The dignity of Jenny vs. the jerkitude of Mark
Unlike other self-esteem-lacking wives of cheaters, Jenny Sanford shows real courage, class, and dignity in her statement to the press — and in her decision NOT to stand by her adulterous husband at his public confession.
Godspeed, Mrs. Sanford. Via McClatchy:
I would like to start by saying I love my husband and I believe I have put forth every effort possible to be the best wife I can be during our almost twenty years of marriage. As well, for the last fifteen years my husband has been fully engaged in public service to the citizens and taxpayers of this state and I have faithfully supported him in those efforts to the best of my ability. I have been and remain proud of his accomplishments and his service to this state.
I personally believe that the greatest legacy I will leave behind in this world is not the job I held on Wall Street, or the campaigns I managed for Mark, or the work I have done as First Lady or even the philanthropic activities in which I have been routinely engaged. Instead, the greatest legacy I will leave in this world is the character of the children I, or we, leave behind. It is for that reason that I deeply regret the recent actions of my husband Mark, and their potential damage to our children.
I believe wholeheartedly in the sanctity, dignity and importance of the institution of marriage. I believe that has been consistently reflected in my actions. When I found out about my husband’s infidelity I worked immediately to first seek reconciliation through forgiveness, and then to work diligently to repair our marriage. 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.
While she was raising his sons, he was penning crap like this to his mistress:
From Gov. Sanford,
Date: Thursday, July 10, 2008, 12:24 a.m.“One, tomorrow leave at 5 a.m. for New York and meetings. Will think about you on its streets and wish I was going to be there later in the month when you are there. Tomorrow night back to Philadelphia for the start of the National Governor’s Conference through the weekend. Back to Columbia for Tuesday and then on Wednesday, as I think I had told you, taking the family to China, Tibet, Nepal, India, Thailand and then back through Hong Kong on world wind tour. Few days home then to Bahamas for 5 days on a friend’s boat for the last break of the summer. The following weekend have been asked to spend it out in Aspen, Colorado with McCain – which has kicked up the whole VP talk all over again in the press back home …
Two, mutual feelings …. You have a particular grace and calm that I adore. You have a level of sophistication that so fitting with your beauty. 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 …
***
As if we didn’t have enough of low-life political clown shows today, John Kerry uses Sanford-gate to deride Sarah Palin:
Ugh.
See what others have said
Note from Michelle: This section is for comments from michellemalkin.com's community of registered readers. Please don't assume that I agree with or endorse any particular comment just because I let it stand. A reminder: Anyone who fails to comply with my terms of use may lose his or her posting privilege.
Trackbacks
- Mark Sanford cheats on his wife! Republicans continue to emulate democrats! | Fire Andrea Mitchell!
- Republicans Behaving Badly « NEOAVATARA
- Hot Air » Blog Archive » Video: Congressman preemptively apologizes for extramarital affair
- The Republican case for Traditional Marriage: a response to Maura Flynn « Jim Blazsik
- Price of Hate: Alaskan Liberals Out to “Get Sarah Palin” « Frugal Café Blog Zone
- The Left’s Definition of Victims & Role Models: Sonja Schmidt, on Elizabeth Edwards, Mark Levin, and Sarah Palin (video) « Frugal Café Blog Zone
- When Republicans Don’t Take the High Road (updated) « Frugal Café Blog Zone
- Don’t Cry For Me, South Carolina « Around The Sphere
- PAXALLES
- Sanford Wasn’t Hiking After All | Caffeinated Thoughts
- Jenny threw the bum out! | The TIW Blog
- Riehl World View
- Sanford’s Affair May Too Prove To Be Pro-Romney | The Great Illuminator
- Moralia - Governor TMI
- Compassion, What a Concept « Teh Resistance Blog
- Yet Another Rat Bastard | Pirates! Man Your Women!
