Republican S.C. Governor Sanfords admits Extramarital Affair - Page 6 - Big Big Forums

SurferGirl · 06-28-2009, 02:11 PM

His wife should dump him and then she should call the mistress and let her know that if she wants a cheating liar she is more than welcome to the scumbag. Maybe she should remind the mistress of the old saying that if he will cheat with you he will also end up cheating on you.

Jolie Rouge · 07-01-2009, 02:41 AM

OMG…Now he “crossed the line” with several women. Does he have no shame? Apparently not. And I’ll bet it doesn’t end there.

“It was only five times in Argentina”…

“except for the two in the States”…

“oops, I forgot the other makeout sessions”…

“wait, but I didn’t have sex” (sound familiar?)…

“Argentina is my soulmate…but I’m trying to fall back in love with my wife”. (gag on that one)

The guy is delusional AND an idiot AND I really feel embarrassed for his family. What a role model HE is for his sons.

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He is toast.

Dear Mark Sanford: Buy a one-way ticket to Argentina already and be gone
By Michelle Malkin • June 30, 2009

http://michellemalkin.com/2009/06/30...y-and-be-gone/

I am getting almost as sick and tired of the never-ending Sanford circus as I am of the never-ending Jacko circus.

The mistress says she’s “hurt.” http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...063001581.html

The adulterous governor can’t stop yammering about God and the Bible. http://www.govenorsanford.com

And now there’s more sex, lies, and tears: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...063001581.html

Quote:

In a lengthy, emotional interview with The Associated Press, the governor described seven meetings with the woman, including their first in 2001. Sanford says there have been five over a 12-month period, including two multi-night stays with her in New York.

It was the first disclosure of any get-togethers with her in the United States and contradicted a public confession last week during which he admitted to a total of four encounters in the past year.

I found this passage in Cheaty McCheater’s latest online apology most stomach-turning:

Quote:

So in the aftermath of this failure I want to not only apologize, but to commit to growing personally and spiritually. Immediately after all this unfolded last week I had thought I would resign - as I believe in the military model of leadership and when trust of any form is broken one lays down the sword. A long list of close friends have suggested otherwise - that for God to really work in my life I shouldn’t be getting off so lightly. While it would be personally easier to exit stage left, their point has been that my larger sin was the sin of pride. They contended that in many instances I may well have held the right position on limited government, spending or taxes - but that if my spirit wasn’t right in the presentation of those ideas to people in the General Assembly, or elsewhere, I could elicit the response that I had at many times indeed gotten from other state leaders.

Their belief was that if I walked in with a real spirit of humility then this last legislative term could well be our most productive one - and that outside this term, I would ultimately be a better person and of more service in whatever doors God opened next in life if I stuck around to learn lessons rather than running and hiding down at the farm.

They have also made the point that a good part of life is about scripts - that the idea of redemption isn’t something that Marshall, Landon, Bolton and Blake should just read about, it’s something they should see. Accordingly, they suggested that there was a very different life script that would be lived and learned by our boys, and thousands like them, if this story simply ended with scandal and then the end of office - versus a fall from grace and then renewal and rebuilding and growth in its aftermath.

He claims the best thing he can do for his boys is spend more time away from them trying to salvage his political career.

He wasn’t thinking of his boys’ best interests on Father’s Day weekend or over the past eight years. And he isn’t thinking of their best interests now.

So, go buy a one-way ticket to Argentina already, Gov. Sanford, and spare us all the continued spectacle and ready-for-prime-time agony.

What’s next: Mark Sanford bawling on Dr. Phil? Touring his NYC love nests w/Tyra Banks? Self-flagellating on The View?

Enough already.

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Allahpundit: “His aides seriously need to start steering this guy away from microphones before he ends up telling us which positions he and Maria tried.”

