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| 2009-06-26 |
| Jenny Sanford said Thursday that her husband Mark Sanford's political career is "not a concern of mine" and that She would not speculate whether her husband would resign as South Carolina governor. No need. We can guess how that's going to turn out. "His career is not a concern of mine," she told reporters as she departed the family's vacation home in Sullivans Island, South Carolina. "He's going to have to worry about that. I'm worried about my family and the character of my children." Ooh, "my family". That's going to leave a mark. She added that she would be fine, with or without her "I don't know if he'll be with me, but I'm going to do my best to work on my marriage because I believe in marriage. I believe in raising good kids is the most important thing in the world," she said. After disappearing from the public eye for nearly a week, Gov. Mark Sanford, 49, admitted to having an extramarital affair with an Argentine woman. He also admitted Wednesday that he had not hiked the Appalachian Trail during his absence -- as his staff had said earlier -- but had been in Buenos Aires, Argentina Jenny Sanford would not reveal whether she was headed back to the family's home in Columbia. "Right now we're taking it a day at a time. Right now we're going out on a boat." Better check behind you if you go near the rail, Gov. Gov. Sanford, leaving the family home in a different car, was in a far less talkative mood. "I'm going back to Columbia," he said. The State, the Columbia-based newspaper that acquired what it said were e-mail exchanges between Sanford and the woman in Argentina, acknowledged Thursday that there would likely be people who would call for the governor's resignation. "We are not ready to join them at this point," its editorial said. We've got to talk to our lawyers first, because it's hard to tell what's right and wrong these days. |
| Posted by:gorb |
| #9 For some reasons Americans seem to believe that politicians who DON'T cheat on their wives (or are not caught doing so) are more honest than those who do cheat. I think we don't believe that on our side of the ocean so we pretty much don't care that. |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2009-06-26 21:50 |
| #8 I thought getting women was the main reason men go into politics in the first place (except for Blarney Frank). |
| Posted by: some guy 2009-06-26 11:32 |
| #7 Of course, this idiot will make himself out to be the victim. I hope she holds her ground and sticks to her terms. The guy is a complete moron. |
| Posted by: Art 2009-06-26 10:34 |
| #6 Looks like it is just part of the divorce settlement. |
| Posted by: Richard of Oregon 2009-06-26 10:28 |
| #5 Looks like Mark Sanford may wind up being a charter member of the alternative to Promise Keepers: Scrotum Keepers. |
| Posted by: badanov 2009-06-26 09:01 |
| #4 How lovely for him, Cyber Sarge. That does not excuse the pain his choices inflicted on others. He should either have divorced his wife, with all that entails, or kept his love within conventional bounds. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2009-06-26 08:44 |
| #3 Good for his wife. I'm so sick of seeing these women like Hillary Clinton and Elizabeth Edwards trotted out to the podium like stage props. Finally, a woman with a spine. |
| Posted by: Jumbo Slinerong5015 2009-06-26 08:40 |
| #2 I don't think this is the normal horney politician getting some on the side. I think he really loves this women. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2009-06-26 06:56 |
| #1 where theres a will theres a relative where theres a divorce , see above ! |
| Posted by: Big Foot 2009-06-26 05:04 |