Bastard
It’s the only fitting word for a man who abandons his wife and four sons on Father’s Day weekend to indulge his “overdrive” on an Argentinian fling.
Mark Sanford: Bastard.
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If you missed Sanford’s rambling, surreal disaster of a press conference, consider yourself lucky.
He had a hell of a lot more passion and pathos for his mistress than his own wife. He referred wistfully to the “great friendship” and “that sparking thing” he had with the mistress for eight years — during which his wife was raising his four children.
No excuses.
No “but, but, look at all the dirty Democrats.”
This is a disgrace. I called Michelle Obama what she is earlier this week. I call Mark Sanford what he is now.
He called himself “selfish” at the press conference. That’s the least of it.
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If you can’t honor your marriage vows, how can you expect voters to trust you to honor your damned oath of office?
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It’s absolutely disgraceful not only that he had an affair, not only that he lied about it publicly, but that he put his staff in a position to lie about it. And anybody who has followed Sanford was given the impression that he was a family man. Always close to his sons, so tight with his wife that she managed every one of his campaigns and even served temporarily as his chief of staff while he was governor. And yet he abandons them on Father’s Day weekend to fly off to Argentinia to see his mistress, and now forces them to live through all this emotional pain in the media spotlight.
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A reminder about what I said regarding stupid, selfish John Ensign: here and here.
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He isn’t a dem. He is in trouble.
Might I recommend that you not hold back and say what’s exactly on your mind.
All kidding aside. I tend to agree. Cheating is wrong, period. But it takes an extra special guy to do it on Father’s Day weekend.
Ditto
Michelle, your earlier post about directing media attention at republican candidates to hide the repulsive actions of prominent democrats was spot on. Regardless of how you feel about Sanford, it is important to focus attention where it is needed.
Wholeheartedly concur with Michelle’s and 30′s assessment. To the point and honest.
He is probably wishing he was abducted—and so is his wife!
Can anyone bring me up to speed on the latest? I’ve obviously missed something.
Damn shame. The country did not need this distraction, either. But Rush is having some fun with this: “Will there be a Sanford Library, to honor him like we did Clinton?”
*sigh*
Still….not funny. Cheatin’ never is.
Come on! No big deal. It only makes him a human.
btw, good thing this came out before his presidential run.
flmom, check Drudge.
Would it be hypocritical if he stayed?
I don’t see how any women could have an affair with such a little man.
I am sure that all the liberal commentators who defended Barney Frank’s conduct and Bill Clinton’s adventures will be the first to condemn Sanford. And at least Sanford had enough sense to get out of the country before he misbehaved.
vickisoup,
The country doesn’t need this distraction, but the democrats and their media support desperately needs it.
It might help him with the hispanic vote.
I’m very disappointed in him. He brought this on himself and he’ll have to suffer the consequences.
AAAAAAAAAAAARGGGGGGGGH! What is wrong with these guys? Ensign, Sanford, etc. This has to be the dumbest affair of all time. There are only two affairs that I can think of that trump this:
1) Bill Clinton getting his horn played in the Oval Office
2) John Edwards cheating on his dying wife with some gypsy with a video camera
I guess Sanford just really wanted that coveted number 3 spot. Well done Govenah! Now resign your post.
Aaaargh. So so furious about this, and hear I thought we had a sound fiscal conservative. Sheesh thanks for nothing.
come on, it’s not like he fathered a child out of wedlock while campaigning for the presidency. Why would the press be interested in this story? I have seen examples where this type of behavior did not merit public discussion save for tabloid rags like the National Enquirer.
True dat, vinny. Not that we ever expect the dems and the media (a redudancy, I know) to do what’s best for the country.
seems a bit harsh MM…we simply don’t know the circumstances of their relationship. It’s doubtful but for all we know, she cheated on him first…
…and as far as I’m concerned Father’s Day Shmather’s Day, it’s just a Hallmark holiday
I think Calling him Bastard is a bit too strong. If his wife does not care, Why should anyone else .
Tool
But, did he explain why he left the State without leaving someone at the helm. That is also a problem.
