Governor comes clean
SANFORD: Mistress is 'soul mate'; lines crossed with other women
COLUMBIA — Gov. Mark Sanford, already struggling to salvage his family and his political career after admitting a scandalous affair, added explosive details Tuesday, including more visits with the mistress he calls his "soul mate" and additional women in his past.
AP
In an interview over two days with The Associated Press, Gov. Mark Sanford said he still hopes to reconcile with his wife, on the heels of admitting that his Argentine mistress is his 'soul mate' and that he had 'crossed lines' with a handful of other women.
The once-promising presidential prospect said he is committed to reconciling with his wife, but professed to The Associated Press his continued love for the Argentine woman at the center of the firestorm that gutted his political future.
In emotional interviews over two days, he said he would die "knowing that I had met my soul mate."
Sanford also said that he "crossed the lines" with a handful of other women during 20 years of marriage, but not as far as he did with his mistress.
"There were a handful of instances wherein I crossed the lines I shouldn't have crossed as a married man, but never crossed the ultimate line," he said.
Sanford insisted his relationship with Maria Belen Chapur, whom he met at a dance spot in Uruguay eight years ago, was more than just sex. "This was a whole lot more than a simple affair. This was a love story," Sanford said. "A forbidden one, a tragic one, but a love story at the end of the day."
Even with the latest revelations, Sanford maintains he is fit to govern and has no plans to resign. "I've been able to do my job and in fact excel at it," he said, while acknowledging that he is a spectator at his "own political funeral."
Wednesday, Communications Director Joel Sawyer said the governor is finished discussing the matter. The Post and Courier had requested an interview with Sanford about how he plans to move forward.
"He is focused on being governor, on rebuilding his marriage, and on building back the trust of South Carolinians," Sawyer said.
During more than three hours of interviews over two days at his Statehouse office, Sanford said he is trying to fall back in love with his wife, Jenny, even as he grapples with his deep feelings for Chapur.
"I owe it too much to my boys and to the last 20 years with Jenny to not try this larger walk of faith," he said.
Sanford detailed more encounters with his mistress than he had disclosed during a rambling, emotional press conference last week.
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Sanford fallout: With new revelations, calls for resignation grow louder, published 7/1/09
And he delivered a personal check late Tuesday for nearly $3,000 to reimburse the state for a 2008 state-funded trip to Argentina during which he visited Chapur, and he insists no public money was used for any other meetings with her.
House Speaker Bobby Harrell said it is premature to heed calls from those in his own party to remove Sanford.
"I want to see what the investigation finds before I'm willing to discuss that topic," said Harrell, a Charleston Republican.
However, at least 10 of 27 Republican state senators have called for Sanford to resign.
Timeline
2001: Gov. Mark Sanford said he met Maria Chapur on a dance floor in Punta del Este, Uruguay, a beachside playground frequented by wealthy Argentinians. Sanford said the encounter was not romantic, though "there was a connection from the start." They struck up an e-mail correspondence.
2004: Sanford said he met Chapur for coffee in New York during the Republican National Convention.
June 2008: Sanford met Chapur in Argentina in the middle of an economic development mission. He said that's when their relationship turned physical.
September 2008: Sanford said he met Chapur in Manhattan. He said he flew coach, paid for the hotel in cash and told his staff he was reachable via cell phone.
November 2008: Sanford said he met Chapur in the Hamptons, a beach area on Long Island, which Sanford also said he paid for in cash.
Early 2009: Sanford's wife, Jenny, found out about the affair when she discovered a letter her husband had written to Chapur. Sanford said he traveled with his "spiritual adviser" to break off the relationship with Chapur.
June 2009: Jenny Sanford ordered the governor to leave the house. He traveled secretly to Argentina to meet Chapur once again.
Sanford acknowledged in the AP interviews that he had casual encounters with other women while he was married but before he met Chapur. They took place during trips outside the country to "blow off steam" with male friends.
"What I would say is that I've never had sex with another woman. Have I done stupid? I have. You know you meet someone. You dance with them. You go to a place where you probably shouldn't have gone," Sanford said. But he said those encounters were nothing like his relationship with Chapur.
"If you're a married guy, at the end of the day you shouldn't be dancing with somebody else. So anyway, without wandering into that field, we'll just say that I let my guard down in all senses of the word without ever crossing the line that I crossed with this situation," he said.
Sanford also detailed more visits with Chapur, including an encounter he described as a failed attempt at a farewell meeting in New York last winter, chaperoned by a spiritual adviser and sanctioned by his wife soon after she found out about the affair.
But he saw Chapur over Father's Day weekend and after his wife expressly told him not to, leaving the country without telling his staff and instead leading them to believe he was hiking the Appalachian Trail.
By the time he returned to a puzzled public, staff and family, his public image and emotional state had unraveled. He admitted the affair at a news conference televised nationally, but at the time said there were only four meetings with his mistress.
Sanford told the AP he saw Chapur five times over the last year, including two romantic, multi-night stays with her in New York, one in Manhattan, one in the Hamptons, both paid for in cash so no one would know, before they met in the city again with the intention of breaking up.
He said he saw her two other times before that, including their first meeting.
"There was some kind of connection from the very beginning," he said, though neither that first encounter nor a 2004 coffee date in New York during the Republican National Convention were romantic.
Their relationship turned physical, he said, during a government trip to Brazil and Argentina in June 2008; and when he returned, the e-mails that had started years earlier began to reflect anguish over what they had done.
"Now I am frightened," he told the AP, describing his state of mind at the time. "It was before safe. But now it's not safe. We gotta put the genie back in the bottle."
Sanford said he first became aware officials were looking for him Monday evening, June 22, four days after his departure for Argentina, when he checked his cell phone voice mail.
"I was reached ultimately on Monday evening," he said. "I was contacted and called (chief of staff) Scott (English) back that Tuesday morning."
He and Jenny, parents of four sons, say they are trying to reconcile their marriage but have not been sharing the same house for several weeks.
Jenny Sanford found out about the relationship in January when she discovered a letter the governor had written to his mistress.
Excerpts from AP interview
Quotes from Mark Sanford's wide-ranging interview with The Associated Press, conducted in his Statehouse office over two days:
On other women he encountered but before he met his Argentine lover, Maria Belen Chapur: "What I would say is that I've never had sex with another woman. Have I done stupid? I have. You know you meet someone. You dance with them. You go to a place where you probably shouldn't have gone. ... If you're a married guy at the end of the day you shouldn't be dancing with somebody else. So anyway without wandering into that field we'll just say that I let my guard down in all senses of the word without ever crossing the line that I crossed with this situation."
On meeting Chapur for coffee during the Republican National Convention in New York in 2004: "I remember there was an older couple sitting to our right, and I remember them watching us, in the way that we interacted. They could see a spark, or, I don't know what you'd call it, but there was something there."
On reconciling his affair while people were talking about him as a possible 2012 presidential candidate: "You kept compartmentalizing. That one is incredibly important in terms of the ramifications. And my passion for the world of ideas that impact this country and state. Um, the other was tied to, well what's different between left brain and right brain, is what it is. One was about these different concrete things I've been working on. And the other, the other is tied to (long pause) the pursuit of happiness. Whatever that is."
On his most recent trip to see Chapur in Argentina: "No, she knew I was coming. Didn't believe I was coming, but I got down on one knee and said I am here in the hope that we can prove this whole thing to be a mirage."
On weighing his political career against his relationship with her: "I will be able to die knowing that I had met my soul mate. But it was one of those things, I knew the cost."
On trying to deal with his feelings for her: "It's about incredibly deep conflicts, between one's heart and one's value system, and an 8 1/2-year wrestling match on that front."
MARK SANFORD
BORN: May 28, 1960, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
EDUCATION: Bachelor's degree in business from Furman University; master's in business administration degree from University of Virginia.
CAREER: Real estate businessman.
PARTY: Republican.
POLITICAL EXPERIENCE: Was elected governor in 2002 and 2006. Served in the U.S. House for three terms before honoring a term-limits pledge and leaving office in 2001. Was mentioned as a potential 2012 presidential contender before the scandal broke.
PERSONAL: Married Jenny Sullivan in 1989; four sons.
QUOTE: "The problem with funerals is that someone has to die or something has to die. Obviously I've been dealing over the last couple of days with my own political funeral, if you will, in terms of other prospects that might or might not have come."
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abitskeptical (anonymous) says...
Political funeral?
You, sir, have all but destroyed the family with which you were incredibly blessed & you are conjuring up an image of your political funeral?
You seem hell bent on burning bridges....in addition to having a difficult time being honest with yourself.
Soulmate? Love story?
Really?
Altho you quoted from Corinthians an email to Maria, your actions & what you have done to so many people, not the least of whom are your wife & children, are the antithesis of real love.
To use the word love in connection with what you have done & continue to do with these interviews, borders on blasphemy.
July 1, 2009 at 1:04 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
jimjones (anonymous) says...
You know, you have to give him credit for one thing. He has a huge set of...well...you know.
July 1, 2009 at 1:08 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
nursenat (anonymous) says...
Ok, so he is "trying to fall back into love with his wife," he is tortured over the fact that he cannot be with his soul mate, and that theirs is a "forbidden" and "tragic" love story...
Jenny Sanford deserves to be THE one, number 1 to her husband. I cannot imagine the humiliation and pain she must feel hearing how deeply her husband loves another woman...and that he is trying to fall back into love with his wife for the sake of the family and their 20 years together.
The lack of respect he has for his wife (and the people of SC) is astounding.
July 1, 2009 at 1:40 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
furmangirl1998 (anonymous) says...
MARK SANFORD: Do you need a Venn Diagram to point out that you are about to lose the most important treasure that anyone could ever have in their life--your family??? When you are old and estranged from your family and your "soul mate" has moved onto the next "hiking" adventure, you will sit back and reflect that Jenny and the boys were the best things that ever came into your life. Screw your political career, put some duct tape on your mouth (and zipper while you are at it), quit blabbering and crying to the press like a little girl, resign and go back to your family. And one last thing, quit using the press as your personal priest for your daily confessions. We already know how this old story ends...another adult in midlife crisis who has found his soul mate--how original! Ever read something similar about a couple in a setting named the Garden of Eden? Was it Adam and Eve??? No wait, sorry, it was Mark and Maria in Argentina. How's that apple tasting about right now, Mark?