How to teach your children about sin, repentance, and God’s love and forgiveness Sanford-style :

Have an affair, publicly humiliate your spouse, desert your children, lie to your friends, abdicate your duties, and steal from your employers. When caught, flagellate yourself while blubbering and sobbing on tv; apologize to, and beg the forgiveness of: God, Republicans, and everyone else in the western hemisphere; and finally, invoke convoluted logic to enable you to keep your job.

OMG…Now he “crossed the line” with several women. Does he have no shame? Apparently not. And I’ll bet it doesn’t end there.

“It was only five times in Argentina”…

“except for the two in the States”…

“oops, I forgot the other makeout sessions”…

“wait, but I didn’t have sex” (sound familiar?)…

“Argentina is my soulmate…but I’m trying to fall back in love with my wife”. (gag on that one)

The guy is delusional AND an idiot AND I really feel embarrassed for his family. What a role model HE is for his sons. How about “what NOT to do”.

He is toast.

Dear Mark Sanford: Buy a one-way ticket to Argentina already and be gone
By Michelle Malkin • June 30, 2009

http://michellemalkin.com/2009/06/30...y-and-be-gone/

I am getting almost as sick and tired of the never-ending Sanford circus as I am of the never-ending Jacko circus.

The mistress says she’s “hurt.” http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...063001581.html

The adulterous governor can’t stop yammering about God and the Bible. http://www.govenorsanford.com

And now there’s more sex, lies, and tears: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...063001581.html

Quote:

In a lengthy, emotional interview with The Associated Press, the governor described seven meetings with the woman, including their first in 2001. Sanford says there have been five over a 12-month period, including two multi-night stays with her in New York.

It was the first disclosure of any get-togethers with her in the United States and contradicted a public confession last week during which he admitted to a total of four encounters in the past year.

I found this passage in Cheaty McCheater’s latest online apology most stomach-turning:

Quote:

So in the aftermath of this failure I want to not only apologize, but to commit to growing personally and spiritually. Immediately after all this unfolded last week I had thought I would resign - as I believe in the military model of leadership and when trust of any form is broken one lays down the sword. A long list of close friends have suggested otherwise - that for God to really work in my life I shouldn’t be getting off so lightly. While it would be personally easier to exit stage left, their point has been that my larger sin was the sin of pride. They contended that in many instances I may well have held the right position on limited government, spending or taxes - but that if my spirit wasn’t right in the presentation of those ideas to people in the General Assembly, or elsewhere, I could elicit the response that I had at many times indeed gotten from other state leaders.

Their belief was that if I walked in with a real spirit of humility then this last legislative term could well be our most productive one - and that outside this term, I would ultimately be a better person and of more service in whatever doors God opened next in life if I stuck around to learn lessons rather than running and hiding down at the farm.

They have also made the point that a good part of life is about scripts - that the idea of redemption isn’t something that Marshall, Landon, Bolton and Blake should just read about, it’s something they should see. Accordingly, they suggested that there was a very different life script that would be lived and learned by our boys, and thousands like them, if this story simply ended with scandal and then the end of office - versus a fall from grace and then renewal and rebuilding and growth in its aftermath.

He claims the best thing he can do for his boys is spend more time away from them trying to salvage his political career.

He wasn’t thinking of his boys’ best interests on Father’s Day weekend or over the past eight years. And he isn’t thinking of their best interests now.

So, go buy a one-way ticket to Argentina already, Gov. Sanford, and spare us all the continued spectacle and ready-for-prime-time agony.

What’s next: Mark Sanford bawling on Dr. Phil? Touring his NYC love nests w/Tyra Banks? Self-flagellating on The View?

Enough already.

***

Allahpundit: “His aides seriously need to start steering this guy away from microphones before he ends up telling us which positions he and Maria tried.”

:

How to teach your children about sin, repentance, and God’s love and forgiveness Sanford-style :

Have an affair, publicly humiliate your spouse, desert your children, lie to your friends, abdicate your duties, and steal from your employers. When caught, flagellate yourself while blubbering and sobbing on tv; apologize to, and beg the forgiveness of: God, Republicans, and everyone else in the western hemisphere; and finally, invoke convoluted logic to enable you to keep your job.