Thanks Vickisoup. Wow, there was something fishy about the whole thing IMO, but fishier still are these revelations of Republicans getting caught in affairs. Hmmm, smells a lot like ballerina-boy tactics to me.
I don’t know. It seems so strange on so many levels
I am sure that all the liberal commentators who defended Barney Frank’s conduct and Bill Clinton’s adventures will be the first to condemn Sanford.
Indeed.
On June 24th, 2009 at 3:00 pm, BurnedOutHippie said:
It might help him with the hispanic vote.
HA HHHAAAA… that funny…
still, not with “wise” hispanic women I imagine
Yep. Sonofdy is right. Sanford isn’t a Dem, so he’s in big trouble.
And rightfully so.
I’m just glad this was exposed now, and not in two years or so when some started looking to him for a Presidential run.
Clean house now. Better to have Romney as a fiscal conservative than someone like this whose personal perversions will be nothing but an indefensible liability. Many conservatives looked to him as somebody for the future, but he can forget it.
Mark Sanford: Not just “Bastard,” but “Stupid Bastard.”
I am sorry but I can’t stop commenting about this.
Did this guy not think he would get caught? Oh ya just going on a jolly little jaunt to Argentina. No big deal, won’t come off as odd or anything. What the hell was he thinking? Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
You forgot Spitzer and his whore.
These Republicans who fall to affairs are causing us so much damage and giving the Democrats ammunition. Note to Republican leadership…STOP SCREWING AROUND!!! The world is a dangerous place and we are on the cusp of losing our own Republic to socialism. Is it too much to ask that you keep it in your pants when your wife isn’t home?!? We need you to keep yourselves beyond reproach as much as is humanly possible so that you can gain the majority and undo the damage that 4 years of Democrat liberal dominance is doing to us.
…and by the way, Sanford is a crapweasel.
as my husband often says “men are pigs.”
An affair is WRONG, BUT I will ask him to resign when some of the Bastardly Dems resign for their misdeeds & I don’t mean just affairs.
Giuliani was a hero, even when he dumped is wife on national TV for his mistress. Clinton is every liberal’s favorite philanderer. John Edwards. Ted Kennedy, JFK, hell….Jimmah Cahtah is probably the only Democrat who hasn’t cheated on his wife, though he admitted “committing adultery in his heaht”. And now he’s a liberal hero. Al Gore is too disgusting to hope for a tryst (there; I said it). Sanford is in large company and none of it honorable.
I’m sad.
Ah, very true. How could I forget about that one. Hmm it’s a toss up for third place then, it could go either way.
JFK and FDR had misstresses
That’s because he reeks of peanuts.
He is correct. Most men cheat. Some actually, some virtually (coveting etc)
I agree. I imagine there are teams of people digging up dirt on high-level GOP’s or just regular GOP’s who are or will be running against long-shot DEMs in the next election cycle.
Well, the GOP is known as The Stupid Party. These guys rub elbows with Dems for so long they begin to think they can act like ‘em and get away with it. Ah but,no, they can’t. The media vultures are just waiting to pounce on opportunites like these.
If he breaks vows to the one he CLAIMS to love the most, then how can we trust him to keep his vows to his state?
Very simple; we can’t.
A Quick trip to rehab and he’ll be as good as new.
Looks like Clinton had a wild night in Argentina too but the MSM won’t report on that.
Many mixed feelings on this one. To a great extent we need to back out of every one else’s personal life. Saints are few and far between and if that is what is required for public office then we will only have very good liars in positions of trust. That said, he is the chief executive officer of a sovereign state who took an oath of office to discharge the duties and responsibilities of that office to the best of his abilities. You just don’t jet off to another continent and leave those matters hanging. You must conform your behaviors to the responsibilities you assumed on behalf of million of Carolinians. In that it is not his family he has set adrift it is the citizens of his state.
Oh, and keep it in your pants jerks until AFTER you’re out of office.
… and Spitzer’s successor …
This guy was a ray of hope in the conservative movement (at least for me), now, just another politician.
Hey Sanford, Deny the media a distraction from what Congress and the administration is trying to push on us. Resign now for the sake of America if not your family.
