SC gov., family go on European vacation Thursday

Assoc. Press ^ | 07/22/2009 | Assoc. Press

[Responsibility2nd]

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford and his family are heading to Europe for a long-planned family vacation.

Sanford would not say Wednesday exactly where his family will go on the trip. But he says the State Law Enforcement Division knows his plans and he will be in touch with his office daily.

Sanford leaves Thursday and will be back Aug. 5.

The last time he left the country was a secret trip to Argentina to see his mistress in June. He told his staff he was hiking the Appalachian Trail and publicly confessed his yearlong affair when he returned.

The governor says he and his wife, Jenny, had planned the trip to Europe with their four sons for some time.

[Responsibility2nd]

Europe, huh?

[exist]

If he’s in love with the Argentina chick he should go be with her.

[Slapshot68]

[blam]

POS ought to resign and quit spending taxpayers money on himself.

[freekitty]

I wish them the best of luck.

[KarlInOhio]

Does he have a week in October penciled into his busy schedule for governing the state?

[colorado tanker]

Honey, I'm gonna go out for a cafe latte.

Fine, when will you be back?

Oh, a week or so.

[evets]

Thailand?

[dmz]

Wanna bet the happy couple sleeps in separate beds?

[Responsibility2nd]

Not to worry....

“he says the State Law Enforcement Division knows his plans and he will be in touch with his office daily.”

You know. Just like his Appalachian trip.

[Verginius Rufus]

Kazakhstan would have been better—further from Argentina.

[yldstrk]

eat your heart out argentina you ain’t goin along

[COUNTrecount]

I hope that Lourdes is on his itinerary.

[colorado tanker]

Hi Colonol, just checking in. Yeah, I'm at the Louvre, you wouldn't believe all the great stuff they have here, like Michelangelo’s David and all. (Whisper: I'll have the chimichurri steak with that nice Malbec.) So, everything’s fine it sounds. I'll call tomorrow from London. (Gracias, el vino es deliciosa!)

[Boiling Pots]

Michelangelo’s David is in Florence.

[colorado tanker]

That was the point.

[karatemom]

I wonder if they lady from Argentina even wants him anymore. He traded fame for infamy, his power has been eroded, his financial situation would be in jeopardy, and he sounded like a total wimp since he has come back. The luster and excitement of an affair has long been tarnished.

[DustyMoment]

Is “European Vacation” code for he’s going to see another girlfriend??