Sanford plans not to use stimulus fund to stimulate South Carolina economy.
Sanford plans not to use stimulus fund to stimulate South Carolina economy.
ABC News’ Teddy Davis reports that South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford (R), who is considering a run for president in 2012, “will be sending President Obama a letter in the next few days asking for permission to apply a quarter of South Carolina’s stimulus money, approximately $700 million, to paying down state debt rather than using the money to fund government programs.” If Obama rejects Sanford’s request, the governor will not seek the $700 million in stimulus funds which are under his discretion, possibly causing the state legislature to override his efforts. Sanford’s move follows the attempt by Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-LA), another 2012 contender, to reject $90 million in stimulus funding that would have benefited 25,000 unemployed Louisiana residents.
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March 10th, 2009 at 7:42 pmUse the funds to stimulate your state’s economy or send it back, you self-serving f ucktard.
March 10th, 2009 at 7:43 pmUse the $$ for its intended purpose you arrogant prick.
March 10th, 2009 at 7:44 pmGiven that South Carolina already gets much more from the federal government (that’s us taxpayers) than it sends in – they should kiss my a$$.
March 10th, 2009 at 7:46 pmIf South Carolina hadn’t been so fiscally irresponsible maybe they wouldn’t have such a debt
March 10th, 2009 at 7:47 pmFor 8 years under Bush not one Republican gave a Dam* about the huge deficits and debt Bush was running up, now all of a sudden they act like it is a big surprise. Just more hypocritical crap from the Repukes.
March 10th, 2009 at 7:48 pmDoes this pea brain know if they have unemployed people in his state? He is more concerned with ideology to understand that his ideas are the same failed philosophy that put this country where it is today. This is a scumbag and the people of SC should speak up.
March 10th, 2009 at 7:49 pmSanford will never be President or even an candidate for president. The people do not want idiots…we had W and that is enough for the next four generations.
March 10th, 2009 at 7:53 pmWhat are the people of SC saying about this? Are they happy that this man places politics above them?
Or maybe the citicens of SC really do believe that if Sanford prays for them their financial and employment problems will solve themselves.
But then again, maybe they are not amart enough to understand.
March 10th, 2009 at 7:57 pmLet’s see how quickly Sanford gets voted out of office.
March 10th, 2009 at 7:59 pmThey wouldn’t survive the year without the financial support they receive from blue states.
March 10th, 2009 at 8:01 pmI wonder how much of that state debt is for unemployment compensation.
South Carolina has had a high unemployment rate for a long time now.
Remember that their objection to stimulus money before the vote was for federal unemployment benefit assistance….
March 10th, 2009 at 8:03 pmWhat is it about the “stimulus” concept that escapes Republicans?
Economic rule of thumb is build up a surplus during prosperous times, use deficit spending in difficult ones.
Sanford seems to believe the opposite; deficit spending in good times, pay down your debt in bad ones.
WTF is wrong with these people?
March 10th, 2009 at 8:03 pmGood. More for the rest of us. Maybe South Carolinians will vote differently next time.
March 10th, 2009 at 8:05 pmSanford would rather see the citizens of S.C. suffer in order to pursue his plans for running for POTUS in 2012. He is a true example of a jerk of the first order.
March 10th, 2009 at 8:08 pmSorry I used the word F uck Tard and it didn’t go through the civility post. I wont refer to these Governers as anything but RePUGs again.
March 10th, 2009 at 8:11 pmRepublicans believe that only rich people can stimulate the economy… and money to poor people vanishes into thin air.
SCARBOROUGH: Don’t give $100 billion in tax cuts to people who don’t pay taxes. It’s gone. It’s vapor.
March 10th, 2009 at 8:12 pmUm, I don’t believe Clown Sanford can decide to use the federal stimulus money to pay down his state’s debt. There are key provisions in the Bill and it’s not up to him to decide. But I’d love to see him try!
The people of South Carolina are hurting, and lynching is not too far back in their history.
PEACE
March 10th, 2009 at 8:14 pmCaption:
“Heh, heh…that’s a heckuva spraytan there Mark”
March 10th, 2009 at 8:15 pmTypical Repug behavior by Sanford ; he’s attempting to tell the president of the US how the money allocated for his state should be spent , when HE HIMSELF is responsible for the debt South Carolina currently has , seeing as how he’s been its governor since 2003 …………….
