Sanford's betrayal continued

Michelle Malkin has quoted Jenny Sanford's statement and some starkly contrasting "love email" from Sanford to his paramour. Just a couple of comments:

IDIOT! He obviously married up in the character department but was too much of a fool to value his stupendous luck.

MORON! A governor who conducts an illicit romance via email is too brainless to be in charge of anything.

JERK! Sanford's 'jerkitude' (thanks, Michelle) becomes jerkitude squared when the other woman has kids, too.

Some reactions from the betrayed right:

George Neumayr:

In any case, what exactly is "exotic" about adultery at this point? Monogamy looks more singularly exotic these days.

Michelle Malkin:

He had a hell of a lot more passion and pathos for his mistress than his own wife. He referred wistfully to the “great friendship” and “that sparking thing” he had with the mistress for eight years — during which his wife was raising his four children.

If you can’t honor your marriage vows, how can you expect voters to trust you to honor your damned oath of office?

Don Surber:

I am sick of these cheaters in high office. I am sick of how they embarrass their supporters. I am sick of how they humiliate their wives. I am sick of how they abuse the public trust.

RS McCain:

Really, Mrs. Sanford, just shoot the two-timing son of a bitch. Please. No jury in South Carolina would ever convict you.

Robert Belvedere (excerpted from a comment on my previous Sanford post):

Mr. Sanford should resign the governorship. He is a conservative. We conservatives preach high standards of moral and ethical behaviour. We are therefore obligated to hold ourselves to those high standards. When we violate those standards and we are elected officials who were elected based on the advocacy of said high standards, we have betrayed those who voted for us. Therefore, the only honorable action to take is to resign the elected office.

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Last and least, he has damaged the conservative cause at a very bad moment for it. If he has any honor, he should figuratively take the Luger, go in his den, and do the right thing for the sake of those of us who are struggling to save this country as it speeds down the road to perdition.

You are not damned for eternity sir, but you are obliged to spend some time in purgatory.

Quoted from and linked to at: Sanford and Hon

Sister Toldjah asks: Was it worth it?

The Anchoress has lots more links.

Addendum: If the reaction from the left is to scream hypocrite at the top of their lungs, have at it. But some will try to use Sanford's betrayal of his family and supporters as a club with which to beat the Christian family itself. Case in point from Firedoglake:

Jenny Sanford's statement to the media is one big dog whistle to the fundy faithful.

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Psalm 127 is at the heart of the "Quiverfull" folks -- a far right evangelical movement, devoted to extreme patriarchal gender roles, homeschooling, and of course they are against any form of birth control or abortion.

Note to Peterr: Homeschooling isn't just for right wing Bible-thumping extremists. And it isn't just the "Quiverfull" movement that rejects any form of artificial birth control; it's the teaching of a large organization called the Catholic Church. As for abortion, most people are opposed to it in most circumstances. That's not an extreme point of view.

I can't really speak to the "extreme patriarchal gender roles" because that could mean anything from men who only cook outdoors to women who breastfeed their babies. But if it refers the traditional family structure in which the father is the breadwinner and the mother stays home and cares for the children, that's only extreme if you believe that two guys, three cats, and an organic herb garden is a mainstream family.

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