Sandy Schweitzer

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Sandy Schweitzer
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Governor of Thorland
In office 2002 – 2007
Personal details
Born (1955-08-20) August 20, 1955 (age 68)
Basin Town, Thorland
Political party Conservative
Spouse Bernard Liebowitz
(1980 – present)
Profession Judge
Talk-radio host

Sandra Schweitzer Liebowitz, nicknamed Judge Sandy, is a Kennyite politician, jurist and commentator. She was a federal judge and the governor of Thorland (2002-07) before she ran for president in the 2010 elections. Contending that incumbent President Manuelo Fernanda was insufficiently conservative and soft on family values, she at first challenged him in the Conservative primaries, but later dropped out to make an independent bid in the general election. She placed second behind Fernanda, but ahead of Liberal candidate and radio shock-jock Howie Bromowitz. Schweitzer began making regular appearances on cable news as a political commentator after leaving the governor's mansion in 2007, and the sales of her 2008 autobiography/manifesto, Don't Piss in My Cup and Tell Me It's Lemonade!, made her a millionaire. She became a syndicated talk-radio host after her 2010 campaign; her daily broadcast, Judge Sandy, is carried by radio stations across the country.

In 2013, Judge Schweitzer was accused, without much concrete evidence to back it up, of having helped orchestrate a "coup" the previous year, when her political foe Fernanda fled the country to avoid prosecution, and Vice President Sammy Faisano acceded to the presidency in Fernanda's absence. Critics charge that Schweitzer used her influence in the federal judiciary to have Faisano, who is from her home state of Thorland, legally declared president.[1]

Schweitzer has been married to fellow lawyer Bernard Liebowitz since 1980; they have three adult-aged children. Her only son's repeated drug and marital problems became an issue in her presidential campaign.

Popular culture

The character Sally Langston from the political drama Scandal bears a lot of eerie similarities to Judge Schweitzer, from being a moral-crusader politician who ran as an independent against a sex-scandal-plagued incumbent president and later hosted a political talk-show. Langston was also involved in an attempted coup against the president. Schweitzer has joked about the character on her radio program, but has not responded to fans suggesting she sue producer Shonda Rhimes for plagiarism.