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    Image of Mean_Ol_Liberal Mean_Ol_Liberal
    11/29/09

    In reply to Jenny Sanford's Six-Step Guide to Capitalizing on Disgraced Politican Pussyhound Husbands
    Instead of being shocked or amused, I have to admit that this is the kind of cynical crap with which I've always associated the coastal (Atlantic and Gulf) South. Flaky, arrogant governors; tornado temper wives; a voting public ravenous for great gossip and not really giving a damn when it comes to electing such characters; and all of the dogs and ponies our eyes can feast upon - all served up with some civil sounding bon mots laced with dual meaning.

    Then again, I've always marched to the beat of a different Yankee drummer.
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    Image of ampersandparade ampersandparade
    11/30/09

    @Mean_Ol_Liberal: As someone born into Wallace's Alabama in the eighties who has watched nearly every state governor's administration implode in some catastrophic "oh my genteel heart, let us observe this to death while not learning anything from it" way, I think you've hit the nail on the head. This sort of crass crap is tailor made, but only for those willing to consume it. After having seen many of my home state's political leaders end up in the clink, and watched the nepotism that comes alongside electing social figures to higher office (bless her heart, she's wonderful, we have no idea what she actually stands for or believes), I would've thought the electorate would be at the point where substantive qualitative policy would decide their votes. Alas, if this had happened in Alabama, they might have already made her the new governor. The cycle continues forward.
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    Image of Mean_Ol_Liberal Mean_Ol_Liberal
    11/30/09

    @ampersandparade: It sounds all so....old. As if this culture is far older than 400 years. Jaded, cynical, shrugs expressed about who is in government or market dominance because it just doesn't matter.

    Now I< sound naive and insular.
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    Image of ParahSalin ParahSalin
    11/28/09

    In reply to Jenny Sanford's Six-Step Guide to Capitalizing on Disgraced Politican Pussyhound Husbands
    Fun fact about the Sanfords: they met at a Goldman Sachs mixer (they both worked there) in the Hamptons, where I'm sure they drank white wine and ate arugula, just like liberals. So much for his "aw, shucks, I'm just a good ole Christian country boy (grew up on a plantation)" routine. I think they're both abhorrent, but she's definitely the brains of the operation.
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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    11/28/09

    @ParahSalin: She's not southern; she's from Chicago, from a Catholic family. And she's got her own money and now she is seeking her own vengeance. Tons of lip service with the ol' forgiveness line, but she made him, and now that he crossed her, she will ruin him, once and for all.
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    Image of ParahSalin ParahSalin
    11/28/09

    @BookishLookish: Oh, I know she's got more money than he does - she's the Skil Saw heiress (insert your own penis severance joke here). They met in NYC when they both worked for Goldman, which I always like to bring up, since Republicans always scoff at libruls hanging out in the Hamptons drinking white wine. She was also his closest political ally, and I think she engineered his rise to power, and I suspect you're right - she will ruin him. Rumor has it that she's going to stick with him to make his life a living hell, but I suspect he's going to amble off to his plantation in Beaufort, or to Argentina, and she'll end up with her own media company or political career. She's kind of like Sarah Palin, except with brains, class, and money, which is kind of scary.
    Another fun fact: for some reason, which I don't really know, all the other Republicans in the state hate him, and this was true even before he embarassed himself and the state so badly. I'm not sure why, I wish I knew.
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    Image of IamnotStarJones IamnotStarJones
    11/29/09

    @BookishLookish: but how could she do that to the father of her children???!!! I mean what would Jesus say?
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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    11/29/09

    @IamnotStarJones: I believe Jesus would say, Quit being a weakling and dump that punk-ass motherfucker.
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    Image of Better to Eat You With Better to Eat You With
    11/29/09

    @BookishLookish: I like your Jesus.
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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    11/30/09

    @Better to Eat You With: And he LOVES you!
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    Image of Baroness Baroness
    11/28/09

    In reply to Jenny Sanford's Six-Step Guide to Capitalizing on Disgraced Politican Pussyhound Husbands
    Jacqueline Kennedy's omerta seems classier every year.
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    Image of ampersandparade ampersandparade
    11/30/09

    @Baroness: In a parallel universe, we reflect back on Governor Onassis' mid-70's administration, and how she once and for all made New York and the Democratic party forget the name Kennedy.
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    Image of La Mareada La Mareada
    11/28/09

    In reply to Jenny Sanford's Six-Step Guide to Capitalizing on Disgraced Politican Pussyhound Husbands
    Also helps to have a Top 10 network drama portraying your situation sympathetically by Nurse Hathaway from ER.
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    Image of DahlELama DahlELama
    11/28/09

    @La Mareada: Actually, what I find bizarre about that show is how hard they work to make the husband sympathetic at the same time. Not sure why this is.
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    Image of La Mareada La Mareada
    11/28/09

    @DahlELama: I think its secretly produced by the Committee to Re-Elect Elliott Spitzer.
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    Image of futuremrsrickankiel futuremrsrickankiel
    11/28/09

    In reply to Jenny Sanford's Six-Step Guide to Capitalizing on Disgraced Politican Pussyhound Husbands
    You forgot the Empowering Singalong... female independence is never attained without an Empowering Singalong.
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    Image of Lysergic Asset Lysergic Asset
    11/28/09

