Love In A New Media Age

Ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick (D) and his ex-CoS Christine Beatty engaged in a love affair via text message that led to the mayor's political downfall. We learned yesterday that SC Gov. Mark Sanford (R) did the same over email with an Argentinean gal named Maria. While we are in no way comparing the two situations or politicians -- Kilpatrick's text were, of course, introduced as evidence in his perjury trial, and Sanford has not been accused of any legal wrongdoing -- here's a juxtaposition of their, er, varied wooing styles.

Call it new love in a new media age.

Sanford: "You have a particular grace and calm that I adore. You have a level of sophistication that so fitting with your beauty."

Kilpatrick: "I really Love You.! Focus on the strategy. White Men will never define you the way you want. They WILL respect you!"

Sanford: "I could digress and say that you have the ability to give magnificent gentle kisses, or that I love your tan lines or that I love the curve of your hips, the erotic beauty of you holding yourself (or two magnificent parts of yourself) in the faded glow of the night's light."

Kilpatrick: ""TOO MANY WHITE PEOPLE! TOO MANY QUESTIONS"

Sanford: "there is something wonderful about listening to country music playing in the cab, air conditioner running, the hum of a huge diesel engine in the back ground, the tranquility that comes with being in a virtual wilderness of trees and marsh, the day breaking and vibrant pink coming alive in the morning clouds."

Kilpatrick: "OK, I SOLD WEED IN COLLEGE!"

Sanford: "In all my life I have lived by a code of honor and at a variety of levels know I have crossed lines I would have never imagined. I wish I could wish it away, but this soul-mate feel I alluded too is real and in that regard I sure don't want to be the person complicating your life. I looked to where I often look for advice and counsel, and in I Corinthians 13 it simply says that, 'Love is patient and kind, love is not jealous or boastful, it is not arrogant or rude, Love does not insist on its own way, it is not irritable or resentful, it does not rejoice in the wrong, but rejoices in the right, Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things and endures all things.'"

Kilpatrick: "You make me feel like a King! There has been NOBODY in my life who makes me feel more special."