COLUMBIA, S.C. – Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford says he's engaged to the Argentine woman he secretly left the state to visit under the cover story he was hiking the Appalachian Trail.
Sanford was a rising Republican political star before he vanished from South Carolina for five days in 2009 to visit his mistress. Reporters were told he was hiking the Appalachian Trail.
The father of four admitted when he returned to South Carolina that he was instead in Argentina with Chapur, who he later called his soul mate. The international affair destroyed his marriage, which ended in divorce from his wife, Jenny.
| Nice going Mark. You destroyed your marriage, hurt your life-partner, devastated your children, spat on the promises you made, made yourself a butt of jokes, and wrecked your political career. Sure hope the 'soul mate' is worth it, for however long it lasts. |
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