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Sanford: I Won't Be 'Railroaded' Out of Office

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(AP) – South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford rebuffed his lieutenant governor's call to resign today, two months after he admitted an affair, saying he will not be "railroaded" out of office and plans to finish his term. At a news conference hours after Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer called for him to step down, Sanford said the people of South Carolina want to move past the scandals.

"I'm not going to be railroaded out of this office by political opponents or folks who were never fans of mine in the first place," the Republican said. "A lot of what is going on now is pure politics, plain and simple." Heeding Bauer's call to resign would be like "heaven on earth," Sanford added, because it would get him out of the public eye, but it would not be right. "Me hanging up the spurs 16 months out, as comfortable as that would be, as much as I might like to do that on a personal basis, it is wrong," he said.

South Carolina Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer said embattled Gov. Mark Sanford needs to resign rather than risking impeachment during a news conference in Columbia today.
South Carolina Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer said embattled Gov. Mark Sanford needs to resign rather than risking impeachment during a news conference in Columbia today.   (AP Photo)
Gov. Mark Sanford announces that he will not resign at a news conference in Columbia, SC, today.
Gov. Mark Sanford announces that he will not resign at a news conference in Columbia, SC, today.   (AP Photo)
South Carolina Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer said embattled Gov. Mark Sanford needs to resign rather than risking impeachment during a news conference in Columbia today.
South Carolina Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer said embattled Gov. Mark Sanford needs to resign rather than risking impeachment during a news conference in Columbia today.   (AP Photo)
Gov. Mark Sanford announces that he will not resign at a news conference in Columbia, SC, today.
Gov. Mark Sanford announces that he will not resign at a news conference in Columbia, SC, today.   (AP Photo)
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rajanKazhmin
Aug 26, 09 6:30 PM CDT
This guy really sums up the Republican party nicely. Sanford/Palin 2012 anyone? Reply
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Aug 26, 09 6:34 PM CDT
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rajanKazhmin
Aug 26, 09 7:07 PM CDT
The truth hurts, ClearSight. Killing me with a bus won't change the simple fact that I am right. So go have a big fat pity party for your angry self.
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Reader60610265
Aug 26, 09 9:00 PM CDT
Clearsight is right, your a dumb ass . What Sanford did is not anymore typical of republicans than it is Democrats. I'm tired of these ignorant statements that lump things into this is typical of this side or that side .If you can't come up with a better argument than that , then go in the head and diddle with yourself you'll accomplish the same thing
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Jayster999
Aug 26, 09 11:36 PM CDT
Sanford, you will be railroaded from office. If you were a democrat you would be forgiven but republicans do not get the same luxury. It ain't fair, but that's the way that it works here. I think its because people expect more of republicans and rightly so. The democrats stand for immorality in every conceivable way and most republicans try to adhere to Christian virtues. Give it up dude, you lost your chance when your pickle left your pants.
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