Get Divorced, Gov. Sanford
First, another name to add to the list of those cursed by desiring the 2012 Republican nomination. Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, who had a disasterous national television debut responding to Obama’s speech earlier this year, had quite a hurdle to overcome, especially when compared to the attractive, masculine, and oratorical Obama.
Second, some advice for Gov. Sanford. Get divorced, and go to the woman you love, the Argentine beauty Maria.
1. Your marriage is clearly over. Don’t deny the pangs of your heart. It is leading you in the right direction. You’ve known Maria for 8 years, and one year ago, something wonderful happened. You felt love like you had never felt before. She felt it too, judging by the emails the two of you sent back and forth. So, you got in trouble with an affair. It was bound to happen because you didn’t get divorced before revealing it. But your national political dreams are ruined now, so you might as well go with your heart. Plus, it allows your wife to find someone who actually loves her, rather than being treated as your cast off scraps. You are, and henceforth always will be, a jackass to her; you can be so much more to Maria – the man who left his wife because he had found true love.
2. Your kids are old enough to handle a divorce. Sure, they won’t be happy at first, but when parents get divorced, most kids adjust quickly and in the end may even thank their parents for it. A divorce allows kids to see their parents as human, as flawed, and get to know them individually, rather than as a unit. Divorce is probably better for your kids if the rift between you and your wife is wide enough for you to fall in love with another woman.
3. You redeem your image. An affair is a mistake if it’s with some hussy who seems to be in it for the money, power, fame, or to ruin your image. If it’s an affair of the heart, then it’s part of the natural process of falling in and out of love. Whatever happens, if you truly love Maria, then it means your marriage has been on the rocks for a long, long time. What’s better? A sham marriage scarred by infidelity, or a divorce that leads to a new and wonderful love? You look better if you do the right thing and get divorced; it means you admit that your marriage ended a long time ago.
I’m sure you will spend a lot of time praying to your god and then you will probably do what “he says.” But did you ever think that maybe it’s your own warped view of what marriage means that will keep you married? If marriage is about love, then you broke that holy covenant a long time ago. If marriage isn’t about love, then what possible factor can encourage you to stay in your current marriage? It’s not helping you financially, personally, or politically. Governor, the time is now. You are already separated from your wife. Cut it off, give her a big settlement, spend lots of time with your kids, and go to the woman you love.
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June 25th, 2009 20:50
Funny thing is, I’m not sure that the affair poisoned his candidacy in the hearts of Republicans nearly as potently as the admission that he spent a week crying about it.