Will the Revolution draft Gov. Mark Sanford 2012?

[gaazn]

from AP story:

"A new law bars the public from finding out who can carry concealed weapons in South Carolina...

Sanford considers the permitting itself — requiring someone to get a concealed-weapon permit to carry a gun — an infringement on the Second Amendment. Carrying a gun, concealed or not, should be a personal, not governmental, decision, he wrote."

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This is classic Sanford, signing the law to prevent concealed weapons list from being public information, while at the same time arguing that there shouldn't even be concealed weapons permits to begin with.

[MRoCkEd]

i hear a lot about him on these forums - but not where he stands on iraq

[gaazn]

From the State of the Union address 2005:

"I don’t know how the situation in Iraq sorts itself out, but I do know the war spreads a gray cloud over what happens next in any economy until it is settled. Wars are expensive, both to the soldier and the taxpayer. On the taxpayer front, we’re now spending $6 billion per month in Iraq, this state’s budget for the entire year, and for the soldiers in the field, the costs are far greater. Twenty-nine South Carolinians have now been killed in the fighting overseas."


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Doesn't sound like Bush or McCain...

[LibertyEagle]

Yeah well, he sure didn't stand up for Dr. Paul. He lost a lot of luster in my eyes, when he failed to do that.

[skyorbit]

No. He Refused to Endorse Ron Paul when it mattered.

Tracy

[weslinder]

If we are going to elect someone that shares our values in 2012, Mark Sanford is the most electable. I wish he would have endorsed Ron Paul, too, but looking forward, we have to work with him. He's the best current governor, and better than anyone in the Senate.

[Kotin]

I hope so.


he would be great!

[RSLudlum]

He refused to edorse anybody bc. in his mind that would mean campaigning for the candidate and he stated his duty as Governor took priority over any endorsement.

I really don't care if he endorsed RP or not but what I do care about is what policies Gov. Sanford believes in and practices. He is constantly bashing the federal gov't on it's policies, esp. on fiscal issues........[searching for article]////

SC governor slams GOP on eve of debate
by Mark Sanford
source

...Let's face it: My party, the Republicans, have been in control, and they have blown it when it comes to government spending. The fine-print disclaimer on the demise of the Republican Congress should read: "We really didn't want less control of your money -- we just wanted to put it toward a few different causes."...

The late Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman once said that the ultimate measure of government is what it spends. While it is certainly not the only measure, it is an awfully important one for the way it drives government's thirst for taxes and crowds out the private sector....

read more here

[nate895]

I like Sanford and I think he'd be the only hope of nomination in 2012 unless someone started raising money this December and putting his/her name out there starting then. Also, he'd deliver a key state as far as the primaries go.

[Bradley in DC]

Count me a fan.