>sarcasm off<

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dv8grl · 07-01-2009, 09:01 AM

South Carolina members SPEAK UP ~ WOULD YOU VOTE FOR THIS CHUMP AGAIN?!?!

I can't believe that anyone in there right mind would allow this assh0le to not only keep his job, but possibly re-elect him. How did he ever get any work done, chasing evey skirt in town.

Then again, never under-estimate stupid people....They re-elected Marion Berry & Ray Nagin....

candygirl · 07-01-2009, 10:03 AM

“Argentina is my soulmate…but I’m trying to fall back in love with my wife”.

Well, if Jenny can't read between the lines that he is" still in love with his mistress" and she still wants to salvage their marriage, she deseves what ever " Chit" he throws her way .

Her next meeting ,if not already should be with a Divorce lawyer, :top

So much for him promoting Family Values ,with all that has been happening and will happen in the future proves that family values do not run along party lines,but along moral ones.

A political party supporting " Family Values " does not exist.

Crick · 07-01-2009, 01:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dv8grl

South Carolina members SPEAK UP ~ WOULD YOU VOTE FOR THIS CHUMP AGAIN?!?!

I can't believe that anyone in there right mind would allow this assh0le to not only keep his job, but possibly re-elect him. How did he ever get any work done, chasing evey skirt in town.

Then again, never under-estimate stupid people....They re-elected Marion Berry & Ray Nagin....

You forgot Bush II!

As for Mark Sanford, I never voted for him in any election nor would I. Glad he is prohibited from running for a third term as governor. To think that he was/is being considered the Republican's top candidate for President in 2012.
Every campaign he paraded his wife and kids around the state and in TV ads proclaiming himself as being a family man and his high morals. This is also the same person who campained hard against gay marriage as being against family values and immoral. He also voted to impeach Clinton for adultry when Sanford was a Senator from SC. He is just part of the good old boy political system of South Carolina. Waiting to see if he will be removed from office and if he will be charged with adultry since SC still has a law on the books whereby a person can be charged with adultry. Now the whole world can see his true colors. What hasn't been mentioned is that the Lt. Governor, Andre Beaur (sp), who has been all over TV saying Sanford should resign has himself had several brushes with the law. Of course the Lt. Governor wants Sanford removed so that he can be Governor and has already stated that he intends to run for Governor in 2010. Then we have Thad Viers (R), state legislature, who was charged with making threatening calls to his ex-wife and her boyfriend has been on TV supporting Sanford. Liz Gilland, Horry County, SC Chairwoman and proclaimed Republican is calling for Sanford to remain in office. Ms. Gilland is another anti-gay, holier than thou person with higher aspirations. Mark McBride, two term mayor of Myrtle Beach was accused of slanderous campaigns but never proven during his runs as mayor. Last election he ran for US Senator (R) but lost in the primary. He was caught with a gun in his office (prohibited by law) but nothing was done about it other than being told to remove it. His explanation was he felt threatened. He also got into a fist fight with a council member but was never charged. People talk about the Daily political corruption but IMO is pales in comparison to the SC political corruption. I'm sure the Democrats are not much better if you can find one but as one columnist wrote a few years back "there are only three Democrats in SC and I am one of them."

At least his wife has shown class throughout this mess just as she did during his campaigns.

SHELBYDOG · 07-01-2009, 06:46 PM

Sanford backs out of promise to release records

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1 hr 26 mins ago
COLUMBIA, S.C. – South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has backed out of a promise to release personal financial records proving he did not use state money for trips to see his mistress.

A day after Sanford declared in an emotional Associated Press interview that his mistress is his soul mate, spokesman Joel Sawyer says the governor does not want to discuss personal matters in the media anymore. The state is investigating Sanford's travel to see the Argentine woman the governor identified as his lover.

Sanford agreed this week to provide the AP with proof of his payment for trips to New York and Argentina to see her.

