S.C. Governor Mark Stanford


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You got to love these high moral-family values republicans. I can't wait until the real truth comes out.

Sanford tells newspaper he was in South America

Gov. Mark Sanford’s staff continued to tell the public Tuesday night that the governor was hiking along the Appalachian Trail even after a reporter greeted him at the Atlanta airport on his way home from a vacation in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Sanford told the State Media Company that he decided at the last minute to go to South America to recharge after a tough legislative session. He told his staff he might go hiking.

"But I said 'no' I wanted to do something exotic ... It's a great city," he said during an interview at the Hartsville-Jackson International Airport.

Sanford said he was alone on the trip and declined to give any additional details other than to say he drove along the coastline.

He told the reporter he didn’t know why his staff told reporters he was on the Appalachian Trail.

The Post and Courier e-mailed the governor's press secretary Joel Sawyer at 5:40 p.m. Tuesday and asked about a tip that the governor was in Aruba or Antigua.

Sawyer returned the e-mail and said the tip was wrong. When our reporter pressed him for more information about 8 p.m., Sawyer wrote: "My understanding is that he's on the (Appalachian Trail), or presumably on the way back at this point. ... We haven't said where on the AT he is because I don't know specifically.

"Also, as I indicated first thing this morning (go back and read the statement) the governor called in to his Chief of Staff first thing this morning."

Messages left by The Post and Courier for Sawyer this morning weren't immediately returned.

Sanford told The State reporter he left Thursday night from the Columbia Metropolitan Airport. Media reports said a State Law Enforcement Division SUV the governor drove that night was spotted in the airport's parking lot. Sanford said he decided not to return via the Columbia airport to avoid the media.

South Carolina will be waiting for the governor’s explanation today.

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Stevie Wonder saw this coming. Another republican bites the dust.

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Republican Gov. Sanford admits extramarital affair

(CNN) -- South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford admitted Wednesday, amid speculation over his whereabouts for the last several days, that he has been engaged in an extramarital affair with an Argentinian woman.

"I've been unfaithful to my wife," Sanford told a news conference in Columbia, the state capital. "I developed a relationship with what started as a dear, dear friend from Argentina."

His voice choking at times, Sanford apologized to his wife and four sons, his staff and supporters, and said he would resign immediately as head of the Republican Governors Association. The affair was discovered five months ago, Sanford said.

The South Carolina governor had not been seen in public since June 18. When questioned, Sanford's staff had told media outlets that he was hiking in the Appalachian Trail. But Sanford was spotted Wednesday in Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.

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Sad story. I hope the Lt. Gov. is read to step up. He'll be resigning soon.
And I remember him on TJMS trying to convince the listeners why he was right in not taking the stimulus funds. Then all of sudden he couldn't hear the crew asking him questions. :smh:
 
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And I remember him on TJMS trying to convince the listeners why he was right in not taking the stimulus funds.

I gues he went "south" to work on his own "stimulus package". :lol:
 
LOL@ the black girl behind him laughing.

soooooooooooo if this affair was discovered 5 months ago, why didn't he just leave his wife when things were a little quieter? :confused:
 
LOL@ the black girl behind him laughing.

soooooooooooo if this affair was discovered 5 months ago, why didn't he just leave his wife when things were a little quieter? :confused:


I was thinking the exact same thing and wondering what the hell is that little black girl laughing at?

I bet his azz sorry he didn't take that stimulus pkg now.

TP you know this is just an evil plan by the hypublicans to divert attention from the national health care pkg.
 
I was thinking the exact same thing and wondering what the hell is that little black girl laughing at?...........

The white girl behind her laughs, also, and the black girl on the right laughs once. Notice that they appear to do so after looking elsewhere, in the case of the white girl when she looks down. I'm thinking someone is texting them or they are texting each other.

Regards.
 
Personally, I couldn't care less whether he resigns or not. But given where he comes from, I had to pick what he preached...

“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.â€￾
- Mark 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.â€￾
- Mark Sanford on Clinton, CNN, 2/16/99
 
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Apparently the SC state newspaper knew about this back in December but failed to report it. They have emails from the governor and his side chick. Kwame Kilpatrick must be laughing his butt off.

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 ...

Three and finally, while all the things above are all too true - at the same time we are in a hopelessly - or as you put it impossible - or how about combine and simply say hopelessly impossible situation of love. How in the world this lightening strike snuck up on us I am still not quite sure. As I have said to you before I certainly had a special feeling about you from the first time we met, but these feelings were contained and I genuinely enjoyed our special friendship and the comparing of all too many personal notes ...

Lastly I also suspect I feel a little vulnerable because this is ground I have never certainly never covered before - so if you have pearls of wisdom on how we figure all this out please let me know... In the meantime please sleep soundly knowing that despite the best efforts of my head my heart cries out for you, your voice, your body, the touch of your lips, the touch of your finger tips and an even deeper connection to your soul.”

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From Maria,
Wednesday, July 9, 2008 8:14 p.m.

“As I told you I shouldn't have done this trip but I would have felt worst if I wouldn't have come because it was too over the date, he is a very nice guy, great heart ... but unfortunately I am not in love with him ... You are my love ... something hard to believe even for myself as it's also a kind of impossible love, not only because of distance but situation. Sometimes you don't choose things, they just happen... I can't redirect my feelings and I am very happy with mine towards you.”

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From Gov. Sanford,
Tuesday, July 8, 1:42 a.m.

“Got back an hour ago to civilization and am now in Columbia after what was for me a glorious break from reality down at the farm. No phones ringing and tangible evidence of a day's labors. Though I have started every day by 6 this morning woke at 4:30, I guess since my body knew it was the last day, and I went out and ran the excavator with lights until the sun came up. To me, and I suspect no one else on earth, there is something wonderful about listening to country music playing in the cab, air conditioner running, the hum of a huge diesel engine in the back ground, the tranquillity that comes with being in a virtual wilderness of trees and marsh, the day breaking and vibrant pink coming alive in the morning clouds - and getting to build something with each scoop of dirt.”

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:lmao: He was crying like a 4 year old child. I guess its really good. :)

I wonder how old is this woman? Any word yet?

Have yall seen the e-mails?

http://www.thestate.com/sanford/story/839350.html

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 ...
 
Personally, I couldn't care less whether he resigns or not. But given where he comes from, I had to pick what he preached...

“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.â€￾
- Mark 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.â€￾
- Mark Sanford on Clinton, CNN, 2/16/99
:shame: You got to be careful what you say about other people, huh? I wonder will he follow his advice.
 



I know there is no such thing as privacy on the Internet, but dayum. They got personal email exchanges from a personal email account.
 
I know there is no such thing as privacy on the Internet, but dayum. They got personal email exchanges from a personal email account.


Yeah that blew my mine too, and the scary thing about it is there isn't any law to protect against it and doesn't seem to be any coming down the pipe no time soon
 
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Have you all seen his wife? Maybe that needs to be added to Panthro's list of how a woman can keep a man. Get your face done.
 
His wife doesn't care. She put him out over two weeks ago. She knew of the affair. He flew to Argentina to be with his lover over the Father's Day weekend...damn spending time with his kids. He admitted it yesterday to the world of his affair and less than three hours later his wife said that her husband deserved a second chance. :rolleyes:
 
I notice two thing when ole boy was speaking yesterday. He sounded like a man that had been P whipped reeeeal good and it also sounded to me like he was missing something at home.

I mean the dude said he had a serious conversation with his father-in-law about HIS daughter.

Wow!

I think it's safe to say he ain't never done anything like this before.
 
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