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To everyone saying "It's not a big deal"...
Tell me, do you have wives and kids? If so, are they cool with you leaving them for days at a time with no notice?
why do you think that?
To everyone saying "It's not a big deal"...
Tell me, do you have wives and kids? If so, are they cool with you leaving them for days at a time with no notice?
he's pretty weepy.
If some Dem did it, you'd be screaming about his lack of character and responsibility. A governor going AWOL is not a triviality. Perhaps his family lied, but this is sheer surmise. Their statement to the press was clear.
You need to acquaint yourself with the primary reporting a little better before you start making generalizations. His family said they did not know where he was and had not communicated with him since before Father's Day.They suggest his family didn't know, but they don't say it as fact. They let lib s assume his family didn't know. Very possible they knew, and purposely played dumb to any media requests.
In SC, Gov. Sanford's unannounced absence has catalyzed Dem as well as GOP criticism.
Gov. Sanford's spokeman either gave out a lie when he said Sanford was hiking the Appalachian Trail or he didn't know where the governor was either.
Last edited by Winehole23; 06-24-2009 at 01:36 PM.
oh good. he's remarking about gods law.....after he left his duty to his girlfriend.
at least it was a chick.
it was a chick.... right?
If it was nothing more than a capricioius, spur-of-the-moment change of plans it will still be held against him as a serious character flaw, given his position as governor.
What's much more likely (IMO) is that it was in afair. In that case, he's toast, especially in a Bible-beating state like SC.
@ republicans ALWAYS playing the god card.
you guys are so phony.
Self-ownage. He was cheating. Damn politicians.
Being a governor and fleeing to Argentina to cheat on your wife is right up there with the astronaut that drove from Texas to Florida in diapers.
so democrats aren't christians?
you guys are so phony.
tell us which ones play the god card and we'll discuss.
on another note, viva, have you noticed that every position you choose to defend, ends in abject failure?
uh, bill clinton?
president, at the time, bill clinton
john edwards
where was i defending sanford?
Wow! What a surprise! A married man just HAPPENS to decide to leave his family to fly to another country with no notice. I totally thought he just needed to blow off steam lol.
I mean, even if he DID just blow off steam, what kind of move is that? Just leave your family without their knowledge for a week? And, ya know, not let anyone in your STATE know, when you're the f'ing gov?
Byebye Presidential bid.
take it easy viva.
no face needs saving here.
nice defense there.
so how does this compare to john edwards in your eyes? just curious.
i don't recall them playing the god card.
did they?
john edwards? are you serious? he makes joel olsteen look shy
The same? Cheating is cheating. Though it was pretty stupid for him to think, "Hey, I'll just decid to fly to Argentina for a week without telling my family or state" and think he could get away with it. And then not even coming up with a good alibi? Honestly?
I mean... why didn't he fly the girl over here?
So, apart from the obvious stupidity on the governor's part, no difference in the essential crime.
i guess i'm just tired of hearing this from the party of family values and morals.
(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.
Gov. Mark Sanford chokes up as he admits to having an affair.
Gov. Mark Sanford chokes up as he admits to having an affair.
"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.
The South Carolina governor said he had been in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
"I'm a bottom-line kind of guy. I'll lay it out, it's going to hurt, and we'll let the chips fall as they may," Sanford said as he spoke with reporters.
The South Carolina governor has had a bruising year, losing his fight to turn down $700 million in federal stimulus money. Sanford initially tried to require that any stimulus money pay down the state debt, a stance rejected by the Obama administration.
The South Carolina's Supreme Court ruled earlier this month that Sanford had to accept the stimulus funds.
Earlier Wednesday, South Carolina Democratic Party Chair Carol Fowler said in a statement it was the "height of irresponsibility for the governor to walk out on his solemn duty to the people of South Carolina.
"When it comes to the real needs and concerns of South Carolinians, Mark Sanford has been pretty much missing in action for the last six-and-a-half years. But it is not acceptable for him to be actually missing.
"However, as disturbing as it is to walk out on your responsibilities without telling anyone, what's more troubling is that the governor and his staff have been less than truthful about his whereabouts," the statement said.
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Sanford's wife Jenny told CNN Tuesday she had not talked to her husband since he left last Thursday and did not know where he went.
"I am being a mom today. I have not heard from my husband. I am taking care of my children," she said outside the couple's beach home on Sullivan's Island, South Carolina.
qft
On another note... that's 2 in 2 weeks. I know all politicians are heads and the majority that are ing around won't get caught.... but seriously... if you're gonna do some damage in 2010 you at least have to spread these around a little bit.
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