The Humane Society can give Mark Sanford a shelter dog, he can name it Liberty, and he can protect it from all threats in his backyard.

should be allowed. Oops. Being a smart a** like myself doesn't mean I can spell.

So very convenient when what God tells you to do is what you want to do - nothing tough like giving up a prestigious job and comfortable income to serve the poor or something lefty like that. Or, God forbid, atoning for your sins.

What this guy is telling all of us is that his Dominionist Christian beliefs allow him to do whatever he, and his church, want as long as it's in the fight for "liberty". Please remember that liberty has a VERY different meaning to these Fascists. It's "Christian Liberty" and it means they get to remove the teaching of science, in this case evolution, from our schools. They violently deny civil rights to other American citizens, namely abortion, and same sex marriage, (you two groups are just first, not special), and use their sick and twisted reading of the bible to refuse aid to the poor, sick, and anyone else they choose because, "if they were blessed they would not be_____________." fill in the blank.

These fascist animals need to be exposed for just what they are, scared sycophants who'll do anything to be "saved". Disgusting. Just disgusting. If you ask these hypocrites what they really believe and get an honest answer out of them, you'd be shocked speechless. Just go watch that preacher on Glenn Beck's show yesterday. Sanford fits right into that guy's front row.

Funny how the racist Repuglicans are looking for the Great White Hope, and all they get are White Lies.

The new method for campaigning. Just report that God wants you!

I can picture the poster: Instead of Uncle Sam wants you (to join the military), repubs will put out ones that say: God wants you! (to run as a repub)

This is how bad things are in that party. On both the running end and the voting end. Vote for so-and-so. God wants it!

Oh, Lord! ;-)

"Letting off steam with my male friends in other countries."

This is a quote that is buried in Sanford's interviews that has received no attention thus far, but I would like to end that undeserved obscurity right now - exclusively on TPM! That's Mark Sanford's explanation of how and where he managed to have those other encounters of the third base with women other than his wife through the earlier years of his marriage.

He explained that he and his unspecified "male friends" would occasionally get together to go off on jaunts without their wives "to other countries to let off steam" (I swear to God I am not making this up - these are his own words.) and that was where he would have these interactions short of sex (Presumably of the "I did not have sex with that woman" famous kind of non-sex.)

First thought, were any of those "male friends" fellow politicians? Fellow Christians? "C" Street denizens? Promise Keepers? Inquiring minds want to know!

Second thought, Sanford seemed to casually toss this revelation off like it was the most everyday, normal, completely understandable and expected occurrence. He seemed to feel this expression would rouse no controversy and, of course, he's been right about that.

Reminds me of the the all-male bigwigs in The Handmaid's Tale getting together without their wives "to blow off steam" with the Jezebels. Men like Marky Mark need that relief from the tremendous responsibilities they shoulder in forcing the lower orders to behave themselves for their own good. A sense of entitlement, I believe, is the expression.

It seems that, much like capitalists studying Marx to learn how to better manipulate the system ("Reserve army of the unemployed, hmmm, I like the sound of that!" or "Under capitalism, all personal relations eventually enter the cash nexus - Wow! this guy really has a way with words!"), the "C" Streeters probably sat around together after prayer meetings and watched the film version of The Handmaid's Tale to get some pointers on how to set things up once they take over.

Third thought, since we already know that Brazil and Argentina were on his travel itinerary, countries well known as sex tourism destinations, we have to wonder if play-for-pay was part of the party? Or do we just assume that it must have been as all the evidence indicates?

God doesn't go around having conversations with us. He gives us brains and expects us to use them. He sure must be awfully disappointed with a lot of people these days.

Sounds like he actually believes that "The Family" dog shit they've been feeding him.

Serve up another bowl.

Is 'fighting for Liberty' a euphemism for retaining the freedom to rip off, without reprecussion, whoever happens to be vulnerable at the moment?
Ah, that's why health care reform is failing. Freedom and Liberty are in the way.

And Sanford is a big, white lout.

Um er how does a "christian" have zen like focus? Is there not one God? Have we now decided that idoltary is a good thing? Or is Budha now one of them? help I am confused by Zen Christians who hear God talking to them.

Is Sanford the lost third member of Abbott & Costello? He's not resigning because of Who?

Maybe he's just holding on until God's State owned casinos come to South Carolina like they did in Kansas.

Governor Sanford:
God told me you are a lying sack of sh!+. One of us has gotta be wrong and I know it's not me.

My favorite is his King David - Bathsheba analogy. Is he some holy bishop talking to his flock? This is the 21st century and this idiot thinks the public is made of ignorant shepherds.

As a Democrat, let me be the first to say God wants you to stay, Governor, God wants you to stay...