First, be a red state Governor from the South who is presiding over a 10.4% unemployment rate. Keep in mind 10.4% is technically for January.
Second, take the 25% of the stimulus money you, as Governor, have discretion over and choose not to create jobs or extend unemployment benefits, but to pay off part of the state’s debt instead creating a grand total of zero stimulus with the stimulus dollars you have. Bravely complain you are forced to use the rest of the 75% of the stimulus money to not pay off your state’s debt by that horrible Hussein person in Washington, thus pissing off local political leaders in your home state.
Third, make sure your maneuver is seen as a completely political ploy to run in 2012, and get called out on it, and be made to look like a complete jackass nationally and get sabotaged in your own back yard.
Fourth, run for the GOP ticket in 2012.
Gods above and below, I hope they nominate his ass.
some things just beg for unflattering references…this one is a no brainer:
apologies to redd foxx and demond wilson
as is the guv…this guy’s an idiot…sanford & jindal in 12…that’ll work.
be careful what you wish for.
Yeah, I know, I know. Long time for things to change, and people to forget.
My god, never mind.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry just upped the asshole quotient by outright rejecting $555 million in actual unemployment benefits, not discretionary spending like Sanford.
At this rate the winner of the GOP primary will be the Governor who orders his own unemployed citizens into Gitmo under penury charges and making them wards of the Feds as the ultimate screw you to Obama.