Sanford implodes, admits affair
posted at 2:55 pm on June 24, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
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I had written a post about the saga of the curious case of the missing Governor, Mark Sanford, but events have surpassed my original thoughts. It now turns out that the Appalachian Trail story was a ruse to cover a meeting with Sanford’s mistress in Argentina, which makes Sanford the most famous Republican on foreign affairs at the moment:
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford aknowledged Wednesday that he was carrying on an affiar with a woman in Argentina when he disappeared from his office last week, only to resurface this morning.
Sanford said he would resign as chairman of the Republican Governors Association and asked for forgiveness from his wife and four sons.
Safe to say that after having his official spokesman lie to the press to cover the affair, Sanford’s career in national politics has just ended. It’s a shame that it came to this, but Sanford brought it on himself.
Once again, this clip from South Park seems appropriate:
The lesson: If you want to have a career in national politics, keep it in your pants. If you want to conduct affairs, stay out of politics. If you use your public office to lie to your constituents and your family, you deserve everything coming your way. No sniveling.
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That scares anyone.
the_nile on June 24, 2009 at 3:53 PM
Agreed. What we need is to run a beta male, who loves his country and is not afraid to stand up to tyrants or Helen Thomas. If we can only lure him out of his apartment…
Blake on June 24, 2009 at 3:53 PM
So he’s a fascist when it comes to free speech. Great. I haven’t seen his public apology yet, but I read that he mentioned his religious beliefs in it. Which makes him a hypocrite on top of everything else.
Darth Executor on June 24, 2009 at 3:53 PM
Five pages of comments in under fifty minutes? I would say that is an exhibition of extraordinary zeal, wouldn’t you?
And, yeah, I’ve spent a little time here…
hillbillyjim on June 24, 2009 at 3:53 PM
Far as I’m concerned, the woman’s a hero.
Esthier on June 24, 2009 at 3:53 PM
Del D., Palin isn’t scary as much as she’s inadequate. Jesse Ventura, bless his having no time to bleed, really wasn’t a bad governor who was also a former mayor, but that didn’t make him Presidential material.
starfleet_dude on June 24, 2009 at 3:53 PM
misslizzi on June 24, 2009 at 3:53 PM
Enjoy the ass whipping that Meeks gave to your pathetic college basketball team?
Or did you enjoy how we stole one of your college’s coaches?
Pick your most favorite embarrassing sports scenario.
leetpriest on June 24, 2009 at 3:54 PM
No you’re right. It’s merely breach of trust, but in the moral rather than legal sense.
ProfessorMiao on June 24, 2009 at 3:54 PM
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BHO is not my savior, he is just the president. My saviour I am guessing is the same as yours. Why bother with the rest of the question if you addressed his title incorrectly right off the bat.
Monkei on June 24, 2009 at 3:54 PM
Maybe, but in this case they’ve done us a favor. We don’t need someone with this kind of lousy judgment and weak character in the office of POTUS.
Mike OMalley on June 24, 2009 at 3:54 PM
From a helicopter? LOL
Matticus Finch on June 24, 2009 at 3:54 PM
Okay. Your point is … what? That Marxism is always wrong? That because Marxism is wrong, religion must a fortiori be right? What exactly are you trying to say?
Spit it out or go to your room.
platypus on June 24, 2009 at 3:54 PM
And there’s a Democrat Governor or Congressman currently having an affair with another Democrat Governor or Congressman, and when it gets discovered the MSM will ignore it except to say, “It doesn’t matter. People only care about how well they’re doing their job.”
Daggett on June 24, 2009 at 3:54 PM
ouch. +100
Mommypundit on June 24, 2009 at 3:55 PM
LOL….what a bunch of losers we are…
Caesar knew it. Charlemagne, Henry, Charles, Frederick the Great, Napoleon, even Mr Franklin…
Women rule the world. There is no escape. There is no negotiation. There is only submission. All you Alpha Males are just begging for more. All you Beta Males are wishing for more. All you woman are smiling in the shadows.
