Sanford & Sin

The governor is very quiet while calls for his resignation grow louder.
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Jenny Sanford, who kicked her husband out a couple of weeks ago, claims she is shocked by the trip that tripped her husband:

Jenny Sanford told The Associated Press that she discovered Gov. Mark Sanford's affair in January when she found a letter from him to the other woman. She said she told him to end the affair and he agreed to.

She said that when the governor told her recently he needed time alone to write, she specifically warned him not to visit the mistress. She was shocked to learn this week that he'd gone to Argentina to do just that.

You gotta hand it to ol' Mark, though: At least he asked his wife permission to visit his girlfriend:

South Carolina first lady Jenny Sanford sat in her oceanfront living room Friday, recalling how her husband repeatedly asked permission to visit his lover in the months after she discovered his affair.

"I said absolutely not. It's one thing to forgive adultery; it's another thing to condone it," Jenny Sanford told The Associated Press during a 20-minute interview at the coastal home where she sought refuge with their four sons. They were her first extended comments on the affair.

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In the meantime, the mistress is staying out of sight.