Rapid City, South Dakota barker, Mike Sanborn began The Decorum Forum in 2009 which enjoyed a significant following for several years. Other local notables, Bill Fleming, a Democrat and Bob Newland, a Libertarian have been authors there. Mr. Sanborn is responsible for some of the most sexist and misogynistic Deadwood and Sturgis Rally billboards littering I-90 but perennial loser, Sanborn was destroyed in Rapid City's 2015 Ward 3 runoff election that kept incumbent Jerry Wright on the City Council.
Today, Earth hater Sanborn writes an occasional column for the Spearditch-based Black Hills Pioneer and like Pat Powers' Faceberg page Mike's is plastered with his own image likely signs of a deep narcissistic insecurity but hey—any issue that divides their party is progress.
The public did not elect him. South Dakota citizens elected his wife. South Dakota voters did not elect their children – they elected their mother.
However, when political commentary and satire move away from the officeholder and target the family, satirists, cartoonists and content providers go too far. That’s not always the case, but recent revelations about an unelected husband went too far.
The fallout that follows our former governor will inevitably reach her family. Late-night television and social media can be unforgiving. Lampooning comes with the territory of public office, and officials who behave poorly should expect sharp public ridicule. But integrity is measured by restraint — by knowing where the target ends, and having the discipline to leave private families out of the line of fire. [Sanborn, Scrutiny for the elected, not their families]
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