Governor's new tactic: Not talking
By Glenn Smith , Yvonne Wenger
COLUMBIA — As calls for his resignation mounted Wednesday, Gov. Mark Sanford finally decided to clam up about his Argentine mistress and other extramarital transgressions, ending a weeklong purging that has gutted his marriage and political career.
While Sanford huddled behind closed doors, a majority of his fellow Republicans in the state Senate called on the governor to step down.
South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford
Powerful Senate leader Glenn McConnell said he believes Sanford "has lost the support of the people that is needed to govern," and he urged the governor "to do the right thing." He stopped short of calling for Sanford's ouster, but he questioned whether Sanford can effectively lead in the wake of indiscretions that embarrassed the governor and the state.
Sanford's attempt to defuse the situation with a tell-all interview with The Associated Press this week appears to have backfired. His latest confessions about his Argentine "soul mate" and dalliances with other women provided new fodder for critics and weakened his already tenuous support.
The governor is now trying a new tactic: staying quiet. His office issued a terse statement indicating he had said all he intends to say about his love life. Sanford also backed out of a promise to AP to release personal financial records proving he did not use state money for trips to see his mistress.
Joel Sawyer, Sanford's press secretary, said all pertinent records were turned over instead to the State Law Enforcement Division, which is reviewing Sanford's travel records to make sure no state laws were broken. That review could be completed as soon as today.
"The governor has given a full and truthful account, and he is finished discussing this matter," Sawyer said. "He is focused on being governor, on rebuilding his marriage and on building back the trust of South Carolinians."
Related documents
These documents were provided by the state commerce department and have been redacted "to protect the confidentiality of economic development prospects," according to a commerce department spokeswoman:
• Itinerary of all Commerce trips to NYC with the Governor, (PDF)
• Itinerary for Trade Mission to Poland and Business Trip to Europe in April 2009, (PDF)
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• Statement by Sen. Tom Davis, R-Beaufort, (Word doc)
• Statement by State Treasurer Converse Chellis, (Word doc)
• Statement by Lalla Lee Campsen, (Word doc)
Whether Sanford can, in his words, put that genie back in the bottle remains to be seen. The Statehouse corridors were all but empty as he huddled in his office with Sen. Tom Davis, a Beaufort Republican who is the governor's close friend and former chief of staff. An aide said Sanford was unavailable to speak to the press.
That didn't stop media trucks from lining up outside the Statehouse, where a group of smiling promoters for a book offering cheating tips to philanderers handed out "I love Argentina" bumper stickers. And it didn't stop the slow drip of details about other supposed indiscretions Sanford has only hinted about.
The Washington Times, for instance, reported that Sanford had a brief romance with an American businesswoman in June 1995 while he was traveling in Latin America on a congressional trade mission trip. The newspaper, quoting anonymous sources, reported that Sanford had a romantic encounter with the woman in Chile, but she broke off contact after learning he wasn't single, as she had been led to believe.
Sanford has acknowledged that he "crossed lines" with other women but insists he only cheated sexually with his mistress, Maria Belen Chapur.
Until Wednesday, Sanford had been freely telling his story, attempting to come clean after disappearing on an extended tryst in Argentina while his staff thought he was hiking on the Appalachian Trail.
In a series of interviews with the AP this week, Sanford laid out his thoughts and feelings in sometimes lurid or odd detail. For example, he said close Christian friends advised him to end the affair immediately and used graphic, figurative terms on how to do so — "the first step is, you shoot her. You put a bullet through her head," he said he was told.
The words were not meant literally, but reveal how dramatically Sanford described the saga.
The admissions have left many in South Carolina wondering just who is this man they twice elected to the state's highest office. For years he has been known as a principled, if stubborn, conservative heralded for his disdain of big government and thrifty ways. In only a week, he has gone from a potential presidential candidate to someone who more closely resembles a love-struck teen, a man some observers have dubbed "the luv guv."
"We have become an international embarrassment," said Rep. Vida Miller, a conservative Democrat from Pawleys Island.
Davis, perhaps Sanford's closest supporter, said the outcome of SLED's review will help him decide what position to take on his friend staying in office.
Others, however, have clearly made up their minds already.
South Carolina Republican Party Chairwoman Karen Floyd said she has seen a trend emerge among GOP leaders.
"There is clearly a growing view that the time may have come for Governor Sanford to remove himself and his family from the limelight so that he can devote his efforts full-time to repairing the damage in his personal life," she said.
Sanford has rebuffed calls for his resignation and has said he has no plans to step aside.
The capital city buzzed Wednesday with talk of a possible option for removing him against his will. South Carolina's constitution says a governor can be removed from office if a majority of the state treasurer, comptroller, attorney general and secretary of state declare he is unable to carry out his duties.
Some contend, however, that passage was intended only for a governor in ill health, and it remains unclear whether the four men in question would even attempt such a move.
Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom said he thinks it's a mistake for a sitting governor to quit with 18 months left in his term. "Under the current economic conditions that we're in, that would be even a larger detriment to the state."
Meanwhile, Sen. Chip Campsen, R-Isle of Palms, said the Sanfords, especially Jenny, have reached out to him and his wife for counseling and advice. Campsen and his wife, Lalla Lee, are longtime friends of the Sanfords.
"We're trying to provide some counseling and advice, with the goal toward keeping this family together and helping shield the children from the things they should be shielded from," he said.
Campsen said he believes the Sanfords' marriage can survive, but it will take some work.
"Infidelity can be forgiven" if there is repentance, he said, but without it, there are consequences.
Associated Press contributed to this story. Reach Glenn Smith at 937-5556 or gsmith@postandcourier.com. Reach Yvonne Wenger at 803-799-9051 or ywenger@postandcourier.com.
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Mon_Kie (anonymous) says...
Closing the barn door......................
July 2, 2009 at 12:20 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
signseeker17 (anonymous) says...
Yeah, too late, buddy - damage done. Now, do us all a favor: RESIGN
July 2, 2009 at 12:24 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
furmangirl1998 (anonymous) says...
"The governor is now trying a new tactic: staying quiet. His office issued a terse statement indicating he had said all he intends to say about his love life. Sanford also backed out of a promise to AP to release personal financial records proving he did not use state money for trips to see his mistress."
Um, let's see. NOW Markey Mark is not talking...he is such a martyr um, idiot, no, I think martyr... No wait a minute, HE is the victim, not his wife or family...clearly, it is Mark who is NOW the victim and because of this he should stay in office, excel at his job and not talk.
