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[...] Sanford's trips to the Argentine.  And a South Carolina newspaper is calling on him to resign.  Only one?  [...]

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He is very untrustworthy. He planned a secret trip to see his mistress after his wife found out about the affair and they were working on getting their marriage back together. I think he isn't really to give up his sparks as he put it for this woman. He told a lie and was very dishonest to his family and to the people of South Carolina. Not only did he lie but had someone on his staff helping him with his adulterous behavior.

I am not one to call for politicians to resign, especially over an affair, and that is not the reason in this one.

However, when you are the governor and leave the country without officially handing the mantle of power over to the Lt. Governor, and are gone for a week, that is dereliction of duty.

They put the VP officially in charge when Reagan was shot and undergoing surgery and that was just for a few hours. Six days and lied to the staff so if something had happened, he truly would have been of of the loop.

That is reason for Sanford to resign.

This is how I see it.

1. An affair doesn't always ruin a political career, but he fought on moral values, so he is a hypocrite.

2. He used taxpayer dollars, an abuse of power.

3. He left his job for 5 days, something which many people cannot do without being fired.

So for abusing power, skipping a couple days of work out of the blue with no planning, and being a hypocrite should be why he resigns. If he didn't campaign on moral values, I would barely even think of the affair.

New Day, the post on the ticker right below this one says that yes, he did use taxpayer money to fund his trip.

He should resign now before he is forced out. His personal battle is only going to get worse as his wife finds out more details about his affair. The best thing he can do is take himself, along with his wife and family out of the public spotlight. The people of SC deserve better.

I think he created this media nightmare around the issue for himself on purpose, to force his resignation so he wouldn't have to make the choice on his own.

The hypocracy of the Republican part never ceases to amaze me. Every one of these guys that wanted Clinton impeached and campaigns on the low moral standards of liberals has one of these skeletons in their closets. So it's your turn to be impeached Mr. Republican Hypocrite. No pork barrel spending huh governor? How much did those tax payer paid flights to see your girlfriend cost?

Silliness. Are we going to start asking every single person out there who cheats or goes through a divorce or has a sick spouse or some such devastating PERSONAL thing to resign from their jobs because they can't "navigate a deep and painful personal crisis and [do their job] at the same time"??? How about we just make it law that if you're going through a divorce you are fair game to be fired by your employer, who can then site concerns over your ability to cope with both your traumatic life events and your job at the same time?? Fair is fair, no?? Raise your hand if you successfully negotiated a separation/divorce, the death or a child or spouse, a serious medical condition of your own, etc., and still held your job without being fired for being unable to perform your duties. Now, for those of you who raised your hand...you should've resigned or been fired anyway. Fair is fair, no?

GROW UP AMERICA AND CUT THE CRAP.

@Rob Kole June 25th, 2009 10:57 am ET

Was he not one of the people calling for Clinton to be impeached for his affair?
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Clinton was impeached for LYING to a Grand Jury in a sexual harrassment case ..... he was not impeached for the affair.

More revisionism from the left......

when somebody only supports the militant christian version of marriage, and refuses to grant women their own reproductive freedom gets caught in a situation like this, they should quit.

when somebody uses taxpayer funds to carry out their own hypocrisy, they should be fired.

TCM June 25th, 2009 11:07 am ET

Was it mentioned that NO republicans were part of the "handpicked," 164 "guests," to the OBAMACARE OBAMATHON? That, no conservative questions were allowed? Gee, I thought ABC said that they were "solely going to pick the audience, and be fair about it…"

yeahh….sure..
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Gotta love the losers crying over the ABC special. Last time I checked this was a blog about Sanford. But you had to start crying about Obama – boo hoo hoo. Life isn't fair.

Remember your fearless leader that always stacked the audience with only ardent republican supporters? How soon are we to forget. At least you are keeping the tissue paper industry in business with all your crying. Boohoohoo

If he doesn't resign, he needs to be impeached. I seem to remember a certain president being impeached for breaking the law. Sanford carried out his adulterous affair on the taxpayer's dime – I'm pretty sure that's not kosher.

Fine, there is no law against hypocrisy. But, if there was, every conservative republican politician would be in jail (Vitter, Ensign, Craig, Foley, Sanford, yada yada... on and on...)

Aim high!

HAHAHAHAHA! omg, those silly, silly, God-fearing, morally righteous Conservatives... LOL

I don't think he should resign over having an affair. I think he should resign if he used taxpayer's money for the trips.

All of this is a moot point, however, since I am not governor of South Carolina.

So, I guess it comes down to this, he should:

a: resign like he said a person should do in this situation
b: explain why his view is different now, than when he made those statements and apologize to the people he said should resign.
c: explain how his situation is differen than the people he said should resign and how this difference is why he isn't resigning.

but, being a politician, he will:

d: ignore what he said in the past and spin it to make him look like the victim.

