Breaking And Developing: Governor Sanford Was In Argentina, Had Affair - Second Video Added
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford says he’s been having an affair and will resign as head of the Republican Governor’s Association.
The married father of four emotionally apologized to his wife, staff and others after returning Wednesday from a trip to Argentina that followed a dayslong absence. He staff had said the Republican was hiking on the Appalachian Trail.
He had been a rumored contender for the 2012 GOP ticket. A former congressman, he’s most recently snared headlines for his unsuccessful fight to turn aside federal stimulus cash for his state’s schools.
Latest development: Governor Sanford admitted to having an affair with an Argentinian woman and resigns from the Republican Governors Association.
ATLANTA (Reuters) - South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford returned to the United States on Wednesday from a secret private trip to Argentina, ending days of speculation over his whereabouts and raising questions about his judgment.
Sanford is the chairman of the Republican Governors’ Association and a prominent fiscal conservative who has been talked about as a potential Republican candidate for the 2012 U.S. presidential election.
Analysts said Sanford’s six-day disappearance, during which he apparently failed to inform aides of his whereabouts, could damage his chances if he decided to run in 2012.
Republican strategist Rich Galen said the issue would “absolutely” torpedo any presidential aspirations. “To have someone who is willing to take a hike, literally or figuratively, I just think is a disqualification,” he said.
When media reported Sanford’s whereabouts were unknown since last Thursday and that even his wife did not know where he was, his aides said he was hiking on the Appalachian Trail in the eastern United States to get away for a break after a tough state legislative session.
During his absence, some South Carolina politicians accused him of abdicating responsibility for state affairs.
Sanford flew to Atlanta early on Wednesday and told a reporter for The State, South Carolina’s biggest newspaper, he had decided at the last minute to go to Argentina and drive along its coastline.
“I wanted to do something exotic … to get out of the bubble I am in,” he told the paper, adding he had traveled alone.
QUESTIONS OVER RESPONSIBILITY
Sanford gained prominence this year by opposing Democratic President Barack Obama’s economic stimulus bill and rejecting $700 million of South Carolina’s portion of the funds on grounds the law was reckless and would undermine the state’s fiscal stability.
The state’s Supreme Court ruled this month that the federal cash must be accepted.
Interest in Sanford’s mystery absence will blow over in the short term but could hurt him if he has his eye on the White House, said Robert Oldendick, political science professor at the University of South Carolina.
“If he disappeared … without telling staff or his family, then that raises a question of ‘Is this the type of person we want with the responsibility for being in charge of nuclear weapons or in crisis situations?’” Oldendick said.
Last week, Senator John Ensign, another potential Republican presidential contender in 2012, announced he had an affair with a woman who was a close family friend and resigned his position as chairman of the Republican Policy Committee.
Other possible Republican presidential contenders include former governors Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee, former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Newt Gingrich and governors Bobby Jindal, Sarah Palin, Charlie Crist and Tim Pawlenty.
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Love makes you do foolish things.
… like Oval Office blowjobs and stains on blue dresses.
yeah but nothing happened to that idiot…maybe cause he was a liberal.
-aTb
Sept 12th!!!
http://www.912dc.org
HEY PEEPS,
IT TURNS OUT HE HAS BEEN SEPERATED FROM HIS WIFE FOR A WHILE. I guess he hasent been cheating after all, go figure. the media would have you all beliving it was different. and no its not cheating if your seperated.
Well at least we are getting all these contenders vetted now before the 2012 election season starts. Any Republican expecting to make a run better have a spic and span closet.
Torpedoed by his own torpedo.
sunk by his own salami…
-aTb
Sept 12th!!!
http://www.912dc.org
With people like this on our side who need enemies. Did he really think he could get away with this, will it come out soon that the tax payers funded this shit.
Reportedly, some of the trips were taxpayer funded.
Sigh.
WTF?!
What is with the two chicks smiling over his right shoulder?
they work for acorn.
There is visceral hatred toward him in this state by the left, and that includes much of the state legislature, which is filled with RINOs.
Sanford is a true conservative, and fought against the state accepting the stimulus money. His opponents, both the left and RINOs, portrayed his opposition as wanting to put people out of work and take money away from the Department of Education, and the sheeple believed it. It is a prime example of how well Liberal Lies work on people who are largely uneducated.
This is too bad. Politically speaking he was very conservative (I am from SC, trust me).
All contenders for 2012 better take note. You better keep yourself crystal clean, because the media will find out everything about you and make up whatever they can’t find. Remmeber the rules for us are not the same as the rules for democrats.
Me too. I am so disapointed, what he did was wrong but I am sick of dims getting promoted for this shit and repubs step down. Holding to a higher standard has gotton us no where. I think this story stinks and has the stinch of obongo and his goons.
Just like his opponent during the state senate elections, john edwards, Palin.
This is his MO and he has said he is going to change the way we do politics in America, he is getting rid of the opposition, shooting down the rising stars in the GOP.
I would bet money that there is a bigger story behind this.
As mentioned before,they are all a bunch of lying,cheating scoundrels.Their is something about politics that makes a person think they are 6 foot tall and bullet proof.They somehow always seem to forget who they are and how they got there.Greed, lust,and the desire for absolute power always seem to win the day…….
At this point there is only one person that I believe in and that is Sarah Palin.She may very well be the next to fall,but for now she has my trust..
Liars, adulterers, thieves, and schemers. This is who leads our government, on both sides of the aisle. Where is Patrick Henry when you need him?
They were also liars adulterers and schemers back then too.
The difference is this:
When Alexander Hamilton was sec of Treasury, the husband of a woman he had an affair with tried to blackmail him. So Hamilton went out, wrote a complete copy of everything that happened and published it. Because he wanted to make it absolutely clear to everyone that he could not be compromised.
