Mark 桑福德 for president -- really?

Much as it may endear him to hardcore conservatives, I can't imagine Mark 桑福德's 石墙 失业资金将使他在2012年获得全国选民的青睐。有人能想象他除了戈德沃特式的牺牲羔羊以外，还有什么？

PS The Times报道 还包括 this detail on a very classy 2004 桑福德 publicity stunt -- can you say dignity problem?

桑福德先生曾经将两只小猪搬到众议院会议厅的地板上，以表示他反对他认为浪费的开支。其中一只小猪及时排便；议员们对此并不感到高兴。

这是 特技视频:

这是 一些令人不安的细节 关于出问题的方式：

South Carolina's Statehouse turned into a hoghouse Thursday when Republican Gov. Mark 桑福德 carried two oinking piglets under his arms to protest pork 在里面 state's $5.5 billion spending plan.

桑福德's lunchtime arrival with the pigs came a day after the GOP-controlled House voted in short order to override all but one of his 106 budget vetoes.

"There was a lot of pork-eating yesterday," said 桑福德, juggling the tiny, squirming pigs. "Ultimately what was said yesterday was: 'We're not going to cut spending by one dollar."'

州长站在众议院房间的门上，猪粪涂在他的鞋子和外套上，对此大笑。

The stench of manure permeated the air as 桑福德 carried the pigs up the steps to the Statehouse's second-floor lobby.

Who's going to take the delivery?" 桑福德 asked lawmakers as they crowded around him for a peek at the piglets he picked up from a Lexington County farm and nicknamed "Pork" and "Barrel."

In the Senate, which later debated the governor's vetoes Thursday, Sen. Brad Hutto, D-Orangeburg, called the 桑福德's stunt a crime.

Hutto said the governor should be charged with animal cruelty and defacing the Statehouse with pig poop. 桑福德's spokesman Will Folks cleaned up the mess.

R-West Columbia参议员Jake Knotts为州长辩护。

诺茨说：“如果您捡起一头猪并将其挤压，就会有些东西出来。” “我确定州长不知道这一点。”

Comments

[国王政治]

桑福德 would have about as much chance as Phill Gramm. He'd是偶尔的头条新闻抢劫者，但在其核心家乡所在地之外，'确实无法吸引全国选民。

[David]

时报写道： 在支出方面，他一直与立法机关本党成员保持争执，从而限制了他的成就记录。

那's a liberal's POV. For a libertarian type like 桑福德, a record of accomplishment would be avoiding additional government spending.

Incidentally, most state Constitutions prohibit government borrowing to pay current costs. So, I suspect that the federal loan that 桑福德 was resisting may have been un-Constitutional.

[daniel rotter]

桑福德'是个保守主义者，不是自由主义者。至于这件事，为什么't he volunteer to clean up that mess himself? I thought the Mark 桑福德'世界上都是关于个人责任的。

[Andrew]

给定美国人'我对他们政府的当前看法'真的认为我们大多数人都会关心他是否将成年的母猪带入政府大楼​​。人们将在问题上不同意桑福德州长，但没人会真正想到"degrading the honor"我们选出的人员─他们做到了自己。