What a self-righteous , self-aggrandizing d0uchebag ……….
March 10th, 2009 at 8:15 pmDru P. Says:
SCARBOROUGH: Don’t give $100 billion in tax cuts to people who don’t pay taxes. It’s gone. It’s vapor.
March 10th, 2009 at 8:12 pm
A statement that shows Scarbo’s complete lack of understand about…anything.
March 10th, 2009 at 8:15 pmI have a great idea, lets take the 700 million from this idiots State and divide it between all registered Democrats across the Country.
March 10th, 2009 at 8:20 pmThe president will reject his request and hopefully remind him of the concept of APPROPRIATED FUNDS.
March 10th, 2009 at 8:22 pmI am getting so confused. Is Chuck Norris now the leader of the GOP? When your anchor breaks free, you are taking on water, and shoals are approaching and you still can’t find your skipper bad stuff awaits…
March 10th, 2009 at 8:22 pmR-E-T-A-R-D-E-D
is any other words to describe these neanderthals???
March 10th, 2009 at 8:22 pmWe drove through South Carolina this weekend — it’s roads could use a lot of work.
Sanford should do the patriotic thing and say thank you to the American taxpayers and use the money to help put more of them back to work while rebuilding and improving the nation’s infrastructure and security.
March 10th, 2009 at 8:29 pmmaybe Americans will REALLY think twice next time before they vote for these retards….
March 10th, 2009 at 8:31 pmKarl Rove may actually have been the last leader of the GOP. Through his doctrine of dirty tricks, he enabled a total doofus to be installed as the 43rd president of the United States. Every other second string shyster was able to achieve public office in the belief that they could lie, cheat and steal… and get away with it.
Now that America has stood up and said “No more”, the Republican party is floundering in a morass of it’s own making.
March 10th, 2009 at 8:32 pmThey have no leaders, because true leadership has been replaced by manipulation and chicanery.
R-E-T-A-R-D-E-D
is any other words to describe these neanderthals???
Let’s not insult the mentally retarded or Neanderthals by comparing them to the GOOP. At least, the former demonstrate admirable human characteristics.
March 10th, 2009 at 8:33 pmmajii Says:
Sanford would rather see the citizens of S.C. suffer in order to pursue his plans for running for POTUS in 2012. He is a true example of a jerk of the first order.
That sounds good to me as Little Bobbie and Gov. Sanford are both right wingers and RePUG and from the south. Think they will get very far in the next election. I mean all we have to do is keep the election straight. Most of the rest of the country don’t trust conservative yahews from the south, especially after bushboy.
March 10th, 2009 at 8:33 pmWhat is Chuck going to do if the newly christened Christian Republic of Texas is invaded by Mexico? Beg the Union for help again?
March 10th, 2009 at 8:38 pmNeanderthals were the unfortunate victims of climate change. They were not stupid.
March 10th, 2009 at 8:40 pm“What is Chuck going to do if the newly christened Christian Republic of Texas is invaded by Mexico?”
Ask if he can buy back the assault rifles….
March 10th, 2009 at 8:42 pmThat whole part of the country is balmy. Really crazy. Yet their constituents continue to elect them over and over. The reason has to be lack of education and too much inbreeding. Look for web feet.
March 10th, 2009 at 8:53 pmThus endeth the tenure of Mark Sanford, soon-to-be-former Governor of South Carolina.
March 10th, 2009 at 8:55 pmStanford already knows the answer to the question in the letter. If President Obama were to allow the Govenor the money every Govenor would want the same. Out here in California The Terminator would keep the money for himself and friends knowing he wont have a job. Stanford is just showing the people of his State what kind of corrupt Leader he is. If any Law Maker got their hands on any of the Stimulus money the people wouldn’t see a dime of it.
March 10th, 2009 at 9:00 pmProtecting their ideology at all costs. That’s what this is about.
http://www.pufferfishblog.com/
March 10th, 2009 at 9:02 pm…asking for permission to apply a quarter of South Carolina’s stimulus money, approximately $700 million, to paying down state debt rather than using the money to fund government programs.”
In other words, propping up their near-worthless state bonds, and giving state bond-holders a federally-financed bailout.
