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26 June 2009 4 Comments

In the midst of the scandal involving my state’s governor, Mark Sanford, came the news that The State newspaper in Columbia had received, from an anonymous source, a collection of emails allegedly between Sanford and his Argentinian mistress. This collection of messages was actually received way back in December, but there was no public mention of it until after Sanford admitted during a Wednesday press conference that he had been unfaithful to his wife.

Xark reports that after an inquiry to The State about where the emails came from, why they sat on them for six months and what they did to verify their authenticity, it has been informed that the newspaper is publishing an explanation piece this Sunday.

I might have to go get me a copy of The State. I’m quite curious to know how their part of this story went down.

I don’t expect to find out who sent the emails. But I do wonder how whoever it was got them. Did that person break the law to get the emails? And forgive me if this has been answered elsewhere, but in the swarm of breaking news and a collection of promo shoots on totally unrelated topics over the past 24 hours, I may well have missed it: were these emails sent by Sanford — assuming they’re his — on state-issued computer equipment or through state-owned communications systems?

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Bill, the Wildcat said:

I saw this story yesterday on television, quotes pulled from these e-mails, and I was a bit surprised that the news did this. I think that’s where the news crossed the line in this story. Sanford brought a lot of the invasion of this story upon himself, but do we really need to read/hear the professions of love/lust he had for his South American mistress? I don’t understand where this fell into the category of the public’s business or why it was important for the public to know it. By his own admission, we already know he had an affair, and that’s pretty much enough detail for me.

# 26 June 2009 at 9:53 am

linda said:

Patrick, I can’t prove a thing, but I’ve got a gut hunch that Andre Bauer had a hand in the leak.

To THE STATE’s credit, they had those emails months ago–and sat on them.

His affair? Disgusting, coming from a pontificating “Gays will destroy the sanctity of marriage” hypocrite. Diddling while you moralize is not good form. Live by the sword… and all. My problem with him is twofold: dereliction of gubernatorial duties and clearly unstable behavior. Big boys don’t run away from home (or their jobs) because they “don’t know where my heart is…”.

You try it. See if you come back to find yourself unemployed…

# 27 June 2009 at 1:21 pm

linda said:

Update: Guber’s Buenos Aires girlfriend was also dating another guy this year. Seems he found out about her dalliance with our Guber, hacked into her computer and sent the offending emails to THE STATE.

Oh, what a tangled web…

# 27 June 2009 at 2:31 pm

Patrick (author) said:

Nice. So now Sanford, who cheated on his wife, was cheated on by his mistress, and turned in by her “other man.” I think I’ve seen this storyline on “As the World Turns” or something.

# 27 June 2009 at 2:40 pm