As if this race wasn't already a ridiculous embarrassment...
On Tuesday, calling former Gov. Mark Sanford the “sex pioneer of our time,” Flynt endorsed the one-time Republican House member who in 2009 disappeared for several days for a tryst in Argentina with his then-mistress, now-finacee María Belén Chapur. Sanford’s aides at the time said the governor was hiking the Appalachian Trail, providing generations of comedians and political writers a ready-made euphemism.“Sanford’s open embrace of his mistress in the name of love, breaking his sacred marriage vows, was an act of bravery that has drawn my support,” Flynt said in a release on his website. It was an endorsement, though, that the smut peddler and free-speech activist made with a few reservations.“Even though Mark Sanford has emerged as the leader against sexual hypocrisy in American politics, he is a liar. He lied to his gubernatorial staff. He lied to his wife. He lied to his children. He lied to the people of South Carolina and to the press. Despite his journey down this Appalachian Trail of deceit, I support him not for his character, but for exposing the hypocrisy of traditional values. The liar has exposed the greater lie,” Flynt said in the release.
The GOP's new-&-improved efforts to attract women voters are working brilliantly, obviously.
