Family Research Council removes Sanford’s picture from Values Voters Summit website.
By on Jun 24th, 2009 at 4:30 pm
Family Research Council removes Sanford’s picture from Values Voters Summit website.
Previously, the website for the Family Research Council’s Values Voters Summit 2009 featured a picture of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, advertising that he was a potential speaker. But Pam Spaulding points out that following Sanford’s announcement of an affair, his picture was quickly removed from the website.
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I wonder if the pictures of Sen. Craig or Sen. Vitter or Sen. Ensign will be available to replace the one of Gov. Sanford?
Yep – family values, indeed.
June 24th, 2009 at 4:32 pmbahahaha!
June 24th, 2009 at 4:32 pmThey left Pawlenty up, of course, because killing people through negligence is a fine family value.
June 24th, 2009 at 4:32 pmDid Mrs. Fred Thompson have her implants removed yet?
June 24th, 2009 at 4:33 pmWhat is the point? What is the point of acting like you are better than everyone else? I don’t get it. It seems to be the fastest way to get scrutinized and called out as being a hypocrite.
I never understood why people went out of their way to do this.
June 24th, 2009 at 4:37 pmBen Stein’s gotta love the promotion to the second line from the bottom.
June 24th, 2009 at 4:38 pmI got a better idea. Why don’t they just take down the site?
We elect leaders to manage the affairs of state.
Not the affairs in our bedrooms.
I’m tired of this “family values” nonsense coming from elected leaders.
One family’s values aren’t necessarily another family’s values and clearly the republicans expressed “family values” have little to do with reality.
We elect them to keep the lights on and the trains running on time. Not to blather on about their family values. Especially when most of them never adhere to them anyway.
Enough with the family values.
Focus on keeping the lights on, and the trains running on time like you’re being paid to do.
June 24th, 2009 at 4:39 pmAsk any one of these speakers what the definition of “Value” is, and I strongly doubt they’ll say anything that values non-European, non-Christian, pro-gun control or pro-women’s-rights issues.
Ooh, Carrie Prejean is up there! I’m surprised her photo doesn’t show off her non-God-given qualities.
June 24th, 2009 at 4:39 pm…
carrie prejean?
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June 24th, 2009 at 4:40 pmWhat about Giuliani, McCain, Vitter, Craig, Foley, Gingrich, Ensign, etc…? Just too many pictures to try to fit them all on one family-values website, I guess.
June 24th, 2009 at 4:41 pmGary Sinise? Holy crap I had no idea.
June 24th, 2009 at 4:41 pmhenryde Says: Did Mrs. Fred Thompson have her implants removed yet?
I understand that Mrs. Fred Thompson and Carrie Prejean will be having a little . . . ummmmm. . . “contest” at this Valuable Voltage Summit…
June 24th, 2009 at 4:42 pmI didn’t realize Lt.Dan was in cahoots with the GOP how sad.. Well.. At least he’s got Stephen Baldwin and Fred Thompson to keep him company in the “washed up actors with no talent or future” portion.
June 24th, 2009 at 4:43 pmFamily Research Council removes Sanford’s picture from Values Voters Summit website.
– - The blue asterisks by some photos are to designate that these people are
June 24th, 2009 at 4:46 pmconfident heterosexuals.
I bet half those people in the picture have cried in Argentina if you know what I mean! And I bet some of them have done with the same sex too! Oh my. *putting chastity belt on in case a republican comes near me of either sex*
June 24th, 2009 at 4:47 pmThis space available for reichwing nutbag…! Cheap!
June 24th, 2009 at 4:48 pmI can think of a whole lot of snarky things I could say about the Family Research Council, but I won’t blast them for merely keeping their website up to date.
After all, if they HADN’T removed Sanford from their Summit 2009 speaker lineup, they would have been getting a lot of flak for that, too.
Now whether the FRC kicked Sanford to the curb because he no longer represented their “family values” BS, or whether he voluntarily withdrew from consideration as a speaker remains to be seen.
