Sanford Admits to More Trysts

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The saga of Governor Mark Sanford descends into farce, as he admits he lied about how often he saw his Argentinian mistress.

COLUMBIA, S.C. – South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford admitted Tuesday that he saw his Argentine mistress more times than previously disclosed, including what was to be a farewell meeting in New York chaperoned by a spiritual adviser soon after his wife found out about the affair.

In a lengthy and emotional interview with The Associated Press in his Statehouse office, the governor described five meetings with Maria Belen Chapur over the past year, including two romantic, multi-night stays with her in New York before they met there again intending to break up.

He said he met her two other times — their first meeting in 2001 at an open-air dance spot in Uruguay and a coffee date in New York in 2004 during the Republican National Convention. He said neither time was romantic.

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210 comments

Creeping Eruption Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:02:33am

Did King David fall this many times?/

pat Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:02:55am

He was in love

marwan's daughter Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:03:44am

The reason this is more important than the cap-n-trade bill passing is...?

This is not an attack on you Charles, but the way the MSM is diverting attention is incredibility sickening.

[deleted] Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:03:45am

Noam Sayin' Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:04:04am

Is this really that big of a deal?

danny Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:04:31am

Am I supposed to care?

JohnnyReb Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:05:44am

Wow he is getting more press than Edwards' love child baby daddy story.

Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:05:47am

He was trying to get Foreign Policy experience.

redc1c4 Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:05:49am

i am absolutely shocked by this revelation..... shocked i tell you.

Dark_Falcon Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:06:12am

re: #4 taxfreekiller

National Inquirer needs to do a full front page and be done with it.

trailer trash gov. thats all

Quite Concur. And with that I must head to work.

Fast Eddie Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:06:16am

I suppose it would be asking too much for people like this to shut up and go away. Just shut up and go away.

redc1c4 Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:06:21am

re: #8 Cannadian Club Akbar

He was trying to get Foreign Policy experience.

yup: he was building his resume on foreign affairs.

J.D. Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:06:39am

Ironically, Without Wife and Mistress, Mark Sanford Is More Screwed Than Ever

Over the weekend, as Mark Sanford's mistress, Maria Belen Chapur, was opening up about her affair, both the New York Times and Washington Post turned their attention to the home front, examining just how screwed the South Carolina governor is now that he's been kicked out by his wife. Jenny Sanford, it turns out, is not only a cool customer, but she's also apparently a smart, tough cookie who bakes cookies, a dichotomy other First Ladies (like Hillary Clinton, famously) would have argued was not possible. Jenny has kept her wits about her in the week since the affair broke, writing up a statement for herself and handing it out to reporters camped out on her lawn. She's also given an interview to the AP, during which she said she's given up worrying about the political future for her husband — a man whose name has been frequently mentioned for the 2012 presidential election. "His career is not a concern of mine," Jenny Sanford told reporters camped at the end of her driveway as she left with her boys for a boat ride the other day. "He's going to have to worry about that. I'm worried about my family and the character of my children," she said.
Mark Sanford has enough political trouble for engaging in the affair to begin with. Critics are complaining that his behavior should merit a resignation from the governorship, if not for the affair, for the use of taxpayer funds to travel to Argentina, or the fact that he disappeared for five days without revealing his whereabouts even to his staff. If he had any hope for a strategy to recover from this, it would likely have come from the mind that crafted his first congressional run and two gubernatorial bids: that of Jenny Sanford, his wife and brilliant campaign manager. A Georgetown-educated M&A expert who gave up her job at Lazard Freres to raise a family with Sanford, Jenny was always in charge of his political future. And now, without her, most friends say his clock is punched. "He would have never won either of his governor's races without her — no way," said a former Sanford spokesman. "She ran the show. He pointed the direction he wanted to go, and she was the bulldozer that cleared the path and got him there." The "Old Testament woman with a 170 IQ" is turning her attentions elsewhere, departing the state to vacation with her kids and leaving her estranged husband to deal with the mess he created on his own. ...

Go Jenny!

Kragar Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:06:39am

"And she shags like a minx...it was then I realize I had lost my internal monolog."

Honorary Yooper Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:07:43am

When it rains, it pours.

ErnieG Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:07:53am

Major surprise: The word Republican was used only once in the text of the article, in the third paragraph.

Spider Mensch Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:07:59am

has anyone actually seen any photos of the woman in Argentina? is she the voluptuos beauty as described by some?

redc1c4 Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:08:27am

re: #13 J.D.

Ironically, Without Wife and Mistress, Mark Sanford Is More Screwed Than Ever

Go Jenny!

good for her...... he's a dumbshit of the first order.

Land Shark Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:08:38am

Memo to Gov. Sanford:

We don't care how many times you shacked up with the woman. Our concern is how you disappeared for days without telling anyone and that you mis-appropriated state funds for your little romantic escapade. Dereliction of duty and using the state's money is our problem with you.

Capice?

The Citizens Of South Carolina

SixDegrees Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:09:10am

Like Yosemite Sam said to Bugs: "Shut up shuttin' up, already!"

DesertSage Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:09:21am

Who is this Sanford guy anyhow?

quiet man Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:09:26am

He is in for the little latin loop de loo

Here we go loop de loo, here we go loop de lie..

Mostly sane, most of the time. Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:10:39am

Maybe Romney should hire Jenny Sanford as a campaign manager.

//Only partly kidding.

Jack Burton Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:10:52am

re: #18 redc1c4

good for her...... he's a dumbshit of the first order.

"Eddie! I want HALF!"

Creeping Eruption Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:10:57am

I don't think this is what Jesus had in mind when instructing to turn the other cheek/

lawhawk Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:11:05am

So, should this be surprising? Really?

It's the same with Edwards affair and Spitzer's sex trysts with hookers. Once they start, they can't stop.

My only concern is whether any of them broke the law and their affairs affected their capabilities to do their jobs. In Sanford's case, we've got a bit of both - he was out of state and out of communications, and may have used state funds to pay for a portion of his trips. He deserves what ever is coming his way.