As much as I'm enjoying this, Sanford should not resign due to his affair. If people of SC feel like he neglected his official duties by going AWOL – then that would be a reason, but if everyone who had an affair had to quit their job, there wouldn't be too many people working anymore.

He probably will...and should ....resign. Republicans tend to do the honorable thing, unlike most dems who think they can hang on and fight till the problem "goes away".

It's horrible that he has had an affair, but when was the last time someone resigned due to an affair? Doesn't happen.

The public berating that he's gone through has been and will continue to be bad enough. Then he has to regain the trust of his family ...

The man should resign if he can't do his job...but to resign over an affair is ridiculous.

The difference between the US and abroad: Abroad people expect and accept that their elected leaders are going to behave this way. In America, voters believe that their elected ‘puritan’ leaders are not going to believe this way then fall down on the ground in shock and despair when they do.

He is the GOP's best. Wow he and Palin. What a team they would be.

Finally, someone is standing up for the people of South Carolina. We are growing wearing here of the national media saying that there has been an outpouring of support for him. For most conservatives like myself, this is the last straw. No true conservative would take a taxpayer-funded trip to Argentina to visit his mistress if he were in fact a true conservative. Most people I talk to - who are REPUBLICANS, by the way - think this man should resign....You guys need to READ the comments to stories in The State newspaper and The Greenville News which have been left by reader - the same people who typically support this man are calling for his head....

Bye bye Gov. The people of SC can now start to recover some dignity.

Oh, how the self righteous fall over their human frailties. One down and only 19 to 20% more to go.

Amen!! He needs to step down.

However there is a clear and consistent them with the GOP. They talk one way and act another.

Good ol' conservative values.........family means nothing.

Look at Newt Gingrich...a three time loser at marriage......and he is one of the biggest ringleaders of the Conservative values.

Everyone makes mistakes, but when you characterize yourself as the "Conservative Christian" party you raise the bar ......allegedly. All I see is people who are hypocritical!!!!

Sanford step down and run back to your wife.....unless she feels different after your emails are all made public.

Makes my skin crawl when I hear how high and mighty these guys talk and all the time they are scum.

Get on Hannity......he will put a spin on it and talk about Clinton for six months.

please people. if clinton can run a country and be leader of the free world after having SEVERAL affairs, deep or perosnal or not, then sanford can certainly run sc. leave the man and his family alone. get over your all rightous moral self before someone condemns you to hell for the sins that YOu have commited. yes you did.

Was it mentioned that NO republicans were part of the "handpicked," 164 "guests," to the OBAMACARE OBAMATHON? That, no conservative questions were allowed? Gee, I thought ABC said that they were "solely going to pick the audience, and be fair about it..."

yeahh....sure..

I'm reminded of a saying I heard while living in the south, "Watch out when throwing rocks into sewage, it may splash back on you." It is funny that many of these same individuals who are now falling, as this man has, in the past called for others, including Pres. Clinton, to resign after their matters were revealed; but are now facing the same demons.

This should be a lesson to us all. 1. Judge by the measure we wish to be judged (keeping in mind that we are all human and can fail as this man has present or future); 2. What does his failure in his marriage have ANYTHING to do with politics and getting the job done? If personal matters like these are used as an ability measure to get the job done, then more then half of our nation (married folks) would be out of the job tomorrow; and 3. How does this matter, as well as Ensigns or Clintons OR ANYONE affect our ability to have a working government?

While marital infidelity is a problem for all people, it sure is draining the GOP bench for 2012. I feel the worse way. The GOP needn't worry as most people will vote Obama/Biden in 2012.

This guys tears are phony. At the same time he says that he is working on his issues with his wife, he is buying a ticket to Argentina to have further extra marital relations. What a jerk. He needs to resign.

The fact that he took a taxpayer trip to Argentina last year is proof enough that his priorities are a bit mixed.

Time to bow out before it becomes another political scandle for the GOP.

Resign and leave with a little bit of dignity.

At least he follows in a long line of righteous conservatives getting caught with their pants down (literally). How can anyone beleive his crocodile tears. I assume he is crying because he got caught and not because he has offended everyone from his wife and sons to the public.

This guy isn't playing with a full deck– too many "oops" moments in his recent history. I think he needs to resign and get some counseling and try to get his life back together. Right now he's just a train wreck headed for the big crash....

There is no excuse for what this man has done, expsecially to his family. And he should face up to and accept the consequences of his actions.

That being said, he has now passed the only requirement for him to become a Democrat. Get some tax evasion and a cottage in Ireland under his belt, and he can get a cabinet position maybe.

Come on, CNN – stop gossiping about Sanford....what you really should be covering is the failing of OBamacare....his trite, bumbling, stumbing infommerical was a disaster despite how much the liberal media try to prop it up. Being evasive, and downright avoiding questions that were softballs to begin with, shows that Obama's in way over his head; and must exist in some sort of altered reality if he thinks this will work in its current form. We do need some reform to the current costs we incur as citizens, however, we don't need Obama and his cronies meddling with our healthcare; especially to the point where he can have access to private medical information.....downright intrusive and socialistic......

