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Report: Ex-Gov. Mark Sanford Engaged to Argentinian Girlfriend

Mark Sanford engaged

South Carolina Ex-Gov. Mark Sanford is reportedly engaged to his longtime Argentinian girlfriend. (Getty Images)

Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has reportedly proposed to his longtime Argentinian girlfriend, the woman with whom he had an affair and made him synonymous with the phrase, “hiking the Appalachian Trail.”

Argentinian newspaper Clarin reported Sanford and Maria Belen Chapur “became engaged last Wednesday, at noon, in the Palermo restaurant Bella Italia Grill,” according to Columbia, S.C. newspaper The State.

Sanford reportedly put the ring in a bag and gave it to one of the waiters, telling them to make up a story while he hid in the bathroom. When Chapur arrived, the waiter told her she’d won a “prize” for being the 100th customer. When she found the ring, Sanford appeared and asked her to marry him.

“What followed was a long moment of kisses, tears and emotions. There were heartfelt words and promises of eternity,” Clarin reported, according to The State.

Sanford famously “disappeared” for six days in June 2009, with his staff saying the two-term Republican governor was hiking the Appalachian Trail. Sanford later acknowledged he had been with Chapur and resigned from office in disgrace. He and his wife Jenny divorced in 2010.

Sanford joined Fox News as a commentator last year.

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  • PATTY HENRY
    Posted on August 25, 2012 at 9:11pm

    I hope they’ll be happy. Sorry his first marriage didn’t work out. Sometimes that happens, people stop working at it. Sorry he handled it the way he did, but He obviously flipped for this woman and I hope his ex wife gets to flip for someone too and they all are very happy. I’ll leave the judgment to Jesus!!
    Life is SO SHORT ! Women do much better in marriage when they are women and not career managers; campaign managers; ‘partners’ or bosses. Men do much better when they protect the women in their lives and respect; nurture and be the MAN. :) Romney and Ann are a great couple and it looks like Paul and his wife Ryan are too!! It appears that these folks have got their roles right and their priorities!

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  • ECtech
    Posted on August 25, 2012 at 9:10pm

    What a ‘RichardHead’. He doesn’t deserve a wife; especially for a DORK like that.

    Oops…I forgot women tend to like wussie dorks these days. Guess I’m outta luck.

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  • Cosmos102
    Posted on August 25, 2012 at 8:04pm

    What a dope. He and Todd Akin should top a list of the most stupid Republicans ever.

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    • shorthanded12
      Posted on August 25, 2012 at 8:22pm

      Dont approve what Sanford did to his family…As the Gov he did his job. What Aken said was a bad choice of words at best a total off the cuff comment without for thought.

      So Slick Willy gets a free pass for Moniqa Gate and all his shananigans before the Oval Office mess?

      There all held to a higher standard but lets not forget there human also.

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    • toto
      Posted on August 26, 2012 at 3:21pm

      While Akins “stepped on it”, there are real reasons why ripping a live baby apart in the womb prior to and during “extraction” should be recognized for the holocaust it is. Like the Germans in the neighborhoods claimed they didn’t know what was happening behind the walls of the concentration camps, people who support abortion often don’t have a clue as to what actually happens in the room where the “extraction” takes place.

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  • PatriotDadOfSix
    Posted on August 25, 2012 at 7:57pm

    Funny how we all jump on Sanford (MYSELF INCLUDED) Yet 2x offender Newt was largely embraced..What the hell is wrong with us? Just had an epiphany is all…nevermind..lol

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    • Jenny Lind
      Posted on August 25, 2012 at 9:40pm

      You are right. If it’s OK for one, it’s OK for all, but we get very loud in judgement, never remembering sin is sin, big or little, and we are not guiltless.

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  • sandy21957
    Posted on August 25, 2012 at 7:34pm

    Promises of eternity…..sure bet he said the same thing with wife #1. That didn’t pan out did it. Deluded loser.

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    • Duddio
      Posted on August 25, 2012 at 8:02pm

      My thoughts exactly…. his promise lasts until……. he gets back on the “Appalachian Trail?” =/

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  • marcus_arealius
    Posted on August 25, 2012 at 7:22pm

    Excuse me but you must have ‘us’ confused with someone who gives a crap..

    WHO GIVES A FLYING RATS HAIRY REAR END?

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  • watersRpeople
    Posted on August 25, 2012 at 7:14pm

    I’m all for swords getting driven into plow-shares. It‘s only the wicked who aren’t for it.

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  • pooka_yc
    Posted on August 25, 2012 at 7:08pm

    [“What followed was a long moment of kisses, tears and emotions. There were heartfelt words and promises of eternity,” Clarin reported, according to The State.]

    Promises of eternity? Really? I’m guessing there were “promises of eternity” with wife #1 too. What were they worth? Nothing! Really, Maria Belen Chapur, he cheated on his first wife to be with you. How long will it be before he cheats on you? Are you ever going to be sure he is not seeing someone else? How are you going to live with that doubt?

