SLED exonerates Sanford on travel
By Glenn Smith , Yvonne Wenger
COLUMBIA — Gov. Mark Sanford used his own cash and connections to pay for secret hook-ups with his Argentine mistress, including one New York rendezvous the night before his wife was to arrive, authorities said Thursday.
South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford
A State Law Enforcement Division review of travel records found no criminal wrongdoing or evidence to suggest that the governor misused public funds during his affair with Maria Belen Chapur, SLED Director Reggie Lloyd said.
Sanford visited his lover twice in Argentina and three times in the Big Apple, Lloyd said. Sanford used his money or private funds to pay for everything but a June 2008 trip to Argentina.
That trip was built around legitimate economic development meetings, Lloyd said. But the Argentine leg was added at the governor's suggestion and also included a tryst.
"Who he wants to see or spend time with (after-hours) is his own personal affair, no pun intended," Lloyd said.
Sanford's office hailed the findings and reiterated that the governor has no intention of heeding the many calls for his resignation. As his press secretary declared "this issue is behind us once and for all," Sanford made plans to fly to Florida to be with his wife and four children for the July 4 holiday.
He could face a frosty reception in the Sunshine State. His wife, Jenny, said she is willing to forgive her cheating husband, but he has a long way to go to earn back trust for his "inexcusable actions."
"Mark showed a lack of judgment in his recent actions as governor," she said Thursday. "However, his far more egregious offenses were committed against God, the institutions of marriage and family, our boys and me."
Related documents
Gov. Sanford's private travel records (13 page PDF)
Gov. Sanford public records (31 page PDF)
Thursday's revelations aren't likely to help matters much. Lloyd revealed that Sanford met with his mistress Sept. 25 in New York City, one day before his wife joined him.
While such facts might be salacious and "good fodder for comedians," they don't rise to the level of criminality, Lloyd said.
He said his office has been inundated with requests from lawmakers and others to investigate the governor's affairs, but SLED has no cause to do so. Lloyd said he won't allow his agency to be used for political means.
"Sometimes fairness means just standing up and saying, 'There is nothing there,' " he said.
Lloyd said Sanford was cooperative and agreed to be interviewed by SLED agents. He also turned over his personal records, even though investigators had no probable cause to request them, he said. Sanford released those records to the media Thursday.
Sanford also coughed up about $3,000 this week to reimburse the state for his expenses on the 2008 Argentina trip with state Commerce Department officials. Lloyd said the governor had "his own reasons" but was under no legal obligation to repay it.
Trips SLED reviewed
June 21-28, 2008: Sanford met with mistress while on state-sponsored commerce trip to Brazil and Argentina.
Sept. 25, 2008: Sanford met with mistress in New York City. His wife, Jenny, arrived the following day. Sanford paid for the trip.
Nov. 18-21, 2008: Sanford met mistress in New York City on his way back from a Republican Governors Association-sponsored trip to Dublin, Ireland. He paid for his stay in the Big Apple.
Feb. 4-6, 2009: Sanford met with mistress in New York City, accompanied by a "spiritual adviser." Sanford paid his own way.
June 18-24, 2009: Sanford paid to travel to Argentina to meet mistress. He had given his staff the impression that he was hiking the Appalachian Trail.
Sanford's admissions have cost him more than the price of that trip. The "Lovenor," as some have now dubbed him, has lost the support of many allies, including more than half of his fellow Republicans in the state Senate.
On Thursday, Sentinel publishing killed a deal for Sanford to write a conservative book titled "Within Our Means."
Long known for his penny-pinching ways, Sanford in 1995, then a congressman, agonized over whether to take a trade-mission trip to Brazil, Argentina and Chile paid for with $10,000 in taxpayer money.
He knew constituents viewed such "fact-finding missions" as junkets, and he vowed to eliminate such congressional perks.
"I know politically it's not the right thing ever to go on any trip," Sanford told The Post and Courier after returning. "I was skeptical (about joining the delegation), but I learned a lot."
It was on that trip that Sanford had a romantic encounter, minus sex, in Chile with an American businesswoman, the Washington Times has reported, citing anonymous sources. Sanford hasn't confirmed or refuted the account but has acknowledged dalliances with other women.
Sanford has since traveled extensively with the use of tax dollars and private funds from groups such as the Republican Governors Association, which he headed until resigning last week, after his confession.