- Jenny Sanford: champion of marriage or yet another wife-victim? | Select Your Vote
- Yes, Sex Sells: Media Gives More Attention to Sanford’s Affair Than Illegal Firing of Inspector General Getting Too Close to Truth Behind Obama’s Cronies « Frugal Café Blog Zone
- Yes, Sex Sells: Media Gives More Attention to Sanford’s Affair Than Illegal Firing of Inspector General Getting Too Close to Truth Behind Obama’s Cronies « Frugal Café Blog Zone
- Mrs. John Conyers Pleads Guilty | The Great Illuminator
- Leading Californian Politician Fails on 1st Amendment. | eransworld
- When Will Mark Sanford’s Sorrowful Mid-life Crisis Press Coverage Come to an End? « Frugal Café Blog Zone
Comments
You must be logged in to post a comment.
Categories: GOP, Mark Sanford
Power Line
» More From the East Anglia Archives
Doug Ross @ Journal
» ACORN pwnage part II: Breitbart's BigGovt Lowers the BoomBig Government
» BREAKING: San Diego ACORN Document Dump ScandalVillainous Company
» Amateur Hour in the Oval Office Continues....Nice Deb
» OGreen Room
» Times Slimes Obamic ClimesLegal Insurrection
» Nation Mag Outs Secret U.S. Anti-Terror Program
“surreptitiously” in what regards? I don’t think we’ll know for certain whether or not Mrs. Sanford knew where he was going. Then again, she’d already threw him out of the house a few weeks ago, so that in and of itself may be a valid reason for not knowing and for Gov Sanford not telling her.
If I were Gov Sanford and I was trying to privately end the affair, I would tell my staff to make something up as well seeing as I otherwise had no good reason to go to Argentina alone. I think the only reason this had to go public is that some other weasel was stealing his emails.
I’ve been married for five years to someone I love as much as I ever, but I won’t be so naive to think that there might not be someone out there I have yet to meet with whom I would connect on an even greater level. I hope that if that day should ever come, that I have the strength and judgment to make the best decision for all of us.
Bruce = MAJORLY DISTURBED TROLL!
Slight correction, Bruce AND ThackerAgency = trolling.
You people calling me a troll show the darkness of your own hearts. I have set forth a compassionate, thoughtful, and forgiving framework whereby we can fairly evaluate the Sanford mess.
1. It takes two to make the marriage fail.
2. Haughty Jenny presumes to be without any fault or deficiency in any aspect of their relationship.
3. To me, what Mark did is wrong, but it’s not as wrong as it used to be… it happens all the time. It’s normal, so get this matter in it’s proper perspective.
4. I don’t think Mark should break it off with Maria. Apparently they have a very good, loving relationship that Mark will need once his wife dumps him for good. Jenny’s statement seems to make clear that she has no genuine interest in any reconciliation with Mark.
5. Like happens often, the process of reconciliation is in the full control of the woman. She is going to decide how much time the process will take, she is deciding when Mark can come home. Furthermore, she is looking down her long, snobby nose as if she has a right to be his judge. Folks, forgiveness is forgiveness. It doesn’t take a long time, and it is not conditional of some femi-nazi’s concept of the universe. She should be working just as hard to get things right as he does.
6. OOOOOOOOooooo, the poor kids. OK, it would be nice for the kids to grow up in the ultra-wealthy universe without having any hiccups on the way. Hiccups happen. It’s reality. It happens all the time and the kids always deal with it.
7. You should offer the same understanding, compassion, and forgiveness to Mark Sanford that you would want should you happen to fall into a similar predicament.
8. I’m glad that she didn’t appear with him at the news conference, the way the Democrat wives do. I think they should both be completely honest with everyone rather than make pretenses (like Jenny did in her statement). C’mon… this isn’t the 18th century. Divorces happen and both of them can move forward and hopefully find happiness again.
So, this kind of thinking makes me a troll? I think many of you are over judgmental, regarding this situation with a female bias, and certainly *not* exhibiting the kind of response something like the Bible would encourage. I’m nice. I’m good. I’m fair. You’re not, so what does that make you?
