1 Just follow a few Democrat politicians around during their down time and this should die down rather quickly.

2

My guess?  He visited the world famous "Blacks".  Best whorehouse in South America, er, not that I would know.

Kemp

3 In principle, there's nothing wrong with Sanford jetting off to Argentina for a few days. And I would continue to defend Sanford against media claims that he was "missing" or that he needs a permission slip from the MSM to leave the state or have some "me time".

It does look as though there was severe communications breakdown between he and his staff. They just lost a lot of credibility by pushing the hiking story.

4 Argentina is full of racists nazis, like that rethugliKKKan Sanford is.

And don't get me started on this planetkillers carbon footprint.

5 Come on, he had to have told someone where he was. I smell an effort to discredit another Republican...

6 It just comes out looking weird.Republicans can't afford to do stuff like this under the kind of scrutiny they are.

7 Who the hell flys halfway around the country to "recharge" for only two days. Jet lag would seem to make this impossible.

He wanted to do something exotic? Like an 8 year old south american boy? (I realize that statement is a gross use of hyperbole and downright offensive. But seriously, this thing makes no sense to me).

8 He declined to give any additional details about what he did other than to say he drove along the coastline.

Trying to make such a drive could frustrate a weekend visitor to Argentina. In Buenos Aires, the Avenida Costanera is the only coastal road, and it's less than two miles long.

Once again, it's the attempted cover-ups that look worse than the initial act.

Either he did something completely innocent and he, his wife and staff have handled it very, very poorly...or he did something weird and isn't getting away with it.

9
Is it really a good idea to let the MSM pick the Republican candidate for 2012? How'd that work out for you last time?

10 Get a fork, he is done.  Staff is one thing, WIFE is another.  Much bigger wife constituancy. 

11 Notice how the article makes note that the Gov is "thin".All they need to add is that he is also neat and you know they are suggesting he is a homo.....

12 Where else can you get the best Tango lessons?

13 My growing suspicion is that his staff knew became aware he was in Argentina on Monday, realized that the political effect of it would be negative, so in an effort to save face, they went with the Appalachian Trail story and thought they could sneak him back into the country without anyone being wiser.

14 Does he speak Argentinian?

15 Invoke Godwin's Law! Quickly...

16 There's only a two hour change between Buenos Aires and SC.  Still bizarre though.  

17

The real story had better be that he is a spy infiltrating into the inner reaches of the Iranian heirarchy or the whole Argentinian Gay Group Marathon Orgy story is probably gonna get legs.

Just sayin.

18 ...or he did something weird and isn't getting away with it.

My guess, based on absolutely no facts which I think means I should have an above the fold byline with the NY Times, is that it was plastic surgery of some type, probably an eye job.  Does anyone remember waaaaay back when Clinton was first running for President and he took a few days off the campaign and came back looking "rested"?  Yeah, I still think he had a wee bit of work done.  Again, I'm completely talking out my ass here, but when this first bubbled up, that was my immediate assumption. 

19 Buenos Aires isn't "halfway around the country" and just an hours time difference (later, i.e.; East) from the Eastern US.

20 There's only a two hour change between Buenos Aires and SC.  Still bizarre though.

Yeah, but it's a 14 hour commercial flight, so he had to spend at least 2 days getting their and back. And who travels that far for two days of R&R?

21 I'm not sure what bigger message I'm supposed to draw from this story.

Sure it's weird... really weird. But unless there was something untoward going on in Argentina a la David Carradine then the story is.... well, I'm not sure what it is.

But grats to him for being able to vanish off the face of the Earth. That's pretty diesel. Didn't think that was still possible.

22 This can only help Tim Pawlenty!

23 I guess I'm missing something -- really not seeing the big damn deal here. Write off the guy's (supposed) aspirations over this? I'm simply not getting that. But I'm no pundit.

24

thought they could sneak him back into the country without anyone being wiser.

Well, better to know now where the idiots are than to find out in September of 2012.

