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You keep saying nothing, so far it is appearing that no one knew where he was or how to reach him, the Lt. Governor didn’t, his Chief of staff finally claims to have reached him but in view of the size of this national story that is a slim straw to cling to.

Here is what National Review Online is reporting from the Governor’s communication director, and it isn’t very inspiring at this late hour.

National Review Online:
Sanford Went Out For a Hike [Mark Hemingway]

Governor Sanford’s communications director just sent out this notice:

I wanted to pass along the following update regarding the governor’s location.

The governor is hiking along the Appalachian Trail. I apologize for taking so long to send this update, and was waiting to see if a more definitive idea of what part of the Trail he was on before we did so.

I want to emphasize that this isn’t something that either staff or Mrs. Sanford is concerned about. As we said earlier today, it isn’t unusual for the governor to be out of pocket for several days after the legislative session. We knew he would be difficult to reach, and that he would be checking in infrequently. Given the media attention this has generated, we’ll obviously update you once we have some more specifics to pass along.

06/22 11:45 PMShare

Well he's probably in Georgia and since he didn't transfer power I would bet he's not alone. Northern Georgia would put him in easy radio range of South Carolina state radio services. About 80 miles of the trail is in Georgia. Lowest elevation on the trail is 2500 highest is 4500 ft I think. That places him well within tower range about anywhere.

Some I'm sure know how to reach him or reach whom he's likely with. The communication director likely knows as would the head of the state police. I wonder who in that department didn't show up?

Evidently most persons knows he does this after every session and it wasn't really an unexpected absence as such. Now why you suppose it's an issue now? Some of the DEMs responses match those of some FR posters word for word HUM. Like I said before I don't know much about him politically. But I don't see a governor taking a 4-6 day hiking trip as a national emergency. Our president's used to be out of communication with Congress longer than that.

There is an article about Sanford in todays local paper. Four responses so far and none see the emergency and none are negative about him. Maybe someone just wants to screw up his time off. Ever think of that? Like draw attention away from European Vacations and trips elsewhere taken by someone else? Nah Tin Foils a lot more fun.