On Thursday, Governor Mark Sanford said, "You may not fall down as grandly as I did, but every one of us is going to fall down in different pieces of our lives, and the measure of our lives is what we do afterward." He apologized to an audience of Rotary Club members in Greenville, a day after addressing a similar crowd in Summerville. While in Summerville, he also apologized, alluding to his admitted affair with a woman from Argentina. Sanford says he is traveling around South Carolina seeking input on how to make a difference during his remaining time in office.
Rotary member Jon Rogers, who says he voted for and gave his money to support the Governor, question Sanford about his ability to stay focused. "Rogers said, “I know Columbia is a hot bed, but if you can stay focused, that's going to be the key. If you can't, and you've got other things going on…." The Governor responded by saying he is and will remain focused. "I keep going back to, and this is getting way too philosophical... but it goes to the spiritual, which is every one of us gets broken later in life," said Sanford. Rogers said he was satisfied with Sanford’s answer.
“I trust him. If he says he is going to stay focused. He is going to do it,” Rogers said.
That opened the door for another question about whether Sanford is serving a higher purpose and if the message of Conservativism is suffering. Sanford replied, "I'm not Conservativism. I'm not limited government. I am but one messenger in a team of thousands, or millions, who believe in this larger notion of liberty, of free markets, of indeed limited government." Rotary member Ronald Mason, who asked the question, said in response to the Governor’s response, “If the messenger is lying on the floor, shot and bloodied, can he effectively convey the message? …"I'm concerned the things that I believe in, that I voted for him for, are going to be damaged by his negative political capital nationwide."
Sanford again said he would not address whether he plans to make public, the findings of a potential ethics probe of his of use of state planes, but he said once the investigation is complete, there is a great story to be told on behalf of the taxpayer, and the way his office has tried to watch-out for the taxpayer in the process.
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