SCGOP: “Impeach Sanford” Signs Are Fake
There are plenty of “Republican” politicians in South Carolina who can’t stand Gov. Mark Sanford, but that doesn’t mean the party itself is trying to impeach him.
In fact, we didn’t know that anyone “serious” was “seriously” proposing that … because it seems like such a suggestion would’ve been picked up and run with by our state’s increasingly anti-Sanford MSM.
Still, anger is fomenting in certain establishment (i.e. government) circles over Sanford’s refusal to take $700 million in federal bureaucratic bailout funds.
And while most of the “anger” is really taxpayer-funded bureaucratic manipulation aimed at perpetuating a failed status quo – that hasn’t stopped some insiders from getting creative in exploiting Sanford’s rift with prominent GOP leaders.
Like pinning the “impeachment” message on the tail of Republicans, for example.
In fact, the South Carolina Republican Party had to come out today and clarify that red-and-white yard signs cropping up recently bearing the message “Take the Stimulus Funds, Impeach Sanford” (with the SCGOP’s name and phone number) are fakes.
“These are NOT SCGOP signs, not authorized by the SCGOP and not paid for the SCGOP,” party executive director Jay W. Ragley said in an e-mail distributed to Republican activists. “It’s shameful politics by the Democrats.”
No one knows yet who is behind the fake signs, but Republicans are urging their supporters to “pull them out of the ground.”
Personally, we think that the signs have way too many letters to reach the average South Carolinian.
You gotta use single letters and pictures, people. Oh, and sound it out …
Comments
By Pot meet kettle on March 29th, 2009 at 6:17 pm
Mr.Rageley,
Although I agree, are you really actually accusing someone of shameful politics? You sir and your wedge politics are some of the very reasons for the divisiveness we have today. You no more care about a South Carolinian unless he votes with you 100% of the time. And when D’s backed a cigarette tax for years, it was you and your group that used it as ammo at every turn, but now you have remained silent because your party is “adopting” the idea. No shame.
By Angelina on March 29th, 2009 at 6:34 pm
Good for you, Will, for pointing out that no one is angry about the Governor’s stand except legislators who want to spend the money and bureaucrats who want to get it. Go ask some real taxpayers and business people if they want more government programs paid for with their money. More government spending will never, ever grow the economy or create jobs.
Our legislators are a bunch of crooked self-promoters who refuse to cut their own gravy trains and perks, and we have to pay for it. Then they have the nerve to threaten to fire teachers if we don’t take borrowed money from DC. Please! How many of those overpaid tools at the Statehouse lost their jobs or were furloughed? Maybe you should look into that, Sic….
By Politics Stinks! on March 29th, 2009 at 6:57 pm
Dear God. I hope Donnie Myers isn’t involved.
1. loves M & M games and themes.
2. hates Sanford, literally and figuratively.
3. favors small-syllabled words and concepts.
[I will divulge the other "M" one day, with the proper go-aheads & formalities]
By Earl Capps on March 29th, 2009 at 8:06 pm
Some people have more time and money than common sense. Don’t the political experts behind this know impeachment isn’t an option?
By rick beltram on March 29th, 2009 at 8:39 pm
Fits:
I ran across these signs in Spartanburg today. I delivered one to the SHJ office. These are the same style of fake signs that appeared here about two years ago displaying equally vile messages.
The SHJ wrote several stories about them. At that time, the talk around here was that it clearly was the DEMS.
I think that Jay W. Ragley’s assessment is very much correct!
Rick Beltram
By lou on March 30th, 2009 at 8:27 am
I vote impeachment. where do you get the sign?
By Toyota Kawaski on March 30th, 2009 at 8:47 am
Can i get one for the Senator from Wisconsin yard
By Hollow Oak on March 30th, 2009 at 9:30 am
Where can I order 500 impeach Sanford signs?
By anonymous on March 30th, 2009 at 8:55 pm
THIS IS NOT FAKE!
Anti-Sanford Rally Planned
Gov. Mark Sanford looked relaxed and carefree when I saw him jogging through Riverfront Park yesterday, but the same can’t be said for angry state residents or for state legislators now facing the prospect of drafting two budgets — one that includes $700 million in federal stimulus funds over the next two years, and one that doesn’t.
That’s what Republican Sen. Hugh Leatherman, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, says the Legislature must do, given the uncertainty over whether the state can accept the federal money without the request of Gov. Sanford, who has said he won’t take the money.
In a letter to the governor, Leatherman called the situation “chaos” and warned of dire consequences for state schools and prisons without the stimulus money.
“Overriding your decision could lead to chaos in the courts,” Leatherman wrote. “Failure to override your decision most assuredly would lead to chaos in the budget.”
For his part, Sanford spokesman Joel Sawyer maintains that the state can manage just fine without the federal money. And on the other side of the issue, Democratic Rep. Jim Clyburn contends that the U.S. Department of Education could bypass both the governor and legislators to help South Carolina schools directly.
Out of all the conflicting signals and opinions, Leatherman’s view that the matter could be headed for the courts might be the most clearheaded. And if that happens, it can’t be good for anyone: It would likely mean that even if South Carolina eventually gets the money, it could be long after it’s most needed.
Meanwhile, opponents of Sanford’s position plan to hold a rally on Wednesday, April 1, in front of the State House. The rally will run from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
By Brian on March 31st, 2009 at 9:06 am
Sign me up today! IMPEACH SANFORD!
