AP Newsbreak: SC gov says mistress is soul mate

AP ^ | 6/30/09 | Tamara Lush

[pissant]

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- COLUMBIA, S.C. - South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford declared his Argentine mistress his soul mate Tuesday but said he is committed to reconciling with his wife in hopes of saving his family and what is left of his political career.

Sanford, who also admitted meeting his lover more times than he had previously claimed, told The Associated Press in emotional interviews that he "crossed lines" with a handful of other women during 20 years of marriage.

But he said he never went as far as he did with Maria Belen Chapur, the woman at the center of the scandal that has derailed his once-promising political future.

[OpeEdMunkey]

Still don’t see what this has to do with his being able to run the state. Might mean he needs a date for some photo ops, but other than that so what?

Maybe he was a dumbass about it, but he was in looooove.

[merry10]

He needs to resign.

[NMR Guy]

You don't go around saying your mistress is your soul mate if you want to have a chance of reconciling with your wife. What a dumb-ass.

Thank goodness we dodged this bullet before 2012 came around.

[Walrus]

Yeah, just file it with Jackson, Michael and let’s get on with REAL issues, like the threat of “cap-and-steal” actually passing in the Senate.

[Libloather]

That's a man baby!!!

That’s Mr. Chapur. Go find us a picture of Mrs. Chapur and see an eye doctor. There’s something funny about you.

Nuthin' wrong with MY eyes. And my verdict still stands - NOT GUILTY!

[jennyjenny]

He probably has no way of communicating with his “soul mate” and this is a way for him to do it. His wife needs to kick his butt to the curb right after she stuffs his mouth with his sock drawer.

[RVN Airplane Driver]

Well how do you know that....are you good friends with the Governor or his wife? People like you are a huge pain in the a$$...get a life and quit worrying about someone who is living life.

[kenth]

but said he is committed to reconciling with his wife in hopes of saving his family and what is left of his political career.

[BARLF]

It's also possible the mistress sent them with the intention of ending his marraige.

[dfwgator]

Where's Paulie when you need him:

"I'll say you'll go back to her and it'll be like when you first got married. I'll romance her. It'll be beautiful. I know how to talk to her."

(Yes I watched Goodfellas again for about the 30th time)

[jennyjenny]

(Maybe he’s too much of a coward to leave on his own.)

Yup, that's what I said on another thread. It's almost like he's trying to push her over the edge. As if he won't be considered the "bad guy" since she's the one who ends up filing.

[cynwoody]

"No soy Belen Chapur. Soy Maria Elisa Chapur, artista plastico, Buenos Aires."

She's not the one. It's the reporterette, not the artist. Artist's website.

As for the reporterette, I agree. Not Guilty.

[kalee]

This is from the article, sounds like he is admitting to other times he was not faithful...Sanford, who also admitted meeting his lover more times than he had previously claimed, told The Associated Press in emotional interviews that he “crossed lines” with a handful of other women during 20 years of marriage.

But he said he never went as far as he did with Maria Belen Chapur,

[jennyjenny]

They’ve got their own nut who supported it——Blago.

[dfwgator]

Well how do you know that.

Simple. I read Free Republic.

Sanford Admits He "Crossed Lines" With Other Women

[LucyJo]

"This was a whole lot more than a simple affair, this was a love story," Sanford said. "A forbidden one, a tragic one, but a love story at the end of the day."

Cringe! Sounds like something out of a cheezy paperback romance novel! Hubby said there must be a book coming somewhere down the road.

But, the killer quote was the one I read in another piece where he said he was "working on trying to fall in love with his wife again"! This after saying that the lover was his "soul mate"! Just the thing to encourage any betrayed wife to fall in love with him again, I'm sure.

I just keep thinking about his sons. "Happy Father's Day, boys". They are in my prayers.

[longjack]

It's also possible the mistress sent them with the intention of ending his marraige.

That is a possibility, although she did allude to another man in her press release. I find that strange if she wanted to end the marriage.

Stranger things have happened, though.

[AUJenn]

I hope his wife (along with the folks of SC) kicks him to the curb. Has he ever considered that he has four children who are having to deal with this? Who will have to hear all this garbage when they are older?