During his years in Congress, private groups paid for him to visit such far-flung places as Cuba, China, Japan, Nepal, Kazakhstan and Croatia, according to federal records. He did not take family along on most visits, documents show.
He also has traveled internationally on the state's dime as governor, visiting Japan, Paris, Austria, Slovakia, Poland, London, Brazil and, of course, Argentina, according to records The Post and Courier obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request. The documents don't detail costs.
From January 2003 to mid-June of this year, the governor's office also ran up more than $380,000 in expenses for using a state plane to fly Sanford, his staff and his family on hundreds of flights to various destinations in South Carolina and other states, records show.
Some trips took them as far as Iowa or Indiana. But Sanford mainly used the plane to jet around the state, including short hops within driving distance. He once flew from Columbia to Florence and back, a 90-minute drive one way, at a cost of about $500.
Sanford's supporters have said that his travel more than paid for itself by bringing jobs to the state. South Carolina has recruited more than 83,000 jobs and $18 billion in capital investments by companies during the governor's two terms, according to the Commerce Department.
The Brazil portion of the 2008 South America trip paid off for the state, officials said. That trip, which as originally planned by Commerce, helped land Brazilian manufacturer FITESA, which committed to a $120 million investment to build an Upstate plant and create 80 jobs, the governor's office said.
So far, the Argentine leg, which the governor asked to add, has yielded nothing tangible.
Reach Glenn Smith at gsmith@postandcourier.com or 937-5556. Reach Yvonne Wenger at 803-799-9051 or ywenger@postandcourier.com.
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nimuetre (anonymous) says...
Stay tuned. We've only scratched the surface of this one.
July 3, 2009 at 12:24 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
furmangirl1998 (anonymous) says...
Some of those sleuths in journalism in Charleston need to check out Legare Waring House.
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July 3, 2009 at 12:38 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
jimjones (anonymous) says...
So what?
Who cares?
Oh yeah, Democrats who smell blood in the water. If our elected officials had any guts they would impeach this dude and be done with it. They don't, so we get to read keyboard commando's go off on how he shoud resign. He ain't going anywhere, and that is sad.
July 3, 2009 at 12:53 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
lowcountrygirl44 (anonymous) says...
The Governor and his DUD wife needs to go sit down....I've lost the respect I had for Jenny as she is taking this man back after he has PUBLICLY stated he's going to TRY to fall back in LOVE with her. Why subject those boys through a LOVELESS marriage and more mockery knowing their father ISN'T with his SOULMATE and how TRIFLING of Sanford to be with his mistress the NIGHT BEFORE his wife is to arrive in NY. As I've stated before, these people are a LAFFING STOCK and has done nothing but bring SHAME on the state of SC......And since he won't leave office on his own, he should be THROWN out. Imagine the vacation they're having after all the sordid and TRUTHFUL details he's revealed on wanting to be with his SOULMATE. Jenny BUY A CLUE and stop being a fool for a man WHO DOESN'T LOVE YOU AND ISN'T IN LOVE WITH YOU.....So much for YOUR self respect and DIGNITY.....You just lost it all by accepting someone who CRIED for FIVE days because he DIDN'T want to LEAVE his SOULMATE......I guess you feel good because you're with him, but he'd RATHER be with HER.....ENJOY the CRUMBS....LOL
July 3, 2009 at 1:42 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
BillytheKid (anonymous) says...
What hurts SC the most is that he is now an ineffective leader. Is that an impeachable offence?
July 3, 2009 at 2:33 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
signseeker17 (anonymous) says...
So, still, no one says THIS IS WHAT WE DO - all I hear is venting! Recall? Petition? Lawsuit (misconduct in office)? What? What? YEAH, YEAH, WE KNOW HE'S SLIME - HOW DO WE GET RID OF HIM?!!!!!!
July 3, 2009 at 2:36 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
jacman (anonymous) says...
It just goes to show ya you don't have to be a southern preacher ( like Jimmy Swaggart ) to make a public horse's ass out of yourself ! Can you imagine those two out on the town together ? Lock the doors and hide your women , and your livestock if you have any !
July 3, 2009 at 3:22 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
lillycollette (anonymous) says...
"Sanford used his money or --private funds-- to pay for everything but a June 2008 trip to Argentina."
