{"id":2436,"date":"2009-06-24T15:55:11","date_gmt":"2009-06-24T19:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/?p=2436"},"modified":"2009-06-24T16:45:37","modified_gmt":"2009-06-24T20:45:37","slug":"south-carolina-govenor-admits-affair-was-in-argentina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/24\/south-carolina-govenor-admits-affair-was-in-argentina\/","title":{"rendered":"South Carolina Govenor Admits Affair, Was in Argentina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From the <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB124584667616347147.html\" target=\"_blank\">Wall Street Journal<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford admitted that he has had an extramarital affair and apologized to his wife and children. He held a press conference to explain a five-day trip to Argentina during which his staff and family said they did not know his whereabouts.<\/p>\n<p>During his absence, his staff had said he was off hiking the Appalachian Trail to relax after a stressful legislative session, and his wife said he was away writing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Well the Republican field for 2012 just got smaller&#8230; Schmuck.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update<\/strong>: Michelle Malkin sums Sanford&#8217;s actions in one word: <a href=\"http:\/\/michellemalkin.com\/2009\/06\/24\/bastard\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bastard<\/a>, that&#8217;s about covers it&#8230; Sanford betrayed his wife, his staff and the people of South Carolina.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Wall Street Journal: South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford admitted that he has had an extramarital affair and apologized to his wife and children. He held a press conference to explain a five-day trip to Argentina during which his staff and family said they did not know his whereabouts. During his absence, his staff [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[743,742],"class_list":{"0":"post-2436","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-politics","7":"tag-mark-sanford","8":"tag-south-carolina","9":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfpI7-Di","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1053,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/24\/crime-doesnt-pay-carjacking-suspect-clubbed-with-frozen-turkey\/","url_meta":{"origin":2436,"position":0},"title":"Crime Doesn&#8217;t Pay: Carjacking Suspect Clubbed With Frozen Turkey","author":"Jeff","date":"November 24, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"That's gonna leave mark! 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I understand the point Senator Obama was trying\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Politics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Politics","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1550,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/19\/whoa-jim-demint-to-force-vote-on-fairness-doctrine\/","url_meta":{"origin":2436,"position":4},"title":"Whoa: Jim DeMint to Force Vote on Fairness Doctrine","author":"Jeff","date":"February 19, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) plans on forcing a vote on a bill that wuold block the Federal Communications Commission from reinstating the Fairness Doctrine next week. The bill which is co-sponspored by Sen. John Thune (R-SD), and 27 others and will be offered as an amendment to the D.C. 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