As usual more information comes out. he had more liaisons than previously admitted with his Argentinian squeeze. Then he has been a horn dog with several other women.
He wants his wife to rekindle their romance. Such a deal. He did all that crap to her but now he needs her. His career is over unless she can make forgive him and come back as a family.
Can he survive this?
How is this a question with a factual answer? :eek:
There is a thread on this in MPSIMS.
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I sure hope not. For whatever reason I would find it disapointing to see an electorate willing to tolerate such hypocrisy and lack of character in an elected official. But it wouldn’t be a first.
God, I hope not. Not only is he a first-class prick to his wife, he still has yet to answer for his dereliction of duty resulting from his sudden disappearance. I think the fact that he lacks the judgement that should tell him a governor does not just take off out of the country without telling anyone is good enough reason to demand his resignation or remove him from office.* That’s a error of epic proportions, IMHO.
What kills me is that he’s been dragging his dirty laundry out to anyone who’ll listen, it seems to me, to the detriment of actually trying to repair his relationship with his wife. Really, when I read this I almost wanted to punch my own faithful husband just for being male:
I wonder how these statements make his wife feel. It infuriated me and I’m not even married to him. And then this patronizing bullshit:
Wait. He’s *trying *to fall back in love with his wife? I have the utmost respect for the poise with which Jenny has carried herself through this wretched business, but I have to say, if it were me, I’d be saying, “Don’t bother, chump. We’ll be just fine without you.”
- Not that I’m all that eager to see Lt. Gov. Leadfoot at the reins, but sheesh, I think at least he’d stick around during his term.
He should step down for leaving and not being in contact with the state.
I think he should get a divorce and be with Maria because it seems like that is who he really loves now. But I wonder if she will still be with him now? I know affairs are not good but sometimes it can happen that you can fall in love with someone else.
That, and spending at least $3,000 of state money to go visit Chapur in Argentina.
I don’t know why he could not stay in contact with his office while in Argentina? I don’t think they had any info on his affair so he could just say it was a normal vacation. Cell phones work there too . I guess he figured his office would tell his wife who did know of the affair.
This might sound bad , but I feel bad for the other woman even though I know she did something wrong too. Maybe she fell for the old line about him leaving his wife for her.
This guy seems to be bragging, more than acting contrite. He’s the big hero in a tragic love story. He’s the stud that has many women on the line. He’s a great family man with a wife and kids. He has a wife that nature has forced him not to love, yet he is willing to fall back in love with her…What’s not to love, according to his accounts???
Other than him, that is.
I think he can survive, unless the money thing for his flight can be shown to be illegal.
Am I the only one that thinks that he looks, and acts like a rummy? he reminds me of Wilbur Mills, of the 1970s.
He also crossed the line with several other women. If his wife takes him back ,it will be a business decision. Security and money for her and the kids.
He is such a liar.
Wait. Why does she need financial security from him? She’s a Skil Corporation heiress, has a degree in finance from Georgetown University and previously worked as an investment banker. My impression is that she’s a pretty sharp lady. She’s also got a great deal of public respect at the moment which isn’t going to go away if she kicks Romeo to the curb. Who knows what offers might come her way if she decides to steer her own ship. I think she can manage financially. If anything, I suspect his success is there but by the grace of Jenny.
I’m not an avid reader of the Christian Science Monitor by any stretch of the imagination, but I gotta give them props for the title and leading picture of this article: Is Sanford too lovesick to govern? This is one of those rare times when Republicans genuinely make me happy. I say to the Republican party: chew him and spit him out! Post haste!
And still I feel this unsettling urge to punch his pathetic face in.
You all don’t understand how awful the lieutenant governor is. We don’t care what the hell Sanford has been doing in Argentina if the alternative is Governor Bauer.
I’m relatively new to SC, so perhaps this is a good time to fill me in. He looks pretty untested and inexperienced to me. He’s also got a bit of a problem with driving too fast. Why else should I be afraid of him?
I’m not trying to be disputatious, I really want to know.
If National Review Online and the American Spectator blogs are any indication, Sanford has practically no support on the Right.
When even the far right is telling you, “Shut up, and go away before you embarrass yourself any more,” it’s over.
He’s an embarrassment to the party and needs to go. Such a shame too. I thought he showed much promise.
I should hope he doesn’t survive politically.
Forget about the affair. The guy abandoned his state. Just like Joe Shmoe Penpusher should and would be fired if he didn’t show up for work, Sanford needs to be held to the same standard. I don’t care if he was in Argentina having wild extramarital orgies or if he was there saving endangered tree frogs.
I couldn’t get away with the stunts he has pulled so why should he? His wife should boot him out and the sooner, the better.