More Sanford revelations, criticism

I want to change the channel on this soap opera. Its too weird for real life

Instead of complaining that Sanford's embarrassing SC, the local politicians should be glad he's giving the place a reputation for romance.

"Oh Lord what fools these mortals be." Puck must have put a spell on him because the man is completely nuts.

Guvner, follow you heart and relocate to Argentina. The people of SC are certainly not among your soul mates.

Sanford now admits that he "crossed lines" with a "handful" of other women (Are those phrases really good choices?) - though he never had sex with them. I hafta guess that wasn't for lack of trying; apparently most hookers & lonely MILFs are a lot brighter than this dolt!

Sanford now admits that he "crossed lines" with a "handful" of other women (Are those phrases really good choices?) - though he never had sex with them. I hafta guess that wasn't for lack of trying; apparently most hookers & lonely MILFs are a lot brighter than this dolt!

As was the case with Clinton, I frankly don't care want these egomaniacs do "affair wise." That's between them, their families and their conscience. I just want to know if they can still be effective, and that requires credibility. This man has so clearly put his own needs and wants ahead of anyone else, that you could never take him seriously about "serving" anyone; much less an entire state. If he had any shame, he'd slink away. But that would require genuine humility, and when it comes to that level of character, it would appear that his plane was not the only thing that "flew South."

He should have just asked J. Edgar Hoover to make the girl disappear or drop her off into a pond at Chappaquiddick. Seriously, cover it up and nobody will ever both you. Oh and change the letter to a D instead of an R.

Leave him alone. The man's in love. That's not a bad thing, and SC wasn't going to burn down in his absence.

Forget about Virginia...South Carolina is for Lovers!!!

The mistress is his soulmate but he is "trying" to fall back in love with his wife. The hypocrisy and stark idiocy of this man knows no bounds. That he made it to being a Governor is astounding, that he was actually considering a run for the Presidency shows how incredibly audacious and boundlessly crazy he is.

His wife should fry his b@LL$ for dinner.

If it was okay for Clinton to have sexual relations with an intern in the Oval Office, what's the big deal about Sanford? Is all the hate just because he has "R" after his name?

"Instead of complaining that Sanford's embarrassing SC, the local politicians should be glad he's giving the place a reputation for romance."

You mean Argentina?

I have tried to support this idiot despite his poor judgment, but now he is making in really, really hard. I'm about to join forces with those asking for his resignation. His narcissistic behavior is completely out of control and his ego is so big he's going to find out that SC is too small of a state to contain him...

Why don't people get it? Democrats with affairs need to be impeached and removed from office, as Sanford himself asserted. Republicans should be forgiven. Get with the program.

Will this man just SHUT UP! Get professional help and quit embarassing his wife and children.

What does "crossed lines" with a handful of other women, but "never had sex with them" mean? Sanford is sounding more like Bill Clinton every day.

So if Sanford disapproves of using government money to give the unemployed $5 more a day, does he now approve of sending them on government financed vacations to Argentina?

Wow... why would his wife love him... Sounds like a pretty big ego to me.

if for no other reason sanford should resign for his gushing school boy emails! i tried to read one and i thru-up in my mouth. this bone head is not qualified to be a box boy at the super market. tony pro

I feel sorry for his wife and children. Sanford is only thinking of himself forget
family and serving the state of S. C. What happened to morals, honesty, trusting
and etc. A liar is not what we need nor a husband and father having affairs. This
is so sad and Sanford is a foolish idiot.

Language review: Sex is a term in biology, a method of reproduction, contrast with asexual, as in microbes.

Ergo, if there is no chance for reproduction, then the activity, however interesting it may be, is not sexual, it is only erotic. So both this guy and Clinton are or were accurate. A bj is not a 'sexual relation' nor is crossing a line.

Let's try to keep the taxonomy of transgressions clear, shall we?

I read somewhere that he thinks he should be able to remain governor because of the story of David and Bathsheba, and how God forgave David and he got to continue to be king. Someone needs to tell this guy that he is not King David, and that "We the People" are not God - most of us would have strung King David up along with every other dishonest Christian Republican who can't keep his own faith.

