We don't even have to consider whether it matters that he was being unfaithful. The dude just up and disappeared for a week, leaving SC state government with a gaping hole. That's the main issue here. Then, we can bring up the fact that he did this terribly irresponsible thing just for some strange.

As for whether this ends Sanford's political ambitions, I doubt it. In the long run when it comes to affairs, Republicans are pretty forgiving of their own. As long as the affair was heterosexual.

Uh....no. What he -did-, acting in his capacity as the chief executive of SC, was to disappear utterly, leaving no one with a clue how to find him. The affair is irrelevant.

Yeah, it's the way he left everyone hanging. That's just irresponsible.

If he'd handed the reins to the Lieutenant Gov. and then run off to join the circus, that'd be fine.

Just look at the 3 posters above. How they mysteriously ignore the fact that the governor cheated on his wife. If he had cheated with another man, i bet those posts wouldn't even care about his "week disappearance" and focus on the gay affair. But since it was a heterosexual affair, it doesn't matter. You guys are a joke.

Yeah, it seems the TAPPED writers are almost downplaying the importance and scandalousness (is that a word?) of the crux of this matter: a governor up and leaving his job for a week, failing to adequately inform his staff and the government about his whereabouts, and trying to conceal the details from the public he supposedly serves. You think Sanford would be as forthcoming if the reporter from that single newspaper hadn't intercepted him during his return to the airport?

Dana Goldstein even posted, "It was just this morning that I was swearing, in our daily editorial meeting, to never, ever write anything about South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's jaunt to Argentina." Sex or no sex, why on earth wouldn't you sense a serious impropriety going on here?

I don't care if people cheat. It's when the cheating is riddled with judgment about other's lives, hypocrisy, possible use of public funds for foreign booty call, etc. Those are what I find lurid and upsetting.

Dude, wants to make his wife feel like crap and abandon his sons on Father's Day, then at worst, he's a wretched husband and father. Fact that he's made more than one trip to Argentina on public dime, suspicious and worthy of criticism.

Also, go do your business, but contact the Lt Gov before you go. Such an idiot.

Dear shadow_man (above):

Was it a heterosexual affair? I hadn't heard, actually. He was just talking about a "dear,dear friend", so could have actually been another dude.

Cheating on one's spouse with anybody is still bad in any situation, but it doesn't necessarily affect one's fitness for office. What Sanford did, by not making sure his leadership duties where taken care of, definitely does point to lack of fitness.

Grunt

The fact of the matter is, he goes around preaching good family values and denies gays their equality by using "the sanctity of marriage" argument and morality, then goes and cheats on his wife.

That makes him a hypocrite, who clearly proves that he is using "the sanctity of marriage" argument as an excuse to condone his bigotry.

Dear shadow_man:

Yup, he's definitely a hypocrite, and he has shown himself to be a dishonorable person.

I think that this Sanford story may be getting close to being the straw that breaks the camel's back for the "sanctity of marriage" shriekers.

Grunt:

Yeah, many of the people who use "the sanctity of marriage" tend to ignore the real things that are destroying marriage, the nearly 50% divorce rates, the high amounts of adultery, the number of families breaking down, and how guys are considered heroes nowadays to get as many women as they can.

Marital problems shouldn't be political fodder

Tell that to Michelle Obama.

. . . Republicans are pretty forgiving of their own. As long as the affair was heterosexual.

Nope -- he's done for. She was foreign ! ! !

Cheating on one's spouse with anybody is still bad in any situation, but it doesn't necessarily affect one's fitness for office

It does when you say infidelity affects the fitness of others for office. It does when you use your political power to prevent gays from getting married because gay marriage will threaten the straight marriage.

Vitter, Ensign and Sanford are evil, corrupt and decadent -not because they have had affairs, but because they politicize what are inherently private matters and when their own private lives can't meet the standards they want to impose on others, we're told to cut them slack and respect that they "manned up" and apologized. Folks who want to cut him slack, and the Republican leadership that welcomes back their wayward boys with a slap on the back are equally evil, corrupt and decadent.

I'm not tired of hearing of his disgrace - he deserves far more than the ignominy he's received. I'll be willing to rejoice in his humiliation for a few days more, thank you.

Well done!

Point of curiosity:

How exactly could his wife have been forced to stand beside him while he copped?

We may be stretching a bit here. Have other wives been forced in the past?

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