It's wonderful that Reggie Lloyd can so quickly address this issue as the head of SLED.
It's awfully sad that neither Lloyd- nor any member of his office-has ever paid any attention to a criminal complaint sent to him on 16 July 2007 when he was still the U.S. Attorney.
This leaves a taint on some credibility here, at least for me.
_________________________________________________________________
Reginald I. Lloyd
United States Attorney
151 Meeting Street, Suite 200
P.O. Box 978
Charleston, S.C. 29402
Date: July 16, 2007
Re.: The U.S. Attorney's Office has jurisdiction in this criminal complaint through the Social Security Act, violations of federal law and violations of constitutional rights. No statute of limitations applies under the facts of this case.
Dear Mr. Lloyd:
[...]
July 3, 2009 at 5:38 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
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Thursday, Jul 02
SC Governor Mark Sanford Released from Book Contract
Penguin's Sentinel imprint has released South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford from his book contract.
Recently, the governor admitted to an affair with an Argentinian woman. Sanford was scheduled to finish the book for Spring 2010 publication. In 2000, he published a book entitled, interestingly enough, "The Trust Committed To Me."
Here's a statement from Adrian Zackheim, President and Publisher of Sentinel: "Sentinel has agreed to release Governor Mark Sanford of South Carolina from his contract to write a book about fiscal conservatism, which was to be called WITHIN OUR MEANS and was scheduled for publication in March 2010. This is a mutual decision. We wish Governor Sanford the best."
Guv...I'm sorry....I know I promised not to say anything more if you didn't.......but I found this off of link from POLITCO.COM and I just couldn't resist......Happy 4th of July in Florida guv........BTW did you tell little ole Andy you were going out of town again.....is Andy in charge?
July 3, 2009 at 6:55 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
lillycollette (anonymous) says...
This investigation (cough / choke) was conducted over a two day period ...
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See, http://www.postandcourier.com/news/20...
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... under the direction of Lloyd who can't even receive / find criminal complaints sent to him thru the U.S. Mail.
IMPRESSIVE.
July 3, 2009 at 7:26 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
moonpie (anonymous) says...
Then why is he paying any money back to the state??? You knew when you went on these trips that you were going to end up with your girl friend so there was some planning involved.
I agree with "lowcountrygirl" lost total respect for them both.
Some ask how do we get rid of him, we march on the state house in numbers, he will leave.
July 3, 2009 at 7:34 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
lillycollette (anonymous) says...
The 2007 complaint which was ignored by Lloyd as the U.S. Atty. involved Social Security FRAUD -- which affects every tax payer.
July 3, 2009 at 7:34 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
postman01 (anonymous) says...
I doubt if SLED's top officers would risk their careers on a whitewash. Not on an issue this high profile.
July 3, 2009 at 7:42 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Teesa (anonymous) says...
I would like to see some serious real ideas on how to get him out. I don't care what he does with his family, I just want him gone so South Carolina can move on.
July 3, 2009 at 7:47 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
rld1771 (anonymous) says...
Lowcountrygirl said it right...exactly what I was thinking saved me from typing it :-)
July 3, 2009 at 8:19 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
charlestonnative1963 (anonymous) says...
SLED needs to redine what a crime is...mark my words he will be impeachd and and he be kicked out
July 3, 2009 at 8:22 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
lookingonthebrightside (anonymous) says...
Tell me which one of you have never sinned and done wrong? Do not throw stones at this guy when he is trying to put his life back together.
I respect Jenny for staying with him because marriage is a LIFELONG commitment! Both most of divorces are because people are to coward to work things out.
If Bill Clinton can stay in office why can't Sanford?
July 3, 2009 at 8:32 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Margarita (anonymous) says...
Signseeker and others who are wondering what to do now...I contacted CREW (Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington)
Address:
Citizens for Responsibility and
Ethics in Washington
1400 Eye Street NW, Suite 450
Washington, D.C. 20005
Phone:
202.408.5565
http://www.citizensforethics.org/
Who have initiated this investigation request:
http://www.citizensforethics.org/file...