June 24th, 2009 at 4:48 pmWent from the party of No, to the party of Oh No
June 24th, 2009 at 4:49 pmIt’s FANTASTIC that they have Sister Carrie Prejean, Martyr Extraordinaire, on their list.
But why not Sarah Palin? Oh, yeah: kind of impossible to preach abstinence when you were pregnant on your own wedding day, as Sarah Palin was.
June 24th, 2009 at 4:50 pmWhat would Ozzie and Harriet say?
June 24th, 2009 at 4:50 pmPalin isn’t on that list one of the biggest hypocrite of them all??
June 24th, 2009 at 4:50 pmPrejean & values?? She’s a liar & a reconstructed phoney.
June 24th, 2009 at 4:50 pmThe Family Values Soft Porn Lineup looks like the predatory perverts in a police lineup.
Was Sanford having opposite sex on the beach or Darly style?
Carrie?
Where’s Sarah? Bristol? Megan?
How about a pinup of Virginia Fox? That will keep their tool in the box.
June 24th, 2009 at 4:51 pmthats because the Genitals Outside Pants (GOP) is going to make him their mascot. and that’s a full-time job.
June 24th, 2009 at 4:52 pmSo, if you’re a Publican governor, how many people do you have to execute to get your picture on the site?
June 24th, 2009 at 4:52 pmCarrie Prejean with the boob job is there?
June 24th, 2009 at 4:52 pmUnfortunately, we haven’t heard the last from Sister Carrie Prejean. The Talivangelicals will be trotting her out as their Persecuted Victim #1 for years to come.
Nevermind the fake t*t job – they will conveniently sidestep the truth on that one, as they always do.
June 24th, 2009 at 4:53 pmI had to laugh when I saw the picture of Phyllis Schlafly, now proudly in the “center” position.
Could someone please remind me: who was it that called Sarah Palin “Phyllis Schlafly With T*ts”?
June 24th, 2009 at 4:57 pmThat is one half-baked box of crackers. They need more time in the oven if you know what I mean.
June 24th, 2009 at 5:00 pmBen Stein – one of the creepier Flat Earthers.
June 24th, 2009 at 5:03 pmno!
they got gary sinise and ben stein?
NOOOO!!!!
June 24th, 2009 at 5:03 pmCarrie Prejean? Wtf???
June 24th, 2009 at 5:04 pmI contacted the Family Research Council and advised them they need to keep the person in charge of these photos on call 24/7. No telling who they’ll have to pull by tomorrow.
They didn’t think it was funny.
Humorless and self righteous! No wonder rightwingers are so GD boring.
June 24th, 2009 at 5:05 pmBonus for Ben Stein!! You’re on row 2 now!!
June 24th, 2009 at 5:06 pmJust gotta lose one more to get Fred Thompson up there with ya, pal. I’m rootin for ya, Fred!!
Pretty soon, there won’t be any Family Values Republicans left.
June 24th, 2009 at 5:07 pmMy friend has a dollar bill signed by Ben Stein. Every time he talks about it, I’m reminded of that man, who willfully denies his intelligence in favor of political opinion.
But WAYNEBRO was absolutely right in post #7. Elected leaders shouldn’t use morality and religion to justify poking around in private affairs. Don’t like gay marriage? Then don’t gay marry! Don’t like a woman’s right to choose? Then don’t have an abortion! Quit spewing scripture, in discriminatory form, in the name of family values.
There’s a separation between church and state for a reason. Criminy.
June 24th, 2009 at 5:08 pm“Family Research Council removes Sanford’s picture from Values Voters Summit website.”
lol Hilarious. And the organization happens to take down Sanford’s pic when he confessed his sins.
June 24th, 2009 at 5:10 pmWhat a rogues’ gallery of haters and hypocrites! And I’m sure every one of them thinks they’re a good “Christian”.
June 24th, 2009 at 5:11 pmWhere is Mike Steele and McCain?
