Disgraced Ex-Govenor Mark Sanford to Join Fox News
- Posted on October 21, 2011 at 6:30pm by
Becket Adams
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Former Gov. Mark Sanford of South Carolina will soon join Fox News as a paid contributor on the network, according to The New York Times.
Before his 2009 scandal, one that involved a tryst with an Argentinean lover, Sanford was widely considered to be a rising star in the Republican party.
Since the scandal (which offered much fodder and punch lines for late night hosts everywhere), Sanford said he spends much of his time working on the family farm and on a memoir, though he did not rule out some sort of future political run, according to the Times
Of Maria Belen Chapur, Sanford said: “I would say that I have more than well described all of my emotions and feelings toward Maria. And out of fairness to my boys and to folks that I’ve hurt, I’m not going to say more than this: any of those seemingly goofy feelings that I described a couple years back have intensified, not dissipated, with time.”
But why would Fox pick up Sanford as a commentator? Perhaps they saw an opportunity to compete in the disgraced-ex-politician-turned-news-commentators field after Eliot Spitzer’s show on CNN was cancelled.
(H/T Business Insider)
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Comments (169)
Workforit
Posted on October 22, 2011 at 12:21amWhat really makes me think is what do the other commentators think about being associated with this guy….Never mind.. they just do what they are told, just like this guy will…
Report Post »jzs
Posted on October 22, 2011 at 3:37amCool. Fits right in with the other disgraced FOX commentators. So, this is news?
Report Post »Bill Burns
Posted on October 22, 2011 at 5:56amJZS – Fox ratings are number one for a reason.
FACT: Obama’s ratings have dropped 30% since he was elected. What appears to be a defeatist attitude on your part tells me you strongly suspect O will be defeated in 2012.
~The primary reason Obama will likely lose in 2012 is: ObamaCare~
Report Post »kralspaces
Posted on October 22, 2011 at 8:15amBill, the only reason Fox ratings are better then the others is because the others are at the bottom of the barrel. If you want real news, stay with the internet and select the sites you agree/disagree with. That puts you in control, not cable.
Report Post »G.W. Dobbs
Posted on October 22, 2011 at 8:26amANOTHER man “p****y whipped” just like Samson, David, and Solaman in the Bible; it happens over and over.
Report Post »DanWesson455
Posted on October 22, 2011 at 8:46amAt least he really likes hot women. She was OUTSTANDING!! Her sister is even better!!!
Report Post »yougottabekidding
Posted on October 22, 2011 at 9:17amFirst question is why?
Report Post »Then I got thinking.There is only one on fox that actually makes me vomit and turn it off Geraldo. They need a more fair and balanced approach they need more people that turn peoples stomach like bassire, spitzer, joe, mr thrill up my leg, there are so many on other channels that want our country to fail, fox needs to increase share time
mils
Posted on October 22, 2011 at 9:59amONE MORE STEP ‘DOWN’ FOR the FOX network.
It was a great network while it lasted…sooooooooooooo long FOX…
Report Post »Tomr
Posted on October 22, 2011 at 10:53amDon’t forget this has been reported by the NY Times which has a credibility issue bigger than that of Mark Sanford. If he does join the “team” I hope they put him on The Five which nobody watches on a daily basis.
Report Post »JMorcan
Posted on October 22, 2011 at 11:48amComplain about Fox all you want. The Blaze Business section can’t even spell “Governor.”
Report Post »NeoFan
Posted on October 22, 2011 at 11:59amSeriously, what self respecting true constitution loving person still watches Fox News. The channel is the voice of the GOP establishment and many Soros losers. Stick a fork in it. Fox News is history.
Report Post »Do you really want to be lied to? You might as well be reading the New York Times.
Faith1029
Posted on October 22, 2011 at 4:32pmMILS: I was thinking the same thing. Like many others on this site, I too don’t watch as much Fox anymore like I used to. It’s so sad that they seem to be heading in the same direction as the others. At least we can get the news from the Net. I am so grateful for the Blaze.
Report Post »Leader1776
Posted on October 22, 2011 at 7:16pm@JZS
Report Post »Why are you bothering to comment? Fox is financially picking up on the liberal MSM playbook. Time for you to get back in the basement.
b.mclane
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 7:35pmGov. Sanford is a walking encyclopedia on politics. He speaks it clearly when asked and I assume that is why Fox hired him instead of a current Obama cabinet member of Pakistani descent who rages against Israel like CNN has. He who is without sin cast the first stone. Unlike Clinton , Sanford held a press conference and admitted his extra marital affair. ( And no, before you go post it, Sanford’s office told the press he was on Applachian trail , he never said that. They did have a cell phone number for him).
