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Another, bad politican bites the dust. take him down.
We dont need this country to be ran like a third world county. Like a BANA REPUBLIC.

Just impeach already!!!!!

Don't cry for me Argentina !

KICK the bum out!!!!

Why that man has to go all the way down to Brazil to get a mistress?. I bet South Carolina has few beauties that don't mind having an affair with their Governor. What the Governor did is not dumb, he can cheat on his wife if he wants to, but don't get caught doing it.

it is too about adultery, but adultery and lies and dereliction of duty and misuse of state funds to act out a sin he'd been counseled about for years, in spite of his Christian ideals and marriage vows; and his refusal to Man up like the many repugs before him (Newt, Ensign, Larry Craig) remains a huge embarassment on multiple levels- – - no wonder Americans lose their faith in religion and their trust in politicians

I will miss Mark Sanford. What Republican will provide us with amusement next? Sen. Larry "Wide-Stance" Craig has retired. Sen. "Bridge-to-Nowhere" Ted Stevens in Alaska lost the last election. The philandering Senator from Nevada (I forget his name. Just google "Senator Nevada Mistress") has dropped from the headlines. No one talks much any more about the Republican Senator from Louisiana and the famous "DC Madam." The Republican Congressman from Florida Mark Foley is no longer chasing House Pages down the Capitol halls. Republicans Bob Ney and Duke Cunningham are making license plates in the slammer now.

Oh, well. We still have Sarah Palin.

Haven't heard one word from a Republican about his religion in the debate of healthcare reform for millions who are without. What Bible are they reading that allows them to pick and choose when to use their religion when it comes to doing the right thing.

What took them so long? Is this a case of Republicans trying to protect one of their own depite Sanford has been direlect in his duties as Governer chasing being some woman (his "soul mate") down in Argentina?

With all respects west "This is not a 'matrimonial' problem. This is a severe dereliction of duty and embezzlement problem".
You might be right however, he might have forced to do the things he did by a rousy crappy wife!

Dar November 20th, 2009 4:16 pm ET

If you get caught scerwing around on your own time should you lose your job? Get real people
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The problem, he was screwing over his wife. And if you are willing to screw over your wife and sons, then you will screw over every body else at the drop of a dime. That's not a very good quality when the person happens to be a ............GOVERNOR.

Secondly, it wasn't his spare time. He LIED where he was at and how he could be reached. It's his duty to be available in the event of an emergency. They didn't know where he was. HE WAS AWOL!

Result: Yes, he should be fired, and then crucified!

WWJD?

If this clown is a "living example of Christ", He would leave the state without a formal chain of command to bed a mistress.

Great example for us heathens!

This man has been tainted, he needs to go

South Carolina's representatives have been talking about it, thinking about it, forming committees for it, but haven't gotten around to actually doing it. That's what's wrong with Government today. Too much thinking and not enough doing.

If they keep stalling, he'll leave office after finishing the full term.

This is not a 'matrimonial' problem. This is a severe dereliction of duty and embezzlement problem.

If you get caught scerwing around on your own time should you lose your job? Get real people

My party represents "Family Values". Just look at Mr. Sanford, he is the poster child of our morals and discipline!

We republicans love you Sanford, for being such a good man, good husband and good father. Thanks for being so loyal and honest to all of the people in your life!

He ought to get a medal. Did you see the babe he was with? If Clinton would have been with a babe like her he would have been a rock star.

Peter s wrote November 20th, 2009 3:14 pm ET
"Leave this guy alone! his matrimonial problem is not for public consumption!"

Are you sure. ? This idiot refused federal funds to improve schools in SC (47 in the country), all the while used tax dollars to go see his mistress in Argentina. !!! Remember what you did to "Bill", ? Same treatment should be given to RethugliKKKans.

It's not about money, its not even about the AWOL part – it's about even more GOP hypocrisy.... Popcorn?

Sanford needs to go. He is mocking people, and enjoying it.
Nuser.

The Republican Party is filled with people like Sanford and their internal motto is " do what I say but don't do what I do".

"Leave this guy alone! his matrimonial problem is not for public consumption!"

You have just blown my mind with that statement

Wherever republican leadership is there must be problems ! Americans we are so stupid not to open our eyes and see George Bush senior, George Bush Junior, California terminator who just terminated whole State which had free education, Texas, Senator Ensign, Greg, Now Virginia and truly this wing nut who abandoned his state for a woman in Argentina! Better Bill kept it at home than this crazy guy! Oh I almost forgot Sarah Palin who wrote loads of lies and called it "rogue"! Look at how how stupid we are buying loads of meaningless lies! BTW,am entitled to free speech.

Good! It is time to get rid of this family values loser!

(Reply to "Peter s") His matrimonial problem is certainly not for public consumption. His behavior as Governor in purposely misleading the public and his staff by going out of the country for five days without leaving any way of communicating and no instructions or chain of command IS very much for the scrutiny of his colleagues the constituents whom he was supposed to be working for at the time.

Mark, time to do the right thing...

Republicans are the party of Family Values.

Yea, tell us another of your retarded lies you morons. This man represents who you REALLY are. A worthless bunch of hot air. All talk but when the rubber meets the road, you throw away all morals and sin to high heaven, abandoning and cheating on any and all. That is the values that Republicans TRUELY live by.

Example: They want to continue murdering 45000 americans each year by forcing them to accept our current genocide, aka Health Care for Profit!

This is only a media circus for the GOP to put a end to this charade. The GOP of S.C. WILL NOT impreach Sanford. They want to show that they are doing something. What a waste of taxpayer's money. ALL (Demo + Rep) scum should repay all the money they received in the past and retire. The courts suggest that criminals do the same. Let the public impreach these wasteful public servants.
Vote these clowns out and vote in the people who lost their jobs so real people can be working.

Any news yet about the Charlie Rangel investigation. Pelosi has been doing that for more than a year. How about the rest of these democratic congressman that have been taking illegal trips to the Carribean sponsored by corporations or on the taxpayers money? Come on CNN, get with it.

While Sen. Burris gets off of his ethics case, Gov. Sanford's impeachment is on the horizon. Hey, John Edwards has to face the music and so do you governor. What's going on with Unethical Sen. Ensign's ethics violation case? You gotta love politics.

Say what you want about Roland Burris, at least HE did not take the state jet, go to South America, and hook up with a mistress, disappearing for weeks! Sanford is a disgrace to EITHER party and should go. If you don't want to do the job you were elected to, and don't care about the people who elected you anymore, you should simply quit/resign, just like 'whats her name' did up in Alaska. At least by HER actions she acknowledged she no longer cared about her constituients or the office she was elected to. Sanford should learn from a GOP quitter, step down and save the state money impeaching him.

Leave this guy alone! his matrimonial problem is not for public consumption!

is it worth the money, before spending all this money to impeach him, how much time does he have left, if it is almost over, is it really worth it?

I wonder what has taken South Carolina's legislature so long to hold Sanford accountable.

This issue is not about adultery, it is about being AWOL from his job! Who walks off the job, uses 'company' (in this case state money) for traveling, goes to visit their lover and goes back to find their job still waiting?!

No one in the private sector would be able to get away with this, why is Sanford still....... governor? He should have been fired.

What's taking so long. This man is too dumb to quit. Don't he know no one wants him in office.

NY Times – stylist for McCain campaign – Palin was CORRECT about the clothes. Where's THAT story???????????