Back On The Appalachian Trail: Mark Sanford Breaks Up With Girlfriend Via Crazy Facebook Post

Rep. Mark Sanford (R-SC) has gone nuts again. This time he broke up with his girlfriend via a long rambling rant on his official Facebook page.

Here is just a snippet of the long-winded cray-cray that Rep. Sanford (R-SC) posted,

No relationship can stand forever this tension of being forced to pick between the one you love and your own son or daughter, and for this reason Belen and I have decided to call off the engagement. Maybe there will be another chapter when waters calm with Jenny, but at this point the environment is not conducive to building anything given no one would want to be caught in the middle of what’s now happening. Belen is a remarkably wonderful woman who I have always loved and I will be forever grateful for not only the many years we have known and loved each other, but the last six very tough ones wherein she has encouraged me and silently borne its tribulations with her ever warm and kind spirit.

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Finally, Jenny and her lawyer also go on to ask me to undertake an array of programs and evaluations, each one more riveting than the next. As a public figure people have seen me over twenty years in the highs and lows and most trying of times, and if I was plagued by the afflictions they suggest wouldn’t people have seen me mad or angry by now? In simplest form I don’t understand how I can be elected by a wide array of folks at home to attempt to represent their interests in Washington, but if the Plaintiff’s view was to prevail, be required to take psychiatric and psychological evaluations to be with our youngest son. Posing those sorts of questions is destructive plain and simple, and in fairness to my friends in the media if those type questions are raised they will report them – which is why you have been subjected to reading this response and media accounts.

Sanford blamed his ex-wife for breaking up his relationship with his girlfriend with lawsuits. The problem is that Sanford didn’t post this rant on his personal Facebook page. He posted this on his official page as a member of Congress. Mark Sanford isn’t talking about policies that will help his district, or reaching out to constituents. Rep. Sanford is using his page to complain about his ex-wife and breakup with his girlfriend.

As Gov. Sanford proved, he was unstable by vanishing to go be with his mistress while he claimed that he was off hiking on the Appalachian trail. All of this bizarre behavior was brushed off by Republican voters who elected Sanford to fill Tim Scott’s old House seat. Rep. Sanford appears to have some emotional and possibly mental health issues. His election to the House is evidence that in some parts of the country anybody with an (R) beside their name on the ballot can win.

Mark Sanford shouldn’t be trusted with the responsibility of being a member of Congress. Mark Sanford is a fine example of why Congress is broken. The people that represent Republicans are just as unstable as the folks voting for them.

Jason Easley

Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.

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