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I have no more use for Gov. Mark Sanford as governor of my state, South Carolina. What an airhead he is and how in the world can he now make rational decisions. Think he should leave the USA and run for President of Argentina. As they say " he really shot his wad".
No, it does not seem as though he has committed a crime and the people of South Carolina elected him expecting him to serve a full term. Now a case can be made that since he did not tell anyone that is shirking his duty, but I doubt anyone would be calling for his resignation if he had been out of contact on the Appalachian trail. Sleeping around, thank goodness, is not a crime, yet, so I see no logical reason why he should resign.
No, it does not seem as though he has committed a crime and the people of South Carolina elected him expecting him to serve a full term. Now a case can be made that since he did not tell anyone that is shirking his duty, but I doubt anyone would be calling for his resignation if he had been out of contact on the Appalachian trail. Sleeping around, thank goodness, is not a crime, yet, so I see no logical reason why he should resign.
If you will search the S.C. Code of laws, you will find that adultery is, in fact, a crime punishable by a $500 fine and a year in jail.
A year in jail would disqualify Sanford to vote, much less run for elective office.
Should he resign? Yes- he violated the public trust. I don't trust any guy that cheats on their wife. Newt Gingrich is another example of a guy like this. It is a reflection of a character flaw and a personality that values personal gratification over a personal code of ethics. This is a problem for both republican and democratic politicians and is more a reflection of the people we have in politics in general and not an indictment of a particular party. No one is without flaws, however, politicians elevate themselves to a higher level of responsibility and should be up to the task, or quit. The republican party (I am a republican) needs to quit the family values line, as there will always be hypocrites in that regard and it just makes the party look silly. They should focus on the constitutional basis of the govermnment, low taxes, and small government.
If you will search the S.C. Code of laws, you will find that adultery is, in fact, a crime punishable by a $500 fine and a year in jail.
A year in jail would disqualify Sanford to vote, much less run for elective office.
It may be on the books as a crime, but a lot of things on the books in many states are not actually prosecutable crimes. For example, it was supposedly illegal for women to vote in North Carolina until the 1971 when they finally got around to ratifying the 19th amendment. Sleeping around is not really a crime that is or can be prosecuted, with the exception of the military, in the United States.
The more I hear about this man the more I believe he should resign. His wife learned of the affair, she warned him about going to see her and he decided all that was important was doing what he wanted to do regardless of the
consequences. Arrogance or ignorance he needs to go.
The last straw for me was him using the Bible to explain/justify his actions. Give me a break!
In my vote he should resign just based on the fact that he used taxpayer money to see his mistress. As far as I am concerned with South Carolina having one of the highest un-employment rates in the country the last thing he should have done was use taxpayer money to go and play with his mistress.
As for the affair itself, he has to answer to God for that!
However I do understand many of the people on this forum fearing what his replacement may do to South Carolina. Sometimes can end up jumping straight out of the frying pan and into the fire!
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