Mark Sanford Argentina

Jenny Sanford Still Wants To Save Marriage, Friends Say

AP | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics


COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina's first lady Jenny Sanford is working to fix her shattered marriage after her husband admitted a yearlong affair...

South Carolina Republican Wants Investigation Of Sanford Affair

The Greenville News | Posted 08.17.2009 | Politics


Sen. David Thomas said Thursday he plans to chair hearings into whether Gov. Mark Sanford spent any state money on his yearlong affair with an Argenti...

Jason Linkins

Sanford's Media Emails: News Orgs Offered Friendly Spin [UPDATE]

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.14.2009 | Media


Remember, not too long ago, South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford just disappeared off the face of the earth to gently strum Spandau Ballet ballads on ...

Sanford Ignored 15 Calls From Chief Of Staff While In Argentina

The State | GINA SMITH and JOHN O'CONNOR | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics


Gov. Mark Sanford's chief of staff, Scott English, called the governor's cell phones 15 times during the governor's secret trip to Argentina to visit ...

South Carolina GOP Meets To Discuss Sanford's Fate

The State | By GINA SMITH | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics


Gov. Mark Sanford's secret visit to Buenos Aires that left state officials and his own staff unsure of his whereabouts has spawned a meeting today of ...

Did Mark Sanford And Maria Belen Chapur Fall Victim To The Dance?

Diane Tucker | Posted 08.22.2009 | Style


Diane Tucker

"It was innocent," insisted Mark Sanford, while recollecting his first encounter with Maria Belen Chapur on an Uruguayan dance floor. Oh, really?

Jason Linkins

The Mark Sanford Affair Commemorated In Poetry

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics


Republican legislators are wondering whether Mark Sanford has gone crazy. "That's a troubled man," said Sen. Harvey Peeler, R-Cherokee, a longtime Sa...

Governor Sanford and the Failure of Moral Politics

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 07.31.2009 | Politics


Emma Ruby-Sachs

It's satisfying to lambast a staunch social conservative for an extramarital affair on another continent. But the real failure in this sad story is a political platform based on a personal moral code.

Sanford's Argentina Trade Mission Contradicted US Policy

McClatchy | Kevin G. Hall, McClatchy Newspapers | Posted 07.27.2009 | World


WASHINGTON When South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford added a stop in Argentina to his trade mission to Brazil last June, the side trip should've raised ey...

Governor Sanford: Humpty Dumpty Cracks Up

Deborah King | Posted 07.26.2009 | Politics


Deborah King

Isn't it time we grew up and stopped accusing others of sexual "wrongdoing" to cover our own misguided behavior?

Will Romantic Emails Between Gov. Sanford and His Paramour Maria Help or Hurt Him?

Rob Kall | Posted 07.26.2009 | Politics


Rob Kall

Will Sanford's dalliances cost him the opportunity to run for president? McCain was not held back after his history of cheating on his wife, then marrying the wealthy woman he cheated with.

The Sanford Affair -- It Matters and It Doesn't

Carl Jeffers | Posted 07.26.2009 | Politics


Carl Jeffers

The fact that Sanford and Ensign and others fell by the wayside with moral transgressions is really not that significant a loss to the Republicans. Only Romney and Palin together have any chance in 2012.

Jason Linkins

Sanford Adultery Emails Suggested As Cure For Media Economy

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.26.2009 | Media


As many of you know by now, the love that Mark Sanford shared with his Argentinean paramour played out in many, many emails, in which Sanford enumerat...

Sanford, in a Family Way

Rick Horowitz | Posted 07.26.2009 | Politics


Rick Horowitz

"You saw the press conference?" "Of course I saw the press conference. Very strange." "Very strange. And you read the e-mails?" "Of course I re...

Paper reveals SC gov's romantic e-mail exchange

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 07.26.2009 | Media


COLUMBIA, S.C. — Just after South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford admitted to a yearlong extramarital affair, his state's largest newspaper posted on...

Mark Sanford's Affair: Read The Emails

The State | Posted 07.25.2009 | Politics


Below are excerpts of e-mails, obtained by The State newspaper in December, between Gov. Mark Sanford and Maria, a woman in Buenos Aires, Argentina. ...

Sanford and Sin

Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 07.25.2009 | Politics


Jacob Heilbrunn

The subject of adultery won't be going away, at least as long as the GOP depicts itself as, on the one hand, a bastion of morals, and keeps getting singed by its peccadilloes, on the other.

Sanford Admits Affair With Woman From Argentina

AP | JIM DAVENPORT | Posted 07.25.2009 | Politics


COLUMBIA, S.C. — After going AWOL for seven days, Gov. Mark Sanford admitted Wednesday that he had secretly flown to Argentina to visit a woman ...

Sanford Press Conference: Governor On Argentina Disappearance (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Posted 07.25.2009 | Politics


South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford is holding a press conference to explain his mysterious disappearance this past week. He was originally said to be hi...

"Where I Was" by Governor Mark Sanford

Ian Gurvitz | Posted 07.25.2009 | Comedy


Ian Gurvitz

I was taking tango lessons so I could take my wife dancing for her birthday. It was going to be a surprise, so thanks for screwing that up.