25 Buenos Aires isn't "halfway around the country" and just an hours time difference (later, i.e.; East) from the Eastern US.

Not by latitude, but by longitude it's pretty damn far.  And jet lag also has to do with length of time cooped up on an airplane, not just time zone difference.

26 Alex, I could consider the PS aspect, but even his wife didn't know, supposedly. Why would he take off to, say, have his nose fixed, and not tell her?

I like Mark Sanford. He's my governor. All this is very bizarre though. I have no problems with him getting away to decompress. But hell, what's with all the different stories and why would he not have told his wife or intimate staffers where he was in case of emergency?

I'll give him the benefit of the doubt because I think he is a good, decent man. Of course, the msm now has the green light to shred him and make him irrelevant in '12.

27 22 This can only help Tim Pawlenty!

God help us all.
.....
I'm willing to give Sanford the benefit of a doubt.. 
I think it is getting blown way out of proportion because he isn't just a Republican but a very conservative Republican..

28

Sanford now spectacularly fails my 2012 gut check. For the record, my gut says:

Romney-- Great on paper... but the gut says loser.
Huckabee-- Are you kidding?
Jindal-- Jury's still out.
Palin-- Hell, yes!

For what it's worth, I was a Giuliani man in 2008. Then Palin swept me off my feet. I like street fighters.

29 ...Oh, and I'm aware that Jet lag is based on going east-west and circadian rhythm disruptions. But you can't tell me that being on an airplane for 10+ hours twice in the span of 4 days isn't a serious disruption, and hardly conducive to R&R.

30 Of course, the msm now has the green light to shred him and make him irrelevant in '12.

They would've done that anyhow.  Wish people would quit pretending like the MSM needs an objective reason to trash a Republican governor.

31

Actually, he is carrying Sarah Palin's child.

32

I have a Jalen Rose: And jet lag also has to do with length of time cooped up on an airplane, not just time zone difference.

No, not really.

33 @#32, see #29 for clarification.

34

Jesus H. Christ on a pogo stick. He's a Republican. You say you like him. Yet you immediately jump on the media's bandwagon ascribing something fishy or sinister about his actions, motives, whatever.  If a Democrat disappeared in Bangkok for a month, got caught with two underage prostitutes, a corpse and a kilo of crack, Democrats would leap to his defense, and back him to the death.

THIS is why we end up with assholes like McCain on our tickets, because we willingly eat our own best and brightest at the slightest behest of the MSM/democrats.

I don't even know the guy, and I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. Hell, I'd even do that much for a dem. Sonofabitch, people, go get spines, will ya?

 

 

 

35 Or he was working on his campaign book, "Dreams From My Argentinian Goat Herder."

36 Jet lag is an excuse used by pansy-ass delicate waifs to make up for their own brittleness and lack of toughness.  I flew 14+ hours to South Korea and didn't suffer a lick of "jet lag."  Jet lag is just "whip lash" (another supposedly chronic effect that sort of disappeared around 1999, odd how they don't sustain themselves) for the 2000s.

37 Romney-- Great on paper... but the gut says loser.
Palin-- Already proven to be a loser.

Tim Pawlenty in 2012!

38

Memorandum: POTUS hiking trip

Please make note that My Emminence will be unavailable next week due to my scheduled family vacation on the Venezuela-Columbia border to enjoy some high quality wilderness.

If there is a need for a command decision that cannot possibly wait for my return please refer to established protocol.

I have always wanted to do someting like this since reading the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers - Around the World comic. (Still need to set up a soccer game with this football)

Barry

39 Again this whole episode is nothing compared to what the Dems and MSM will make up about him.

40 Sorry guys, the woman was a VP in M&A at Lazard, I'm still not getting the vibe that she "wasn't told" or "didn't know", I'm getting the "f you, none of your business, I'm not telling YOU" vibe from Jenny Sanford.  I don't under estimate this guy for a minute.  He still owns the company he founded.  He is a smart cookie as grand ma would say.  What I do think is so funny is people's reactions to this, especially you conservatives/republicans.  As an independent I find him way more appealing, why he dared to walk out of the "this is what conservatives are supposed to do" box and he's probably not going to say where he was and the dems probably have private investigators all over Argentina and still don't know where he was and what he did and it is going to drive them stark raving mad.  This is funny and look, look at all this publicity.  If he's lucky, he'll surive to another news cycle and everyone will know his name.  And, some won't view this as the negative some are making it out to be, some will view it as an adult being an adult.

