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Jenny Sanford's Top Ten Reasons Her Husband, South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, Is a Really Bad Person

By Julia, Saturday, Feb. 6 2010 @ 2:53PM
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The top ten reasons Mark Sanford, disgraced adulterous Governor of South Carolina, is a horrible human being, according to his former campaign manager and soon-to-be-ex-wife Jenny's new book...

10. He had his friends at "The Fellowship", who know something about moralistic cheating politicians, do their marriage counseling. Her handler advised her that God wanted her to deal with his adultery and her huge public humiliation by being forgiving, not confronting him and definitely not withholding sex.

9. While he was nagging her to let him visit with his mistress in New York, he told her that if he didn't get the closure he wanted, she was going to "wake up when you are eighty and know you never had a heart connection"

8. "I've always slept with my brothers [at the family home on Thanskgiving] and I don't see why that has to change now that we're married."

7. The year they got married, he refused to go to her grandfather's funeral since he didn't know the old guy all that well.

6. He asked her to be his campaign manager because it would save the cost of hiring somebody and she could do it at home while she took care of her newborn and toddler.

5. He gave her a picture of half a bike for her first birthday as a married woman. He gave her a picture of the other half for Christmas. Then he gave her a $25 used bike. Another year, he had a staffer pick up a diamond necklace for her birthday. When he saw it, he decided it wasn't worth what he paid for it and insisted on returning it.

4. After he got on TV and told the world he was in love with the mistress he promised her not to see any more, he called her up and asked her how she thought the speech went.

3. She flies to South Carolina to see him at the family farm while they're dating. Rather than pick her up at the airport, he leaves a car there for her. It's a stick. She doesn't drive a stick. She drove it 50 miles to the farm. He knew she was on her way. He left for a party before she got there.

2. They're having a baby. They go to Lamaze class. At least, she does. He decided it wasn't worth his time, since he's helped plenty of cows to give birth. He blew off the birth. Two weeks later he went mountain climbing with the guys. He may have also helped plenty of cows have tubal ligations, because she got to do that by herself too.

and last but not least,

1. As a presumptive presidential nominee of the future and head of the Republican Governor's Association, he fought like a wildcat to keep federal stimulus money from going to educating children and keeping the unemployed living indoors while he was flying to haircuts and naughty weekends on the taxpayer's dime.

No, wait, that's why I think he's an awful person. Mrs. Sanford thinks highly of what she calls her husband's conservative principles. Even made calls after the speech to try to keep him from getting impeached.

She's rumored to be considering a career in politics.

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Shag says:

Her judge of character suggest she'd be a perfect politician, cause she's lived a lie, and that's what most of them do. What the hell kept her with him for so long? There's no there, there.

Posted On: Saturday, Feb. 6 2010 @ 5:03PM
potobac says:

He may well be a horrible person, but was he a good governor? That's what he was hired to do.

Posted On: Saturday, Feb. 6 2010 @ 6:20PM
julia says:

as 1. would suggest, I don't think so. Then again, I always thought he was using his governorship to run for president, which I thought was a disservice to his (not untroubled) state.

fwiw.

Posted On: Saturday, Feb. 6 2010 @ 6:27PM
KATIE says:

MUST BE SOMETHING IN THE WATER IN SOUTH CAROLINA. I MET A MAN ON INTERNET AND DATED A FEW TIMES. RON BASILE SAID HE WAS A RETIRED POLICE OFFICER FROM N.J. LIVING WITH HIS SICK MOM.
I FOUND OUT IT WASN'T HIS MOM HE WAS LIVING WITH . IT WAS A WIFE AND 4 KIDS. I QUICKLY CUT IT OFF. DIDN'T HAVE THE HEART TO TELL THE WIFE.

Posted On: Saturday, Feb. 6 2010 @ 7:16PM
Sharon says:

After reading about Mark Sanford's disrespectful treatment of his wife, I think Jenny should celebrate his exit from her life. The mistress may have a few surprises coming because I doubt his obsessive and destructive attitudes and behaviors will stop when/if he is with her. Good luck, mistress of Argentina. You just scored quite a guy. Hope you're reading Jenny's book so you can see your future. If you think you're exempt because he calls you his "soulmate," think again. The guy doesn't appear to have a soul.

