Sanford's Armageddon

If Governor Marc Sanford really wants to turn his life into a career of Biblical of the proportion, here is another possible point of contact: Father Sergius, from the Tolstoi story of the same name. Father Sergius' response to the reality of sexual anarchy was to give all his property and retire to a monastery for a life of fasting, self-mortification and prayer. In the end, Father Sergius found he wasn't good enough for the sarcedotal path and wound up working as a handyman for a rich peasant. Sanford's achievements as an Eagle Scout might yet come in handy.