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Sanford Looked for Real Estate
in Argentina

Governor kept evenings free, shopped around during state trip

Jul 10, 09 2:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mark Sanford requested meetings with real estate agents during his state-funded trade mission to Argentina last year and rearranged his itinerary to ensure he had at least one free evening in Buenos Aires, according to emails obtained by the AP. The South Carolina governor has said the trip was when... More »

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South Carolina • Argentina • affair • infidelity • Mark Sanford • extramarital affair • Maria Belen Shapur • Republican governor

(Newser) - Yet another twist in the John Ensign scandal: The Nevada senator's parents gave his mistress and her family nearly $100,000 when their son's affair came to light, reports the Las Vegas Sun. The Ensigns gave the money to the Hamptons in the form of gifts under $12,000 each... More »

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parents • affair • Nevada • John Ensign • scandal • senator • Cindy Hampton • Doug Hampton

Ensign Blamed Wife in Letter
to Mistress

Husband releases note, raises possible felony charges

Jul 8, 09 7:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - For those keeping score, John Ensign is the senator whose affair made national headlines before Mark Sanford. He may have thought he was done with the spotlight, but the husband of his former lover is having none of it. Doug Hampton has given the Las Vegas Sun a letter that... More »

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SC Republicans Vote to Slap Sanford's Wrist

Toothless resolution indicates gov is likely
to keep his job

Jul 7, 09 9:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - South Carolina Republicans voted to censure Gov. Mark Sanford last night, but since they didn’t call for his head, he’s likely to keep it, Politico reports. They chided Sanford for failing to adhere to the “core principles and beliefs” of the party, but said that “barring... More »

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South Carolina • affair • censure • Mark Sanford • extramarital affair • Republicans

(Newser) - Jacqueline Kennedy’s four-year love affair with RFK was so intense that it was she, rather than his wife, who made the decision to turn off his life support after he was shot, according to Bobby and Jackie: A Love Story, which hits shelves this month. The New ... More »

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John F. Kennedy • sex • affair • biography • Robert F. Kennedy • Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis • lover

(Newser) - The calls for Mark Sanford to resign are growing louder, but recent history suggests that the South Carolina governor has a chance to hold on, writes the Washington Times. While every politician who admits an affair faces calls to quit, only those who have committed real crimes are hounded from... More »

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South Carolina • sex scandal • Antonio Villaraigosa • David Vitter • Eliot Spitzer • affair • Kwame Kilpatrick • political scandal • Jim McGreevey • Mark Sanford

Kazemi Didn't Kill McNair: Angry Sis

Quarterback lied to 20-year-old lover about getting a divorce

Jul 6, 09 2:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sahel Kazemi was a gentle young woman who couldn’t have murdered boyfriend Steve McNair, Kazemi’s sister Sepideh Salmani tells the Tennessean. "She was one young girl who had so many dreams that they never came true," Salmani said. "She would never kill anyone, ever. Or... More »

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divorce • murder • murder-suicide • football • affair • love triangle • Steve McNair • girlfriend • Sahel Kazemi

(Newser) - While Mark Sanford spews "sloppy verbiage" in the "salacious terms of a Harlequin bodice-ripper," his wife is also making a statement—with her wardrobe, Robin Givhan writes in the Washington Post. Givhan finds "something splendidly defiant" in Jenny Sanford's white shorts and flowery tops. Other... More »

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fashion • clothes • affair • wardrobe • Mark Sanford • Jenny Sanford • women's issues

(Newser) - It's a relative tidal wave of good news for Mark Sanford: Wife Jenny issued a statement today calling his affair "inexcusable" but reiterating that she's willing to forgive him, reports ABC News. As for his political career, she says it's up to South Carolina voters and lawmakers whether to... More »

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Southern Cheaters Call on God—but Which God?