July 1, 2009 at 1:54 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
SeaShark (anonymous) says...
What do Mark Sanford's idiot defenders think of their creep hero now?
Sanford continues to deliberately ridicule and humiliate his wife Jenny by publicly describing Maria as the love-of-his-life "soul mate" at the same time he condescendingly says that he'll make an effort to fall in love with Jenny again.
Don't do Jenny any favors, Mark. And Jenny, do what you should have done last week: serve your repugnant husband with divorce papers and dismiss him from your life.
July 1, 2009 at 2:12 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Sandy37 (anonymous) says...
I think Sanford need some time alone. Later send an assistant to pick up his sons at an agreed time and take them to Beauford or to his home in Columbia. Start spending time with his sons seperate from his wife. This will take the stress off the wife and give him time to evaluate life without her. From what I see all to many of his friends are trying to force a square peg through a round hole and he keep trying to make everyone understand that it just won't work. Probably her friends who get power via the govenors office are pushing, pushing, pushing her to make him come back. She should move on with her life before something horrible really happens.
July 1, 2009 at 2:34 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
stanish (anonymous) says...
"He delivered a $3,000 check to reimburse the state". He should be PROSECUTED like everyone else! He STOLE the taxpayers money of this state to use for his own infidelity. It's not a simple matter of giving it back! He has committed a CRIME, period! Since he is ABOVE the law, we should release ALL serving time for theft, robbery, shoplifting, money laundering, embezzlement, etc. and their record should be completely EXPUNGE! We can all help reduce the budget since our tax dollar won't be paying for their lodging, meals, and other services while incarcerated. As for this LIAR and THIEF, it serves S.C. right to be the laughing stock that it is.
July 1, 2009 at 2:44 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
justmyview (anonymous) says...
At this point I think Sanford should stop talking about his extra curricular activities and try to continue repairing the relationship with his wife and kids.
July 1, 2009 at 2:50 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
eatmorecollards (anonymous) says...
I think I might have seen this movie before. (Last Tango in Paris)
July 1, 2009 at 2:50 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Lithographer (anonymous) says...
Too much information.
July 1, 2009 at 2:53 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
lloyd007 (anonymous) says...
PLEASE....Enough with the SORDID DETAILS...LEAVE..!!!...I think you have disgraced the people of this state enough.Those that are in power there in columbia: Bobby Harrell, Glenn McConnell, and McMasters, the voters will have their say with regards to you losers as well. your ALL a bunch of CROOKS. What person in their right mind would ever THINK of voting for ANYONE of you guys come next election is beyond me. There is such a thing called "FOR THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE", you bunch of self-rightous hypocrites. All of you are there (in Columbia) for your own personal enrichment, Screw the people is what I bet you guys say...THIS MAN ( MARK SANFORD ) BROKE THE LAW..!!!..He should RESIGN or be IMPEACHED.!!!!..Do your Damn Jobs. What each of you were sent to Columbia to do..WORK FOR THE PEOPLE. THE PEOPLE WANT MARK SANFORD GONE..!!!
July 1, 2009 at 3:27 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
AMAZING (anonymous) says...
"And he delivered a personal check late Tuesday for nearly $3,000 to reimburse the state for a 2008 state-funded trip to Argentina during which he visited Chapur"
Three thousand dollars is not nearly enough. By the way, how did he come up with that figure? uh uh uh ...let's see ...hmm, I wonder if I can get away with only giving back two-thousand ...no no no ..uh uh uh how about twenty-five hundred? ...uh..uh uh uh ...I know, three thousand dollars will keep everyone quiet ...that's it! three thousand! Will you take three-thousand? Take it! Take it! ...that's the least I can do! ...even-stevens, right? we good? yeah man we good! you're good and I'm good and everybody's good ... wew, I'm glad that's taken care of.
Now, by the way, there are other women, lots of them. Now, listen, I need to settle up on this one. While I have my check book out and I'm writing checks, how much do I need to write this check for? uh uh uh ...now, keep in mind, I didn't have sex with any of them ...uh uh uh ...now remember that, I crossed the line uh ..uh uh but not very far, okay? uh uh uh
Now, as far as Chapur, were cool on that one because she is my soul-mate, got that? SOUL-MATE!
We be cool, hey hey hey ...does anyone know if I have any frequent flyer miles left? I would really like to Argentina about now, just to blow off a little with the boys you know, with this stressful job and all ....uh uh uh ...will someone please get Delta SkyMiles people on the phone? ...hurry ...hurry up!
July 1, 2009 at 3:55 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
pithy (anonymous) says...
Wow! What romantic words when you are trying to reconcile with the woman you cheated on! If someone told me they would "work at falling back in love" with me after cheating on me with his "soul mate", I'd tell them to move on or in with "their soul mate" and get out of my life. My kids and I would be better off without a cheat anyway.
July 1, 2009 at 4:18 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
SeaSaw (anonymous) says...
I can't believe that I'm just now figuring out, that I'm watching "The War of the Roses" in real life. That's why the two of them keep doing interviews.
July 1, 2009 at 4:20 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
the_great_waldo (anonymous) says...
Mark is suffering from a huge case of "Baptist guilt". Your initial confession, while raw and real, was stupid. Should have delivered a pre-written mea-culpa, apologizing certainly, but without the tears and emotions. You have provided nothing but fodder for your enemies who smell blood. And let's be honest...that's what this is truly all about. Your enemies want you gone. Period.
You now further confess to "relations with other women-while not crossing the line". You need to shut up. With that puritanical reasoning-they might as well outlaw golf trips for the guys to Myrtle Beach. Which ironically almost always end up with a token appearance at the "Gentleman's Club" and then on to dancing at 2001... with whom?...what?....married women on a weekend trip with their girl friends. 99 times out of a 100, the ultimate line isn't crossed...but you still don't go home and talk about dancing.
Now quit acting like some high school football player just shunned by the head cheerleader. Be a man-grab some ball$ and get to work. You no longer control the situation with Jenny-she holds all the cards, and believe me, she is getting a ton of advice from her friends. If she wants you-she will try...if she doesn't, she won't. Simple as that. But your continued rambling comments do not help your situation...they won't tell you this...but they pretend to want an Alan Alda type..but they are secretly laughing behind your back.
Man Up and Shut Up!
Go Govern! This is about as uncomfortable as reading Jimmy Carter's interview in Playboy Magazine about "lusting in his heart".
July 1, 2009 at 5:15 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
leep (anonymous) says...
STOP!!!!!
Mark, you own your own crap. You put it on your wife and kids unfairly-now us with this public confession!? RESIGN. We can't trust you. This offense goes WAY beyond your little inflated ego/endorphin world. You blew it.
Jenny, circle the wagons.Gather trustworthy people that have the personal understanding and empathy of what you are going through- and take as long as you need to heal.
July 1, 2009 at 5:22 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
the_great_waldo (anonymous) says...
And one more thing. How would you like being any of guys who accompanied Mark on any of his past trips with his friends.."to blow off a little steam?" I'll bet everyone of them is enduring a marital interogation about who was with whom, etc...Thanks friend.
July 1, 2009 at 5:24 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
studley (anonymous) says...
I'm beginning to think that Mark is a dumbed down version of Dubya.
Scary, scary stuff.
July 1, 2009 at 5:43 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Paulie (anonymous) says...
Resign and get it over with !
July 1, 2009 at 5:49 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
upstateislander (anonymous) says...
GLOBAL WARMING OVERCOMES GOVERNOR
It would seem as though as the dog days of summer are arriving a little early this year. While most of us are getting ready for a nice long weekend of spending time with our families to celebrate the 4th of July barbecueing and watching fireworks, dear ole guv just can't wait for Saturday......firing shot after shot...... at himself.
Not content to hunker down ride it out after having bared his soul countless times in the last week, dear ole guv's "melt down" seems to be gaining momentum. Maybe there is some truth after all that global warming is upon us, after all what else could explain what we are seeing?
Dear ole guv proclaims that he is watching his own funeral, but really guv....Where did you get this idea? Do you imagine some type of Viking funeral pyre where the great warrior is pushed out to sea on a stack of logs that is set afire by an archer's flaming arrow? Guv you really need to stop being the guy shooting the flaming arrows.
No, what we are witnessing is history. A mental meltdown of epic proportions.....dear ole guv is confused and thinks the reporters are members of his Sunday afternoon therapy group and are really concerned with helping him resolve his inner conflicts.
It's time for Reggie Lloyd to put extra security around little Andy Bauer and protect our soon about to be next guv, because it doesn't look like Mark's meltdown is going to slow up any. Amazing isn't it, Deamocrats have been waring us about global warming for years.......and it seems to be affecting the Republicans first.
July 1, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
rednose (anonymous) says...
If I didnt know better I'd swear he was about to start his period.
July 1, 2009 at 6:09 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
KiawahIslandGirl (anonymous) says...
Sanford sounds like love sick puppy, a very drunk one.
He needs to resign. we don't need to spend tax payers money on an investigation. He already admitted to his infidelities, with more then one woman and he spent the tax payers money doing it. he sounds very stupid, its hard to believe this man has a business degree. It's hard to believe his wife stayed with him all these years. She should dump him and never look back. We need to dump him too. He is doing nothing that is relevant to being a Governor. I didn't know the Governors job required him to go to Brazil and Argentina in the past. He can't run the State, but he went to Brazil and Argentina for world affair's I suppose?? or just an affair on my taxpayer dollar and that makes me upset.
I'd be very happy to take his job as Governor, while I have no business degree I have been in business or 20 years and I know you don't go on all kinds of trips and feel sorry for yourself and dance with other people or screw around when you are in the business of serving the people. You do what you have to for your people. The best job. He seems to only be thinking of his personal life.
