I've neglected my duties on 11D and haven't done a post on the SC Governor. I've been too busy reading snark on Twitter about him and laughing my ass off. My contribution to the erudite Twitter conversation was "Steve said he wants to go for a hike this weekend. This hike better not be anywhere near Argentina." Other Twitter gems are here.

His press conference and the leaked love letters are just plain embarrassing. The governor was in lurve. Ew.

So, what's the angle on this one? The narcissism of politicians? The backslide of state government?

The angle that I'm seeing most often is the narcissism of politicians. Kristof just twittered, "Why do politicians repeatedly dive into beds and self-destruct? I think they're a self-selected pool of nat'l risk-takers." Last night, Larry King had on the usual talking head shrinks, including that Drew Pinsky, who made the similar conclusions. The talking head shrinks were really pro-family and scolded Stanford and other philanderers. Loved it. 

When these things happen, it's always good to revisit this classic Seinfeld episode.