Jenny Sanford: Governor asked her advice on affair

[The Straight Story]

Jenny Sanford: Governor asked her advice on affair

In a new memoir, South Carolina first lady Jenny Sanford writes that Gov. Mark Sanford sought her advice about his romance and how to deal with the media after she discovered his extramarital relationship with an Argentine woman.


Jenny Sanford, who managed political campaigns for her husband during their 20-year marriage, writes in "Staying True" that the governor used her as a sounding board, wondering aloud whether he should follow his heart to Argentina and if he would live a life of regret if he didn't.

"Clearly those are thoughts I wish he had kept to himself," Jenny Sanford writes in the book to be released on Friday. The Associated Press obtained a copy of the 214-page book, published by Ballantine Books, on Tuesday.

Mark Sanford, once considered a possible 2012 Republican presidential candidate, disappeared for five days last summer.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/02/02/national/a131844S03.DTL&type=politics#ixzz0eQAypkxS

[polichick]

1. Did he ask the wife to shop for gifts to send the mistress too?! nt

[CTyankee]

2. Geez, can this guy get any worse?

He's asking his wife for unpaid political advice on his affair with another woman?

What is the matter with this guy? Does he just think he's the center of the universe?

[LiberalFighter]

4. I think the guy is unsure about his sexuality, his reasoning abilities.

Has issues regarding whether others accept him.

[CTyankee]

5. Could be, but the "center of the universe" is what I think is the main reason.

These guys grew up thinking they could attain anything without really trying or at least with violating all the rules for "other people." Cheating on your wife was just accepted since after all you could maintain that status quo and still stay in the country club and in your privileged position.

Well that changed, didn't it? Now his wife and kids are gone and he's faced with his own life as he has changed it. Well, tough luck kid, you brought in on yourself. I truly hope you are in your own personal hell for a long, long time.

[LiberalFighter]

3. What did his parents teach him? Either they didn't or they did a poor job.

I wonder if they avoid mentioning they are his parents?

[SoCalDem]

8. they taught him how to sweet-talk his way into a marriage with a rich girl

and to use her inheritance to finance his political aspirations..

Too bad she did not wise up sooner

[spanone]

6. the american way....cash in on your tragedy

[malaise]

7. The thing with ReTHUGS - it's always

about them - what an ego.

[CharmCity]

9. So she said...

"Mark, what you need to do is get in front of the cameras and tell them how you really feel! Dig deep! Share your feelings, your thoughts, your dreams! The public will understand! They will totally GET IT! I'm telling you, it's a straight shot to the White House!"

At least, that's what *I* would have told him.