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I was at the Greenville Tea Party...sad to say, the local Young Republicans turned the event into a political rally and before we knew it, every local/regional/even state pol was there--Gresham Barrett, Andre Bauer, Gov. Sanford, and a host of others--except little lapdog Lindsay G.

From what I could tell, it appeared that Gov. Sanford made the decision that morning to drive over to Greenville for the tea party, stopping along the way to pick his 3 boys up from school. When he was announced, one of the first things he said was that he had told his sons when he picked them up that he was taking them to meet some "real patriots." I thought that was kind of phoney...the kids looked nervous, a bit uncomfortable standing on the platform...their ages appeared to be 8-9 for the youngest, then a boy about 13 and another about 15-16.

I was standing right in front of the podium...I was a bit disappointed by Gov. Sanford's remarks...he seemed a bit milk-toast to me. And after the mess with the state legislature over the stimulus money, I had hoped the gov. would resign instead of signing off on it.

I hope this is nothing as to his whereabouts, an innocent "get-away," but it does seem strange that he would go away over Father's Day weekend.