Proving that you can fool some of the people all of the time, disgraced former Governor and intercontinental hiker
Mark "Gaucho Mark" Sanford won the special election for the 1st Congressional District in South
Crackerland Carolina. Apparently having an "R" by your name on the ballot there means you can have a bag of dog poo as your candidate and still get elected. Congressional Rethuglicans won't be terribly happy to see their new colleague. Gaucho Mark brings with him the whole cloud of misbehavior, not only the marital scandal itself, but the use of State time and money to carry out his affair in Argentina a few years ago. Then there's the trespassing compliant his ex-wife filed. He's one weird gaucho.
Of course, what's embarrassing for the Rethugs is gold for late night comedians (
can't wait to see how Stephen Colbert handles his sister's defeat at the hands of this jerk). Questions are already being raised about whether Gaucho Mark will be appointed to the <
cough> Foreign Affairs committee. Bwahaha.
(
photo- click to enlarge: Gaucho Mark gazes at his mistress/fiance after winning the Rethug nomination in April. That's his son, Bolton, right behind him, looking distressed that his father brought his mistress along. Classy.)
