Jenny Sanford Releases Statement
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Jenny Sanford Releases Statement
Jenny Sanford Releases StatementPublished: June 24, 2009
South Carolina’s first lady says she asked Gov. Mark Sanford to leave home and stop talking to her two weeks before he publicly admitted an affair with a woman he visited on a secret trip to Argentina. Jenny Sanford said in a statement Wednesday that she needed a trial separation from her husband of nearly 20 years to preserve her own sense of dignity.
Mark Sanford said Wednesday he has ended the yearlong affair and his wife has known about his infidelity for five months. The governor says he is seeking his wife’s forgiveness and wants to reconcile.
Jenny Sanford’s statement says her husband has earned a chance to resurrect their marriage.
He returned Wednesday from a seven-day trip to Argentina. His staff said he’d been hiking the Appalachian Trail.
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I am just waiting to drive by the State House to see the littered signs of a female revolt in our state! With each passing day I am surprised that we are yet to see men’s clothing..trousers, shirts, shoes, boxers, scattered across the lawn in front of the Confederate memorial with a handwritten poster board sign on a stake that reads “and don’t come back”! OOOPs, I think I just gave someone an idea! Meanwhile women all across the state are signing an on-line support web page for Jenny Sanford! I have posted a link to the page here: http://www.975wcos.com/pages/Jonathonrush.html
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