    In reply to Jenny Sanford's Six-Step Guide to Capitalizing on Disgraced Politican Pussyhound Husbands
    Devil's Advocate: Is it better or worse (for his wife or in the general concept) that Gov. Sanford 'fell in love' with another woman instead of just hooking up with the random skanky 'ho' like politicians usually do?
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    Edited by Lysergic Asset at 11/28/09 6:10 PM Lysergic Asset was starred Lysergic Asset was unstarred
    Image of Oy Veh (Informality Reigns) Oy Veh (Informality Reigns)
    11/28/09

    @Lysergic Asset: Well, if the ex-wife of the ex-Governor of New Jersey is anything to by, either of those options is better than having said husband cheat with a man.
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    Image of ParahSalin ParahSalin
    11/28/09

    @Lysergic Asset: Don't waste any sympathy on Sanford, he's a class A dick. I seriously wanted to take a nine iron to his SUV when he said he wouldn't be extending unemployment benefits for South Carolinians, but he would instead be praying for the unemployed. He doesn't realize we can't all marry Skil Saw heiresses. The good news is the Republicans here are now in a bit of a pickle - the Lt. Gov apparently is a closeted big Mary, so they are left with replacing an unethical, lawbreaking, adulterer with a homosexual, or just leaving the adulterer in office. I know what you're thinking "aren't closeted homosexuals and Christian adulterers the base of the Republican party?" Well, yes, but they're not supposed to be so goddamned blatant about it.
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    Image of Lysergic Asset Lysergic Asset
    11/28/09

    @ParahSalin: Whew. Such a small state for all that drama! Actually, I wasn't sympathizing with Sanford at all, it was more a sociological query.
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    Image of ParahSalin ParahSalin
    11/28/09

    @Lysergic Asset: You know your state is the laughing stock of the nation when Jon Stewart thanks you for producing such comedic gold. At the same time Sanford was bawling like a lovesick 15 year old girl, we had a guy get arrested for screwing a horse...for the second time!!!!!! I always picture the horse looking over it's shoulder and going "Jesus, not you again." I guess he really was in love with her. I mean the guy with the horse, of course, not Sanford.
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    Image of Lysergic Asset Lysergic Asset
    11/28/09

    @ParahSalin: You and Jersey are running neck and neck.

    P.S. - This song is for you.
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    Image of ParahSalin ParahSalin
    11/28/09

    @Lysergic Asset: HEARTED!
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    Image of Lysergic Asset Lysergic Asset
    11/28/09

    @ParahSalin: :-) ditto!
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    Image of Cheruth Cheruth
    11/29/09

    @Lysergic Asset: Obviously a random hook up with a skank is better because a real man falling in love with a woman is sooo gay.

    I have no respect for this jack ass. And I don't think it was "love" so much as falling for the romance, danger and excitement of the whole thing. But I do think there are all kinds of double standards and stereotypes about manliness at play.
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    Lysergic Asset promoted this comment Edited by Cheruth at 11/29/09 5:05 PM Cheruth was starred Cheruth was unstarred
    Image of Lysergic Asset Lysergic Asset
    11/29/09

    @Cheruth: "But I do think there are all kinds of double standards and stereotypes about manliness at play." Absolutely. I am inclined to think that someday, we'll all be like the bonobos, no stereotypes necessary.

    [www.liveleak.com]
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    Image of BowlingForDollars BowlingForDollars
    11/28/09

    In reply to Jenny Sanford's Six-Step Guide to Capitalizing on Disgraced Politican Pussyhound Husbands
    I hope Elin Woods is reading this post.
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    Image of scroll_lock scroll_lock
    11/20/09

    In reply to Regretsy Book to Be Not Quite as Good as Regretsy.com
    I had no idea this existed. Now I'm newly obsessed.
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    Image of Foster Kamer Foster Kamer
    11/20/09

    @scroll_lock: Oh, just wait. I freaked out about this recently.

    [gawker.com]
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    11/20/09

    @Foster Kamer: I had seen the catnip fetus but not the nativity meerkats. I'm in love.
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    Image of Foster Kamer Foster Kamer
    11/20/09

    In reply to Regretsy Book to Be Not Quite as Good as Regretsy.com
    #Yes. But also, I kind of do want to mail April Winchell a check. Regretsy is awesome. #ThingsWeActuallyLike
    #BookDealsWeCanGetBehind
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    Image of daveyjonesisdead daveyjonesisdead
    11/18/09

    In reply to Publisher Makes Seven-Figure Bet that Obama Will Stay Popular for a While
    I like her hair.
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    Image of TheBusinessGuy TheBusinessGuy
    11/18/09

    In reply to Publisher Makes Seven-Figure Bet that Obama Will Stay Popular for a While
    Well, we will just have to wait and see what the book is. Won't we? #jodikantor
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    Image of BowlingForDollars BowlingForDollars
    11/18/09

    In reply to Publisher Makes Seven-Figure Bet that Obama Will Stay Popular for a While
    I hear the title is "Going Vogue." #jodikantor
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    Image of rosaluxembourgeoise rosaluxembourgeoise
    11/07/09

    In reply to Sheila McClear Sells Awesome Book
    Hot damn! #sheilamcclear
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    Image of NinaHagen NinaHagen
    11/07/09

    In reply to Sheila McClear Sells Awesome Book
    I will make sure I buy this at full price. #sheilamcclear
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    Image of raincoaster raincoaster
    11/05/09

    In reply to Sheila McClear Sells Awesome Book
    Was Sheila the one who stalked that doctor and was profiled in Vanity Fair? I always thought she was younger than that... #sheilamcclear
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