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Okay, teeny tiny upside to the Albany coup—we know where our governor is at all times, especially since David Paterson said he's not going anywhere with State Senator Pedro Espada Jr. claiming he's the acting lieutenant governor. This is unlike South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford (R), who went AWOL for a few days. His staff said he was hiking somewhere along the 2,000+ mile Appalachian Trail, but it turns out he was actually in Argentina.
The State reported, "Sanford...decided at the last minute to go to the South American country to recharge after a difficult legislative session in which he battled with lawmakers over how to spend federal stimulus money. [After initially considering Appalachia] ‘I said no, I wanted to do something exotic,’ Sanford said. ‘It's a great city.'" Sanford didn't make any arrangements for who would make decisions in his absence; his family didn't know where he was either. In an April interview with Newsweek, Sanford started crying when discussing the stimulus package.
Update: Sanford had a press conference earlier this afternoon and explained his "exotic" trip was to see the Argentinian woman he was having an affair with. Well, people of South Carolina, maybe you can be happy you didn't find out your governor likes hookers and unprotected sex (yet—there's still time!)? The NY Times called his press conference "rambling" before he got to the good stuff (video is after the jump):
"The bottom line is this. I have been unfaithful to my wife.
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"I developed a relationship with what started as a dear dear friend from Argentina. It began very innocently, as I suspect these things do, in just a casual e-mail back and forth. But here, recently, over this last year, developed into something much more than that. And as a consequence, I hurt her. I hurt you all, I hurt my wife. I hurt my boys. I hurt friends like Tom Davis. I hurt a lot of different folks.He did ask the media not to bother his wife Jenny or their four young sons. Jenny Sanford said that after reconciliation attempts failed, "We reached a point where I felt it was important to look my sons in the eyes and maintain my dignity, self-respect and my basic sense of right and wrong. I therefore asked my husband to leave two weeks ago.""What I did was wrong, period. I spent the last five days crying in Argentina."
The Washington Post's Chris Cilizza offers these thoughts: "The problem for Sanford is that he appears to have willfully misled his staff, the lieutenant governor and the people of the state about his whereabouts -- signaling that he was likely headed to the Appalachian Trail before hopping on a flight to Argentina. There will almost certainly be some sort of investigation into whether Sanford misused state funds on this trip -- remember that he took a state-owned vehicle and parked it at the Columbia airport -- that will keep this wound raw for the foreseeable future," and "The cover up is ALWAYS worse than the crime. It's a cliche for a reason; note to future politicians: if you make a mistake, you need to own up to it immediately and totally. Do not obfuscate, do not try misdirection. In the modern media environment where private is public, the truth will come out."
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What a jackass.
What a Pampas ass!
There needs to be a mental evaluation done on this guy.
seconded
He's a "conservative" Republican, what more do you need?
No mental evaluation needed. It's simple -- he got fed up with his overbearing wife (who "launched" his political career) and the stress of being governor and instead chose to run off to Buenos Aires and have hot sex with his latina girlfriend.
Is that so hard to understand?
According the the Post, a quote from one of his emails to his girlfriend:
"I could digress and say that you have the ability to give magnificent gentle kisses, or that I love your tan lines or that I love the curve of your hips, the erotic beauty of you holding yourself (or two magnificent parts of yourself) in the faded glow of the night's light -- but hey, that would be going into sexual details,"
Any questions? This guy had been living a lie to meet other people's expectations. All he really wanted was a passionate relationship with a hot chick he could talk to. The only people to feel bad for are his four sons.
I mean, it's fine if you want to get away or whatever, but like, at least tell your family...
I mean, it's fine if you want to get away or whatever, but like, at least tell your family...
Idea for a great reality tv show: Put this guy and Glen Beck in a Winnebago and have them trek across the country, and see who has a complete mental breakdown first.
I'm convinced the reality of a Black President has shattered the minds of both these poor fellows, and they now have only a tenuous grasp on what is real and what is not. Poor little racists.
that is one of the dumbest things i have ever heard anybody say...is that you al sharpton?
Would be ironic if someone killed him while he as down in Argentina or he died by himself. Who will find out?
Yeah, that would have been totally ironic.
Maybe they'll have a biography of this wussbag on Lifetime someday.
More likely E True Hollywood Story...
