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 …
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As if we didn’t have enough of low-life political clown shows today, John Kerry uses Sanford-gate to deride Sarah Palin:
Ugh.
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“I believe Mark has earned a chance to resurrect our marriage”
Looks like governor is getting a second chance.
Stay classy Jenny.
Michelle, it looks like Rich Lowry ambiguously pulled in a jab too against Sarah and her “family…involved in tabloid scandals.”
I wish she would just dump the weasel. She deserves better. And she would certainly be better off not having to introduce him in the future as “My husband Mark, disgraced former Gov.”
She is not standing by him but not kicking him to the curb either. Maybe for children’s sake ? Anyways good luck.
I’ve never understood why the wives are expected to endure the added humiliation of standing by his side during the “I’m sowwy” presser. As if they haven’t been through enough. It’s downright cruel.
There’s a proverb: “Screw me once, shame on you. Screw me twice, shame on me.” After 8 years of getting royally screwed, let’s hope it sinks in, Jenny.
As for the bastard, he’ll slide with today’s attitude of do anything, totally anything in your “personal life” just as long as you make the trains run on time.
James Greenidge
Queens, NY
**Don’t Cry for me, Argentina,
The truth is I never left you
All through my wild days
My mad existence
I kept my promise
Don’t keep your distance…**
Oh, well. Another one bites the dust.
James – I doubt it will go so well for him. As Krauthammer pointed out, beyond the treachery to his wife there is:
Dereliction of duty. He is the chief executive of a state and must be available in case of emergencies. The Lt Governor had to call in the National Guard.
Moreover, his actions seriously call into question his sanity. The infidelity to his wife is bad enough. Going AWOL from high public office to do it is way over the top. I doubt he will serve out his term.
No one knows what truly goes on in a marriage. What this guy did, although wrong, is a symptom of a bigger problem that pundits will never know or understand.
Dear Gov Sanford, please tender your resignation before the close of business this week.
“I’m sorry’s” are a bit like placing a bandaid over a severed limb. You could have told your wife, before you decided to become fully engaged with another woman you are not married to, and saved your wife and children excruciating humiliation. There are very few events in your life that you don’t have the time to step back and evaluate your actions. Caught up in passion or the moment? I truly hope Miss Argentina was worth it. You’d not enjoy a second chance with me.
Hey, there’s one bright aspect to all this: Sanford has completely taken the wind out of ABC’s Informercial for Teleprompter Jesus.
If he’s going to go down, he might as well do so in a way that’ll do some good…
The dems are trying to attach Palin to this?
Yep, she must really have them scared…
Holding her two magnificent parts? What does that mean?
At least Clinton diddled the intern in the Oval Ofiice so he could be there when the phone rang.
Just got home and am watching Sanford’s press conference,
courtesy of Shepard Smith.
What I want to know is:
Who are the female reporters behind him (2 black, 1 white)
who are smiling and barely containing their glee and smug smiles?
Anybody else catch that?
Like Krauthammer said: such obvious political suicide.
Why would he do this?
Maybe because as Charles also pointed out the man’s porch lights are on, but no one’s home. My interpretation.
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I haven’t followed this story.
Just wondering, how did this happen to come out into the public eye?
Anyone who’s been married for more than 5 minutes can understand that temptation is out there. But alas, it’s a commitment, and the word “commitment” means you stick with it even during times you don’t feel like it, including when you’re tempted. Anyone can stick with a commitment like marriage when it’s easy and fun, but the true test of whether or not you really meant those vows is when it’s not easy and not fun.
It sounds to me like he did not break it off when she found out about it, so she kicked him out.
my deepest feelings of sympathy for Mrs. Sanford and the four boys, hopefully they all will get through this without too many internal problems…it’s an ugly thing their going through.
As far as that GOP(Good Ole Pal) Rich Lowery goes he is another water carrier for the squishy Republicans like Romney. Like to ask Rich what he thinks of that Ma. health care plan of Romney’s and how good it’s working out for the citizens of Ma.? Now the state is broke.
I hate it for them. They are a very nice family. I could not be more surprised by the Governor. She is a classy lady and a delight to work with.
Hmmmm… “world wind”… is that like “whirled peas”… oh my, you smooth talker…
Too much free time now Markie-boy… why don’t you ring up John-boy Edwards… what a pair you’ll be…
By the way, it might be time to clean up that shotgun out by the barn…
If I were going to lose a spouse and family to divorce – nevermind the division of assets, it sure wouldn’t be over this guy. I admired his decisions and political views, but come on. He was a target that got his clock cleaned and the state of South Carolina are the losers. How did those e-mails surface?