The problem is they asked for an investigation into some specific things, McMaster got SLED to "investigate" and cleared him of any wrongdoing in less than 2 days time when even the layperson (me or YOU?) can see there have been abuses. I told them that I didn't believe this "investigation" was legit and many others agree with me. Let's all keep our voices heard and keep applying pressure. Write to CREW or call or email, let them know we are sick of the good ole boy system in SC and we want someone to ACTUALLY investigate this. The CREW letter was also addressed to our State Ethics Commission:
State Ethics Commission
State of South Carolina
5000 Thurmond Mall, Suite 250
Columbia, SC 29201
(803) 253-4192 (office)
I will also be keeping McMaster's name in my mind for who NOT to vote for since he knew that Reggie Loyd is friends with Sanford and owes his job to him but still requested that SLED investigate without finding any conflict of interest.
Also, I didn't tell CREW in my email but I did link this article so I will state that I believe the sole reason for attempting to sweep this under the rug and keep
Sanford in office is that Andre Bauer is an unpopular Lt. Gov and Glenn McConnell does not want to have to step in as Lt. Gov and be basically stripped of his career. THAT is why we have to put up with a known lying cheater thief for 18 months!
July 3, 2009 at 8:34 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
shoelaces (anonymous) says...
Enough already!!!! I was hoping to click on the paper this morning and NOT see yet another Sanford story....
As for those of you who want him gone, you will get what you want in November 2010...get over it and move along now....nothing here to see...
July 3, 2009 at 8:57 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
charleston1960 (anonymous) says...
ics>
Well said.
July 3, 2009 at 9:07 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
studley (anonymous) says...
If I call Mark a republican hypocrite am I being redundant?
July 3, 2009 at 9:13 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
oldglory (anonymous) says...
Okay, so if I buy the story that -this- trip was the only trip that the guv used tax-payers money for . . . then, why not give a detailed explanation as to -why- he did it -only this- time. After all, he's really an expert on the details of some things. I mean when he took off on his wild flight to escape whatever he was suffering did he not have pocket-change??
July 3, 2009 at 9:18 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
oldglory (anonymous) says...
Just sitting here fuming -
Although I have health insurance, I cannot afford the 'extra cost' for a corrective-type lens for my cataract surgery this coming week. Then, I wonder if perhaps I could hop a plane to some island for a last fling in life to make me feel better and charge it to the governor.
The governor is not an honorable person in public or private (or what was once private),
July 3, 2009 at 9:29 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
studley (anonymous) says...
lcsaint: I'm beginning to think you and people like you are responsible for electing the state and national politicians who got us where we are.
July 3, 2009 at 9:37 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
anon123 (anonymous) says...
Hey "lookingonthebrightside" -- is that you Mark???
There are very BIG differences between Clinton and Sanford.
1. Clinton did not leave the country to meet with a foreign national, he had an affair with an American, in America.
2. Clinton did not DISAPPEAR for 7 days without putting the VP in charge, in fact he was in the Oval/Oral Office at the time.
3. Clinton did not divert his entire entourage to Argentina, like Sanford, at substantial expense to the taxpayer.
4. Clinton did not concoct a premeditated cock-and-bull lie of where he was going and what he was going to be doing like Sanford.
5. Clinton did not run on a hypocritical Christian and Family Values platform like Sanford.
6. Clinton did not ostracize another politician and call for his impeachment over marital infidelity, like Sanford.
7. Clinton was doing a GREAT job as a government leader, presiding over the US at its peak of prosperity, Sanford...well, enough said.
July 3, 2009 at 9:43 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
tallblonde (anonymous) says...
Oooooh - I'm feeling all warm & fuzzy now that my faith in state government has been reaffirmed!!!
;-)
July 3, 2009 at 10:21 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
patlabb (anonymous) says...
Sanford is a disgrace to South Carolina. He must GO!
July 3, 2009 at 10:25 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
lloyd007 (anonymous) says...
NOT SURPRISING...STILL GET RID OF THE BUM..!!!
July 3, 2009 at 10:31 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
counterpoint (anonymous) says...
Harold - were you beaten as a child? Do you need a beatdown now?
July 3, 2009 at 10:47 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
UrGatorbait (anonymous) says...
The dead horse pleads "make it stop" Enough already.
Lookingonthebrightside...the folks who post here are perfect....
July 3, 2009 at 11:18 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
lowcountrygirl44 (anonymous) says...
