Mark Sanford's Emails of Love: UPDATED
I didn't think any emails of Gov. Mark Sanford would hit the news already, but The State already has some online.
Two, mutual feelings .... You have a particular grace and calm that I adore. You have a level of sophistication that so fitting with your beauty. I could digress and say that you have the ability to give magnificent gentle kisses, or that I love your tan lines or that I love the curve of your hips, the erotic beauty of you holding yourself (or two magnificent parts of yourself) in the faded glow of the night’s light - but hey, that would be going into sexual details ...read on
The State sat on the emails for months. I wonder how hard they really tried to verify them?
I feel bad for his family because this has to be so painful for his wife and kids. But as for Mark, well, he was one of those conservative idiots who attacked Bill Clinton and now is exposed as a fraud.
The standard Sanford has set for other politicians over the years has been fairly high. A member of the House of Representatives during the heyday of the Clinton-Lewinsky affair, he was often a harsh critic of the president for his marital misconduct.
This is "very damaging stuff," Sanford declared at one point, when details of Clinton's conduct became known. "I think it would be much better for the country and for him personally (to resign)... I come from the business side," he said. "If you had a chairman or president in the business world facing these allegations, he'd be gone."
Explaining his decision to back impeachment articles against Clinton, he added, "I think what he did in this matter was reprehensible... I feel very comfortable with my vote."
I doubt he will last more than a week or two as the Governor of South Carolina. I'm sure TMZ sent one hundred cameras down to Argentina and they won't come home until they find the girl of his dreams.
UPDATE: Sanford's office is saying that he won't step down.
Although some in South Carolina -- and nationally -- are calling for Gov. Mark Sanford to resign his office in the wake of his six-day hiatus from the state and his acknowledgment of an extramarital affair on Wednesday, a close adviser to the Republican governor told the Fix that Sanford is not considering such an option.
"Mark is firmly focused on reconciling his marriage, and on fulfilling his duties to the people of South Carolina for the remaining eighteen months of his term," said a senior adviser to Sanford who was granted anonymity to speak freely. "Jenny is a full partner in both of those desires."
The source added that Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), a major voice in the state GOP, has publicly voiced his support for Sanford to stay on as governor and plans to actively advocate for that position over the coming days.
OK, if a party and a politician is going to run on phony moral values then they should die by those same values, but forget the affair, Mark Sanford looked like a deranged man yesterday at his presser and showed an instability that bordered on the insane. He's obviously in a mental collapse and shouldn't be leading the people of South Carolina. And the most damning fact is that he abandoned his post for almost a week. He left all the people of South Carolina without someone in charge with the power to call the shots and if a major incident had occurred the state would have been immobile to take action. That's a firing offense all by itself.
UPDATE II: Phony outrage post by Red State: To majority media and other Democrats : we police our own, and you don’t get to judge</a>
Waaaa.....OK, we don't judge you differently---you set up the dumb values/Focus on the Family litmus test and when John Ensign and David Vitter fail that test, they receive standing ovations from fellow conservatives.
Another, Republican Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina, said Ensign was "warmly" received. After speaking for about two minutes, Ensign received applause from his Republican peers.
This is like getting caught passing notes in class, and having the teacher read them to the class out loud.
the repubthugs prove every time this sort of thing happens that
they are WITHOUT MORALS and should not ever be running any
of this country. criminals have better ethics than the republicans.
fuck these immoral asswipe bastards.
His infidelity and job irresponsibility aside, is publishing his (or anyone's) private e-mails legal? Or ethical? It's become another lascivious circus triggered by deliberately provoking media contribution. My opinion is: forget the e-mails. His wife looks and sounds like cold fish with as much turn on as a light switch attached to a burnt out bulb. Doesn't justify sneaking around; he should have divorced her millions. His real infidelity was to the people of his state and it wasn't over a woman. Grow up people.
E-mails private. Ha ha ha. Where you been living, under a rock? The government reads everything you write. Just saying. I get your point though.
I don't really care what the guy did, but he was irresponsible as a governor. And, as always, the moral hypocrisy is glaring. Gotta tear down that myth. So I say GO FOR IT.
"If the US government enforced its banking laws like it did its park regulations, we wouldn't be
in this damn park in the first place." OCCUPY.!!