His wife and kids will suffer, but somehow I think Sanford's wife will have the last laugh yet.

Kragar Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:11:30am

re: #24 ArchangelMichael

"Eddie! I want HALF!"

GOONIE-GOO-GOO

Mostly sane, most of the time. Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:11:59am

BTW, this is why I do not socialize with mixed-gender groups without my husband there, and vice-versa.

[deleted] Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:13:58am

JamesTKirk Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:14:01am

So yesterday, we were discussing Brazilians; today Argentinians. Are Ecuadorians up for tomorrow?

Danny Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:14:02am

There, 30 comments about some loser's failed relationships. Next blog post. Please...

Miss Molly Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:14:12am

It seems Mark Sanford just can not stop digging the hole deeper for himself. What in the world was he thinking? Apparently his wife Jenny thinks quite well.

Occasional Reader Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:14:13am

The governor said he met Chapur in Punta Del Este, Uruguay, in 2001

I have to say, the man has good taste in his tryst locations.

turn Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:14:25am

yep, just what I thought - dkos is all over this story and hyping the call for his resignation. What a MSM head fake this thing has become, a huge distraction for O to ram his socialist agenda up our arses. ha, the dkos poll "From what you've heard and read, the climate/energy bill passed by the House... is too timid" got 73% of the vote. Those idiots just aren't taxed enough it would seem.

turn Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:14:49am

re: #17 Spider Mensch

has anyone actually seen any photos of the woman in Argentina? is she the voluptuos beauty as described by some?

Not striking at all imo.

Occasional Reader Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:15:17am

re: #17 Spider Mensch

has anyone actually seen any photos of the woman in Argentina? is she the voluptuos beauty as described by some?

There were somewhat grainy photos of her available even a week ago... I'm sure some digging around could find more by now.

Honorary Yooper Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:15:18am

re: #30 JamesTKirk

So yesterday, we were discussing Brazilians; today Argentinians. Are Ecuadorians up for tomorrow?

They're all cut differently.

Creeping Eruption Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:15:39am

re: #37 Honorary Yooper

LOL

debutaunt Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:15:40am

re: #5 Noam Sayin'

Is this really that big of a deal?

It's just validation, really.

quiet man Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:15:48am

re: #26 lawhawk

I agree Lawhawk, he deserves what is coming for the laws he broke. I think that the affair itself is stupid, yet he chose to do it every time.

What I dislike is the double standard against conservatives that is always there from our government run media: It is the constant in any report.

JamesTKirk Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:16:22am

re: #37 Honorary Yooper

They're all cut differently.

Ah, you wax poetic.

eschew_obfuscation Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:16:30am

re: #34 turn

yep, just what I thought - dkos is all over this story and hyping the call for his resignation. What a MSM head fake this thing has become, a huge distraction for O to ram his socialist agenda up our arses. ha, the dkos poll "From what you've heard and read, the climate/energy bill passed by the House... is too timid" got 73% of the vote. Those idiots just aren't taxed enough it would seem.

I have an idea.... let's tax those idiots to pay for the dems craziness and leave the rest of us alone.

jcm Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:16:31am

re: #11 Fast Eddie

I suppose it would be asking too much for people like this to shut up and go away. Just shut up and go away.

....zip up and go away........

Ojoe Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:16:34am

Wheeeee, chase your dick around "Gov," just like in Blazing Saddles.

Creeping Eruption Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:16:34am

re: #40 quiet man

I agree Lawhawk, he deserves what is coming for the laws he broke. I think that the affair itself is stupid, yet he chose to do it every time.

What I dislike is the double standard against conservatives that is always there from our government run media: It is the constant in any report.

A guy like this holds himself to a different standard. What do you expect?

Occasional Reader Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:16:35am

re: #4 taxfreekiller

National Inquirer needs to do a full front page and be done with it.

trailer trash gov. thats all

Hey! Trailer trash don't jet off to Punta del Este for the trysts. Sanford is a better class of philanderer!

soxfan4life Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:16:51am

re: #34 turn

yep, just what I thought - dkos is all over this story and hyping the call for his resignation. What a MSM head fake this thing has become, a huge distraction for O to ram his socialist agenda up our arses. ha, the dkos poll "From what you've heard and read, the climate/energy bill passed by the House... is too timid" got 73% of the vote. Those idiots just aren't taxed enough it would seem.

Because they're still buying the I won't raise taxes on anyone making under $250,000 promise. By the time they realize he is as full of shit as a Christmas Goose it will be too late.

quiet man Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:16:59am

re: #30 JamesTKirk

No talk of Ecuadorians please..else someone will be playing that stupid pan flute

Honorary Yooper Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:17:04am

re: #41 JamesTKirk

Ah, you wax poetic.

Tonga very much.

Creeping Eruption Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:17:15am

re: #46 Occasional Reader

Hey! Trailer trash don't jet off to Punta del Este for the trysts. Sanford is a better class of philanderer!

/

The best his constituents money can buy.

Jack Burton Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:17:16am

Best thing about all of this is:

One bad idea who was being looked at as a possible Republican candidate for 2012 down.... at least 2 more to go.

Maybe Jindal and Huckabee have some skeletons in the closet not yet discovered.

JamesTKirk Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:17:18am

re: #40 quiet man

What I dislike is the double standard against conservatives that is always there from our government run media: It is the constant in any report.

You can't be criticized for violating your principles when you don't have any.

[deleted] Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:17:40am

Ward Cleaver Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:17:44am

"Looooooooove, exciting and new..."

/come aboard, we're expecting you

Occasional Reader Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:17:53am

re: #35 turn

Not striking at all imo.

Pretty much the only aspect of this that is NOT going according to the usual media script; this woman is not some 22 year old cocktail waitress.

Honorary Yooper Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:18:06am

re: #44 Ojoe

Wheeeee, chase your dick around "Gov," just like in Blazing Saddles.