No we're NOT perfect, but we're NOT going around telling LIES about our where abouts either. I know I'm not PRETENDING to be something/someone I'm not. It is what it is and he LIED and used TAXPAYERS money to fund his EXOTIC trip(s) to see his MISTRESS. The clown is so PATHETIC that he admitted on tv to CRYING for FIVE freaking days because he DIDN'T want to LEAVE HER and then Jenny, low self-esteem, Sanford has the galls to STAY in a LOVELESS marriage knowing that her husband ISN'T in love with her and would RATHER be with his mistress. The man said well at least he'll DIE knowing he had met his SOULMATE......What RESPECTABLE woman would stay with a man after he's made a PUBLIC MOCKERY out of her. I was down with Jenny and her stance UNTIL yesterday when she made the announcement that she's staying with this BUSTA. Now she's making a MOCKERY out of WOMEN and teaching her boys that people can CRAP on you, but as long as they ask for forgiveness then you should stay with them. WHAT IS SHE TEACHING THOSE BOYS??? That a woman is to be DISRESPECTED and if you say the right things then she'll stay with you. They are a TERRIBLE example to those boys and maybe child protective services should be called upon to see what's really happening in that household. Jenny is a WUS as is her SISSYBOY husband. Run them OUT of SC NOW!!!! Let them state in FL secluded on their vacation.....I know it's TENSE one.....Surely he's SNEAKING OFF calling his SOULMATE and Jenny is PULLING FIRE GUARD duty trying to make sure he doesn't run away to be with the LOVE OF HIS LIFE.......Again, these people are a JOKE and a DISGRACE to the STATE and NATION........
July 3, 2009 at 11:39 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
UrGatorbait (anonymous) says...
Whoa Lowkountrygirl.
SHe made a mockery of herself staying with him after she found out by your standards.
He should have kept his emotions in check but it gives you something to yap and be worried about. Judgmental much?
There are two sides to every break up and for those with reading comp issues, I don't approve of his behavior.
July 3, 2009 at 11:43 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Puzzled (anonymous) says...
my goodness ... no wonder people want to limit free speech ....
July 3, 2009 at 12:42 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
charleston1960 (anonymous) says...
anon>
Just a little response to your non-comparison comparison.
1. Clinton had his officer's (when he was governor) assist in the cover-ups he did not need to run somewhere. As prez his staffers turned the blind eye so they could continue to work.
2. Why do take out when delivery was available. This is probably the smarter of their idiotic choices.
3. No he just went on national TV and lied about everything from his affairs as governor to the presidential non-sexual encounters.
4. See number 3
5. The only faith he had was that he would be getting another non-sexual encounter in a few days.
6. IF I remember correctly the impeachment hearings were over his lying to a grand jury about the affairs not the affairs..
7. Clinton "peak of prosperity" which was found to be inflated record keeping from the robber barons of wall street that assisted into the demise we are now in. hmmm wonder what the term dot.com failures had to with it?
July 3, 2009 at 1:01 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
yird (anonymous) says...
oldglory, I had cataract surgery in both eyes and opted for the ReSTOR lenses.
Weather they were worth the extra cost remains to be seen. My closeup vision is excellent but the distance vision leaves something to be desired. Also the "rings" around lights makes night driving a wee bit less pleasant. If wearing reading glasses is the only drawback to settling for the standard lens replacement, that may not be such a bad thing after all.
I'm enjoying the ongoing feeding frenzy that has all the political piranhas exhibiting their presumed acute sarcastic wit.
I was told years ago that one could usually discern how intelligent, or unintelligent a person was by how easily they were amused.
Judging by the comments posted for days on end relating to the self destruction of our governor, it's clear that there is no shortage of dummies wishing to display their sitcom level of amusement satisfaction.
Those LMAO insertions pretty much make my point.
The guy is toast and joins the ranks of Blogo and Spitzer as a political has
been.
While the administration is working diligently to impose the Cap and Trade financial burden on us under the guise of the phony global warming fiasco
and trying to scare the public into thinking that we should adopt a third rate health care system like those of the United Kingdom and Canada,
we are inundated with the continuing saga of Sanford's fall from grace and Michael Jackson's life history.
Sure is gratifying to get the important news!
Incidentally, now that freon 12 and 22 (still available in Mexico )
are priced out of existence in this country, heard anything about the hole in the ozone layer lately?
