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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.
In Argentina, media pursue Sanford’s mystery woman
TV camera operators and photographers camped Thursday outside the apartment building where the woman linked to S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford lives.
Jenny Sanford not standing by her man
Jenny Sanford did not stand by her man. To those accustomed to watching betrayed first ladies smile stiffly through their husbands’ public confessions, the absence of Gov. Mark Sanford’s wife at the soul-baring news conference where he admitted to an affair with a woman in Argentina was striking.
June 25, 2009
Sanford plans 1st public meeting Friday since affair revealed
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has scheduled a special meeting, which will be his first planned appearance since going public with his extramarital affair.
Sanford and family in Sullivan’s Island
The media is still in Columbia, but the governor is not.
Gov. Sanford issues statement on commerce trip
Governor Mark Sanford today issued the following statement:
Airport video shows SC gov leaving
Security videos obtained by The Associated Press show Gov. Mark Sanford wheeling a small suitcase though a South Carolina airport the day he dropped off the map to see his mistress in Argentina.
Sanford’s little lie masks a much bigger one
Six bronze stars punctuate the smooth granite walls of the copper-domed State House. Each marks a scar left by the cannons of invading Union Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman’s bombardment of the capital in the final months of the Civil War. By last Thursday, Gov. Mark Sanford was feeling much like the building in which he had held sway for the past seven years - battered and bruised.
SC governor’s career launched by wife he betrayed
When South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford cheated on his wife, he also betrayed his top political adviser.
Analysis: Why do politicians cheat?
What is it with philandering politicians? Why do men in power - the ones on pedestals - think they are above us and can get away with cheating on their spouses, particularly when media scrutiny is so intense and peccadilloes are arguably more politically damaging than in the past?
Late-night hosts have field day with Mark Sanford
After suffering through an excruciating press conference Wednesday, Mark Sanford got no reprieve from late-night comics who had a field day with news of the governor’s affair.
Va gov says traveling without security unthinkable
Virginia’s well-traveled governor, Tim Kaine, says leaving home without your security detail, as South Carolina’s governor did, is unthinkable for a chief executive.
Some Mark Sanford trips were taxpayer-paid
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has taken at least three taxpayer-paid trips to Argentina, however, it’s unclear whether he met his girlfriend during any of them.
OPINION: Winners, losers in Sanford saga
The decline and fall of Gov. Mark Sanford over the past 72 hours is one of the most painful—yet strangely compelling—events of in recent political history.
Former chief of staff says next few days key for Sanford
The former chief of staff for South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford says he was completely surprised by his friend’s confession to having an affair and the next few days will be key to show whether his apology is sincere.
June 24, 2009
Darlington County lawmakers react to Sanford news
Two state lawmakers from Darlington County said whatever effectiveness Mark Sanford had as governor of South Carolina is gone after the governor’s revelation that he has been having an affair with a woman he visited on his recent secret visit to Argentina.
Emails released between Sanford and mistress
Below are excerpts of e-mails, obtained by The State newspaper in December, between Gov. Mark Sanford’s personal e-mail account and Maria, a woman in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Sanford tells of affair in press conference
The governor said he was here to lay out the whole story and he said it’s gonna hurt. Then with tears in his eyes he told the real reason for his secretive trip to Argentina.
VIDEO: SC Gov. Mark Sanford admits he’s had an affair
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP)—After going AWOL for seven days, Gov. Mark Sanford admitted Wednesday that he’d secretly flown to Argentina to visit a woman with whom he’d been having an affair. He apologized to his wife and four sons and said he will resign as head of the Republican Governors Association.
Statement from First Lady Jenny Sanford
“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…
Gubernatorial-hopeful, Rep. Nikki Haley responds to Sanford’s press conference
Representative Nikki Haley (R-Lexington) released the following statement regarding Governor Sanford’s press conference.
Leatherman issues statement on Sanford
Sen. Hugh Leatherman, R-Florence, issues a formal statement in regards to Gov. Mark Sanford’s press conference on Wednesday.