March 10th, 2009 at 9:04 pmPeople of his state are suffering and he suddenly finds “principle”. It would kill the Republican party to do anything for the common good. Especially considering Republican policies,(aided and abetted by some Democrats)and no oversight of much of anything created the wreck we have today. What a jerk Sanford is.
March 10th, 2009 at 9:11 pmHopefully, O will send a letter back letting Sanford now he gets NOTHING and the money targeted for South Carolina is now going to California. AND, that going forward, South Carolina is on their own –
- Fall into the Sea?? To bad..
- Got famine problems? – tough
- Got 40% unemployment? – Go ask Bob Jones Univ for a loan.
- Got Riots in the streets of Charleston ? – Ooops…your bad.
Other words – GO AWAY- FOR GOOD.
March 10th, 2009 at 9:12 pmAnd the SC State debt was run up under who, Mr. Republican Governor Sanford ?
And could you explain how paying down the State Debt is going to stimulate the economy ?
March 10th, 2009 at 9:21 pmRepublicans are killers. They kill people from the perch.
The sky is blue, I know.
March 10th, 2009 at 9:35 pm“Reagan proved that deficits don’t matter. This is our due.”
March 10th, 2009 at 9:36 pmDick Cheney, 2002
Could they be any more sleazy? The GOoPers will try to ensure the failure of the stimulus plan by trying to steer funds away from anything that shows promise of fast, positive, results.
March 10th, 2009 at 9:39 pmImportant health alert!
March 10th, 2009 at 9:40 pmDon’t eat the perch…
I regret the alarm this sends through so many of you in Ohio as it is past dinnertime already
I would love to hear what South Carolina’s unemployed and homeless have to say about this! Sanford ~ the self serving scumbag! I hope he gets NONE of the stimulus for his state. Try running for president in 2012 after that Sanford!
March 10th, 2009 at 9:45 pmMore SEDITION from the SOUTHERN RUBES that can’t stand a BLACK MAN RUNNING THE COUNTRY! This time from that MORON CHUCK NORRIS!!
Norris claims that; “Thousands of cell groups will be united around the country in solidarity over the concerns for our nation.” The right wing cells will meet during a live telecast, “We Surround Them,” on Friday March 13 at 5 p.m.
He closes with the words of Sam Houston followed by a plug for his next martial arts event.
“We view ourselves on the eve of battle.”
WHAT A BUNCH OF F**KING LUNATICS the GOP has BECOME! WOW RUSH is leading the ARMY OF THE RETARDS! ;)
>> Bring it on, Chuckie. We liberals study the martial arts as well. XoD
March 10th, 2009 at 9:49 pmSorry, 50 is from post by republicans hate facts. My copy paste skills are obviously not up to par today.
March 10th, 2009 at 9:49 pmThis is insanity! Why aren’t the people of South Carolina not up in arms about this? Are they so stupid that they do not realize that they’re being totally SCREWED by their governor? This is unbelievable!
I’m just in utter shock at how ignorant Sanford is. I’m in further shock at how how completely unaware the people of South Carolina are!
I just want to shake these people!
March 10th, 2009 at 9:51 pmGov Sanford to South Carolina: Take a long walk off a short pier. I need to pose for holy pictures.
March 10th, 2009 at 9:53 pm“Important health alert!
Don’t eat the perch…”
Even if there’s no parrot left?
March 10th, 2009 at 9:55 pmOT
From politico:
A $409.6 billion omnibus appropriations bill cleared Congress Tuesday even as the White House pursued new steps to try to pare back the level of parochial spending projects attached to the budget each year.
President Barack Obama is poised to sign the measure into law quickly to avoid any disruption of government operations. But Democrats anticipate that he may use the occasion Wednesday to outline new earmark reforms and answer Republican critics led by his old rival Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.)
The decisive Senate vote came on a 62-35 roll call in which Democrats finally reached the 60-vote super majority threshold that had eluded them only last week. Eight Republicans joined in the motion to cut off debate, allowing Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to succeed even with three of his own Democrats defecting.
March 10th, 2009 at 9:57 pmThe sky is blue,
—-
Does anyone remember all the words from the Magical Misery Tour? I googled it once but got nowhere.
