Sanford Affair

Rita Allison Files Suit Over Letter Alleging Sanford Affair

AP | SEANNA ADCOX | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

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COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina legislator has filed a defamation lawsuit over an anonymous letter mailed to her Spartanburg County constituen...

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In the Know: Scandalous Political Affairs

Karin Tanabe | Posted 11.10.2009 | Style

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Many Washingtonians are au courant with their employers' bedroom lambadas, but it's an ethical dilemma to be the confidant in a headline-worthy affair.

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Jenny Sanford Still Wants To Save Marriage, Friends Say

AP | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics

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

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South Carolina Citizens To Sanford: Can You Focus On Your Job?

AP | MEG KINNARD | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics

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GREENVILLE, S.C. — Even South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's supporters are asking if he can remain focused on state business during his final 16 ...

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Gov. Sanford Defends Use Of State Plane For Family Trips: "I've Got A Busy Life"

AP | MEG KINNARD | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics

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COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford on Tuesday justified his use of state planes for personal trips in which he often brought alon...

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July 27 2009 - News Update

Richard Valeriani | Posted 08.27.2009 | Politics

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Senate Majority Leaders Harry Reid says no vote on Obama health care plan until after recess. If ever.

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Revenge, European Style

Eva Nagorski | Posted 08.23.2009 | Style

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Europe's political wives are no longer standing by their men. In fact, they're more inclined to stand anywhere where they can give them a good clean kick in the derriere.

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More People Want Chats With Mark Sanford After Affair

AP | MEG KINNARD | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics

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GREER, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford says it's time for him to put aside discussions of his extramarital affair and get back to work g...

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Joel Sawyer, Sanford's Communications Director, Resigns

Huffington Post | Susan Crile | Posted 08.17.2009 | Politics

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Gov. Mark Sanford's affair has resulted in at least one break-up. Joel Sawyer, the governor's communications director, has announced he will depart hi...

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South Carolina Republican Wants Investigation Of Sanford Affair

The Greenville News | Posted 08.17.2009 | Politics

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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...

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.14.2009 | Media

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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 ...

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Governor Playboy the Antithesis of a GOP Standard-Bearer

Derrick K. Baker | Posted 08.07.2009 | Politics

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Gov. Sanford had as much business criticizing President Clinton as Michael Vick would have if he joined PETA to speak out against women who wear fur.

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July 6 2009 News Update

Richard Valeriani | Posted 08.07.2009 | Politics

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Alaska Gov. Palin resigns, suggesting the media won't have Sarah to kick around any more. That's what you think, Sarah. Meanwhile tweets she's gone ...

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Poll: Majority Of South Carolinians Want Sanford Out

Huffington Post | Susan Crile | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics

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A new poll suggests that a majority of people in South Carolina want Governor Mark Sanford to resign. The poll, released by Survey USA, measured the ...

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Palin, Sanford and the Art of Spontaneous Combustion

Eric Dezenhall | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics

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The one word that surfaces in virtually all scandal media analysis is "mishandled," as in "How could Palin and Sanford have mishandled their crises so badly?"

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Some Poetic Advice for a Love-Struck Governor

John Lundberg | Posted 08.05.2009 | Living

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The great Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges (and who can resist an Argentine) once wrote: If I could live again my life, In the next - I'll try, - t...

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Jenny Sanford: 'I Am Willing To Forgive Mark'

Huffington Post | Lila Shapiro | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics

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More news from the Sanford camp. Jenny Sanford, wife of the love sick Gov. has just broken silence, for the first time since Gov. Sanford's AP interv...

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Jenny Sanford Is a Bummer

Michael Wolff | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics

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How come Jenny Sanford has become a heroine for American women in the new sex wars?

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Mark Sanford: Reality Television Superstar

Scott Brown | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics

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Sanford now seems to be attempting to evolve into the shirtless telenovela Casanova he always imagined himself to be. But in the process, he's finding his true calling: as a reality TV star.

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When the Sanctity of Marriage Becomes Sanctimonious

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics

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f I'm having open-heart surgery, I care only that the person performing it is a freaking-great doctor. Not who he is sleeping with. That's who I feel about politicians, too. But what I do care about is hypocrisy.

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Sanford: 39 Trips With No Security In 2009

The State | CLIF LeBLANC | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics

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Gov. Mark Sanford left the Governor's Mansion without a security escort, 38 times in 2008. In the first six months of this year, he left the mansion w...

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Love Means Never Having To Say You're Resigning: A Reenactment Of The Sanford Affair (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 08.01.2009 | Comedy

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Andy Cobb is back with the second installment of his conservative erotica series "Drill Baby Drill," which explores Republican writings on the topic o...

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Sanford vs. Stanford: Which One is the Philander and Which One is the Swindler?

Bill Katovsky | Posted 08.01.2009 | Politics

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Sanford, judging from his media mea culpas, is a gushing torrent of public self-flagellation, backed by a biblical rationalization. Stanford is much more unrepentant.

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Sanford Resignation Called For By More Republicans After Latest Revelations

The State | Posted 08.01.2009 | Politics

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Six of 27 members of the conservative Senate Republican Caucus Tuesday night issued a letter calling on Gov. Mark Sanford to resign....

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Governor Sanford and the Failure of Moral Politics

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 07.31.2009 | Politics

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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.

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