June 24, 200917 yr COLUMBIA, S.C. — Mark Sanford, the governor of South Carolina, apologized in a rambling news conference on Wednesday for having an extra-marital affair with a woman in Argentina, ending a mystery over his week-long disappearance that had infuriated lawmakers and seemed to put his rising political career in jeopardy. Governor Sanford admitted he had been in Buenos Aires, Argentina, since Thursday, not hiking on the Appalachian Trail as he told his staff.
June 25, 200917 yr This is the second sex-scandal in about a week involving a married Republican big-wig. The party of family values? Ha!
June 25, 200917 yr This is the second sex-scandal in about a week involving a married Republican big-wig. The party of family values? Ha! Not only having an affair, but lying about it. Isn't that somewhat like what Martha went to prison for and Clinton was impeached for. I know the lie wasn't under oath, but still a lie.
June 25, 200917 yr The news conference was fantastic. Tears. Sadness. I loved one journalist's questions after he admitted the affair. He was asked, "were you alone?' He said, "obviously not." LOL If he was alone and having sex would that be an affair?
June 26, 200917 yr THough sex scandals are not just of the left or the right, it is especiallly gratifying to see another of those who preach "sanctity of marriage" and "family values" go down. The things this man said about Larry Craig (resign!) while he was involved in his own affair, and about Bill Clinton, make this even more gratifying. They keep this up, they will have no one to run in 2012.
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