Meghan McCain: Sanford’s Affair Was A “Private Matter”
I disagree:
WASHINGTON (CNN) – Meghan McCain wrote Monday that South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford’s revelation that he had an extramarital affair “isn’t relevant to his role as a public official” and called on her fellow Republicans to forgive him.
McCain, the daughter of Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, said that she is “mad” about the “hypocrisy of it all,” and doesn’t condone Sanford’s actions, but added that the public needs to “stop requiring that our politicians live at such a high level of moral superiority.”
Not surprisingly, Meghan’s reaction is superficial and ill-thought-out. Which befits her status as a not-terribly-bright media darling the liberal reporters love to go to because she’s ostensibly a Republican but the not-very-conservative flavor of Republican they love.
Marital disputes are, normally, private business. But in Sanford’s case we’re talking about a governor who traveled to Argentina on the taxpayer’s dime - leaving even the highest-ranking officials in his state and even his family and closest aids unable to reach him - to visit his mistress.
I’m sorry, but that sort of deceit, misappropriation of public resources and dereliction of duty is an issue for the public to be aware of.