His staff first said the records might be made available Tuesday, and then the governor's spokesman said Wednesday Sanford would not release them.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090701/...vernor_records

Lying, cheating, stealing, scumbag is all I can say.

speedygirl · 07-01-2009, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by SHELBYDOG

Sanford backs out of promise to release records

Lying, cheating, stealing, scumbag is all I can say.

All of that!

B@stard. And he'll end up costing taxpayers even more when the records have to be subpoenaed, etc... What a delusional slime. Just give it up, get it over with and move one. The more news whorish he is and the more he keeps making news, the harder he digs the knife into his wife and kids.
I hope the "mistress" dumps his fugly, lying, cheating, thieving a$$.

ElleGee · 07-01-2009, 07:25 PM

I admire his wife for trying to keep her and her boys dignity... He's a fecking fool to give up a good woman like that

SHELBYDOG · 07-02-2009, 12:21 AM

Calls for Sanford to Resign Grow Louder in South Carolina
GOP Members Concerned About Scandal's Impact, Sanford Saga Divides South Carolina GOP

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By HUMA KHAN
July 1, 2009

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's admission of an extramarital affair last week was shocking to many Republicans, and now detailed revelations Tuesday about more meetings with his mistress have pushed many over the edge.

Calls for Sanford's resignation from both the GOP and Democrats -- which were relatively quiet initially -- have grown louder since the embattled governor confessed in an interview with the Associated Press that Maria Belen Chapur is his "soul mate" and that he has "crossed lines" with other women as well.

At least 12 of 27 state GOP senators have called on Sanford to step down, according to Sen. Jake Knotts, a longtime critic of the governor who was one of the first to raise opposition and call for a criminal investigation into whether Sanford used state money to finance his trips to see his 41-year-old mistress.

"It's not all about Mark Sanford now," Knotts told ABCNews.com. "It's about his family and the state of South Carolina. He needs to resign and set South Carolina free and let us move forward."

Some state Republican leaders are angry that the Sanford saga is distracting from the state's problems. At 12.1 percent, South Carolina's unemployment rate is the third-highest in the country. Knotts says companies are hesitant to bring business to the state anyway, and this scandal will further mar the state's reputation.

In a letter calling for Sanford's resignation, the heads of the Republican-controlled state senate wrote that the governor's affair and his taxpayer-funded trips have caused a "constitutional crisis."

"We must have strong leadership from a governor who is focused and trusted," they wrote. "Governor Sanford is neither."

Others say he's simply not able to lead the state.

"People don't give those kind of interviews knowing that the whole world is going to be listening in," Republican state Sen. Larry Martin, chairman of the Senate Rules committee, told ABCNews.com, referring to Sanford's revealing interview with The AP. "I just don't think he's being very rational. I think it's indicative of some serious issues on his part, emotional mental healthwise."

One of South Carolina's two Senate representatives in Washington and a good friend of the governor, Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., told Fox News today that he is one of the people "talking to him behind the scenes in hopes that he'll make the right decision about what needs to be done."

Expressing concern about Sanford's ability to continue as governor, DeMint said, "we will see some resolution in the next week."

DeMint's spokesperson said the senator is not commenting on whether Sanford should resign.

Chapur Revelations Damage Governor
Sanford told The AP that he saw Chapur, a former producer, five times over the last year, including two romantic weekends in New York. He said the two met in 2001 at an open-air dance spot in Uruguay, but that the relationship did not turn physical until last year when he was on a trade trip to South America. The governor has agreed to return the money for that trip, even though he insists he didn't do anything wrong, and that he paid for all other trips to see his mistress in cash. However, on Wednesday, the governor took back a promise he made last week - to release financial records that he said would prove he did not spend state money to see his mistress.

Following the release of the interview, South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster -- considered a frontrunner in the 2010 gubernatorial race -- called for an investigation and said he requested the State Law Enforcement Division to review all of Sanford's travel records to see if any laws were broken or if any state funds misused.