Were he a democrat, his infidelity would be a resume builder. I can see excusing some things, if for no other reason than the fact that democrats either excuse or promote their own in proportion to how big a sleaze they are…but in this case, there can be no exception. This cheap, lying, clinton-esque adulterer has demonstrated effectively how unworthy he is of his family as well as his high office; no apology or admission of wrong doing will do. I’ve always felt that a true leader will lead by example, personal habits do and can affect professional behavior, and settling for less (i.e. mccain as a presidential candidate) when other and better people are availible is short sighted and stupid. Democrats may treasure drunken midnight rides that kill, representatives running gay prostitution rings in their house, and reps keeping the bribery cash cold in a freezer, but we can do better. Every elected official should be held to the highest standards…failure by officials to hold said standard coupled with an electorate that doesn’t hold them accountable is what causes politicians to be rated somewhere south of dog catching as a profession. Here’s hoping the wife kicks him to the curb, followed swiftly by the good people of his state!
Because the vast majority of politicians believe they are better than the rest of us; and that they are the ‘chosen few’ to show us the way; and that their actions are somehow beyond reproach. When you’re powerful, catered to and pampered, but seldom questioned to any depth, you eventually start to believe your own press. The stupidity Sanford suffered from is believing he could get away with it as a Republican when the MSM is an arm of the DNC.
Obviously you don’t understand the economies of scale. (j/k)
One of my first reactions was a sinking feeling on top of my sinking feeling, because I suspect somewhere Mitt is celebrating.
Isn’t Kerry a bit old for these highly juvenile comments?
Someone over at hotair said Mrs. Sanford comes from a wealthy family. Hopefully she won’t have to give any assets to her cheating husband should they divorce.
I am glad she kept her dignity and made her hubby twist in the wind alone with his performance today.
Anytime someone starts to troll around on the internet, they are just LOOKING for the opportunity to put themselves in a position they should not go anywhere near. Obviously he was on the net a few years ago. I am wondering how he was able to hide this so long.
What an idiot.
“world wind tour”?
The adulterous jackass can’t even spell “whirlwind”!?!?!
Maybe we should be turning to Jenny Sanford for president in 2012! This is a strong woman with obvious character.
I’ll say a prayer for Jenny and her family tonight.
I guess it means that she has had a hemicorporectomy?!
She is a classy lady in this time of disgrace I pray that she will have the loving arms of a real MAN, that is the Lord Jesus and his comforting Spirit, to strengthen her in this time.
and by the way, he is such an ugly guy, yuk!
“Helloooooooooooooooooooooooooo…”
He might have pulled this down on his head… on purpose…subconsciously? Not?
Get used to it.
The entire country is going down the tubes.
No real Hope. No REAL Love. No REAL TRUST.
No God in schools or even on buildings, no prayer…anywhere (unless you’re moooslim), no ethics nor morals.
Thats the OBAMA WAY.
No higher power
The Dems, and the entire left, like it this way.
They have no code of ethics, no moral code with which to lead their lives, crap happens and they think they are in control. It’s spreading.
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Evil is spreading.
isn’t it fun to condemn people who have no impact on your life whatsoever? Doesn’t it make you feel warm and fuzzy inside?
She told him to leave 2 weeks ago. She’s known about this for 5 months. She hasn’t ’stood by him’ since then and likely hasn’t been supportive of him for some time before that.
He stood alone as the one governor standing against an incredibly popular president on fiscal conservative issues. His own party, and his own state had turned against him.
He went to a place where he thought he’d get at least some support.
Unfortunately for MM and the rest of the people who gleefully condemn, adultery is not against the law. If you would like to start a campaign to make it against the law, go right ahead. Call me when he breaks a law.
In Iran, adultery is against the law.
And with the POS moooslum the idiot fawning people of this country voted into the office of President, adultery will soon be against the law here.
What the one wants, the one gets.
God, the real one, help us all.
Whaaaaat? Oh. Okay – so we don’t know “both sides.” Obviously, this is supposed to mean that maybe Jenny is some psychopathic wife who “drove” her husband to be this stupid. . . .
Whatever. It says a lot that she did not make his affair public until after he skipped out on the governor job and tried to make up some idiotic story about hiking the App. Trail by himself.
I’m sorry – don’t buy this “we just don’t know what’s really going on” crap.
Good grief! Nobody is gleefully condemning Sanford! But, quite literally he made his bed and he now gets to lay in it.
