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Mark Sanford and Maria Belen Chapur: Happily Ever After?
By Suzi Parker - Politics DailySoul mates are hard to find. But former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has likely found his, and no thanks to popular websites like Match.com and eHarmony. Sanford, who left office on Jan. 12 when Nikki Haley was sworn in, was spotted last week at a glitzy resort in Uruguay with Maria Belen Chapur, a former Argentine journalist he calls his soul mate. The couple fascinates the Argentine press. The Argentine celebrity magazine "Caras" published an eight-page spread on them. One picture shows Sanford in a blue polo shirt, khaki shorts, baseball cap and sunglasses holding hands with Chapur ...
The Top Five Scandal, Divorce or Remorse Stories, From Abramoff to Sanford
By Annie Groer - Politics DailyPrison. Scandal. Adultery. Delusion. Death. Divorce. Remorse. And always, reinvention. It's been quite the year for denizens of the Republic of Dish, including a quintet of individuals or couples seemingly poised for next acts in 2011. Washington uber-lobbyist Jack Abramoff is writing a book about influence peddling, a subject he knows intimately. He left prison in June after serving 42 months for corruption and fraud, did another six months of work-release at a Kosher pizzeria in Baltimore, and is now on probation. Abramoff, who lives outside Washington, is not using a ghostwriter, a ...
Amen, Sister: Joycelyn Elders' Call for More Sexual Frankness
By Suzi Parker - Politics DailyOne lesson I've learned: When people feel repressed -- when they feel sex is shameful -- an underworld of sexual activity bubbles below the surface of society. I discovered that reality when I wrote "Sex in the South: Unbuckling the Bible Belt" a few years ago. The South has always been a region of moral conservatism and Bible thumping, with churches on every corner to remind people of their shame and sin. I was reminded of that truth when I read a recent sex survey of 5,865 men and women aged 14 to 94 that has gotten a lot of press attention. The survey, the largest nationally ...
Wronged Wife of Chilean Miner Out-Classes Jenny Sanford
By Bonnie Goldstein - Politics DailyMarta Salinas, the Chilean miner's wife who stayed home to watch her husband Yonni Barrios' miraculous rescue on TV (so he could greet his mistress), out-classed Jenny Sanford in the cheated-on-wife category. Senora Salinas' husband was the 21st in the line of men who one by one came up a straw tube Wednesday to a very different world than the one they tunneled away from last August. Television crews, book agents, long lost family members and a watching world were there to greet them. Their extraordinary grace after spending more than two months trapped half a mile underground (the first 17 ...
For Better or Worse, Nikki Haley Is GOP Rising Star
By Steve Pendlebury - AOL News(June 10) -- After her impressive showing in Tuesday's South Carolina primary, Republicans are hailing Nikki Haley as a rising star in the party. It's a term that's been applied to other candidates who've made a splash in recent elections. Few have lived up to the hype. Technically, Haley hasn't won yet. She fell just short of 50 percent in a race against three more-experienced politicians -- all men -- for the GOP gubernatorial nomination. She faces a June 22 runoff against Rep. Gresham Barrett. The Republican Governors Association issued a statement congratulating Haley and calling the ...
Nikki Haley Runs New Ad in South Carolina Race
By Paul Wachter - Politics DailyNikki Haley has a new ad out. The spot from the South Carolina GOP gubernatorial candidate, who has been accused of a pair of extramarital trysts, is heavy on images of her husband and children, and Slate provides an annotated, "inner monologue edition." While on-screen Haley says "I have a vision of what South Carolina can be," the site's pop-up bubbles intersperse that with "Please stop thinking 'affair' whenever you see me ... I don't look guilty ... Do I?" Of course, Haley is aiming to succeed Mark Sanford, whose infidelities made headlines when he was caught "hiking the Appalachian ...
Gov. Mark Sanford: Did He and Lover Rekindle Flame in Florida?
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyThey're back together, maybe. South Carolina Republican Gov. Mark Sanford told reporters Wednesday he and his Argentine lover reunited last weekend in Florida. The Associated Press reports that Sanford, during a news conference on another matter, said he spent several days with Maria Belen Chapur to see if they could restart their relationship -- a pairing that cost Sanford his marriage and almost got him thrown out of office. He was still married to Jenny Sanford last summer when he disappeared for five days to visit Chapur in South America. Misinformed aides said the governor was hiking the ...
Mark Sanford Avoids Criminal Charges in Use of Jet, Funds
By Mary C. Curtis - Politics DailySouth Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's use of the state aircraft and campaign money for two trips to South America to meet his Argentine lover may have been unwise and unethical. But S.C. Attorney General Henry McMaster on Monday said he would not bring criminal charges. McMaster, a Republican candidate for governor, said the "evidence does not support, beyond a reasonable doubt, that the governor knowingly, willfully and intentionally set out to break state law," The State newspaper reported. In a written statement following the decision, Sanford said: "While I've acknowledged repeatedly my own ...
In Line to See Jenny Sanford: Wronged Wives, Straying Hubby
By Mary C. Curtis - Politics DailyCOLUMBIA, S.C. -- Jenny Sanford, the first lady of South Carolina for now, returned to the capital city on Friday night to sign copies of her book "Staying True." Who would brave an uncharacteristic South Carolina snowstorm for a one-on-one encounter? Someone in the same "personal situation," it turns out. Tarnisha Gibson, a 36-year-old military wife, said that Sanford is "trying to find her independence" after a marriage shaken by infidelity – and so is she. Gibson said of Sanford: "I'm getting advice from her and she doesn't even know it." She and hubby "are working it out" after he ...
Gov. Mark Sanford Chatting Up Congressmen on House Floor
By Emily Miller - Politics DailyRepublican South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford was on the floor of the House of Representatives Thursday talking to GOP congressmen. As a former member of Congress, Sanford is allowed to visit the chamber at will. Among others, Sanford chatted with Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) and Rep. Bill Young (R-Fla.). Sanford has not been seen publicly in Washington, D.C., since the news broke last summer that he lied about his whereabouts to his staff while taking a secret trip to Argentina to meet his lover, Maria Belen Chapur. Sanford's estranged wife, Jenny Sanford, has written a book about her marriage which ...
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