Tumpy Fights Back
PORT SCANDAL ROCKS SANFORD’S BOAT
FITSNews – February 14, 2008 – We’ve been highly critical of both Gov. Mark Sanford and former State Ports Authority Board Member Tumpy Campbell for their shared failure to move South Carolina forward on the ports issue. You know, like these guys and these guys are moving forward.
Anyway, according to an Associated Press report today, Tumpy and his allies in the legislature may have finally gotten a leg up on the governor in the PR battle. From the story:
Gov. Mark Sanford enmeshed himself in the state’s $26 million sale of former port facilities near Beaufort last year, first by conferring with a developer who didn’t win the bid, and then by unsuccessfully trying to undermine a different developer’s higher offer by disparaging the man’s reputation.
Sanford pretty much admits all of the above, but calls the attacks against him “politically-motivated.” While there may be some truth to that, the bottom line is that the governor appointed all of these morons over at the State Ports Authority in the first place, including his fundraising guru Bill Stern, the biggest moron of them all.
The fact that these guys are all of a sudden helping Sanford’s legislative antagonists stick it to him, well, let’s just say it’s hard to feel sorry for the guy …
Comments
By CL on February 14th, 2008 at 11:51 am
Didn’t he learn his lesson in the ICAR mess? Getting BMW sued wasn’t enough for him, I guess.
By wallie on February 14th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
the gov of the state is neck-deep in sterring a #26 million land deal to or away from someone and this makes the second section of “The State.” Oh, that’s right, they endorsed him. Twice.
By Believe It Not (a.k.a. Sic Willie's Stalker) on February 14th, 2008 at 5:39 pm
What a williescam. What a surprise-not!
The gov’ern’ator in a scandal! And, a member of the Campbell family in a scandal! Shocking-not! Shucks, if Operation Lost Trust had continued unmolested for a few more weeks, who knows. We might have a totally different…never mind. That’s all just rumor.
Just remember, 99.9 percent of political hacks and politicians make the rest look very very bad.
By Carrie on February 14th, 2008 at 10:03 pm
Mark Sanford is a crook.
People are beginging to catch on.
Did I mention tht Mark Sanford is a crook?
By Pres on February 16th, 2008 at 12:41 am
He is a crook. And I hate the State, but they only endorsed him once. I just laugh when people outside of SC mention him as a VP candidate. He might as well have had a vacant governor’s mansion the past five years.
By Spade on December 17th, 2008 at 12:27 am
Carrie & Pres, this is me, in nuance:
You guys don’t know squatola about crooks.
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