He sounds like he is mentally unstable. He should just go to his "soul mate" immediately. He is making a damn fool of himself. Soul mate, yeah, dream on.
She (ms. Argentina)must be quite pleasing in the sack. The head between his shoulders is not working, but the other one seems to be working to screw the State of SC.
All your leaders in charge backing this joker, you should leave too. If you think he is justified, you are worse then he is. You are not gentlemen and certainly you are no public servants.
I would be happy to work with Education, Health care and helping families. While creating good jobs in the State of SC. If they can't figure out how to do it by now, they need to stop playing politicians. It take's a hand's on person to know how to run business. A degree in business, doesn't mean you know how to run one and he is the perfect example.
Go back to Argentina Governor. Let's see how long your soul mate last's when she see's you aren't a Governor anymore. Perhaps, she could be your Eva Peron.....
then you really can say, don't cry for me Argentina. butthead!
July 1, 2009 at 6:40 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
lillycollette (anonymous) says...
Sanford is not going to distract anyone from the crime of-fraud-involved in his affair by spinning it into a melodramatic dime-store romance.
I believe Sanford previously admitted to using Chapur as a sounding board in his duties as governor of South Carolina. This could raise serious questions about all of his official decisions during his dalliance with the Oiran / Geisha, Ms Chapur.
July 1, 2009 at 6:51 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Sandy37 (anonymous) says...
YOU PEOPLE ARE HILARIOUS. I THINK GOV. SANFORD IS GATHERING MATERIAL FOR A BOOK. THIS IS ONLY A TEASER SO WE WILL BUY IT TO KNOW THE END...HE CERTAINLY IS NOT BORING. IN ALL MY DAYS NO MAN EVER MADE SUCH A FOOL OF HIMSELF OVER ME. IF HE TRULY LOVES THIS WOMAN, HE DOES NOT WANT TO BE IN POLITICS OR SERVE THE PEOPLE. NO ONE REALLY GETS IT.
July 1, 2009 at 7 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
eatmorecollards (anonymous) says...
Isn't there a saying about the hand that rocks the cradle or something?
I don't know who all the married women in South Carolina will be voting for in the next elections. Its very plain to see who they wont be voting for though.
July 1, 2009 at 7:08 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
karmann (anonymous) says...
I voted for him twice as governor, but I feel it is time he resigned now. If he is really serious about salvaging his marriage and caring about South Carolina, he needs to step down. The attention he is bringing to himself, his family, and to this state is detrimental in all aspects. Sandford needs to resign even as much as I don't want our Lt Governor to take his place.
July 1, 2009 at 7:11 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
scfirefly (anonymous) says...
"I've been able to do my job and in fact excel at it"
Ladies and Gentlemen, here is overwhelming proof he has lost his grip on reality.
July 1, 2009 at 7:16 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
bettered4sc (anonymous) says...
Please remember the real issue here, despite the fact that he lied on national TV to his constituents, family and God, he is guilty of dereliction of duty and using tax payers money for a personal trip. This is the Gov. of the great state of SC, his only focus right now should be the high unemployment rate, high level of generational poverty, education etc. and instead he is living on my (tax payer) money mourning the loss of his "soulmate". In any other state this person would be impeached. Paying back a random amount of money does not excuse the crime. I am sure that the many people that are sitting in our overpopulated jails would love the chance to have made restitution for a get out of jail free card. This is all pretty hypocritical of the same person who went after a former President for having oral sex with someone in the white house ...you have done way worse. GET OUT OF MY HOUSE SANFORD, I am tired of seeing you use my hard earned tax money to pay the rent for your house when you can't even do your job. No wonder he fought the 700 mil so hard...he is too busy worrying about his mistress to see what poor condition his state is in.
Come on people...demand that our representatives do their job, stop playing politics and stand up for their constituents. GET MARK SANFORD OUT!
July 1, 2009 at 7:27 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Sandy37 (anonymous) says...
KARMANN, WHAT ARE ALL WE OUT OF STATERS GOING TO DO IF SANFORD LEAVES. I AM LOVIN IT. I LIVED THERE AND KNOW MOST OF THE PEOPLE INVOLVED AND COULD NOT UNDERSTAND HOW THOSE MEN GOT AWAY WITH ALL THEY DID. EITHER THE WOMEN DID NOT CARE OR THEY WERE STUPID. THIS JENNY GIRL SEEMS TO FIT RIGHT IN EVEN IF SHE IS FROM CHICAGO. SANFORD IS ONLY DOING WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR THE LAST 50 YEARS AT LEAST. I THINK THERE IS SOMETHING MORE IN THIS MESS THAN A LITTLE ADULTRY. USUALLY ITS ABOUT MONEY OR PET PROJECTS. THIS SMELL LIKE BLACKMAIL AND SANFORD WOULD NOT GIVE.
July 1, 2009 at 7:27 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Captain_Cornbread (anonymous) says...
" You know you meet someone. You dance with them. You go to a place where you probably shouldn't have gone." = Hookers and Strip Bars
Not only is he going down but he busted all of his buddies.
Please do your family a favor, keep your mouth shut, stop tormenting them and then do the rest of us a huge favor and resign NOW!!!
July 1, 2009 at 7:33 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
martin (anonymous) says...
excel at his job? excel at his job?!?!
Just like now, all he ever did was talk,talk, talk; rarely, rarely, rarely accomplishing anything. And, you supposrters loved it.
Leadership is motivating people to work with you to accomplish common goals; not being the lone wolf in Congress or Columbia.. He's always been a failure as an effective politician.
While all this is stirred up, let's look at Mark appointing Reggie Lloyd to SLED after he let the Italian co-conspirator of Thomas Ravenel flee the country. Don't try to tell me Mark Sanford was not in on some of Ravenel's coke parties and that habit may explain his current inability to shut his mouth.
July 1, 2009 at 7:33 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
tcm3412 (anonymous) says...
Why would or should Jenny take him back, after hearing that she is not his soulmate? Would any of you? I sure as hell woulndn't!!!!!
July 1, 2009 at 7:34 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
whalernut (anonymous) says...
Go out with a bang this fourth Governor. Resign.
If a category 1 storm hits this coast you could not save it. What if a 5 hits?
July 1, 2009 at 7:36 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
JDHawg (anonymous) says...
Sandy turn the DAMN Cap lock off , you don't have to yell:-}
July 1, 2009 at 7:38 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
kittkattsc (anonymous) says...
All I have to say is shameeeeeeeeee on him. I just hope he shuts his mouth. At least the HO (soulmate) is keeping her mouth shut.
What disrepect for his wife and children.
July 1, 2009 at 7:45 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
babyface (anonymous) says...
I believe that Ms Sanford has 5 sons not the four that has been reported by the press. The oldest Mark seems to be the most immature and the biggest talker. The people of SC are the biggest loser in all of this. Please resign and have your teenage feud in private.
July 1, 2009 at 7:55 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Caneray (anonymous) says...
There are two kinds of hypocrisy running rampant through this horror story. The first is the hypocrite named Sanford. He and the other politicians who ran for office spouting a platform that included family values only to trash said values are hypocrites. Then you have the people who supported these slugs,in some cases even after being caught. I wonder how many of Gov. Sanford's supporters were calling for the head of the adulterer named Clinton. Here in this overwhelmingly Republican state, President Clinton was trashed early and often by people who were not willing to give him one iota of a chance. Where are these hypocrites now?
July 1, 2009 at 7:57 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Lovely_One (anonymous) says...
What did the dead horse say to the media?
Quit beating me???!!!!
July 1, 2009 at 8 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
mikev (anonymous) says...
I am the same age and currently unemployed.
In my entire carrer it was grounds for termination if you do not report off from work.
This guy is breaking up and keeps running his mouth.. I am tired of it. He Needs help and to step down
July 1, 2009 at 8:02 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Lois_Lane (anonymous) says...
Someday, "it" will stop working, then the blood will return to the brain and maybe, just maybe, he'll think rational. But by then it will be too late for his family. As for now, he has personally nearly completed a meltdown bringing Jenny and his children with him. This continuing pubic, yes I said pubic, confessional fiasco has not only "crossed the line" of insanity, it's a downright embarrassment to a fine woman. Kick him back to Argentina and let him be with his "soul mate". He'll think he's happy for awhile, then reality will settle in and he'll get bored again and cross the dance line with some other idiot. Any man should consider being blessed to have such a woman as a wife and mother of his children. But then again, "it" seems to be in charge and once again, clouds a man's thinking to the point of a very, very, perfect storm.
July 1, 2009 at 8:03 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
BreezinIAm (anonymous) says...
Cubby, spiritual advisor, to Sanford, citing the "corrupting influences" of politics: "It's the rare man who can be an effective congressman and fulfill his biblical responsibilities as a husband and father."
It takes a superhero to do the right thing? Well, maybe in South Carolina if the good-old-boys network is that strong.
However, no matter how many ways one parses that sentence - even removing the Biblical reference - it comes out as utter nonsense.
July 1, 2009 at 8:08 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
ln1959 (anonymous) says...
Caneray.. Amen. It is pretty quite on these threads today. A few days ago, they where still calling for Clinton's head.
July 1, 2009 at 8:16 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
pelicanwoman (anonymous) says...
He needs to STOP with the emotional confessions. Did he need to come clean about how many trips he took and other near affairs before someone else leaked them? Yes. Does he need to announce to the world that his wife is not his soul mate and that he is not currently in love with her? Uh, NO!
As to the repair of the marriage....Mrs. Sanford CAN forgive him, it is possible. But she will never forget. His words will ring inside her head every day for years to come and she will never ever be able to trust him again. She will never be able to feel about him like she used to.
July 1, 2009 at 8:27 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
charleston1960 (anonymous) says...
Stanish, you left out releasing idiots...oh wait a lot are already out...
July 1, 2009 at 8:28 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
bean (anonymous) says...
oh my,, when I first heard about this , I was like ok everyone needs to just let it go and let him and his wife work it out,, then I woke this morning and listen to the news, and holy cow he is at it again,, he is a lunitic by far. crossed the line many times but did not have sex, come on that's like saying I was on the line of between being drunk and passing out,,, who does this man really think he is, get the heck out of office and repair the damage within your own family and stop destroying sc public face,,, serious just plain serious, this guy is a freaking puke and his wife should take him for every once he has, and drop him like a hot rock,,,,
July 1, 2009 at 8:35 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
vmirat90 (anonymous) says...
