Sanford’s anti-Yucca stance: Who said Vaudeville is dead?

You have to admit the notion that South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford would express outrage over the impending closure of the Yucca Mountain nuke dump is pretty hilarious.

This is the same Sanford whose credibility was gut shot by his tawdry Buenos Aires affair. The scandal has not only ruined his phony pious image, but also his once-promising political career. It opened the door for a nice book contract for Sanford’s wife, who tears the governor to kibble. It’s made Sanford the butt of many jokes on late-night television.

You would think at some point the guy would just shrug and call it a day. But, no, he can’t help himself.

He wants to come out and be a self-appointed pro-Yucca spokesman.

Somehow, I think Nevada’s anti-Yucca troops can fade whatever heat Sanford generates.

For her part, Congresswoman Shelley Berkley can’t help herself. In a statement released this week, she beats Sanford like a Buddy Rich drum set.

Berkley: “Governor Sanford should take a lesson on what it means to keep his word.  President Obama told the families of Nevada that he would end efforts to turn our state into a nuclear waste dump and he made good on that promise by pulling the plug on Yucca Mountain.

“Whether it was earthquakes or other flaws at the site, the danger from decades of nuclear waste shipments across the U.S. or Yucca Mountain’s $100 billion price tag -- President Obama made the right choice for our nation on the nuclear waste issue.  Maybe Governor Sanford hatched this dream to save Yucca Mountain during a hike along the Appalachian trail or on one of his trips overseas, which could explain why he is clinging to the fantasy of seeing Nevada buried in toxic radioactive garbage for the next one million years.

Shame on Governor Sanford and all those like him who dismiss decades of scientific failures at Yucca Mountain, the real danger from terrorism and the objections of Nevadans -- all in hopes of resurrecting this $100 billion hole in the desert.

“And if the Governor feels so passionately about high-level nuclear waste, then how come he isn’t calling for it to be stored in South Carolina?”