I Love America!!! But . . .

. . . I'm really getting fed up with our puritanical obsession about sexual matters.  I'm talking about Gov. Mark Sandford.  In my opinion, the only thing he did that's worth taking him to task over was leaving for Argentina without leaving someone in charge while he was out.  That's just plain stupid and irresponsible.

But what's making news - of course - is the affair.

This is why I have so much difficulty with the GOP.  Was he wrong to have an affair?  Was he wrong to cheat on his wife?  Was he wrong in trying to conceal it from everyone?

The answer is: who the heck knows?  If you are married or have been in any kind of serious relationship, you know that the only people who know what's going on in that relationship are the two persons involved in it.  They - and, unfortunately, the kids - will have to deal with this issue.  It's an intensely personal matter that does not belong in the public arena.  Period.

If you want him to quit because he flaked out, went to Argentina, and didn't leave anyone in charge, I'm OK with that.  Love may make you do stupid things, but if you're a governor, you can't afford to do dumb stuff like that for love, money, or anything else.

But if you just think it's immoral that he's running around having an affair and it offends your sensibilities, remember this:

"Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you."  Matthew 7.1-2

Comments

[La Ventanita]

Loco this guy flaked out....much like Rosello did ala Pedro Navaja.

There are so many wrong things on this situation from everywhere, starting with the publication of the emails.

Sanford should quit. Period. He left the state without telling anybody. He ABANDONED south carolina for a mistress.

OUT.

[El Loco]

Sanford should quit. Period. He left the state without telling anybody. He ABANDONED south carolina for a mistress. OUT.

LV, if that's your reason for wanting him to quit, I cannot disagree with you. I think that a governor leaving his state for five days without appointing someone in the meantime to hook up with his mistress in Argentina qualifies as "dereliction of duty."

My problem is with the people who want him to quit because he had an affair.