Sanford, so glad you came up with this brilliant idea after those crying puss press conferences and interviews we all looked so forward to each day. What will the people on the other side of the globe do for their daily humor now??
I am thinking the folks of South Carolina will have the last laugh on you before it is all said and done. Clearly you won't have to tote another pig to the state legislature, you can just walk there yourself and show them what a real pig looks like.
July 2, 2009 at 12:34 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
SpanishMoss (anonymous) says...
"The governor has given a full and truthful account, and he is finished discussing this matter," Sawyer said.
That's almost as funny as Sanford's original line about hiking the AT.
It is amazing at the fools that continue to support and defend SanFRAUD. Tom Davis, a fellow hypocrite and liar, is only looking out for his mancation blowing off buddy because Marky Mark covered for him years ago.
The other fools in the General Assembly and in high office obviously don't have the spine to make a simple decision -
What is best for South Carolina?
The answer - Call for SanFRAUD's resignation or start the process to impeach the guy.
July 2, 2009 at 1:26 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
mmoe63 (anonymous) says...
He's a idiot from day one...you do not have to say anything when resigning, just sign the line with the X next to it you idiot.
July 2, 2009 at 1:43 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
omarro1974 (anonymous) says...
The stupid is strong in him.
July 2, 2009 at 1:54 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
lowcountrygirl44 (anonymous) says...
The citizens of SC should band together and IMPEACH this busta that is making a MOCKERY of himself, his wife, his sons and the state of SC.
What kind of a LEADER states that he CRIED for FIVE days at the side of his mistress AFTER his wife asked him NOT to visit her during their separation????? What kind of a LEADER would APOLOGIZE to his MISTRESS before doing so PUBLICLY to his WIFE and SONS???? And what IDIOT admits to the AP that he will TRY to FALL back IN LOVE with his wife??? Jenny has been strong and she should SERVE this busta with DIVORCE papers for his TOTAL LACK OF RESPECT for her and their children.
Gov. Sanford has it bad and since he's NOT in love with his wife, he shouldn't try to make a LOVELESS marriage work. He's FOUND HIS SOUL MATE therefore, he should go to Argentina and spend the REST of his life with HER.
Be a MAN Mark and tell your wife the two of you are DONE as you don't love her ANYMORE and it SHOWS. LOL otherwise you would have HONORED her request to NOT go see your mistress and it's obvious you think MORE of the mistress than your wife so do your wife a favor and SET HER FREE.
The WORST PERSON OF THE WEEK award goes to YOU Governor Sanford for being a COMPLETE JERK!!!! Step Down and Give Jenny Her FREEDOM......Go to your soulmate and live happily ever after. LOL
July 2, 2009 at 2:02 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
jimjones (anonymous) says...
Everyone who is calling for him to resign let me ask you this. What would you do? You get caught with a person who is not your spouse. What do you do? Your job tells you it's up to you. Do you do the "honorable" thing? No, you don't. You stay and work. Is he a screw up? Yes. Did he use money for the trips? Yes. Should he be fired? Probably, but like I said YOU, ME and EVERY other person out there would NOT quit. So stop it. All you holier than thou people out there:"oh I would quit right away", I call BS! Stop it.
Barry..............you STILL suck
July 2, 2009 at 2:05 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
lowcountrygirl44 (anonymous) says...
No one is more HOLIER than thou than the Governor, who blasted Bill Clinton, thus since HE dished it, he should be able to take it and he's done FAR WORST than what Clinton did. Clinton DIDN'T say he will TRY to fall back in love with Hilary...LOL this man is a JOKE and he should be IMPEACHED since he doesn't have sense enough to walk away on his own. When you state others should QUIT and then you become GUILTY of the SAME thing then YOU should QUIT. The Governor is being a HYPOCRITE.
Why should he be ALLOWED to hang onto his job when he's PROVEN he's a LIAR and places his LOVE life over what is BEST for the state of SC??? Sanford HAS to go and if he doesn't leave on his own the CITIZENS should band together and DEMAND he be GONE. If a man doesn't LOOK OUT for his OWN household, what will he do for/to the CITIZENS who MEAN NOTHING to him. We know he DOESN'T love his wife because he's gotten SPRUNG on his MISTRESS. The CRYBABY should GO. IMPEACH SANFORD NOW!!!!!
July 2, 2009 at 2:16 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
omarro1974 (anonymous) says...
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Everyone who is calling for him to resign let me ask you this. What would you do? You get caught with a person who is not your spouse. What do you do? Your job tells you it's up to you. Do you do the "honorable" thing? No, you don't. You stay and work. Is he a screw up? Yes. Did he use money for the trips? Yes. Should he be fired? Probably, but like I said YOU, ME and EVERY other person out there would NOT quit. So stop it. All you holier than thou people out there:"oh I would quit right away", I call BS! Stop it.
Barry..............you STILL suck
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There are a different set of standards for someone that is hired by US.
That's why we are in the situation we are in now. Because we make excuses for clowns like this, yet we will go out of our way to vilify actual people who play by the rules.
What's next, Sanford telling us that Jesus told him to stay in office?
Crying to more reporters like a little girl?
He is a joke and an embarrassment to the citizens of this state.
July 2, 2009 at 2:19 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
jimjones (anonymous) says...
I understand your point omarro. All I am saying is that nobody on this forum would quit their job. So it is useless to demand that he does. Will he be impeached, who knows, but his future is sealed.
girl44- He keeps his job because the people we elected WILL NOT do theirs, get rid of him. IF they do I will be the first to say good job. Until then they are all the same. Oh and by the way, your boy Clinton LIED under oath to FEDERAL authorities AND kept his job. So....um... they are the same. I would be right in saying that Clinton's job was alot more important than Argentina boys.
Barry....well you know.....he sucks.
July 2, 2009 at 2:35 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
lowcountrygirl44 (anonymous) says...
There are a different set of standards for someone that is hired by US.
That's why we are in the situation we are in now. Because we make excuses for clowns like this, yet we will go out of our way to vilify actual people who play by the rules.
What's next, Sanford telling us that Jesus told him to stay in office?
Crying to more reporters like a little girl?
He is a joke and an embarrassment to the citizens of this state.
