Although South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford is only the latest political leader to admit to fooling around and carrying on in a forbidden but tragic love story, he is definitely one of the most shameless in recent times. Sanford now states that although he did have numerous adulterous affairs throughout his political career and that his current mistress, Chapur, is his soul mate but that he's trying to fall back in love with his wife.
He simply states that he had many casual encounters outside the U.S. to "blow off steam" while he was married but before he met Chapur. Stanford's most current disclosures relating to his adulterous encounters contradict a public confession last week during which he admitted to a total of five encounters over their eight-year relationship.
All these explanations are fine and dandy but no matter the amount of twisting, wiggling and squirming, the principle rule of thumb that all these cheating public figures should remember is that safe sex means no cameras and no reporters.