By Nina on March 31st, 2009 at 10:21 am
Wish I could drive home to attend that rally in front of the State House. Until then, I’ll just have to pray for his judgment same way he’s praying for the plight of the unemployed in South Carolina. Except I doubt he’s even doing that. We all see he has absolutely no plan other than jockeying for attention and support to run in 2012.
By SC Taxpayer on March 31st, 2009 at 10:41 am
IMPEACH SANFORD!
Why should my children and I have to participate in paying back the debt, but not benefit from it? All Sanford cares about is his own personal agenda. South Carolina needs to strive to be AVERAGE. There is a reason we are at or near the bottom in everything. It’s this right wing conservatism crap. What the hell is the “moral high ground” anyhow? Not Sanford’s ways…
By Susan on March 31st, 2009 at 11:26 am
Impeach him anyway! We are now at 11 percent unemployment with no end in sight. We have deteriorating schools with some of the lowest performance ratings in the nation (40% of the schools on the 25 Worst Performing Schools in the US are located in South Carolina! http://www.walletpop.com/mortgages/worst-performing-public-schools ) and a growing homelessness problem. Our children and their children will be paying for this package regardless of whether or not we take the funds. Can we really afford to NOT do this? Why make our children suffer because of blind adherence to Republican ideology?
The numbers of those who lived through the Great Depression have dwindled. Those who are still living can tell you what a positive affect the New Deal had on our country’s economy. Now, more than ever, we need to stand up for what’s right in the face of a partisan politician who is merely jockeying for a run for President in 2012. I only hope our Legislature can circumvent his grandstanding and help our state through this crisis.
By progressive md on March 31st, 2009 at 8:53 pm
I would think a national campaign on Sanford’s part is unlikely–what can he really point to that demonstrates how, as governor, he improved the plight of South Carolinians. The unemployment rate? The education system? The environment? Healthcare? How does he plan to stimulate or improve South Carolina’s economy? If the National Republican Committee believes that he is electable on a national scale, they are (fortunately) delusional.
By carol on March 31st, 2009 at 10:41 pm
I need a sign too. Sanford is wasting money grandstanding with the sc taxpayers money. What does he do??? Does he donate any of his money or time to help people??? Does he think of the hungry children in this state? Did he take a decrease in pay? NOT!! Does anyone in his family do anything but live a rich lifestyle? We need jobs. Time for him to go.it is time to jam the phone lines,email boxes and snail mail in columbia and every elected offical in this state. Please put the sign all around public colleges the students and staff are suffering …
By Larry on April 1st, 2009 at 9:10 am
Where can I join the impeach Sanford campaign. Our governor is a disgrace. He is putting “principle” ahead of people. The $700 million will be spent, just not in South Carolina if Sanford has his way. The sooner he goes, the better for our state.
By Hollow Oak on April 2nd, 2009 at 4:07 pm
His kids’ private schools, his zillion dollar beach house, his masquerading of political aspiration as morality issue, his chief-of-staff spouse, his own background in the sleazy world of financial services, but most of all his disdain for the SC taxpayer as a t-shirt Joe sixpack…must I go on? Again, where can I order 500 Impeach Mark Sanford Signs?
Sign on to Facebook to join Impeach Mark Sanford!
By Marsha Freeze on April 6th, 2009 at 11:15 pm
PLEASE GOD IMPEACH SANFORD!!! He doesn’t care about public education and the poor and middle class. SC is 2nd in the country for unemployment and 48th in the country for education. Duh! What does he care about anyway. It’s time for that good ole’ boy to lose his job and benefits. Maybe then he’d open his mind and his heart. I’m just so disgusted with him and wish the state legislature or federal government could do something. I’ll have to go on FaceBook just to join the “IMPEACH SANFORD” campaign.
By kmom07 on June 10th, 2009 at 2:41 am
I think Sanford has his own agenda, get his name out there however he can. Plus, he isn’t the one who doesn’t have a job, can’t feed or house his children. We taxpayers need help, the working class needs help. He has a nice home, and his family eats every day, I assure you. So to him, it’s nothing that so many ppl are unemployeed. Just gains more attention for him. But as for the following statement: “Personally, we think that the signs have way too many letters to reach the average South Carolinian.
You gotta use single letters and pictures, people. Oh, and sound it out …” That is rude and uncalled for. I am from this state and have had an education, as most people I know have. I hate the stereotype that all southerners are stupid, inbred morons. It really makes me upset. I am born and raised in the south, and dang proud of it! Just like someone from NY is proud of where they came from, or someone from another country is proud of their heritage.
By Elliott on July 7th, 2009 at 1:54 pm
The signs are not officially printed by the Republican Party, but fake? Give me a break. They were printed and posted by voters who consider themselves SC Republicans. Does the Republican Party really want to disassociate itself from the Republican voters who want Sanford gone? Do that, and they will be left with about 100 sixty-year-old white men. Whatever, they are getting stranger and stranger. I know the Democrats will be thrilled if the Republicans don’t want these voters. I’d hate to hire these guys to run a business.
By Joy on October 3rd, 2009 at 5:59 am
Coming from a family of public educators, it hurts to watch our children suffer because of our state’s self-centered,irresponsible leadership. If any other state employee did his job the way Sanford is doing his, he would no longer be employed. As a teacher, I was not allowed to leave my children unattended to go to the restroom. It never crossed my mind to disappear to go “take a hike.” WHERE DO I GET A BUMPER STICKER TO “IMPEACH SANFORD?” Thank you.
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