Should have gone to Mexico. With all the drug wars going on down there, he'd really have an excuse for not showing up to work, especially if he got himself kidnapped. As it is, he's extremely irresponsible for skipping out on his job and not telling anybody and if I were an SC resident, I'd be voting for a recall.
Sanford, Blago and Patterson on "I'm a Celebrity.." 2
Argentinian tail does sounds a lot like appalacian trail.
I can see where the miscommunication happened here.
best comment so far...
best comment in weeks!
... meant for #2 -- ya gotta love the Gothamist software!
Learned today he cheating on his wife with an Argentina woman. Politicians and their penis.
Yet another spokesperson for the repugnican sanctity of marriage and traditional family values set. Couldn't have happened to a more deserving bigot.
Are we sure it was a lady? The Governor's statement is that he had an affair with a "dear, dear friend".
He said their relationship evolved ironically as he was counseling her to stay with her husband.
Oh, grow up. What he did was wrong and we all know it, but to turn it into another excuse to display your gay-bashing insecurity is ridiculous. For your edification: "And as a consequence, I hurt her."
Hey, chill out. Sorry if you took this as "gay-bashing insecurity". That certainly wasn't the intent. I'm no homophobe. Are you referring to other comments you think I've made or something?
Anyhow, there are plenty of stories of closeted, married politicians who have affairs with men on the side and get caught. I just found it odd that I only read him refer to the person as "a friend".
Odd that would be the first thing you think. No one else here jumped to that conclusion. I wonder why?
It's probably because I am a deeply closeted gay man who wants desperately out of his marriage.
There are flights to Argentina every day from JFK.
SC being an fundy asshole state, over there adultery is a crime, punishable by six months to one year in prison, and/or a fine of $100 to $500. But of course, IOKIYAR so he will probably just say Jesus spoke to him and forgave him, and all the wingnut bible thumpers will tear up and say what a wonderful humble religious and repentant man he is.
Del Signore should have been given this story. He just lives for news stories like this. Double entendres, etc.
Need pics of wifey side-to-side next to GF, judgement reserved til then. Then those amongst you who would not pop off for a few days to SA with your Latina sweetie may cast the first stone. Don't forget Dadoc's Rule #1 of Life: "Men are all pigs, women are nothing but trouble". #2 is that thing about cooking bacon while shirtless.
Eventually we succumb to the power of pussy
Eventually we succumb to the power of pussy
Eventually we succumb to the power of pussy
FYI, I posted this comment on my iphone and it posted thrice.
Not quite so simplistic, FTC, but you're getting closer. Finally, not quite the usual derogatory usage, except in your implication. The woman consists of more than a few square inches. There's so much to enjoy. He "fessed up", give the guy a break for a bit.
This has got to keep up. One more perverted Republican and Rush will go into cardiac arrest, thinking he's next.
Rush limbaugh confines his perversions to himself...not by choice.
Yeah, you can keep it up, but it's easier if you realize one thing: politicians are politicians, regardless of party. It is division of the populace that gives them their power. I would suggest perusing Machiavelli "The Discourses". Dem, Rep, all the same lying sacks of offal. And I do wish daily for Rush to choke on a handful of OxyContin, just cuz he's so friggin annoying.
Don't blame the conservative Republican politicians.
All those wives must be just awful.
I'm sure that Argentine woman, as a wise Latina with her richness of experiences, would bring Sanford to a better sexual conclusion than his white wife who hasn't lived that life.
Sanford committed near-intentional political suicide. What's wrong with men in power?
I'll be the nerd and say I don't like that this is making headlines. He screwed up his personal life, and if that affects his political career, so be it. "Don't take the bait."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alec-baldwin/dont-take-the-bait_b_220402.html
http://www.terra.com.ar/canales/informaciongeneral/202/202099.html
The S.C. Politician's mistress now wants to reconcile with her husband.
I thought it was interesting that the U.S. press mentioned nothing about the Argentine except her sex and her nationality. I had to go look up Buenos Aires newspapers to get a full dish of the gossip, of which there was plenty -- this woman is prominent there, an interesting person in her own right and very good-looking in the Argentine style. However, they can't seem to agree on whether to spell her name "Shapur" or "Chapur", which I guess sound the same in the local variety of Spanish.
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