Posted On: Sunday, Feb. 7 2010 @ 1:17AM
ginger says:

why would anyone think he was a good govenor - if he can't even be honest with his own family, how can he be trusted in office. In my opinion, his integrity is shot now!!

Posted On: Sunday, Feb. 7 2010 @ 8:45PM
BJ says:

He sounds like a top-notch narcissist - someone who lacks any regard for people around him.

Posted On: Monday, Feb. 8 2010 @ 12:17PM
Halloween Jack says:

Mark Sanford: making John Edwards look not so bad and Bill Clinton look like a freakin' saint.

Also: um, thanks for sharing, Katie.

Posted On: Monday, Feb. 8 2010 @ 2:31PM
Pico says:

8675309

Posted On: Monday, Feb. 8 2010 @ 10:11PM
Steve says:

What is left out of the mix is what a vicious, mean-spirited human being Jenny Sanford truly is. No man could possibly live with a woman like that. He wanted a kind, loving woman, not a bitch like her. Throughout it all, he only said he loved her. She, in turn, did nothing but carp about his cheapness and his other faults. She should be ashamed of herself. I would strangle the woman if I lived with her. I pity Mark, but am happy he's finally away from that horrific person.

Posted On: Tuesday, Feb. 9 2010 @ 8:03AM
Bill says:

The Village Voice kills me! If this was a gay tryst the Voice wouldn't be bashing Sanford, but b/c he likes vagina all of a sudden they bash Sanford vociferously. Yes, he's a scum for cheating on his wife, case closed.

Posted On: Tuesday, Feb. 9 2010 @ 11:53AM
OhioOrrin says:

sanford told jenny he was gonna stop seeing that woman.

He didn't & continued to lie about it.

the stand-up thing to do, if he didn't love jenny anymore, was to divorce.

he'd at least have the respect of his kids when they got older.

he's a weasel...

Posted On: Tuesday, Feb. 9 2010 @ 1:00PM
george says:

just another hypocrit republican scumbag.....the more they preach the more the fuck around

Posted On: Tuesday, Feb. 9 2010 @ 2:46PM
Lin McKay says:

Jenny Sanford's book is a good read and an interesting understanding of a man who had it all and yet, tossed it away. He needs help . . . medical and mental evaluation. I doubt the Argentina mistress will want this guy who is cheap, cheats on his wife, has limited liquid assets, abandons his sons for a romp with a tramp, lies, avoids confrontation, puts himself first, etc. etc. etc. Jenny Sanford is lucky to be rid of Mark Sanford. She will find happiness and a guy that thinks she is the best there is. Mark will end up the BIG loser and very lonely. I doubt that he will find his sons, as adults, will have much respect for him. What a sad mess of a life and he brought it down on himself.

Posted On: Wednesday, Feb. 10 2010 @ 1:21AM
Lin McKay says:

Jenny Sanford's book is a good read and an interesting understanding of a man who had it all and yet, tossed it away. He needs help . . . medical and mental evaluation. I doubt the Argentina mistress will want this guy who is cheap, cheats on his wife, has limited liquid assets, abandons his sons for a romp with a tramp, lies, avoids confrontation, puts himself first, etc. etc. etc. Jenny Sanford is lucky to be rid of Mark Sanford. She will find happiness and a guy that thinks she is the best there is. Mark will end up the BIG loser and very lonely. I doubt that he will find his sons, as adults, will have much respect for him. What a sad mess of a life and he brought it down on himself.

Posted On: Wednesday, Feb. 10 2010 @ 1:21AM
Tony says:

What a disgusting human being he is. I wish her all the best in life, and for him to rot in rat feces.

Posted On: Wednesday, Feb. 10 2010 @ 2:21PM
Anonymous says:

One word for this guy- CHEAP -ur cheap not fit to be a father or husband or anybody to serve people

Posted On: Friday, Feb. 12 2010 @ 2:37AM
scott says:

To Steve

Common....we all know its you Mark.....

Posted On: Monday, Feb. 15 2010 @ 8:01PM
Anonymous says:

good "catch" Scott! HA!

Posted On: Friday, Feb. 19 2010 @ 8:59PM
Anonymous says:

good "catch" Scott! HA!

Posted On: Friday, Feb. 19 2010 @ 8:59PM
Anonymous says:

good "catch" Scott! HA!

Posted On: Friday, Feb. 19 2010 @ 8:59PM

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