I thought Mark Sanford was a fool by what he did, but then again, I don't truly know what his situation was either in his marriage, so who was I to judge that part of it. Now the voters job was to judge him for his performance and actions as a governer, so he got what was coming to him, in which was exactly right in that case.
It is amazing the stretches people will make to come up with imaginary justifications for why a person would not get a divorce and instead cheat on their wives.
Let me tell you about Mark Sanford, because he is a real pig.
So first, the married Republican Governor, Mark Sanford, abandons his post and runs off to Argentina to be with, in his words, his "soul mate". His staff, trying to explain his mysterious absence from his job, tell reporters he is on a nature walk on the Appalachian Trail.
I am not making any of this up.
The Governor is spotted in an airport returning from South America. Instead of doing the smart thing and letting his flackies handle the media, he openly brags about his infidelity any time he gets near an open microphone.
Then comes the obligatory perp walk to the podium in front of the cameras. Everyone expects him to resign. And amazingly, for probably the first time in history, the wife declines to stand beside her man for the press conference. She jumps in the car and drives away, not even bothering to wave goodbye to the jackass over her shoulder.
Good for her! Perhaps the only sane person in this whole tragedy.
The Governor refuses to resign. So now we must hear exactly why he said he won't resign.
Basically, Mark Sanford says that in the bible, King David cheated on his wife. He espied another woman while walking on the roof of his palace who was also married and he fixed it so her husband would be killed in battle, and after all that, he did not resign as king. So what's good for King David is good for Governor Sanford.
No, really. I swear I am not making this up. A bible thumping Governor used the bible to justify his fooling around with another woman and not resigning from office. He really did. Look it up.