Posted on 06/22/2009 12:41:34 PM PDT by rabscuttle385
Edited on 06/22/2009 2:28:58 PM PDT by Sidebar Moderator. [history]
The whereabouts of Gov. Mark Sanford have been unknown to state officials since Thursday, and some state leaders are questioning who is in charge of the executive office.
Neither the governor’s office nor the State Law Enforcement Division has been able to reach Sanford, who left the mansion in a black SLED Suburban SUV, said Sen. Jake Knotts and three others familiar with the situation who declined to be identified.
Sanford’s last known whereabouts were near Atlanta, where a mobile telephone tower picked up a signal from his phone, authorities said.
One official familiar with the situation said there is no indication that foul play is involved.
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First lady Jenny Sanford told The Associated Press her husband has been gone for several days and she doesn't know where. She said she was not concerned. Jenny Sanford said the governor said he needed time away from their children to write something.
He has been the most outspoken critic of Obama. He has been frequently mentioned as a possible candidate for President in 2012.
Now he is missing. This is scary.
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I agree.
No internet connection in the hereafter.
No FR? I'm not going!
He is dating Trent Lott.
Weird.
If I am missing for three days and my wife doesn’t know where I am then foul play is to be expected.
Time away from the children to write what?
Do we get to read it? Waiting for the novel.
Scary weird.
And Charlie Christ is upset that he is not on Barney Frank’s dance card!
Oh puhleez, the Governor & future POTUS was down here @ the WindJammer, we shot pool, poped a few brewskies and did some cat sailing off the beach. It was his Father’s Day gift from his family....a private 1st Day of Summer on da beach in da Low Country. Life is good!
Look Away, Dixie Land!
I am their Flag!
By: Dr. Michael R. Bradley
In 1861, when they perceived their rights to be threatened; when those who would change the nature of the government of their fathers were placed in charge; when threatened with change they could not accept the mighty men of valor began to gather. A band of brothers, native to the Southern soil, they pledged themselves to a cause; the cause of defending family, firesides, and faith. Between the desolation of war and their homes they interposed their bodies and they chose me as their symbol. I AM THEIR FLAG.
Their mothers, wives and sweethearts took scissors and thimbles, needles and thread and from silk or cotton or calico - whatever was the best they had - even from the fabric of their wedding dresses, they cut my pieces and stitched my seams. I AM THEIR FLAG
On courthouse lawns, in picnic groves, at train stations across the South the men mustered and the women placed me in their hand. “Fight hard, win if possible, come back if you can, but, above all, maintain your honor. Here is your symbol,” they said. I AM THEIR FLAG.
They flocked to the training grounds and the drill fields. They felt the wrenching sadness of leaving home. They endured sickness, loneliness, boredom, bad food and poor quarters. They looked to me for inspiration. I AM THEIR FLAG.
I was at Sumter when they began in jubilation. I was at Big Bethel when the infantry fired its first volley. I smelled the gun smoke along Bull Run in Virginia and at Belmont along the Mississippi. I was in the debacle at Ft. Donelson; I led Jackson up the Valley; for Seven Days I flapped in the turgid air of the James River bottoms as McClelland ran from before Richmond. Sidney Johnston died for me at Shiloh as would thousands of others whose graves are marked Sine Nomine, “without a name,” unknown. I AM THEIR FLAG.
With ammunition gone they defended me along the railroad bed at Manassas by throwing rocks. I saw the fields run red with blood at Sharpsburg. Brave men carried me across Doctor’s Creek at Perryville. I saw the Blue bodies cover Marye’s Heights at Fredericksburg and the Gray ones fall like leaves in the Round Forest at Stones River. I AM THEIR FLAG!
I was a shroud for the body of Stonewall after Chancellorsville. Men ate rats and mule meat to keep me flying over Vicksburg. I tramped across the wheat field with Kemper and Armistead and Garnett at Gettysburg. I know the thrill of victory, the misery of defeat, the bloody cost of both. I AM THEIR FLAG!
When Longstreet broke the line at Chickamauga I was in the lead. I was the last off Lookout Mountain. Men died to rescue me at Missionary Ridge. I was singed by the wildfire that burned to death the wounded in the Wilderness. I was shot to tatters in the Bloody Angle at Spotsylvania. I was in it all from Dalton to Peachtree Creek and no worse place did I ever see than Kennesaw and New Hope Church. They planted me over the trenches at Petersburg and there I stayed for many long months. I AM THEIR FLAG.
I was rolled in blood at Franklin; I was stiff with ice at Nashville. Many good men bade me farewell at Saylor’s Creek. When the end came at Appomattox, when the last Johnny Reb left Durham Station many of them carried fragments of my fabric hidden on their bodies. I AM THEIR FLAG!
In the hard years of so-called “Reconstruction;” in the difficulty and despair of years that slowly passed, the veterans, their wives and sons and daughters, they loved me. They kept alive the tales of valor and the legends of bravery. They passed them on to the grandchildren and they to their children and so they were passed to you. I AM THEIR FLAG!
I have shrouded the bodies of heroes, I have been laid with the blood of martyrs, I am enshrined in the hearts of millions, living and dead. Salute me with affection and reverence. Keep undying devotion in your hearts.
I AM HISTORY. I AM HERITAGE, NOT HATE.
I AM THE INSPIRATION OF VALOR FROM THE PAST.
LOOK AWAY, DIXIE LAND! I AM THEIR FLAG!
Mine might be celebrating, or if she even notices, there would be an additional $5,000 on her AMEX bill from her favorite stores.
Also anyone with any sense would get the hell out of Columbia it is full of sweaty & fat DEM-RATS & REP-TILES.
Repeating the “Night of the Long Knives”?
Anyway, more than one point there. Everybody with a cellphone is trackable; and somebody saw a need to track the governor using surveillance means that are supposed to be available only to detect or prevent crime/terrorism.
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Take the card out, then they can’t.
What the heck??
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Maybe he was at a secret meeting getting the good on the usurper. Maybe he found the real bc.
Drudge now reporting he has been found...possibly in the Atlanta area.
So...Sanford went looking for a rebel do-rag?
From WSPA in Spartanburg, SC...
The mystery of the missing Governor may be solved. The location of Gov. Mark Sanford has been unknown since Thursday of last week, when The State newspaper reported Sanford left the Governor’s Mansion in a black SLED Suburban SUV. Sanford was reported to have made a cell phone call from the Atlanta area shortly thereafter.
Late this afternoon, Joel Sawyer with the Governor’s Office sent News Channel 7 this statement:
“The governor put in a lot of time during this last legislative session, and after the session winds down it’s not uncommon for him to go out of pocket for a few days at a time to clear his head. Obviously, that’s going to be somewhat out of the question this time given the attention this particular absence has gotten. Before leaving last week, he let staff know his whereabouts and that he’d be difficult to reach. Should any emergencies arise between the times in which he checks in, our staff would obviously be in contact with other state officials as the situation warrants before making any decisions.“
First lady Jenny Sanford told The Associated Press earlier Monday her husband has been gone for several days and she did not know where, but she was not concerned.
The AP went on to report that Jenny Sanford claimed the governor said he needed time away from their children to write something.
The governor’s office issued a statement Monday afternoon: “Gov. Sanford is taking some time away from the office this week to recharge after the stimulus battle and the legislative session, and to work on a couple of projects that have fallen by the wayside. We are not going to discuss the specifics of his travel arrangements or his security arrangements.“
The State and The Associated Press contributed to this report
Dang...This is odd....
Client #19?
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