"Crossed lines" with other women besides his admitted affair? Huh? What the cat hair does that mean? What other skeletons does he have in his running shoe? Time to step down Mark.

This is par for the course.....the more these politicians and church leaders tell us how we need to live our lives (including in the bed room), the more we learn about hypocrisy.

Didn't we ask Bush for role models from his administration who abstained from sex during their teenage years. After all - teens need role models for such things. No one from the Bush administration stepped forward.....

Wake up America - it's time for all these religious righties to leave us and our government alone. Our nation's founding fathers knew what they were doing - they should be the standard bearers for what is real conservatism - not these righties with warped religious beliefs that they hoist upon everyone except themselves. Sanford is not atypical from that bunch - how many more examples will it take. And don't try to tell Romney is pure as the driven snow - talk about guilty of insider trading at Boston Scientific and getting away with it. Romney is as crooked as they come.

There was a reason the Bush administration couldn't offer any role models for his birth control abstinence ONLY program for US and Worldwide teens - everyone in his administration screwed around as teens - and they continue to screw around as adults. Hypocrisy - live as I define how you should live (so I can control you) but pay no attention to how I live myself.

Wake up America!

And this loon was considered by Republicans to be the top contender for the presidential nomination? I guess I understand their logic, with so many other prominent Republicans barely able to grasp the English language, like Palin, Jindal, and Bachmann. Mitt Romney would seem to be a logical choice, but he's a Mormon, and the religious whackos that have grasped the reins of the Titanic aren't about to let a Mormon lead them.

I get it, he's trying to play it off as ok beause he is really in love with this lady, still! He'll tell you himself, he loves her and not his wife, no mention of the kids, he was surely never a part of their lives anyway. Oh yeah he had other affairs too, but that wasn't love, so it's no biggie either. Wait, what? Is this guy STILL high? And then he goes around quoting the Bible and comparing himself to King David!!!

In summary, "I still love my mistress, don't love my wife, I had some other affairs, call me King David, yeah there were more trips than I told you about, hey everyone forgot that I left the state for a week without leaving anyone in charge in case of emergency!"

Sanford has shown incredibly poor judgment. He's not just a guy having an affair -- he's a governor whose state is in financial ruins. Granted, it's not the only state in trouble, but it sure makes you wonder if SC would be in better shape if its governor wasn't acting like a lovesick pre-teen. I don't know how anyone could possibly take him seriously again. As for his wife, I applaud her public reaction to this entire mess. And after today's admissions he might not have to worry about "falling in love with his wife again." It's almost like he's going out of his way to hurt her publicly.

So, according to Mark Sanford, his mistress is his soulmate and he is TRYING to fall in love again with his wife. I sure hope Mrs. Sanford is MUCH BRIGHTER AND SMARTER than this egotistic excuse of a real man!! Mrs. Sanford, the ONLY reason he is trying to reconcile with you is because of HIS political career. He has told YOU and THE WORLD he does NOT love you (he trying to fall in love with you again). Do the smart thing for you and your children and get as far away as you can from that guy. UNLESS, of course, you want to be in a loveless marriage, always knowing YOU are not HIS soulmate. You'll be happier without him!

This guy proves it once and for all, you do not have to have a brain to be in politics. What an IDIOT! Someone please tell him to SHUT UP!

On one hand I have a hard time reconciling my support for Clinton and my disdain for this sad sack. I guess it boils down to two factors. First, Clinton never passed himself off as a man of "Family Values", we all knew that he was a womanizer. Second, Bill never left his constituents for long stretches of time in order to get some tang, he just got a quickie in the Oval Office. They both hid the affairs, but I chalk that up to being a man, as I have yet to meet one that voluntarily admitted to an affair. They both lied to the American public, which I find distasteful. But when it comes down to it, Clinton was doing a good job and was there for the American public. Sanford was actiing like an irresponsible love/lust struck teenager, putting his jollies above his job and his people.

