Don’t care what politicians do in their personal life.  In my perfect world, none of a politician’s or celebrity’s personal life would ever be reported.  But we do not live in that world.  Cenk Uygur appropriately points out that Governor Sanford left out a couple of things in his apology.

I [Cenk Uygur] can begin to forgive Sanford if he gives this apology:

I am so sorry for all of the people I judged through my false righteousness. I am so sorry to have judged Bill Clinton for what he did in his personal life. We should have never dragged him through that. I am so sorry for voting for impeachment. I am so sorry to the all of the loving gay couples in this country who want to make marriage work while I made a mockery of it. If they can find it in their heart to forgive me, I will try to be a better, less judgmental, less hypocritical and more open-minded person. Help me to become that person.

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford met Argentina's former vice president, Daniel Scioli, on June 26, 2008, in LaPlata, Argentina, during a trip last year made to see his mistress. Sanford said he would repay the state for the costs of that trade trip to Argentina, a country that was blacklisted at the time for failing to repay its foreign debt.

Mark Sanford didn’t make this apology. Like Cenk, I would forgive him if he had. But that would mean taking responsibility for one’s own actions. Who does that anymore?

Update:  Nice work if you can get it. How convenient to be able to combine business and pleasure on the taxpayer’s dime.  Now that the gig is up, he is reimbursing the government for the $8000 cost.  I’ll be surprised if Sanford is still governor by this time next Tuesday.