The affairs of state must take, uh, precedence over the, uh, affairs of state.

turn Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:18:24am

re: #42 eschew_obfuscation

I have an idea.... let's tax those idiots to pay for the dems craziness and leave the rest of us alone.

What and take their lunch money away? I wonder what those people who post there do in real life anyway.

quiet man Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:18:37am

re: #52 JamesTKirk

Very true. Notice how it is always our standards used against us. The story is hyped because it is known what the effect will be, and who will deliver the cut.

JamesTKirk Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:18:45am

re: #57 turn

What and take their lunch money away? I wonder what those people who post there do in real life anyway.

You think they have lives?

JohnnyReb Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:18:56am

re: #51 ArchangelMichael

Best thing about all of this is:

One bad idea who was being looked at as a possible Republican candidate for 2012 down.... at least 2 more to go.

Maybe Jindal and Huckabee have some skeletons in the closet not yet discovered.

Best get the stupid ones out of the running sooner than later. Makes it more efficient in the long run I think.

BlueCanuck Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:19:11am

re: #44 Ojoe

Wheeeee, chase your dick around "Gov," just like in Blazing Saddles.

"Hello boys, did you miss me?" :)

[deleted] Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:19:24am

JamesTKirk Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:19:24am

re: #60 JohnnyReb

Best get the stupid ones out of the running sooner than later. Makes it more efficient in the long run I think.

If only they'd done that last year.

Occasional Reader Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:19:57am

re: #30 JamesTKirk

So yesterday, we were discussing Brazilians; today Argentinians. Are Ecuadorians up for tomorrow?

Ecuador is not blessed with the same level of, ah, natural resources as the former two.

(I remember a conversation with two Green Berets I met in Lima, who had just been transferred there from Ecuador. They were VERY happy to be in Lima, in terms of the available... talent.)

turn Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:19:58am

re: #47 soxfan4life

Because they're still buying the I won't raise taxes on anyone making under $250,000 promise. By the time they realize he is as full of shit as a Christmas Goose it will be too late.

So true. Hey, you trying to turn this into another bird thread? capon trade, ha.

Son of the Black Dog Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:20:18am

re: #47 soxfan4life

Because they're still buying the I won't raise taxes on anyone making under $250,000 promise. By the time they realize he is as full of shit as a Christmas Goose it will be too late.

Yeah, their goose will be cooked.

quiet man Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:20:25am

re: #45 Creeping Eruption

I know they hold themselves to a different standard..the question is why?

Rush once spoke about how the mere fact of an election makes these people exeperts in everything...you would think they stayed at a holiday inn 24/7

Walter L. Newton Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:20:41am

re: #58 quiet man

Very true. Notice how it is always our standards used against us. The story is hyped because it is known what the effect will be, and who will deliver the cut.

Who the hell's standards do you want to be held against? Some morally relative progressive? Please, hold me to conservative standards.

soxfan4life Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:20:49am

re: #60 JohnnyReb

Best get the stupid ones out of the running sooner than later. Makes it more efficient in the long run I think.

At least get them out before the MSM gets them the nom. because it worked so well this time around. No one not even Bob Dole could have run a less inspiring campaign than McCain 2008.

Dreader1962 Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:20:53am

"Walk away...just walk away...."

It's embarrassing (for Sanford, not me).

subsailor68 Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:21:04am

Maria,
I just met a girl named Maria,
And suddenly it seems,
I'm losing all my dreams,
Poor me.

Maria,
I never stopped seeing Maria,
When I got on that plane,
My hopes went down the drain,
Poor me!

Maria,
She's a girl that I kept in secret,
It's a tryst that I now regret,
Maria,
I'm screwed cause I messed with Maria!

Land Shark Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:21:14am

My job requires me to travel a bit. I wish I had a dollar for every time I was away and had an opportunity to have a little affair with a nice woman that my wife would most likely never know about but I never did.

I take my marriage vows very seriously, and if I had an affair the guilt over it would last long after the pleasure had faded. I can look my wife in the eye and tell her I've always been faithful to her. Because I have. Lord knows I've been tempted, but I've never succumbed. It wasn't easy, but I've got a great woman and I don't want to hurt her and risk losing her.

Ward Cleaver Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:21:25am

So what does this woman look like, anyway? Anyone seen any pictures?

Kosh's Shadow Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:21:31am

re: #66 Son of the Black Dog

Yeah, their goose will be cooked.

And we'll all be in major guano

KenJen Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:21:35am

re: #17 Spider Mensch

has anyone actually seen any photos of the woman in Argentina? is she the voluptuos beauty as described by some?

I've seen one photo and her face kind of resembles Tiny Tim.

Occasional Reader Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:21:44am

re: #68 Walter L. Newton

Who the hell's standards do you want to be held against? Some morally relative progressive? Please, hold me to conservative standards.

You can never be a hypocrite if you have no morals to begin with... it's win-win!

JamesTKirk Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:21:51am

A governor from South Carolina
Disappeared in a giant air liner.
'Twas South of the Border
Where he went, in order
To grab some tropical va-- er, umm, never mind.

Ward Cleaver Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:22:33am

re: #75 KenJen

I've seen one photo and her face kind of resembles Tiny Tim.

Oh man!

/she must be good at something...

Occasional Reader Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:22:41am

re: #73 Ward Cleaver

So what does this woman look like, anyway? Anyone seen any pictures?

WHY DO YOU CARE WHAT SHE LOOKS LIKE YOU SEXIST PIG, WHAT ABOUT HER MIND AND HER INNER STRENGTH AND HER WYMNHOOD [etc.]

Kosh's Shadow Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:23:22am

re: #75 KenJen

I've seen one photo and her face kind of resembles Tiny Tim.

I guess it made Sandford want to tiptoe through her two lips.

Walter L. Newton Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:23:24am

re: #75 KenJen

I've seen one photo and her face kind of resembles Tiny Tim.

Tip toe, through her two lips...

