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Statements from Gov. Sanford’s staff sought in inquiry
Posted by admin in Political Mix on November 28th, 2009
Nov. 25, 2009
The Los Angeles Times – Mcclatchy Newspaper
A South Carolina legislative panel says statements from staffers and others will help determine whether the governor should be impeached for his clandestine trip abroad in June.
Columbia, S.C. – A group of South Carolina House lawmakers wants sworn statements from Gov. Mark Sanford’s staff and others, detailing the events leading up to his five-day disappearance in June.
Those details, they say, will help determine whether Sanford should be impeached for his secret trip to visit his lover in Argentina.
The seven members of a subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee met for the first time Tuesday to consider a resolution to try the two-term Republican governor. They hope to wrap up their work by Christmas and send a recommendation on impeachment to the full Judiciary Committee.
The subcommittee also voted to delve into 37 charges made by the State Ethics Commission, including claims that Sanford used campaign cash and state aircraft for personal reasons. The State Ethics Commission plans to hold hearings on the charges early next year.
Under the state Constitution, Sanford must be guilty of a serious crime or other serious misconduct to be impeached.
Sanford’s attorneys have said repeatedly that the governor’s disappearance does not rise to the level of impeachment nor do the ethics charges, which they have deemed “minor” and “technical.”
Republican Rep. F. Gregory “Greg” Delleney Jr., a chief sponsor of the resolution and a member of the subcommittee, made an impassioned speech during Tuesday’s meeting, contending that Sanford, commander of the South Carolina National Guard, had abandoned his post, which constitutes a dereliction of duty.
“The lieutenant governor was not aware of the governor’s absence from the state of South Carolina, and during his absence there was no established chain of command,” Delleney said.
But fellow subcommittee member Rep. Walton J. McLeod, a Democrat, disagreed with Delleney’s military analogy.
“The governor is a civilian, so this military language about ‘dereliction of duty’ and ‘AWOL’ ” might not apply, he said, adding that, for practical matters, the state’s adjutant general oversees the Guard.
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From Shadow to Limelight for a Governor’s Wife
Posted by admin in Political Mix on November 28th, 2009
by Robbie Brown – Nov. 27, 2009
The New York Times
As the political standing of Gov. Mark Sanford of South Carolina continues to crumble, the career of his wife, Jenny Sanford, seems to be taking off.
She is writing a memoir, “Staying True,” to be released in April by Ballantine Books, about grappling with her husband’s marital infidelity. She has applied to trademark her own name in order to sell clothing, mugs and other items. She will appear next month on a Barbara Walters special on ABC as one of the “10 Most Fascinating People of 2009.”
She has set up a privately financed personal Web site, complete with news releases and photographs. And she has endorsed a candidate to succeed her husband, State Representative Nikki Haley, a Republican and the only woman in the race.
“She is stepping from the background into the foreground,” said Jack Bass, a professor of humanities and social sciences at the College of Charleston. “She has moved from promoting him as a loyal spouse to using those same talents on behalf of herself.”
In South Carolina, some politicians and experts believe she may run for office. They are quick to note that she has served as campaign manager during her husband’s races, shares his conservative fiscal values and acted as de facto chief of staff briefly in his first term.
“Yes, if I had to bet, I think she will run,” said Robert Oldendick, director of the Institute for Public Service and Policy Research at the University of South Carolina. “Just look at what she’s doing externally.”
Ms. Sanford declined to be interviewed for this article, and her friends played down the idea of a run for office.
Ms. Sanford’s re-emergence is accelerating at the same time that her husband, a Republican, is battling an impeachment resolution in the Legislature, dismal approval ratings and 37 charges of ethics violations over his unreported use of friends’ airplanes and improper use of campaign contributions. Once a potential presidential contender, he saw his political fortunes reversed after his confession in June to an extramarital affair with a divorced Argentine named María Belén Chapur, whom he called his “soul mate.”
After the admission, the Sanfords separated but did not dissolve their 20-year marriage. She is believed to be the only governor’s spouse in such a separation, although Gov. Jim Gibbons of Nevada has filed for divorce from his wife, Dawn Gibbons.
Shock, awe over nerve of White House state dinner party crashers Tareq and Michaele Salahi
Posted by admin in Political Mix on November 27th, 2009
by Erica Pearson – Nov. 27, 2009 4:59 AM
NYDailyNews.com
Piggybacking, list snooping, fake press passes … when it comes to gate-crashing, New York City party planners have seen it all.