However, Reggie Lloyd, director of the agency, said Tuesday it is not a criminal investigation and so far there has been no evidence suggesting that there was wrongdoing.

Before Tuesday, both McMaster and Lloyd dismissed the prospect of an investigation.

Some Republicans Stand Behind Mark Sanford
Some Republicans have stayed on the sidelines in the calls for Sanford's resignation.

House Speaker Bobby Harrell, a Republican who would be the chair if the South Carolina legislature forced Sanford to resign, says calls to remove Sanford should wait until results of the state investigation.

"Talking about impeachment is premature at this point," said Harrell's communications director, Greg Foster. "He's encouraged by the investigation and would like to see the results of that and see if public funds were misused, but he's standing by his statement [that Sanford is the one who needs to decide if he can be an effective chief executive]."

Several Could Benefit If Sanford Resigns
The outcome of the investigation has significant political implications. McMaster is one of the top contenders for next year's gubernatorial race along with Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer, who would take over if Sanford resigns or is impeached.

"If he [McMaster] has this investigation, he gets more publicity and name recognition if he does a good job," Robert Oldendick, an executive director and professor at the University of South Carolina, told ABCNews.com. "The downside is that if Sanford does leave office, and Lt. Gov. Bauer takes over, it gives him 15 to 16 months of incumbency leading into the race and that will be to his advantage in terms of media and name recognition."

Some Democrats say the investigation is merely for show.

"It ain't big at all," J. Todd Rutherford, a Democrat in the South Carolina House of Representatives, told ABCNews.com. "He [McMaster] just did it because Sanford embarrassed himself and others. Nothing new has come out about state money."

Rutherford, who called for Sanford to resign shortly after the governor announced his affair, said the investigation is unlikely to prove anything because the governor used cash on his trips. He insists Sanford should resign because he broke the law when he failed to inform his lieutenant governor that he was leaving the country.

"He should resign because of what he did when he disappeared," Rutherford said. "There are no state employee guidelines that allow for the employee to be gone for five days [without notification]."

Republicans say an impeachment in the legislature is also unlikely.

"My view of the impeachment possibility or prospect is, we're going to have to put our hands on some very hard evidence that he has abused his position in the extramarital affair," Martin said. "Just looking at the makeup of the legislature and how difficult of an objective that would be and the tremendously excruciating ordeal it would put the state through ... Unless we get some further hard information about public money or abuse of position ... I just simply don't know about that. I think his best course is to resign."

Most in the GOP-controlled legislature have not spoken out about Sanford's affair or his resignation, but Republican leaders who have been vocal about Sanford's affair are concerned about its impact on the party.

"It's killing us," Knotts said.

At the same time, it remains unclear whether that will boost Democrats' chances in the 2010 governor's race.

The South Carolina Democratic Party issued a statement Wednesday, calling on the governor to step down. When asked why the organization waited a week to call for Sanford's resignation, spokeswoman Keiana Page said they were waiting for "more details about what's going on" before issuing a statement.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=7978200&page=1

gmyers · 07-02-2009, 01:22 AM

I bet he doesn't resign they'll have to kick him out. I feel really sorry for what his wife and kids are going through. When will they ever learn if you're going to run on family values you can't cheat you have to live up to them. As for the mistress being his soul mate and having to try to fall back in love with his wife. Ain't no way I'd take him back if I was her. He just wants her back because they're saying thats the only way he can save his political career. To heck with his career. His family deserves better than that.

janelle · 07-02-2009, 01:32 AM

Oh geesh, he is a scumbag but it was easier in the old days when politicians screwed around on their wives and nobody knew. The press would not tell. Remember the "good old days?" FDR, JFK. We knew about Clinton but his calls for resignation & impeachment went nowhere.

It's getting so bad maybe we will need to go the French way. They expect it and so who cares. No work is getting done except investigating the affair and spending big money to find out how much big money he misused. It's all crazy.