Family Values

Steve Benen:

In a strange and meandering press conference, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford (R) explained this afternoon that he’d been “unfaithful” to his wife, after developing a “relationship” with a woman in Argentina. Sanford said he would step down as chairman of the Republican Governors Association, but did not respond when a reporter asked if he would step down as governor.

Talk about open borders. Something tells me this isn’t the last word on this ridiculousness.

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  • http://annette-justmylittlepieceoftheworld.blogspot.com/ Annette

    It took him a week or 5 days in Argentina to let this woman know he was going to come home and go public with this, and his wife has known for 5 months..Something ain’t right here…

  • Curly Lasagna

    On today’s episode of “Where In The World Is Gov. Mark Sanford,” we find the peripatetic politician checking out public restrooms in Trafalgar Square…..

  • SharksBreath

    I spent 5 days crying in Argentina.BWAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHYou can’t make this stuff up.

  • roxsteady

    Sorry but, I can’t believe this guy found somebody else who would sleep with him. The guy looks like he could use a sandwich and some sleep! As a woman I’d be concerned about sleeping with someone who’s as frail and gaunt as he is. Whatever!

  • http://politicalpartypooper.wordpress.com/ Political Party Pooper

    What a dumbass. I feel so bad for his family, especially his children.Is it okay to hope he catches a disease? I really, truly, hate fuckers like this.

  • Perilous

    “If by ‘Hiking in the Appalachians’ you mean ‘Screwing an Argentenian,’ then yes. In a related note, it now hurts when I pee.”

  • laddieluv

    And he’s begging “us” to give him “privacy” and understanding??? He says if not for “him,” for his “family”???Are you kidding, you huge holier-than-thou, bigoted, wing-nut hypocrite???You don’t give a sh*t about your family!!!!Why should I!!And he cried???Like Jimmy Swaggert??LOL! Boo-effin’-hoo, you judgmental LIAR!!!He needs to resign from being governor!After all, the wing-nuts wanted Clinton impeached for a BJ, and they didn’t care ONE bit what they said about Hillary and Chelsea!How does it feel??!!I’m dishing up a huge helping of “schadenfreude” right now – ala mode!! I may eat only this for a week. LOL!And boy! Does it EVER taste good!!!I, like some others, don’t think the “full” story is out on this by any means.”Another one bites the dust”!!You’re on a roll, GOP! You’ll be down single digits soon. HAHAHAHA!Karma’s a “bitch”!

  • http://annette-justmylittlepieceoftheworld.blogspot.com/ Annette

    I certainly do NOT feel sorry for him, and the tears he shed were crocodile tears.. As someone pointed out he cried more when he mentioned his friends Tom Davis and Cubby Culbertson than he did for his wife and children.When he was asked about ending the affair and if he was alone, he answered, “What do you think”. That says to me he wasn’t.And where has his staff and protection detail been for the last year..covering for him, just as Clinton’s did? Sorry, but it is true, they did.

  • El Mystico

    Missing Father’s Day to get laid in South America? Where do I sign up?

  • http://oneceltsview.blogspot.com/ Wolfe_Tone

    Skip Father’s Day, go get some nookie in Buenos Aires.What a great role model for his boys.

  • http://politicalpartypooper.wordpress.com/ Political Party Pooper

    After all, the wing-nuts wanted Clinton impeached for a BJ, and they didn’t care ONE bit what they said about Hillary and Chelsea!

    Actually, my reason for impeaching him was for wasting a perfectly good cigar; I will not tolerate a man who places such little value on rolled tobacco. Besides, it was probably a Cuban.

  • Curly Lasagna

    And he thinks he’s presidential material? He’s not fit to be my latex salesman!…..On second thought, considering what he’s been up to, he probably knows his way around latex pretty well…….

  • Jan

    THERE. ARE NO. WORDS.bwahahhahaaaaaa

  • http://www.osborneink.com Matt Osborne

    I guess we can strike him off the list of possible 2012 contenders, eh?

  • http://oneceltsview.blogspot.com/ Wolfe_Tone

    PPP,Think of the trouble Clinton could have save himself if he’d just invested in a good humidor.

  • mattpd

    speaking of cigars… the supreme leader is going to send him a box or two for getting iran off of the front page for a little while.all these repub 2012 contenders are falling by the wayside. leaving who for 2012?Can you say “Jeb” (with Liz)?

  • http://annette-justmylittlepieceoftheworld.blogspot.com/ Annette

    Who says he wasted the cigar… I thought he smoked it after…doesn’t everyone like a good smoke after sex…Oh I forgot he didn’t have sex…lol Just the cigar.

  • roxsteady

    Ouch! Dot it again!

  • Curly Lasagna

    Argentine Tail or Appalachian Trail, I can see how easily these two can be confused……..

  • Any*Mouse

    Is the “zone of privacy” anything like The Fortress of Solitude or the cone of silence?(that was one “strange and meandering” presser. “The biggest self of self is self”…wtf?)

  • El Mystico

    Can I just say… All this Healthcare shit has been making me tense, and John Ensigns affair just wasn’t hilarious enough to take the edge off. Thank you Mark Sanford for the wackiest affair in recent memory. Seriously. The only way we can top it now is if the only picture they can find of this woman is one of her in a bikini and giant hat at Carnaval or something.

  • Allonfla

    Who is this dear dear dear friend that they developed such a serious relationship from so far away? Did they fall in love on the internet via chat room or e-mails? How many times did he talk to her on the phone? Does this person even live in Argentina or did they just decide to meet up there? Why dip out on Father’s Day? Do you have a child in Argentina and yearned for that child as the day approached? Were you crying because you could not have the woman you want or the child you had to deny?

  • http://politicalpartypooper.wordpress.com/ Political Party Pooper

    I’m laying money down in Vegas that his dear friend isn’t even eighteen.

  • Jan

    AND naturally the wife knew about it for 5 months.AND stayed with him.Wonder if she’ll stay with him now?I GUESS it’s time to kick him to the curb. Most likely he has a kid or two or three with the Argentian woman.Lord gotta love the family values party. Engign and Sanford in one week.Oh hell yeh.

  • Jan

    sorry ENSIGN

  • fastgator

    Now his opposition to the economic stimulus plan makes sense.He was more concerned about foreign stimulation than domestic.Ba-dum-dum!!!

  • eljefejeff

    this is just the beginning. we’re gonna find out all about this “friend”. I wonder if it’s even a woman.

  • http://www.flickr.com/photos/38911730@N05/3579489061/ bjritz

    I wonder if the globe trotting guv will keep this policy up this week:Sanford was elected governor of South Carolina in 2002 and was re-elected in 2006. As governor, he holds “Open Door After Four” sessions at his office. These sessions allow citizens a five-minute appointment to speak with him.-usnews.com

  • http://oneceltsview.blogspot.com/ Wolfe_Tone

    PPP,Think of the trouble Clinton could have save himself if he’d just invested in a good humidor.

  • http://oneceltsview.blogspot.com/ Wolfe_Tone

    Oh. Fuck TypeWad, by the way.

  • http://oneceltsview.blogspot.com/ Wolfe_Tone

    PPP,Think of the trouble Clinton could have save himself if he’d just invested in a good humidor.

  • http://tarackian.deviantart.com J M Ashby

    haha I called this last nightNot that it wasn’t obvious

  • cynicalgirl

    Did I just hear Howard Fineman call him “lonely and vindictive”?

  • brutlyhonest

    I was wrong – or at least it appears that way at the moment: I projected he was off with a dude (or two). When the super self-righteous implode, it’s usually that way :P