"I'm beginning to think that Mark is a dumbed down version of Dubya.
Scary, scary stuff."
Not possible, studley...just not possible.
July 1, 2009 at 8:44 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
AMH7969 (anonymous) says...
So glad to know that Sanford can die knowing he met his soul mate. I am sure that brings such comfort to Jenny Sanford and their 4 sons. I am sure it makes the 20 years she gave to him as his wife and mother of his children seem all worth while. I am sure it makes leaving her own career behind to be his full time cheerleader seem like the right choice ... don't ya think??? I am sure his sons are going to love reflecting back on all of this as adults one day knowing their father basically threw them under the bus to satisfy his own need to feel complete with his soul mate ... if only for a moment. I am sure it will make them feel all better knowing that he searched and searched until you found the right soul mate before you actually crossed the ultimate line. That is a good lesson to teach ... wait for the right one before you cheat. Would not want anyone to think you don't have morals!!!
I am so happy for you Governor Sanford. You are so lucky to be able to do all of this soul searching and then come home to a wife and family that is actually considering taking you back. Rather than putting the geine back in the bottle, why not put your best friend back in your pants and focus on your family's needs rather than your own. Rather than dwelling on the fact that you are a witness to your own political funeral, you need to drop to your knees and praise God that Jenny Sanford is giving you a second chance ... much less your children.
Can you believe this guy ... going on and on in the press about how he loved this woman out of one side of his mouth and then saying he wants to work things out at home out of the other? I have said it before on here ... he needs a mental evaluation ... AND QUICK!!!
July 1, 2009 at 8:44 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
grits1973 (anonymous) says...
Marriage is hard work, it's certainly not all romance and roses. And, it's all about overcoming our sinful natures that constantly prompt us to put ourselves and our own desires first. Jenny Sanford's 1st public response (the initial written statement) was very telling to me because she mentioned marriage being a commitment and a matter of the will in essence, staying with someone even when you don't "feel" like loving them. On the other hand, her husband's writings and public comments speak all about his feelings for this other woman and nothing really about his commitment to his wife that tells me he isn't very interested in working on his relationship. Also, simply saying that he needs to "fall in love with her again" indicates that he thinks his marriage relationship is about feelings and not the commitment that he made, regardless of his feelings at the moment. And, sadly, those who don't learn the difference between their feelings and their commitment will only go on to repeat the mistake with someone else because one day even those new wonderful feelings will fade.
July 1, 2009 at 8:49 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
guidedbystewart (anonymous) says...
Sanford proves once again his lack of pragmatism and his audacious arrogance!
July 1, 2009 at 8:50 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
katie (anonymous) says...
I sure hope that Jenny is planning on leaving this jerk, how could he possibly talk that way about his wife, a woman that helped his political career, and birthed his 4 children, Jenny you have the best part of Sanford, those 4 young boys, continue to raise them well as you have and show them what a real man acts like. Let Mark move to Argentina to be with his "soul mate" and get burnt when he realizes that it is not true...Mark Sanford you are a very mean, selfish man, and I hope for the best interest of our state that you get impeached.
July 1, 2009 at 9:10 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
postman01 (anonymous) says...
God almighty, Mark is destroying himself. I said from the beginning he has to resign. Now we have the impeachment and removal issue of his mental health.
He's changed. The love affair has changed him. I note the characterizations of some posters and know that they have not always been true.
But, people change and, in this case, we see a formerly good man who is self destructing. The pressure of all this is killing him.
July 1, 2009 at 9:17 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
justlaughin (anonymous) says...
It is their own business if Jenny and Mark decide to stay together or if they decide to split permanently - but I for one am against staying in a marriage for marriage sake or for the children's sake. I divorced several years ago, and I couldn't believe that some of my Christian friends kept telling me to stay in the loveless marriage because divorce is a sin or to stay because of the children. I cannot believe that God would want someone to remain unhappy all of her life in order keep a marriage vow. I have witnessed too many women who are imprisioned for a lifetime in a sad, loveless, unfullfilling marriage because of this mentality. Children know whether there is love or not and keeping them as a part of a dead marriage is torture to them as well. I am happy to say that my divorce was the best decision for me. My children are well-adjusted, their father is happier with someone else and so am I. We all get along better now in this new arrangement. Jenny needs to do what is best for her and her children- - staying with this man who is in love with another may not be the best thing - regardless of any vows. God will understand and forgive her getting a divorce if she chooses to do so.
July 1, 2009 at 9:18 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
vmirat90 (anonymous) says...
postman, I could not agree more. Like I said on another thread, at one time, I so revered and admired him. I volunteered on 2 of his campaigns. Now, he completely disgusts me.
Mark is now a "do as I say, not as I do" public official in my eyes- a hypocrite on a large scale.
July 1, 2009 at 9:19 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
oldglory (anonymous) says...
"The once-promising presidential prospect said he is committed to reconciling with his wife, but professed to The Associated Press his continued love for the Argentine woman at the center of the firestorm that gutted his political future."
How dare you offer such a horrible comittment to your wife and sons! Stick it in your ear, governor! What do you suppose your 'role model' will look like to your sons when they are adults?
'"There were a handful of instances wherein I crossed the lines I shouldn't have crossed as a married man, but never crossed the ultimate line," he said."'
All you gals out there who did not cross that 'ultimate line' with the guv -- CLAP YOUR HANDS! WOO!
I know this is a very serious matter for Mrs. Sanford and sons, but frankly I wonder if she feels about the governor's B.S. as I do. He's not worth the powder to blow to hell!
July 1, 2009 at 9:22 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
vmirat90 (anonymous) says...
just- that is my biggest beef with organized religion- in some denominations anyway- to stay because it's a "sin" to get divorced. Those people are full of crap. First of all- those people didn't make the rules, secondly, they should mind their own business, and thirdly, I will take my chances on happiness now as opposed to being stuck in a marriage that is a living hell here on earth.
July 1, 2009 at 9:23 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
charles (anonymous) says...
This sort of thing could only happen to a Christian like the Governor...note how other faiths deal with this:
A couple preparing for a religious conversion meets with the orthodox rabbi for their final session.
The rabbi asks if they have any final questions.
The man asks, "Is it true that men and women don't dance together?"
"Yes," says the rabbi, "For modesty reasons, men and women dance separately."
"So I can't dance with my own wife?"
"No."
"Well, okay," says the man,"but what about sex?"
"Fine," says the rabbi. "A mitzvah within the marriage!"
"What about different positions?" the man asks.
"No problem," says the rabbi.
"Woman on top?" the man asks.
"Why not?" replies the rabbi.
"Well, what about standing up?"
"NO!" says the rabbi....
"Why Not???" asks the man.
"Could lead to dancing!"
July 1, 2009 at 9:25 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
kcc (anonymous) says...
Trying to fall back in love?? Hello-dont do HER any favors. Somehow, I believe she and the boys will be better off with out him. Oh, and allow me to give you a scenario Mr. Gov--in one of your "soul mates" emails to you, she spoke of "freedom". Why dont you go to her and be with her---you will then find out that her "freedom" includes you too. If she wants to be "free" to be with you, why not be "free" to be with whomever else comes along. What an ego!
July 1, 2009 at 9:31 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
crabby (anonymous) says...
"What did the dead horse say to the media?
Quit beating me???!!!!"
That's not a horse, it's a Jackass that is very much alive, and it keeps braying about it's "soul mate"!
July 1, 2009 at 9:33 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
oldglory (anonymous) says...
My question to those of you who support the guv is: are you not wondering if his marbles have rolled under the bed? Aren't you seriously worried about his well-being/stability?
I doubt there is one of us who would not forgive a major indiscretion of almost anyone; however, this is as though the guv is testing the water every single day. He just adds another little titillating tidbit each day, doesn't he? Further, this fantasy of his appears to be eroding the man himself. Which friend/friends of his are enabling him to appear in public giving these outrageous additions? Very, very tragic.
July 1, 2009 at 9:39 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Chopper_Harris (anonymous) says...
Dancing? As in ball room dancing or champagne room dancing? I bet the people over at the Rosen law firm call Jenny Sanford every hour on the hour to make sure she hasn't changed her mind about that divorce.
July 1, 2009 at 9:41 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
JH09915 (anonymous) says...
I think it is a given that Sanford will resign.
What in the hell is Bauer thinking??
Serving out Sanford's term and NOT run in 2010?
July 1, 2009 at 9:42 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Booniechic (anonymous) says...
Geeez Mark...can you twist that knife that's stuck in Jenny's heart a couple of more times??? Moron!
July 1, 2009 at 9:46 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
NoneyaBiz (anonymous) says...
Hmmm, The cheapest 1st class, round trip flight from Atlanta, GA (ATL) to Buenos Aires, Argentina (BUE) is
$6,987... the most expensive is $10,412. Airlines DO NOT TAKE CASH!!!!
All Results
Lan Argentina
Lan Argentina
American Airlines
American Airlines
Continental
Continental
TAM Brazilian Airlines
TAM Brazilian Airlines
Nonstop
1 stop
from $6987
see below
from $6987
from $6987
from $7755
2+ stops
from $10412
see below
from $10412
DIG DEEPER... THIS IS A MAJOR RIP OFF OF TAX PAYER DOLLARS!
July 1, 2009 at 9:49 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
wonderdog (anonymous) says...
Geez, Mark, what a train wreck.
Shut your mouth and quit embarrassing your family and our state!
July 1, 2009 at 9:51 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Chopper_Harris (anonymous) says...
"Geeez Mark...can you twist that knife that's stuck in Jenny's heart a couple of more times??? Moron!" - Booniechic
May be difficult, as from most reports, her heart is already made of ice.
July 1, 2009 at 9:53 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
UrGatorbait (anonymous) says...
