Wednesday, July 1, 2009

FREAK OF THE MID-WEEK: South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, again!

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford is the freakgift that keeps on giving. So, for the second week in a row, the newly dubbed “Love Guv” is the FredBlog’s heretofore unheard of Freak of the Mid-Week.

By now, we all know how Sanford disappeared for almost a week and lied about where he was in order to visit his mistress in Argentina. And then came the rambling and bizarre mea culpa press conference during which he fessed up to his lyin’, cheatin’ ways.

The problem now is that Sanford just won’t shut up!

Earlier this week, over two days of “emotional interviews” with the Associated Press, Sanford couldn’t help himself but give details that should have been left in a folder marked TMI.

Here are some highlights:

Sanford calls Maria Belen Chapur – the other woman – his “soul mate.”

He says he “crossed the lines” with other women during his 20-year marriage, but it never went as far as it has with Chapur. As he put it, “There were a handful of instances wherein I crossed the lines I shouldn’t have crossed as a married man, but never crossed the ultimate line.” (That’s a euphemism in the making, as in, “So how was your date last night? Did you cross the ultimate line?”)

He tells the AP that his casual encounters with other women happened during trips outside the country to “blow off steam” with male friends. (So he’s been blowing off with MALE friends, too?!)

He went on: “What I would say is that I’ve never had sex with another woman. Have I done stupid? I have. You know you meet someone. You dance with them. You go to a place where you probably shouldn’t have gone.” (I love that he says, “Have I done stupid?” Yep, y’all gone and done stupid!)

Is he done? No way: “If you’re a married guy at the end of the day, you shouldn’t be dancing with somebody else. So anyway, without wandering into that field, we’ll just say that I let my guard down in all senses of the word without ever crossing the line that I crossed with this situation.” (Another euphemism: “So, you wander into that field lately?”)

He goes on to insist his relationship with Chapur is more than sex. “This was a whole lot more than a simple affair, this was a love story. A forbidden one, a tragic one, but a love story at the end of the day.” (Sounds like a Lifetime original movie.)

He says he is trying to fall back in love with his wife. “I owe it too much to my boys and to the last 20 years with Jenny to not try this larger walk of faith.”

Some are calling on Sanford to resign or be impeached. Personally, I don’t really care if he stays in office – although his disappearing act doesn’t instill confidence. But here’s a piece of political advice that this freaky governor should heed: Stop talking!

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