I didn't think so!
July 3, 2009 at 2:09 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
SCBeachMomma (anonymous) says...
It's REALLY hard to READ when someone TYPES like THIS. Just type. We get the point.
I love how people make excuses for Clinton's behavior. He's a jerk, too. Don't make excuses.
July 3, 2009 at 2:38 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
VOwens (anonymous) says...
If Sanford was a Democrat, I have no doubt the Post and Courier and the rest of the Republican's would be screaming for his resignation and if he didn't, you would be calling for a special session to impeach him. If you don't believe this then why did Fox News put a 'D' after Sanford's name on their coverage of his "press conference". See following link - http://www.politicususa.com/en/FNC-Sa...
Sanford's political capital was built on attacking people for doing less than what he just did. Sanford's hypocrisy rap sheet:
On Speaker of the House Bob Livingston: "The bottom line... is he still lied. He lied under a different oath, and that is the oath to his wife" Mark Sanford - CNN 1998
On President Clinton: "I think it would be much better for the country and for Clinton personally to resign. I come from the business side and if you had a chairman or president in the business world facing these allegations, he'd be gone" Mark Sanford - Post and Courier, September 12, 1998
Just last year, Sanford ordered Lenneau Berry, Mayor of Latta, be stripped of his mayoral powers for doing something similar with town funds that Sanford did with State funds (under his own admission by paying back Argentina travel money to the State). Berry didn't get to undo his wrong and payback the money.
Sanford built his career on "family values" professing moral superiority. What makes him worse than Clinton is that Clinton was never sanctimonious.
Sanford had no intention of "coming clean voluntarily" until he found out E-mails documenting his affair were coming to light. He was still telling reporter Gina Smith at the Atlanta airport he changed his mind from hiking and wanted to go somewhere exotic until she notified him about the E-mails. He was still lying at the return flight gate from Argentina. He lied at his "press conference" about the number of contacts with his mistress. When will the lies stop? He will never regain his credibility.
Mr. Sanford has no sense of honor or he would have resigned at his "press conference".
July 3, 2009 at 2:40 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Jord (anonymous) says...
Why did they just investigate his trips from last June and not before when as a legislator he was blowing off steam with the boys and not getting beyond third base with the girls? Did I help pay for those TRIPS???
July 3, 2009 at 2:54 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
AdrianaTheTran (anonymous) says...
Dear Governor Sanford,
When will this end? When will we get our days back? I miss curling up in front of the fire on a cool night, you leaning in against my 3-day beard and me reading you Dr. Seuss.
Lovingly,
Adriana
Follow the love story at www.deargovernorsanford.com
July 3, 2009 at 3:08 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
wjhamilton3 (anonymous) says...
An impeach or resign rally has been set for the Statehouse in Columbia next week on Thursday, July 9 at 5:30. The Republicans were planning one, but canceled theirs. The Democrats has aksed to make that bipartisan. Now everyone else is holding one instead.
There are multiople Facebook and Myspace event entries for this event, so the total number of people registered now is hard to figure.
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/eve...
July 3, 2009 at 3:34 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Lovely_One (anonymous) says...
I am so jealous of Alaska right now!! LOL!
July 3, 2009 at 4:26 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
oldglory (anonymous) says...
Lovely_One, I can relate to that!
July 3, 2009 at 4:39 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
charlestonnative1963 (anonymous) says...
I am tired of this...its time for the Legislature to ask for his resignation...period
July 3, 2009 at 4:55 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Lovely_One (anonymous) says...
TheFamilyValueParty, nope, not trying to fool anyone.
July 3, 2009 at 5:58 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
walleyedwoman1215 (anonymous) says...
Nobody can exonerate him from being a selfish, cruel a**.
July 3, 2009 at 6:32 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Mon_Kie (anonymous) says...
Marco: Maria, I have quit my job and come down to Argentina to live with you and Chico and Rico in your apartment.
Maria: Oh Marco, it's so good to see you...wha? Wait a minute. what did you say about your job?
Marco: I quit. I'm gonna live here with you.
Rico: Hey Dude, get a motel room, you can't stay here.
Maria: Si Marco, we need to go to the Hilton and talk about this.
Marco: I don't think I can write off any more hotel charges, I quit my job.
Maria: Chico, quit making that big L on your forehead with your hand, it's disrespectful!