More Jerry Springeresque follies for the people of SC to marvel at and discuss. Perfect fit.
July 1, 2009 at 9:57 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
bobcalljr (anonymous) says...
Everybody should read "justlaughin" above and just cool it for a few days. Ironically the governor's honesty about a serious indescretion has unleashed a gusher of venom from those who have no scruples about throwing the first stone.
July 1, 2009 at 9:59 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
mytake (anonymous) says...
What a tragedy for Jenny Sanford that this brutally "honest" man could not have omitted the "met my soul mate" comment from his interview. Forgiving betrayal of the marriage vows is probably the most difficult thing a spouse might ever have to do, but a such a comment by the betrayer makes forgivness almost, if not totally, impossible. My heart aches for Mrs. Sanford's private pain and public humility.
July 1, 2009 at 10:07 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
NoneyaBiz (anonymous) says...
So, lets say that he took the cheapest flight at $7,000. and repaid the state $3,000? He is so full of crap... it is coming out of his ears. He probably took the $10,412 Brazilian Airlines (harder to trace US passengers) which means he would still owe the state $7,000. Now let's add to that the additional 2 flights he say's he paid cash for, but that we know is a lie, because all US Airlines don't take cash... and even if they did, a man carrying between 7 and 11 thousand dollars would send up a red flag. Easy enough to trace as well. Let's look at back records for cash withdrawals of over $7,000.
He has possible stolen upwards of $30,000 to fly to see his mistress. That is not only an impeachable offence it is a felony that would send him to prison for years.
IT IS NOT THE SEX... IT IS THE LIES, HYPOCRAY AN THIEVERY!
July 1, 2009 at 10:13 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
et29412 (anonymous) says...
I have tried to stay on the side lines but Mark is making all of us in SC look like fools. He has done other inappropriate things....this really disturbs me. Is he into porn? Does he do the adult phone stuff? Is he worried that the other stuff might come out and embarrass everyone? It is another sad day for SC.
July 1, 2009 at 10:26 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
smp (anonymous) says...
The pathetic thing here is that he continues to converse in disgusting detail about his affair etc, so he can salvage something...his political life. He will throw his wife and his "soul Mate" under the bus to save his own job. Resign...walk off into the sunset...the rest is will not be our business.
July 1, 2009 at 10:36 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
WSM (anonymous) says...
Please STOP using the Bible to justify your wrongdoing! If you bothered to actually READ it, you would see that: 1. Adultery is wrong, 2. Forgiveness only comes with repentance, i.e. continuing an illicit relationship between you and your mistress whether in fact or just entertaining the notion!
Please stop with the nonesene about "following your heart."
The Bible cautions against following the heart and admonishes us to use our heads. One such example is in Jeremiah.
Jeremiah 17:9-10, "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings."
You will have a lot to answer for, buddy. Not just to your wife, your kids, your employers (i.e., voters), and your business associates. The One who made the statement quoted above has no tolerance for the adulterization (pun intended) of His word.
You have some real business to take care of, and it's on your knees.
You compare yourself to David. I disagree. From your words, I see no repentance, whatsoever. Therefore, no forgiveness is justified.
July 1, 2009 at 10:39 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
AMAZING (anonymous) says...
GOP senators' request for Sanford to resign
S.C. majority leader Harvey Peeler, Senate finance chairman Hugh Leatherman, and four other Republican state senators released the following statement Tuesday calling on Gov. Mark Sanford to resign.
"Crisis requires people in leadership positions to act decisively, with as much dispassionate wisdom and judgment as possible.
Governor Sanford has imposed a crisis upon our state. As members of the Senate, we have a duty to the people of South Carolina to do what is in their best interests.
We therefore have concluded that Governor Mark Sanford must resign his office. He has lost the trust of the people and the legislature to lead our state through historically difficult times.
South Carolina has one of the highest unemployment rates in the country. Tens of thousands of South Carolinians cannot find jobs.
Necessary budget cuts have weakened public education and other vital services.
We must have strong leadership from a Governor who is focused and trusted.
Governor Sanford is neither.
We did not reach this conclusion in haste and we did not base it on his personal failings, but events since his news conference have forced us to act.
The recent revelation that he used taxpayer money to visit Argentina demonstrates that our state crisis will not recede while he is in office.
His own Commerce Department acknowledges the Governor requested additional economic development meetings in Argentina while on a legitimate trade mission to South America.
The Governor, through his spokesmen, deceived the media and public about where he was and what he was doing for several days.
He abandoned his office and the people who elected him with a premeditated cover-up, launching a constitutional crisis that was dangerous and reckless.
These disclosures indicate a pattern of abuse of office. Most disturbing is our belief that the Governor only admitted to these transgressions after he was caught.
The Governor's family crisis is private and tragic. But the crisis the Governor imposed by his abuse of office is the people's business and must come to an end.
We can only put this crisis behind us if he does the honorable thing and resign immediately.
The bottom line is that the Governor's private matters should remain private, but his deception and negligence make it impossible for us to trust him, and for him to govern in the future."
- Harvey S. Peeler, Majority Leader, South Carolina Senate
- Hugh K. Leatherman, Chairman, Senate Finance Committee
- Paul Campbell Jr., Senator, Berkeley County
- John M. "Jake" Knotts Jr., Chairman, Invitation Committee
- Larry A. Martin, Chairman, Senate Rules Committee
- William H. O'Dell, Senator, Abbeville County
July 1, 2009 at 10:41 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
tallblonde (anonymous) says...
Governor Sanford talks a LOT about "dancing".....does he mean vertical or horizontal ??
July 1, 2009 at 10:42 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
MtPMom (anonymous) says...
"Farewell Address" of 1796, George Washington warned:
The spirit of encroachment tends to consolidate the powers of all the departments in one, and thus to create whatever the form of government, a real despotism. A just estimate of the love of power, and proneness to abuse it, which predominates in the human heart is sufficient to satisfy us of the truth of this proposition
July 1, 2009 at 10:44 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
vmirat90 (anonymous) says...
I think that when he said he "didn't cross the line" with the other women, that he actually was playing.."just the tip"
July 1, 2009 at 10:45 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
CarolinaGirl55 (anonymous) says...
Has it occurred to anyone that Sanford might be making these comments publicly to force his wife's hand to divorce him? That way, he is not seen as the one that ultimately decides not to reconcile. Wouldn't that be more expedient for him politically? Why else would he continue making these hurtful statements in public?
July 1, 2009 at 10:47 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
ehmurr (anonymous) says...
I think he should follow his heart.
July 1, 2009 at 10:48 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
tallblonde (anonymous) says...
Governor Sanford returned a check for $3,000.00
.......isn't theft of $2,000+ considered Grand Theft???
July 1, 2009 at 10:48 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
BobH1962 (anonymous) says...
I don't think that Governor Sanford could see the truth if it slapped him in the face. If he thinks that anyone is going to forgive him for what he did to the state let alone his family truly shows how delusional he really is.
Governor Sanford while you still have the slighest sense about you, RESIGN or you will just be impeached. Just what our state needs an impeachment and more bad press.
July 1, 2009 at 10:52 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
tallblonde (anonymous) says...
"On his most recent trip to see Chapur in Argentina: "No, she knew I was coming. Didn't believe I was coming, but I got down on one knee and said I am here in the hope that we can prove this whole thing to be a mirage."
*****************************
"...got down on one knee..."
Oh - like a proposal.....
July 1, 2009 at 11:01 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
useyourbrain (anonymous) says...
Sanford Supporters are a joke, just like this clown of a govenor you blindly support. Don't let your hearts be troubled, this is the kind of ignorance that has kept South
Carolina behind for years. Quit mentioning other people and other problems in other states, the circus is here in Columbia!!! Start your search for another "supreme moral moron" to represent your interests, it's what you deserve for picking a fraud, stupidity!!!
July 1, 2009 at 11:06 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
glevans (anonymous) says...
Well, I am not surprised at all about all the "extra" things that he is now confessing. I had heard a long time ago that he was "playing around"...didn't anyone else know this was going on? I think his wife should file for divorce and make sure he pays her a LOT of money. This guy is just a freak! How in the world does he keep getting put back office? I believe tht he should be forced to resign from office right now...he is giving South Carolina a very bad reputation...this guy is a FREAK OF NATURE! Get him out of office now!
July 1, 2009 at 11:21 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
rednose (anonymous) says...
Geezus this enough to make Alan Alda throw up.
July 1, 2009 at 11:35 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
geekboy (anonymous) says...
He puts the "goober" in gubernatorial.
Force him out of office and let's move on already.
July 1, 2009 at 11:39 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
slr456 (anonymous) says...
Please just shut him up! I really hate it when a person keeps blathering hoping to justify what they did. So, she's his soul mate....this makes what he did OK? If I were his wife, this interview would be the reason the divorce papers were delivered!
July 1, 2009 at 11:40 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
aroberson68 (anonymous) says...
Mark the hole you have dug for yourself is deserving. If you love this women as much as you proclaim and she is your sole mate, just resign and go be with her. Jenny doesn't deserve to be publicly humiliated as you are doing. Do yourself a favor Jenny and don't stand by your man, stand by your self respect and your children and let this fool go. Your grass will be greener on the other side.
July 1, 2009 at 11:41 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
mej5614 (anonymous) says...
Pretty amazing that a man who has four kids and a twenty year marriage can say, "she's my soulmate". His wife needs to leave him now. Numerous affairs, now saying someone else is the soulmate.. "Trying to fall back in love" is not going to happen.
July 1, 2009 at 11:42 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
novaleekat (anonymous) says...
Listening to Mark Sanford's mouth makes me feel funny in my tummy and I almost got sick in my mouth. He should resign now.
July 1, 2009 at 11:47 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
vmirat90 (anonymous) says...
He's doing a commercial for EHarmony.
"I found my soulmate, thanks to EHarmony!"
July 1, 2009 at 11:50 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
portcityjames (anonymous) says...