June 24th, 2009 at 5:12 pmSanford has now aplogized for “putting his staff in a difficult position” and now I’m crying for that poor women in Argentina. These last five days days must have put her into some difficult positions and I can only pray she’s recovering.Maybe the Family Research Council can help them both with positioning so that eventually all those affected will find some comfortable place, spiritually speaking.
June 24th, 2009 at 5:12 pmRepublicans are pretty much down to Sarah or Mitt for 2012. Not counting Newt, which they can’t possibly be stupid enough to nominate. Actually I would think they would not be stupid enought to nominate Sarah, or Mitt for that matter. Never mind.
June 24th, 2009 at 5:18 pmNow this is a big story that could continue the ongoing setbacks of repugs/neocons, but please don’t let it become a distraction – here’s and important piece by Robert Reich that shouldn’t get lost in the frenzy:
Why the Critics of a Public Option for Health Care Are Wrong
June 24th, 2009 at 5:19 pm
Oh God, Carrie Prejean, Rick Perry and Don Wildman? The vacuum of stupid could cause a black hole!
June 24th, 2009 at 5:20 pmFamily Research Council? Are they doing enough ‘family research’ on all of the people pictured?
June 24th, 2009 at 5:22 pmDid I miss the printable pdf link to this rogues gallery
of nitwits , my dart board needs a new face , it might
also make a good paintball target if enlarged
“Phyllis Schlafly with t*ts”
June 24th, 2009 at 5:32 pmI lulz it
#43 has it absolutely right. I’d like to sit here and write cheap shots at those who so desperately deserve them but the MSM will drop the important issues for the cheap and tawdry every time. I think the quote from John Stuart Mill sums it accurately enough “While not all conservative people are stupid, most stupid people are conservative.” This covers most the leadership of the Repugs today.
June 24th, 2009 at 5:33 pmLinkWray – my best guess is you have to be seriously compromised to even become a repug leader – that is probably the only way they can get most people to swallow the kool-aide and tow the line.
June 24th, 2009 at 5:38 pmThese should all have the caption….”Wanted for Crimes Against the American People”
June 24th, 2009 at 5:41 pmi witness before me 13 personifications of what it means to be a great American, 13 wonderful storytellers of the great traditions and values the greatest country god gave man.
June 24th, 2009 at 5:51 pmRepublican “family values?” Oh, do they mean the eight years of torture, treason and tyranny under the Bush regime: Bush crime family values?
June 24th, 2009 at 5:52 pmFRC: Who? Sanford?? Never heard of him.
June 24th, 2009 at 6:00 pmOh, God — Phyllis Schlafly bugs me out. And I always like Gary Sinise — what is wrong with him?
June 24th, 2009 at 6:02 pmThe Ministry of Truth just doing its job. Show no expression.
June 24th, 2009 at 6:05 pmArn Gunnutes – We’re standing right next to you, dude…..no need to shout. Jeez. Hurts my ears/eyes.
June 24th, 2009 at 6:08 pmthe great GOPsby Says:
i witness before me 13 personifications of what it means to be a great American, 13 wonderful storytellers of the great traditions and values the greatest country god gave man.
What is your opinion on the 14th?
Or did he never exist in the first place?
June 24th, 2009 at 6:09 pmFreeMarketLiberal Says:
Ahh lookie…another article posted by the radical left Jonestown bunch. You all are having orgasmic pleasure from this so much we will see article after article of this Republican putz. “Social Utopia” on the horizon by focusing on Republicans and how you can smear them.
You betcha!!!!! hahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!
By the way Iran diplomats declined 4th of July picnic invite but thats not news is it.
No.
June 24th, 2009 at 6:13 pmCarrie Prejan? I sure hope Gary Sinese is proud to be associated with that line-up of A-listers …
June 24th, 2009 at 6:20 pmI wonder just how many of those in the pictures have done the same thing.
And Phyllis Schalfly. I have to laugh. All the things she said about family and women in the military, being gay, ERA etc. Her son is gay. She must have nearly dropped dead. As for Gary Sines, he is genuine and I really like him. He is a former marine and very conservative. He spends a great deal of time with his band entertaining in Iraq. As for the rest they are what they are.
