South Carolina governor’s infidelity admission adds to an ever-growing list of woes for the out-of-power Republican Party as it looks to rebound against President Obama and Democrats.

What is it about these selfish idiots?  We expect hormonal teenage boys to have more self control than the politicians seem to have.

The governor of a state leaves the country, leaving his wife and 4 boys over the Father’s Day weekend, for a nooky run?  Has the man no self control?

As has already been suggested in the Senator Ensign affair (pun intended), such behavior opens a “leader” up to blackmail threats.  Who knows what votes may be bought or swayed if the politician has an affair in the closet.

And, the affair calls a politician’s character into question.  How can voters rely on him and his word, if he clearly breaks his vows?

Email from Gov. Sanford to “Maria”:

“My heart cries out for you, your voice, your body, the touch of your lips, the touch of your finger tips and an even deeper connection to your soul,” Sanford wrote in one of the e-mails, dated last summer.

In another, dated July 10 at 12:24 a.m., he wrote, “You have a particular grace and calm that I adore. You have a level of sophistication that so fitting with your beauty. I could digress and say that you have the ability to give magnificent gentle kisses, or that I love your tan lines or that I love the curve of your hips, the erotic beauty of you holding yourself (or two magnificent parts of yourself) in the faded glow of the night’s light – but hey, that would be going into sexual details … “

Gag.

The Governor was crying during his conference.  Which begs the question:  was he crying in repentance, or was he crying because he was caught?  Somehow, I think it is the latter.  He told his wife about the affair months ago, yet he flies halfway across the world to see “Maria” again.  He doesn’t act like he is sorry.

Michelle Malkin has more here and here.

And another issue has arisen.  Did Sanford use the taxpayers’ dime to visit his mistress?

I have heard the arguments that it isn’t fair that Republicans are slammed for their affairs, while the Democrats largely slide.  There might be some truth in that.  You can’t put yourself out as a family guy candidate and then conduct an affair.  Maybe we expect better from Republicans. Maybe Republicans should be on their best behavior, because they know that they will be exposed and derided.  Frankly, I don’t care if the argument is true – a wrong act is a wrong act, period.

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