Former Belgian Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:23:25am

To be brutally honest, my reaction to the whole story can be summarized in four letters:

YAWN

I mean, a politician cheating on his wife with a woman almost his own age is somehow newsworthy?

As distinct from, say, cruising toilets for anonymous sex with men, using interns as vacuum cleaners, renting top-dollar escorts on the taxpayer's dime, having one's homosexual lover run a rent-boy prostitution ring from one's apartment, molesting children,...

Maybe it's because I grew up in Europe, but I really have a hard time getting worked up over this one... The only times the non-tabloid media even discussed a politician's sex life were when it got either illegal (child molestation) or really bizarre, such as when an MP was found dead after an auto-erotic asphyxiation session went too far...

LGoPs Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:23:28am

re: #40 quiet man

I agree Lawhawk, he deserves what is coming for the laws he broke. I think that the affair itself is stupid, yet he chose to do it every time.

What I dislike is the double standard against conservatives that is always there from our government run media: It is the constant in any report.

A good column detailing that very double standard:
[Link: www.lvrj.com...]

The bottom line is that Republican infidelity doesn't involve the power of the state coming down on your head. With Democrat hypocrisy, on taxes for example, the state does come down on your head.

Clemente Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:23:28am

Sadly, she sounds a bit too smart for politics, else she could be an outstanding candidate for any election she sought.

Occasional Reader Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:23:33am

re: #77 JamesTKirk

A governor from South Carolina
Disappeared in a giant air liner.
'Twas South of the Border
Where he went, in order
To grab some tropical va-- er, umm, never mind.

I withhold my upding, solely because of the gaffe of referring to Buenos Aires as "tropical"...

Ward Cleaver Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:23:49am

re: #79 Occasional Reader

WHY DO YOU CARE WHAT SHE LOOKS LIKE YOU SEXIST PIG, WHAT ABOUT HER MIND AND HER INNER STRENGTH AND HER WYMNHOOD [etc.]

That's all he saw in her...

/right

Walter L. Newton Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:23:49am

re: #80 Kosh's Shadow

I guess it made Sandford want to tiptoe through her two lips.

re: #81 Walter L. Newton

Tip toe, through her two lips...

Great minds slink alike.

JamesTKirk Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:23:51am

"Don't lie with me, Argentina..."

quiet man Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:23:56am

re: #68 Walter L. Newton

Actually, you might checkexactly and how your conservative standards are used against you. That is the problem...I hold myself to my standards which is the proper way.

Henchman Ghazi-808 Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:24:11am

re: #3 marwan's daughter

The reason this is more important than the cap-n-trade bill passing is...?

This is not an attack on you Charles, but the way the MSM is diverting attention is incredibility sickening.

Yes, Sanford's sordid affairs will trump the bigger issue of Cap n Trade, and MJ's death is still trumping them all. At some point I quit holding the media accountable, it's the common American's fault since the media only gives us what we want.

Back to Sanford, it's a mixed blessing. He's clearly a problematic candidate (proponent of ID/creationism, possibly for public schools). His problem with sexual pecadillos took care of the bigger problem: being a viable GOP candidate that would have a huge disadvantage in any national election. I'm very sure that ID/Creationism in public schools will be a huge issue next election.

The fact that he left his office for 5 days and didn't tell his staff is a serious issue as well, on top of the affair. The fact that he further damaged the image of the already wounded GOP is another sin he has to repent with a pound of flesh. He has to go.

happycamper Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:24:17am

I thought it was now OK to lie as long as it was about sex.

JamesTKirk Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:24:19am

re: #86 Ward Cleaver

That's all he saw in her...

What did he want to see in her?

Himself.

Jack Burton Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:24:24am

re: #73 Ward Cleaver

So what does this woman look like, anyway? Anyone seen any pictures?

Cock-man Oppressor!

/feminazi

J.D. Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:24:25am

Here she is.

KenJen Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:24:33am

re: #78 Ward Cleaver

Oh man!

/she must be good at something...

..and it aint playing the ukulele.

pat Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:24:35am

Isn't this thread over yet? lol

turn Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:24:40am

re: #55 Occasional Reader

Pretty much the only aspect of this that is NOT going according to the usual media script; this woman is not some 22 year old cocktail waitress.

The pics on google are pretty grainy but she doesn't appear very attractive, certainly not what the media would script for sure. Hey, she works for this corp, ya ever deal with them OR?

[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

ErnieG Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:25:14am

re: #81 Walter L. Newton

Tip toe, through her two lips...

re: #80 Kosh's Shadow

I guess it made Sandford want to tiptoe through her two lips.

Great minds...

Occasional Reader Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:25:15am

re: #90 BigPapa

What's all this about "sexual armadillos"?

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[deleted] Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:25:19am

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Noam Sayin' Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:25:35am

re: #94 J.D.

I've said here before, she's cute, but no one I'd trash my career over.

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Occasional Reader Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:26:15am

re: #97 turn

The pics on google are pretty grainy but she doesn't appear very attractive, certainly not what the media would script for sure. Hey, she works for this corp, ya ever deal with them OR?

[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

I've never dealt with Bunge, but they're very well-known.

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Walter L. Newton Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:26:35am

re: #96 pat

Isn't this thread over yet? lol

No it's not, and now presenting Mark Sanford and Ron Paul connection...

Gov. Mark Sanford Defends Ron Paul and Libertarians Against Lindsey Graham

[Link: www.campaignforliberty.com...]

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MandyManners Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:26:37am

He said he met her two other times — their first meeting in 2001 at an open-air dance spot in Uruguay and a coffee date in New York in 2004 during the Republican National Convention. He said neither time was romantic.

One need not do the horizontal bop in order for romance to be in the air.

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Ward Cleaver Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:26:40am

re: #94 J.D.

Here she is.

Gee thanks, send me to a blocked site. :-p

J.D.!

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[deleted] Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:26:41am

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LGoPs Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:27:11am

re: #99 Occasional Reader

What's all this about "sexual armadillos"?

