Holy Shit. "Don't cry for me Argentina" I think the wife outed him

[Laura PourMeADrink]

Sanford just said he spent five days crying in Argentina. HAHAHAHAHAHa

You can't make this shit up.

Personally, think the wife outted him. If all was well, a wife would cover. But, if you think your husband is
having an affair - what better way to nail him but to go to the police and say he is missing.

I know this is very shitty but I absolutely love this.

[Sanity Claws]

1. You missed a part of the story

She had asked him to leave two weeks earlier. Apparently she had found out about the affair and this was a trial separation.
She never went to the police and said he was missing.

[SoCalDem]

6. I think the "asked him to leave two weeks ago" story, is just that

a story.. If the newspaper had the emails in DECEMBER, the wife has known about this for a long time too. They probably decided to "stay together" until his term of office was over, and then something "blew it all up" last week, and he went AWOL..

How does the first lady of a state ask the governor to "leave" the mansion, anyway?

[madeline_con]

9. It was presented as a statement by the wife. n/t

[eilen]

10. ask Guiliani's exwife, she did it. nt

[Sanity Claws]

17. They have a house on some island

That's the place they own and she asked him to leave.

She may have known about the affair for some time before she asked him to leave. I haven't heard that part.

[malaise]

23. He admitted that she knew five months ago

I think she found those emails. Now who sent them to the newspaper that held them since December ---that is the question.
I suspect that when the wife ran him she told him to end the relationship hence the sneaky trip and five days of crying although if he was really interested in the marriage, he'd have sent an email.
The wife's comments didn't help him but who can blame her.

[Hepburn]

21. Very politely?

:shrug:

[Laura PourMeADrink]

11. thanks Sanity. Are you sure she didn't go to the police? I heard

that many times reported. So, how was it determined that he was missing?

I hate when work gets in the way of following a good repuke scandal ! haha

[Sanity Claws]

19. I heard that people asked her where he was.

She said she didn't know and wasn't concerned. That's why I believe she didn't call the police.
I imagine someone in the SC government wanted to find him after he didn't show up for work. Maybe it was the Lieutenant Governor, someone who would love to step into the governor's mansion.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

16. so, how did he meet this chick? have they explained that?

[Shagbark Hickory]

2. Why cant these conservative politicians keep their dicks in their pants?

[SoCalDem]

8. Jesus has commanded them to be fruitful, and multiply..

It's even in the Bible:rofl:

[walkaway]

3. Now that she's had a chance to read the emails...

she's going to fillet him.

[TimesSquareCowboy]

4. I agree, I think she outed him, knowing he would be shamed into ending it.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

12. why does outed only have one "t" ?

[TimesSquareCowboy]

20. I don't know. I guess it breakes the rule. It was spelled more like 'route' way back when, maybe?

[Faygo Kid]

I heard he was spotted by a reporter in Atlanta getting off the flight from Buenos Aires.

At that point, he must have known it was over.

[malaise]

25. A reporter from the same paper that had those emails

since December.
Note that the state car was spotted at the Atlanta airport.

[The_Casual_Observer]

5. Disappearing for a week is absolute insanity.

She must have been better looking than the girl from Ipanema.

[lunatica]

7. Well good for her. And all she had to say was she didn't know where he was

He did it to himself. Now lets see if he gets a standing ovation from the Republican state legislators for being a 'stand up guy'

[underpants]

13. She found out 5 months ago- I think they agreed to keep it secret until the SC legislative session

was over

[Laura PourMeADrink]

14. hey Underpants ! So, the reports I heard over and over that

the wife went public and said he was missing weren't true??

[underpants]

22. No I think it is both

he thought he had a weekend to end it or have one last or something

and as soon as she got around the corner from the house she tipped someone off

so you are mostly right

[JuniperLea]

15. She deserves all the schadenfreude she can muster!

Everyone in her position deserves to find some pleasure in the pain of their sleaze-bag spouse:)

[Laura PourMeADrink]

18. I agree 100%. I can't believe she would agree to keep it a secret

there is no way in hell I would do that. But, maybe when you are a public official's wife you think and act
differently than the normal everyday person.

[Pharlo]

24. I don't know if I'd attribute it to being a "public official's wife" -

at least not in this instance. If it were just Gov. and Mrs. Sanford, or if their children were adults...

But, with 4 young children, you tend to take the high road for their sakes.

[TorchTheWitch]

26. He outed himself

He left without telling anyone either in government or his own family. There is no way that he could possibly imagine he could disappear from his work and family for days without the major consequence of discovery of his affair and the end of his political career. No one with the intension of keeping an affair secret or intending to remain in office would do such a thing. Unless he wasn't playing with a full deck he intended to be "caught" so the matter would come to a head.

Not only was there no need for his wife to "out" him since his going AWOL ensured that, I don't believe for a minute that she would be the one to bring forth the public and private humiliation of being cheated on. A good part of the pain of betrayal is the humiliation that inevitably comes with it, and it must be far more painful for someone in the public eye.