I'm pretty sure King David didn't have a harem. Update: He did, but Sandford's still a biblical tool
Mark "Hey, King David never resigned" Sanford's story has gotten far less romantic:

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."

During an emotional interview at his Statehouse office with The Associated Press on Tuesday, Sanford said Chapur is his soul mate but he's trying to fall back in love with his wife.

He said that during the encounters with other women he "let his guard down" with some physical contact but "didn't cross the sex line." He wouldn't go into detail.

Sanford said the casual encounters happened outside the U.S. while he was married but before he met Chapur, on trips to "blow off steam" with male friends.

Sanford also admitted he saw Chapur more times than previously disclosed, including what was to be a farewell meeting in New York chaperoned by a spiritual adviser soon after his wife found out about the affair.

So he lied a few days ago but now, trust him, lines were held. This translates to, "Okay, maybe a few lines were snorted off some hookers ass before a sex orgy, but it doesn't count if my fingers were crossed." I think "love story" means "Dear Penthouse Forum" and "soul mate" means "no gag reflex".

And "trips to 'blow off steam'" translates to sex tourism. Did I not say there was a racial subtext to this?

Don't you love the denial of agency? Sanford describes his deception in detail ("At that point I was very careful, everything was paid for in cash...And you won't find a credit card record."), yet the effort required for years of cross border fuck trips is merely letting down one's guard and crossing a line. Some people get tipsy or angry and send a regrettable text, Sanford got distracted, slipped and waved his dick around in other countries for years.

Plus: "trying to fall back in love"? Dude, do not bother, if you have any respect for your family and yourself. Unless by "soul mate" you mean "sex which is exciting only if there's someone to betray."

UPDATE: King David did have concubines, which counts as a harem, but Sanford misuses the story of Bathsheba, for which David was cursed with strife, insurrection, death and the loss of his legacy. So yeah, Mark, if that's the fate you want.