Love and Mercy, Walking Humbly, Doing Justice

Judge not least ye be judged. The judging has commenced. Interesting.

Micah Chapter 3:

⁸ He has showed you, O man, what is good.
And what does the LORD require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy
and to walk humbly with your God.

Hmmmmmm. From Think Progress:

While serving as a U.S. congressman, Sanford was incredibly critical of his colleagues’ marital misdeeds, including the affairs of former congressman Bob Livingston and President Bill Clinton:

“The bottom line, though, is I am sure there will be a lot of legalistic explanations pointing out that the president lied under oath. His situation was not under oath. The bottom line, though, is he still lied. He lied under a different oath, and that is the oath to his wife. So it’s got to be taken very, very seriously.” [Sanford on Livingston, CNN, 12/18/98]

“We ought to ask questions…rather than circle the wagons for one of our tribe.” [Sanford on how the GOP reacts to affairs, New York Post, 12/20/98]

“I think it would be much better for the country and for him personally (to resign). I come from the business side. If you had a chairman or president in the business world facing these allegations, he’d be gone.” [Sanford on Clinton, The Post and Courier, 9/12/98]

“The issue of lying is probably the biggest harm, if you will, to the system of Democratic government, representatives government, because it undermines trust. And if you undermine trust in our system, you undermine everything.” [Sanford on Clinton, CNN, 2/16/99]

What's good for the former President (and others) according to Mark Sanford, is apparently not good for Governor Mark Sanford of South Carolina.

Rahm Resigns House Seat

Well, well, well. This ought to make from an interesting next few days and weeks. One man's resignation is another man's opportunity to hold another wacky press conference.

Friday, January 02, 2009 | 5:52 PM

Rep. Rahm Emanuel, D-Ill., talks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.
Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2006. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)

Rahm Emanuel officially resigned from position in the U.S. House of Representatives Friday.

Emanuel wrote a letter of resignation to Gov. Rod Blagojevich, as well as taped an automated phone call to let his constituents know he would be stepping down effective Friday.

President-elect Obama tapped Emanuel to be his chief of staff.

There are more than a dozen contenders to fill Emanuel's vacated 5th District congressional seat. Emanuel's replacement will be chosen during a special election. source: ABC 7 Chicago News Channel