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Should Sanford resign?

Should Mark Sanford resign from his current position.

  • Yes

    Votes: 29 53.7%

  • No

    Votes: 26 48.1%
  • Total voters
    54
  • Poll closed .
TheAvE8tor said:
If it was a planned business trip then why did nobody know where he was for a week?!?!

Yeah, I wouldn't call that a valid business trip to deal with the US Commerce Department.
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The trip he is paying back is a trip from LAST YEAR.

Do some research into what those headlines you are pulling up are actually talking about.


THIS trip, he payed for with his own money.
 
Tell me, Caine. What would happen if this week you just suddenly didn't show up for duty. Didn't call in, didn't let anyone know your whereabouts, didn't cover your assigned shifts?
 
Catz Part Deux said:
Tell me, Caine. What would happen if this week you just suddenly didn't show up for duty. Didn't call in, didn't let anyone know your whereabouts, didn't cover your assigned shifts?
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I would be reported as missing.

When I returned they'd just take vacation days from me for the time I was gone.


:mrgreen:
 
Caine said:
I would be reported as missing.

When I returned they'd just take vacation days from me for the time I was gone.


:mrgreen:
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C'mon, man. You know you'd be written up, pulled off the street, and possibly, be fired.
 
Caine said:
I would be reported as missing.

When I returned they'd just take vacation days from me for the time I was gone.


:mrgreen:
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I'd have to can myself. And when I don't make money the bills do not get payed.
 
Yes and I base this only on the fact he left without warning. That's just irresponsible. Now if he atleast said 'hey I'm going away and this is where you can reach me in an emergency" it would have been all good.
 
Yes, he should resign. He acted irresponsibly, with disregard for his state and the post he occupies. He is still rambling on about it, this shows he clearly has no brains.
 
I don't think that he should resign, personally, because it was a private matter. I do find it funny, however, that he claimed Clinton should resign for marital infidelity.
 
the makeout hobo said:
I don't think that he should resign, personally, because it was a private matter. I do find it funny, however, that he claimed Clinton should resign for marital infidelity.
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It stopped being a private matter when he went missing.
 
tlmorg02 said:
It stopped being a private matter when he went missing.
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Then the issue isn't his affair, it's disappearing for a week. Would you still be wanting him to resign if he really had been hiking?
 
TheAvE8tor said:
My opinion; yes he should. His affair shows a lack of decision making skills, and role model skills. He claims he wants to follow David in the Bible who commited adultery and got back up and overcame his sin. I beleive he can, but the emotional state he is in does not permit him to continue to lead the state of South Carolina.
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Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.

I believe now that he should resign, but not because he had an affair. He basically went AWOL from his governorship for over a week, without telling anybody where he was. What if there had been a disaster? What if there had been a terrorist attack? He should resign, not due to adultery, but because he performed his job in a grossly irresponsible and reckless manner.
 
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the makeout hobo said:
Then the issue isn't his affair, it's disappearing for a week. Would you still be wanting him to resign if he really had been hiking?
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Yes, he is the executive of the State and must be more mindful of his position, than simply not showing-up for work. Of course, had he been hiking, his staff and security would have probably actually known his whereabouts.
 
the makeout hobo said:
I don't think that he should resign, personally, because it was a private matter. I do find it funny, however, that he claimed Clinton should resign for marital infidelity.
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What is so funny about it?

I used to be hard on people for smoking cigarettes, calling them "nicotine slaves" and other such nonsense when I was a teenager.

I now smoke cigarettes.


Does my example illustrate my point any?
 
danarhea said:
Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.

I believe now that he should resign, but not because he had an affair. He basically went AWOL from his governorship for over a week, without telling anybody where he was. What if there had been a disaster? What if there had been a terrorist attack? He should resign, not due to adultery, but because he performed his job in a grossly irresponsible and reckless manner.
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The time period keeps getting longer and longer and longer.

In a few more days I'll be hearing he went AWOL for a month.

Are 5 days less than, equal to, or greater than one week?
 
Caine said:
The time period keeps getting longer and longer and longer.

In a few more days I'll be hearing he went AWOL for a month.

Are 5 days less than, equal to, or greater than one week?
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5 days are a work week. Unless you're a cop. Then, he missed more than a week. ;)
 
the makeout hobo said:
Then the issue isn't his affair, it's disappearing for a week. Would you still be wanting him to resign if he really had been hiking?
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YES!

Both the affair and being AWOL involve a critical lack of self-control and judgement I do not want displayed in a city, state, or national official.
 
Put me in the he should resign because he went AWOL category.
 
As more and more information keeps coming out about his questionable doings going back to 2001 at least... and his embarassing public statements keep rambling on... more South Carolinians are calling for him to resign.

Investigations are set to begin into the financial aspects of this issue.

South Carolinians tend to expect our leaders to demonstrate some moral restraint in their lives, especially if they stand up as supporting family values. Oddly enough, we believe that if you're going to preach it, you need to practice it; we don't suffer pretenders gladly.

I think it is entirely possible that Sanford will resign within three months. The pressure for him to do so is mounting.

He needs to. He needs to put his own house in order before he's fit to run the State's "house".

And he needs to make up his mind that whether he's going to dump his Argentenian enchilada or his long-suffering wife. He's acting like a lovesick teenager instead of a mature man, and it is embarassing the whole state.


G.
 
Catz Part Deux said:
5 days are a work week. Unless you're a cop. Then, he missed more than a week. ;)
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Umm, I work 5 days a week, sometimes 7 days straight.

A week is 7 days.

5 days of Monday - Friday are a "traditional" workweek.

So if we want to be like THAT, then he really just missed Monday, Tuesday, and part of Wednesday.

:roll:
 
Caine said:
Umm, I work 5 days a week, sometimes 7 days straight.

A week is 7 days.

5 days of Monday - Friday are a "traditional" workweek.

So if we want to be like THAT, then he really just missed Monday, Tuesday, and part of Wednesday.

:roll:
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Hello? He went AWOL. That is a fireable offense in many jobs. For the Army, it is a crime that can cause you to be dishonorably discharged (which I have personally seen). Also, if you go AWOL, there is a warrant for your arrest. Sorry, Caine, your thinking going AWOL is really no big deal is just plain foolish.

http://legal-assistance.monmouth.army.mil/docs/mjal/DA Pam 630-1 AWOL AND THE CONSEQUENCES.pdf
 
aps said:
Hello? He went AWOL. That is a fireable offense in many jobs. For the Army, it is a crime that can cause you to be dishonorably discharged (which I have personally seen). Also, if you go AWOL, there is a warrant for your arrest. Sorry, Caine, your thinking going AWOL is really no big deal is just plain foolish.

http://legal-assistance.monmouth.army.mil/docs/mjal/DA Pam 630-1 AWOL AND THE CONSEQUENCES.pdf
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Now you gotta prove that being AWOL (Absent without Leave) has anything to do with the office of the Governor.

Does the Governor earn vacation days?
At what rate?
Who signs his leave request form?
 
Caine said:
Now you gotta prove that being AWOL (Absent without Leave) has anything to do with the office of the Governor.

Does the Governor earn vacation days?
At what rate?
Who signs his leave request form?
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If it was a Democrat governor, would you have the same defense that they remain in office?
 
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