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You can COUNT on him using the LORD to JUSTIFY his actions. He's already QUOTED the scriptures so sure his next line will be he HEARD from the man upstairs who told him to FOLLOW his HEART. (ROLLING EYES)
He had the NERVES to say he's going to SHOW his boys how to be resilient.....Well DUH mister, why didn't you teach your boys HOW TO BE FAITHFUL???? Why USE your children to STAY in office. And who's going to RESPECT a man CRYING FIVE DAYS because he DIDN'T want to LEAVE his MISTRESS???? He left the STATE in LIMBO because THEIR LOVE was so STRONG. Who would FOLLOW Sanford's LEAD when he's not MENTALLY equipped to SHUT HIS MOUF?? He's BREAKING down because HE DOESN'T want to LET GO of his MISTRESS. His wife is NOT an OPTION as the pull of the MISTRESS is STRONGER than the wife or the BOYS....It showed because he WASN'T there for the BOYS on Father's day. He'd rather be with his MISTRESS and HER SONS.......ROLLING EYES.....
July 2, 2009 at 2:39 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
DawnM (anonymous) says...
There are people sitting in prison for stealing $3000 from others. The least that can be done in this situation is an impeachment AKA get fired.
July 2, 2009 at 3:01 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
jacman (anonymous) says...
Awwwwww , don't leave Mark , it's more fun with you here in office . Maybe next you can tell us all about your sex life as a teen-ager ! You half-witted " dweed " !
July 2, 2009 at 3:22 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Margarita (anonymous) says...
Joel Sawyer, Sanford's press secretary, said all pertinent records were turned over instead to the State Law Enforcement Division, which is reviewing Sanford's travel records to make sure no state laws were broken. That review could be completed as soon as today.
Doesn't anyone see what this is?!? THE HEAD OF SLED IS FRIENDS WITH SANFORD...HE OWES HIS JOB TO SANFORD...he already said he "didn't see any evidence of wrongdoing" today even though the Gov already ADMITTED to the $3k of personal use and PAID IT BACK. The call went out to investigate his travel records on Tuesday evening and they are DONE evaluating OVER EIGHT YEARS worth of financial receipts not even 2 days later? COME ON! This is a JOKE investigation. Someone needs to seriously look at this stuff from a forensic accounting background. SLED says that they are "being pulled into a political realm" and don't want to do the investigation. If they can't see that the $3k he already paid back for the Argentina trip last year was misappropriation of funds then I can already tell you what that "investigation" is going to yeild. NOTHING...they had better be careful though because CREW (Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington) will be looking as well and they will really look and then SLED will have it's own questions to answer!
July 2, 2009 at 4:04 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Margarita (anonymous) says...
What are these silly documents they posted with the story? HERE are the receipts for the hotel, the wine bar, the diners we paid for in Argentina. http://www.politico.com/static/PPM130... He treated his gal real nice on our dime. For all those still saying that he was just "mixing business with pleasure" see below from the post & courier yesterday:
Commerce Marketing and Communications Manager Kara Borie told The Post and Courier Friday morning that Sanford directed the agency to arrange meetings in Argentina for him while he and state officials were going to Brazil on a trade meeting.
The trade meeting was set for BRAZIL, he ASKED to go to Argentina, which means we not only paid for the hotel with the mistress but we took a bunch of "business people" out to lunch / diner in Argentina as "cover"! That whole Argentina leg of the trip was a disguise for him to go see his mistress. AND...why does he get to PAY IT BACK?!? Do you think you or I would just be able to pay it back when caught?! Do you think he would have paid it back if not caught?!?!
July 2, 2009 at 4:22 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
AMAZING (anonymous) says...
If Maark Sanford is not talking, how do you know he's not on a jet plane going somewhere?
"Leaving On A Jet Plane"
All my bags are packed I'm ready to go
I'm standing here outside your door
I hate to wake you up to say good-bye
But the dawn is breaking, it's early morn'
The taxi's waiting, he's blowing his horn
Already I'm so lonesome I could die
So kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go
Cause I'm leaving on a jet plane
I don't know when I'll be back again
Oh babe, I hate to go
There��s so many times I've let you down
So many times I've played around
I tell you now, they don't mean a thing
Every place I go I'll think of you
Every song I sing I sing for you
When I come back I'll wear your wedding ring
So kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go
Cause I'm leaving on a jet plane
I don't know when I'll be back again
Oh babe, I hate to go
Now the time has come to leave you
One more time let me kiss you
And close your eyes and I'll be on my way
Dream about the days to come
When I don't have to leave alone
About the times that I won't have to say
Oh kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go
Cause I'm leaving on a jet plane
I don't know when I'll be back again
Oh babe, I hate to go
Cause I'm leaving on a jet plane
I don't know when I'll be back again
Oh babe, I hate to go
I'm leaving on a jet plane
I don't know when I'll be back again
Oh babe, I hate to go
I'm leaving on a jet plane
Leaving on a jet plane
Leaving on a jet plane
Leaving on a jet plane
July 2, 2009 at 6:06 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
eatmorecollards (anonymous) says...
I don't see any benefits or understand any reasons for Sanford to stay as governor. In my opinion his political career is over and he needs to face reality. He has shown he is incapable of conducting himself in a manner expected of those in high office.
The best thing he could do for himself, the state and his supporters is to insure a smooth transition of power. He should do this and get his personal life in order, seek other endeavors or just retire.
There is no way to set this clock back. Life is to short to live it in turmoil.
July 2, 2009 at 6:23 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
AMAZING (anonymous) says...
WHAT'S UP WITH THIS?
http://media.charleston.net/2009/pdf/...
Mark Sanford acts more like a drug smuggler than a governor.
July 2, 2009 at 6:27 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
moonpie (anonymous) says...
Thank God almighty he now will shut his mouth! I think you have said plenty!
July 2, 2009 at 6:31 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
G_DOG (anonymous) says...
Posted by G_DOG on July 1, 2009 at 10:13 p.m. (Suggest removal)
If the "holier than thou" politicians that supposedly run our state spent a little time outside the patrician districts of Charleston and Columbia, not to mention Buenos Aires and New York, they might begin to have some perspective. For the most part, South Carolina is a vast backwater where opportunity does not exist, and where any vision of the 21st Century's global competitive landscape is absent. These problems aren't solved on Dept of Commerce boondoggles to the far flung reaches of the globe, or at the back bar at the Carolina Yacht Club, or the Capital City Club. We need to attract investment, capitalize on our port, educate our people, build infrastructure, promote the natural beauty of our state and muster the political will to bring business to SC. Sanford was a politically neutered lame duck before he got caught as the definitive hypocrite. The General Assembly accomplished next to nothing in the 2009 session largely due to the games Sanford played with the Stimulus Package, all in the name of his absurd political aspirations. This is silly and South Carolina is becoming the laughing stock of the country.