Wasn't there evidence that the NSA were either listening to Gov. Spitzer's calls or reading his emails, not to search for evidence of crime, but political ammunition since he was aiming a corruption search at the banking industry in New York?
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
There may not be evidence that WE'LL EVER see, but i have no doubt that the Bush Criminal Administration used the NSA, FBI, CIA, etc. for political reasons against their perceived threats/enemies. And I don't mean Al Quida. I mean Dems, Progressives, Independents. US.
Guess we're getting older: students text now. ;) But we get your point. I remember that.
(a teacher)
"If the US government enforced its banking laws like it did its park regulations, we wouldn't be
in this damn park in the first place." OCCUPY.!!
You waste your breath and time chasing hockey pucks like this.
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I will say this about his wife, she had the good sense to throw the bastard out.
statusquObama, change you can only pretend in
is the heir to the Skil fortune. She's the one with the money. Looks like her daddy set her up with the wrong idiot. From her statement, it sounded to me like she's willing to take him back, but from his statement it doesn't sound like he's ended it yet.
This is what I care about
Arianna:
here
statusquObama, change you can only pretend in
That was my first thought: wonder what they're stealing as everyone is reading about a tabloid affair. Robbing the treasury yet again, no doubt.
"If the US government enforced its banking laws like it did its park regulations, we wouldn't be
in this damn park in the first place." OCCUPY.!!
"I doubt he will last more than a week or two as the Governor of South Carolina."
UK press(Independent and Guardian) are reporting that he's resigned.
The Guardian is reporting that he resigned as chairman of the Republican Association of Governers, which he did yesterday. Nothing about resigning as Governor of South Carolina.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/24/m...
Average frustrated chump.
As you alluded to this is about his hypocrisy more than anything else. Of course the media keep forgetting this when they tell the story. If they would just remark about how he treated Clinton and how the Republicans try to come off as the "family values" party then more people would understand why this has more importance than the run of the mill "Affair Scandal".
and the disappearing act. I still feel like there is more to this than has come out yet.
sexual hypocrite...i'm sorry...was i being redundant?
Everyday he remains in office is another day for front page GOP
hypocrisy. A big neon sign on every media venue...GOP=BULLSHIT!
were on the taxpayer dime...I just think it's kinda poor taste to go over the gory details like this....
Sure he's an asshole...but all this is gonna do is just further embarrass his family.
His wife and kids have suffered enough I think.
I think the email part is going overboard. The children look like real good kids with a messed up father, I feel for them. My beef is with the hypocrisy and leaving South Carolina without it's Gov. I think the guy didn't plan on being gone as long as he was. And no one has explained the deal with the extra vehicle at the airport.
He should be raked over the coals for this...not his wife and kids.
They should be left out of it as much as possible...which I doubt the media will allow though.
but was anyone really ever raked over the coals. How is it done? Are pitchforks involved?
"I mean Romney is the most conservative on illegal immigration and I don't think Ronald Reagan could get elected in California today."
Ann "Clipped" Coulter
Nope...thems fer pitchins...not rakins.
Who's to say his wife isn't pushing for him to be outed? If I was her, I'd be out to destroy the sonofabitch's reputation. Of course it's bad for the kids, but she'd hardly be the first jilted wife/husband to let her emotions cloud her better judgment.
meaning, not his. Guess she'll use those millions for the custody battle; or buy him off so he can go back to Bs. As. girlfriend.
... conducted via computers belonging to the State of South Carolina, tough luck. It's part of the public record. (And one gathers that has to be the case for these to be leaked.)
Hmm, salacious e-mails pertaining to a Republican sex scandal, and Matt Drudge is nowhere to be found ...
..you're resigning! B'Bye!
Mickey: "It was an epiphany. Do you know what an epipany is?"
Keoni: "NOT NOW MICKEY!"
talk shows so we have something to hear about other than Obama's miserable failure in Iran.
"I mean Romney is the most conservative on illegal immigration and I don't think Ronald Reagan could get elected in California today."
Ann "Clipped" Coulter
after Ensign I said to myself, another one down, who's next? I just didn't dream the next hypocrite would go down so quickly. So who will be next now???
