Sanford as discussed on All Things Considered

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Dear ATC,

Being from South Carolina, I listened with interest to EJ Dion and David Brooks discuss Governor Sanford’s predicament on the radio and thought they totally missed the point. Though I think they correctly concluded that the Governor is not up to the task of governing anything, much less, god forbid, this nation, they kept emphasizing the love affair and the governor’s clumsy attempts at contrition as if these did not exist within a context. The context is that Sanford has been making the people of South Carolina suffer for months now while parading his high moral ground as he gunned for the top position in the Republican Party; the party that claims ownership of any and all “family values”. The hypocrisy is the story, not the fall from grace.

Sincerely,

Katya Cohen