All posts tagged "Mark Sanford"

Though he lost the backing of the National Republican Congressional Committee, former Gov. Mark Sanford picked up an endorsement from Tea Party Express on Saturday.

To me, the major problem with conservative sexual morality isn't the draconian overreach into our personal lives that makes all of us into humorless sex-obsessed scolds with insane neuroses about human behavior...oh, no, wait, it is.

I really enjoyed these two blog posts at Broadsheet examining what might be the most shocking thing of all about this Mark Sanford scandal, which is that it actually fits the standard adultery narrative, where the cheater falls in love. And what's fascinating is how much people are embarrassed for him because of it, which doesn't make much sense to me, since I thought the emails that were published weren't anything unusual, though definitely private.* But as Amy Benfer notes, that Sanford is in love with a woman has been treated like it's somehow emasculating.

As naughty erotic missives go, Mark Sanford's exchanges with "Maria" read like what your passionless 11th grade English teacher wrote in his half-completed novel. At some point, the lovers have an hours-long coffee where they talk about Thoreau while it rains outside.

And his wife and staff aren't giving any details. (The State):

[rebelmouse-image 24862607 original_size="174x219" expand=1][rebelmouse-image 24862594 original_size="307x416" expand=1]Gareth Fenley of Q-Notes has an explosive report on the backstory of the deep-sixing of a South Carolina ad campaign that targeted the gay travel market.