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South Carolina Republicans to Discuss Impeaching Mark Sanford

Faiz Shakir, ThinkProgress. August 25, 2009.

The meeting, a result of Sanford's extramarital affair and misuse of taxpayer money, is slated to take place this weekend.

AP Investigation Busts Sanford: Used State Planes for Haircuts

Julia, Whiskey Fire. August 10, 2009.

And to get to his kids sports events.

John Ensign Sex Scandal Escalates: "It's Not Good"

Jason Linkins, Huffington Post. July 10, 2009.

Only weeks ago Mark Sanford's melodrama had eclipsed Ensign's scandal. But Ensign's sleaziness has once again captured the spotlight.

How to Survive a Sex Scandal in South Carolina

Steve Benen, July 8, 2009.

Eliot Spitzer has to be kicking himself right now for resigning so quickly.

Why the Left Looks Like a Big Hypocrite in the Sanford Affair

JoAnn Wypijewski, The Nation. July 3, 2009.

Sanford is no more of a moralist than those in the party of Barack and Bill, the party of "don't ask, don't tell" and the Defense of Marriage Act.

The Religious Right Strangely Silent on Sanford's Sordid Sex Drama

Steve Benen, July 2, 2009.

Strange -- they usually have so much to say about other people's sex lives.

Sanford Drops Pledge To Release Travel Records

Jed Lewison, Daily Kos. July 1, 2009.

The only possibility of the records staying private -- at least while he remains in office -- is if he resigns.

For Many, Marriage Is Sexless, Boring and Oppressive: Time to Rethink the Institution?

Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check. July 1, 2009.

Marriage is failing many, many people. Why do we still idealize it?

Pawlenty Whacks Sanford: "Troubling And Hypocritical"

Sam Stein, Huffington Post. June 29, 2009.

Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R-Minn.) offered one of the harshest rebukes from within the Republican Party of Mark Sanford.

Does Twitter Spell the Doom of the Drudge Report?

David Waldman, Daily Kos. June 29, 2009.

Imagine if the influencers who get their first reports of news through the horribly skewed bullshit lens of Drudge used Twitter instead.

Sanford's Sordid Sex Saga: Why We Like Publicly Shaming Hypocrite Politicians

David Rosen, CounterPunch. June 29, 2009.

Last week, Gov. Mark Sanford participated in one of the oldest social rituals in American history: public shaming of the moral hypocrite.

Are Sanford's Deeds Worse Because He's a Republican?

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly. June 27, 2009.

Shouldn't the GOP get hit harder when one of its ranks (yet again) fails to live up to the moral standard it espouses?

Limbaugh Blames President Obama for Sanford's Sex Melodrama

Tana Ganeva, AlterNet. June 25, 2009.

Limbaugh -- spokesperson for the party of personal responsibility -- thinks President Obama is at fault for Sanford's affair.

GOP: Champions of "Family Values" Become Party of Vice

Steve Benen, June 25, 2009.

It was once thought that sex scandals were more a problem for Democrats than Republicans. Can we finally put this notion to (ahem) bed?

Sanford and Sin: When Will the GOP Give up on Their Claim of Moral Purity?

Jacob Heilbrunn, Huffington Post. June 25, 2009.

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford will presumably disappear, but the contradictions he embodies won't.

Did Taxpayers Fund Sanford Affair?

Jed Lewison, Daily Kos. June 24, 2009.

Sanford had an affair with a woman from Argentina, and he recently visited there on the taxpayer dime.

Sanford Disappearance Saga: Buenos Aires? I'm Thinking Tummy Tuck

Digby, Hullabaloo. June 24, 2009.

Has the case of the disappearing Governor been solved?

The Bizarre Tale of the Missing Governor Continues

Staff, AlterNet. June 23, 2009.

South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford may or may not be missing since Thursday.

Obama Tells Certain Republican Govs to Cut the Crap

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly. February 23, 2009.

He wasn't calling out Jindal, Sanford, and Barbour specifically, but the message was hard to miss.