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Gov. Sanford Offers Personal Mother's Day Wish to SC Moms During ETV's "The Big Picture" Program Airing Thursday, May 8 at 7 p.m.
Saying He Is Uncomfortable With Public Displays of Affection, Gov. Also Thanks His Mom for Everything From Changing Diapers To Getting Him Off to College; Says There Is Not "A More Important Role Than Motherhood"
For Immediate Release
May 1, 2008
Columbia SC...During the special Mother's Day-themed edition of ETV's "The Big Picture" airing Thursday, May 8 at 7 p.m., with two rebroadcasts on Saturday, May 10 at 7 p.m. and on Mother's Day, Sunday, May 11 at 1 p.m., SC Gov. Mark Sanford offers a heartfelt Mother's Day greeting to his mom, Margaret Peyton, and moms throughout the state.
The governor's shout out follows one offered by comedian Stephen Colbert of "The Colbert Report" fame, to his mother Lorna. This edition of "The Big Picture" was taped, and also features Dorothy Davis, mother of Kristin Davis of "Sex and the City," and Deborah Seymour, mother of NE Patriot Richard Seymour, talking about their famous SC offspring.
Says Sanford, "Hey mom, Happy Mother’s Day. This recording puts me outside of my comfort zone in two different fronts. One is I’ve never had the playful humor of a Stephen Colbert, so I’m immediately out of my league in terms of trying to keep up on that front. And, I’ve never been particularly comfortable with the whole notion of public displays of affection. So, I’m out on both counts.
"So, let me instead just cut right to the chase, and say the obvious. Indeed thanks for all the little things that you’ve done over a long number of years. You imprinted in my life, and each of Billy, John and Sarah’s lives and for that each one of us are grateful. Whether it’s with changing the diapers, or whether it’s with baby bottles or getting me off to college, or getting me to and from cross-country practice with Boy Scouts, all those little things added up--and I don’t think I’ve ever appropriately enough told you how much I appreciate it. And two, let me say to all the other moms out there - there’s not a more important role than that of motherhood. And indeed thanks for all the little things that you do because what they add up to is a significant imprint and creation of another person’s life. So, thanks for what you do in the big scheme of things, all you mothers out there, and to my mom specifically, Happy Mother’s Day."
Contact: Catherine Christman (803) 737-3259 or christman @scetv.org
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