Every once in a while our governor does something that shows he cares about good government as well as his top priority, less government. This is one of those times.
From what I can gather about this Lowcountry flap, the party zampolits in Dorchester County wanted him to appoint someone as auditor other that the choice of the departing auditor, for the obscenely idiotic "reason" that the departing auditor was once nice to a Democrat. Get this:
"Governor Sanford showed a blatant disregard for the efforts of
Republican officials here in Dorchester County by appointing a Democrat
who personifies the exact opposite of Republican ideals to the
auditor’s position."
Like any rational person would give a flying flip. Here’s the real knee-slapper:
Bryngelson (the zampolit) said politics matter because Republicans are more fiscally conservative…
Har-dehar-har-HAR!
Anyway, the governor, to his great credit, preferred to appoint someone who knew how to do the job. Good for him.
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Brad
Apologies if I didn’t provide enough context when I passed this along. As you said, the professional’s alleged impurity was that she supported the Democratic candidate for House in 2006. Cherry on top: Said Democrat was challenging a 20-year incumbent who had himself been a Democrat for 18 of those years, who had shocked everyone in 2004 when, after already filing for re-election as a Democrat, ALSO filed to run as a Republican, and whose voting pattern didn’t much seem to change after his “conversion.” But he WAS officially a member of “the team” — apparently all that matters. Good grief.