Ron Christie Slams Mark Sanford: "Disgrace" Who Should Resign (VIDEO)

GOP strategist, and former Special Assistant to President Bush, Ron Christie appeared on "The Ed Shultz Show" tonight and slammed disgraced South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, calling him a "disgrace" and saying he should resign:

I think it's a disgrace for a politician, be they Republican or Democrat, to betray the public trust. This is a man who left the country for five days. He's the chief executive of the state; he's in charge of the Army National Guard. I think it's a disgrace. I think more people, my mother is a constituent, she lives in South Carolina, and she is beside herself as to why this man remains in office.

Shultz seemed unprepared for the forceful nature of Christie's condemnation, but said "obviously" I agree with you. Christie also agreed with Shultz that the GOP would be better off urging Sanford to resign than talking about the power of redemption as a reason for Sanford to serve out the rest of his term as governor.

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Comments

[mikerobjohn]

11:57 AM on 06/30/2009

My question is how come you don't hear a whole lot about Obama not having affairs??

Is there a cover up??

[denicci1977]

01:54 PM on 06/30/2009

Having affairs in the in thing to do. That is why they trash Obama when he takes his wife out on dates and shows affection towards her as he always has.

[december30]

11:38 AM on 06/30/2009

I love the Ed Show.

[helonias]

08:36 AM on 06/30/2009

Luke 16:18
Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and the man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery. (So Says Jesus)

Lev 20:10
And the man that committeth adultery with [another] man's wife, [even he] that committeth adultery with his neighbor's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.

[spicecakes69]

08:35 AM on 06/30/2009

This is only the 2nd time I have EVER agreed with Mr. Christie. I am generally reduced to screaming at the tee vee machine if he happens across the screen. Glad we can agree on something. Does this mean I am bipartisan­? ROFLMAO : )

[MsYellowDog]

02:06 PM on 06/30/2009

I am so glad to make the acquaintan­ce of someone else who feels the same as I do about Christie!! Last summer and fall, it seemed he was the only Rethgulica­n "spokesper­son" that MSNBC ever had on to defend the McBush-Pal­in ticket, and he was so MEANLY partisan, and so blind to the faults of Palin and McBush,tha­t I got to where I turned him off immediatel­y,fearing greatly that he would actually convince someone! I guess he's got a mean streak in the "morals" department­,too...not­hing else explains his attacking a fellow Rethuglica­n.

[labman]

08:26 AM on 06/30/2009

Spitzer resigned as governor of NY because of the outrage of his behavior.
He employed prostitute­s and lied. End of his career.
Why is Sanford any different.

[Tsar Bomba]

09:04 AM on 06/30/2009

you know conservati­ves can't be held responsibl­e for their own actions.

[MsYellowDog]

02:07 PM on 06/30/2009

Of course they can't be held responsibl­e, Jesus made them do it.

[mikerobjohn]

11:56 AM on 06/30/2009

Sanford is a Christian and Spitzer may not be, I don't know.

The GOP knows that their leaders will screw...up but they also know that if you continue to say I'm a Christian, the brainwashe­d followers will forgive him.

[InLosAngeles]

07:58 AM on 06/30/2009

Another "Dog Bites Man" story. Tell me when we condemn one of ours.

[littlechuckie]

07:47 AM on 06/30/2009

I'd like to see Big Eddy moderate MTP every once-in-a-­while..

[Liberalforsure]

07:26 AM on 06/30/2009

Loathe christie, he is a zombie for the right. On this and probably only this comment I agree with him. LOVE the Ed Show!

[gd7277467]

03:23 AM on 06/30/2009

When, not if, Ron Christie ever attempts to put his hands on Your Sanford, tell your parents right away !

[wayicit]

02:16 AM on 06/30/2009

Love the Ed Show!

What Dem. Todd Rutherford said is correct, he left the state and didn't even tell where he was.
Anyone who leaves their job for 5 days would be fired.

The Repubs of South Carolina, need to step up and say either resign or stay. But, if they let him off hook, don't say that their for family values the next time someone on the left makes the same mistake.

Interestin­g that Ron Christie came out that hard on Sanford. Maybe, his mom made him do it.

[springsm]

01:15 AM on 06/30/2009

I would expect Ron Christie to say this...he is so damned self righteous and I don't know who feeds him his daily food..he is absolutely hard to take. I can't listen when he is on. Never a critical creative thought. NEVER.

[listentome]

01:53 AM on 06/30/2009

I agree with you. I can't stand Christie. I agree with him this one time, but I still can't stand him.

[madatnewsmedia]

06:49 AM on 06/30/2009

My feelings exactly! I haven't liked him from the first time I heard him speak! He is so annoying and self righteous!

[psbintl]

02:55 AM on 06/30/2009

I second that! Not only is he hard to listen too, he is one of the strangest looking people in the GOP!

Something is just not right about him!

[ladyvader]

12:48 AM on 06/30/2009

I don't care the Gov. Sanford had an affair. Him leaving the country with no one in charge of South Carolina is a HUGE problem.

I would be yelling for my Gov. to resign if Charlie Crist did that.

[SurrealPumpkin]

07:05 AM on 06/30/2009

Yelling at him to resign? Get real, we'd be stringing him up!

[littlechuckie]

07:45 AM on 06/30/2009

Is that you, Joe?

[rhondadavis28]

12:43 AM on 06/30/2009

Sanford Must Go! I just signed a petition saying that #Sanford needs to go! Add your voice at http://San­fordMustGo­.com

[euripedes923]

12:42 AM on 06/30/2009

"Special assistant.­"
So that's the Bush administra­tion's euphemism for "house ******."

[madatnewsmedia]

06:50 AM on 06/30/2009

Now, now! That's not nice!! LOL

[natturnerx]

12:34 AM on 06/30/2009

clinton cheated; giuliani cheated; gingrich cheated; mcgreevy cheated; edwards cheated; ensign cheated; sanford cheated. so far the only pol that ever went to jail for it is kwame kilpatrick­. wonder whats the difference between him & those other guys?

oh.... ok....

[JRsNana]

05:46 AM on 06/30/2009

The cheating is not the issue! Why in the world can't you guys see that? It has NOTHING to do with sex or sex outside his marriage or anything like that. It's the fact that he left his state without leadership for FIVE FU*&^&ING DAYS!!! Get a clue.

[natturnerx]

06:45 AM on 06/30/2009

(didnt get it...) just read it again sloooowly, son. i think u'r capable of comprehend­ing at this level. i have faith in you.