Kids don’t deal with it. They adapt and survive, but that’s hardly the same thing. If you live in a neighborhood with teenagers from “broken homes,” and I can’t think of many (if any) neighborhoods that don’t qualify, then you have to be blind not to see this.
Mark broke a promise, and we have no idea why. It’s obvious that he’s in love with this other woman, and that’s unfortunate.
He and his wife must at a minimum call an honest truce, for the kids. Period. No divorce, no “open marriage,” and no sniping. Civility and unity of purpose, aka “maturity,” must prevail.
Calling his eMail crap is childish and churlish. Adultery is as old as time. You might recall it being mentioned in Genesis. David was famous for it. Biblical scholars will point out that the whole “muslim problem” has its roots in Ishmael, the illegitimate son of Abraham.
None of this makes it right, but let’s not be holier than thou (and, no, I haven’t – but I’ve certainly been tempted), but let’s not be children – starting with Mark and Jenny.
This is none of our business. His betrayal of the people of his state, by leaving without telling anyone his whereabouts? That’s different.
But this? None of our business.
Yes, you are compassionate, thoughtful and forgiving…of Mark. But your nastiness towards the wife, who by the way, was the wronged party in all this shows how two-faced you really are.
Maybe troll isn’t the right word. Hypocritical jerk is a better description.
Based on his points in #87, Bruce is an idiot. I am guessing Bruce’s last relationship didn’t last long and was quite painful. I am also going to bet that his former “partner” is better off without him.
No, Bruce, one can easily destroy a marriage or relation all by their lonesome. I have seen it happen several times.
Where has Mrs. Sanford said, done or implied any such thing?
That it happens all the time does not make it less wrong or more acceptable and certainly not normal. Were that the case then murder would by your idiotic definition be “normal.”
Again, you are clueless. Jenny has to figure out what is best for her and her kids. These things aren’t put back together over a weekend. May this works in the movies you go to but real life isn’t that way.
Jenny is the wronged party in a contractual arrangement here. Once again you keep demonstrating how little you know about relationships!
Frankly, if I run out and cheat on my wife I would deserve the exact same treatment that Sanford is getting. People should be publicly shamed and ashamed when they do shameful things. It helps remind others of the cost of doing such things.
You appear to be the stereotypical caricature of men that feminazis complain about.
Sanford’s decision to cheat seems similar to Jon Gosselin’s of Jon & Kate plus Eight. Both were really stupid and potential career ending. I don’t like divorce but if you have a problem in your marriage and you make an effort to reconcile but it won’t work then you should do the decent thing and get a divorce and don’t put your kids through the indignity of an affair especially when you live in the public eye.
That being said none of us knows anything about the Sanford’s marriage. Maybe he is just a jerk and she did do everything she said she did to keep the marriage going. In the case of the Gosselin’s, anyone who watched the show can see that Kate was a bit of a control freak who would belittle her husband even in public. I sympathized with him because we actually saw her horrible treatment of him I doubt anyone would want to live that way. Do we know how Jenny Sanford treated her husband? No we don’t. So everybody should stop picking sides. I know a lot of good men who have been divorced because their wives forgot that it was just as important to be a wife as a mother. Also, I know a lot of men who were jerks whose wives left them.
Stop jumping to conclusions.
tes
Standard – so let me get this straight, its the honorable thing to do to break up face to face (for five days) with the mistress while lying to others about where he was. Because he “owes it to her.” I seeeeee…
Hi to the “Other Happy.” In the matter of Bruce, I actually asked for him to be kicked off this site awhile back because of some extremely racsit posts. (Way beyond the usual “everybody’s a racist” liberal labels). You are quite right in calling him the jerk that he his.
Bill C and Bruce and Thacker – IT DOESNT MATTER HOW SHE TREATED HER HUSBAND-NOBODY PUT A GUN TO HIS HEAD-if he wanted an affair he should have separated and begun the divorce proceedings. It takes less than one day to pack a bag and file a form at the courthouse that you can fill out yourself.