Bad E-Mails: They're Not Just for Kids Anymore

South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, well, what were you thinking? Public email account. Let's suppose for a minute that someone in your staff didn't rat you out by forwarding some emails to The State. Spend any time paying attention to sports? Emails? Public servers? FOIA?

On the flip side, The State pocket holds the emails since December, going all in and flippin' their cards on the table once the Gov admits. Part of me would like to think they did not drop those personal emails on him immediately not so much because they couldn't prove the validity, but maybe, just maybe, they were trying to be decent to a guy caught out.

Not that's no defense of ery -- it's more of a defense of giving those in public life some shred of privacy. Private attorney Mark Sanford's emails get out, well, becomes courthouse gossip during his divorce.

That's about the best way to look at it. Otherwise, we'd be inclined to think the journalistic integrity of The State was compromised -- either covering for the governor or unwilling to look into potential issues.