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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

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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.
 
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.

Hell Yes!!!
 
Sorry guys, just wanted to let you know that since I'm new I screwed up and couldn't figure out how to put the poll on here. For now just put your comment and put you think Yes, No, or Don't Know.

Any help on how to put a poll in?
 
I saw that girl from Argentina, she was hot :)
 
Should he have to resign? Not unless there is evidence he broke the law. Should he choose to resign? Who am I to make that choice for him.
 
Cool.

In other news, I don't think this crap is anybody's business. I think it was retarded that John Edwards got slapped around for his marital infidelity, and it's retarded that Sanford is going to get flayed for his.

I think if we stuck to how people actually do or actually qualify for their jobs we'd be much better off.

Then again, that would require the voters to be informed and to pay attention, so screw it, let's vote for the guy with the biggest member or the gal with the biggest rack and just throw everything else out the window! :D
 
The major point of this "scandal" is that Sanford was a likely Pres Candidate pick for '12. This "scandal" took him out of the running.
 
The major point of this "scandal" is that Sanford was a likely Pres Candidate pick for '12. This "scandal" took him out of the running.
Oh yeah, I think that if he decided to make a decision like this, then he definetley can't run America.
 
Why, because of what he did or because we know about it?

If he's out of the running, then we aught to be throwing all our politicans out the door. Jus tsaying.
 
Until someone can convincingly argue that he broke the law, there is no reason for him to resign.

Flying off to Argentina to wet your willie is not smart, and for a politician is exceptionally stupid, but of itself it is neither a criminal nor an impeachable offense.
 
I am a South Carolinian. From what I'm hearing, about half in SC think he probably should resign...our only reservation is that would make Andre Bauer governor, an appalling notion.

Many of us are very traditional and conservative about such things as breaking marriage vows, and because Sanford presented himself as a leader in conservative family values, this failing is that much more significant. He let down his family, and he let down many of us who believed he was a square-dealing straight-shooter who lived by what he professed.

He might be careful about wanting to be like King David. God told David that his soul would be spared, but that the temporal consequences of his actions would be heart-breakingly severe.

I am chiefly sorry for his wife and kids. I thought better of the man. His best course of action would be to resign and devote his time to reconciling with his family and making up for his error in judgement.


G.
 
Why, because of what he did or because we know about it?

If he's out of the running, then we aught to be throwing all our politicans out the door. Jus tsaying.

Because he did it and we know about it. When Clinton did it, he was in major trouble right? Nearly got impeached. The fact that Sanford did it and was caught would, in the eyes of most Americans, feel he isn't trustworthy enough to be Pres.
 
Wait, so, if we didn't know about it, he'd be good for President?

No. If we didn't know about it, we wouldn't realize he wasn't trustworthy until he (hypothetically) became president, when it would be a lot harder to conceal the fact. Then he would be impeached. We know about it now, so we don't want him to run for president.
 
If he somehow broke the law then yes, if he didn't then he shouldn't. Though the one thing he should do is to ask his wife for forgivness for what he did. Then again that girl was hot so i really wouldn't be suprised that someone would cheat on their wife with her. This is a private matter and unless this effects his governing skills then it should be treated as such.
 
I think this does effect his governing skills because it showed a lack of decision making skills, and reasoning skills.

No, he technically didn't break the law, but do you want someone who flies off to Argentina for five days without running the state to do that while not running the country?



This man should be careful how he handles this situation, and even if he didn't break the law he sure did go against the average Americans morals.

And Bill Clinton didn't get impeached for marital unfaithfulness. He got impeached for lieing to a grand jury.
 
No, he technically didn't break the law, but do you want someone who flies off to Argentina for five days without running the state to do that while not running the country?
That is grounds for not electing or re-electing. That is not grounds for removal from office or resignation.
 
No. If we didn't know about it, we wouldn't realize he wasn't trustworthy until he (hypothetically) became president, when it would be a lot harder to conceal the fact. Then he would be impeached. We know about it now, so we don't want him to run for president.

Sounds to me like people generally don't want candidates with human frailties. Seems a little silly if you ask me.
 
Sounds to me like people generally don't want candidates with human frailties. Seems a little silly if you ask me.

In politics, no less. Good luck with that, right? As for me, I'm a realist.
 
He's not my governor, so it's not my call, to me that is for South Carolinians to decide.
 
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.

Absolutely. Misguided as it is, his morals are no longer in line with the people of the state of South Carolina. If he ran his platform on "family values" and he sold those values out by having an affair that led him to disappear for days, then he is not worthy of upholding his office anymore.
 
Someone today pointed out to me that, while it may be forgivable from the perspective of the state for him to have had an affair, what isn't forgivable is the irresponsibility with which he carried out the recreation. They were speaking of the fact that no one knew where he was. Since the job of governor is 24/7/365, his lying about his whereabouts is unacceptable.

Not sure if I agree with this, but thought I'd add it in here.
 
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