Limerick on June 24, 2009 at 3:55 PM
Yes, I noted that. I’ve been looking hard for a reason to declare you a loser for a while now, not getting much traction yet.
DarkCurrent on June 24, 2009 at 3:55 PM
Actually, adultery laws are still on the books in some US states. In Wisconsin it’s a felony, and in Michigan, the sentence can be as much as life in prison. In the US military, it’s potentially a court-martial offense.
Del Dolemonte on June 24, 2009 at 3:55 PM
DO I have to bait it? What does a troll eat? Can I leave it as it lay or do I have to skin it? Ugh.. don’t make me take the meat home… it is tainted. Maybe summer sausage might work.
upinak on June 24, 2009 at 3:56 PM
That’s an interesting… complement.
Esthier on June 24, 2009 at 3:56 PM
You guys need a douchebag amendment to the constitution.
“are you now or have you ever been a douchebag?” should be the first thing asked, after proof of birth certificate of course.
BL@KBIRD on June 24, 2009 at 3:56 PM
Disgusting. Good riddance.
evergreen on June 24, 2009 at 3:56 PM
It didn’t help that he is from Planet Claire and that people have to dress like front row viewers of a Gallagher show when he talks.
Patrick S on June 24, 2009 at 3:56 PM
You know, the mere fact that he didn’t fly her up here and go boink her in a hotel secretly somewhere in the south, just goes to show you this guy is too stupid to be president. One less choice to screw up Sarah’s chances to win the nomination, this works for me.
karenhasfreedom on June 24, 2009 at 3:56 PM
Come on guys, Mitt has only flip-flopped on every major issue. Other than that he’s a solid conservative. And he has good hair. And he’s had years without a job to memorize more facts than Palin.
Rush on Sanford.
V15J on June 24, 2009 at 3:56 PM
Flame wars always get lots of traffic.
Darth Executor on June 24, 2009 at 3:56 PM
If you have to ask you wouldn’t understand.
jdkchem on June 24, 2009 at 3:56 PM
:o)
Mommypundit on June 24, 2009 at 3:56 PM
LOL, thanks for not answering my question.
Del Dolemonte on June 24, 2009 at 3:57 PM
Needless to say, THEBOSS isn’t happy.
Bastard, she says!
SouthernGent on June 24, 2009 at 3:57 PM
I think you just scored an own goal there, dude.
starfleet_dude on June 24, 2009 at 3:57 PM
Has anyone made an “hispanic outreach” joke yet?
lorien1973 on June 24, 2009 at 3:57 PM
Let the Dims put their politicians on pedestals. They thought John Edwards’ marriage was perfect up until his love child was showing up in the news. If Ronald Reagan was having affairs with multiple women at once, that wouldn’t have made his policies worse than Jimmy Carters.
Speedwagon82 on June 24, 2009 at 3:57 PM
I hear it helps quelch the smell if you soak it in buttermilk. Trolls have no spine, so you can just heat and eat.
HornetSting on June 24, 2009 at 3:57 PM
Dumbass.
Once again, a career lost in The Magic Triangle.
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RedNewEnglander on June 24, 2009 at 3:57 PM
My savior wouldn’t approve of your double-standard ideology, so no, we don’t share saviors, little one.
leetpriest on June 24, 2009 at 3:57 PM
That would have saved us from 8 years of bubba.
jdkchem on June 24, 2009 at 3:58 PM
Men who will screw around on their wives will screw the public as well. It is part of the same mentality that says “I am special, the rules do not apply to me.” I have never met a man who was dishonest in his personal life who was honest in his public life, and most of the time the converse is true as well. I worked with several men at HUD who went to jail in the early 1990s. Every single one of them was also screwing around on his wife.
If you can’t keep something as basic as a marriage vow, you cannot be trusted to make or execute other laws.
rockmom on June 24, 2009 at 3:47 PM
I think this would apply to serial adulters, but not necessarily to a one time slip up.
