest before our state government.
But he is a smart man, and he knows that outside of Jake Knotts, our lazy and compliant press, and one party republican government, will never demand disclosure on where those millions came from, or why those out of state, rich people gave it to the governor of our poor state.
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One thing you can count on in pols is that you can’t trust them when they say they won’t run again, like those congressmen in the ’90s that had a hard-on for term limits, then changed their minds. I’ll believe Sanford won’t run again when I see it.
Pie: Sounds like partisan politics to me there. Every governor before Sanford had the same.Just in case this is jealous Democrat spiel I would remind you Dick Riley still uses his and by the way Riley, South Carolinas zar of education left South Carolina on the bottom of the totum pole,if I can use that phrase, as well as the whole USA as a National Leader on Education. I think they are still looking for over 200 million that was misplaced under his guidance while in DC.
Personally I hope Sanford stays in politics and would like to see him run for the US Senate or maybe President or VP.