    As they move on with their lives leaving behind the wreckage for his ex-wife and children, I really don’t care to hear about or from either of them. Fox News: I really don’t care to hear his opinion about anything. I’ll keep my mute button handy, thank you.

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  • kcinco
    Posted on August 25, 2012 at 7:04pm

    This lying, cheating adulterer is in the news again?? Imagine how his ex-wife feels. Hopefully she realizes she’s much better off without a liar like this. Don’t give frauds like this any kind of coverage. I hope he goes to live in Venezuela. Good riddance.

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  • watersRpeople
    Posted on August 25, 2012 at 7:00pm

    America is a Christian Nation? I‘ll tell you why you aren’t if this is truly “The Blaze”, and it’s even evident in the divorce rate.
    Mark 6:14 And King Herod heard of him; (for his name was spread abroad) and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.
    15 Others said, That it is Elias. And others said, That it is a Prophet, or as one of the Prophets.
    16 But when Herod heard thereof, he said, it is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead.
    17 For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Hero’dias sake, his brother Phil’-ip’s wife: for he had married her.
    18 For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother’s wife.
    It is written that the Lord brought Eve to Adam. It is also written that when the Kingdom comes that people will not marry, or give in marriage, but be as the Angels in Heaven. Because God brings forth a wife to men. Therefore most Americans live in a constant state of adultery, with illegitimate child.

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  • thop1960
    Posted on August 25, 2012 at 6:53pm

    Seriously, does anyone really care about this? I know you have to fill up space, but seriously! This guy was a has been before he was a nobody. C’mon, it’s not even remotely an entertainment story, NOBODY CARES!.

    I feel better now…

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  • grayling646
    Posted on August 25, 2012 at 6:48pm

    Gov. Sanford is a disgrace and an embarrassment to South Carolina Conservatives like me.

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  • Dougral Supports Israel
    Posted on August 25, 2012 at 6:48pm

    The best thing Sanford can do now is move to Argentina and disappear from our RADAR forever.

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  • lynnt10
    Posted on August 25, 2012 at 6:03pm

    REALLY? His wife and children suffered greatly, he has moved on and I’m supposing they have too but why is this news? He is nobody. He may have done some good things for the economy but so did Hitler in Germany before he started killing jews, handicapped, gays, and whoever else didn’t fit his mold. Really, the guy had bad character and was truly horrible to his family and now he is nobody, leave him out of the news. please!

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    • Walkabout
      Posted on August 25, 2012 at 6:18pm

      He is literally nobody. He is no longer has a rising political. He is just a wealth real estate agent & we have many of those in the country & just about any of those have a better change at national or state office than he does now.

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  • paulwbrown
    Posted on August 25, 2012 at 6:01pm

    His infidelity helped give us the current S.C. governor, NIkkie Haley, who is a gleaming jewel rather than a blazing idiot. So I say thank you Mark Sanford, and I hope you and your love will be happy.

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    • Exrepublisheep
      Posted on August 25, 2012 at 6:41pm

      See? Republicans who cheat on their wives are heroes! Good things happen when they stray. A badge of honor! I can‘t wait to see the great things that happen when Vitters’ story is done!!!

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    • grayling646
      Posted on August 25, 2012 at 6:54pm

      That’s ridiculous. The Tea Party is the reason she won. If it weren’t for the Tea Party, Gresham Barrett would be Gov. of SC today.

      Also, It appears to me that you’re putting politics over family?

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    • Walkabout
      Posted on August 25, 2012 at 8:55pm

      Exrepublisheep

      Barney Frank had a prostitution ring ran out of his house.

      Gordon Liddy called the wife of one of the Watergate people a whore. The husband of the whore took him to court & then lost of backed off. That same husband in now a Democrat. There are more than enough Democrats & Republicans who are johns. The press tends to single out the Republicans.

      But let’s not be asymmetric here. Lets have wikileaks or anonymous publish the black books of madams in big cities around the country.

      The Tea Party does not support affairs & such. But you keep on dreaming.

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    • Verceofreason
      Posted on August 25, 2012 at 9:24pm

      Haley is a liar and a thief.
      Gallivanting with her hubby and staff in Gay Paree for 2 weeks on the taxpayers dime.

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    • Exrepublisheep
      Posted on August 25, 2012 at 10:05pm

      @Walkabout. If you don’t take a stand against prostitutes and their johns, you are in effect looking the other way. David Vitter suffers no ill effect fron the tea-party. So it must be O.K. with them. Angry about skumbag dems? Be angry with skumbag Repubs also. Or is it all about what letter is in front of your name?

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    • chalkdust
      Posted on August 26, 2012 at 1:16am

      Haley’s election had nothing to do with Sanford.

      voiceofreason
      Haley didn’t do anything wrong. She went last year and Sanford went during his term as well. Taxpayers paid for her security as they are suppose to and she paid for the rest. Heard that from her mouth Thursday and widely reported in our state so STOP SMEARING MY GOVERNOR! By the way her husband deploys to Afghanistan later this year.