What a JERK! He doesn't give a crap – he's the obvious 2012 GOP Presidential frontrunner now. This stunt will put him out in front of Palin on the "family values" train for sure!

Although i'm not supporting what he did or for that matter any politician cheating on their spose from either party, what he did is not against the law and for that matter cannot be a reason of why he should resign unless of course he feels he should.

Sanford shouldnt resign, Clinton as president and CIC didnt resign

He should also immediately resign as Gov.
The Lt. Gov. can take over until a regular election will take place.

Once someone lies....continualy.............this is a learned behavior.....this will continue ,as his staff and now the whole world knows.

This man clearly needs councling or a regular basis.

He needs his full attention on whatever he intends to do with himself by himself.........leave the public out of his "affairs".

I agree he should resign, but not just for the affair and for the state's economic issues.
Sanford should resign for being AWOL on the job, and throwing hissy fits when he does not have his way. I guess the next time the SC legislature overrides the Governor's wishes, he can just go out and gamble instead of having affairs at the taxpayers expense....NOT>
This guy needs to grow up. Grow up and get his house in order before he starts telling anyone else how to live or how to think.
Pathetic little man, this Gov. Sanford.

I don't think it is fair to ask Gov. Sanford to resign just because he had an affair and is having marital problems. With what he is going through, he probably needs his job more than ever.

Sanford should resign – and not for the affair. If that was the case, John Edwards, Ted Kennedy, Bill Clinton, etc., should have also been driven from politics.

Sanford should resign because he disappeared for a week without informing anyone of his whereabouts. This is contrary to his duties as a Chief Executive. While this is a decision the people of South Carolina will make, Sanford clearly does not have the competency or confidence to continue in office.

As grounds for removal from office, a bigger issue than the affair itself is Sanford's dereliction of duty. He left the country, but instead told his staff that he was in the country. He had a responsibility to provide leadership to his state while he was out of the country, but he failed to do so.

The governor should act appropriately as a state official, having an affair is not an option. Also how much did that affair cost the taxpapers? An Argentina trip with all the trimmings, got to be costly!

To the South Carolina Newspaper, why would this make him an ineffective governor? Its no one's business what he does in his personal life. Bill Clinton did just fine with a similar type personal crisis, so if you want proof that he can still do his job, look to the best president the US has seen in the last 20 years to show that extramarital problems are nothing but political fuel for those trying to gain political power. Your editor's antics are about as pathetic as your editor's argument. Try commenting on something of substance next time if you want to prove that he is a bad governor.

Wow.

All this news about Sanford on the ticker, and nothing at all about two neurologists who completely took Obama off his mark with two pointed questions about his healthcare plan during the ABC infomercial.

Nothing. Just crickets.

Just for the record, the President did such a lousy job explaining his position ABC felt the need to report on how badly he blew it.

Nice to see CNN on top of things. I guess your viewers and readers feel so informed. Too bad it's just a feeling.

Again I say, "Wow, just wow."

This just proves all our politicians are nothing but immoral political trash seeking more money and illicit sex. AMERICA NEEDS TO TAKE BACK THEIR COUNTRY. CLEAN HOUSE COME ELECTION TIME. IF HE'S BEEN THERE BEFORE CROSS HIM/HER OFF.

This guy is a clown. Why do the women stay with these guys? Kick him to the curb lady and move on.

Was he not one of the people calling for Clinton to be impeached for his affair?

If he doesn't resign he should be impeached for deriliction of duties as the Governor of South Carolina

Of course he needs to resign, he left the state not to mention the country without letting anyone know where he was going and therefore he left SC vulnerable to any type of emergency situation. This love sick gov needs to step down.

And what are the benifits for business to move to that State?Well they still have slave waged labor and an uneducated population of workers and voters that are easily told what to think and do.

how sacred is the marriage of the governer "between a man and a woman" – These are the same people who are opposed to two people being happy

Actually Sanford should be FIRED! How many of us can disappear from our jobs for one day, let alone FIVE days and keep our job? Not many!

Sanford was not thinking, some other part of his anatomy was doing the thinking for him, because no governor, no self-respecting person would have done what he did. You can't lead a state, and disappear.

This is not about his affair, its about not fulfilling his job's responsibility.

Adultery is not a reason to step down, however, not being on the job is reason to FIRE him!

He doesn't have to resign. You only have to resign if you're a democrat.

why is it necessary for these politicians that have acted so poorly to wait until it is just so loud against them that their private lives get displayed in all its entirety on the front pages

if Sanford does not get out now, he is solely responsible for the coverage, not the media, not the liberal haters (who are these people, I've never met a liberal hater), not the right wing nut jobs (only ones I've seen are on the radio or tv – not amonst the public)

if you want to complain about the media Mr. Sanford, then do the decent thing and resign, now you are guilty and inviting coverage