And is your argument that Mrs. Sanford drove him into the arms of another woman? Seriously, do you believe women are just asking to be raped too?
Good grief. Adultery is not against the law any longer because men figured they could write it out of the law and then avoid the consequences of it in the divorce court. In the good old days before “no-fault” divorce a man would get his genitalia handed to him and lose most of his assets if he was caught “dipping his wick” somewhere else while married. These adultery laws were enacted to protect women against these kind of philandering jerks.
Um, Thacker…it is against God’s law to commit adultry. And I don’t see “glee” in MM’s comments. Where did you get that?
So – ‘God’s law’ says that.
I don’t know about your Bible, but mine says in 1 Kings 11: 1-3 that Solomon (the wisest, wealthiest, richest AND MOST BLESSED – by God – man in the Bible) had 700 wives and 300 concubines.
Is that part of the Bible that you believe or not? Why would God have blessed someone who was so obviously breaking ‘God’s law’?
Again, people love to condemn other people who have no bearing or impact on your lives whatsoever. MM is posting in glee here to get more traffic. Look at the number of people willing to throw another stone at Sanford.
Of everyone here (including MM) I’d be willing to bet that ZERO people posting here have ever met Mr. Sanford or ever will. Much less have something taken from them by him.
Why then do people enjoy condemning? You don’t have to. It must make you feel better to talk about how bad someone else is.
I’m not married, and likely won’t ever be. I would LOVE to have a family with lots of children. But it just seems to open you up to a lot more problems than it solves.
Me? I would rather focus on loving and being loved than figuring out what other people are going to think of decisions I’ve made. I see marriage as a commitment to well being for life. I think you can love more than one person. . . as the Bible (which likely determines ‘God’s law’) contains many instances where people had more than one wife.
Sanford didn’t necessarily ‘leave’ his family. I’m certain he still loves his family. But he got something from this other person that he wasn’t getting at home.
I’m not blaming Ms. Sanford. . . but I can imagine during this time when he’s getting attacked directly by the president of the United States that MR. SANFORD needed some support. Mrs. Sanford was doing just fine. Mr. Sanford was taking bullets from all directions.
If I were him, I’d just leave America. It’s full of a bunch of judgmental voyeurs anyway. His marital indiscretion has nothing to do with anyone on this site. He didn’t break a law. He didn’t rape anyone either as a more recent ‘holier than thou’ said earlier as a ‘moral equivalence’.
But this type of attitude is why I’m no longer a part of any church. And it’s also why I don’t go out in public much. And it’s also why I won’t likely get married or have any kids. And I suppose that people prefer it that way than for me to get married, have a family, and GASP! commit ‘adultery’ like Solomon.
You are welcome to leave at any time. God’s speed and good luck.
Yeah, it’s called the Ten Commandments. Ever hear of them? And what about his wife and children whose hearts he has broken? Should we not feel sad for them? You have a lot more issues than I care to deal with, so I will just leave it at that. You have enough problems without my calling you a moron.
Enough of this already!!! You’re calling this man a bastard and a jerk, but we still don’t know the whole story. Maybe, just maybe, the prodigious first lady has some faults of her own. Good grief, is there something wrong with appreciating the beauty of another? What kind of rhymes-with-witch must Jenny be to have driven Mark so far over the edge? C’mon! He wasn’t getting what he needed from that frigid wife of his, so he just stumpled into the arms of another… it takes two to make a marriage fail, and I just refuse to drink your Kool Aid that makes people think she’s a saint and he’s the sinner. Doggone, I think that reconciliation will only be possible if they both admit their faults (to each other and to themselves). Jenny needs to get off her freaking high horse and stop pretending that she has no fault… I trow that she does. Rather than praise her “class,” you should mark her for her foolish pride.
I assume you mean know, but anyway, would you like to provide some proof that you know she has any fault at all?
Here’s my question: for eight years, this man has been able to keep this secret from all who knew him, from his closest aids, friends, etc.? Please. Somebody knew, at some point in these last eight years, where he was going, what he was doing. You don’t just hop on a plane out of the country, come back, and no one ask the question, “hey man, how was your trip?”. At some point, someone may have been suspicious because his phone wouldn’t pick up for a couple days. Where was the friend to say, “hey guy, this isn’t a good idea.” “Mark, don’t even think about spending time alone with another woman, much less getting a plane to see one on another continent.” My point is this: Mark Sanford is a scumbag, but so are any and all of his worthless companions who knew what was happening.
“He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.” Proverbs 13:20
How about “…my former husband, the guy who broke the holy and everlasting covenant of marriage…the same politician who is promising you, the voter, he will do something…”
Yep, that should do it.