..Boehner or Graham. Probably not going to win but either one of them caught in an extra-marital affair would be..like the smell of Napalm in the morning..that gasoline smell, smells lik..Hypocrisy!
Mickey: "It was an epiphany. Do you know what an epipany is?"
Keoni: "NOT NOW MICKEY!"
Boehner with a cabana boy!
What a waste of time! I don't see how this is any different then the Edwards, Clinton, or any of the other republican sexual controversies. Will we ever just stop paying attention to this crap? Who cares about the sex lives of our elected officials (provided they're legal)?
I wish people would just be a bit more honest about sex. Most have it, some have it irresponsibly, but unless its done illegally its likely none of your business.
..he hadn't abandoned his post as Governor. As to the affair, do you want a Hypocrit as a Governor? ..a "do as I say, not as I do" kind-of-guy representing you?
Mickey: "It was an epiphany. Do you know what an epipany is?"
Keoni: "NOT NOW MICKEY!"
never shoved their "values" down everyone's throat 24 hours a day like all Republicans and this Republican in particular. That's the difference. And the disappearing act is the real violation.
it's a small difference....they all were elected for their good judgment and ability to lead. ALL FAIL!
So what did Clinton shove down people's throats?
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
you mean "Monica", then I'd have to say it was the Presidential Staff.
I don't see how this is any different then the Edwards, Clinton, or any of the other republican sexual controversies.
Edwards and Clinton are not Repugs. Does Roger Ailes sign your paycheck?
I pledge allegiance to the Constitution of the United States of America, and to the republic which it established, one nation from many peoples, promising liberty and justice for all
My point was that either way the sexual bit is none of our business. The only valid thing that I think could be applied here is that he essentially had a free vacation on the tax payer.
I'd fire his butt for this, but I wouldn't care about what he did on the free vacation, only that he took one - see the distinction? Then again, I likely wouldn't have hired him in the first place.
Let me put it another way. I think the reporting on his sexual exploits is purely for our entertainment. The issue here is his lack of accountability - thats it!
Sanford clearly called for the resignation of Clinton because of extramarital affairs. Have to follow your own rules.
Now about that reporting on sexual exploits - got a link?
called the press conference and announced that he was having an affair.
truly isn't the issue except for the fact it was the REASON for the disappearance. I may be able to cut someone slack for pulling a stunt like thin if they had some kind of dignified reason, an illness, a death, some important mission etc...Then depending on the reason, you could either give them anything from a warning to canning their ass. Sanford deserves an ass-canning.
really care less about the sex part because I'm sure he's not at his most attractive when he's naked, however, these asshats like to insert themselves in other people's sex business: abortion, gay marriage, attacking Clinton for getting a blow job, etc.
They all really need to choose, either they can STFU or can they run their mendacious mouths and live what they speak. It really is that simple. Oh, and Sanford is reaping EVERYTHING that he deserves.
These Republicans will continue their B.S. until they are held to the same standards they impose on everyone else.
As long as the GOP keeps making this bullshit claim to the moral high ground, they fully deserve to be brutally raked over the coals every time one of their leading lights goes astray.
This is way different than Edwards or Clinton. Sanford, in fact, had the despicable gall to wag his finger at Clinton 10 years ago.
The message is, if you're going to talk the talk, you better fuckin' walk the walk. Or it's Serious Shut Up Time.
He's one of the guys that says gays can't marry because the sanctity of marriage must be upheld. And he goes and shits on the sanctity of marriage. It's one more nail in the bigotry coffin.
The only part that's relevant is the hypocrisy. I couldn't care less about any politician's sex life, but for the ones that are out for blood when it's a political foe, only to have commited the same offense later, they deserve all the scrutiny and shame they receive.
That's the difference between Bill Clinton and Mark Sanford. Clinton never chided others about their marital transgressions. Get it?
When Sanford pontificates against gay marriage, runs an entire campaign on family values, and paints himself as a hero of "traditional" marriage ... it's glaring hypocrisy. I also don't care about his sexual peccadillos. But this guy personally dumps shit directly on me and my family (gay marriage for 34 years). I greatly enjoy watching him twist in the wind.
This is NOT about sex or emails. It's about 1) harmful hateful hypocrisy and 2) incompetence. Republican hallmarks!
