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    Strange...http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/...nor/index.html

    South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford did not spend the last five days hiking the Appalachian Trail -- as his staff indicated -- but instead was in Buenos Aires, Argentina, he told The State newspaper.
    Gov. Mark Sanford told The State newspaper he was surprised the story was attracting such attention.






    Spotted returning from the trip at the Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, Wednesday morning, the Republican governor told The State he had considered hiking the Appalachian Trail after his state's busy legislative season ended but instead decided differently.
    "I wanted to do something exotic. It's a great city," Sanford said, referring to Buenos Aires.
    The governor will speak with reporters Wednesday at 2 p.m. ET, his office announced.
    Sanford's staff and family seemed to be in the dark about his whereabouts. Sanford also said no one else accompanied him on the trip, the paper reported. The Republican governor and possible 2012 contender told the newspaper only that he took a drive along the coastline on his trip.
    What type of person just says, "Hey, instead of taking a hike, I'm just going to fly by myself to another country for a week. Oh, and my family doesn't need to know either."

    Just bizarre.

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    i call bull .

    i heard he went with Rush on a "little boy" tour.

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    "possible 2012 contender . . ."

    Not anymore.

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    good for him. Seriously, who cares? The state didn't fall apart because the press didn't know where he was.

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    good for him. Seriously, who cares? The state didn't fall apart because the press didn't know where he was.
    You mean, apart from the fact that just flying to Argentina without telling your family or anyone in your staff is pretty erratic?

    It even states further in the article that the police feel the governor should at least tell them that he's leaving so they don't suspect foul play, and so the lieutenant gov can handle things while he's away.

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    He's a big Spurs fan and wanted to personally console Oberto through these trying days.

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    Strange...http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/...nor/index.html



    What type of person just says, "Hey, instead of taking a hike, I'm just going to fly by myself to another country for a week. Oh, and my family doesn't need to know either."

    Just bizarre.
    Assuming it's true, misdirection for privacy...

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    Assuming it's true, misdirection for privacy...
    going awol on your state.

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    What type of person just says, "Hey, instead of taking a hike, I'm just going to fly by myself to another country for a week. Oh, and my family doesn't need to know either."
    The kind of person who has someone waiting for him in that country, someone he didn't want his family to know about.

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    I'm assuming he has children. That's what's really weird about this... he was gone on Father's Day and didn't tell his family where he was.

    Spending 2 or 3 days driving the coast? That's an iffy one.

    Unplugging for a bit after an intense showdown is one thing... but totally going off grid for 4 days, especially when you're the governor of a state, is another.

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    "I wanted to do somebody exotic. It's a great city," Sanford said, referring to Buenos Aires.

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    The kind of person who has someone waiting for him in that country, someone he didn't want his family to know about.

    Bingo.

    Edit: Or, he could just be losing it. They've mentioned a few other odd behaviors in the article.

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    Assuming it's true, misdirection for privacy...
    You're really playing the skeptic today, eh?

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    maybe he's in the first stages of eventually changing his name to marsha.

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    You're really playing the skeptic today, eh?
    I always try to look at all possibilities. I'm an "outside the box" thinker. I do not confine my beliefs to what I'm told to believe. I'll even play the devils advocate at times.

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    What type of person just says, "Hey, instead of taking a hike, I'm just going to fly by myself to another country for a week. Oh, and my family doesn't need to know either."

    Just bizarre.
    He was probably chasing some Argie tail. We have some nice looking broads over there.

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    I love taking a day off and just driving up and down highway 16 through the Hill Country. Packing up for a couple days and going solo into the wilderness is a guy thing.

    Sounds like nothing more than a "Find anything we can to bash the South Carolina Governor because of his vocal opposition to Obama's stimulus plan and a potential GOP candidate later down the road" reach.

    What is father's day? You tell your dad "happy fathers day", maybe even give him a little gift or dinner and that is it. It's over. Big deal. I don't really celebrate any State-deemed holidays like they different from any other random time I want to have a good time with family or friends.
    Last edited by SonOfAGun; 06-24-2009 at 11:58 AM.

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    Why is this such a big deal?

    Is it because the liberal pundits say it's a thing, so you lemmings follow?

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    he's probably got a secret family in Argentina. Most powerful men have at least one secret family.

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    i'm surprised his expense report isn't plastered everywhere. i'm assuming he picked up the tab. ??? get the facts and we'll go from there. dismissing his presidential bid now is stupid. i can parallel that nonsense with the way the obamacons fire back saying "he's only been in office 5 months" when critics say nothing he's doing is working. obviously obamacons are blind to that. either way, who cares. investigate it. don't insinuate it.

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    i'm surprised his expense report isn't plastered everywhere. i'm assuming he picked up the tab. ??? get the facts and we'll go from there. dismissing his presidential bid now is stupid. i can parallel that nonsense with the way the obamacons fire back saying "he's only been in office 5 months" when critics say nothing he's doing is working. obviously obamacons are blind to that. either way, who cares. investigate it. don't insinuate it.
    LOL...

    You know that must be true. He must have paid for it himself, and the media has nothing real to complain about, so they are fishing.

    They suggest his family didn't know, but they don't say it as fact. They let lib s assume his family didn't know. Very possible they knew, and purposely played dumb to any media requests. I know if I told people the actions of the women I know, they would disown me. You don't tell others about friends and families actions. Not anyone in the public eye.

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    LOL...I know if I told people the actions of the women I know, they would disown me.
    we already know about your whor.....i mean amanda.

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    I love taking a day off and just driving up and down highway 16 through the Hill Country. Packing up for a couple days and going solo into the wilderness is a guy thing.

    Sounds like nothing more than a "Find anything we can to bash the South Carolina Governor because of his vocal opposition to Obama's stimulus plan and a potential GOP candidate later down the road" reach.

    What is father's day? You tell your dad "happy fathers day", maybe even give him a little gift or dinner and that is it. It's over. Big deal. I don't really celebrate any State-deemed holidays like they different from any other random time I want to have a good time with family or friends.
    I enjoy a nice country drive and some time off too, but come on. A governor has got to let someone know.

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    LOL...

    You know that must be true. He must have paid for it himself, and the media has nothing real to complain about, so they are fishing.

    They suggest his family didn't know, but they don't say it as fact. They let lib s assume his family didn't know. Very possible they knew, and purposely played dumb to any media requests. I know if I told people the actions of the women I know, they would disown me. You don't tell others about friends and families actions. Not anyone in the public eye.
    Or they didn't know..

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    i'm finding that it may be an affair. oh well. we'll see.

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