Sanford used God-talk in confession; Spitzer, McGreevey didn't

Jul 2, 09 11:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mark Sanford's liberal use of religious rhetoric in confessing his affair prompts Gustav Niebuhr to observe that whether Sanford is pandering or actually penitent, he is very much in the tradition of Southern politicians caught in scandal. Bill Clinton, David Vitter, and John Edwards all applied an ample dose of... More »

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Southeast • Christianity • religion • affair • scripture • cheating • political scandal • conservatism • Mark Sanford

(Newser) - The vise is tightening around Mark Sanford's political career. South Carolina officials, including fellow Republicans, are lining up to urge the governor to resign, reports the State. The pressure has ramped up considerably since Sanford's admission yesterday that he'd "crossed lines" with other women besides his Argentine mistress. The... More »

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OPINION

 Jenny Sanford  
 a Model for the 
 Betrayed 

Guv's wife 'neither enabler nor victim'

Jul 1, 09 8:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jenny Sanford is showing the world “a new and improved version of the betrayed political spouse—neither enabler nor victim,” writes Ruth Marcus in the Washington Post. She’s not taking the stand-by-the-cheater for the cameras approach; she hasn’t released a “supportive” and “euphemistic” statement.... More »

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 No-Compromise 
 Jenny Sanford 
 Is SC Hero 

Jenny Sanford wins praise for not standing by her man

Jun 29, 09 5:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - In the traditional narrative of the philandering politician, the wronged wife is forced to stand by her man and offer unconditional forgiveness. But Jenny Sanford is forging a new path. She has publicly flayed the South Carolina governor—"His career is not a concern of mine," she told... More »

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Mistress Admits Relationship With Sanford

Argentine woman denies beau leaked embarrassing emails

Jun 28, 09 10:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Argentine woman identified as Mark Sanford’s mistress acknowledged her relationship with the South Carolina governor, the AP reports. María Belén Chapur confirmed that someone hacked her email account last year and sent her correspondence with Sanford to the State newspaper of Columbia, SC. However, contrary to... More »

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glossies

Smartphone App Puts Infidelity a Few Clicks Away

Extramarital affair site releases program
to help cheaters

Jun 28, 09 6:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mark Sanford emulators, take heed: A company that hooks up adulterous sex-seekers has released iPhone and BlackBerry apps to make extramarital flings even easier, Jeremy Caplan writes in Time. Unlike its website, AshleyMadison.com, which leaves an electronic trail spouses can track, the company's apps hide safely on cheaters'... More »

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iPhone • BlackBerry • affair • adultery • cheating • iPhone applications • App Store

 Sanford: I 
 Considered 
 Resigning 


'Humbled' governor
will strive to restore the trust of public, family

Jun 28, 09 12:55 PM CDT
(AP) - South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford considered resigning from office after his extramarital affair came to light, the Republican revealed today in an exclusive interview with the AP. But Sanford, who hasn't spoken publicly since Friday, said he spoke with close spiritual and political associates who advised him to fight to... More »

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(Newser) - Mark Sanford’s affair stemmed from his love of a woman—and his love of the “dashing new version of himself he saw in her molten eyes,” writes Maureen Dowd in the New York Times. Mark, the Sanford we knew, “was the self-righteous, Bible-thumping prig who pressed... More »

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 Mistress' Other Man 
 Sent Sanford E-mails to Paper 

Argentine mistress saw another man, but told Gov, 'You are my love'

Jun 27, 09 8:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mark Sanford’s lovey-dovey e-mails were discovered—and e-mailed to a South Carolina newspaper—by another man his mistress was dating, a former coworker tells the New York Times. He says the mistress, who’s been identified as María Belén Chapur, began dating a young Argentinean... More »

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 Sanford Mistress Dodges Press  

Chapur worked as journalist in US covering 9/11 attacks

Jun 27, 09 2:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Maria Belen Chapur has been successfully avoiding the horde of journalists camped outside her Buenos Aires apartment for the last few days, McClatchy reports. Chapur—who has been identified by the Argentine media as Mark Sanford's mistress—worked as a journalist and translator for TV station Canal America and went... More »

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South Carolina • affair • mistress • governor • Mark Sanford • extramarital affair • Maria Belen Shapur

Sanford to Wife: Let Me Have This Affair

SC's first lady told him 'in no uncertain terms'
to stop seeing her

Jun 26, 09 8:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Gov. Mark Sanford not only had an affair, he asked his wife to condone it, she says. In an interview that ended in tears, South Carolina first lady Jenny Sanford told the AP that he had asked permission to visit his mistress after Jenny discovered the affair. "I said... More »

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South Carolina • affair • adultery • mistress • first lady • Mark Sanford • Jenny Sanford

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