Posted on 06/23/2009 4:40:42 AM PDT by IbJensen
What could be afoot? Foul play?
He was taking a hike in the Appalachians, according to him. Perhaps wanted to clear his head in respect to running for president.
If his family didn’t file a missing persons report he wasn’t missing. He was off doing his own thing for a couple of days and I’m not quite sure why this is news.
SC: Gov. Sanford not heard from since Thursday (Updated)
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Unfortunately, I think he just damaged his chances. Its legimatate to want to “clear your head”, but he should have coordinated his absence better. A Govenor shouldn’t just disappear like that—it looks bizarre and will come back to haunt him.
Slow news day. I guess Republicans aren’t permitted to get away and clear their heads without lining up an emergency contingency operaton to keep state government up and spending money.
What looks bizarre is the media’s infatuation with this non-story.
Gee,it just seems the guy wants a little time off to settle his thoughts and mentally prepare for the problems his state has to deal with.I wish people in DC would do the same.
What is this? Is somebody over there trying to Walpinize him out of the way?
Well this guy appears to be fairly conservative and so called “right leaning” Politico seems to have dedicated themselves to stamping out conservatives where ever they may be found.
Why would drudge have this reported and NOT ONE story about AmericorpsGate and Walpin?
Note the key missing phrase from the AP story as printed from a link from the AOL opening page: "He was writing something and wanted some space to get away from the kids," she told The Associated Press while vacationing at the family's Sullivans Island beach house.
The words in the politico article saying that Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer, who was elected separately from Sanford, issued a statement to POLITICO
were also missing from the AP story. The fact that the Lt. Gov. was elected separately is very important.
I guess Sanford is another Republican who must be destroyed.
...I hear he went dark to locate the Obama birth certificate....
This is news for two reasons. First, he didn’t take stimulus money except to pay down debt. That goes against the big O and that cannot be tolerated. Second, he is a possible presidential candidate in 2012, therefore, he must be destroyed.
The MSM long ago lost all objectivity. Their rotten shells of journalistic integrity have decomposed into far left wing ideological propaganda. They use their power to promote their politics, which includes the destruction of all political enemies. There are many examples but two are George Allen and Sarah Palin.
It is only bizarre because the MSM play it that way. Anyone who thinks it strange that a father's day present might be some alone doesn't have kids.
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, said Sawyer.
Obviously he didn't just disappear.
Gov. gone since last thursday.
Late monday night, 4 days later,
Sanford spokesman Joel Sawyer issued a statement late Monday night saying that the governor was hiking along the Appalachian Trail, the first word on Sanfords location since he was seen departing the state capital on Thursday
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, Sawyer said in the statement.
Earlier Monday, Sawyer said that before the governor left town 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, said Sawyer.
But the Gov.'s wife Sanfords wife, Jenny, also told The Associated Press Monday that she was unconcerned and that the second-term governor is writing something and wanted some space to get away from the kids.
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So, piecing these tantalizing bits of information together I deduce that Sanford is writing something somewhere on the Appalachian Trail after calling someone near Atlanta on his cell phone while using a State Police vehicle for personal use.
The boy ain't right.
Not because he's tripping out, but because there' an obviously adversary relationship with the Lt. gov. and opposition party, it's that he didn't consider the opportunity his reclusiveness would present to his opponents. That's flat out political tone deafness that could have been forestalled by a simple announcement of a brief vacation with a return date.
Oh and by the way, the BS spouted by Sawyer is such a transparent CYA spinner's effort way too late in the game.
But it's going to be interesting to hear Sanford's story if and when he returns from....an alien abduction maybe. He's toast at the national level and poison to to his state party.
I don’t know what the protocols are in other states, but here in New Jersey, the state constitution calls for the Senate president to be acting governor when the governor is out of the state, followed by the Assembly speaker if the Senate president is also absent. Since NJ is such a small state, it sometimes gets silly. There was one time when NJ technically had 3 different governors in something like 36 hours, but at least there’s no doubt who’s in charge in case of a major incident.
Bingo!!
That was my 1st thought about this. After all, he had the audacity to turn down the gov. titty- an obvious sign of instability, right?
He is not toast just because the media spun/ OBVIOUSLY half quoted/reported this. It is all political. SEE JOE THE PLUMBER for OBVIOUS smear tactics. SEE this for subtle beginning ones. Sanford is a threat to the demomarxists as he MAY run for POTUS and this dude wants his job.
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