Well if he were a Democrat, wife in pretty blue dress standing at the podium, he would be promoted.
Didn’t Clinton make the outline clear, it’s his private business.
in his mind
Only works for Dems. As a high profile GOPer – it’ll follow him the rest of his public life. The MSM will see to it.
Cheating is wrong, always. But since Dems do it and get elected all the time, that is probably not the swing issue (pardon the pun). These trysts lead to our undoing, yes, but not because it is frowned upon by the voters (unfortunately); it’s because the Dems call it out as hypocrisy which, to the Democrat (big ol’ hypocrites themselves), is worse than being a mass murderer. They can kill millions of unborn babies, oppress women with their liberal progressive causes, throw people out of work to save the sacred spotted owl, work to free Mumia, celebrate hedonism and ruinous illicit behavior of all kinds, but hey…do something that is “hypocritical”? You must be destroyed at all cost.
Oh come now, Michelle, ‘bastard’ is an insult to his parents, not to him. I can think of all kinds of far more appropriate pejoratives: adulterer, cheater, philanderer, Spitzer, Clinton. They just flow so easily.
Stupid is right. Bastard is even more appropriate.
Sorry, I emphatically disagree.
I’ve been true to my vows, and I know many, many men who are like me.
We’d rather loose the ability than cross that line.
But…remember, this isn’t just about an extramarital affair. It is also about lying using his office to the people who voted for him.
That puts him out of any consideration for high office in my book.
We are NOT collectivists, and we can’t excuse behavior like this. If we do, what differentiates us from them?
Okay, my anger/frustration has resided.
I am actually GLAD this all happened?
Why you may ask? Because if Sanford is this STUPID then we certainly should feel blessed that he is not going to be a potential contender for the Republican POTUS nominee.
So Gov. Sanford, I apologize for being angry with you, and instead thank you for saving me the grief in 2012.
May your future travels to Argentina be safe and philandering.
WTF!!
Lest we forget, there is still one huge stinking dog in the U.S. Senate whose personal sins put them all to shame.
I agree; not all men cheat!
God bless you, Ragspierre. Thanks for being a fine man and great example.
RSS: you shouldn’t talking about Kennedy like that.
Sanford/Ensign 2012
“Change” of heart, you can believe in…
Counter examples : David Vitter, Newt Gingrich
It just seems too coincidental that the two recent ones are smart, articulate and Conservative[as opposed to RINO], and were considered rising stars. Okay, I’ll scratch the ‘smart’. Their brains have obviously migrated South, if you get my drift.
Rudy and McCain too …
I’ve been posting on the other Sanford thread. But I will continue here. Some of the comments on this thread are upsetting to me. And, Max, yours is one of them. This isn’t only about him having an affair, which is bad enough. It is about his complete, total lack of good judgement, sense of responsibility, common sense. The man just took off without telling anyone. Not his staff, not his family, no one. Can anyone condone that stupidity and still think he did not do such a terrible thing? He disappears, goes down to Argentina to screw around…over Father’s Day, then is surprised that people are making such a big deal of it. He is seriously flawed. And he is toast. Those of you who are confining this issue to him “just having an affair” are really missing the point. And just because dems do it, does not mean we should blow it off as being no big deal. This man had a lot going for him and so much potential. He is now just a blip on the radar of history. Very sad.
RSB…
Hypocrite or idiot.
I am always torn as to which applies MOST to you.
Bastard is right. Dude needs to resign as governor and go the hell away. What the hell is wrong with these people.
Great. Sanford just handed the MSM a distraction on a silver platter that will keep the public’s mind off the Dems power grab and discredit their opponents. This fool may just have guaranteed the passage of ObamaCare.
He should resign. He is both unfit for office and major liability.
BASTARD
Okay ladies, which is worse? The man who cheats or the lady who, knowing he is married, tempts him and/or seduces him? Women cheat too. I just had to brush back an unwanted advance while the wife was out of town.
Give us men a break. Some of us are just piglets.
Let’s keep the focus on the act and the scums who perpetrated it.