Jenny will do what’s right for herself and her children. Let’s not judge a women harshly who would forgive and be reconciled. We can’t know exactly how she’s feeling.
True, we don’t know the whole story. Yet, you go on to call his wife “frigid”. Classy.
Great point happy!
Well we know Bruce cheats now, don’t we?
Wellllll…we don’t know Bruce’s whole story, do we? But yes, I do believe he is a cheater.
I am so sick of all the slugs that infest our ruling political class. To hell with them all.
My heart and prayers go out to Jenny Sanford and her children.
“I am so sick of all the slugs that infest our
ruling political classentrenched criminal class of corrupt weasels. To hell with them all.”Can’t help it. We’re all thinkin’ it. Might as well be sayin’ it.
So The State has had these emails since December 2008 and they’ve been sitting on them. How did they get them? Did Gov. Sanford know they had them? Interesting. And the reporter knew which plane to meet in Atlanta to catch Gov. Sanford arriving from Argentina. How did she happen to be there in the apparently early morning hours waiting for the governor? And they know the name of the woman (”Maria”), so it will only be hours before her whole story gets spilled out in the press. There’s a lot more here that needs to be fleshed out, and I don’t mean pictures of Maria’s tan lines. Sanford is a louse, but something else is fishy here.
MarcoPolo, your right, I don’t know a lot about economics beyond the basics, like don’t spend more than you have…unlike most governments in the states. Referring to states, cities, counties and of course the U.S. budget. My remark about Romney’s health care plan was something I’ve read and didn’t bother to file it in case I ever needed to repeat it and was questioned.
Now, can you explain to me exactly how “economies of scale” is working so well in Ma. in regards to the state health care plan?
Please enlighten me, I’d like to know. Point I was trying to make was Romney is another RINO. I would have much preferred him to McCain, that does not mean he is, was not a RINO.
The story I heard ’round the net is that they received them anonymously, and since they couldn’t confirm them, they didn’t use them. After all heck started breaking loose, they gave the governor an opportunity to refute them. He did not.
But yeah….how did they get them?
Ron, I agree, there is a lot more to this story. I wouldn’t put anything passed the dems to do dirt on any Republican they can, they watch the polls too ya know…and the BO and cohorts are losing ground.
First, maybe I should explain that j/k means “Just kidding.”
You understand it just fine, me thinks!
Sorry for the aggravation! Sarcasm and the ‘net don’t always mix well.
np, tks for clearing it up.
I couldn’t get past the “dearest’s” and “beloved’s” in that back and forth with Stanford and his whore without the feeling of vomit forming in the back of my throat…
Another hero bit the dust. Where do we find an honorable candidate for POTUS? If we don’t find one soon we’re doomed. How about Michelle Backman/Sarah Palin? (I think I spelled that right). So far, she seems to have good morals! Once again, TOTUS is my hero
That’s not even the saddest part. I caught a glimpse of his press conference on Greta’s show last night.
What is wrong with people? This man a governor, had an affair with another woman, concealed the matter, disappeared with apparently not telling anyone in his office where he was going, and what do I see in the camera behind him? A number of people including a young probably pre-teen african american girl with this big grin on her face.
I turned the thing off after seeing that for a few minutes. I mean seriously, has our society become so corrupted that we smile, laugh, and giggle when something like this happens in America?
As if we need more proof that we have failed our children on the moral instruction count.
From John Dickerson at Slate
I find it a little easier to have sympathy for Sanford than for Spitzer or Clinton. Partly, it’s because Spitzer and Clinton had a pattern of using and objectifying women, whereas Sanford’s accounting … if true … is more of a one-time failing. But also partly because Spitzer and Clinton never really seemed truly repentant. In fact, they seemed downright arrogant and angry that they were being called to account. And their Stepford wives seemed to stand by them in the name of political advantage, whereas Sanford seems keenly aware of the hurt he has caused those around him.
Why would someone do this? Because he is a self-serving, base individual who isn’t committed to anyone or anything but himself. He has spent a life time serving his own wishes and desires, he has no disclipline or moral fortitute. It is that simple.
John who?
I bet John believes Rush killed an abortion
Doctorperson.Men and women make mistakes every day. I feel sorry for everyone concerned including Gov. Sanford. He let down his family and the people of SC. He didn’t let me down though. I’m not from SC. So what if he was considered to be a GOP front-runner or whatever? Now he’s not. If he were the last GOP standing, I’d be upset. If he sold secrets to Al Qaeda or the Chinese, I’d be upset. There are other highly qualified members of the GOP that can be front runners.