Mr. Bauer, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Harrell: Get it in gear and move forward, or get out.
July 2, 2009 at 6:38 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
jammer (anonymous) says...
you can't fix stupid
July 2, 2009 at 6:41 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
AMAZING (anonymous) says...
This is very disturbing and reveals the REAL Sanfraud:
"In a series of interviews with the AP this week, Sanford laid out his thoughts and feelings in sometimes lurid or odd detail. For example, he said close Christian friends advised him to end the affair immediately and used graphic, figurative terms on how to do so - "the first step is, you shoot her. You put a bullet through her head," he said he was told."
Is this how our governor's advisors resolves problems? With bullets, to put a bullet through someones head? I know that the mafia resolves their problems with bullets. Obviously, this sounds like a threat and people are at risk with this criminal in office.
July 2, 2009 at 6:59 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
upstateislander (anonymous) says...
OK guv.....if you can really be quiet.....then I can too. But just one peep.......and I'll be back!
July 2, 2009 at 7:02 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
realamerican (anonymous) says...
Can you imagine how Jenny Sanford and her sons felt when the Lovenor called his mistress his "soulmate" in front of a national audience?
Sanford is and has been so far out of touch I believe he may have mental problems.
I suspect Sanford is waiting for SLED to do its investigation and when wrong doing is discovered he will use resignation as a bargaining tool to stop any criminal charges from being filed.
July 2, 2009 at 7:10 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
theronce (anonymous) says...
jimjones, we're not talking about one of us or any other mortal. We're talking about an elected politician, a governor in a state where the governor has very little real power outside of his ability to lead the people to influence their elected representatives. Sanford has lost that ability and should resign.
July 2, 2009 at 7:34 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
buzzinlikealdrin (anonymous) says...
Gee. I wonder how many of our politicians just haven't gotten caught yet. My guess: 90%
July 2, 2009 at 7:36 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
bribetaker (anonymous) says...
Heard some comments by some radio DJs yesterday, made a lot of sense.
When you're a public figure and you have bad news to deliver, do it all at once.....just yank the bandaid off, turn on the firehose. The media won't be able to sift thru all the details and after the 3-4 days you're in the headlines, it'll be over.
July 2, 2009 at 7:53 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
oldglory (anonymous) says...
furmangirl1998 - you nailed it perfectly (particularly the 'pig' part)!!
lowcountrygirl44 - you are neck and neck with furmangirl!!
GO GALS, TEAR HIM UP!
jammer - darned if I don't think you outdistanced the gals in fewer words! LOL
July 2, 2009 at 8:06 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
AMH7969 (anonymous) says...
No wonder he wanted to use the stimulus money to pay down the State's debt. It is not really cheap chasing skirts all over the globe. Someone needs to examine his State travel expenses in addition to his personal financial records. While he was traveling the world looking for romance, the citizens of South Carolina were loosing their jobs and saying a prayer that the voice of reason would prevail and the Federal stimulus money would be accepted. I knew during that whole ordeal that something was just not right about him ... mentally.
"The capital city buzzed Wednesday with talk of a possible option for removing him against his will. South Carolina's constitution says a governor can be removed from office if a majority of the state treasurer, comptroller, attorney general and secretary of state declare he is unable to carry out his duties."
This man needs a mental evaluation. It is frightening to me that he is being allowed to continue in office without one. No one in their right mind disappears the way that he did. What if another 9/11 would have happened while he was gone and the airports would have been locked down with him out of the country : and no one would even have known he was out of the country? What if some kind of attack happened in Argentina and no one knew he was even there? What if something happened to someone in his family? I know with my (State) job, if I were to disappear for a week and not tell anyone, I would be fired ... especially if I had taken off, out of the country with my boyfriend and left my 4 children and husband behind.
PLEASE!!! This is a no brainier!!!
July 2, 2009 at 8:21 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
buzzinlikealdrin (anonymous) says...
Dear AMH7969,
Your comment: "I know with my (State) job, if I were to disappear for a week and not tell anyone, I would be fired"... is such a TOTAL crock. Just ask one of your cronies to cover for you. Happens ALL the time in the govt workplace. I know it for a FACT. I was there for 7 years and got sick of the attitude.
Get a job with the govt, you're golden forever.
July 2, 2009 at 8:32 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Chopper_Harris (anonymous) says...
Don't go all quiet on us Mark. The silent treatment really doesn't work when you've been rambling on to anyone who would listen for over a week. Besides, the state hasn't had this much bad press since the secession. Why end it now?
July 2, 2009 at 8:43 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
rick405 (anonymous) says...
He just needs to do S.C. a favor and go away.
July 2, 2009 at 8:46 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
charleston1960 (anonymous) says...
'IMPEACH' is thrown around these topics so much it makes me laugh.
The only embarrassment in this whole situation was to his family. If a person outside of your own family embarrasses you, then I suggest seeing a dermatologist to find out how to get thicker skin.
The backseat police that come up with rants of prosecution without any wrongdoing discovered at this time. Take another civics class on SC law and this time listen to the instructor.
He was not AWOL - he told his staff he was taking a vacation - elected officials still get these. The BCB received his money for the portion of the one trip and closed that book.
If you want to get technical, let's look at the trips of every politician in the state. If they have ever gone on a trip to another state or country for business pertaining to their position, tax dollars paid for them to get there. Taking a personal trip in between could be considered n abuse of tax dollars. Without the business trip the actual trip for pleasure would have cost more. Any official that fits this bill used tax dollars to subsidize a personal trip. So let's investigate every trip taken by every official and impeach the whole lot of them. Repub, Demos and those that ride the rail in between should be investigated. Why leave it to just the governor let's move up the chain to the federal level. Let's go all the way to the top. Let's impeach the current president for using tax dollars to take personal trip to New York. That date now turns out to be one of the most expensive dates in Presidential history. It does not have to be with a mistress or soul mate to abuse tax dollars.
Still trying to see where he lied...If he lied, then why are people surprised, what politician has never lied?
So until real evidence supports impeachment...
July 2, 2009 at 8:51 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
studley (anonymous) says...
How many posters here think Mark has the best interest of either the people or the state at heart?
