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Sanford: "I've been unfaithful"
posted at 2009-06-24 15:11 | Last modified 2009-06-24 15:14
After 48 hours of wild speculation about his unexplained walkabout, SC Gov Mark Sanford admitted this afternoon to having had an affair with a woman in Argentina.
Sanford apologized profusely to his family, friends, and constituents. "Bottom line, I've been unfaithful to my wife....what I did was wrong, period."
The SC Gov said he'd befriended the unnamed woman eight years ago. It turned romantic about a year ago. He admitted to having made three trips to see her before the affair was exposed 5 months ago. He says his wife, SC First Lady Jenny Sanford, knew about the affair before this weekend's trip. She was conspicuously absent from the press conference.
"I've spent the last five days of my life crying in Argentina," Sanford said, trying to "get my heart right."
He thanked friends who've been trying to help the couple work through the aftermath. Sanford said he and his wife are not officially separated, but "I'm here and she's there" with their four sons at the couple's beach house.
Sanford said he's stepping down from the chairmanship of the Republican Governors Association, but didn't respond to a shouted question about whether he will resign as governor. He also apologized for "creating a fiction" about his intention to go hiking on the Appalachian Trail, but denied he set out to mislead his staff.
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