OK, folks, now that you’re in session, go ahead and pass the Sanford censure resolution and move on to more important matters. Do NOT waste another session on this guy.
For years, everyone who knows the score has been talking about how irrelevant this guy is, and yet we keep wasting time on him — which of course means he gets his way. It both strokes his narcissism and accomplishes his goal of making sure government accomplishes nothing, which in term feeds dissatisfaction with government, which in turn helps those who embrace his nihilistic, antisocial approach to government (the “let’s just not do anything” crowd) win more elections.
Ride roughshod over any objections — from Jake Knotts, from Democrats, from Glenn McConnell (and what was that foolishness about when he said the Senate may not get to it; could it be just the usual Senate childishness about ideas that originate in the House?) from his dwindling scattering of supporters — and get this thing done. Then do the one thing that Mark Sanford least wants: Ignore him entirely, until he is replaced. We have too much that needs doing in this state to waste time following any other course. And we’ve definitely wasted far, far too much on this guy.
My former colleagues may have been wrong when they refused to call on the governor to resign (and they were), but they’re right about this.
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Not sure the Sanford Saga justifies the use of Shakespeare, but I rather agreed with Bobby Harrell that one day was plenty to spend on it.
I’m feeling more of an Absurdist vibe.