I thought it was sexual pack o' dildo's.........

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Henchman Ghazi-808 Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:27:17am

re: #91 happycamper

I thought it was now OK to lie as long as it was about sex.

Only if you're a Democrat. GOP? Fuggedaboudit.

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quiet man Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:27:19am

re: #83 LGoPs
I believe it is the loaded way of the lauguage they use that is the difference and then there is the "just not reporting it as news" angle.

Like with the Duke guy and his offer to other pedophiles to come abuse his adopted black baby

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Former Belgian Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:27:33am

re: #47 soxfan4life

Because they're still buying the I won't raise taxes on anyone making under $250,000 promise. By the time they realize he is as full of shit as a Christmas Goose it will be too late.

Look, the psychology of these people is very simple. They would prefer to live in comparative austerity as long as they (the "enlightened" class) are clearly better off than the rest, rather than be well off but no better (or slightly worse) off than the undeserving benighted ones.

They simply cannot bear the fact that somebody in a profession they look down upon (say, a plumber) makes more money than they do.

111

Ward Cleaver Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:27:48am

re: #99 Occasional Reader

What's all this about "sexual armadillos"?

Is that why they're always upside-down on the road?

112

J.D. Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:27:49am

re: #105 Ward Cleaver

Gee thanks, send me to a blocked site. :-p

J.D.!

WARD!
Turn off the parental control.
;-P

113

Miss Molly Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:28:02am

re: #82 Former Belgian
Good point and well said.

114

JamesTKirk Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:28:14am

Mariah Carey in drag

115

Occasional Reader Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:28:25am

re: #106 buzzsawmonkey

Interesting that he went to South America when South of the Border was right there in his home state.

If I ever go mad and get my hands on tactical nuclear weapons, "South of the Border" will be high on my target list.

/it's a joke, DHS

116

MandyManners Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:28:46am

re: #104 MandyManners

One need not do the horizontal bop in order for romance to be in the air.

Youtube Video

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lawhawk Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:28:55am

re: #106 buzzsawmonkey

Only 100 miles until you're South of the Border. Pedro would be proud.

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JamesTKirk Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:29:01am

re: #106 buzzsawmonkey

Interesting that he went to South America when South of the Border was right there in his home state.

My favorite rest stop.

119

J.D. Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:29:13am

re: #111 Ward Cleaver

Is that why they're always upside-down on the road?

The turkey buzzards love that kind!

120

lawhawk Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:29:47am

re: #116 MandyManners

That's not the kind of bop I like. This is.

Youtube Video

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Kragar Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:30:18am

BEWARE THE OBAMA 'EVIL EYE'

As the summer begins, White House watchers have spotted a new look by President Obama: The Evil Eye!

Staffers have joked about the menacing glance, which comes when the president meets with world leaders who are not aligned with his progressive view.

White House photographers have captured the "evil eye" in recent weeks, during sessions with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Colombia's Alvaro Uribev.

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi got hit with the commander's malocchio last week in the Oval office.

And at least one White House reporter has been on the receiving end of the daggers during a press conference.

Developing...

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Occasional Reader Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:30:32am

re: #118 JamesTKirk

My favorite rest stop.

Then you should definitely stay alert to any news about me going mad, and/or getting tactical nukes. (Unless you want to go out in a blaze of vaporized pecan log rolls.)

123

JustABill Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:30:40am

re: #115 Occasional Reader

If I ever go mad and get my hands on tactical nuclear weapons, "South of the Border" will be high on my target list.

/it's a joke, DHS

Hmm, I think I got a memo about you...

124

turn Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:30:58am

re: #114 JamesTKirk

Mariah Carey in drag

Ok, I'll admit ... I didn't understand a single thing in that guy's post.

125

jones Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:31:09am

He out-sourced his in-sourcing.

Buy American Mark!

126

Creeping Eruption Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:31:16am

re: #117 lawhawk

Only 100 miles until you're South of the Border. Pedro would be proud.

I see. Its the "Wall Drug" of the south

127

MrPaulRevere Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:31:21am

OT: Charles, have you seen this piece at Think Progress ? Bachmann has no plans to appear on controversial (Alex Jones) radio show. [Link: thinkprogress.org...] This you tube video of Alex Jones ranting is priceless

Youtube Video

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quiet man Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:31:34am

re: #103 Walter L. Newton

Actually, he said nothing about ron paul in that clip.
No real connection there...but if there were..then, Oh baby
let loose the tiny tims of war!

129

JamesTKirk Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:31:35am

re: #122 Occasional Reader

Then you should definitely stay alert to any news about me going mad, and/or getting tactical nukes. (Unless you want to go out in a blaze of vaporized pecan log rolls.)

Why you such a hater?

130

Buster Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:31:37am

It has been said:

"It is a good thing to follow the first law of holes; if you are in one, stop digging."

Put down the shovel Governor!

131

soxfan4life Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:31:46am

re: #121 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

BEWARE THE OBAMA 'EVIL EYE'

Americans will become quite used to getting it.

132

Occasional Reader Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:32:53am

re: #129 JamesTKirk

Why you such a hater?

"Keeps me warm."

-whatsisname from Red Dawn

133

Spider Mensch Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:32:56am

re: #94 J.D.

Here she is.

oh...ok..she looks nice. not worth throwing a career away for, but she has her charms.

134

Kosh's Shadow Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:32:58am

re: #121 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

BEWARE THE OBAMA 'EVIL EYE'

Of course, he won't look that way at Ahmadmanonjihad.

135

wahabicorridor Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:33:20am

re: #101 Noam Sayin'

I've said here before, she's cute, but no one I'd trash my career over.

Your career

136

LGoPs Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:33:32am

re: #121 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

BEWARE THE OBAMA 'EVIL EYE'

Fuck his evil eye.

137

quiet man Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:33:34am

re: #129 JamesTKirk

Ever been a car for 6 hours then eat a hyway pecan log roll made in 1949?
walk a mile, man...

