Mark Sanford, the one-time South Carolina governor who chose the undeniably better life of living with his Argentinian lover-turned-girlfriend before heading to Washington as a member of the House, announced in a lengthy Facebook post that he and that girlfriend have called off their impending wedding. (Don't worry, they'll still fuck.)

The wealthy congressman moves easily through his South Carolina district, from his plantation home to Kazoobie Kazoos to Larry Toomer of Bluffton to "a heavyset man with a goatee" sipping tequila from a Solo cup. It's not a Flannery O'Connor grotesque. It's the life of cheating hypocrite Mark Sanford.

Almost four years after news broke of his affair with an Argentine woman and just three weeks after he reportedly trespassed in his ex-wife's house, Mark Sanford's remarkable political comeback is complete. On Tuesday night, he defeated Elizabeth Colbert Busch, sister of Stephen Colbert, in the race to fill South Carolina's vacant 1^st Congressional District seat.

What goes on in the mind of Mark Sanford—politician, businessman, lover, poet, creep? On the eve of his attempted political comeback (he's running for congress), the former South Carolina Governor, who disappeared for five days while governor, claiming to be hiking the Appalachian trail, has been accused of trespassing in his ex-wife's house:

Late Tuesday evening, Mark Sanford won the GOP primary runoff to become the Republican Party's official congressional nominee South Carolina's First District. Sanford soundly defeated his opponent, Curtis Bostic, reclaiming the GOP nomination for the House seat he held for three terms prior to being elected governor of South Carolina in 2002.

Stephen Colbert's sister is planning to throw her hat in the race for South Carolina's First Congressional District, hoping to succeed where her famous sibling failed.

Remember Mark Sanford? He was the South Carolina governor who disappeared for five days a few years back to go have sex with his Argentine mistress in Buenos Aires but told campaign aides that he was on the Appalachian Trial, doing whatever it is people do when they're on the Appalachian Trail. Anyway, it turns out Sanford was right to abandon his state and wife and family to go have sex in Buenos Aires because now he and the mistress, TV reporter Maria Belen Chapur, are getting married. As CNN reports:

In a new Q&A with the New York Times, former South Carolina governor and recent New York City subway passenger Mark Sanford talks about some of his favorite pastimes, aside from hiking through Appalachia with his Argentinean soulmate.

Ever wonder what happened to former South Carolina Governor/paperback romance novel character Mark Sanford? Gothamist spotted him checking his OKCupid profile on the 2 train this afternoon in New York. (Actually probably not, since he's still together with the Argentine TV reporter, María Belén Chapur, with whom he took that fateful trek up the Appalachian Trail.)

In the Real-American stronghold of South Carolina, of all places, a 65-year-old woman has been accused of violating the state obscenity law by hanging a pair of Truck Nutz plastic testicles from the back of her pickup truck. What's next, a ban on the American flag?

A month after the Floridian rendezvous with his Argentinian sexpot, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford recently took off again, mysteriously, refusing to tell anyone in the lieutenant governor's office. Why not just resign?

While Mark Sanford rekindles his Argentine love affair, his wife, Jenny, is palling around with Sarah Palin. They stumped together for Tea Party-backed South Carolina gubernatorial candidate Nikki Haley yesterday. Almost makes Mark seem like the good guy here. [AP]

Governor Mark Sanford of South Carolina went to Florida last weekend to rekindle things with his Argentine lover. It worked! He's hiking the Appalachian trail once more, we presume. But it cost $1,200 in security for his romantic trip.

Gov. Mark Sanford and his metaphorical Appalachian Trail have reunited. After Gawker Stalker caught sight of Sanford and his Argentine lover in Florida, Sanford has admitted the rumor is true. He and Maria are back together!

Last week, the South Carolina's attorney general's office announced Mark Sanford would not face criminal charges for ethics complaints prompted by his "Appalachian Trail" disappearing act last year. He's apparently celebrating this small victory with his Argentine mistress.

Is there a political sex scandal double standard? Do Republicans get off easier than Democrats? Steve Benen and Matt Yglesias think so. As does every other partisan in the world!

First South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford was born. Later, he pretended to be hiking the Appalachian Trail when in fact schtupping the Argentinian woman. Then his wife wrote a disparaging book. Now their divorce proceedings will be on TV.

Love takes a Geldof girl under her wing, which can only lead to disaster. Drew Barrymore blames her parents for her problems, and so does Michael Douglas' smack addict kid. Brangelina's new Voight-related headache, Michael Kors' weird bellybutton. TGIFriday gossip.

Barbara Walters is preparing to air another interview with Jenny Sanford about her Argentine-mistress-having husband, and boy is he looking like an awful mate. He insisted she remove the "faithful" clause from their wedding vows, and that's just for starters.

Jenny 'wife of Mark Sanford, the South Carolina Governor who pretended to be hiking while in fact sleeping with an Argentinian lady' Sanford has written a tell-all book about the affair.