If what Sanford said was true, he had CRAPPY boundaries. And once she began meeting his emotional needs, he was hooked.
Like I said before, it was an ADDICTION.
Or as the Bible teaches… we become SLAVES to our sins.
If he was an honorable man before his affair, there is a good chance that he will repent from this, shore up his boundaries, and never put himself into this sitch again.
Marsh on June 24, 2009 at 3:58 PM
Was she worth it?
Jeff from WI on June 24, 2009 at 3:58 PM
Look, we all know about the media double standard. Yes, it exists, and yes, there’s nothing we can do about it.
But that doesn’t suddenly make this OK.
Not Mrs. Sanford.
Esthier on June 24, 2009 at 3:58 PM
You are indeed my kind of political junkie, the one who somehow thinks that politics is a game of good vs evil, dem vs GOP, right vs left, liberal vs conservative when it is so much easier to figure out than that.
It’s big money vs the masses. All of these pathetic politicians are either in the pockets of Insurance, Banks or the AMA. Pick your poison. The first move is to divide the people up 50/50 so they can remain in power. So we argue and fight with each other and worry about some lame GOP governor who took some indiscretions with a latino tart … it’s all bogus.
Monkei on June 24, 2009 at 3:58 PM
Romney is a wooden ken doll having listening tours during the exact time of the past tea parties. Um, negative.
Mommypundit on June 24, 2009 at 3:58 PM
It will always be a crime of the soul.
BL@KBIRD on June 24, 2009 at 3:59 PM
I appreciate it but I am pretty old to be this naive.
Cindy Munford on June 24, 2009 at 3:59 PM
FIFY!
upinak on June 24, 2009 at 3:59 PM
Seppuku time for this putz.
Any Republican who helps Obama get reelected and destroy this nation needs to redeem himself.
TexasJew on June 24, 2009 at 4:00 PM
LMAO!!
WordsMatter on June 24, 2009 at 4:00 PM
Now comes the insufferable part where Democrats pretend to honor traditional moral standards.
That’s the real hypocrisy here.
jeff_from_mpls on June 24, 2009 at 4:00 PM
Kinda letting this woman in Argentina off the hook aren’t we? I don’t know if she’s married or not, but she knew he was and should have either sent him packing or not let it go this far in the firstplace until the playing field was clear. It takes two! Women who knowingly destroy marriages or push shaky ones to the brink where children are involved should not be given a pass any more than the man involved.
jeanie on June 24, 2009 at 4:00 PM
Eh. Politicians are particularly talented at this sort of thing.
Esthier on June 24, 2009 at 4:00 PM
meh…still nothing compared to the antics of the orange Berlusconi, or my favorite manic little sex-dwarf, M. Sarkozy. Bye-bye Sanford, and who really cares?
Fortunata on June 24, 2009 at 4:01 PM
Which is the primary reason Mrs Limerick is still Mrs Limerick. She’d track me down like High Plains Drifter and paint me red.
Limerick on June 24, 2009 at 4:01 PM
Guess the richness of the latina woman experience isn’t all that wise.
Christien on June 24, 2009 at 4:01 PM
She’s not a governor. Plus, she might be hot.
lorien1973 on June 24, 2009 at 4:01 PM
Maybe he’s only 95% cured of his addiction to Argentinian women?
Gotta admit they are hot.
cntrlfrk on June 24, 2009 at 4:01 PM
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Oh I see, you are from the “you can be any religion you want as long as it’s mine” school
Monkei on June 24, 2009 at 4:01 PM
Lets stop calling it an “affair” but call it adultery – thats what it really is
its a pathetic little man who cheats on his wife – shameless !!
defendfaithandfamily on June 24, 2009 at 4:01 PM
And here I just got a text message from my bride of 26 years, telling me she still loves me….unless I forget to pick up eggs and milk on the way home.