138

avanti Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:33:35am

re: #3 marwan's daughter

The reason this is more important than the cap-n-trade bill passing is...?

This is not an attack on you Charles, but the way the MSM is diverting attention is incredibility sickening.

The best reason for the guy to resign now, the MSN loves juicy sex scandals, especially from family values politicians.

139

JamesTKirk Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:33:41am

Charleston's governor had a ball
Flying, philandering, and all
But though he's a cad
It's still not that bad
As long as he stays away from Ron Paul!

140

Kragar Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:33:50am

re: #134 Kosh's Shadow

Of course, he won't look that way at Ahmadmanonjihad.

Its hard to give the evil eye while staring up from the crotch with your mouth full.

141

lawhawk Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:33:58am

re: #121 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I'd be more concerned about the Obama's evil pen. It keeps signing the nation deeper into debt without care or reason as to fiscal restraint.

142

uriaheep Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:34:06am

The next move is for the gov to plead insanity. He is just crazy for that stuff.

/old Cheech & Chong routine

143

JamesTKirk Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:34:18am

re: #137 quiet man

Ever been a car for 6 hours then eat a hyway pecan log roll made in 1949?
walk a mile, man...

I've never been a car, period.

144

avanti Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:34:29am

O.T. Nork ship turned around.Just on Fox.

145

DistantThunder Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:35:04am

Some aids must have been wise to this, on some level or at least suspicious. It's hard to feel any sense of alarm over a heterosexual affair. Chagrin, disappointment and embarrassment for republicans yes, but not alarm.

Remember that not only did Bill Clinton have affairs with Jennifer Flowers, and Monica, but the Lewinsky affair was revealed while he was under investigation for the sexual assault on Paula Jones. During the investigation the Juanita Broderick provided credible testimony that Bill Clinton had previously raped her in an Arkansas hotel room. Then Kathleen Wiley came forward to say that Clinton had also sexually assaulted her when she asked him for a paying job.

Clinton is revered to this day by many in the Democrat party. That last fact is the most alarming.

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Occasional Reader Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:35:22am

re: #144 avanti

O.T. Nork ship turned around.Just on Fox.

They forgot the Colombian coffee?

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quiet man Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:35:24am

re: #139 JamesTKirk
A woman never minds if a guy is a cad, so long as his car is, too.

well, before the bankruptcy anyway..

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[deleted] Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:35:27am

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Henchman Ghazi-808 Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:35:44am

re: #133 Spider Mensch

oh...ok..she looks nice. not worth throwing a career away for, but she has her charms.

No woman is worth throwing a career or a family away.

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wahabicorridor Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:35:47am

re: #135 wahabicorridor

Your career

do over - don't know what happened. Meant to say

Your career? What about destroying your family?

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DistantThunder Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:36:04am

re: #82 Former Belgian

To be brutally honest, my reaction to the whole story can be summarized in four letters:

YAWN

I mean, a politician cheating on his wife with a woman almost his own age is somehow newsworthy?

As distinct from, say, cruising toilets for anonymous sex with men, using interns as vacuum cleaners, renting top-dollar escorts on the taxpayer's dime, having one's homosexual lover run a rent-boy prostitution ring from one's apartment, molesting children,...

Maybe it's because I grew up in Europe, but I really have a hard time getting worked up over this one... The only times the non-tabloid media even discussed a politician's sex life were when it got either illegal (child molestation) or really bizarre, such as when an MP was found dead after an auto-erotic asphyxiation session went too far...

see my #145

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MandyManners Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:36:14am

re: #120 lawhawk

That's not the kind of bop I like. This is.

Youtube Video

My speakers will never be the same.

153

J.D. Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:37:01am

re: #150 wahabicorridor

do over - don't know what happened. Meant to say

Your career? What about destroying your family?

Really.

I wonder how good he'll look to her when he's no longer in charge of... anything.

154

MandyManners Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:37:04am

re: #121 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

BEWARE THE OBAMA 'EVIL EYE'

Yeah, well. I have an evil finger.

155

quiet man Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:37:08am

re: #143 JamesTKirk
You should look into it..My mother was a car and I had a smart alec friend who thought he knew everything...until he crossed paths with a Scion

156

Creeping Eruption Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:37:12am

re: #144 avanti

O.T. Nork ship turned around.Just on Fox.

Second Thoughts on North Korea’s Inscrutable Ship

But now some top officials in the Obama administration are beginning to wonder whether Kim Jong-il, the North Korean leader, ordered the Kang Nam 1 out on a fishing expedition — in hopes that a new American president will be his first catch.

“The whole thing just doesn’t add up,” said one senior administration official who has been tracking the cargo ship’s lazy summer journey. “My worry is that we make a big demand about seeing the cargo, and then there’s a tense standoff, and when it’s all over we discover that old man Kim set us up to look like George Bush searching for nonexistent W.M.D.”

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DistantThunder Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:38:05am

re: #153 J.D.

Really.

I wonder how good he'll look to her when he's no longer in charge of... anything.

It's also not fair to compare the feelings in the middle of a marriage to the beginning of an affair. it's like comparing apples and oranges.

158

avanti Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:38:24am

re: #156 Creeping Eruption

Here's the link on the turn around and the missiles.

Norks.

159

lawhawk Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:38:27am

One further thought about Sanford. This story is sucking the air out of the room and the media types are fixated on it more than they are about Iran's speeding towards totalitarianism, the Honduras "coup", the cap and trade fiasco, the pension timebomb, and a whole host of other more important stories.

160

Ward Cleaver Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:38:31am

re: #126 Creeping Eruption

I see. Its the "Wall Drug" of the south

I gotta put both of those places on my bucket list.

161

lawhawk Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:38:50am

re: #152 MandyManners

Only if they're turned to 11.

162

quiet man Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:39:03am

re: #159 lawhawk

Exactly..MJ's death was the best thing to happen to the Mullahs

163

quiet man Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:40:04am

slipping out for a bit

164

JamesTKirk Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:40:27am

re: #162 quiet man

Exactly..MJ's death was the best thing to happen to the Mullahs

And my son. He will not have to grow up in fear.