But they are shocked – shocked! – that uninvited guests got past the Secret Service.
“I was blown away. I can’t understand how they did it,” said Chuck Garelick, who works to keep crashers away from top parties and events like the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show as a vice president for Elite Investigations.
“I just had to shake my head when I saw the news,” said Garelick. “The Secret Service! That’s the organization everybody holds themselves to.”
“How did they get in?” asked New York publicist Peggy Siegal, who keeps her exclusive, private movie screenings off-limits to D-listers. “If your name isn’t on the list, you don’t get in.”
Garelick said that his staff often catches crashers posing as journalists, or teaming up to peek at the guest list and then tweet names so friends can confidently greet them at the door.
But he had a different theory about the pair who sailed into the White House uninvited: “They might have piggybacked in with someone,” he said. That entails waiting for a top celeb to show, and as the cameras are flashing and the entourage milling about, slipping in right behind them.
Notorious New York City party crasher and photographer Selma Fonseca, who piggybacked behind Gwyneth Paltrow into the Vanity Fair Oscars Party and slipped into the $7,500-a-seat Met Costume Institute Gala, said she couldn’t help giving props to the couple.
“You’ve gotta have nerves of steel. I think it’s fun that they did that. I thought it was great,” said Fonseca, who runs the Celebrity Vibe photo agency and has snapped photos of herself at off-limits events with nearly 1,000 celebrities.
“I thought it was really pretty thrilling, I have to say,” said painter Richard Osterweil, a consummate crasher who managed to sneak into Liza Minelli‘s wedding.
“I sort of admire what they did – they had a lot of nerve.”
Obama’s Home Teleprompter Malfunctions During Family Dinner
Posted by admin in Mix Up TV, Political Mix on November 21st, 2009
Obama’s Home Teleprompter Malfunctions During Family Dinner
Is it that hard to read the teleprompter???
Palin/Beck in 2012?
Posted by admin in Mix Up TV, Political Mix on November 18th, 2009
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Really???
Obama in a grass skirt? Hawaii to host APEC 2011
Posted by admin in Political Mix, World News on November 17th, 2009
Nov. 17, 2009
Reuters.com
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama invited fellow leaders in the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation to a summit in Hawaii in 2011, but may have alarmed them with the dress code.
The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation, which concluded on Sunday in Singapore, is an annual meeting best known for a tradition whereby presidents and prime ministers don outfits that are typical of the host country.
“I look forward to seeing you all decked out in flowered shirts and grass skirts, because today I’m announcing that we are bringing this forum to my home state of Hawaii in 2011,” Obama told his assembled counterparts on Sunday.
At APEC’s first summit, held in Seattle in 1993, heads of state sported leather bomber jackets. Other outfits have included traditional Korean and Vietnamese tops, batik shirts and an Australian outback coat. On Saturday night, Obama and his counterparts were resplendent in blue, green, or cranberry-red linen shirts with Mandarin collars, symbolic of Singapore’s early Chinese settlers who assimilated into the local Malay culture.
(Reporting by Lucy Hornby; Editing by Bill Tarrant)
Sarah Palin: Election Took Toll on Family
Posted by admin in Political Mix on November 17th, 2009
by Alan B. Goldberg & Katie N. Thomas – Nov. 16, 2009
ABCNews.com
Palin Opens Up to Barbara Walters: ‘Our Life Has Become Kind of a Reality Show’
Sarah Palin tries to set the record straight in her new memoir, “Going Rogue: An American Life.” In it, she reveals behind-the-scenes details of the 2008 campaign as the Republican vice presidential nominee, and how the run affected her family.
Speculation has swirled that Palin, instead of pursuing a 2012 political run, may join the media, and, following in the footsteps of other GOP pundits, host her own talk show. But Palin told Barbara Walters that a talk show is not in the “best interests” of her family.
“Well, I’d probably rather write than talk. But I don’t know if that would…be something that is in the best interests of my family right now,” she said. “There have been lots and lots of offers, in these last couple of months especially, coming our way, some bizarre things,” Palin said.
“I would not ever want to put my kids through such a thing,” she said, “Our life has become kind of a reality show.”
