SCPatriot

Shrill letters of resignation and impeachment cries threaten a wounded warrior, Gov. Mark Sanford. A complicit media turns on a faltering head of State while the loyal opposition and foes merge in an ancient struggle - the survival of the fittest.

Mark betrayed his wife and family. Those sins doubtless clouded his judgment on choke points upon which his enemies attack. Hasn’t Mark failed SC, too? Yes, and he probably failed as all persons including politicians do - for we are all human. It can only be said that in incidents those with selective memory remind us of, that perhaps Mark was unwise at times. We didn’t elect a perfect governor.

We elected a stalwart statesman that firmly grasped the helm against the waves of intrusive Federal meddling with the rights of South Carolinians. We elected a stouthearted statesman that maneuvered through a resistant State House for the sake of fiscal responsibility and traditional values of the people of this grand State. At the end of the day we can say that Gov. Sanford’s wisdom guided us through rocky shoals against the tide of reckless spending. Mark got it right most of the time. He didn’t always win, but history will show he has been good for South Carolina.

Mark’s personal indiscretions are serious but not worthy of termination from a position to which the people elected him.

Do you know why Gov. Sanford will not be impeached? Simple. Impeachment demands evidence! The State House has to release details and in the end those will prove too much. “Discovery” will show the “sins” of politicians who do not want to deal with the ugly facts of their own indiscretions.

Two thousand years ago there was a similar “set up” with demands for maximum legal consequences. The account states how Jesus Christ “fingered” through the “legal brief” and handled both the sin and the hypocritical outrage, “They were…testing Him, so that they might have grounds for accusing Him. But Jesus stooped down and with His finger wrote on the ground. But when they persisted in asking Him, He straightened up, and said to them, ‘He who is without sin among you, let him be the first to throw a stone….’ When they heard it, they began to go out one by one, beginning with the older ones, and He was left alone, and the woman, where she was, in the center of the court.” John 8:6-7, 9.

Shamefaced politicians know that Mark is going to look like a “Boy Scout” up against their own behavior. The impeachment crisis becomes more acute because the real scheme is not impeachment but to try to force Mark’s resignation. That quiet “cover up” would result in NO investigation into ethical or even legal violations that would scuttle re-election campaigns of others. Gov. Sanford must not resign and stand to press the State House to work on the people’s business with him or try to convict and impeach him - which for the hypocrites would be political suicide. The SCPatriot believes that all the uproar will motivate “we the people” to demand accountability from all, as well we should, and those with less than pure motives will run like scattering roaches when exposed to the light of truth.

It’s about time to change our minds about God, our sins and plead for Divine intervention to heal our land. We must continue to pray for God to heal the Sanfords’ hurts, their hearts and home. Wouldn’t you join me in asking the Almighty to heal South Carolina and America, too?