COLUMBIA, S.C. — This weekend the South Carolina House Republicans will discuss whether to impeach Gov. Mark Sanford when they meet in Myrtle Beach. Republicans say they expect the meeting — an annual gathering to discuss agenda, issues and politics, and to play golf — will be dominated by discussion of Sanford’s future — and what role the House will play in it. Sanford has been under fire since secretly leaving the country for five days in June to meet his lover and later admitting an extramarital affair with the Argentine woman.
Since then, Sanford has been under fire for flying in expensive business-class seats and his use of state and private planes. All could violate state law or ethics rules. If impeached by the S.C. House, and tried and convicted by the Senate, Sanford could be removed from office.
House Speaker Bobby Harrell, R-Charleston, said Sanford will be discussed at the closed-door meeting this weekend.
Congress did it to former President William Bill Clinton, why not to Gov. Mark Sanford what make him different. We all abide by the same laws and no one is above any of these laws. What happen to the family values a key principle of the Republican Party. Mark Sanford had been seen as a rising star for the Republicans in 2012, I guess what looks good and sounds good isn’t always good. Seems to be true to me!
