COLUMBIA --- Less than a month before he traveled to Argentina to see his mistress, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford predicted in a letter to his spiritual adviser that "public humiliation" would follow revelations of his shattered marriage.
In a letter to Warren "Cubby" Culbertson, who at the time was running a series of religious counseling sessions for couples at the governor's mansion, the two-term Republican explained he was trying to head off a potential divorce from his wife, Jenny.
The message was obtained by The Associated Press through a public records request.
Mr. Sanford's affair became public in June, when he confessed it after disappearing on a secret trip to Argentina.
He had told his staff he was hiking the Appalachian Trail.
"I simply beg for the chance to figure it ought (sic) privately, please beg her for just the first month after the kids get out of school and if I cant get this done then there will be plenty of time for public humiliation and showing the world I am the guy in the wrong," Mr. Sanford wrote.
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What about the top prosecutor, given the job by Sanford, not looking into criminal wrongdoing? Isn't that called "too cozy" and screams conflict. This sounds more like Mexico and how they do business rather than the US with our system of checks & balances. This story wasted ink.