It amazes me that his wife would even consider trying to work it out with him. He has admitted that he feels the other woman is his soulmate. Why would she want to be with someone who doesn't feel she is her soulmate? I just don't get it. If I was the Govs. wife I would tell him to go to Argentina and be with his "soulmate" and make sure that he has a good job working at a hotel there or something to pay the child support and alimony he is gonna get slapped with. He has played her for a fool and she is playing herself like a sucker for taking him back.
July 1, 2009 at 11:59 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
whalernut (anonymous) says...
SEE YA MARK
July 1, 2009 at 11:59 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Lovely_One (anonymous) says...
He who is an idiot is okay until he opens his mouth!!!!!
July 1, 2009 at 12:07 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
hipchick (anonymous) says...
The difference between Gov. Sanford & most of the SC legislature; let's just say it, most of the politicians world wide; is that he got caught. Investigate ALL of them. People in glass houses...
July 1, 2009 at 12:39 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Marinemom (anonymous) says...
Atlanta Journal Constitution reports: "Sanford Has America Confused About Sex." Ok. I'm not confused. I totally understand what "sex" is. It's those who cheat and lie to their spouses...their reasoning, justifications and excuses make me believe that THEY are confused.
July 1, 2009 at 12:42 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
MANDO (anonymous) says...
jim jones, "You know, you have to give him credit for one thing. He has a huge set of...well...you know."
I say, "That's what she said!"
July 1, 2009 at 1 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
sed81650 (anonymous) says...
I think he needs to resign and get officially separated from his wife.
July 1, 2009 at 1:30 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
jimjones (anonymous) says...
MANDO!!!
good stuff man.
Anyway I think it's pretty odd that at the same time this is going on Barry has pushed through Tax&Trade and wants to socialize health care. Yet the media sees fir to only report on Sanford's issue. Oh and by the way it is NOT against the law to have an affair. That is a "blue law" that is no longer used kinda of like the on that say you can beat your wife on the court house steps on Sunday. The guy screwed around, so what, so did the Dems next best thing to Barry, Clinton. They didn't care then, so why do they care now? Oh yeah, he's a Repub. My bad.
hopeandchange......from Barry!
July 1, 2009 at 1:34 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
justbeingme (anonymous) says...
Maybe the late Philip Simmons should have been our Governor--At least he died with dignity and respect.
July 1, 2009 at 1:38 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
vmirat90 (anonymous) says...
actually, Jim..there were some of us, myself included that wanted Clinton to step down when he played "hide the cigar" with Ms. Porky. I saw something majorly wrong then, and I see the same thing here.
I would agree, however, that there are alot of hypocrites that have reversed their feelings on Sanford's position, based solely on political party.
July 1, 2009 at 1:59 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
crabbypatty (anonymous) says...
"A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar"
and "It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt"
Mark Twain
I'm just sayin'...
July 1, 2009 at 2:19 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
torde2u (anonymous) says...
So the puppet strings broke and the puppet comes falling down. It is highly probable that Mark married for money and social status (obviously) and got tired of playing the games, probably never was in real love with his wife, was "managed" by her, her family, and the staff from day one. Only he got used to the elite status, the good life and thought it would go on forever. This would set the stage for an affair to happen so not a matter of IF cheating on his wife would happen but WHEN. He reminds me of the term "church husbands. They pretend to be religious to get a good woman, and even go to church every Sunday with them and the family! But at heart it means nothing to them, it's just part of the role to be played to keep their "investment" or trophy. These men will eventually get into porn and have affairs because there is no true anchor like love to hold them together. They are adept at role playing and deceit. Sanford's saga is not unique, it's just a shame it had to happen to someone entrusted to such a high office. It also appears that he is going out of his way to hurt his wife and family by the statements he has made. Would this be surpressed anger coming out? Or is it that he wants HER to get angry enough to file for divorce so his settlement won't be as expensive. Someone suggested that what set off this exposure could be payback for his refusal to go along with the stimulus plan. I have to agree the timing looks very suspicious for that and the Chicago thugs and the elite that he likes to brush noses with have effective ways of dealing with people that openly oppose them. BTW, his name appeared on several lists of being in attendance at more than one international secret society meeting over the last several years (Bilderberger's and another). I was very surprised to see his name on the list of such influential people. Not that he is influential but it sure suggests that something more is going on with this character than most people would imagine.
July 1, 2009 at 2:26 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Luna (anonymous) says...
I'm gone for a couple of days and you guys go nuts!!!!!!
Well, I am happy to see the majority of posters are sane and agree Sanford should both shut up AND go away!
Man, what is this guy thinking....silly rabbit, he isn't thinking at all.
July 1, 2009 at 2:58 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
michaelene (anonymous) says...
Sanford seems to be "losing it".
Of course, the media is happy to report all aspects of his mid-life crisis. It reads as a soap opera!
This guy does need to just , as another poster stated: Man up and Shut up!!!!!
Go and govern. Stop wallowing....in case he expects any understanding/sympathy...it's not comin' , dummy.
His "soul-mate"/paramour likely may not even be interested now. The laugh is on Sanford. No woman wants a weak cry-baby.
This is the best laugh of the summer!
Michaelene Gon
July 1, 2009 at 2:58 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Sandy37 (anonymous) says...
Posted by JDHawg on July 1, 2009 at 7:38 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Sandy turn the DAMN Cap lock off , you don't have to yell:-}
Sorry JDHawg doing caps is my way of avoiding carpal tunnel and some arthritis and when my contacts are bothing me and I have to take them out, it is easier for me to see my work. You really should not be so critical of others, it makes you look badly. LOL My opinion also goes for those who are being so critical of the Govenor. He is allowed to have a private life even if he is in charge of the state. If every man or woman in government who have done something considered by your religion to be immoral we would have a sorry bunch of political leaders. None of them could be nice looking, have no charisma, or appeal to anyone. I find most of the posts to be just plain JEALOUSY. He looks like he has been so beaten down by the wife, media and the people around him, it makes one have enormous sympathy for him. Everyone wants their pound of flesh, why, he did not promise to be a perfect man when he became your Govenor.
July 1, 2009 at 3:13 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
chaston71 (anonymous) says...
If the trip to Brazil was modified to include Argentina at the Governors request, then the gov owes us the cost of sending the entire delegation. This is a gross waste of taxpayer money just to provide cover for the govs adultery. The gov owes us for transportation, lodging, food, and wages for the entire delegation. $3,000 is an insult!
July 1, 2009 at 3:23 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Uncas (anonymous) says...
The sad truth is that if Sanford quit tomorrow he could make a zillion bucks on movie and book deals after he moved to Argentina.
This one is stranger than fiction; you just can't make this stuff up.
July 1, 2009 at 3:25 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Lovely_One (anonymous) says...
"He is allowed to have a private life even if he is in charge of the state."
Yes, but when that private life involves him skipping town while using public funds....well, privacy is null and void. And when he starts talking to the media and putting his business out there...again, null and void.
"If every man or woman in government who have done something considered by your religion to be immoral we would have a sorry bunch of political leaders."
This is Sanford's religion as well. He is a Christian and went against everything he supposedly believed in by indulging in extra-marital affairs. And we DO have a sorry bunch of political leaders. Have you not been paying attention?
"None of them could be nice looking, have no charisma, or appeal to anyone."
????
"I find most of the posts to be just plain JEALOUSY."
Yep, we are very JEALOUS that we are not committing "political suicide" and hurting our family and friends for the sake of some "side booty" all while making ourselves look like hypocritical idiots in the meantime. Yes, very JEALOUS indeed.
"He looks like he has been so beaten down by the wife, media and the people around him, it makes one have enormous sympathy for him."
Correction: It makes YOU have enormous sympathy for him. This is all his own doing.
"Everyone wants their pound of flesh, why, he did not promise to be a perfect man when he became your Govenor."
Nope, but he did VOW to "love, honor, and cherish" his wife, "forsaking ALL others 'til death do us part."
July 1, 2009 at 3:28 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
vmirat90 (anonymous) says...
Sandy, you and those that are still supporting the Luv Guv just don't get it. Let me put it in simple terms: First of all, I don't care a rat's arse about his infidelity. Here is what I care about- 1. He abandoned the state for days on end and lied incessantly about it, 2. he obviously used state funds for his carousing escapades, 3. he touts personal responsibility and fiscal management in the face of using our money (which makes him a major hypocrite), and 4. he obviously puts his career and daliances ahead of his wife and children- that shows his judgement, or lack thereof.
Any other questions? Still support him?
July 1, 2009 at 3:41 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
et29412 (anonymous) says...
The Governor has a top security clearance. As I recall, anytime someone with a top security clearance develops a close relationship with a foreign national, he must report the nature of that relationship. Is this true or not in this case?
July 1, 2009 at 4:02 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Lovely_One (anonymous) says...
"Still support him?"
vmirat, sadly the answer to that will probably be yes. Some people follow blindly and will continue to do so until the end. What do you call them? Oh yeah, lemmings and sheeple.
I voted for him twice and I support most of his policies politically, but I cannot stand behind him (blindly) after this debacle. And I most certainly not try to justify, excuse, or explain away what he did.
July 1, 2009 at 4:04 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
vmirat90 (anonymous) says...
I voted for him twice too, Lovely..and volunteered on 2 campaigns. It sickens me, but the truth is the truth. He is a pathetic scumbag that needs to walk.
It is funny that right wing nut jobs call people who voted for Obama "sheeple"...to me, this applies 10 fold to the Sanford supporters.
July 1, 2009 at 4:06 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Lovely_One (anonymous) says...
Lol @ vmirat! Yeah, you know it only applies to people who vote against them. As an Independent I don't follow any of the two major party lines. I actually READ, RESEARCH, and REVIEW each candidate before pusing the button. Unfortunately, straight ticket is the way most Dems and Repubs go. Again, BLINDLY!
July 1, 2009 at 4:11 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
vmirat90 (anonymous) says...
Exactly, Lovely! My friends were all shocked 4 yrs ago when I told them I was no longer going to be a republican. I did research, actually looked up the facts, investigated the candidates, and learned to think for myself, instead of letting those crazy right wing GOP shills on talk radio do my thinking.