July 2, 2009 at 9:02 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
WSM (anonymous) says...
"Sanford has rebuffed calls for his resignation and has said he has no plans to step aside."
That's because the political class believes that "We the sheeple" won't do a damned thing.
We're working too hard to pay the taxes and our grocery bill to have the time to take too much action.
Sanford won on the platform of fiscal conservatism, the idea that government can function efficiently without bankrupting it's citizens. So far, we still have a General Assembly that spends our money like Paris Hilton on a good drunk to keep themselves in office. The fact that this cash comes by force from people who work doesn't make a damned bit of difference to the political class. The fact that YOU are doing without, your family is doing without so these dolts can live the high life on your dime should make your blood boil...especially on the weekend of the 4th of July.
Sanford needs to go. Period. He violated the public trust, and then has the audacity to rub the state's nose in his offence. You see what he thinks of his own family, of you, and of anyone else.
Quite frankly, 90% of the entire S.C. General Assembly needs to be flushed out of the sewer that we call the State House. Sadly, the "sheeple" are sold on the same liars taking $20 from them to bribe them with $1.
July 2, 2009 at 9:06 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
vmirat90 (anonymous) says...
charleston, you can defend him all you want, but the fact remains he is a hypocrite- plain and simple. He preached personal responsibility and fiscal contstaint and management, yet he uses our state tax dollars for his dalliances. I don't care if he used $100 or $10,000- it is hypocrisy plain and simple.
If you still support him in light of all of this (and I am not even touching on abandoning his state, disregard and disrespect for his family, etc.), then you are truly one of the sheeple.
July 2, 2009 at 9:25 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
NoneyaBiz (anonymous) says...
Charleston1960... why all of the sudden has the Gov. refused to release his financial statements? which up until late yesterday he had said that he would be glad to release them. Is it because he did not personally pay for any of his trips to see his lover? Including at least 5 trips overseas (1st class airfare + accommodations), and 2 trips to New York. He has stated that he paid cash for all the trips to Buenos Aires, so that his wife would not know about the travel. Well all he has to do is to show where he got the cash for those trips. Easy enough if you are indeed telling the truth... which I highly doubt. I am sure that the good citizens of SC paid for all of his travel overseas. This is not about sex or about lying about sex. I could care less about sex. But, the state of SC is a fiscal mess! And to use taxpayer dollars to fund his liaisons, while telling the many unemployed that they should not have benefits extended to feed their children is not just sinister... it is illegal!
I can't believe that you people think the impeachment would be about sex and lying about sex. Although most of you thought Pres. Clinton should be impeached for the same thing as the Gov.
PS, Clinton did not steal the taxpayers money to fund his BJ!
But, the GOP led congress spent 60 million to find out that he did get a BJ.
July 2, 2009 at 9:30 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
counterpoint (anonymous) says...
noneya - nice!
July 2, 2009 at 9:45 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
vmirat90 (anonymous) says...
Exactly, Noneya. I could not have said it better myself- however I just did...:)
July 2, 2009 at 9:47 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
nimuetre (anonymous) says...
The most amazing thing is....He still has supporters. C'mon folks, Thump those Bibles and Deny, Deny Deny....
July 2, 2009 at 9:50 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
AMAZING (anonymous) says...
39 trips for Sanford with no security in '09
Gov. Mark Sanford left the Governor's Mansion without a security escort, 38 times in 2008. In the first six months of this year, he left the mansion without security, 39 times.
Those trips are about one-third of the 195 trips Sanford made from the mansion, with or without security, over that 18-month period.
An analysis of the records shows Sanford logged 195 comings and goings during the 18-month period. He had security with him 119 times and was unaccompanied 76 times.
The State's count did not include trips on which Sanford was accompanied by his wife or any of their four sons.
Keel's agency, along with the State Law Enforcement Division and the Department of Natural Resources, is responsible for protecting the governor.
http://www.thestate.com/sanford/story...
July 2, 2009 at 9:54 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
charleston1960 (anonymous) says...
Why should he release PERSONAL finances to the public? If he used tax payer money, the Budget and Control would have that on record. The B&C tracks ALL spending of state dollars. If he used PERSONAL, then who cares and it is of no use to the public. If the Budget and Control board shows that he has not used state funds for his exotic excursions, pray tell me how looking at his PERSONAL finances is going to show that he used STATE funds. A lot of people are blasting him with assumptions that he is hiding the use of state funds which to this day is still not a fact.
I will give you Clinton did not steal anything for his fun. He did not get impeached for his sexual liaisons. He got impeached for perjury and impeding an investigation... Sanford has not done that and Sanford has not been proven to have stolen anything either. At this time or at least there is no fact that he has.
Once again if he used PERSONAL money than why bother him. If he used state and is covering it up then he is fair game.
I stand by my statement he has done nothing impeachable in accordance with the law as of this time. Something may come up and until it does...
July 2, 2009 at 10:04 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
vmirat90 (anonymous) says...
somehow I knew that Clinton would be dragged into the conversation. Harold, I did not defend Clinton and called for his head during that scandal, so at least I am consistent.
I will say this- at least he didn't spend $$ getting his BJ- she was way too easy.
July 2, 2009 at 10:04 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
vmirat90 (anonymous) says...
well if he didn't use our tax dollars, Charleston, then why exactly did he stroke a check for $3,000 to reimburse the state after he was called out? Sounds like he dipped his hand in the tax dollar cookie jar to me.
If it was his own money, why did he pay it back? There is your answer.
July 2, 2009 at 10:08 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
charleston1960 (anonymous) says...
nimue>
I do not support his 'exotic' actions in Argentina or where ever, I am just stating the fact is they have nothing impeachable on him at this time. He has not thwarted an investigation or lied before a grand jury investigation panel.
There is a reason why McConnell wants to change the Constitutional law concerning the Governor leaving without giving notice. The current law does not make it mandatory.
The bible thumpers are the ones calling for his stepping done for his actions with the mistress. I am not bible thumping; I am SC code of law thumping. The only law he broke was the adultery law which is a misdemeanor in SC. In fact you can go to jail for some driving offense longer than the charges for his crime. So if we are to oust people in state jobs for misdemeanors, don't get a ticket.
July 2, 2009 at 10:16 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
vmirat90 (anonymous) says...
He stole money...see above. Last time I checked, theft was a crime.
July 2, 2009 at 10:26 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
ballachulish (anonymous) says...
thereamed,
A little fact check. Monica was 22.
