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bemildred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-05-10 11:54 AM
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'Staying True' by Jenny Sanford
This is hilarious.

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On the other hand, this guy's self-absorption appears so complete that he demanded his wife's permission to continue seeing his mistress because it was the first thing he'd ever done for himself. (This is the same man who voted for Bill Clinton's impeachment and called the former president "reprehensible.") It was then that Sanford realized "reconciliation" was impossible.

After she's decided that neither she nor God can forgive her husband because he was "seeking his own comfort, no longer guided by a power above," we're asked to believe that all Jenny Sanford requires is a quiet life by the sea with her sons, long walks on the beach and her prayers.

"Even as I wrestled with what I might have seen or what I should have understood earlier," she writes, "I refused to beat myself up. . . . I was proud to conclude that giving and doing more for our marriage than I had received in return had been the right thing to do for our family."

Eight days after her husband's affair came to light, Sanford took legal steps to turn her own name into a trademark. According to U.S. Patent and Trademark records first obtained and reported by NBC's Columbia, S.C., affiliate, she applied to legally designate her name as a "good or service" (that is, a product) and to claim exclusive rights to "product merchandising to be sold at on-line retail stores featuring clothing, mugs and other household items; stickers, decals, notepads."

http://www.latimes.com/features/books/la-et-rutten5-2010feb05,0,6842263.story
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Demeter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-05-10 12:42 PM
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1. I Just Don't Care About These Nothing People
All facade, and no structure supporting it. Both Edwards are dead to me.
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CTyankee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-05-10 01:03 PM
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2. What, is she gonna get a line of handbags, a la Monica Lewinsky?
I guess this shouldn't surprise me, tho...
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Demoiselle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-05-10 01:24 PM
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3. Well she's got good marketing sense, anyway. Ought to sell a few copies.
By the way, Bemildred, are you a Pogo fan? I sure am. Your name sparks fond memories of those wonderful tramp bats.
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burning rain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-05-10 02:50 PM
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4. There's no reward for being hypervirtuous.
I hope Jenny Sanford has some damn fun.
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47of74 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-06-10 01:35 AM
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5. Mark Sanford (R-Appalachian Trail) makes my skin crawl
Guy's a creep.
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