...he persecuted and criticized others for similar infidelities, or he used public money inappropriately. And by all accounts he did both, so he's fair game. However, as another poster said, I really care about lobbyists gutting banking and healthcare reform.
and less Liars?
"I mean Romney is the most conservative on illegal immigration and I don't think Ronald Reagan could get elected in California today."
Ann "Clipped" Coulter
“I think it would be much better for the country and for him personally (to resign). I come from the business side. If you had a chairman or president in the business world facing these allegations, he’d be gone.” [Sanford on Clinton, The Post and Courier, 9/12/98]
“The issue of lying is probably the biggest harm, if you will, to the system of Democratic government, representatives government, because it undermines trust. And if you undermine trust in our system, you undermine everything.” [Sanford on Clinton, CNN, 2/16/99]
Time for him to GAG on those words.
Credit where credit is due - it was Gina Smith of The State who did the legwork to track Sanford down in the Atlanta Airport and corner him.
He'd just gotten off the plane from Argentina, but he wouldn't admit he was visiting anyone there.
Story here: Sanford met in Atlanta after returning from South America
Then The State informed him they had these emails .. and he scheduled a news conference and confessed in public.
Story here: E-mails detail intimate affair
Thank you *Intrepid Journalist Gina Smith* !!
Democracy is too important to be entrusted to politicians.
Rise Up!
Protest!
there would have been a bunch of media waiting at the airport for him, but she was the only one.
all that liberal media.
....the the evidence suggests that The State helped the Governor cover-up his affair for nearly 2 years
I figured it lasted a lot longer than just a year.
E-mails obtained by The State newspaper in December detailed an affair between Gov. Mark Sanford and Maria, a woman in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
However, attempts to verify the e-mails — from an anonymous source — were fruitless, until Wednesday. Then, acting on another anonymous tip that Sanford would be on a plane returning from Argentina, the paper sent a reporter to Atlanta.
snip
Late Wednesday, the governor’s office said it would not dispute the authenticity of the e-mails
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So they have had the emails for about 6 months but couldn't verify.
I pledge allegiance to the Constitution of the United States of America, and to the republic which it established, one nation from many peoples, promising liberty and justice for all
I feel bad for his family because this has to be so painful
... but not so bad that I can resist reposting the offending missives and gloating.
They're really quite sensitive and touching. I wonder how they compare to any notes he might have sent his wife? I see no sense of gloating in Mr Amato's post, only a fully justified outrage at Sanford's hypocrisy and duplicity. Shorter Ian: I'm full of it.
Hasa Diga Eebowai
Why don't U.S. reporters learn to read Spanish? Maria Belen Shapur, who works for Bunge (a soybean distributor) and lives in the Palermo neighborhood of BA isn't exactly the mystery woman of Argentina... but, then, U.S. media is hopeless when it comes to anything south of the Rio Bravo del Norte, preferring to rely on stereotypes of intrigue, mystery and violence rather than just accept that Latin Americans are petty much the same as the rest of the world... though without the U.S. puritanism and provincialism.
Maria Belen Shapur is Mark Sanford Mistress (PHOTOS)
Democracy is too important to be entrusted to politicians.
Rise Up!
Protest!
because most of them are just news readers and talking point regurgitaters (sp?). Kind of hard to believe that those brown-skinned people could have real jobs when you really swallow your own jingoistic bullshit. That is why in our house we do not have cable television - most of it is really a pathetic joke and will atrophy your precious brain.
Sanctity of Marriage™?
me-oww!
Now you see what havoc Gay Marriage has brought to our nation??
huh?
do ya?
Democracy is too important to be entrusted to politicians.
Rise Up!
Protest!
Huh?
look at what those darn homosexuals have done! Forced Mark Sanford to become a Flying Fuck®!!!
Teh horrorz of teh gayS!!11!!!
me-oww!
If people would just stop being gay Sanford would not have to fuck around on his wife.
Care to hear Limbaugh's spin on this? "It's the economy! He just said screw it!" Evidently he did screw it, ahh... her.
I'm very liberal on economics, I think democratic socialism can help many disadvantaged folks in many ways and help make the upper class more equal to the lower. I'm not libertine with morals though, that is not the meaning of being liberal. So I reserve the right to call this hypocrite a scumbag.
