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SC gov 'crossed lines' with women

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford said Tuesday that he "crossed lines" with a handful of women other than his mistress — but never had sex with them.

The governor said he "never crossed the ultimate line" with anyone but Maria Belen Chapur, the Argentine at the center of a scandal that has derailed his once-promising political career.

"This was a whole lot more than a simple affair, this was a love story," Sanford said. "A forbidden one, a tragic one, but a love story at the end of the day."

Minnesota Supreme Court Says Al Franken Won

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered that Democrat Al Franken be certified as the winner of the state's long-running Senate race.

Justices said Franken is entitled to the election certificate he needs to assume office. With Franken and the usual backing of two independents, Democrats will have a big enough majority to overcome Republican filibusters.

Coleman hasn't ruled out seeking federal court intervention.

Jackson/Rowe Not the Biological Parents

Michael Jackson was not the biological father of any of his children. And Debbie Rowe is not the biological mother of the two kids she bore for Michael. All three children were conceived in vitro -- outside the womb...Debbie Rowe was merely the surrogate mother

The Hypocrisy of Holier than Thou

Via Firedoglake:

Governor Mark Sanford worked hard to pass South Carolina's discriminatory constitutional amendment banning recognition of relationships that aren't between one man and one woman.

“You’ve drifted a long way when you have to actually go about the business of defining what marriage is,” Sanford said.

Watch Rachel Maddow put his actions in perspective: