Over there to the right in my shared items box is a link to an article on Politico.com. The title of the article is "Sanford accused of trashing Bauer". In case you aren't up to speed, Mark Sanford is the current governor of South Carolina and Andre Bauer is the lieutenant governor (or vice-governor). Recently Sanford went on a trip to Argentina to visit a woman who he has been having an affair with. He was gone for something like 5 days and didn't really tell anyone where he was going. For future reference, if you are ever governor of a state, people will notice you're gone if you leave for 5 days and don't tell anyone where you're going.
There have been calls for Sanford to resign by many, including vice-governor Andre Bauer, who would most likely assume the role of governor if Sanford did step down. So apparently Sanford and Bauer aren't getting along and Sanford has resorted to "trashing Bauer" as the title of the article states, by allegedly spreading rumors that Bauer is gay. Really? Is this where we're at? Am I in middle school again?
It's unclear wheather or not Sanford actually is spreading the rumors, but I don't think that's nearly as important to point out as this: I think it's hilarious (by which I mean ridiculous) that it's generally believed that the worst thing you can do to someone is tell everyone he's gay. The word "trashed" is used in the title. Words like "smear campaign" and "character assassination" are used in the body.
Part of the problem is that when you say the word gay, people assume that means random sex in airport bathrooms or other sordid trysts. I guess in a way though, I can take solace in the fact that the worst someone can do to me is call me gay. Bring it!
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Sanford and Spitzer should start a club for loser governors.
ReplyDeleteAnd Blagojevich could join their club!!
ReplyDeleteif i were going to be a terrible politician i would do it way better than those amatuers.
ReplyDeletei read an article semi recently about how the media tries to tear down men's character by "demasculenating" them, so by accusing them of being gay (because apparently thats not masculine?) or writing about them in terms that are usually reserved for women. they interviewed a writer who had written about al gore during his presidential bid, and the guy was talking about how he )the writer) had done everything he could to make gore seem femimine, and to equate that feminitity with weakness.
but that doesnt mean being gay means being less of a man, or that being a woman makes you weak. and clearly being "masculine" didnt make sanford much a governor, did it? :)
Yeah there are some twisted views of masculinity/femininity.
ReplyDeleteHere is just a little more info behind the story. Bauer Has been eying Sanfords job since babies sucked their thumbs. He has tried numerous times before to get Sanford out. So this isn't like an all the sudden cat fight. This feud has been going on for some time.
ReplyDeleteHa ha straight men are so homophobic. Such an immature public (and thus hilarious) fight.
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