She made the first move, flashing Big Bill & exposing herself.
I've met Big Bill at a party, and he is mancandy. Most of the women there were rightwing Republicans, and he could have had most of them.
BTW, do we have an oval office in the statehouse?
July 2, 2009 at 10:29 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
AMH7969 (anonymous) says...
Dear Buzzin ... ,
Yes there was a day that State employees were "golden" in that jobs were secure and you could pretty much do what you pleased with no fear of being let go as long as your job was getting done. Right now that is not the case ... at least where I work it is not. Our department has been cut so slim that we work endless hours to cover for those let go : our offices are like a ghost town with the same workload. I would not dare crack my lips about it for fear I would be included on the next round of cuts. I am surrounded by constant layoffs and furloughs with no end in sight. I think if you were to ask the hundreds of teachers/educators that have no job next year you would find job security is not something any State Employee has the luxury of these days. I can't speak for every agency but I know in the one I work for, Human Resources has gained a whole new life in monitoring job performance and attendance and when it is time to cut, they do it without pity.
So, as a State Employee, I would only ask that the rules apply to EVERYONE. I think a lot of the changes I am experiencing are painful but necessary for the greater good. I believe if everyone sacrifices a little bit that it will save jobs overall. I feel like I have contributed to the cause by taking on more work, with no raise in years and never ending furlough days. The obvious solution is to find another job but HELLO : there are no jobs out there due to the wonderful economy Sanford (and Bush) has given us : all the while chasing his "soul mate" around the world. Then all this happens and it is like Sanford wants all of us to make sacrifices but does not feel he needs to put his own needs to the side for the greater good. He actually took off in the middle of a major economic crisis. People in this state were being laid off while he was romancing his girlfriend on taxpayer money.
So yes : Buzzin there was a time there was dead weight in the State. Probably when you were there that was the case. I wonder if they replaced you when you left:..
July 2, 2009 at 10:40 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
vmirat90 (anonymous) says...
ball, they probably have an oral office.
Maybe Mark likes playing the catcher instead of the pitcher- ya never know.
July 2, 2009 at 10:41 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
smp (anonymous) says...
Sanfraud acts just like a liberal....his principles are for OTHER people to live by. If he didn't get caught, he would go right on steppin. And that is why he can't lead the state anymore...because through all his lofty talk he wasn't walking the walk....the ENTIRE time his mouth was moving he was doing the opposite. He just finally got busted.
RESIGN -- you creepy teenaged boy in the body of a middle aged man.
July 2, 2009 at 10:42 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
charleston1960 (anonymous) says...
vmi>
My full belief is that it happens all the time and with every official that has the opportunity to use tax dollars for trips. I would be willing to say that everyone in office is guilty of that at least one trip where the tab, for wife, family and perhaps mistress for the unmarried and even those married, was picked up by the citizens of SC. If we are to look at spending state dollars for personal use while on official business, we need to look at every official that went on a trip paid with tax dollars. In the case of using tax dollars for personal, it should not matter whether the person is using it for his wife or in his case his mistress. The law? He paid it back which was okay by the B&C. If further investigation uncovers more then roll out the chains. And leather outfits if it appeals to everyone else.
Most people do not realize the good that Sanford has done for the state by this. I would be willing to bet that no one is taking trips and spending extra money due to fear. He may very well have enforced reduction in travel spending with elected officials saving the taxpayers money. And he did not have to use a veto to accomplish it.
July 2, 2009 at 10:49 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
ballachulish (anonymous) says...
SMP,
I just read an article today detailing how Strom Thurmond made out with a woman on the way to her execution.
According to the driver, they were a kissin' and a huggin' in the back of the van, as she was keeping her date with "Old Sparky".
Guess Ole Strom was a liberal, too.
July 2, 2009 at 10:59 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
charleston1960 (anonymous) says...
AMH>
"there are no jobs out there due to the wonderful economy Sanford (and Bush) has given us"
WOW, thanks for sharing the light as to who brought down the economy. I would never have figured it was only 2 people. All this time I figured it was dereliction of duty from a congressional leadership of Republicans and Democrats in letting financial markets, housing industry and loan markets get out of hand with greed because of the likes of people such as Lay, Ebbers, Madoff, Milken and even our own local economic advisor Parish: Whew I am glad you straightened me out before I went public with the wrong accusations.
July 2, 2009 at 10:59 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
vmirat90 (anonymous) says...
harold- I will never (and never have) defended that weirdo Frank. But please do not make this a partisan issue- even you know better than that. There are freaks, cheats, liars and adulterers on both sides of the aisle. Don't even go there..I voted twice for Sanford.
Charleston, once again, just because others do it, does that make it right? Especially one who so highly trumpeted fiscal responsibility? Is that responsible? Hell no. Even you can't defend that. Secondly, I really hate when people try to argue that all is good since he gave the money back. Once again, let me try to explain. If I took $3,000 from my employer, got caught, then said, "oh heck I will pay it back", go ahead and do it, apologize, and expect all to be fine? No, of course not. I would be (and rightfully should be) fired.
July 2, 2009 at 11:08 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
charleston1960 (anonymous) says...
The real bottom line is that is he had taken his wife this would not have been an issue about state funds being used. Because he cheated on his wife using state funds to make it happen becomes an issue. As i said before I do not agree with his actions. I also do not agree with any tax dollars being used even if it is the wife. I did not vote to elect spouse.
I will say that those elected officials calling for investigation may want to look at their own travel now.
July 2, 2009 at 11:24 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
vmirat90 (anonymous) says...
I would feel the same if he used these funds on his wife, Charleston. God you people just don't get it. He is a hypocrite of the highest order.
July 2, 2009 at 11:28 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
NoneyaBiz (anonymous) says...
Thereemer... you are an idiot! Are you kidding, there was never any anal sex involved in the Clinton case. She gave him a BJ! And before she left LA, she told her friends that she had an crush on the Pres. and needed to get White House knee pads! She had never even met him at that time... SHE WAS A WHORE!
But, judging from the screen name you go by... you obviously have an obsession with Sodomy.
July 2, 2009 at 11:37 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
vmirat90 (anonymous) says...
noneya..I don't usually agree with thereemer, aka harold...but that was really uncalled for.