165

Buster Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:40:35am

re: #146 Occasional Reader

They forgot the Colombian coffee?

"Mountain Grown...It's the richest kind"

Mrs Olsen

166

subsailor68 Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:41:09am

Okay, OT, but what the heck:

‘Whose Duck Back There?’: Ringtone Interrupts Obama

Shame it was a speech on GLBT issues. If it had been a speech on the health care proposals, it would have been bitterly ironic.

AFLAC!

167

kynna Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:41:10am

The guy deserves to lose his job for disappearing the way he did. I really don't care about his love life. I guess his hypocrisy is the big deal? Like no other members of our political class are hypocrites.

If the news on this focused on the actual ramifications of his disappearance and what's important on that score, I'd respect it. Otherwise, it's just descended into gleeful muckraking and turned kind of slithery. Do I want Democrats to be given the same treatment? No. It's all a distraction from the actual news.

168

[deleted] Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:41:21am

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Creeping Eruption Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:41:29am

re: #160 Ward Cleaver

I gotta put both of those places on my bucket list.

They used to make shirts and bumper stickers (may still make them) that said "Have you dug Wall Drug?"

A Local pharmacy (now out of business) used to have shirts: "Have you dug Oriental Drugs?"

It was from the Oriental Pharmacy.

170

Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:41:31am

re: #159 lawhawk

One further thought about Sanford. This story is sucking the air out of the room and the media types are fixated on it more than they are about Iran's speeding towards totalitarianism, the Honduras "coup", the cap and trade fiasco, the pension timebomb, and a whole host of other more important stories.

Let's just hope he didn't knock her up or make a tape. Or both.

171

Creeping Eruption Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:42:27am

re: #170 Cannadian Club Akbar

Let's just hope he didn't knock her up or make a tape. Or both.

Or her boyfriend in the closet make a tape.

172

JamesTKirk Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:42:30am

re: #165 Buster

"Mountain Grown...It's the richest kind"

Mrs Olsen

I've replaced the dilithium crystals with Folgers™ crystals.

Let's see if Scotty notices.

173

theheat Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:42:42am

All the little details of his inability to keep his pants zipped that, under ideal circumstances, should be of concern to no one.

Where it could be a simple matter of admitting he lied and abandoned his post as governor, now I need to know when he "was romantic" (i.e. humping), and when he wasn't.

Note to pathetic governor: I don't give a shit. Your love life isn't any more interesting than my neighbor's, and the mechanics are probably more similar than you think. Thankfully, my neighbor has the good grace to keep his freakin' mouth shut about it, a quality that obviously eludes you.

chaperoned by a spiritual adviser soon after his wife found out about the affair.

Oh yes, the Fundie Get Out of Jail Free card. Like, no one saw that one coming. Gee, how original. Cheat, then run for the bible. Yeah, that's a new twist. Not.

What a completely classless douchebag.

174

snowcrash Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:43:57am

I wish I could hand him a roll of duct tape and tell him what to do with it.

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JamesTKirk Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:44:40am

re: #173 theheat

chaperoned by a spiritual adviser soon after his wife found out about the affair.

That must have been a quick and easy job. "You're a douchebag and you're going to hell. NEXT!"

176

Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:45:39am

How long 'til Larry Flynt offers her a million bucks to be in Penthouse?

177

Creeping Eruption Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:45:58am

re: #174 snowcrash

I wish I could hand him a roll of duct tape and tell him what to do with it.

Brazilian?

178

Rancher Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:46:09am

She has labeled the hacking of her emails as an "evil action". I wonder what she considers home wrecking.

179

CJDate Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:46:13am

Mark Sanford's future as a presidential candidate is finished. If only he'd drowned his mistress instead of dumping her, history tells us he could have gone on to a long and distinguished career as a US senator.

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JamesTKirk Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:48:47am

re: #179 CJDate

Mark Sanford's future as a presidential candidate is finished. If only he'd drowned his mistress instead of dumping her, history tells us he could have gone on to a long and distinguished career as a US senator.

That's all water under the bridge now.

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Mostly sane, most of the time. Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:49:11am

I just googled to see a picture, since y'all were talking about it. One of the pictures that came up was...Helen Thomas?

/Somebody is sick, sick, sick...

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Creeping Eruption Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:50:19am

re: #180 JamesTKirk

That's all water under the bridge now.

You are one sick mother fucker. Good work. Keep it up.

183

scottishbuzzsaw Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:50:39am

re: #172 JamesTKirk

I've replaced the dilithium crystals with Folgers™ crystals.

Let's see if Scotty notices.

What the...?

184

Rancher Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:54:28am

Zelaya is Chávez-style thug who is trying to become President for life and who seems to have little popular support. That being said this seems like a dumb move by the military, unless they have no intention of allowing the elections to go forward this fall.

185

yochanan Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:55:10am

re: #130 Buster

the second rule of holes if there is fur by it PLEASE DON'T TELL US

186

Unakite Tue, Jun 30, 2009 10:58:32am

He said he met her two other times — their first meeting in 2001 at an open-air dance spot in Uruguay and a coffee date in New York in 2004 during the Republican National Convention. He said neither time was romantic.

Just wonderin'...anybody here ever been to an open-air dance spot in Uruguay? Seems like it would be romantic to me (with the right woman, of course).
(Or the right man for you ladies.) (Or the right...oh, never mind. PC takes things too far.) :)

187

Shr_Nfr Tue, Jun 30, 2009 11:01:49am

In Stanford we tryst, All Spitzers pay cash?

188

S'latch Tue, Jun 30, 2009 11:03:35am

I sure wish Mark Sanford would resign, shut up, and go away.

189

jorline Tue, Jun 30, 2009 11:04:55am

Game...Set...Match!