41 Jesus H. Christ on a pogo stick. He's a Republican. You say you like him. Yet you immediately jump on the media's bandwagon ascribing something fishy or sinister about his actions, motives, whatever.  If a Democrat disappeared in Bangkok for a month, got caught with two underage prostitutes, a corpse and a kilo of crack, Democrats would leap to his defense, and back him to the death.

Bingo.  Let it be.  Don't fall for their little trap.

42 @34, West

You are absolutely right.  Could you feed the narrative a little more?

I'd also use a different example.  Rather than Dems and MSM defending to the death all that hypothetical... How about the RL example of the Democrat front-runner having an affair with a staffer and that staffer quietly disappears to the bahamas and no one ever, EVER mentions it?

43 We're thinning our own herd quite nicely.

44 Yet you immediately jump on the media's bandwagon ascribing something fishy or sinister about his actions, motives, whatever.

When your story changes and you do something really odd that doesn't seem to make a ton of sense, there's bound to be questions and rampant speculation. Sanford brought this on himself.

I'm not willing to throw him under the bus quite yet, but things like this do show a lack of political acumen, something needed in what has become an 18 month campaign for president.

45 Posted by: I have a Jalen Rose jersey at June 24, 2009 09:38 AM (4yrb2)
What did he do that was really odd?

46 I know if I did a "Walk-About" without informing the Wife, my nadds would be on the line.

47 I really don't get why this is a story. The suggestion is no one except Sanford knew where he was. It's total BS. At least one staff member knew, I guarantee it. Why? Politicians, especially Governors don't pay there own bills, he was using a credit card.  His wife knew too I am sure, she told the press she didn't know where but that doesn' mean she didn't know how to contact him if she needed too. The same goes for his staff.

If anything this whole bit shows how pathetic the MSM has become. 10 years ago there would have found the guy under a rock on the moon. Now they have no cash to spend tracking people down and just whine when they don't get the answers  they want. News Flash MSM, do your own fucking job or go away, no one is legally obligated to answer your questions.

48 Paladin, do you have absolute, irrefutable proff that he "didn't inform the wife"?

49 Tim Pawlenty in 2012!

Posted by: poon at June 24, 2009 09:33 AM (i31Zq)

Be ready for another term of Obama then..

50 When your story changes

Sanford's story changed?  As far as I know, this is the first time that Sanford has said anything.  It's been the MEDIA that has changed their story multiple times on this.

51

He admitted to reporters that he went to Argen-fucking-tina?

Dude.... the fuck?

He's the governor of my state. Doesn't he remember that he's Republican and that his every action is scrutinized by amoral Dems who are just itching at the chance to take his ass down for refusing the Obamessiah's and the (un)heavenly hosts' stimulus blessings from on high? ...the fuck? Argentina?

Congrats Mark, you just handed them a huge Louisville Slugger on a silver platter to beat your skull in.

52 @#42

Because there's a substantial difference between staffer and Governor.

The options here are:
1) He's covering something up. His staff knew exactly what was going on, as did his wife, but for whatever reason we  the public can't know what he did.
2) He did no exactly what he said he did and no more and was just insanely stupid about communicating.. Everyone makes mistakes, but if you want to end all the rampant speculation, he needs to better address the situation. Saying "I wanted to do something exotic," just ain't gonna cut it. If you wanna run for Prez, you need to be better at managing the media.
3) He's some sort of super genius and did this to get his name in the papers and more attention to the South Carolina situation.

Any other reasons why this happened the way it did that I'm missing?