That was the sort of man in office back then.
Where is Patrick Henry? She’s governor of Alaska. A straight shooter married to a real man. AND that’s why the average american likes her.
But if he stuck a cigar up her twat even the Democrats will defend him.It’s just sex. No problem.
Also known as…… is
lol, exactly man.
difficult to bear willy LMAO
” Liars, adulterers, thieves, and schemers ” I agree completely!! Both sides! We need a new party! How about the ” Ultra right wing militant nationalist’s who will blow your frigging head off if you mention a socialist idea party ” …..??
PS….Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr were man enough to take it outside and settle it on the front lawn with pistols. Could you picture any of these self centered POS having the balls to do that now?? To serve the people my ass…..
Like my mom used to say. Even the good ones have something wrong with them.
Referencing men ….
Awesome, at least we got this doozie out of the way. By the way isn’t Sanford one of the “TRUE CONSERVATIVES” the GOP brain trust bandy about all the while scoffing and smearing in the press the Sarah Palins, and Fred Thompsons as unelectable.
Watch Sanford will probably come out for Amnesty with Lindsay Grahamnasty so his Aregentine Lady Friend can get automatic citizenship.
This is so disappointing and disgusting. While I realize that we are held to higher standard and libs get away with this shit, I was just so impressed with this fiscal conservative and now I just want to beat the shit out of him. And why give the media another story to make a big whoop de do about. I am getting very pissed off!!!
This is what we get for putting our trust in politicians instead of the Lord. They are, after all, only fallible, corruptible, and weak men and women.
How true…trust the Lord to find a way to ruin and confound our enemies.
This is all part of an insidious plot on the part of the MSM so they can set it all up to run John McCain on the Republican Ticket again in 2012.
First of all, the “MSM” is now the state controlled media (”SCM”), and it is devoted 100% to Barack Obama and the Democrat plans for socialism. Secondly, John McCain has been too much the bad Republican for the SCM in opposing all of Obama’s budget and bailout bills, criticizing Obama for being too weak on Iran and opposing many Obama nominees.
If John McCain is on the GOP ticket in 2012, it is because we got hit and people turned to him for war leadership. The world seems headed to being a very, very dangerous place in a couple of years, and Obama will be a disaster as President. It is worthwhile to think about what our leadership options are if foreign policy, military matters and national security become a matter of life and death for the country.
I voted for him, liked most of his stands. He has disapointed his family and the citizens of SC. An affair on fathers day, poor children. As far as i’m concerned he should resign. I don’t care if the libs think it’s ok, it’s not.
We need to start hunting down the Looneys on the left when they make errors Lets see how many have mistress and gay lovers affairs kick backs.I think there will be a cry of foul
This is a perfect example of why Washington DC should be burned to the ground. Gut DC. Rebuilt the capitol in Kansas or Missouri.
We will need 20 million men in DC the very first day the Obama boys try to take guns from homes.
What comes to mind is Alabama’s song…”Can’t Keep a Good Man Down” !!!
Sorry, I haven’t had enough of these
yet.
Rope…we need more rope here….uh…and trees!
Did he run a brothel out of his house or have a love child? No. Did he stick to principles when the chips were down while in elected office? Yes.
It’s not like he drove his car off a bridge then left his girlfriend to drown.
I’m so tired of republicans getting up on their high-horses and playing right into the Obama party’s tricks. We can condemn what he did but accept his apology and move forward.
Who will be willing to run, knowing the SCM (scum) media and Internet Czar will be monitoring them like a prison inmate, and the RNC will not back them up?
Republicans and sex scandals, Democrats and financial scandals. Sunrise, sunset.
I’m so friggin pissed at this clown, especially the timing as it gives the state run media whores more soft porn to feed to a nation already suffering from extreme attention deficit disorder.
These pricks are wiping their feet on the constitution. Where are the hearings on these Inspector General firings? Acorn running the census? The GM and Chrysler dealership scandal - so what was the f’ing criteria for go/no go here? Hey, UAW moved ahead of the debt holders…WTF???
The MSM will milk this for weeks…
Stop with the conspiracies. Democrats get outed on affairs too and most of them do not get passes. Bill Clinton would never be able to hold a political office again. Same goes with John Edwards. Same goes with Jim McGreevey. There are others out there too. Even if for whatever reason knowing that their politician cheated or lied is ok, if they find out it also involved tax payer money being used then they don’t have a chance.
Both sides do it and they face the same consequences in the eyes of the public.
Huffington Post is calling, you better run home now.
Good one A.W.
Exactly Jeff.
We have have got to get away from partisan policy hackery.
Both parties are problematic at this point.
The Dems are much worse but the Repubs are not exactly the salt of the earth either.
This guy had a lot of promise. Nothing like a shot of strange leg to screw up your family and career. The Republician Party will have to do some serious damage control, but this too will pass.
This happens all of the time in the private sector, but it’s never news worthy, I don’t condone it but it happens.
An unanticipated diversion for Blowbama and his cronies.
NMP
Just one more dagger in the heart of the Republican party,put there by a lying,self serving POS politician.Is there a MAN out there who just wants to do what is right for his country,one who will actually think with the head on his shoulders and not the one in his PANTS….
The governor had an affair and the “president” still won’t show his birth certificate. You tell me which is the biggest story?
I give Gov. Sanford a pass on this.
Only cos I’ve known more than one Argie gal.
Something’s going on down there
, in regards to women…kinda like the Ukraine. 
Guys, if you don’t believe me and you’re single, go to B.A. next winter, it’s Summer down there.
Oh yeah!