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[deleted] Tue, Jun 30, 2009 11:07:52am

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SFGoth Tue, Jun 30, 2009 11:12:09am

Some people continue to believe that the Republican party has any chance before 2016 -- for president or either party of Congress. Nope. The party that preaches "family values" but keeps getting outed by the likes of Sanford, Craig, etc. is going to get hosed. Either kick the social conservatism to the curb or continue to be "amazed" at what it really is: patriarchal, misogynist, anti-gay, anti-non-"traditional" hypocrisy. Go ahead GOPers, sign The Pledge: "I __________, am a traditional values Republican. I believe in traditional values and act accordingly. If I am caught acting contrary to these values, such as cheating on my wife, being secretly gay, or doing anything that I've ever criticized, I hereby pledge that I will commit suicide as the only honorable solution." Signed______________. They won't. They're losers, morally and electorally.

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yochanan Tue, Jun 30, 2009 11:13:07am

re: #13 J.D.

Ironically, Without Wife and Mistress, Mark Sanford Is More Screwed Than Ever

Go Jenny!

IF MOMMY NOT HAPPY NO ONE IS HAPPY

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[deleted] Tue, Jun 30, 2009 11:13:24am

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captdiggs Tue, Jun 30, 2009 11:13:56am

No one cares about the sex lives of politicians anymore . But going AWOL while in a chief executive position is unpardonable.
He should resign.

195

ckb Tue, Jun 30, 2009 11:17:08am

I don't see how this is news or relevant unless he has broken the law. What exactly the big news about a disrepancy in a politician's (or anyone's) statements about their personal problems? The guy is clearly - clearly trying to come clean and not trying to deceive anyone about the whole thing any longer.

He's taken care of the time where the meeting could have potentially been seen as part of a taxpayer funded trip. If he broke the law in any meaningful way, he should resign.

The only "descent into farce" here is the media's headline and the decision to put this on the front page over everything else that is going on.

196

FrogMarch Tue, Jun 30, 2009 11:20:56am

If you can lie to your wife, you can lie to just about anyone.
*spit*

197

jvic Tue, Jun 30, 2009 11:22:47am

Morality aside, a silver lining:

Bill Clinton got his spouse and staff on board wrt tolerating/covering up his affairs. Sanford did neither.

He lacks the elementary competence that a President should have. Unfortunately, if they are backed by the brains and drive of a Jenny Sanford or Marilyn Quayle, such unqualified people can get nominated and elected.

Mark Sanford won't be one of them.

198

Land Shark Tue, Jun 30, 2009 11:23:38am

re: #176 Cannadian Club Akbar

You mean Hustler? That's Larry Flint's magazine. Penthouse would be Bob Guccione, I think.

199

SFGoth Tue, Jun 30, 2009 11:41:12am

re: #194 captdiggs

No one cares about the sex lives of politicians anymore . But going AWOL while in a chief executive position is unpardonable.
He should resign.

Yes, voters who can't stand soc con hypocrisy care.

200

Cygnus Tue, Jun 30, 2009 11:56:55am

re: #172 JamesTKirk

I've replaced the dilithium crystals with Folgers™ crystals.

Let's see if Scotty notices.

The Onion should do a parody commercial of that. Excellent!

201

Dave the..... Tue, Jun 30, 2009 12:15:07pm

Frog

If you can lie to your wife, you can lie to just about anyone.
*spit*

yup. Also, if you have no morals in your private life, you will be dishonest in your public life. Either you have character, or you don't. You can't switch it off and on when you are horny.

202

Raven1 Tue, Jun 30, 2009 12:32:25pm

Mitt Romney is a mormon and he is a stand up (not lie down) kind of guy. Yeah I know mormons have stopped the polygamy thing, but Mitt seems like a guy who does not cheat on his wife.

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looking closely Tue, Jun 30, 2009 12:37:56pm

Too. . .much. . .information.

He was unfaithful. . .got it.

As to how many times, in what places, and in what positions. . .those sordid details are up to him and his wife.

Sanford's crime here wasn't cheating on his wife. . .again, that's between him and here. . .it was abandoning his post as governor for a week.

204

looking closely Tue, Jun 30, 2009 12:42:28pm

re: #159 lawhawk

One further thought about Sanford. This story is sucking the air out of the room and the media types are fixated on it more than they are about Iran's speeding towards totalitarianism, the Honduras "coup", the cap and trade fiasco, the pension timebomb, and a whole host of other more important stories.

Scandal sells rags and air time, particularly sexual scandal.

This one is hot and sexy, where as cap and trade, pensions, etc are ever-present and boring.

Lets face it, real news is boring. That's why nobody wants it, and why the major media largely doesn't provide it.

205

NukeAtomrod Tue, Jun 30, 2009 12:54:10pm

I don't care about this any more than I cared about Bill Clinton's affairs. He can step down or be voted out of office as appropriate. We don't need in depth investigation or congressional hearings, etc. Any further action here is just a waste of time and money.

206

Vinnieg Tue, Jun 30, 2009 1:06:09pm

He should have cheated on his taxes instead, then he would have a cabinet position.

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gatorbait Tue, Jun 30, 2009 1:39:17pm

Tell me why I should care
That Mark Sanford had an affair
If it mattered a bit in my life
I would eat my peas with a knife

208

elclynn Tue, Jun 30, 2009 2:07:46pm

Sanford should just shut up. The blow by blow of his sexploits is nauseating. Of course he could be pimping for a reality show.

209

Xango Annie Tue, Jun 30, 2009 8:24:08pm

Dear Gov: Sanford:
STOP TALKING...for the love of heaven...STOP!

210

SanFranciscoZionist Tue, Jun 30, 2009 11:09:11pm

re: #13 J.D.

Ironically, Without Wife and Mistress, Mark Sanford Is More Screwed Than Ever

Go Jenny!

I have to say, I really, really approve of her. I like it that she is protecting herself, and the kids, and not standing by him wearing a carefully selected suit. Smart woman.

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