The Republican Party, the Official Hick Party of America, is a) lining up more cannon fodder for decimation in 2012 and 2) fissuring into Godsquad yahoos (Palin/Huckabee believers) and corporate Bozos (that Michigan-born Mormon millionaire with the big hair and phony smile and a last rearguard squad).
Case in point: rich, well-tanned Mark Furman, Governor of South Carolina. Though perhaps confused with racist loser Mark Fuhrman who helped blow the OJ Simpson murder case, it's not the same person. Easy homophonic transpositional mistake to make, though, and an equal opportunity figure of fun. Why? Born in 1960 in Florida. Father dies in 1982, leaving Furman and family the 3,000 acre Coosaw Plantation near Beaufort, South Carolina. Internship with Goldman Sachs, seller of real estate, and millionaire -- but not a self-made one; rather one to the manor born. "Asked how much of a boost his real estate career has gotten from that inheritance [Coosaw Plantation], Mark Sanford said, "All of my liquid worth has come from leveraging through that piece of land and doing other things." The family still owns all the original property, he said." (Source: Henry Eichel,EX-CONGRESSMAN SANFORD LIKES TO STIR UP POLITICS, RUNS STRONG AGAINST SPENDING BY S.C. LEGISLATURE, Charlotte Observer, 10/27/2002).
"I made my living in real estate down the coast," he said in an interview with a Columbia radio station in June. "I do own a number of different properties down that way, and the good Lord has been kind enough to let them be fruitful and multiply a little bit. I've done all right." (Source: Ditto.)
"I made my living in real estate down the coast," he said in an interview with a Columbia radio station in June. "I do own a number of different properties down that way, and the good Lord has been kind enough to let them be fruitful and multiply a little bit. I've done all right." (Source: Ditto.)
Most recently, Mark Sanford made a big deal about not taking stimulus money on behalf of South Carolina, which has an official unemployment rate of 11%. He'll take some now, he says, and more only if his state legislature buckles to his will. Lots of luck. The chances of this rich hayseed becoming president? Your guess is as good as mine. (Hint: see picture above and imagine the possibilities . . .).
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It is always them with the least to fear in hard times that seem to have the "most ideas" on what is right. Of course that the decisions they made which in whole or part led to devastation for the majority of people is often discounted.
Fuhrman made his money the old fashioned Republican way-- inheriting it from his rich daddy.
Only in today's GOP could inheriting a 3000 acre plantation be seen as being "self-made"
I'm still enjoying having a demo in white house. I'm not ready to start worrying about the next Republican assault.
Anchorage Daily News
Todd Palin's half sister is arrested for burglary
GIRL WAS WITH HER: Homeowner hit twice was waiting with gun.
WASILLA -- Todd Palin's half-sister was arrested Thursday after police say she broke into a Wasilla home to steal money for the second time this week but ended up getting caught by the armed homeowner. The woman's 4-year-old daughter was nearby, police said.
Todd Palin is Gov. Sarah Palin's husband. He referred questions to a spokeswoman for the governor, who said the family would have no comment.
Police arrested 35-year-old Diana Palin at a house on West Mill Site Circle near Wasilla's Multi-Use Sports Complex. . .
Gads, Erik...I just finished dinner! Warn a person next time you're going to post about such gross things next time, okay? ;)
Lana...ha ha haha you just gave me the first laugh of the morning!
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