COLUMBIA - A fuming Gov. Mark Sanford accused Republican leaders of trying to embarrass him as he watched the House swiftly override his stack of budget vetoes Wednesday.

"It is completely disrespectful of the time and effort the governor put into this process, and it is not something he is going to lay down and forget about," said Sanford's spokesman Will Folks.

House Speaker David Wilkins, R-Greenville, and House Ways and Means Chairman Bobby Harrell, R-Charleston, defended their version of the budget against the governor's vetoes.

"I'm sure he's proud of his vetoes. Likewise, we're proud of what we've done," Wilkins said as he urged the House to vote to override the vetoes on the state's $5.5 billion budget.

In about two hours, the House managed to override all but one of Sanford's 106 vetoes with little or no debate. The lone sustained veto was over a plan to transfer control of the State Accident Fund to the Department of Insurance.

Harrell, the chief budget writer, said none of this was personal.

"I didn't think when the governor vetoed more items than any governor had in over a decade that he was trying to embarrass us," Harrell said. "I respected his right and his vetoes that he deemed were appropriate. I would hope he would respect our right to deal with those vetoes."

Legislators sent Sanford the 2004-05 budget last week, leaving him five days to consider vetoes.

Sanford's vetoes included changes in how the state might spend $90 million expected from tougher tax-law enforcement.

He cut about $21 million of that out of the spending plan, saying expectations may be too high and agencies shouldn't count on that money.

Wilkins called the budget a conservative and fiscally responsible budget.

Sanford trimmed about $16 million elsewhere in the budget to generate enough money to eliminate a $155 million deficit left from two years ago.

Wilkins and Harrell said that was unnecessary. The House and Senate have agreed on legislation that would assure any remaining deficit would be paid. Also, the General Assembly's budget already included items to eliminated the deficit.

"It will pay off remaining deficit just as quick," Wilkins said.

Sanford's vetoes raised eyebrows on both sides of the aisle.

"This governor has to represent all of us," said Rep. Joe Neal, D-Hopkins. "The governor is not doing that with these vetoes."

Across the hall, senators waited for their chance to deal with Sanford's vetoes.

Sanford vetoed $5 million in beach renourishment money for Hunting Island State Park. While Sanford said he loves the park, he questioned the wisdom of using scant state money on sand.

His veto message said the state is due for a big hurricane and that could wipe out gains from the project.

"Since when is the governor the guru of when hurricanes are going to land?" Sen. Scott Richardson, R-Hilton Head Island, asked.

Despite numerous conversations, Sanford "never told us, 'I'm not going to support this.' ... I resent that," he said.

"The way I read the message is the governor is not in support of renourishment" that's not good for the tourism industry, Richardson said. "The logic he put in there could just as easily apply to Myrtle Beach, Hilton Head or anywhere else."

Sanford said he was thoughtful about each veto and was not worried about political backlash.