Sure, I vote for some repubs, but not because of the R next to their name, but for what they supposedly stand for.
I've said it before- anyone that votes straight ticket is a moron. Think for yourself, do your own homework- don't let fat boy Limbaugh, cut and paste Hannity, and just outright liar Olberman speak for you.
Actually, Hannity can be placed in the liar category too.
July 1, 2009 at 4:16 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
studley (anonymous) says...
Sandy: If you think the posters here are upset because of an affair you have completely missed the point.
Bill Clinton's troubles were self inflicted; he has no one but himself to blame. Same for Mark - in spite of the fact that the fat guy says it's Obama's fault.
July 1, 2009 at 4:47 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
vmirat90 (anonymous) says...
I heard him make that statement the other day, studley. How anyone takes him seriously is beyond me. Once again, they call people that voted for Obama "sheeple"..sounds alot like Rush fans....
July 1, 2009 at 4:49 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
moparman (anonymous) says...
"We gotta put the genie back in the bottle"?
Is that just a eumphamism for what Brendan
Fraser told Adam Sandler in 'Airheads':
"Put the MONSTER away, Pip"?
And what does Gov. Love mean by "crossing the
line"? WHICH line? Oh wait, I'm pretty sure
I know.
You know, I think a song is due here:
"Don't cry for me, South Carolina.
I really didn't try to screw you.
Only her, the one I long for, she is
My soul mate.
You keep your distance, I'll keep my
Title, you keep your distance..."
July 1, 2009 at 4:49 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
chucktowndesperado (anonymous) says...
How long will it take for this man to put his ego aside and stop embarassing the people of South Carolina by doing the selfless thing for once and stepping down? He makes it look like everyone here actually is from West Virginia. What happened to the pride of South Carolinians that is shown every where else?
July 1, 2009 at 4:59 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Lovely_One (anonymous) says...
vmirat, I received the same response from some of my family and friends when I announced that I was no longer a Dem. You would think I had committed a capital offense. As far as the talking heads on both side of the spectrum go, you have to admit that they know how to keep their listeners and viewers interested. They even know how to get them to "go forth and spread" 'their' version of the NEWS. LOL!
July 1, 2009 at 5:06 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
studley (anonymous) says...
Mark should be like a sheeple hearder and get the flockle out of office!
July 1, 2009 at 5:07 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Jord (anonymous) says...
What a colossal brat this mini-man is! Whined to his wife to "please, please, let me go see her...." Mama smacks him down- says "No,you can't!" Brat goes anyway,then is ordered to come home by advisors. Blubbers to the press thinking, "WHY can't anybody understand me??? She is my soulmate!"
Associates and the public smack the brat...He wimpers and whines "At least I can die knowing I met my soulmate."
Geez...
Send this brat to his room, or beat the living c*** out of him... But make the brat shut-up!!! I am sick of him!
July 1, 2009 at 5:20 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Lovely_One (anonymous) says...
"mini-man"
LMAO!!! love it!!!
July 1, 2009 at 5:22 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
crabbypatty (anonymous) says...
Does anyone know exactly what a 'soulmate' is? i'm afraid i missed mine. what if all of our soulmates live overseas? i'll have to ditch my husband, kids and job AND look for money in seat cushions to pay for expensive flight. i'm sure it will be worth it!
July 1, 2009 at 6:03 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
momfirst (anonymous) says...
Okay so at first I was thinking when it all comes down to it he is a man, he's only human. I really wanted to believe he had made a mistake and was sorry for it and somehow this would just go away. But now this stupid f*@k will not stop opening his big mouth and bragging like a boy in the locker room about all the women he has had or almost had. Just SHUT UP and stop doing this to your wife and children. Have some respect for the people you are dragging through the dirt with you. How will your wife and kids face everyone with their head held up if you keep telling every single detail of your affair. I have an idea, did you happen to tape your sex acts? Maybe you could just stop with all the interviews and give this to all the news stations to run on the 11 oclock news. Then we will all know every detail and you you can stop doing this to your family. Someone in his camp please tell him to SHUT UP!!!!!
July 1, 2009 at 6:10 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
yird (anonymous) says...
Posted by useyourbrain on July 1, 2009 at 11:06 a.m. (Suggest removal)
"Sanford Supporters are a joke, just like this clown of a govenor you blindly support."
That's funny considering that millions of mental midgets voted for a total Marxist to destroy the country and are too ignorant to realize it, even as it occurs.
Those of you who accuse South Carolina folks of being backward can't comprehend that you are products of the same flawed educational system managed by the federal government for the past 50 years, and are equally dumb.
July 1, 2009 at 6:20 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
eatmorecollards (anonymous) says...
crabbypatty: I guess its when you both say "OH God" at the same time, but I'm just speculating.
July 1, 2009 at 6:20 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Sandy37 (anonymous) says...
Lovely_One, I really don't think he sneaked off. First off you have to use your Passport to go to Argentina. So there is a record of where he was. People who were following his movement knew where he was (fore instance the newspaper had his e-mails). He protected his staff by saying he mislead them, I wish at least one would step foreward. I am not his supporter, but he is an Episcopatian I believe, which is not a born again religion like Baptist. As for his wife, if there was a problem and she was not caring for him, they are no longer married. Lots of men in the Bible had more than one wife. I love the way ultra religious people nit pick through the Bible to make it say what they want to believe. What happens when a goverment official travels and just spends the day sight seeing, does this mean they have to pay part of their travel expenses? You are trying to write rules to beat up on Sanford. Why, because you support anyone from Charleston to finish Sanford term? Be careful what you wish for.
July 1, 2009 at 6:20 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
vmirat90 (anonymous) says...
Sandy...read my response to yours above earlier. I made my case as to why he deserves all of the hell that he brought upon himself.
July 1, 2009 at 6:36 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Lovely_One (anonymous) says...
Sandy, "sneaked"? "fore instance"? "Episcopatian"? "As for his wife, if there was a problem and she was not caring for him, they are no longer married."? "Why, because you support anyone from Charleston to finish Sanford term?"
WTF?!!!! I will have to read this post a few more times before I have the strength to respond. It is riddled with grammatical errors and utter non-sense and idiocy. OMG!
July 1, 2009 at 6:47 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Mon_Kie (anonymous) says...
You think your enemies want you gone?
I voted for you twice, and I want you gone.
PS
quit whining
July 1, 2009 at 6:47 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
vmirat90 (anonymous) says...
WTF....one of the world's best acronymns.
That and FUBAR.
July 1, 2009 at 6:49 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Mabilene (anonymous) says...
QUOTE FROM THE MARK SANFORD CURRICULUM VITAE:
"The problem with funerals is that someone has to die or something has to die. Obviously I've been dealing over the last couple of days with my own political funeral, if you will, in terms of ***other prospects that might or might not have come***."
###
***Is this wishful thinking for an easy divorce or something?***
July 1, 2009 at 7:19 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
sardis12 (anonymous) says...
"Posted by jimjones on July 1, 2009 at 1:08 a.m. (Suggest removal)
You know, you have to give him credit for one thing. He has a huge set of...well...you know."
That's about the only thing he didn't talk about...
July 1, 2009 at 7:55 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
SCBeachMomma (anonymous) says...
There are two sides to every story. Yes, he is wrong, but I bet she's overbearing and cold.
July 1, 2009 at 8:04 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
sardis12 (anonymous) says...
Posted by Sandy37 -
"I am not his supporter, but he is an Episcopatian I believe, which is not a born again religion like Baptist."
Yeah, you gotta watch those Episcopatians!
"As for his wife, if there was a problem and she was not caring for him, they are no longer married."
So it's Jenny's fault that he went looking for a "soul mate" because she wasn't continuing to "care" for him? And if you think they are no longer married, just tell that to Judge Garfinkel and see what happens...
"Lots of men in the Bible had more than one wife. I love the way ultra religious people nit pick through the Bible to make it say what they want to believe."
Exactly, so what are you saying here? A man should be allowed to have more than one wife if he feels his legal wife isn't properly "caring" for him? Are you a Mormation?
"What happens when a goverment official travels and just spends the day sight seeing, does this mean they have to pay part of their travel expenses?"
Well, yes. If it's a personal trip, or a leg of an official trip added at the government official's request for personal recreation, then of course he or she should pay for it, taxpayers sure as hell shouldn't have to...
July 1, 2009 at 8:15 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
bkc6 (anonymous) says...
You F-ing Sanford. Your soul mate? Why didn't you think about that before you married your wife and had 4 children. You are an embarrassment to SC and the best thing you can do now is to step down. If I wasn't already married, I would be honored to have your wife and children as my own. You do not deserve such a wonderful woman or family.
July 1, 2009 at 8:16 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Sandy37 (anonymous) says...
SCBeachMomma, obviously she has arranged so much support for her marriage that she could mentally beat him to death. He did wrong, but what state was his marriage in when he made the mistake? I can not imagine a wife rifling through husbands desk, what wife has that absolute nerve even if her money got him there? She had an agenda. For me I would have thought the lawyer would have gotten that letter the next day and papers would have been filled. No, if he loves someone else, he has to die.
July 1, 2009 at 8:34 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Lovely_One (anonymous) says...
Sandy: "Lovely_One, I really don't think he sneaked off. First off you have to use your Passport to go to Argentina. So there is a record of where he was."
Yes there is a record but that doesn't mean that his staff knew where he was and if they did they are just as stupid as Sanford is for covering for him.
"People who were following his movement[s] knew where he was (for [sic] instance the newspaper had his e-mails)."
Oh yeah, since he knew that the newspaper had his email (sarcasm here) he figured they should have known that he was going to dance the horizontal Polka with his Argentine mistress. Makes perfect sense (again, sarcasm).
"He protected his staff by saying he mislead them, I wish at least one would step forward [sic]."
Oh yeah, just like he is protecting his wife and children from this train wreck that we see before us?
"I am not his supporter,"
Of course you are not. You are probably some married man's side piece and feel that it is so romantic that the Lovenor is actually doing all of this in the name of love and you are living vicariously through this. You are watching this whole thing praying that your Mister will be inspired by this gagalicious (yes, I made that word up) "love story."