So the party of family values strikes again. It’s not the affairs as much as it is the hypocrisy. Our holier than thou Republicans run on the values platform and are just as lustful and unfaithful as any Democrat. Kyl and Sanford are just the latest. The GOP ideology is a disaster.
Exactly what I thought. When are Republicans going to learn to keep it in their d@mn pants? If they can’t do that, resign and get the he!! out of the party!
This crap of resigning only his leadership posts is just that…CRAP!
GET OUT!
I can’t help but wonder how many of the people on the board throwing rocks at Sanford have been getting a little on the side themselves.
Oh, I thought you meant Kennedy.
Dems always try to make this a GOP hypocracy thing. Given thier parties history,,, exactly what gives them any moral superiority???
LOL
Sure, temptation happens. But I hope everyone at least looks at their kids and realizes that they are, all by themselves, a really great reason to not succomb to it. He has four kids. Wow.
As I’ve said before, Rags…I love you.
I never get tired of always being right.
Gosh…
I guess we should all become like collectivists, with the morals of an ally cat.
Cheat, lie, steal, destroy liberty, kill babies…
repeat as desired.
wth? Every time this happens I ask my husband the same thing…
‘what is it that’s missing with these guys?’
check and mate, txvet2
It means that his affair leaves him unsuitable to lead republican governors. But he is perfectly OK for the people of South Carolina.
Makes Sense ? Not …
Can’t say this surprises me, and that’s sad, but I think a lot of people were putting Sanford up on such a pedestal that he may have been to ripe a target to not fall for something like this. Oh well.
I want to see what this other woman looks like. She had better be HOT.
Good news for Gov Palin ?
Serious question: what exactly is it about cheating on a man’s wife that disqualifies him from governing?
If Steve Jobs got caught with his pants down, would you think he should resign from Apple? If not, what’s the difference?
Disgusting behavior. I never was so uncomfortable listening to a press conference.
How about Sarah Palin for RGA leader?
Like Spitzer’s ?
As things now stand in our nation, we have a political class largely composed of narcissists. The reality of running for public office is almost a filter that screens out normal people.
When we find one, it is like a breath of fresh air. This is, from my point of view, one of the things that I like most about Mrs. Palin.
RSS…As many on this thread have mentioned…it isn’t just the affair. It is the timing of it on Father’s Day when he has four children. It is the fact that he didn’t think it important to tell anyone he was just going to disappear for 5 days. It is his lack of good sense and judgement. Seems you are suffering from some of that yourself.
Yeah, and he killed somebody.
I just listened to his press conference and it was sickening. He is reveling in all the attention. Please change the headline to SICK BASTARD. This guy is almost as full of himself as Dear Leader.
Sean Hannity is of course sticking up for him on his radio show which only emboldens retards like this guy. Can we not find one honest man to be a leader?
It has always been like that. Some politicians are just good/lucky and keep their dirty laundry hidden.
as my husband often says “men are pigs.”
Well, maybe the best thing to come out of this is – - – the MSM will cover this instead of Obama health care ‘story’!
reverse quotong. lol
Which is a very liberal mindset. No big deal.
Clue:
Both involve vows. If you cannot keep your vow to your wife, what the hell good is your word/vow to the people your represent?
The CEO of a corporation makes no vow to the end-user now does he?
As in every other case, it indicates a lack of judgement, common sense, and fidelity to principle. And as with every other case but Clinton, (including Kennedy), the result will be at least to exclude him from further consideration for the presidency.
If he switches to democratic party, he will win in a landslide.
I would not condone such an act but I would caution against throwing Sanford and others like him under the bus. You are falling into a trap to weaken those who are fighting for liberty at home against those who do not hold themselves to any standards. Hitler and Stalin were not hypocrites BTW.
As for adultery, I have seen at least two surveys that show that rates for men and women are equal. I have seen plenty of examples in my personal life of wives cheating on husbands. Remember that in the old days, women stayed faithful because they were economically dependent, and because the morals were stricter at the time. Now that women work, and because the moral hazard of no-fault divorce laws often make it profitable for a women to divorce even if she is at fault, men have to think twice before getting hitched, with or without a pre-nup.