Report Post »abbygirl1994
Posted on October 22, 2011 at 12:17amFox use to be my main news… I got rid of tv after Glenn left.. since then Fox has been running downhill everyday it becomes more and more left.. hire this guy,, yeah the one who found his true love in some foreign country and left his wife and children high and dry.. yeah I am so glad I no longer have tv.. I love my GBTV!!
Report Post »blondenblueeyed
Posted on October 22, 2011 at 12:31amNot to mention the fact he was govenor and basically walked off his job too to chase the skirt.
Report Post »godlovinmom
Posted on October 22, 2011 at 3:59amFox was my main news source also…between bob beckle and now this guy…what are they thinking…thank God my cable company fixed my box outside…I was afraid I was gonna have to cancel Glen…because it ran so slow…no worries now…I love my GBTV too…great show on homeschooling yesterday Glen and company! Has anyone else noticed the way the other commentators on the Five are starting to handle bob…they can’t stand him either!
Report Post »Anne G
Posted on October 22, 2011 at 5:28amLove my GBTV!
Report Post »AmeriCat
Posted on October 22, 2011 at 6:44amCompletely agree.
Report Post »Love GBTV…on both the computer and Roku, and The Blaze.
The Truth is addictive.
Amazingly, O’Reilly now seems to be carrying the golden thread of truth
more and more…now that Glenn is no longer there.
AmeriCat
Posted on October 22, 2011 at 6:56am@Godlovinmom…
Report Post »I still can’t watch The Five, only in glimpses.
It is no replacement for the Truth, sincerity, and love of Glenn Beck.
But Eric Bolling is masterful, Greg Gutfield fearless and hilarious
…Tantino (sp?) spunky and right on,
along with that terrific San Francisco lady attorney (ah! forgot her name).
Gorp
Posted on October 22, 2011 at 8:56amI love GBTV also.
Report Post »I still watch Fox News but bringing Mark Sanford to Fox News is about the same as when they brought in Geraldo. There‘s another person I can’t stand. At least with Bob Beckle you know where he’s coming from because he says so. With Geraldo, he‘s a lefty trying to convince people he’s a righty.
PATTY HENRY
Posted on October 22, 2011 at 11:05amI love my GBTV too!! I love the uptodate news and that young newscaster. I love watching LIBERTY TREE PLAYHOUSE (for kids but it’s a great show with old -excellent POPEYE and Westerns, trips to museums etc) and that personality RAJ NAIR… there’s just GOOD energy flowing from GBTV… I watch Hannity/Greta and that’s it now…WHO WOULD WANT TO WATCH THIS UNPRINCIPLED Ex GOV?? FAUX is funded by SAUDIS anyway and Murdock’s group in London thought it was okay to hack into dead girls VM for “news”. I can’t stand any of them, but now Faux has joined them. I’m loving GBTV and the concept of news on my desktop works!!! GO CAIN!!!
Report Post »b.mclane
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 7:37pmOMG!!…..I bet you and the poster below have PERFECT records with men. Hypocrites
Report Post »the hawk
Posted on October 22, 2011 at 12:08amWelcome aboard lad ! Your girlfriends hot !
Report Post »netmail
Posted on October 22, 2011 at 12:25amWhat was that old Saturday Night Live ‘Advice for the love-lorn’ segment called? He could bring that back and be serious as a Fox News Alert about it.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 11:56pmWhat gives? I know that the International Left has been trying to destroy Murdoch over the NOTW phone hacking scandal for months. The NYT (their American Lefty rag ) carried daily articles trashing Murdoch and the investigation in July/August of this year. Beck is gone. The NYT carried articles trying to tie FOX into the phone hacking scandal. I know the Left is trying to shut down FOX and that concerns me greatly. Especially in light of the OWS mess which shows the power of these small but powerful Lefties. But why is FOX adding Sanford ?? Seems a very odd decision..Makes me wonder…
Report Post »kralspaces
Posted on October 22, 2011 at 8:22amTV News is dying and Beck was the first big name who have already left for internet TV. More will follow because Beck proved it works. TV News will get the leftovers…
Report Post »JEANNIEMAC
Posted on October 22, 2011 at 12:44pmMonths ago, the left declared “guerrilla warfare” against Fox and Rudolph’s worldwide enterprises. The lawsuits, etc. are part of the plan. We have to tell O’Reilly that being “fair and balanced”, does not mean sitting on the fence.
Report Post »TulsaYeeHaw
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 1:38amO’reilly will go down with that ship in denial of the marxist uprising going on right in front of him. Too bad, I think he is a good man…..
Report Post »MatthewChapter24
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 11:51pmI can‘t help but wonder if perhaps the day will come when O’Reilly and Hannity will be looking for jobs at GBTV. ;-)
Report Post »Workforit
Posted on October 22, 2011 at 12:30amHey, one can only hope!
