Sanford Says He Told 'A Little White Lie;' God is on His Side

The (Columbia) State ^ | September 2, 2009

[Cecily]

Gov. Mark Sanford says he told "a little white lie" to his staff to conceal his secret trip to Argentina in June to visit his lover. The governor also says God is on his side, and he has no intentions of resigning.

Sanford, in an interview published Tuesday in The Washington Times, said he is disappointed no House Republicans offered to support his bid to save his job in a meeting last week in Myrtle Beach.

But Sanford also said he will fight to stick around, even as members of the General Assembly expect a bill to be filed to impeach Sanford when lawmakers reconvene in January.

Sanford told the Times he would continue to fight for conservative causes and for "what God wanted me to do with my life."

[Cecily]

He is running off at the mouth yet again. This guy is nutty as a fruitcake. To paraphrase Ulysses Everett McGill, he may be square with the Lord, but the politicians and voters of the State of South Carolina are a little more hard-nosed.

[Politicalmom]

What a shameless, crazy jerk.

[Politicalmom]

Not you, Sanford.

:P

[stuartcr]

How does he know God is on his side, and not his wife’s side?

[taxcontrol]

I’m thinking he does not understand the concept of ‘sin’.

[The Duke]

I get a sense that he missed his calling to be a shameless Democrat(!)

[gimme1ibertee]

Wow...he didn't even wait to get put in jail or get kicked out of office before invoking the Almighty.
If he had a scintilla of class or tact about him,he'd shut his mouth and fade away,instead of continuing with this foolishness.

[dfwgator]

Resign already, jerk.

[mockingbyrd]

JUST. GO. AWAY.

[GeronL]

Did he drown a mistress?? Did the chief tax writer cheat on his taxes?

I don’t care about what the media does anymore, we cannot trust them.

So what? As far as I can tell its apparently only wrong for Republicans.

[ClearCase_guy]

He was looking good to me last year when he spoke about the monstrosity of the Stimulus.

But now he just looks like a jerk. I don't expect politicians to be perfect, but the GOP needs to get rid of the ones who are dripping with moral failure.

[KarlInOhio]

Sanford Says He Told 'A Little White Lie;' God is on His Side

Let's check God's big stone rulebook on that.

Thou shall not lie,
thou shall not commit adultery
and that shall not misappropriate, er, uh, steal, government property while going to get some.

[dirtboy]

Gov. Mark Sanford says he told "a little white lie" to his staff to conceal his secret trip to Argentina in June to visit his lover.

Little white lie? You're the governor of the state, you self-centered jerk. You either need to be reachable or hand over authority to the Lt. Governor. Either way, as governor, you are not entitled to a secret life where you can mask your whereabouts for several days just to go have an affair. If that is too restrictive, then resign.

[DallasDeb]

He invokes God concerning his illicit relationship????

What a narcissist! He needs to go.

[fujimoh]

Good for him. Let’s see who is on his side, or behind him, when he is indicted for spending taxpayer funds on his little white lies and South American Hootchie Momma!

[presently no screen name]

Hey, I say he should stay! I totally disapprove of what he did but I don’t believe in different standards when it comes to politicians. Why should only the GOP resign? The libs use our principles only to their advantage and I say, ‘up there’s’! Right now, we need every pro-American.

But Sanford should not be saying one lie is not as bad as another lie. A little white lie is not biblical. There is nothing ‘little’ or ‘white’ about any lie. That bothers me more than him keeping his seat.

[LRS]

Character issues. What seems to be important to him is the "white lie" he told his staff, and not the bigger lies, like when he said "I do". No, thank you, Mark...

[justkate]

This guy really, really, really needs to take a Shut Up pill...

[Clemenza]

Next, he will be blaming "not me" a la Jeffy in Family Circus.

Governor Sanford: STFU!

[kittymyrib]

My guess is that his “soul mate” in Argentina won’t have him either. He needs to find a very remote island and disappear.