Ditto to Jose Guardiola's comments below. Bravo to his wife who took a stand. Maybe she should run for office.
As was the case with Clinton, I frankly don't care want these egomaniacs do "affair wise." That's between them, their families and their conscience. I just want to know if they can still be effective, and that requires credibility. This man has so clearly put his own needs and wants ahead of anyone else, that you could never take him seriously about "serving" anyone; much less an entire state. If he had any shame, he'd slink away. But that would require genuine humility, and when it comes to that level of character, it would appear that his plane was not the only thing that "flew South."

To the international world reading these post, please accept my apologies on behalf of all South Carolinians. We've known for a while now that Mark Sanford was a fraud with double standards and an over inflated ego. How astute the punsters are in noting that Governor Sanford has no safety net! When you systematically alienate an entire general assembly (with the exception of a small, cash strapped faction we call the "Kool-Aid Caucus") by lying, misleading, and living a hypocritical double standard what less does he honestly expect.

Governor Sanford, please spare the good people of South Carolina, your poor wife, and innocent children any more humiliation and just fade away. Enough now, enough!

What a hypocrite. This is the same man, who as a U.S. Representative, said Clinton didn't possess the "moral fiber" to lead this country. Now we find out that he is a not only a philander, but he is a serial liar and thief as well. I say lock him up and throw away the key (and Craig, Ensign, Vitter, Foley, and Gingrich as well).

P.S. Kudos to Jenny for standing up to this fool.

Sanford sounds like a Confessional Booth with a case of diarrhea!

"Governor Sanford's irresponsible conduct has made South Carolina into a national laughing stock, . . ."

What a lot of B.S. Why would a governor's conduct make his state a national laughing stock? What are we, a bunch of little kids? I'm a California Democrat and there is nothing about this that makes me laugh at South Carolina. The Republican party perhaps, but not South Carolina.

Dear Mrs. Sanford:

Get a good lawyer and best of luck to you and your sons!

Warren W.

This Gov. Mark Sanford song and dance is going to get even more ludicrous: it's never just one ... and the first lady and all South Carolinans deserve so much better than his gainsaying, duplicitous, character-afflicted philandering and moral relativism. Kudos to Jenny Sanford for showing such pluck and character in NOT standing by her man like a stooge and a doormat, as too many other humiliated first ladies have done. It's about time! Thank you, Jenny Sanford, for your rare and fine example.

Although I find it personally reprehensible that Sanford had an affair, it really doesn't suprise me - and probably should not be the cause for his resignation. What does concern me - and probably should concern the people of South Carolina - is that he left the state and the country without telling anyone and may have used their tax dollars to do so. If he did use tax dollars he should be gone.

Crossing lines with women without sex probably means he wore their clothes.

I am just sick for his wife. She has stuck with him as best she could so far, but if I were in her shoes, these humiliating remarks would be the last straw. I agree that she has been a class act so far. Governor Sanford obviously isn't good enough for her.

The Republican party "bites the dust" big time again (it's almost over for them but for the fat lady to step up and sing) . . . and now we know why our votes over the last 25 years were soooo wasted - it was all a bunch of lies from professional politiicians who really do not give a damn about anyone but themselves and their buddies.

This is too too cosmic . . . it's not the "sin" we all sin it's the unbelievable selfishness and unabashed political self righteousness . . . clueless!

from an x-republican voter

please jenny divorced him already and let him be with his mistress soul mate.you and your kids will be better off without him in the long run.i am praying for you

So, according to Mark Sanford, his mistress is his soulmate and he is TRYING to fall in love again with his wife. I sure hope Mrs. Sanford is MUCH BRIGHTER AND SMARTER than this egotistic excuse of a real man!! Mrs. Sanford, the ONLY reason he is trying to reconcile with you is because of HIS political career. He has told YOU and THE WORLD he does NOT love you (he trying to fall in love with you again). Do the smart thing for you and your children and get as far away as you can from that guy. UNLESS, of course, you want to be in a loveless marriage, always knowing YOU are not HIS soulmate. You'll be happier without him!