What about Freedom Watches Judge Napolitano?
Give that guy some running room and watch what happens…
Report Post »obama-mecca-me-sick
Posted on October 22, 2011 at 12:32amI think O’Reilly will stay at fox, he seems out of touch to me. I could see Hannity leaving. FOX is crumbling, its only a matter of time. How much longer before we see Al Jazera as a major cable news network in America? Not long if Hilary has her way.It has to happen to indoctrinate our youth and the uninformed for the Caliphate.
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 11:49pmSince fall has come and I am spending more time in the house I find myself TURNING OFF the television most of the day..I can’t stand the early morning 3 since they decided the freedom of speech for the right was NOT appropriate..(Hank Williams Jr.).. I listen to GLENN BECK on the radio/computer .. than I turn on FOX for 1 hour and OFF goes the television..I watch GBTV at 4 Central till 6.. than I watch LOU DOBBS on FOX BUSINESS.. once in a while I will watch O’RILEY.. I have noticed that he’s had to back up twice on his opinion on something BECK has pointed out and he disagreed with..I have to give him credit he admits when he’s wrong or it seems that what GLENN noticed is going on and does say something..OTHER than that from someone who watched/listened to FOX for almost 12 hours a day I watch 2 sometimes 3 hours a day now.. I can get BS on MSM.. and those bottom feeders that FOX is hiring to.. here in IL that’s ALL we have on MSM bottom feeders..
Report Post »Vital
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 2:54pmAfter Beck in the morning, I like to listen to Rush Limbaugh for an hour and Mark Levin for an hour….On Fox we watch Lou Dobbs and the Judge Napoliano …sometimes the news on Fox…but never CNN or MSLSD
Report Post »toto
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 11:41pmFox continues to deteriorate. It’s very sad since it used to be the only place to get real news, but they really are tilting left more and more to the point of falling over. Most of us will get our news off the net, I just hope those that aren’t going to the internet stay with IBD and the Wall Street Journal, so they can get SOMETHING that is not garbage.
Report Post »Rajabear1
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 11:32pmMy gut says it is all about making ‘the right’ look cooky. They have done an about face on since 2010 election. Swear that they tried to harness the Tea party, giddy with the thought it was all about republicans and got b—- slapped to reality when we voted out RINOs in place of hopefully, Constitutional candidates. I feel their goal is to only make us feel there is left and right, but they’re all progressive. Why would Murdoch and Ailes (sp?), international and rich as all get out be true blue all conservative all American? Listen on the way they now reference Tea Party issues. example: Beckle “why didn’t we hear people at FOX condemn actions like that at TP events?“ Fox ”We did“ they never say anymore ”there was never any incidents like that”
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 11:48pmMurdoch’s son, James, & Murdoch got into a big row over his son switching report form Labor to the Tories. The sons switch the stance of the 4 newspapers the ran from Labor. The elder Murdoch disagreed with that. So Murdoch does not seem to be a movement conservative.
Just because the had Hannity & O’Reilly on as commentators they assume it is a Conservative network. It is not. Hannity use to have Alan Colmes as balance. Hannity still has many liberal guests. As does O’Reilly. So I don’t think anyone is getting brainwashed. There is balance & a lot more balance than on MSNBC.
I don’t plan on watching Mark Sanford.
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 11:59pmMurdoch’s son, James, & Murdoch got into a big row over his son switching ***support from *** Labor to the Tories.
The son switch the stance of the 4 newspapers **that he** ran from Labor.
Report Post »grgbucsfan
Posted on October 22, 2011 at 1:27amWell put, Iwatched Fox News years ago but noticed how they more nad more quite reporting and gave more of their “progressive”, Rhino loving slants. Beck was the only one really doing some serious research and supply information for ME to make my decision on issue(Beck was also the only one that questioned the Bush administration)…O’Reilly and Hannity are phoney when they claim to be “conservative” and the rest of the characters are pretty goofy(except the Judge), I do enjoy viewing the hot bimbo news babes but have too mute the volume. And your point is head on when Fox saw Tea Party vote out Rhinos man did Fox dump all over the TP. Also look at the disrespect they give Ron Paul (except the Judge) that should say something, Dr Paul is probably the most Conservative(true conservative that is) of all Republicans. Media on TV sucks thats why I do my news via internet and look for factual information.
Report Post »Look4DBigPicture
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 11:32pmHope they give advanced warning when this weasel’s going to be on, so I can grab my remote. What the heck is going on with Fox? Something‘s just not right because they’re starting to look a lot like CNN.
