South Carolina
Jun 28 2009, Rudolf

Gov. Mark Sanford is the King David of South Carolina.

He says he is a bottom-line kind of guy. What it means is that he says it the way he sees it. So when he says he is like King David, he knows exactly what he is talking about.

King David...

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