Is it the 21st century yet?
he actually quotes the Bible in one of his emails to Maria..."love is patient, love is kind..." Guess he skipped over some of the other stuff.
I've seen some stuff, man. And some thangs...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9-026ZCKR8
Matthew 6:5 (King James Version)
5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men.
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
Maybe not a hypocrite but just someone who fell in love.
his comments during the Clinton "affair" and his vote for impeachment and the fact he said he didn't regret his vote, makes hypocrisy an automatic. No doubt he fell in love though.
It's a free country, he was free to change his mind. And besides, he wasn't screwing his Argentine mistress while trying to screw Clinton (and the rest of the country)
cuz he already screwed Clinton.
that was Gingrich another Republican pillar of morality.
Hasa Diga Eebowai
There is this "minor" detail that this governor belongs to the GOP, you know the party of upright morals and personal responsibility. So yeah, he is a f*cking hypocrite, on top of being a douche bag.
... call bullshit on this one.
The first, essential step in How Not To Cheat On Your Wife: don't put yourself in a position where you can be tempted. Sanford tells us his mistress was a dear, dear friend ... and then it became something else.
Sanford is married with children. Under what circumstances would he find himself alone or even having an intimate dinner with his 'dear, dear friend'?
"Just falling in love," is a weak excuse.
way to project. He's a complete and utter hyprocrite.
Since it appears that he has a sort of Peter Pan thing going on I'm sure it's real, true love that will last until he figures out how fucked he is without his wife's money.
to tell his wife.
Hasa Diga Eebowai
...the smirking women behind Mark Sanford during his press conference yesterday? Staffers? Rachel Maddow wants to know.
to these creeps than it does to the likes of us. The Sanford's belong to a cult that forbids divorce, and forbids abortion -- even if you're giving birth to a brain-dead fetus.
As for "sin" all that's required is "confession" and then he can go right on "sinning" as before.
As this affair had been going on for years the real questionis why he dropped everything to fly to Argentina all of a sudden. Was she planning to dump him?
Normally, I'd be happy to say he should keep his governorship (and irk those SC repugs) but if Lindsey-girl is for it, than I'm against it!
Let us run off to a secluded island somewhere where we can frolic without a care,where I can worship your beautiful tan lines and glorious boob..er..hair.We can build a grass hut and eat coconuts without worrying about my stupid wife or ugly kids bothering us.
Why,oh why won't society accept our burning love my dearest?
"To me, truth is not some vague, foggy notion. Truth is real. And,
at the same time, unreal. Fiction and fact and everything in between,
plus some things I can't remember, all rolled into one big "thing."
This is truth, to me. "
-Jack Handy
I think they have lotions for that burning love now.
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
He's been fishing for a while,
And someone in Argentina took the bait.
For a second there I thought you said, "He's been fisting for a while..."
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
That's next week's story.
"If the US government enforced its banking laws like it did its park regulations, we wouldn't be
in this damn park in the first place." OCCUPY.!!
LOL!
"To me, truth is not some vague, foggy notion. Truth is real. And,
at the same time, unreal. Fiction and fact and everything in between,
plus some things I can't remember, all rolled into one big "thing."
This is truth, to me. "
-Jack Handy
Looks like the gub has committed a criminal act, or a few. SC says it's against the law. Doesn't that mean he has to resign?
about Sanford are 'timid' and 'passive'. Shouldn't Sanford 'stand up' and 'do the right thing,' Lindsey?
I've seen some stuff, man. And some thangs...
It says a lot about Sanford's sorry character that he doesn't think he should hold himself to the same standard that he expects from all those others who committed comparable offenses for which he demanded resignations. And never mind the even larger offense of being derelict of duty when he disappeared for five days and no one even knew how to contact him. If Sanford had a shred of decency or integrity, he would resign.
Apologists have been talking about the "stress of office", "long hours on the road", etc.