Marco: Oh that's OK, my boys do that all the time, I don't know what it means, it's some teenage code.
Maria: Marco, you are no longer the Governor of South Carolina?
Marco: No, remember Richard Chamberlin in the Thorn Birds? Remember how we wished he had given up his vocation to pursue his true love? Remember?...Well I did it. Of course Jenny has all the money, but I can move in with you, can't I?
Maria: Oh Marco, suddenly you look so old, and puny, and dried out. I don't know.............
July 3, 2009 at 6:33 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
furmangirl1998 (anonymous) says...
Palin resigns, WHY couldn't this be Sanford????
July 3, 2009 at 7:05 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Lovely_One (anonymous) says...
Mon_Kie, that was hil-frickin-larious!!!! Do some more, do some more!!! LOL!
July 3, 2009 at 7:13 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
k4christ01 (anonymous) says...
FamilyValue why are you so angry and mean? You should be happy, your party is in charge. Also, Sara Palin never said she could see Russia from her house, get your facts straight. The SNL lady portraying Sara Palin said that. Why do you hate her and other conservative Christians so much?
July 3, 2009 at 7:54 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
rdkint246 (anonymous) says...
Hey you guys must really be a bunch of losers.Go somewhere and enjoy the 4th of July like our GOVERNOR did. And this is not about Sara Palin;let the woman rest.Mon-Kie that was such a silly comment,no more please. Let the Governor and his First Lady alone. Maybe she don't want some slime to hit the press about her. She may have more to hide than Gov.Sanford. Go on now and enjoy your weekend,that's what I plan to do. THIS IS OVER.
July 3, 2009 at 9:22 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
charlestonnative1963 (anonymous) says...
Isn't it embarrasing enough that with S. Palin resigning the main news makers are still brining SC and our gov. into the story. Affair or not he LEFT SC WITHOUT A WORD TO ANYONE...HE WENT AWOL...he should be impeached...NOW...as for his wife...if she takes him back shes just dumb
July 3, 2009 at 11:07 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
walleyedwoman1215 (anonymous) says...
Mon_kie that was hysterical!!!
July 3, 2009 at 11:53 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
BlackReign (anonymous) says...
Yird, TheFamilyValueParty is - AKA getserious, hehatemebro, yukonsuggit, Readmylips, 9 time deleted loser, chimes in.
The 'brave' FVP is nothing but a keyboard rambo troll that crawled out from under his slimy, stool encrusted rock.
Nothing ever comes out of her psychotic mind but ignorant ranting and childish troll crap.
TheFamilyValueParty AKA getserious, hehatemebro, yukonsuggit, Readmylips your sssooooo brave little boy troll.
LMAO, you are still pathetic.
July 4, 2009 at 8:49 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Get_seriousHELP (anonymous) says...
I see that pathetic losr, D-bag getserious is still at it!
LMAO @ the pathetic troll hehatemebro, looking for attention and getting only my laugh in his miserable, piteous, pitiful troll pudgy face.
What is it like in your cyber stalker, deluded troll world?
lmao, what a loser quit stealing my lines.
You have an insane infatuation with trolling. You are the very definition of a delusional twit!
You can try and project your infantile, self-loathing bs onto others. But in reality, you only describe yourself. You are the freak show.
your such an idiot, TheFamilyValueParty - your so easy to read, you are the typical forum troll.
You have had how many screen names that have been deleted?
Readmylips
yukonsuggit,
Hehatemebro
getserious
TP
Donttasemebro
Sofa_king_what
Cristos_Micah_kring
Hockymom
WHAT A Fing loser
July 5, 2009 at 9 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Get_seriousHELP (anonymous) says...
TheFamilyValueParty I see your still stealing yirds keyboard rambo term and I dont know about reign, but I seem to remember, yird posting a phone #, but you are the one that didnt call you are a little chicks***! you never called. I called, his number was real.
you are so full of crap and such a tired old toad, you really are getting boring. Thats why I left for awhile, I miss your old getserious persona. but no matter, you will be deleted again soon. how about your next screen name;
Dickweed; 1) A completely self-absorbed, useless ahole with crap for brains;
2) A person so irredeemably stupid that their idiotic behavior causes pain to everyone that they interact with.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define...
July 5, 2009 at 9:10 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
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