Forget the Appalachian Trail, Furman and Frank Johnson the test of Sanford's Presidential Bid
Yesterday on Fox News Mark Sanford of the Furman class of 83 announced his Bid for the Presidency of the United States.
To my knowledge is the first Furman grad to seek the High office.
Current Furman President Elizabeth Davis was in administration at Baylor before she came to Furman. She has strong Baptist credentials that would honor the legacy of George W. Truett whose name adorns the Divinity School at Baylor.
I don't speak for her, but am convinced she shares more in common with Baylor lecturer and great friend of the Baptist Joint Committee, Chet Edwards, than she does with Sanford, or for that matter her recent congressman in South Carolina, Trey Gowdy, who for several years shared his church membership at FBC Spartanburg, South Carolina, home of the Truth for a New Generation conferences the first decade of the 21st Century.
For more on Edwards explore this link
http://www.edwardsdavisstover.com/chet-Edwards
Sanford and his Furman influence is troubled. His best political friends in South Carolina on the culture issues are the Campsens of the Charleston area. Rick Mosteller married Cyndi Campsen, of the Furman class of 78. Cyndi's Brother Chip ran track at Furman a few years after her. The Campsen's were among the fundamentalists in the South Carolina Southern Baptist Convention who tried to gain control of the University of Marshall Frady and others and move it into the fundamentalist camp. That resulted in Furman breaking official ties with the SBC.
Now this seems to be ancient history of Trey Gowdy's successor, William Timmons, an active of Christ Church Episcopal in Greenville. See most recent blog.
Sanford tells Fox News and NPR he is running on his convictions as a Free Trade Republican with concern about the national debt. His record and network on the culture issues deserves examination as well, and I hope Furman rises to the occasion these next months.
To his credit, It is my understanding he has read and taken to heart Jon Meacham's reservations about Donald Trump in Meacham's book about the soul of America.
What does Mark Sanford know about the Lincoln Republican Frank Johnson and how does Sanford Stack up with Johnson as a barometer, likely the last great Republican in the Southeast.
It would be grand if Furman could host Meacham and Sanford at Furman within the next couple months to go further into the soul of Mark Sanford.
To my knowledge is the first Furman grad to seek the High office.
Current Furman President Elizabeth Davis was in administration at Baylor before she came to Furman. She has strong Baptist credentials that would honor the legacy of George W. Truett whose name adorns the Divinity School at Baylor.
I don't speak for her, but am convinced she shares more in common with Baylor lecturer and great friend of the Baptist Joint Committee, Chet Edwards, than she does with Sanford, or for that matter her recent congressman in South Carolina, Trey Gowdy, who for several years shared his church membership at FBC Spartanburg, South Carolina, home of the Truth for a New Generation conferences the first decade of the 21st Century.
For more on Edwards explore this link
http://www.edwardsdavisstover.com/chet-Edwards
Sanford and his Furman influence is troubled. His best political friends in South Carolina on the culture issues are the Campsens of the Charleston area. Rick Mosteller married Cyndi Campsen, of the Furman class of 78. Cyndi's Brother Chip ran track at Furman a few years after her. The Campsen's were among the fundamentalists in the South Carolina Southern Baptist Convention who tried to gain control of the University of Marshall Frady and others and move it into the fundamentalist camp. That resulted in Furman breaking official ties with the SBC.
Now this seems to be ancient history of Trey Gowdy's successor, William Timmons, an active of Christ Church Episcopal in Greenville. See most recent blog.
Sanford tells Fox News and NPR he is running on his convictions as a Free Trade Republican with concern about the national debt. His record and network on the culture issues deserves examination as well, and I hope Furman rises to the occasion these next months.
To his credit, It is my understanding he has read and taken to heart Jon Meacham's reservations about Donald Trump in Meacham's book about the soul of America.
What does Mark Sanford know about the Lincoln Republican Frank Johnson and how does Sanford Stack up with Johnson as a barometer, likely the last great Republican in the Southeast.
It would be grand if Furman could host Meacham and Sanford at Furman within the next couple months to go further into the soul of Mark Sanford.
posted by foxofbama | 10:31 AM
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