Comments on: I Bet He’s Not The Only One…

By: El Padron

El Padron — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:03:15 +0000

Thanks Karen – that’s quite a compliment coming from you.

By: Janean

Janean — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:13:43 +0000

For most of the people I talk to that actually live here in South Carolina, the fuss is mostly not about the affair itself, but the fact that he completely disappeared for several days without leaving anyone clearly in charge. It was grossly irresponsible for someone in his position.

That and the fact that he has always been so self-righteous.

He’d already made a lot of people angry recently by trying to refuse much needed federal money because he didn’t approve of where the federal government said the money should be spent. He lost a lot of political capital when the state legislature overrode him. He’s always preaching about cutting “pork” from the state budget, but the kinds of things he likes to cut out are things like providing medicaid (health coverage through the government) to women with breast and cervical cancer. He’s such a kind and thoughtful man, you see.

By: joanne

joanne — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:08:52 +0000

The controversy is also due to the fact that he is the chief executive of a state and even his wife and staff didn’t know where he was for what, 5 days? Governor is a very high office, probably POTUS is the only American elected office that’s higher. His security detail didn’t know where he was? Then lying about it and saying he was hiking? Really dumb! At least tell someone where you are.

By: Karen Scott

Karen Scott — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 20:42:35 +0000

Merlin, you are such a man. *g*

I think the fuss is due to the hypocrisy of him staunchly preaching ‘family values’ whilst slipping it to some bird who wasn’t his wife.

By: El Padron

El Padron — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 20:37:26 +0000

You know I’m going to say it don’t you ?

I really don’t understand why there’s such a big fuss about this. I’m not saying that he’s right exactly but isn’t it the case that there’s only a fuss because he’s a public figure : if he was a bus driver nobody would be interested in this at all.

By: Anon76

Anon76 — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:57:06 +0000

“Sanford said Chapur is his soul mate but he’s trying to fall back in love with his wife.”

That bit is just disgusting beyond means. To say that in public rather than in private to his wife, well, disgusting. Because, yes, sometimes people fall out of love…but do you have to rake your wife’s heart over the coals in public for everyone to see?

And if she is taking him back purely to cement her or her childrens future political aspirations, then it’s like a Clinton redux.

WTF is wrong with people like this?

By: Kay Webb Harrison

Kay Webb Harrison — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:38:57 +0000

I have been learning a lot about the extramarital affairs of U. S. senators, representatives, and South Carolina Gov. Sanford on recent editions of The Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC. Republican Senator John Ensign of Nevada hasn’t pretended that his married lover is his “soul mate.”

If you want to find out more about the sexual shennanigans, check out Rachel’s show’s site. I’m sure you can watch relevant videos.

Kay

By: Lorraine

Lorraine — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 01:47:25 +0000

I don’t know how these political wives can handle the public humiliation that their cheating husbands put them through. *shudder* It’s a bitter pill to swallow for the sake of the children, money, political power or whatever reason they do it for.

On the upside, I LOVE IT when hypocritical right wing conservatives are outed like this!

By: maddie

maddie — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:40:07 +0000

All WS say things like soul mate because it makes them seem romantic instead of a lying cheating assh*le…

how romantic to fly to another country and cheat on your wife with a dried up looking she/he………

Those poor boys to have an asshat for a father. I hope they take after their Mother.

By: Angelia Sparrow

Angelia Sparrow — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:58:33 +0000

I’m NEVER surprised when a Family Values Republican gets caught in a sex scandal. They only support “family values” in order to make society hold their own skeleton-filled closet shut for them.

Churches in the south teach God Hates Divorce because it is right there in the Bible, lots of times, some of it from Jesus himself.

Another day, another GOP presidential hopeful implosion.