By ZamboniWe cats have often thought that it wouldn't be so bad if we all allowed the state of South Carolina to secede again. But maybe we should just start with The State.
What a lousy, lazy, second-rate excuse for a newspaper. If we were McClatchy, we would unload this rag immediately.
In a lengthy article published yesterday, The State recounts the juicy unraveling of L'Affaire Sanford. Because we dislike hypocritical Republicans, we admit that, mostly, it was a fun read. Nevertheless, we cats HISS.
Two reasons: First, we find no convincing explanation of why The State would sit on the incriminating Mark-loves-Maria e-mails for nearly six months while titanic political wrangling was underway in Columbia. "With the S.C. Legislature in session and a battle over federal stimulus money escalating," the paper declares, "the e-mails went in a drawer."
What?? We cats wonder how that stimulus battle would have gone had legislators known that Governor Sanford was getting "stimulation" of his own, down Argentina way. Shame on The State for not doing its most basic job — reporting.
Second reason: Our understanding of responsible journalism means that no story should beg more questions than it answers. Therefore, we find The State's throwaway reference to more women's names "coming in over the transom" pretty astounding. "The total was at three and counting," the story says. No further explanation. No quote from anybody backing it up. Nothing.
The State is in a sorry state indeed. But we cats have sharp ears, and we think we hear the sound of more Sanford shoes dropping. In the meantime, we can't help but speculate: How much dirt do these folks have on other South Carolina politicians that that they haven't been publishing? Like, say, Lindsay Graham?
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