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news.yahoo.com - 7/17/2009

AP INVESTIGATION: 'Frugal' SC gov flew in style (AP)

— news.yahoo.com — AP - South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford shed his fiscal conservatism on several taxpayer-funded international trips, including... a South American jaunt that included time with his mistress, choosing expensive first-class or business-class seats while ... (more) AP INVESTIGATION: 'Frugal' SC gov flew in style (AP)

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news.yahoo.com - 7/19/2009

Cheating SC gov says God will make him better (AP)

— news.yahoo.com — AP - South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, still clinging to office after admitting to an extramarital affair,... wrote in an opinion piece released Sunday that God will change him so he can emerge from the scandal a more humble and effective leader. (more) Cheating SC gov says God will make him better (AP)

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AP Takes Sanford to Task
The Page by Mark Halperin — Getty Wire service investigates South Carolina Gov.'s travel costs on several taxpayer-funded international trips.

AP Takes Sanford to Task
The Page by Mark Halperin — Getty Wire service investigates South Carolina Gov.'s travel costs .

Sanford Traveled in Style
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — ... The AP notes Sanford's habit "of more costly travel at the taxpayers' expense contradicts his claim of frugality. When first running for governor in 2002, the former congressman, who once boasted of sleeping on a cot in his office to save money, blasted incumbent state officials for their expensive flights."

Republicans: Clean your own house
Michelle Malkin — [image] The rotten American Conservative Union/David Keene pay-for-play scandal underscores a point I’ve made over and over and over again: The GOP can’t attack the Democrat culture of corruption ( my new book comes out July 27 ) until it cleans its own house first. The John Ensign mess keeps getting worse . Stubborn, selfish, prevaricating Mark Sanford keeps embarrassing himself and conservatism. And there’s another sex scandal on C Street. Grass-roots conservatives are livid and lashing out. We’ve got ...

Sanford Pleads His Case in the Newspaper
Politics Daily — ... , who announced Friday that he is resigning for that old standby: to pursue other opportunities. The governor will also have to reconcile his frugal reputation with reports of expensive international travel on state business. ...

More Trouble For Sanford: How Will It Play Out?
The Atlantic Politics Channel — ... by flying business or first class on trips to London and China in 2006 and 2007 (state law requires the governor to seek the cheapest available fares), following an AP report on the fares in July. The state senator who conducted the investigation, David Thomas (R), has also promised to investigate another report from the AP, posted yesterday, that Sanford violated more laws by taking personal and political trips on a state airplane. ...