Governor Mark Sanford, 49, of South Carolina, who had reportedly been hiking along the Appalachian Trail, was in fact making a mystery trip to Argentina, as revealed when Sanford told a reporter for The State newspaper he was actually in that country. Why? He was apparently terminating an affair.
In a press conference on Wednesday, Sanford admitted that he'd secretly flown to Argentina to visit a woman with whom he'd been having an affair. He apologized to his wife and four sons; additionally he said he will resign as head of the Republican Governors Association.
The woman lives in Argentina and has been a "dear, dear friend" for about eight years according to Sanford. He added, however, that the relationship didn't become romantic until a little over a year ago. He's seen her three times since then; his wife found out about it five months ago.
Strangely, he began his press conference rambling on about his love of hiking and the Appalachian Trial. Then, a few minutes into the press conference, he spoke of the affair, because the story about hiking was true as he said, but not the whole story. He said:
"I've let down a lot of people, that's the bottom line."
He went on to state that God's law was there to protect you from yourself, and he broke God's law. Sanford was asked, as he left the lectern, if he would resign as SC governor, but he did not answer.
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