"but he is an Episcopatian I believe, which is not a born again religion like Baptist."
Again, WTF!!!!!???? Is Episcopatian a denomination of you religion Stupidology? But, if you meant Episcopalian (which I happen to be) you are incorrect in the assertion that we are not "born again", but I won't delve into that here.
"As for his wife, if there was a problem and she was not caring for him, they are no longer married."
Oh, another practice of Stupidology. Also something you are telling yourself to justify your little affair.
"I love the way ultra religious people nit pick through the Bible to make it say what they want to believe."
Um, yeah. Just like you and Sanford did.
"What happens when a government [sic] official travels and just spends the day sight seeing, does this mean they have to pay part of their travel expenses?"
Um, yeah. That is called "PERSONAL TIME" and is therefore not reimbursable by the government. When a government official takes trips they are required, BY LAW, to claim any leave on their travel orders so that the government knows what not to pay for.
"You are trying to write rules to beat up on Sanford."
WOW! Just wow! Did I write the rule that a husband or wife shouldn't cheat on his/her spouse? Man, I'm good. Let's what other rules I can play Quantum Leap and write.
"Why, because you support anyone from Charleston to finish Sanford term? Be careful what you wish for."
South Carolina is way bigger than Charleston, or can you not see that from your trailer home?
July 1, 2009 at 9:59 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Mabilene (anonymous) says...
Sandy37 -- if he [thinks he] loves someone else, he has to face the music of a very public divorce if that is the only sane option after all of this pining for Maria.
Did Governor Sanford think he could skate away with a quiet, friendly divorce? Did he think Mrs. Sanford wouldn't rock the boat too much for a sitting governor?
July 1, 2009 at 10:05 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
signseeker17 (anonymous) says...
What do we have to DO to get rid of him?! Can we all sign the "no confidence" letter put out by state GOP leadership? How many posts to we have to make, how many letters do we have to write (that the P&C won't print)? How about a recall? How many times to we have to say it, Mark? Are you listening? Do you hear (or care)what the majority of SC citizens are demanding? WE DON'T WANT YOU IN OFFICE: WE WANT YOU TO RESIGN!
July 1, 2009 at 10:11 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
AMAZING (anonymous) says...
Senator John Land sets out his disagreement with Gov. Mark Sanford on the subject.
John Land on Workers' Comp. v. Mark Sanford
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgkySC...
July 1, 2009 at 10:26 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
AMAZING (anonymous) says...
Employment Commission: Sanford "Misleading" Public
http://video.aol.com/video-detail/emp...
July 1, 2009 at 10:34 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
signseeker17 (anonymous) says...
SCEC Denies Unemployment Benefits for Ex-Gov
"Your claim has been denied by your Employers (SC voters) because of unsatisfactory job performance."
July 1, 2009 at 10:50 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
AMAZING (anonymous) says...
From the AP:
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has backed out of a promise to release personal financial records proving he did not use state money for trips to see his mistress :
: Sanford agreed this week to provide the AP with proof of his payment for trips to New York and Argentina to see her.
His staff first said the records might be made available Tuesday, and then the governor's spokesman said Wednesday Sanford would not release them.
uh uh uh uh NO! NO! NO! ...you can't see them.
uh uh uh ...my Delta SkyMiles account still has miles left on the account ..and ...uh uh uh ...and I still want to use them ...uh uh uh ...
...you see, the trip that I made to Argentina that YOU paid for ...I...I ...uh uh uh ...I got frquent flyer miles from that trip ...then, I used those miles to fly to New York, then ...I ...I uh, used those miles to fly to the Bahamas, then, I...I ...used those miles to fly to Germany then to Brazil and Argentina again. Dang, after that, I had enough miles to fly to China, Tibet, Thailand and stop over in Aspen Colorado before returning back to South Carolina.
uh uh uh ...do do you? Are you beginning to see how all this works?
Hey, you guys stay out of my SkyMiles account! ...I need those miles. And uh uh uh, my SkyMiles account is personal, private, and confidential information ...uh uh uh ...stay away from my SkyMiles account, those are MY MILES.
July 1, 2009 at 10:53 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
furmangirl1998 (anonymous) says...
Mark, oh Mark, the folks in South Carolina are trying to fall back in love with you, but alas, woe, it was not to be. You just aren't our soul mate afterall. Tragic, all the same, but at the end of the day it is not a love story. Even the elderly couple who sat by and saw the interaction with you and the state of South Carolina commented that the "spark" is no longer there.
Are you FINALLY getting the hint that you can't excel at your job? You never did and you certainly won't now. You are tired, yawning, beat down and the folks of South Carolina are SICK of you. Leave, go, adios, vamos, we don't want you representing the state of South Carolina any longer.
Are you getting some kind of mentoring from Rod Blagojevich on how to be the biggest gluteus maximus in the entire country?????
Have a nice 4th of July holiday and come back on Monday with your resignation letter in hand. Good riddance and all of the folks in South Carolina sincerely hope that you find your soul mate--just do it out of the press and without crying like a big Pu$$.
And please quit portraying yourself in the press as a victim and a martyr. You brought this ALL upon yourself and your family and you are an idiot, period. You are worse than a Greek tragedy.
July 1, 2009 at 11:14 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Sandy37 (anonymous) says...
WOW while typing on this blog you all sound as big as GWB. LOL. Go out tomorrow and get signature, do it face to face with the people of SC. Stop hiding behind a keyboard. when you have a majority number of the SC voters you can have a say.
July 1, 2009 at 11:37 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
abitskeptical (anonymous) says...
Lovely-From one 2 time Sanford voter & fellow Episcopalian(Anglo-Catholic) to another-good job with Sandy. I believe you nailed her agenda. (I threw in the Anglo-Catholic to give her something else to ponder)
Oh, & Sandy...according to the reports I've read, Jenny Sanford did not go rifling through his desk just for the nosiness(my new word) of it.
HE ASKED HER TO GO FIND A PARTICULAR DOCUMENT (CAPS FOR YOUR BENEFIT)
So, to answer your question "what wife has that absolute nerve": ONE WHO WAS ASKED BY HER GOVERNOR HUSBAND TO GO LOOK FOR A SPECIFIC DOCUMENT!!! That's who.
Have you wondered why that letter was in a file he asked her to go through? Thought not.
July 1, 2009 at 11:54 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
abitskeptical (anonymous) says...
GWB is big ???
In what way??
July 2, 2009 at 12:02 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Mabilene (anonymous) says...
abit -- that's why I think he planted it for her to find.
July 2, 2009 at 12:12 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Clemsonman (anonymous) says...
Sanford Affair Circus
SC has not seen this much disgust and embarassment since Rita and John Jennrette of Myrtle Beach. Mark, Resign NOW, and save your face and give SC back its Grace. Now the First Lady of SC is MIA!
July 2, 2009 at 12:13 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Sandy37 (anonymous) says...
Way back in the beginning I suggested that he left the letter for her to find. I am sure he expected her to take it directly to her attorney and it would be all over, but man she inlisted everyone she knew to save her marriage to a Govenor from SC. I really don't think SC has a lot of Grace as has been demonstrated these last few days on these blogs. When I moved to SC I was expecting so much because my family had settled the Durham area in the early 1700's, A couple of the brothers went west and I had heard stories all my life. What a rude awakening I got about Grace, Manners and the Genteel life of the south. That is now irrelevant and my favorite place to live is CA, where all the radical Dems live. I am positive Mark Sanford will survive and have a great relationship with his sons whether with his wife or not.
July 2, 2009 at 3:20 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
vmirat90 (anonymous) says...
"When I moved to SC I was expecting so much because my family had settled the Durham area in the early 1700's"
Talking about an irrelevent fact..
July 2, 2009 at 6:21 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
abitskeptical (anonymous) says...
Sandy-it certainly seems you are measuring "Grace,Manners and the Genteel life of the south" according to some biased yardstick you are holding(very subtle pun intended).
Please don't tell the rest of us that your comments on Jenny Sanford are examples of "Grace,Manners and the Genteel life of the south".
Remember Sandy..above all else, do not be a hypocrite.
July 2, 2009 at 8:03 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Lovely_One (anonymous) says...
LOL, abit, I almost feel sorry for Ms. Sandy Home wrecker (note I said ALMOST). She seems to be in a "tragic and forbidden love story" herself. With that, I believe that she is so overjoyed that someone who had such strong family values and is in the public eye is going through the same thing that she refuses to see the fault in Mr. Sanford or Ms. Chapur, for that matter. That would mean that she would have to admit that she and her beau are wrong in what they are doing. Whatever helps her sleep at night!
P.S. I am sure she is still scratching her head over the Anglo-Catholic thing...LOL!
July 2, 2009 at 8:28 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Lovely_One (anonymous) says...
Also, she is more than likely equating Mrs. Sanford to the wife in her sordid affair. She is IN THE WAY!!!!!
July 2, 2009 at 8:30 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
vmirat90 (anonymous) says...
Lovely, you are making me laugh way too much this morning.
Some of the comments posted here have such poor diction and grammar, that I want to say what the Geico caveman said in one of their commercials: "....uh....WHAT?"
July 2, 2009 at 8:37 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Lovely_One (anonymous) says...
vmirat, LMAO! I really hate grammatical errors. That is why I try to be correct in my posts. If I make a mistake, I try to post a correction immediately. I am anal that way....wait....should I say "anal" in a post on a story about a cheating govenor? LOL!
July 2, 2009 at 9:13 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
abitskeptical (anonymous) says...
I also try to communicate via grammar rules, correct spelling & logical sequencing of words & thought.
My middle school teacher who used to threaten to crush us into greasy spots on the floor if we made the same mistake twice, scarred me for life!
I hope I don't have any mistakes in this post. However, that middle school teacher is long gone to glory, so I suppose I'm fairly safe now. Fear at this point might be a bit irrational.
Lovely, if "anal" applies as a descriptive, you can use it any time you want!
Actually it strikes me that it is quite appropriate on this thread!
July 2, 2009 at 11:07 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
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