Rep. Mark Sanford (R-S.C.) seems determined to finish off his political career with a fizzle.
The lawmaker lost the Republican primary for his congressional seat earlier this year. And if Sanford had any hope of winning a write-in campaign, what he's handing out for Halloween will certainly end such naivete.
No, Sanford isn't even one of those detested neighbors who hands out apples or toothbrushes to trick-or-treaters. He's distributing pocket Constitutions in some sort of twisted reminder that even after a night of feasting on candy, kids still have to return to school the next day.
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The former South Carolina governor once went missing from work for six days in 2009, later admitting it was because he went to visit his mistress in Argentina. He re-entered politics by joining Congress in 2013 after some time on the down-low. And this year, Sanford proved he couldn't even retain that seat, losing his primary in a race that could flip to a Democrat in the midterms. If that weren't bad enough, he's now also shown he has no idea what fun is.
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