      And yes, Barrett would have won without the Tea Party. Not just support but simply it’s existence. She has kicked the “good ‘ol Boys” square in the rocks as they deserve it. They are as bad as progressives.

      As for Sanford, he will return to politics, I am certain of this.

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    • grayling646
      Posted on August 26, 2012 at 10:16pm

      CHALK, I agree on the tea party stuff and you just have to ignore VERCE. He’d tell a lie when the truth would sound better.

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  • watersRpeople
    Posted on August 25, 2012 at 5:44pm

    If she’s meant to be his wife, then I’m Albert Einstein.

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  • wildturkeywatcher
    Posted on August 25, 2012 at 5:40pm

    What a twit!! May we never see his image in public again!!!

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  • tnalp
    Posted on August 25, 2012 at 5:39pm

    The article is wrong. He finished out his second term with as much dignity as he could muster. He never resigned nor was he impeached. He however reduced my taxes and cleared up a fiasco created by the previous Democratic governor, Hodges (Affectionately? known as “Goober”). He also started the fiscally responsible stance of sleeping in his office in Washington, and showering in the Gymnasium, instead of sticking South Carolinians with large “food and lodging” bills. While we all agree that marital infidelity is not a trait that should be admired, it never seemed to do Bill Clinton any real harm. At least Mark Sanford admitted his indiscretion. Bill Clinton lied, not only to the American people, but to Congress.

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  • Ch
    Posted on August 25, 2012 at 5:35pm

    He makes me sick…I can just think of his wife and how he devastated her. I do not wish them luck.

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  • watersRpeople
    Posted on August 25, 2012 at 5:32pm

    Yeah, sure it’s his wife to be. She isn‘t if God didn’t bring her to him. But then again, adultery is right down his avenue.

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  • psadie
    Posted on August 25, 2012 at 5:29pm

    He is still a ********.

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  • radargeek
    Posted on August 25, 2012 at 5:28pm

    at least he’s not spanking underage boys in rest stop bathrooms, i suppose…

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  • TROLLMONGER
    Posted on August 25, 2012 at 5:19pm

    Typical immoral republican.

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    • Walkabout
      Posted on August 25, 2012 at 6:03pm

      I heard you wanted to have Bill Clinton’s baby after he got done with Jennifer Flowers, Juanita Broderick, Kathleen Willies & Monica Lewinski?

      Or was it that you wanted to bear Jesse Jackson’s (democrat without portfolio) baby?

      Or was it that you wanted to hook up with Client #9?

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    • Walkabout
      Posted on August 25, 2012 at 6:09pm

      Oh I forgot McGreevey. He is one of your beaus too.

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    • Welcome Black Carter
      Posted on August 25, 2012 at 6:16pm

      Clinton was accused of rape. Clinton doodled staffers in the oral office. All badges of honor, if you are a democrat.

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    • RJJinGadsden
      Posted on August 25, 2012 at 6:34pm

      Let’s see, how many women did the Secret Service secrete into the White House for JFK? Let‘s also not forget Monkey Business’ Gary Hart.
      This could go on, and it takes all sorts of dirt bags in politics to think they are so elite that they can just do as they wish regardless of who they hurt in their own families or constituents, regardless of party. Troll is just such a dumbass to not understand it happens to anybody who is foolish. Certainly not just the Republicans.

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on August 25, 2012 at 6:51pm

      Come on now guys, the Democrats are very faithful to their partners.

      That is…. the ones like Bwarny Fwrank.

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    • Walkabout
      Posted on August 25, 2012 at 8:58pm

      The-Monk

      Come on now Barney Frank is not unfaithful. Just because he goes to Fire Island & hangs out without his boyfriend, who he recently married does not mean he is unfaithful. From listening to gays it seems that their partnerships are mostly open relationships. why do they want to get married?

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  • right field
    Posted on August 25, 2012 at 5:04pm

    What a jerk.

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    • Walkabout
      Posted on August 25, 2012 at 5:55pm

      Mark Sanford’s soul mate has a poly science degree speaks 4 languages & works as a news person.
      Sure she can talk a good game but i don;t see how she is any better than his wife. Who has a bachelors degree worked as an investment banker, manged his political campaigns & bore him 4 children.
      Sure Chapur is exotic, since she is from a different country. But heck if he had married her 1st than his ex would have seemed exotic. the whole soul mate thing is bogus she is just a good talker & different than his wife.

      He was just bored with the Mrs. He didn’t try hard enough. He is a cad. At least he was a cad for at least 6 years.

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    • Walkabout
      Posted on August 25, 2012 at 6:05pm

      I found this disturbing on the part of the USAF as well as Mark Sanford.

      “In 2003, just after becoming governor, Sanford joined the Air Force Reserve and attended two week’s training in Alabama with his unit, the 315th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron.”

      At 43 he joins the Air Force Reserve with no prior service? The military treats politician reservists with kid gloves. Crying shame.

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  • cemerius
    Posted on August 25, 2012 at 4:44pm

    At least she is hot!!

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