But maybe when two people get married for reasons other then love - say money, power, politics, or all of the above - then maybe that marriage has a weak foundation. Just a thought..
i think many of us are not really that interested in this guy's affair(s). but having said that sanford was very out spoken about clinton in 1999. believe it or not karma has a good memory. the (r)ight in my opinion more so than the left uses culture issues/family value issues to differentiate themselves from their opponent/opposing party. some people really need to understand why this is used. it's been used with great results with evangelicals. sanford can/may be forgiven by these people that's their business.i really don't care. but he can be forgiven/accepted then i would expect others can be forgiven/accepted for their perceived short comings. what i'm saying is don't use your "family values" to destroy others and then be hypocrites when it comes time to judge your own. the (r) uses cultural issues to rally a smaller party the (r). they often use personal attacks inorder to get the left to fight back with personal attacks. all the personal attacks and nothing gets done. the REAL topics/agenda get avoided. many on the right more so than the left vote on family value issues more so than their economic/policy best issue. that's mistake in my opinion.
Gay marriage is a threat to "traditional" values. Allowing gays to marry would threaten the moral fabric of society and demean the institution of marriage. After all, marrige should only be between one woman, one man, and all of his mistresses.
"After all, marrige should only be between one woman, one man, all of his mistresses, his crack dealer and his gigolo." FIFY
Is FIFY his French Poodle?
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
He's praying even now as we speak to his favorite saint:
http://weeklyworldnews.com/headlines/9335/all...
Because he's hurtin' for some:
http://weeklyworldnews.com/mutants/9316/mark-...
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
I think Elliot Spitzer is close to rehabilitation now in public opinion and would make a better governor for SC anyway.
I'm suprised the right wingers haven't blamed ACORN yet...
Argentinian Citizens Opposed to Republican Nookie?
I believe that Sanders' she is a he. Sanders is having an affair with a transgender female whose magnificent parts are breasts and a penis.
Frank Zappa - Make A Jazz Noise Here
I must say his words are much smoother than BillO's were way back in the day.
In other news, WHY is there an ad for Imprimis on this site? WTF? I don't want to see that shit.
What happened? Did sanford admit to being Gay?
Did he have a restroom romance?
Was he molesting a child?
Any of the above is about right for a republican hypocrite.
republicanism is a mental illness!
i am actually touched by his flowery language and romantic imagery.
or you'll be labeled a SINNER!
Perhaps if it weren't so pedestrian and forced. I had a quick look and it certainly wouldn't tickle my "-gina". (That's from South Park: Jonas Brothers episode.
"If the US government enforced its banking laws like it did its park regulations, we wouldn't be
in this damn park in the first place." OCCUPY.!!
allegedly preceded this recent trip?
"About six months ago, an anonymous tipster sent The State newspaper in Columbia, S.C., copies of e-mail messages supposedly exchanged between Gov. Mark Sanford and a woman named Maria in Argentina."
By TIM ARANGO and BRIAN STELTER
Published: June 24, 2009
►[ http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/25/us/25chase.... ]
Amended: Talk about blowing the whistle! ;)
Study the symptoms not the virus...
after failing to keep needed financial help from the unemployed and those in need of education, sanfo(R)d goes on a 6-day bootieCall.
It's
Always
OK
If
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(R)epuglyKKKan
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common sense matters as much as truth
...to the (Guesthouse).
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Study the symptoms not the virus...
woah oh oh
feelings
woah oh oh feelings, again in my arms.
(repeat often)
You describe Sanford as "looking deranged" and "obviously in a mental collapse" -- I assume that's a clinical diagnosis?! snark.
I'm with many of the other commentors here -- get back to Iran, health care, the economy, ----- you know, something that's actually important.
You're behaving as if we have a marked inability to deal with more than one issue at a time.
We know where President Obama and the Republicans stand on Iran. No significant activity has happened, other than Ahmadinejad shooting off his mouth.
Health care, same thing
The economy, same thing.
They're all vital issues, but reflecting on the hypocrisy of a prominent Republican will not detract from any solutions.
La Nacion in Buenos Aires, Argentina names the woman as 43-year-old Maria Belen Chapur.
Chapur is reportedly a divorced mother of two, and works for an agricultural company. The paper says she speaks several languages and keeps in shape by playing sports.
In his Wednesday news conference admitting the affair, Sanford said that the woman with whom he had the relationship had two children.
I noted last week that Ensign said his affair was "the worst thing I've ever done in my life." This from a scumbag who voted for the genocidal Iraq war based entirely on lies.
