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Sanford gives in on stimulus, will seek funds for S.C.
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Submitted 1 year ago
paradigm says,
So, did ANY of the people publicly complaining about the stimulus bill have the fortitude to stand up for their supposed "convictions" and actually reject the money? Were they able to put their neck on the line for what they thought was right? Or were they just a bunch of grandstanding blowhards?

Actions, in this case, certainly speak louder than words.
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Article excerpt from mcclatchydc.com — "WASHINGTON - Gov. Mark Sanford will comply with a midnight Friday stimulus deadline and become the last governor in the nation to seek millions of dollars in federal economic-recovery funds for his state, aides said late Thursday. Sanford will continue contesting $700 million in education and law enforcement money for South Carolina, but...

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Can you say political suicide. Can anyone guess which deep southern red state is about to turn blue? Perhaps Stanford can join Bobby Jindall in a defection to the Libeterian party. And Charlie Christ is going to come out of all of this looking like a champion. Christs stance on stimilus money may very well end up vaulting him to the top of the heap for the 2012 GOP nomination, look out Romney and Huckabee.
 
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