Was South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford’s vanishing act brilliant?
Objectively speaking, South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford’s vanishing act is perplexing, unreasonable, and reveals a lack of prudence. Contrarily, conservative columnist Kathleen Parker interprets Mark Sanford’s shenanigans as “brilliant.” Contrarily, Mark McKinnon argues, “The South Carolina governor isn’t an irresponsible lunatic for wandering off the reservation—he just made himself a better bet for president in 2012.” Not hardly. To borrow a quote from Number Six: “You have an amazing capacity for self-deception. How do you do that?” Actually, given Republican reaction towards key issues like environmental degradation, climate change, health care reform, or the situation in Iran (or the blind support of former president George W. Bush and his Iraq debacle) in addition to strategically disagreeing with President Obama on just about every issue, Number Six’s quote could be: “[Republicans] have an amazing capacity for self-deception. How do [they] do that?” Furthermore, a poll from W