Report Post »netmail
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 11:31pmThe Five gives me a headache at 3….can’t stand it. Shep…liberal leaning. O’Reilly…talks to us like we’re third graders and usually has terrible guests. ( only Dennis Miller shines) Sean is just ok himself, but his guests are often as irritating as Alan Colmes was. Whiny little Greta is a boring, liberal lawyer but, IMO, she often books excellent guests. Mark Sanford is smart but with all that heavy baggage he carries, it’ll be a miracle if he can overcome it. Seems to me that he‘ll fit right in with the rest of the crew though and that’s NOT a compliment. I cheered when Glenn went to Fox News and thought he would influence management to lean more towards conservative viewpoints once his show went on a terror. Unfortunately, just the opposite has happened. Sign of the times I guess????
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 11:52pmglad to see I am not the only one who feels the same way about the same shows on FOX although I sometimes watch O’Reily..went from about 10 hours of fox to 1.. I do watch Lou Dobbs on FOX BUSINESS I liked him a Beck when they were on CNN those were the only 2 I watched over there maybe BECK can hire LOU.. than I can cancel my cable except for basic..LOL..
Report Post »netmail
Posted on October 22, 2011 at 12:13amIndependentvoteril….for sure and without a DVR to fast forward thru the crap, I‘d have a difficult time watching ANY of Fox News’ shows wall to wall. I’d give up TV completely if there was no DVR.
Report Post »welloddyfriggindah
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 11:29pmI want conservative and libertarian views to get a fair shake, which isn’t possible on cable or broadcast news. Mark Sanford is a complete loser and poor example of ethical standards. Really, what are they thinking? I put him in the same craphole as Al Gore, Mark Foley, Spitzer, Clinton…sleazy crap heads!!
Report Post »Susie
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 11:15pmFox has taken a too far turn to the left. I wonder if the scare Murdoch got over the scandal in England has anything to do with Fox’s – turn tail and run – new more lefty look. In our house, Fox used to be the only station on my TV all day. Now I rarely tune in.
Report Post »bhohater
Posted on October 22, 2011 at 9:03amI feel the same way about Fox News, Susie. Used to be the only channel I watched but find myself watching Cops or World’s Dumbest on Tru TV when “The five” comes on. Hardly ever watch “Fox and Friends” anymore either since Gretchen Carlson insulted, berated, and cost Hank Jr, his job on ESPN, Fox is becoming too liberal and PC for my taste. Glenn Beck’s new show is good, My only complaint is he’s not there half the time.
Report Post »welloddyfriggindah
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 11:13pmSUCH a bad idea. Blago or Casey Anthony no available??? What the hell!!
Report Post »mr.goodvibe
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 11:12pmFox is continuing its downward spiral. Does it have something to do with the Murdochs scandal. The Gustapo may now have the leverage to take down the giant.
Report Post »mbean
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 11:11pmWhy?
Report Post »patricius
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 11:10pmIf true, this is sad news, particularly in light of losing someone of Glenn Beck’s stature.
Report Post »TunaBlue
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 11:08pmWhy? What does he bring to the table, besides disgrace? Is this suppose to titillate the viewing office, to have a person who ignores his vows, hurts his kids, lies to his constituents, break his oath of office, jeopardizes national security, ad infinitum. FOX is losing their way and I’m not following. They don’t have to be conservative, I can do that on my own, but they better be honest and deliver some integrity in their programming.
Report Post »scoter
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 11:28pmGet GBTV. Fox is not no one anymore !!!!!
Report Post »ZengaPA65
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 11:06pmpaid contributor… how much is he paying them? :p
Report Post »aircommando
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 1:03pmI have dropped my GBTV subscription!
Report Post »It is not worth my time.
Glenn is Proselytizing and not spending enough time on the issues of the day.
We were asked to pay for it. Why are there commercials?
Two hours for a one hour show.
If only he would go back to his old format without the religion it would be worth watching.
pennyroyal
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 11:05pmPuleeze, no Sanford. He is such a liar. How can this happen. Oh well I watch GBTV and can leave all of Fox..soon the ROKU will carry all that I watch!
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 11:04pmMark Foley couldn’t make it?
Report Post »Small World
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 11:04pmplease say it isn’t so !!!!
Report Post »Thatsitivehadenough
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 10:57pmGood grief! Please DON’T!
But, why would we believe ANYTHING in the NYT in the first place?
Report Post »OhSnappage
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 10:56pmFox is really getting thrashy. I expect better from this network, You let Geraldo in the door, wasn’t that enough? There are enough thrashy “news” organizations, really dont need another.
Report Post »patricius
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 11:11pmI think you mean “trashy.”
Report Post »OhSnappage
Posted on October 22, 2011 at 11:29amLOL – yes thanks. (wow I needed a nap)
Report Post »Patrick Henry II
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 10:56pmI guess that is to compete with Client Number Nine on the other Channel? Really?
Report Post »TulsaYeeHaw
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 10:52pmWow, how far fox is falling.
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