Did Gov. Sanford's Wife Sabotage Him?

[SuperQueer]

I hope she did. She knew that South Carolina wouldn't stand for his hypocrisy. Get this: The Son of A Bitch is whining and refusing to step down. I'm one pissed South Carolinian!

Washinton Post Article:
Sanford Hopes to Wait Out Critics, Media
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2009/06/26/sanford_hopes_to_wait_out_crit.html?wprss=44

 

[hottimes]

BUT...he was returning from the trip she asked / told him NOT to make, which he went to G R E A T effort to conceal. Kind of asking a lot to show up at his side for a press conference when I suspect all the suspicion / doubt had just been refueled.

 

[hottimes]

Duh....1) By going to his office (in the Gov's mansion) to retrieve a piece of financial info, and finding a copy of an email to his lover....(how dumb of Marko). 2) By telling him to end the relationship and not see her again...(reasonable to me as a starting point for preserving the marriage)?
3) By requiring the separation...him out of the house until the boys were out of school (when she could go to their beach home and he could resume posturing in the Gov's mansion)... sounds like she wasn't seeing any signs of contrition.

In no way did she have any part of his clandestine trip to Argentina. I suspect he wasn't telling his staff hoping to conceal from the Mrs. that he had done it. See, when you're an arrogant SOB who thinks he's superior to 98% of the population, you think you can get away with stupid stunts.

Ultimately, Mark has done a super job sabotaging himself. And by the way, he has NOT slayed any Goliaths.

 

[Just1Cool]

On the other issue: the fact that this has to do with a marriage has clouded the issue, so here's an analogy. Were some office holder caught smoking pot, I wouldn't care; I would care if the centerpiece of their campaign was an anti-drug crusade. Similarly, the Republican party has made "family values" a centerpiece of their advocacy; thus, for most Republicans having an affair is far more germane than for most Democrats.

This kind of ridiculousness is what really clouds the issue. Someone's private life is nobody's business unless it affects their role as a public servant. In this case the problem is the Gov.'s bizzare behavior in hiding his whereabouts from everybody, not the affair per se.

As far as your analogy is concerned its just plain ridiculous. As hypocritical as the drug laws are (i think pot should be legalized on libertarian grounds), the fact of the matter is that an officehold sworn to enforce the laws caught committing a felony is a serious breach of the public trust and an impeachable offense. Cheating is not a legal crime, just a moral one.