Another piece in the puzzle. Sanford was dead wrong to have an affair. But now we can see why his wife and kids didn’t know where he was — because his wife asked him not to contact them.
So those who attacked Sanford for “leaving the kids on Father’s day” were attacking him for the wrong reason.
And it also explains why he went down to Argentina, if the trial separation made him finally realise that he had to confront the other woman and tell her face-to-face that it was over.
So those who claim he went down their to sleep with her again may also have been very wrong, and have done Sanford a disservice.
Sanford must answer to God and his family for his actions. And his leaving without ensuring that whatever happened in his state was covered was a mistake, although we can now see why he felt it was important not to let people know what he was doing.
But even though it turned out some of the speculators here got lucky and guessed right in this case, in my opinion it was a very poor showing here on FR, but illustrating what has become all too often the norm here, people shooting off half-cocked without really taking the time to understand the situation.
The concept of a married sitting governor with presidential aspirations ‘having’ to go to South America in secret to break it off with a paramour is bizarre, to say the least.
Exactly how long does it take to “break up”. He was gone how long?
There is absolutely no execuse for his behavior.
Sanford should resign, period. His wife can't trust him and sure as shooting the citizens of his state can't trust him either.
Best thing for him is to resign and get right with his family.
SPOT ON POST.
Oh give me a damn break. You don’t take off unannounced and leave your staff lying for you for days to fly to Argentina to break it off with your mistress while you are Govenor. You pick up a phone, tell her it’s over, get down on bended knee to your wife and re-commit to her and inform all necessary parties of your actions because it WILL leak out one way or another and best you be the one to admit it first.
He went down there for sex and probably to whine about how his wife doesn’t get him. I want nothing to do with that man politically or personally.