53 You guys have to lighten up.  Watching the media get hysterical and stamp their feet about this is just too funny.  I mean, was anyone on the plane with him?  Did he really get off a plane from Argentina?  Or, did they bring him to the airport and he pretended to get off the plane?  And WS blogs were implying way more interesting stuff characterizing him as the only gov who rejected the stimulus and intimating God knows what happened to him at the hands of you know who.  This is fun stuff, fun stuff.  Instead of rejoicing that a Conservative Republican governor is playing the media, you are jumping on the donkey cart with them.  Too funny, too too funny.

54 Doesn't he remember that he's Republican and that his every action is scrutinized by amoral Dems who are just itching at the chance to take his ass down for refusing the Obamessiah's and the (un)heavenly hosts' stimulus blessings from on high? ...the fuck? Argentina?

Congrats Mark, you just handed them a huge Louisville Slugger on a silver platter to beat your skull in.

Yeah, I bet he does.  And he knows he's going to get his skull beat in regardless.  That's what people don't seem to accept.  They would've attacked him dishonestly regardless.  So he's living his life on his own terms, not the Democrats.  Fuck them and their dishonesty.  I applaud that.

55 Muffy...Nope. Your right!

56

37 Palin-- Already proven to be a loser.

Yep. Like Reagan '76.

57 What did he do that was really odd?

Muffy,
I don't know of too many people who say to themselves "Man I need to recharge, lets spend 20+ hours on a plane so I can get two days of rest."

There seem to be much better ways to relax than do this. Of course, to each his own, but it just seems odd to me.

58 oh and in case you haven't oticed, sanford's "behavior" is very "Barack Obamaesque"

59

Sanford was fathering Bristol Palin's latest spawn and was in Argentina to transfer it to the Nazi fetus vats with Mengele's son's assistance. Just ask my beagle, he told me all about it.

60 58 oh and in case you haven't oticed, sanford's "behavior" is very "Barack Obamaesque"

When he has an affair and send the staffer to the bahamas and no one ever mentions it, then we can call Sanford's behavior Obama-esque.

61 37 Palin--  McCain --   Already proven to be a [two time]loser.

FIFY

62 The reason why this matters is because it makes Sanford look rather silly and anything that makes all the other contenders look silly makes Mike Huckabee look better.

I'm traveling the world in search of liberal freedom with Alec Baldwin if Huckabee is the nominee.

63

#37 Poon

 Romney-- Great on paper... but the gut says loser.
Palin-- Already proven to be a loser.

Tim Pawlenty in 2012!

You don't get it either. ALL republicans that can carry/garnish/aquire power are ALL winners, and if we don't start treating them ALL that way we are doomed to stay in the hinterlands till the end of this republic, which will be greatly hastened by that very fact. 

Look at the Dems - their most powerful menbers are some of the dumbest, most corrupt, vile, racist bastards & bitches on the planet, and they got to all that power and position because when they screwed up, the democrats actually gave them standing ovations! (For taking underage prostitutes out of the cuntry to bang them 'legally'!)

People are flawed. Face it. Conservatives should stand up for their principles and certainly reject members of their coalition who do not uphold those principles in their official capacities. But when we willingly burn any successful republican/conservative at the stake whenever they make any moves that even SEEM 'unusual' EVEN WITHOUT ANY FACTS, as in the current case, we are just slicing off our own nuts.

When we diss any republicans other than our own 'main man', we diminish our own brand, win a battle, lose the war.

To hell with that, I say.

64 When he has an affair ALLEGEDLY and send the staffer to the bahamas ALLEGEDLY and no one ever mentions it, then we can call Sanford's behavior Obama-esque.

(edited, sorry)

65 You know the media is getting "old and stuffy".  For a couple of days they are still following the "intimating" and "implying family problems" model that well, with the new young generation, just doesn't work.  Heck, someone ought to come up with one heck of a story of mystery and intrigue with international implications and pass it on to our poor imploding friend peres.  Now that is fun.