Patrick S on June 24, 2009 at 4:01 PM
And it’s definitely a crime of the body.
newton on June 24, 2009 at 4:01 PM
When will this party quit pi$$in on its own foot?!
Bicyea on June 24, 2009 at 4:02 PM
Aren’t you the one who says they are a Christian?
right2bright on June 24, 2009 at 4:02 PM
That’s rich, given how holier-than-thou Republican pols still are about such family values.
starfleet_dude on June 24, 2009 at 4:02 PM
thats RIGHT!!
Its ALWAYS THE WOMAN’S FAULT
men are just victims of vast biological forces over which they have no control…
right4life on June 24, 2009 at 4:02 PM
The only flaming here that I see is everyone piling on Sanford, with a few exceptions.
I overlook that Monkei turd leaving its droppings here and there.
I agree that Sanfords actions were egregious; I just think that the reaction, though predictable, is a little over-the-top.
I hope everyone can get this worked up over ObamaCare and Cap and Tax.
hillbillyjim on June 24, 2009 at 4:02 PM
I don’t really know anything about her. Is it known that she knew he was married? If so, I agree with you. She’s guilty too, though I’d still say much less than he was, considering he’s the one who hopped the plane, and left his wife.
Esthier on June 24, 2009 at 4:02 PM
You can’t say that until you see what she looks like…
right2bright on June 24, 2009 at 4:03 PM
lorien1973 on June 24, 2009 at 4:01 PM
No matter. She lacks basic integrity.
jeanie on June 24, 2009 at 4:03 PM
I saw a t-shirt that I would love to get:
‘I don’t need sex, I get f*cked by the government every day’.
I think that just about sums it up for our representatives. They are always going to let us down.
HornetSting on June 24, 2009 at 4:03 PM
What a creep.
He cheated on his wife of 40 years and abandoned his state for a roadtrip in which no one knew how to find the Governor.
molonlabe28 on June 24, 2009 at 4:03 PM
Makes me sad for her…
Mommypundit on June 24, 2009 at 4:03 PM
Michael Medved thinks Sanford was sleeping with the President of Argentina?
portlandon on June 24, 2009 at 4:03 PM
Cleaning out the trash.
Good.
He should resign.
rickyricardo on June 24, 2009 at 2:57 PM
Yup.
Just disappear.
Now.
artist on June 24, 2009 at 4:03 PM
I hope everyone can get this worked up over ObamaCare and Cap and Tax.hillbillyjim on June 24, 2009 at 4:02 PM
I’m with you.
Matticus Finch on June 24, 2009 at 4:04 PM
When ascension comes. Folks are folks. I’m definately not giving the Governor an excuse, just saying (like someone taught me) we all are sinners. Some don’t qualify for billboards, some do.
Limerick on June 24, 2009 at 4:04 PM
Kinda letting this woman in Argentina off the hook aren’t we? I don’t know if she’s married or not, but she knew he was and should have either sent him packing or not let it go this far in the firstplace until the playing field was clear. It takes two! Women who knowingly destroy marriages or push shaky ones to the brink where children are involved should not be given a pass any more than the man involved.
jeanie on June 24, 2009 at 4:00 PM
She was separated from her husband.
Sanford said he was “helping her” w/ her M problems. Said he urged her to reunite w/ her H for her children’s sake.
Like I said before, he/they had crappy boundaries. There is no way they should have been discussing such personal things w/ each other.
Marsh on June 24, 2009 at 4:04 PM
Sorry, Jim. Meant to use the quote button.
Matticus Finch on June 24, 2009 at 4:05 PM
Sorry I am late to the thread Ya’ll, I was busy being dragged down the road and being clubbed in the head/
bazil9 on June 24, 2009 at 4:05 PM
I’m most offended by the fact he had to go all the way to Argentina for an affair. We’ve got the most beautiful women on earth here in the South; you telling me he couldn’t have found a choice woman within a couple hundred miles of Columbia?
radjah shelduck on June 24, 2009 at 4:05 PM
Me too, though, knowing she’s known for five years makes me a little less sad.