“And all I have to say is…
March 10th, 2009 at 10:02 pmSouth Carolina already gets $1.38 for every dollar paid to the federal government. So go ahead, dooshbag*, play games with your constituents. You’ll be out of office so fast your pinhead will spin!
*OOPS! Moderation word…
PEACE
March 10th, 2009 at 10:15 pmdbadass
is this what you seek?
http://members.tripod.com/~taz4158/magical.html
March 10th, 2009 at 10:26 pmThanks Marie but no it isn’t.
March 10th, 2009 at 10:29 pmI am not sure but I think that it may have been a Firesign Theather gig.
Two comments:
1. SC legislatives will override Sanford and the legislatives will allocate the recovery money appropriately. This is all political game by Sanford.
2. Sanford is basically hosed even as a candidate for Prez in 2012. His chances of Prez is my chances dancing on Dancing With the Stars show. How is this nimrod going to handle one of the most highest positions in this country all 50 states when he is incompentent in his own state?
Under Sanford’s leadership as a future President, he would certainly turn this country into Sanfordville of poverty because he is starving and depriving his own state of the recovery package.
March 10th, 2009 at 10:33 pmHe gets to take the Republican high-road (there’s an oxymoron) and claim he turned down the stimulus money while Obama sought to bankrupt SC – AND – he gets the money because the legislature will ensure they get the money needed for the citizens of SC. the GOP agenda – Denying, Obstructing, Obfuscating, and Failing the U.S. – DOOFUS.
March 10th, 2009 at 10:38 pmhow is it that im my mind I was typing “bit” when in reality it was “gig”?
March 10th, 2009 at 10:40 pmDon’t take the money if you are going to have your way, sanford. you and limpydic repugs are purposely derailing President Obama’s
ignorant stanford can be overridden. let stanford make a fool of himself. idiot!
repug just don’t want to understand us.
March 10th, 2009 at 10:47 pmThat free market, hands off, deregulation, rethuglican philosophy has worked out so well over the last thirty years…ya know! How can you blame a man for sticking to his belief that he is the governor of the rethuglican party of SC, not the governor of the people of SC with the third highest unemployment in the country. What an ass crack.
March 10th, 2009 at 10:56 pmSay bye-bye repug.
March 10th, 2009 at 11:16 pmChess? The Congressman is being far to kind. The GOP is playing Hungry Hungry Hippos, gobbling what is left of their dwindling numbers. Of course, it is an unfair match because Limbaugh crowds most of them out.
March 10th, 2009 at 11:36 pmWhat is going to happen with these Governors that turn down the stimulus money only to see their States lag the nation in recovery? But are these Governors actually turning down much money. One wants to pay off debt. He just wants to take credit for State funds being used for stimulus activities when those State funds would not have been available without the stimulus funds underwriting them in the first place. They are using smoke and mirrors so they can then use their talking point about turning down the money when they have turned down nothing. So much for transparency coming from any Republican.
March 10th, 2009 at 11:59 pmActually, if you stop and think about it, paying off old debt could also help KEEP jobs. Paying those medical payments and road repair bills will allow those companies to keep ther employees working. So I guess this is ok.
March 11th, 2009 at 8:45 amWTF???
President Obama
Please do not cow tow to this wienie. Do not just tell him no, tell him HELL no.
Paying down a states debt does NOT help the people of the state.
March 11th, 2009 at 11:22 amBut we know this clown does not care about his state only his own @$$.
What part of “stimulating” the economy does the govenor not understand?
I can hear the argument now: If the state of SC does not have a balanced budget, then it will have to lay off state workers, cut unemployment benefits, not pay for healthcare etc. But what needs to be addressed is WHY is the SC budget out of whack – bad management?
President Obama needs to “Just Say NO!
or the funding in the Recovery and Reinvestment Act will NOT be used for jobs and projects to improve the infrastructure, etc. in any GOP governed STATE.
When the govenor puts his political ambition before the people of the state, he needs to reflect on what he is really saying to them – in the words of Jon Stewart: FU
March 11th, 2009 at 2:00 pmThat is rather odd logic. How does paying off the bond holders keep jobs? It sounds like Bush’s Social Security plan to pay the same money to two different groups. In this case you cannot pay the same money to both the bond holders and to the workers.
March 11th, 2009 at 10:06 pm