66 Much ado about nothing. 

Argentina can be a dangerous place, so I don't blame him for keeping his itinerary secret.  I'm guessing his wife probably knew where he was, but thought it was none of the media's fucking business.

Don't believe the media bullshit.  They attack people like him and Palin because they're conservatives.  Notice they never go after RINO's like Mitt, Pawlenty, or Huckster (and Huckster actually had some real serious ethics problems), unless one of them wins the nomination, then they'll open fire with both barrels.  Also, Sanford and Palin have been defending each other over their rejections of Porkulus money, and I'm sure anybody defending or defended by Palin will be media target #2 behind Palin herself.

So don't drink the koolaid on this.  I'm a big Palin supporter, but we don't know if she's even going to run in 2012, so let's not throw Sanford under the bus.  He's a good guy.

67 Tom I meant "obamaesque" in the way BO sometimes just doesn't tell.  Happened a lot during the campaign.  Pay attention please.  Don't think for one second that this guy was out having an affair, if he was, in all this time the media would have already found the mistress.

68 Don't believe the media bullshit.

Can someone explain to me how thinking this is strange is drinking the kool-aid?

69

This is the kind of crap that will haunt him should he try for a national run. Mahr/Scummy Stewballs/Colbert/Letterman and the rest of the left-wing propaganda machine will not let up on this should he try for the run; it'll be either dumb incompetent absent-minded Republican or evil, corrupt, secret meeting, lie-to-government-and-people Republican.

 

It all depends on how it shakes out, but one of those stereotypes will be used, especially if he challenges The One. You know, how they ragged on Palin for being a dumb redneck when they realized her taking on the establishment in Alaska proved she wasn't corrupt.

70

It's none of your business where I am. Me a fucking nobody.  Elected Representatives signed on the dotted line.

 

71 lurker, I think you underestimate the Jenny/Mark team.

72 muffy, wha?

73

This dipshit said we had no need for the auto companies when the econopacalpse hit.  Instead of suggesting any actual meaningful conservative priciples which could help said companies (lower taxes, reduce regulation, etc) he was part of the short-sighted bunch who said "fuck 'em" and let Obama do whatever he wanted because it would probably be bad for their boogey-man, the UAW.

I love SC, but I am not vacationing there anymore while he is in office, and I have encouraged everyone I know in Michigan to do the same.  Seriously, fuck this guy.

(Although next time he disappears himself, I'd love him to take Jenny G. with him)

74 Well, we have the MO?BO team and we have the Hill/Bill team and so with sanford you have the Jenny/Mark team.  She was a VP in M&A at Lazard, can't stress that enough here.  As hill would say, Jenny aint home baking cookies.

75 I haven't been to Argentina, but I know a lot of people who have. In my circle, it's a fairly popular place to go to cool off in the summer or do some bird hunting. Good food, nice people, no time zone change and all that. My sister and her family loved it.

It does sound like a long way to go for 4 days though.

76

This week the dhimmies are going to try and pass cap and trade and we are talking about Sanford?

 

Is this how conservatives going to defeat Obama's Marxist policies?  What are the ramifications of Sanford's walk about as compared to Cap and Trade and Healthcare?

77 Well, when you put it like that, this story looks like "busywork".

78 Every week a new diversion, every week another destructive Democrat "Plan".
We're gonna be in the toilet by the end of the year.

79 Speaking as someone who lived in Buenos Aires for the past year, I can tell you that either high-quality whoring or plastic surgery are both possibilities.

However, I tend to take the guy at his word.

Argentina is a hella fun place to visit. In fact, it is probably the best place in the world to be a man:  the chicas are stunning, world-class fly-fishing, unmatched wingshooting, you are encouraged to drive like a Formula One racer on the city streets, and every meal is steak, steak, steak.  The only real downside to Argentina is that soccer is a national obsession, although, on the upside, they also love rugby.

If Sanford says he went to Argentina to have a good time, I believe him.

80 Nonstop on Delta it's a 10-hr flight. *shrug*  I've flown further for four days...

81

I yam Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Presidenta de Argentina  and I chust want to say que yo tengo un gran amor para el gobernador Sanford y por fin we want to tell the world how much nos amanos with love.  I don't care, y Mark tambien.