How sad that ReThuglican "values" say that murdering millions, or stealing million$, is perfectly acceptable behavior but anything involving genitalia not endorsed by some churchlike institution is horrible SIN!
I disagree that this Sanford hypocrite (trying to deny the children of his state education was moral, an affair was immoral) will resign or be forced out. IOKIYAR. Isn't David "Diaper" Vitter still around, and didn't Larry "Wide Stance" Craig serve out the rest of his term? Getting caught just adds a little salsa picante to the whole situation
Check this clip out of Mika Brzezinski essentially saying that Sanford's affair is not as bad as Clinton's because at least Sanford was in love with the person he was cheating on his wife with.
This is crazy!!!
http://progressnotcongress.org/?p=1946
... opined that, well, Sanford's affair was a personal matter, and not like Vitter or Spitzer, who got caught soliciting prostitutes.
Unfortunately, this was the station where I work. I dropped a note to one of the producers, but I doubt I'll get an answer.
Sanford made it a state matter because he chose to run off for four days not telling people within the executive branch where he was going and turned off his mobile phone.
The South Carolina constitution gives only one man authority to act in case of an emergency - the governor of South Carolina.
Sanford put the people of S.C. in danger because had their been a state emergency, Sanford's irresponsible bahavior would have definitely hindered the proper agencies to act because Sanford could not be found to authorize them.
....that ever happened to Governor Sanford.
Lower the retirement age.
Here's a link to an Argentinian web page, in that page you can see a video of María Belén Chapur when she was in USA as a reporter a month after the attacks of 9/11.
http://www.infobae.com/contenidos/456633-1012...
As governor of South Carolina, Sanford put the people of that state in great risk of danger. If there happened to be any kind of state emergency, the proper authorities would not have been able to act in an expedient manner because only the governor has the right to issue orders where state security is concerned.
He would have needed to sign over that decision making authority to the Lt. Governor. However, the Lt. Governor did not know where the hell he was nor did most of his staff and security detail. Sanford shouldn't resign based solely on his affair. The affair just makes it that more outrageous that he would put the people of his state in that kind of danger, so he could fly off to Argentina to see the other woman. His irresponsible actions in not letting people know where he was for all those days should be the reason his state leaders should demand his resignation.
that our worthless governor is added to the list of hypocritical assholes http://www.lvrj.com/news/19817214.html
Governor Jim Gibbons, Nevada, another fine example of a Republican husband, father and comprehensive hypocrite. The governor used his state-issued cell phone to send over 850 text messages to a woman that is not his wife. Some of the messages were timed at 2:00 a.m., you know, that time when most of us text message people to whom we are not married. The governor wrote a couple of checks to cover the cost to the state of Nevada because he was surprised that his state-issued phone did not come with free texting and being the mental giant that he is he never bothered to ask. He said he was asking the woman that he was texting for info about her thoughts on taxation, cuz that's what people talk about between midnight and 2:00 a.m with people to whom they are not married.
Rush blames Governor Sanford's problem on Obama. No really!
That phrase is out and out rubbish. No one leads the people of South Carolina, or of the United States. The other side lost WWII, and we don't have Fuehrers or Leaders in this country, much as the other side would like to believe that we do, well at least when we elect Republicans to the presidency.
Oh great. First the Republicans ruin the US economy, now they're even outsourcing adultery.
See:
http://notionscapital.wordpress.com/2009/06/2...
Folks, Argentine woman are the most beautiful in the world (well, I didn't make it to Brazil yet), so I understand the Guv's fall.
But still, IMPEACH the asshole. He put the state of SC at risk (or maybe less risk) by his dereliction of duty and use of public funds for his dalliance.
The FOOL should have taken the stimulus right off--he could have done many more "trade missions" with our money.
Resign you RAT BASTARD, or be removed (Gov. Khameini).
Regardless of your politics, and I think the guy was just grandstanding for a presidential run in '12, with his stimulus refusal,posting someone's love letters is just wrong.
Agreed, it's a shame few others seem as concerned.
Forget his politics for a second, posting anyones private, personal correspondence is just wrong.
Someone needs to tell Blimpbaugh's maid to run out and get him some more drugs.
Maybe his marriage would've been happier if he had sent emails like this to his wife.....
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