The Sanford Saga continues....

United States
July 1, 2009 2:58pm CST
Some are calling for criminal charges. For what? Well his affair. In state of south carolina adultery is a crime. Yep you heard me right. There is a law on the books in South Carolina that makes adultery illegal. The law is under South Carolina code section 16-15-60. It is a misdemeanor that carries a penalty of six months to a year in prison and or a fine of $100 to $500. NO ONE has ever been charged with this law. It is on the books but never used. And it is being pushed by some here in South Carolina. What do you think about that? The state legislature is holding off making it decision about weather or not to impeach him. They are waiting to see if tax payer money was used to pay for any of his trips or for his own personal use. So far it has not been proven. Sanford offered to pay back the money for a trip to Buenos Aires. Actually him and a lot of people went on business several places in and near the area. WHile there on business he did meet with his mistress. So they are saying sence it was a business trip and several other elected officials were also on that trip for business purposes that it was not misuse of money.His mistress just so happened to be in the area of his business trip in this case. But they are looking at all the other money he has spent. Personally the fact that he abandoned the state is enough for me. I don't think he should be charged for the affair. That is between him and his wife. But if he won't resign then the state house needs to go ahead and impeach him. But so far both sides in the house seem reluntant to do so. Why?
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cotton0821
@cotton0821 (259)
• United States
1 Jul 09
Sanford committed the adultery in Argentina. Should he still be held liable for it in South Carolina? If anything, he should be impeached for boring me since he keeps giving out more information about this affair than I could ever want to know.
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thegreatdebater
@thegreatdebater (7316)
• United States
2 Jul 09
LIL, I agree that the most important thing here is that he abandoned his state for many days multiple times, which anyone on here (that has a job) knows would be grounds for termination. He also used taxpayer dollars (he offered to pay the money back, so I feel pretty safe in saying this) to see his mistress, which again would be grounds for termination for any normal person. I think if the government of South Carolina doesn't investigate this case then the attorney general should step in a investigate this. The affair is between him and his wife, but the use of taxpayer dollars to do so would be a crime. He had to lie to someone to do this, I am sure you are not going to find a document saying I flew to Buenos Aires to see my mistress.