 

 

 

82 Palin = Reagan?

Thanks for my morning belly laugh, bat.

83

 Notice they never go after RINO's like Mitt, Pawlenty, or Huckster

The most 'conservatives' can say about Romney is there is something about him they don't trust.  They have to ignore his accomplishments and mispresent his views.  The most 'liberals' can say about Romney is that he took a vacation with his dog strapped to the roof of the car.  They can't use their usual meme about a Republican's intelligence because he's smarter than anyone out there.  

84 Hey, 34Ylo, how's that UAW working out for Detroit.  Oh, what's that you say?  Detroit is a shithole...big surprise there.

85 Yeah, I bet he does.  And he knows he's going to get his skull beat in regardless.  That's what people don't seem to accept.  They would've attacked him dishonestly regardless.  So he's living his life on his own terms, not the Democrats.  Fuck them and their dishonesty.  I applaud that.
Posted by: Tom in Korea at June 24, 2009 09:46 AM (9H4sW) --------------------------------------------------   I say fuck the Dems too, simply because they're not held to the same standards. It's easy to meet moral standards when they're not just low, but subterranean.   That said, Sanford should have laid low right after the whole federal money blowup. You don't pick your nose in the kitchen while the diners are watching, no matter how much of a habit it is and how much you wash your hands afterwards.   And to the dumbasses who are now claiming that it's an MSM conspiracy, Sanford admitted going to Argentina to a newspaper reporter, and told the reporter he considering going hiking, but at the last minute changed his mind because he wanted to "do something exotic".   The MSM pumps this shit up, yes, but Sandford is a politician and should be more aware of how he is perceived politically. To ignore that is to show political incompetence.

86 I kinda like the idea of a president who can disappear at a moment's notice, remain completely untraceable, then reappear without warning.

Like a ninja.

Or George Washington.

87 Poon: Go die in a fire you fucking piece of shit.  You're a basement-dwelling troll loser with an Oedipus complex. 

88 The most 'liberals' can say about Romney is

They hit his religion and his "privileged upbringing" pretty hard, the fucking hypocrites.

89

His chief of staff at least knew how to get ahold of him. Plus do we realy think a governer logged on to orbitz and booked his own trip out of the country?

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The governor said he cut his trip short after his chief of staff, Scott English, told him his trip was gaining a lot of media attention and he needed to come back.

When asked why his staff said he was on the Appalachian Trail, Sanford replied, "I don't know."

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http://tinyurl.com/n4oaqf

90 Poon: Go die in a fire you fucking piece of shit.

Why are Palin supporters so unhinged?

91 Posted by: poon at June 24, 2009 10:23 AM (i31Zq)

I'm not unhinged.  But you are a piece of shit.  So go die in a fire.

92

mike, we're already in the toilet. anarchy looks better and better with each word out of this baby-killing asshole's mouth.

93 Who the f**k cares?????????

94 Is Muffy some Sanford insider?  She sure seems to know a lot about the Sanfords...  Do you live in Charleston? or perhaps on Sullivans?

95

7 Who the hell flys halfway around the country to "recharge" for only two days. Jet lag would seem to make this impossible.

There is NO jet lag going to BA unless you get jet lag going to Bermuda from NYC, same difference, one hour. You don't get jet lag going north to south or south to north. check out a map.  Also, sleeping in Business or First Class sure doesn't wear me out, maybe you guys have a lower pain level.

The hookers are worth the ride, not, again that I would know.  I read about it, yeah that's right.

Kemp

96

I see only four possibilities:

1.  He was participating in this study:  U.S. Government Funds $400,000 Study on Gay Sex in Argentina Bars.

2.  He wanted to experience the David Carradine Two-Point, Split-Rope, Exploding Balls Technique^TM, but didn't feel like truly flying halfway around the world to do it.

