On Thursday night, an NRA board member manipulated the national tragedy at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church by turning the murders into an argument for his political gain, because this is America.
I think it's safe to say that we were all sort of taken off guard by Mark Sanford's cry-me-a-river Facebook post announcing his break-up with fiancée Maria Belen Chapur. Mostly because he's an irrelevant politician whose claim to fame is his extramarital business. But apparently, we weren't the only one's surprised…
It's a sad day for love, folks. Mark Sanford, the former governor of South Carolina and current congressman who notoriously *airquotes*went on a hiking trip in the Appalachians*end airquotes* only to find himself in Argentina carrying on an extramarital affair, has announced that he is ending his engagement to his…
A mere two days separate Elizabeth Colbert Busch, braintrust in the AmeriCone Dream, from her date with destiny in the special election for the House seat in South Carolina’s 1st congressional district. Will she triumph over the itinerant former Gov. Mark Sanford, or will she be forced back to the Colbert ice cream…
Perhaps you’ve heard of Elizabeth Colbert Busch, the Democratic candidate in South Carolina’s upcoming special congressional election. If you don’t live in South Carolina’s first congressional district, you might only know that Elizabeth Colbert Busch is the sister of beloved AmeriCone Dream ice cream spokesman…
Mark Sanford tackles his Argentine-mistress scandal head on in a new ad — and, no, it's not for Ashley Madison.
From the Appalachian Trail to the... Crappalachian Trail. Disgraced former South Carolina governor and notorious family values-touting philanderer Mark Sanford will soon be reappearing in the public eye again after resigning from office in 2009. This time around, he'll be joining Fox News, cable TV's shoutiest network.
Political philandering is typically seen as a man's game, but South Carolina gubernatorial candidate Nikki Haley may have proved women can play too — at least if you believe one blogger.
Jenny Sanford remains something of a cipher: self-revelatory yet controlled, gracious yet steely, emphasizing her traditional values. And today, several among a room full of career women, one of which was me, wanted to know if she's a feminist.
When it comes to the Most Pressing Question Of Valentine's Day 2010, even the View isn't sure!
In what the Edwards family can only regard as divine intervention, Fascinating Person Jenny Sanford's new PR blitz sticks Mark squarely back in the dog-house:
In our hyper-competitive society, it's natural that everyone should want to be the best. Or the worst! 'It's worse than Eliot Spitzer!' Mark Sanford's son allegedly exclaimed of his father's affair. But that's nothing compared to Edwards! Or Ted Haggard!
Jenny Sanford's book will be released on February 5th, a month earlier than expected, her publishers announced. And Ballantine Books has posted a lengthy synopsis of Staying True, the "candid and compelling memoir" of Sanford's "very public betrayal." [CNN, NYDN]
Is Jenny Sanford - the one-time financial whiz who's turned humiliation into a book, a patent and a Baba-nod - a new paradigm for political spouses, or simply a woman doing what "lots of women" do? Both sides:
Mark Sanford says he wants to reconcile with his wife Jenny, who recently told Barbara Walters that she was "obviously not" his soul mate - but Jenny just filed for divorce.
Back in August, we weren't that impressed with Jenny Sanford's reaction to her husband's "Appalachian Trail" dalliances. But now that she's using his infidelity as a springboard for her own projects, we (sort of) dig her.
Sarah Palin's not the only one pissed off about her Newsweek cover — the National Review's Kathryn Jean Lopez isn't pleased either. But she says that leggy shot is "tame" compared with the fleshpot that is Newsweek's website.
"Most Bruneians want husbands who cheat on their wives to be whipped, according to a recent survey in the Muslim-majority country." The survey appears to have been co-ed. [Reuters]
