Excellent news.
Kattie Arrington got just over 50% avoiding a runoff ala what happened in Mississippi, the 3rd candidate was a “purple” democrat openly calling for democrats to vote in the GOP primary. Luckily he spent zero dollars and got low single digits.
While clearly disabused of the notion he was POTUS material, I was supportive of Sanford’s congressional comeback, I couldn’t care less about him cheating on his wife (he can join the club), outside of potential general election vulnerability it engendered (that he weathered when he defeated Stephen Colbert’s sister who was supported by a couple psychotic freepers).
But his hardcore never Trump idiocy combined with his joining the global warming crowd made it clear it was time for him to take a permanent hike. Maybe he and Jeff Flake can go climb Mount Everest.
After his prior good service it is a pity he ended up like this. The Morning Joe effect?
He got old and his tiny little brain settled to his junk and took him for a hike in South America. Now it’s good riddance. He got what he wanted. He wasn’t very contrite or apologetic from what I saw. More of an in your face act.
He spent too much time in the DC Swamp; he caught a nasty parasite that destroyed him.
He sorta went full Bob Inglis. Inglis was fine in his first go-around and up to his unsuccessful run against Sen. Fritz Hollings. But he came back and went nutter. Had he defeated Hollings, we’d have had TWO Linda Graham RINOs. Curiously, just like Sanford running for his 7th non-consecutive term, he lost renomination in 2010 to Trey Gowdy. Gowdy, of course, also seemed promising, but has sadly turned useless tool for the establishment and an apologist for the profoundly corrupt FBI. This was the guy who was gonna bring down Zero and Hillary and did abso-f’ing-lutely nothing. Thankfully, he’s gone, too, come January.
It’s a shame SC has produced such disappointments. Arrington I don’t have high hopes for. She appeared only marginally better than Sanford, and could easily become another Establishment type. If she isn’t, that’ll be a pleasant surprise.
“Maybe he and Jeff Flake can go climb Mount Everest.”
but, but, but Mount Everest isn’t in the Appalachians ...
btw, it was an absolute disgrace HOW Sanford conducted that affair and the WAY he lied about it ... to me that exposed a lack of underlying character ... not to mention a lack of intelligence in thinking he wouldn’t get caught in such an easily verifiable lie ...