July 2, 2009 at 11:40 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
rdkint246 (anonymous) says...
charleston -I'm with you all the way. Right on.
amazing- enough of the songs taking up too much space and no one wants to read all of something they already know. you talk of him being taken every where and someone following him,would you like to have someone with you 24/7. A little privacy here please. I've heard not one of you say anything about all the money these companies like AIG etc. spending money on trips [business trips] ha ha ha. Buying planes and the like, is that O.K. I don't think this state or any other state would have needed the federal money given to them if all the lazy and good for nothing people would get off their good for nothing behinds and work,and don't tell me there's not any work. It may not be what you want to do but it's there. Employment numbers high, I just wonder why. Tired of this lovernor crap also that's just crazy or maybe you're jealous that you're not a lovernor. I know of many people sitting on their duffs getting welfare that could be working, some for just being overweight. Those of you that think once was Clinton's only time are very wrong.
July 2, 2009 at 11:42 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
rdkint246 (anonymous) says...
Sanford was only a phone call away in Argentina,everyone knows that. In an emergency he could have hopped a plane and been back in a flash.
July 2, 2009 at 11:48 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Time4action (anonymous) says...
My guess is his mistress wouldn't take him back now after seeing the insensitive public remarks humilating his wife. Why would anyone want someone so cold hearted. I would be afraid he would treat me the same way.
July 2, 2009 at 11:49 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
lowcountrygirl44 (anonymous) says...
Well we know why the Governor didn't want the security detail, he was too busy doing INAPPROPRIATE things with DIFFERENT women. Now his wife is off at her parents house trying to shield herself and the boys from this CLOWN and his big MOUF. This man is UNSTABLE in ALL his WAYS therefore, how can ANYONE entrust him to run the AFFAIRS of the state of SC? Sanford MUST GO.......He's a LAFFING stock and has turn the political scene in SC into a BIGGER JOKE.....Write your congressional leaders and put the PRESSURE on them to get this man OUT of office.......He didn't want the federal funds, but he used STATE funds for him and HIS MISTRESS.....He'll deprive his citizens, but use the TAXPAYERS money for her SOULMATE......GMAB.....OUST SANFORD NOW!!!!!
July 2, 2009 at 11:49 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
glevans (anonymous) says...
Yeah, I live in Texas now and everyone here is talking about how shameful this man is and how embarassing it is for everyone in South Carolina to be put in the spotlight like this. He needs to just resign and disappear now.
July 2, 2009 at 11:50 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
vmirat90 (anonymous) says...
rdk- you are delusional. The reason no one is talking about AIG here is the same reason no one is talking about Sarah Palin on this thread- they don't have any relevance!
Good god, man...stay on topic.
Sounds like you have a definite case of ADD. Your post is all over the map.
July 2, 2009 at 11:50 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
AMH7969 (anonymous) says...
Charleston 1960 ...
Of course it is not just two people ... I was more referring to the leadership as a whole and path the overall leadership took SC down. I would love to put a dollar amount on the stimulus debate (fight) that Sanford imposed on this state. All the man hours and general sessions and revising and rerevising all of the deadbeat (right buzzin?) state employees had to do ... that is in between furlough days and layoffs. The cost is in the millions and in the end we all knew we were going to take that money. There is no way SC could survive not taking it but having to pay it back anyway. We would have been fools not to take it ... we were going to have to pay for it anyway.
If a lowly, deadbeat, bottom feeding state employee like me could see that why couldn't the golden boy Sanford see it. Probably because all he was doing was trying to take a stand so if he ever ran for President or VP he could say he did not want to take it but had to. Clearly the vision of a man who never worried about job security or a furlough in his own life and could care less what his politically motivated decisions had on everyone else's.
But for the record ... I think he should leave because I think he is mentally unstable for obvious reasons. He is in a high ranking position and he should be available 24/7 ... and when he is not everyone should know where he is : bottom line.
July 2, 2009 at 11:54 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Luna (anonymous) says...
Finally he listened to some one with a brain.......SHUT UP!
July 2, 2009 at 11:59 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
nmarchant (anonymous) says...
I really did not belive he should resign until yetserday when I heard his interview with the associated press. Are you kidding me?! His judgement and sanity are highly questionable. He is unfit to govern. Go to Argentina and live out this fantisy life with your lover. I'm am confident that in a few months you'll be missing your "old life"
Jinny Sanford - you are a strong woman of class and dignity. YOU MUST LEAVE THIS MAN at this time. Clearly he is in love with another and does not have the sense to value what he has.
He will recieve his just rewards. The grass is not always greener.
July 2, 2009 at 12:04 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
islanders (anonymous) says...
I voted for both Clinton and Sanford. Clinton was impeached for PERJURY about having sex with an intern in the WH.
Sanford used tax money for inappropriate trips down to South America.
I hope he steps down this week. If not he should be impeached ASAP. His behavior is completely unacceptable for an elected official.
July 2, 2009 at 12:24 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
FU1982 (anonymous) says...
It is, unfortunate when politicians who have their own skeletons- be they sexual preference(a killer in SC), or their own affairs- come forth and judge one of their own-
Clearly the Governor has issues- but would those prominent Republican Senators survive a review of their sex preference and/or affairs? What he has done is wrong- but let's allow the situation to cool off -not work political agendas-
July 2, 2009 at 12:46 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
lloyd007 (anonymous) says...
A few choice words come to mind : Weasle, Idiot, Loser, hypocrate, Crook, Lier, Self-centered, Arrogant, Spineless, Weakkneed, Dishonest, Fake, Uncaring, Stupid, Spoiled, Foolish, Unreasonable, Doofus, Pimp, Irresponsible, Disrespectful, Unfaithful, Adulterer, Slick, Egoistical, Distrustful......NEED I SAY MORE ?????
July 2, 2009 at 12:52 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
vmirat90 (anonymous) says...
no. Lloyd...that about covers him.
July 2, 2009 at 12:56 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
real_news (anonymous) says...
Governor Sanford is just one more example of what Lunatics, what HOAXEs, Republicans have been and are.
I mean I do not care about Sanfords sexual activities, but it is what they say and actually do. I mean 1st Sanford said that he will not take some of the Stimulus money that the Obama/Dems had set aside for state of South Carolina as part of the Stimulus package. Thus depriving State of SC from 10s of 1000s of high paying Job and also depriving 10s of 1000s of South Carolina residents who have lost their Job due to no fault of their own from greater unemployment benefits at the time that the state desperately needs these new Jobs and additional payments, specially when considering the FACT that SC has the 2nd highest unemployment rate in the nation.