3.  He just wanted to take a drive down a beautiful coastline, without his wife and kids, on Father's Day weekend, and thought nobody would notice or mind.  Hey, Argentina's got a pretty coastline, right?  Because the rabidly anti-Republican MSM will just let it slide, right?

4.  He was face down in an opium den somewhere in the US for 4 days.

Any one of thse options means he's too crazy, stupid, or inexperienced in the ways of the press to run for president as a Republican.  Rightly or wrongly, that's just the way it is.  I don't make the rules, I just enforce 'em.

97 "This week the dhimmies are going to try and pass cap and trade and we are talking about Sanford?"

Huh? We've been talking a great deal about Crap & Tax, as well as Obamacare, as have most other conservative blogs.

Hey, I'm not tossing Sanford under any bus. I don't believe one word of the msm, so what their take on any of this is moot to me. They're serial liars. Yeah, I know any conservative pol is going to have a big, fat target on their back. I don't think the assumption that we're falling for their obvious "tear down the conservative guy" is correct. Just because the guy disappears and the reasons, thus far, are a bit murky has only led to us questioning the particulars.

98 Come back to bed, Poon, sweetie.. 

Do that swirly thing you did with your tongue.

99 I want to echo what Tom in Korea said at #50. This is a standard tactic for some journalists: come up with a spin on reality that makes no sense and has no backing in evidence, report it, and when reality doesn't comply report that someone's backtracking or changing their minds.

I used to notice the same thing with Bush (c.f. his failing to follow through with "distancing" himself from Maliki circa August 31 2007--see link).

100 I wish Poon would just show me affection with a belly-rub or scratching behind my ears.  Having me lick peanut butter off his balls is getting old.  And if he sneaks up on me and sticks his tongue up my ass while I'm sleeping one more time I'm going to bite his dick off.

101 Should of went for ice creme instead ---- the MSM would have swooned over it.  Errrr, never mind.

102 This guy has/had political aspirations. It was Father's Day. There were spurious things going on between him and Lt. Gov. (Whether or not she/he was right or not.) Nevertheless, EVERYTHING was ripe for a climate of Him Disappearing = Shit. Why did he do this? Someone Who Wants To Climb (Politically), would NOT do this, especially without an irrefutable defense!

Sorry. I now have doubts, and unless those doubts are thoroughly refuted (has his nemesis succeeded?), then he's, um, a wanker.

We, The Conservatives, canNOT afford someone who is questionable! Damn him, for Taking A Walk/Going To Argentina for a Drive!

103 Poon says:
Why are Palin supporters so unhinged?
mike says
Palin detractors are unhinged.  Looks like the woman just makes everyone unhinged.

104 Alexthechick - your PS theory is intriguing. After less than a week, though, if he had facial plastic surger, especially an eye-lift, there are going to be visible signs of it. Bruising, swelling, even visible stitches. I want to see the before/after

105 Twinks, give it up. He will never live this down. Maybe he told his wife and she dissembled to protect his privacy, but I don't think she did. I think he blew town and didn't tell folks where he was going. Perhaps he hinted that he WAS going, but even then it looks like the actual trip was a sprung surprise.

I agree with Drew, about the suggestions that he is easily exhausted and strained dimming his prospects as well.

Too tense, too flakey.

106 Cheers, Sarah. Agree with you.

107 Certainly not Presidential Material, ESPECIALLY after this shit. Sorry. Might be going with the MSM and the Opposition at this point, but in 2010/2012 we can NOT afford any questionable shit/nonsense/wanking that can feed the Left!

108
Can someone explain to me how thinking this is strange is drinking the kool-aid?
Posted by: I have a Jalen Rose jersey

Everything you know about this event is from Sanford's enemies. It's a totally made up controversy.  Try using some common sense.

"After being baptized, Jesus fasted for forty days and nights in the desert. During this time, the devil appeared to Jesus and tempted him to demonstrate his supernatural powers as proof of his divinity, each temptation being refused by Jesus with a quote of scripture. The Gospels state that having failed, the devil departed and angels came and brought nourishment to Jesus.*"

After such a strange event, he of course never got the Republican nomination. Amen.

