Why impeach Sanford? We can’t be holier than though all the time.
When a sitting governor slips his security and disappears and then a statewide manhunt turns into a national manhunt and then after missing for almost a week it is discovered that the governor has left the country for a secret personal escape to Argentina without passing command of state decisions over to someone else, in fact no one knew where he was including his staff that he had told he was hiking, then we are talking about a Grade A, big time nut case.
This was a serious story to SC state government before the public heard about it on that Monday afternoon.
Your sentence is not clear!
Why defend him? This is quite obviously not a case of some trumped-up Democrat/media feeding frenzy against someone who didn't actually do anything wrong.
I think his actions--both during his Argentina escapade and subsequently, are incredibly bizarre and disturbing. The thought of someone with the power of a state governor exhibiting that behavior bothers me greatly.
Hell, I'd be cutting off a friend who had done the stuff, and said the stuff that this guy has. I see no need to try to further enable his behavior.
If you want to do so, that's your choice of course.