After getting the crap kicked out of him in the previous legislative session, South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford needed a vacation. The only problem is, he forgot to tell his staff and they began to speculate that he was on the Appalachian trail. Actually, Sanford was in Argentina driving down the coast.
The fact is that Sanford was licking his wounds after his state's Supreme Court decided that he had to take federal Stimulus Funds. Sanford was the GOPs hope for 2012 because of his decision not to take stimulus money and if he did take them, he would use it to only pay down the states' deficit.
The problem is the South Carolina unemployment rate is over 11%. South Carolina schools are moving up, but are still in the bottom half of state rankings. South Carolina needs stimulus just like the rest of the country does.
Sanford's rhetoric was not enough to stop the people of South Carolina from understanding that they need this money. It is rhetoric like Sanford's that has kept America from advancing its social services and kept us fighting 200-year-old battles over racism and class.
I hope that Sanford cleared his head and now realizes that rhetoric and political grandstanding will not solve America's problems. It's going to take hard work and some sacrifices on all of our parts.
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