News flash to Sanford: No, this is NOT romantic or 'tragic'. You are a SELFISH, SELF-ABSORBED IDIOT and you cannot hope to build a life on the wreckage of your family. You made a commitment and you produced four lovely children--now you are going to throw them over for a SKANK? Arrogant. Blind. Disgusting.

ALL the R's here that just cannot understand the situation, let me speak clearly and plainly:

When you stop cramming your religion and family values down other peoples throats, then folks will stop laughing at you

The longer we wait the more involved this relationship will be revealed. The only thing that matters is that his love affair has caused him to behave irresponsibly. He shirked his responsibility as Governor. Had he provided backup it would have been OK. He did not so he is a liability to the state.

I sympathize with him a realize the situation is far more complex than we are aware of. Right now he can not control his lust enough to carry out his duties. He needs to go.

How can you TRY TO FALL IN LOVE WITH YOUR WIFE, while professing tragic love for a divorcee in Argentina? What about the love for his four sons? Does this man think about anything other than his own physical needs/urges?

And, while we are at it, WHY was he on a "windswept dance floor" in Argentina, when he was married? No man I know operates that way. Not a real man, with concern and love for his family (including parents, children, brothers, sisters and spouse) and what his actions do to them.

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Not only did this guy go AWOL and spend government money. He is clearly a pathological lier. This is a guy who believes his own lies.
Get this guy some help he has been in the South Carolina sun too long.
It's all too weird and needs to go away, he needs to go away, far away

I would like to be among the first people to judge this man.

There. I judged him. Now I feel better.

Why is Sanford going about this in a way which must be incredibly painful to his wife and four boys? It boggles the imagination that he could be so insensitive. Why is he still giving interviews? He said way too much in his initial press conference. He is either one of the most insensitive human beings on earth (refusing to give another couple of bucks to the unemployed, virtually forcing his staff to lie for him and compromising their professionalism, absentee on Father's Day, promising his wife he wouldn't go to Argentina a few weeks ago) or he's seriously delusional. Whatever, Jenny wouldn't have to look far to find a better man than this. South Carolina, however, seems to have another flawed character waiting in the wings for his job.

Just wondering how it must be to pick up a paper and read your husband "is trying to fall in love" with .... you. Sanford talks about marriage like a crossword puzzle you toss aside for awhile and then return at leisure for a little work. I doubt the woman will still be waiting after this interview.

Also interesting Sanford won't comment on how the object of his obsession feels in return. I can't help but wondering if there are two women (apart from the "handful") wondering why they ever got involved with this guy.

Not sure what else to say, since I'm relatively speechless after reading this article. Talk about crossing lines. This has become much uglier than it even had to be.

I was trying to empathize with this man, as no one is perfect--besides we all love romantic stories! But this is getiing out of control! He comes across as narcissistic as a diva. But again, it may be the "middle-age" life crisis that drive "menopausic" men so crazy! LOL

Mark Sanford was known to be Conservative, Christian, Smart, Self-Made, etc, etc, etc, As far as his marriage goes, he definitely married UP. She was the brains behind his rising star. She completely orchestrated his campaigns, his appointments, his public appearances, etc. If it weren't for her, he would be nothing. Now he is intentionally trying to humiliate her because the public is behind her and not him. They see her as a strong, independent woman. His Narcissism has been long been fed with pundits like Hannity, Huckabee, Greta and others... Well now that Ginny is no longer guiding him, look at what a fool he is! I agree with an earlier post - Make him SHUT UP!! We don't care about his "love story". I don't think he's like Clinton at all. I think he is WORSE than Clinton. At least Clinton tried to use some discretion. Oh My. Are we in trouble down here in South Carolina. Too bad, Jenny Sanford can't take over our great state, at least then this would all be worth it...

Too bad they did not have email during Thomas Jefferson's tenure.. they all have mistresses..and what about the women governors..there are the "caught and the un caught.. it is just a matter of time.

Surely this man was drunk to have thought the world wanted to know that in an attempt to "blow off steam" he met his soul-mate. My sympathy is with his family and South Carolina.

Governor Mark Sanford represents the hypocrite party well, very well in fact.

I feel sorry for all of you. It's obvious that you've never met your soul mate.