*Plagerized from Wikipedia.com. I don't know where they plagerized it from.

Is there a Godwin's Law for comparing someone to Jesus?

109

Sometimes you just need an anti-Cheers where "everybody doesn't know your name". Why do you think a lot of celebrities live in Switzerland? Its not just taxes.

 

110 but he's going to need to be able to make this not seem as flakey as it does right now

Oh, that's easy: Valu-Rite, hobos and hookers. Like any of y'all married folks would leave contact information when you're out doing that.

111 Is there a Godwin's Law for comparing someone to Jesus?

Hi.

112 Everything I've posted is readily available on the governor's website.  Use a little deductive reasoning and common sense and you too can conjecture and opine with the rest of us.  BTW, heard fox, (only fair and balanced when it comes to republicans or conservatives) interview the reporter who "heard things" and decided to "drive to Atlanta to meet the only flight coming in from Buenos Aires" to speak with what she described as a governor just as surprised to see her as she was to see him.  When asked about what he did in Buenos Aires she exclaimed that they were working on that but sort of left the door open, in my mind at least, to more mystery and intrigue.  Apparently, he is supposed to give a press conference this afternoon.  The only reason I spoke out was because this entire thread so reminded me of the palin threads, here and elsewhere, on the day McCain announced her as his running mate.  Everyone jumping to conclusions and trouncing her before she opened her mouth.  I so despise when people aren't given the benefit of the doubt before people and the MSM and the blogsphere attempts whether intentionally or unintelntionally to nearly destroy them and their careers.  I am a big Sarah Palin fan cause she surived that onslaught and is now more of a power player than she was before.  I think everyone should give this guy a chance.

113 i have been wanting to vote for Sanford for either prez or vp in 2012 for a while now! this stupid thing now makes that hard to do, but maybe people will forget about it in 3yrs.

114
Via Twinks: "I like Mark Sanford. He's my governor. All this is very bizarre though. I have no problems with him getting away to decompress. But hell, what's with all the different stories and why would he not have told his wife or intimate staffers where he was in case of emergency?"

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You're wondering why he didn't tell his wife?

You know what they've got in Argentina? Some of the world's most beautiful women.

Know what else they got? Legalized prostitution.

Wait, I'm not saying it's true. He may have legitimate reasons for visiting Argentina. Granted, nothing comes to mind, but I suppose it's possible.

And, yeah, he's done. Anyone with eyes on the presidency shouldn't pull something this stupid.

And, what, he couldn't find a local pro? I know some Republicans took issue with the "Buy American" language in the Stimulus Package (for good reason), but c'mon, he's the Governor for chrissakes. Support the local economy... 

115 He's admitting to an affair with as Rush puts it, "the girl from Ipenema."  Rush is saying Sanford could have been our JFK with no mob ties.  Unfortunatley what's a resume enhancer in the Democrat party will be the end for this guy.

116

Don't cry for me Caroliiiiiina

The truth is I never left you....

117

Presidential material? - not with the yoke of the puritains on him! The Dems can use that to leverage us against us again like the way they nullified Newt (no pun intended), Cuomo and Pataki with the anti-drug concerned christian conservative crowd, for smoking pot, which most normal people (again, no pun intended) have tried, did for a time, still do, or those that dont, but just want the stupid pot laws changed already...

 

118 Left my apology on the other thread.  You guys were right, I was wrong.  Wow, gave him the benefit of the doubt.  It is so disheartening to see that no one seems to have character and integrity anymore.  You are going to think I'm nuts but read about this initially on a WS site.  If you read between their lines, you might think it was something else so maybe an affair was the lesser of two evils?  Who knows.  Unbelievable.  Guess that's two, who's up for third?

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120 When he has an affair and send the staffer to the bahamas and no one ever mentions it, then we can call Sanford's behavior Obama-esque.

Welp, seeing that he admitted to an affair, I guess "Obamaesque" applies then.

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