I just wish they could shut up about representing family values and integrity. They value little and they have shown no integrity since Reagan got in. He stunk as a president and they have all stunk since.
June 24th, 2009 at 6:23 pmYou gotta love it. The fascist Republican propaganda machine is sanatizing its web sites and FOX labeled Sanford as a Democrat.
Republicans are ashamed of their own.
June 24th, 2009 at 6:33 pmMy money’s on Rep. Mike Pence next to admit to an affair.
June 24th, 2009 at 6:39 pmWell, there is always Bobby Jindal.
Wiz says:
June 24th, 2009 at 6:44 pmRepublicans are pretty much down to Sarah or Mitt for 2012. Not counting Newt, which they can’t possibly be stupid enough to nominate. Actually I would think they would not be stupid enought to nominate Sarah, or Mitt for that matter.
what’s carrie prejean going to speak about, where to get the biggest boobs for your buck?
June 24th, 2009 at 7:04 pmBarry doesnt care much about values, ask me how I know :)
June 24th, 2009 at 7:10 pmFamily Research Council didn’t do their research on Sandford did they?
And to think the gays are destroying marriage…
June 24th, 2009 at 7:17 pmNo, more like this…
June 24th, 2009 at 7:27 pmThe republicans will probably hold a dinner for the guy, and give him a standing ovation as he enters…
June 24th, 2009 at 7:29 pmBut Guvnaa Sanford is for family values–the values of two families– and is an expert on foreign affairs, to boot!
June 24th, 2009 at 9:37 pmWeeellll, at least we now know why the Bush administration and Cheney’s office destroyed so many millions of e-mails…all those steamy, sexual Republican messages between top officials in the Bush administration.
I can just see them now….
No, no, no, the Republicans didn’t destroy all those e-mails because torture was discussed as well as how they could somehow paint legal lipstick on that torture pig, nor was there any discussion about stealing elections nor lying about going to war in Iraq nor authorizing illegal warrantless wiretaps nor using the NSA to spy on political enemies nor outing a covert CIA agent nor politicizing Hurricane Katrina (where the Bush administration sent federal disaster relief into Mississippi and Alabama because these two states had Republican governors, while at the same time the Bush administration deliberately withheld emergency federal aid from Louisiana and New Orleans, where elected Democrats were in charge)…it was all that sex, sex, sex in those destroyed White House messages…that was the sole thrust of many of those “family values” Bush administration communications. Yep. Yep.
June 24th, 2009 at 9:55 pmWho is that Eduardo dude and what is his deal?
June 24th, 2009 at 9:58 pmWhy do I have the feeling that Larry Sinclair is a jerkoff?
June 24th, 2009 at 10:00 pmEven though he is a looney-toon, why is Hucklebee not in this group? He is a former pastor.
What in the world have the Republican Senators and Governors, not to mention Carrie Prejean, done to deserve to be on this list of “values” speakers?
Just think, Sanford had tentatively agreed to speak at the “values voters” conference at the same time that he knew that he was having his affair with Maria.
So, Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council, who is connected with James Dobson and Blackwater, could not find any better “values” speakers than this among the Republicans?
Ben Stein? Puhleeezz… Beuler? Beuler?
June 25th, 2009 at 2:39 amI keep going over the text of Sanford’s apology speech, and he keeps referring to his lover as “this person” or “that person.” Nowhere am I seeing any confirmation that he was seeing a female. He seems to be doing backflips to avoid gender pronouns.
Not that it’s all that significant, but I’ve noticed a couple of people say “at least it was with a woman!” I’m kinda starting to doubt that.
June 25th, 2009 at 11:18 amIf they removed all the hypocrites, that page would be blank.
June 25th, 2009 at 12:12 pmThese pictures belong on the Post Office’s wall, I’m sure there are laws agains’t impersonating a human being. I KNOW there’s one in that foriegn country called Oklahoma.
June 25th, 2009 at 3:35 pm