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July 02, 2009
Publisher releases SC gov from book contract
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford’s deal to write a book on fiscal conservatism has been terminated amid revelations about his affair with a woman from Argentina. Publisher Adrian Zackheim said Thursday that Sentinel had agreed to release Sanford from his contract.
SLED to say if gov misused funds to see woman
South Carolina’s top cop is ready to say whether Gov. Mark Sanford broke state laws to visit his Argentine mistress.
Chesterfield GOP official calls for Sanford’s resignation
As the situation involving Governor Sanford these past weeks continues to unfold, I am saddened to see confidence and trust in the governor decline.
If Bauer moves up, who takes his place?
If Gov. Mark Sanford were to resign, it would affect the man many feel is actually the most powerful official in state government: Senate President Pro Tempore Glenn McConnell.
First Lady draws support
South Carolina First Lady Jenny Sanford is drawing support for the way she has reacted to her husband’s admitted affair.
For born-again governor, love is a matter of faith
In one especially soul-baring e-mail to his Argentine mistress, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford quoted from 1 Corinthians 13 about the nature of love. It is patient and kind, he wrote. It is NOT jealous or boastful.
SC governor silent as clamor grows for resignation
After days of soul-baring and often odd confessions and apologies about an adulterous affair, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford went silent as the clamor for his resignation grew.
July 01, 2009
Sanford works out of mansion amid calls from some legislators to step down
Gov. Mark Sanford went silent and worked out of the governor’s mansion for much of Wednesday despite calls from some of his party’s top leaders to step down.
AP: Most GOP state senators want Sanford out
The majority of South Carolina’s state Senate Republicans are calling on Gov. Mark Sanford to leave office.
At least 6 SC newspapers say Sanford should resign
At least six South Carolina newspapers say Gov. Mark Sanford should resign because of revelations about his affair with a woman in Argentina.
Americans not explicit when defining what sex is
We talk about sex. A lot. But all too often we don’t know exactly what we’re talking about. What’s considered getting to third base these days anyway?
June 30, 2009
Leatherman joins growing GOP chorus calling for Sanford to quit
Senate Finance Chairman Hugh Leatherman joined five other Republican State Senators released a statement Tuesday calling on Governor Mark Sanford to resign.
Andre Bauer speaks about Sanford situation
Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer speaks about Governor Sanford’s affair and disappearances.
A look at SC governor’s meetings with mistress
A timeline of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford’s meetings with his Argentine mistress, Maria Belen Chapur.
AG asks SLED to investigate governor
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP)—Attorney General Henry McMaster says he has requested that the State Law Enforcement Division investigate Gov. Mark Sanford after revelations involving his extramarital affair.
SC gov ‘crossed lines’ with women
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP)—South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford says he “crossed lines” with a handful of women other than his mistress - but never had sex with them.
June 29, 2009
Governor Sanford explains why he won’t resign
Gov. Mark Sanford opened Monday’s meeting of the state Budget and Control Board by saying that John Rainey, a businessman who first approached Sanford about eight years ago and encouraged him to run for governor, had dinner with the Sanfords Sunday night and said, “I got it. You’ve apologized. You need to get on with governance.“
June 27, 2009
SC governor’s mom praying for son
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford’s mother tells The Associated Press she is praying for her son. Speaking Saturday at her Beaufort home, 83-year-old Margaret Sanford expressed love and support for the governor who this week admitted having an affair with a woman in Argentina.
Unlike Sanford, most governors easy to find
Texas Gov. Rick Perry was raising money at campaign headquarters when an Associated Press reporter called his press staff to ask what he was doing. An hour later, he walked into AP’s statehouse bureau to show he was alive and well and not, say, in South America for a romantic rendezvous.
SC governor’s Argentina trip raises questions
The details of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford’s secretive trips to visit his lover in South America aren’t just headline fodder or political kryptonite.
SC 1st lady told gov to stop affair
When South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford disappeared, his wife hoped he was really hiking on the Appalachian Trail as his staff had claimed. Like the rest of America, she was stunned to find out he had dared to go to Argentina to see his mistress, a trip she told him not to take.
June 26, 2009
Sanford back in Columbia today
The governor was back at the capitol today apologizing to his cabinet. He also did not resign but told us later he would spead the wekend soul searching on the matter.
McMaster weighs in on calls to investigate Sanford
Attorney General calls on all sides to “resist” using law enforcement and legal system for political purposes.
Googling for Argentine lover trumps Jacko, Farrah
Her name was drawing more Google searches than Michael Jackson or Farrah Fawcett the morning after they died. Her picture was plastered across Friday’s front pages. An eight-year-old video from her brief career as a television producer ran over and over. But is she really the mystery lover of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford?
Senator: SLED investigating Sanford’s ‘08 Argentina trip
The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division is investigating Governor Mark Sanford’s 2008 trip to Argentina, during which he began an extramarital affair with a Buenos Aires woman.
Lt. Governor Bauer issues statement on Sanford scandal
Lieutenant Governor says he will not take sides in the debate over whether or not Governor Mark Sanford should step down in the wake of his admission of having secretly left the country to see his mistress.
SC gov tells agency chiefs sorry, get to work
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford is telling his state agency chiefs that he’s sorry for keeping them in the dark when he went to Argentina to see his mistress. The Republican on Friday held his typical public meeting with the agency chiefs, but started with apologies and likening his confession and future to the biblical plight of King David.
SC 1st lady says letter tipped her to affair
South Carolina first lady Jenny Sanford says she discovered her husband’s affair in January when she found a letter to the governor from his mistress.
Agency: SC gov sought more time in Argentina
State officials say South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford asked for extra economic development meetings in Argentina during a trip that brought him to Buenos Aires, where his mistress lived.
Man who would replace Sanford not calling for his resignation
The man who would replace South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford if he resigned over his affair with a woman in Argentina is not joining Republican calls for the governor to resign.