2nd, In an article that Sanford wrote on CNN on Feb/13/09 which you can read here:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/1...
he said the following amazing non-sense, which I have written point by point and then followed each point with the facts of how wrong and non-sensible his points are:
For sake of this post not getting 2 long, U can read the full text of replies to Sanfords lunatic non-sense here:
http://www.anoox.com/news/show_select...
July 2, 2009 at 12:59 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
AMH7969 (anonymous) says...
ridkint246 ...
Easy tiger. Don't know when the last time you looked for a job was but due to downsizing in the public and private sectors organizations are not only not hiring : they are actually doing away with positions. Yes, you could always run down to McDonalds and flip some burgers but the reality is that you could work there around the clock and not make enough to support yourself ... much less yourself and your family. And clearly you have not stepped foot in a grocery store or paid a daycare bill in years. Personally, due to furloughs my check has gone down while the price of grocery's, gas and daycare have creped up steadily. I would love to change jobs in an effort to make more money but as I said before ... there are no jobs out there ... few and far between.
Let me put it to you like this. When you have a janitor (they call them day porters now)position open and you have 80 applicants and 10 actually have MBA's that is an indication of a problem. People are desperate to find work with benefits for their families and acting like the financial mess this State is in does not exist is crazy.
So forgive those of us who work hard and are trying to get ahead while the economic current keeps pulling us back. Also, just overlook my frustration that the person who is suppose to be leading out of this mess is chasing his fantasy to the other side of the world. Good thing we did not have another 9/11 situation on our hands : he would have been stuck over there and he would have had no way to get back!!!
I may not know exactly how to solve the problem but certainly acting like it does not exist isn't going to help!
July 2, 2009 at 1:41 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Luna (anonymous) says...
ICS - that is only the $700 million, there is more money that is allocated for infrastructure, green jobs, mass transit, etc....these funds Sanford never held sway over.
July 2, 2009 at 1:58 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Luna (anonymous) says...
http://www.thestate.com/politics/stor...
http://www.charlestonbusiness.com/new...
http://www.postandcourier.com/news/20...
Here are just a few links that talk about jobs coming to our area. It took a lot of time to get ourselves into this mess and it will take time to get us out.
July 2, 2009 at 2:21 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
signseeker17 (anonymous) says...
And while we're all talking about how he's screwed us over, he's NOT talking because he went to Florida with Jenny and the kids for the 4th of July "weekend" (he left early, how about that?). Apparantly the idea is to show what a great family man he is, get out of the press for awhile, come back and we'll have forgotten ALL about it...
July 2, 2009 at 2:23 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
vmirat90 (anonymous) says...
but hey, let's go to a tea party..it will make things all better.
No thanks, I'd much rather sit on the beach with an ice cold beer in my hand enjoying a gorgeous lowcountry sunny day.
July 2, 2009 at 2:42 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
SeaSaw (anonymous) says...
This may explain it all.
Sanford's mental state questioned:
http://www.thesunnews.com/1014/story/...
July 2, 2009 at 2:44 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
BetsBabe (anonymous) says...
I laughed when I saw the title. Good tactic!
July 2, 2009 at 3:30 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
lowcountrygirl44 (anonymous) says...
Well I just LOST all RESPECT for Jenny how has just now stated she WILLING to forgive the man who is TRYING to FALL back IN LOVE with HER.....She must be DESPERATE or has LOW self-esteem.....This man has made a MOCKERY of her and her boys and she's WILLING to stick with him when he'd rather be with his SOULMATE.......Well Jenny when you can't find him in the NEXT few weeks then know that he's with the woman he LOVES and we ALL know that person ISN'T you.......LOL.......Good RIDDANCE to Sanfords......You people are a DISGRACE and should leave the STATE FOREVA.......LOL....Why do you all go to Argentina and live HAPPILY EVER AFTER.....LOL........
July 2, 2009 at 4:01 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Jord (anonymous) says...
Without his wife as political advisor- she was the TRUE GOV of SC it seems, he has blubbered and rebelled and rationalized away his repulsive and lascivious behavior.A true spoiled brat.
He needs to go.
July 2, 2009 at 9:17 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Jord (anonymous) says...
This Jenny is UNBELIEVABLE! All she's doing now is trying to protect her children's future aspirations- Hahhvad and Yale- from the assinine behavior of her husband.Do you think for ONE MINUTE she wants them to go to USC or CLEMSON. He**, no! What a skeleton in their closet their father will be!!!
I am now convinced it has been JENNY who has been the GOV. of SC!
Her husband had always been a pathetic POOT-BUTT, but on Wall Street she saw a bumpkin with a plantation and as an heiress, she saw a rich and noble life as a political leader's wife. SHE is the reason for the stimulus brouhaha- he was too busy pining away for his shaved poozie in Argentina!
Take the private-school educated privileged ones and go back to Chicago, Jenny. You are now revealed!!!And Mark, you love-struck adolescent- run to your shaved poozie in Argentina. Let's see if she still wants you.
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July 2, 2009 at 9:22 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
penbird56 (anonymous) says...
Dearest Governor Sanford,
I hate changing my perspective on your actions as our Governor, but, like you, I know it is not only politically proper, and in fact, morally superior, to defy my fellow citizens in South Carolina, including my own family, while asking for forgiveness of your small "mistakes", my dear governor.
I really hope you stay in office, Sir, as long as you possibly can, due to the fact that my day to day life has been so incredibly boring as an unemployed widow. You may know how it is, Sir, from others who were left bereft and poor; (I "betcha", as Governor Palin might say, that you have shook the hands of a few of us), those who keep trying to keep a roof over own heads and get our own children through good public schools. (My oldest graduated Summa Cum Laud this year from college.)
I am so grateful that my life is so full of excitement right now as I have the opportunity to get to see and witness a real politician continue to show us all who he really is. Oh, please Governor Sanford! We are all so anxious for some new fodder to keep our boring lives in check.
Please stay as our Governor to take our minds off of the facts of day to day poverty.
Thank you, thank you, thank you,
J
July 2, 2009 at 11:19 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
walleyedwoman1215 (anonymous) says...
AMH wrote: This man needs a mental evaluation. It is frightening to me that he is being allowed to continue in office without one. No one in their right mind disappears the way that he did.
AMEN!!!! The man is clearly in the grip of mental illness. He is too unstable to lead. Were he active military, he'd have been ROC last week.
July 2, 2009 at 11:58 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
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