Republican S.C. Governor Sanfords admits Extramarital Affair - Page 3 - Big Big Forums

pepperpot · 06-25-2009, 12:44 AM

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Originally Posted by jasmine

true, from someone on the outside looking in... I believe it is great if there is any way to save a marriage and not have to end it in divorce. They got hit hard with publicity and all, and stood through it and made their marriage work. That is a very hard thing to do. IMO

I really think it's a farce.....a marriage of convenience and blackmail....but, whatever floats your boat.

***ahippiechic*** · 06-25-2009, 12:46 AM

I don't even care who cheats...unless it affects their ability to do their job.

pepperpot · 06-25-2009, 12:47 AM

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Originally Posted by ilovecats

I disagree.She is already well known.I have no respect for her at all because she stood by that slimebag.No way would I ever vote for her.

I didn't vote for her neither....but she's only well known because she is/was married to Bill. Without Bill....would you ever know her name?

pepperpot · 06-25-2009, 12:48 AM

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Originally Posted by ahippiechic

I don't even care who cheats...unless it affects their ability to do their job.

Well, when you pop off for several days to another country and your staff is left to scramble....I think it's affecting your job....

Jolie Rouge · 06-25-2009, 12:53 AM

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Originally Posted by pepperpot

It's not a 'party thing' (dem/rep), it's a politician 'man' thing.........dare we mention Kennedy and/or Clinton?....

It's wrong on all accounts.....I am really thinking that all politicians should be required to wear chastity belts and only spouses may have the key.....

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Unlike other self-esteem-lacking wives of cheaters, Jenny Sanford shows real courage, class, and dignity in her statement to the press — and in her decision NOT to stand by her adulterous husband at his public confession.

Godspeed, Mrs. Sanford. Via McClatchy: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/251/story/70632.html

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I would like to start by saying I love my husband and I believe I have put forth every effort possible to be the best wife I can be during our almost twenty years of marriage. As well, for the last fifteen years my husband has been fully engaged in public service to the citizens and taxpayers of this state and I have faithfully supported him in those efforts to the best of my ability. I have been and remain proud of his accomplishments and his service to this state.

I personally believe that the greatest legacy I will leave behind in this world is not the job I held on Wall Street, or the campaigns I managed for Mark, or the work I have done as First Lady or even the philanthropic activities in which I have been routinely engaged. Instead, the greatest legacy I will leave in this world is the character of the children I, or we, leave behind. It is for that reason that I deeply regret the recent actions of my husband Mark, and their potential damage to our children.

I believe wholeheartedly in the sanctity, dignity and importance of the institution of marriage. I believe that has been consistently reflected in my actions. When I found out about my husband’s infidelity I worked immediately to first seek reconciliation through forgiveness, and then to work diligently to repair our marriage. We reached a point where I felt it was important to look my sons in the eyes and maintain my dignity, self-respect, and my basic sense of right and wrong. I therefore asked my husband to leave two weeks ago.

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While she was raising his sons, he was penning crap like this to his mistress:
http://www.thestate.com/sanford/story/839350.html

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From Gov. Sanford,
Date: Thursday, July 10, 2008, 12:24 a.m.

“One, tomorrow leave at 5 a.m. for New York and meetings. Will think about you on its streets and wish I was going to be there later in the month when you are there. Tomorrow night back to Philadelphia for the start of the National Governor’s Conference through the weekend. Back to Columbia for Tuesday and then on Wednesday, as I think I had told you, taking the family to China, Tibet, Nepal, India, Thailand and then back through Hong Kong on world wind tour. Few days home then to Bahamas for 5 days on a friend’s boat for the last break of the summer. The following weekend have been asked to spend it out in Aspen, Colorado with McCain - which has kicked up the whole VP talk all over again in the press back home …

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 …

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http://michellemalkin.com/2009/06/24...itude-of-mark/

***ahippiechic*** · 06-25-2009, 12:55 AM

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Originally Posted by pepperpot

Well, when you pop off for several days to another country and your staff is left to scramble....I think it's affecting your job....

Yep.

ilovecats · 06-25-2009, 12:57 AM

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Originally Posted by pepperpot

I didn't vote for her neither....but she's only well known because she is/was married to Bill. Without Bill....would you ever know her name?

No,but I know her name now.I would respect her more if she responded to the fact that everyone knows her husband was getting bjs rather than pretending it didn't happen.

pepperpot · 06-25-2009, 01:09 AM

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Originally Posted by ilovecats

No,but I know her name now.I would respect her more if she responded to the fact that everyone knows her husband was getting bjs rather than pretending it didn't happen.

Do you really think that's the furthest he ever went?

I'm sure Hill could tell you stories....

P.S. I guess he's not a leg man....

dv8grl · 06-25-2009, 07:58 AM

janelle · 06-25-2009, 05:28 PM

I'd like someone to tell me how is it the Dems can cheat and get away with it but the Repubs can't? Not that I condone any of it.

I guess it's because the Repubs think they need to go on TV and make a confession of it all----which I think takes guts. Ol' Bill kept saying nothing was going on until the DNA showed up and even then I don't think he came out with much about it. Same with Kennedy, no yes or no, just silence and I tried to save her from drowning so I was really a hero.

I believed Gennifer Flowers before Bill got elected the first time but Hill stood by her man and helped him deny all of it. She has looked the other way for years on his cheating and still does. The tabloids ignore it anymore, not that they paid much attention before.

Let the guy go on TV and say how sorry he is and apologise to his wife and family and friends and he still has to resign. I never heard Bill say he was sorry for anything. Not publicly. I am sure he had told Hilary he was sorry a million times but still does it again.

Guess the best thing to do is to ignore it and pretend it never happened. Have a wife who will go along with the lie and none of your business, then you can get away with most anything.

ElleGee · 06-25-2009, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by janelle

I'd like someone to tell me how is it the Dems can cheat and get away with it but the Repubs can't? Not that I condone any of it.

My theory is if you tout conservative family values then you're @ss is in deeper water b/c it makes you a hypocrite..

not that cheating is ok for a politician at all.