He doesn’t seem like a playboy to me and I don’t know why, but I just feel sorry for him. Not as sorry as I feel for his wife and sons however. I want to be clear about that.
I wish the family wouldn’t be subjected to all the unseemly correspondence between the man and his mistress (which is already happening). I wish the public would shun stuff like this instead of being so enthralled with it. It’s a bad situation for everyone, including the people of SC – I wish we wouldn’t have to hear about it the next 6 weeks. What’s done is done, but we will all hunger for the sordid details at the expense of this man’s family..What is our moral responsibility in situations like this?
Is it possible that he was going to Argentina to break off the affair?
You might not think it prudent, but he formed a bond with this other woman. He owed it to her to break it off face to face and not by a phone call or an email.
To all you hyper-judgmental unforgiving pharisees: I know where you live… it’s in one of those glass houses!
You continue to over-sanctify Mrs. Sanford, and unfairly judge the governor. She has refused to assume her share of responsibility in the failed relationship, and thus she has become more of a fool than her husband who at least has had the decency to admit his own failure.
If Jenny cared enough about keeping her man, *she* would have been sending Mark emails after the similitude of Maria’s… but NO! She wants to be a freaking rhymes-with-witch and keep her man too? C’mon, this is 2009… a man no longer has to be dominated and psychologically abused by his wife any more. There are other fish in the sea, and Mark apparently caught him a fine one.
So (I hate to break your idealistic bubbles) I must mention that affairs happen all the time. In fact, affairs and divorce are pretty much normal for our society, so we need to interpret the seriousness of the Governor’s behavior in light of the norms.
Some of you are so abysmally sexist in your rants, you are almost disgusting!
As for the emails that mysteriously turned up at The State and for that reporter… I’m sure this was set up by Andre “Zippy” Bauer or one of the Governor’s many RINO enemies. Normally I would suspect a Democrat, but this is a special situation in South Carolina.
Get real.
I hope he didn’t break it off with Maria… looks like he’s going to be freed up soon!!
Wow. Your post says volumes about you. Obviously, you have been terribly hurt by a woman and have had an affair which you justified as your perfect right. Seriously, you are one bitter, nasty man. And why are you placing blame on the wife who we know absolutely nothing about and who owes an apology to NO ONE. What makes you think she has any responsibility in this? Where are you getting your facts? Talk about the pot calling the kettle black. Your glass house just contains bias against the wife without any proof whatsoever. Grow up.
1.) Yes, Solomon had 700 wives and 300 concubines. However, he was condemned for marrying a bunch of foreign women who drew him away from God. Regardless, Christians are no longer under ANY Old Testament law, so that point is moot. God always intended it to be one man, one woman, for life.
2.) Just because something has become ‘the norm’ does not make it right. That’s a poor and pathetic way of trying to justify your own actions. My parents have been happily and faithfully married for over 26 years, so I know first hand that it can be (and should be) done.
3.) Kudos to Mrs. Sanford for her quiet strength and dignity. When I first saw that these emails had been published, my heart went out to her – that has to be mortifying. I wish the best for her and her children.
Tazed and Confused said:
Uh. Thanks for the thoughtful response.
If he does intend to make amends with his wife, in addition to a confession of his transgressions (which he made months ago to her), he would need to end the relationship with the other woman. I don’t pretend to know the details of their marriage.
Michael Graham was on the radio here in Boston and brought up a great question.
Would women be happier if Mr. Sanford had first approached his wife before the affair began and said to her, “I found a woman that I’m falling in love with. I’m divorcing you to pursue a relationship with her.”
Yes. At least he wouldn’t be sneaking around and lying t her. And I seriously doubt that this marriage can be saved. After reading those e-mails, would you take a man back who said those things to another woman? I wouldn’t. She is better off with that scumbag gone.
Bruce = Troll
I don’t know Governor or Mrs. Sanford, but I do know that he has screwed up the whole “I’m going hiking on the Appalachian Trail for four or five days” excuse for the rest of us. Thanks alot, pal.
People like Sanford do more damage to the Republican Party than anything else. They supposedly stand for conservative values, then fail to apply those values to their own lives. Gov. Sanford, you just pegged the Cringe-O-Meter!
And anyway, why in Hades did he have to go all the way to Argentina to find a hussy?
he surely would surreptitiously travel to Argentina to meet privately with his slut. Yep… that’s a fine plan…
And I don’t think you understand the covenantal concept “marriage” at all. Hopefully you are single.