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 Governor Goes MissingPosted on Jun 22, 2009
South Carolina governor and anti-stimulus crusader Mark Sanford has vanished. Sanford gave his staff and security team the slip four days ago and managed to miss Father’s Day without alarming his wife, who also doesn’t know where he is. “He was writing something and wanted some space to get away from the kids,” she explained to the Associated Press.
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By Virginia777, August 2 at 12:08 pm #
“Daddy, what did you write about on your naked hike?”
“The birds and the bees, son”
Report thisBy Virginia777, August 2 at 12:02 pm #
““He was writing something and wanted some space to get away from the kids”
I bet he wouldn’t want his kids reading his naked woods musings!
Report thisBy squeaky jones, June 23 at 8:49 pm #
(Unregistered commenter)
I see he made the milk carton, how about his picture at the post office? I still am reminded how cold hearted he was refusing stimulus money to the people of his state who wre drowning in debt, while he sat back in the governor’s mansion in comfort. Squeaky.
Report thisBy Russian Paul, June 23 at 8:25 pm #
What an interesting way to spend Fathers Day…
Report thisBy Ed Harges, June 23 at 3:30 pm #
OOPs - had to fix that link:
MSNBC:
Gov. Sanford apparently went —
NAKED hiking!”
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/06/23/1974627.aspx
Report thisBy Ed Harges, June 23 at 3:26 pm #
Oh please, somebody react, this is so juicy! I am not kidding.
According to MSNBC, it looks like
Governor Sanford went NAKED HIKING!!!
(ITW, does this prove there is a God who loves us?)
“Check out this set of facts. Fact 1: Gov. Mark Sanford went missing Thursday and hasn’t been seen since. Fact 2: His staff has since told us that the governor has been hiking the Appalachian Trail. Fact 3: Sunday was “Naked Hiking Day” on the Appalachian Trail. We kid you not.”
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/06/23/1 974627.aspx
Report thisBy Rodger Lemonde, June 23 at 1:41 pm #
(Unregistered commenter)
Could it be that he is so inconsequential that he can no longer be seen? A classic case of an empty suit.
Report thisBy Ed Harges, June 23 at 1:37 pm #
RED ALERT:
Sanford went NAKED HIKING!
(ITW, does this prove there is a God who loves us?)
“Check out this set of facts. Fact 1: Gov. Mark Sanford went missing Thursday and hasn’t been seen since. Fact 2: His staff has since told us that the governor has been hiking the Appalachian Trail. Fact 3: Sunday was “Naked Hiking Day” on the Appalachian Trail. We kid you not.”
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/06/23/1 974627.aspx
Report thisBy Inherit The Wind, June 23 at 1:24 pm #
Ed Harges, June 23 at 11:57 am #
Re: By Inherit The Wind, June 23 at 7:30 am:
Oh gawd, ITW, you don’t know the half of it. I was forced to live there for part of my childhood. I just wish some friendly angel had come to me then and said, “Be not afraid! Believe me, it is possible to get out of here, and the rest of the world is nothing like this!”
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I believe that!
I was in a waffle shop on the NW side of Columbia, in a residential area in 1980.
A bunch of bikers (not motorcyclists, but bikers) came in and one girl was wearing a T-shirt that read:
“God created Hondas so niggers wouldn’t ride Harley-Davidsons!”
Another time in Columbia, a guy came up intending to rob me as I was trying to fix the exhaust on my car. I shot out from under the car with a 2’ long Yankee ratchet screwdriver pointed right at his belly like a spear and he smiled sickly and took off.
No, I’m no fan of the Palmetto State! I prefer NJ, the Jughandle State, where our state flower is poison ivy, and our state bird is the Greenhead Mosquito!
Report thisBy Ed Harges, June 23 at 12:10 pm #
OMG - people, I have the scoop!:
“Check out this set of facts. Fact 1: Gov. Mark Sanford went missing Thursday and hasn’t been seen since. Fact 2: His staff has since told us that the governor has been hiking the Appalachian Trail. Fact 3: Sunday was “Naked Hiking Day” on the Appalachian Trail. We kid you not.”
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/06/23/1974627.aspx
Report thisBy Teresa, June 23 at 12:07 pm #
(Unregistered commenter)
I’m at a loss with the comments - He was against the stimulus, is missing for several days with a wife & sons, and these are the comments?
So, for kicks - want to watch those boys crying their eyes out when their dad comes up dead? I’m not big on some of the things politicians do - from either party- but I’m not too keen on the hatred coming from so called Americans posting here.
As for the state - THE PEOPLE make it what it is when they do NOTHING ... All it takes for evil to win is for good men to do nothing
Report thisBy Ed Harges, June 23 at 11:57 am #
Re: By Inherit The Wind, June 23 at 7:30 am:
Oh gawd, ITW, you don’t know the half of it. I was forced to live there for part of my childhood. I just wish some friendly angel had come to me then and said, “Be not afraid! Believe me, it is possible to get out of here, and the rest of the world is nothing like this!”
Report thisBy tomack, June 23 at 9:20 am #
Official story: He was hiking the Appalachian Trail.
Look! I see a pig flying.
Seriously, even a guvnor needs a little privacy. I hope he wasn’t alone…you should never hike alone.
Report thisBy photoshock, June 23 at 8:37 am #
The scenario is this: He takes a few days away from the office, wife and kids for a leisurely romp in the Caribbean with the sexiest and most beautiful man imaginable.
Report thisSomewhere right now, this Gov. who despises big government and wants his privacy is enjoying his romp with the ‘man of the month.’
By Inherit The Wind, June 23 at 7:30 am #
Ed Harges, June 22 at 9:29 pm #
This is so deliciously weird, and it couldn’t be happening to a more deserving state.
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ROFLMAO!
Report thisIt’s so rare for us to be on the same side and this is the second time, recently. There are a lot of good people in SC, but there are far more rednecks, televange-type “Christians” and DHs there to make it one of my less-favorite states—and that’s saying something, living in New Jersey!
By godistwaddle, June 23 at 6:56 am #
Perhaps it did the honorable thing (oh, sorry, it’s a Republican; my mistake) and blew its own head off. An honorable Republican is like a virginal whore.
Report thisBy Marcus Taylor, June 23 at 6:44 am #
(Unregistered commenter)
This is past weird who, as the first-in-line pick, to be the Republican nominee for the 2012 Presidential race, would disappear for four days and counting, while his four boys wonder where “dad” is on Fathers Day. Family Values, I don’t think so. Mental Breakdown, possibly. Killed his chances for the nomination, of course. But everyone is wondering, what’s the real story…...to be continued..
Report thisBy samosamo, June 23 at 12:49 am #
Could be his way of starting his presidential campaign for 2012.
Report thisBy Anarcissie, June 23 at 12:23 am #
I wonder if we could get more governors to do this.
On the other hand, maybe some like “Why don’t we do it in the road” Berlusconi would be more amusing.
Report thisBy idarad, June 22 at 10:23 pm #
He is hiding behind a burqa in France -
Report thisBy Ed Harges, June 22 at 9:29 pm #
This is so deliciously weird, and it couldn’t be happening to a more deserving state.
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