Mark Sanford's Lawsuit: Irony or Hypocrisy?

by: Tim Kelly

Thu May 21, 2009 at 12:19:56 PM EDT

For a guy who's become a diehard teabagger, decrying the encroachment of the federal government on the states and individuals, Mark Sanford sure was quick to see the feds' help in his effort to defy state law.

Sanford's lawsuit on the stimulus is full of references "massive federal funds" and "onerous federal educational mandates." He's been all the country and the airwaves charging the federal government in general - and Congressional Democrats and President Obama in particular - of "fiscal child abuse" and creeping socialism. He's consistently thumbed his nose at federal law on things such as Real ID.

But now, like the petulant little boy he is, Marky has run crying to Mama Fed that the big bullies in the S.C. General Assembly are picking on him.

I promised my wife that I wouldn't cuss anymore on the blog, so in the spirit of Mark Sanford, let me just say that the governor of South Carolina is a pooh-pooh head.