Esthier on June 24, 2009 at 4:05 PM
I want one in a Womans Medium!
upinak on June 24, 2009 at 4:05 PM
If Gov. Sanford told everyone that it was wrong to cheat on your wife but he secretly believed there was nothing at all wrong with cheating on your wife, that would be hypocrisy.
It is NOT hypocritical to have values and fall short of them. It’s sad and all too common, but, it’s not hypocritical.
JadeNYU on June 24, 2009 at 4:05 PM
Hiking the Appalachian Trail.
Is that what they’re calling it now?
Sensible Mom on June 24, 2009 at 4:05 PM
She was married
He was married
His wife has known for 5 months
He knew her for 8 years
Sexually for 1 year
“Visited her 3 times in the past year
His wife knew where he was, and why this time
Cliff notes version…
right2bright on June 24, 2009 at 4:05 PM
Be patient…come around here late at night (my time)…you’ll eventually have your chance…
ladyingray on June 24, 2009 at 4:05 PM
Hmm.. here is a gun. You know what to do.
upinak on June 24, 2009 at 4:06 PM
“Boundaries” is the best affair-prevention book ever written.
Matticus Finch on June 24, 2009 at 4:06 PM
That’s funny, and it may catch on…
right2bright on June 24, 2009 at 4:06 PM
Problem solved: castration for all male politicians, hysterectomies (including both ovaries ladies!) for all female politicians.
WordsMatter on June 24, 2009 at 4:06 PM
As long as the GOP keeps being painted as the party of hypocritical sex addicts and closeted deviants, we are not going to do well in elections. The Democrats get around this by being upfront about their nature and showering the plebs with welfare and benefits to make up for it.
Speedwagon82 on June 24, 2009 at 4:07 PM
I hope that the Good Governor of South Carolina (America) brought back at least a couple of those swell “all I got was this T-Shirt” T-Shirts for the LT Governor.
Rudy G is on Faux news feigning outrage of the incident. Rich.
Monkei on June 24, 2009 at 4:07 PM
Ha! And you thought he was just inflating the tires for a bicycle.
jdkchem on June 24, 2009 at 4:07 PM
If Gov. Sanford told everyone that it was wrong to cheat on your wife but he secretly believed there was nothing at all wrong with cheating on your wife, that would be hypocrisy.
It is NOT hypocritical to have values and fall short of them. It’s sad and all too common, but, it’s not hypocritical.
JadeNYU on June 24, 2009 at 4:05 PM
Great post!
Marsh on June 24, 2009 at 4:08 PM
upinak on June 24, 2009 at 4:06 PM
You betcha :)
bazil9 on June 24, 2009 at 4:08 PM
And you are indeed my favorite kind of statist, the one who somehow thinks that through blurring lines and greying what should be black and white, can reason away morality and a common set of values.
See fella, I can play this game quite well.
You didn’t read what I wrote. Go back and look at it. I don’t like politicians, there are just a few that I consider to be less evil and deceptive than the rest.
However, when a double standard exists, as it almost always does with anyone that has the same ideology that you do, It’s a wonderful sport for me to have a little fun. Troll hunting, if you will :)
leetpriest on June 24, 2009 at 4:08 PM
By the way, Sanford’s wife and Hillary Clinton now have three things in common. They’re both from the north suburbs of Chicago, they both married southern governors, and they both got cheated on.
radjah shelduck on June 24, 2009 at 4:08 PM
I’m in Tennessee…bring your club…I’ll bring my .38 snubby…or my .357…or my Tech 9…
ladyingray on June 24, 2009 at 4:08 PM
Welcome to the party. I
laid, oops, better not use THAT word, I set the trap and Monkei fell in and he got slammed for it…Hee hee.HornetSting on June 24, 2009 at 4:08 PM
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