Governor Sanford, the bottom of things.....

I think that is the one thing no one has mentioned. He lefted or was gone for Fathers Day!!! Could he not have picked the week before or after. It just added insult to injury for his poor boys and his wife. I think that the fact that he had/is having and affair is horrible but what has gotten people the most outraged is the way he handled it. If he wanted to go to Argentina for a "personal vacation" he could have told his staff and left the Lt. Governor in charge and been done with it. He didn't have to mention he was going there to have an affair. However, I believe it(the affair) would have come out anyway even if he did tell his staff were he was going cause a news paper in SC called The State, new about his affair cause they were given emails from the governor to his mistress. A reportor from that newspaper, who he mentioned at his press conference, waited for him at the airport and questioned him about where he was and then asked about this woman. He did want this newspaper outing him so he held a press confence and told the world.

I wasn't completely sure if they were his children or hers from another relationship/marriage. That was actually the first thing that I thought of, Father's Day.

Lil, you're absolutely right that "The state does not stand still or do the people who live here just because the Gov. goes on vacation" but from what I've heard on the news if there had been a disaster in your state only the governor could declare it as such unless he'd given the Lt. Governor the authority or at least could be reached. I think when you add up his hypocrisy because of the way he was one of the most vocal critics of President Clinton during the Monica scandal, the fact that he abandoned his responsibilities and the fact that he apparently took some of his trips to see his lover using taxpayer funds while trying to keep the unemployed from getting stimulus funds all together the sum is the end of his political career. Annie

Well I agree his actions are horrible and he will probly have to step down...lets not blow it out of portion. How exactly were we in danger? He was gone for a few days. Sure he left the country which was stupid but if something major would have come up we do have a Lt. Gov and other elected officials that could have handled things til he got back. The state house is out of session right now and there is really not much going on here in the state right now. The state does not stand still or do the people who live here just because the Gov. goes on vacation.

Lately his record has been the pits to say the least. I made the comment yesterday before all this came out about his affair, that he has dug his political grave. I feel that the state will be asking for his resignation. As far as his run for president in 2012, I think he messed that up when he refused to take the stimulus money from the federal government and had to have a court order him to take it, and that was just a few weeks ago. I think he will have to go back to real estate development.

They have four fairly young children, don't they? I say they should go to counseling and try to work it out if that's possible.

They do have 4 sons, and this must be heart breaking to them. Especially for their dad to take off over Father's Day. I have 2 boys and Sunday was a big day for them. Wanting to do everything with dad. This type of situtation is always hard on kids.