Sanford admits he never hiked!

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[ConservativeMan55]

Brian on Fox and Friends now says the Governor took a Cruise...

This is getting weirder!!

[SIDENET]

Well, there went his political career.

GOP pols always seem to show such wonderful judgement.

This is dumber than Allen's "macaca moment" and the ridiculous, groveling apology tour that followed.

[battletank]

LOL! I’ve been saying exactly that throughout my posts. I want the man to respond for himself. But you are so full of vitriol hitting anyone and everyone who even dares mention the questions being raised that you can’t get beyond it. Your “common courtesy” is to call everyone jackals and hyenas and lynch mobs. But pardon my “righteous indignation”. LOL

[PeterPrinciple]

It's not a “scandal”. It is a very serious red flag for those of us who were looking him to be a contender in 2012. If he can't take the heat in the State House without bugging out then I do not want him near the White House. At this point it would take a helluva “verifiably true” story to explain this episode to my satisfaction.

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Get the facts at any cost. You don't have to make your your facts, the main stream media will do it for you. I don't want a leader that is there 24/7. Just because the “news” said his wife didn't know and his staff didn't know where he was, you believe them?

[fieldmarshaldj]

I wasn’t aware Father’s Day was a high holy holiday that must be spent with the family lest they be stoned. It’s a weak argument.

[PhiKapMom]

You are so correct! How about the people not seeing anything wrong with him not calling home on Father’s Day? It is the world we live in if a politician wants to run for President. Naive is right — want to run for higher office (President), then you had better not pull stunts of disappearing and have your office give different stories along with your wife.

[xsmommy]

so you don’t celebrate it. fine. i am telling you that it is celebrated by the voting populace and failure to recognize how ODD it looks for a man with 4 young sons to not be with them doen’t make it LESS so.

[fieldmarshaldj]

What silly stunt ? You’ve already condemned him with these sorts of asides.

[beagleone]

That’s a shame. The Appalachian Trail in SC is real purdy.

[fieldmarshaldj]

I’m more concerned about your rush to lynch.

[MHGinTN]

And you are absolutely certain his wife did not know where he was by what means exactly? Has his wife held a news briefing to tell the press she was not aware that he was in Argentina? Has she said he did not call her to let her know where he was or was going?

[Velveeta]

Oh puhlease. Take your blinders off. Even from what is known as fact thusfar, Sanford’s behavior was unacceptable and unbecoming a governor.

But you go ahead and bash FReepers instead...

[ConservativeMan55]

So now I’m a Slick Willard bot just because I question a Governor who took off..

And abandoned his kids on Fathers Day?

What if a Tornado wiped out a city..

Do you think the residents of that city would be wondering where their governor is?

Are they also Slick Willard bots?????????

[Cringing Negativism Network]

In the spirit of openness:

I challenge FReepers on this thread who are so stubbornly “skeptical” of Governor Sanford, to identify whether they are supporters of Mitt Romney.

I bet there’s an almost perfect relationship, between those so ready to condemn Sanford - and Mittens.

This is so like the Palin-bashing.

[fieldmarshaldj]

The difference is enormous. Sanford isn't a Republican politician. He's a Conservative statesman. If this man were up to no good, stuff would've come out about him some time ago. There's few Republicans I'd defend as much as I would him (or Palin).

[aculeus]

2pm News conference scheduled per MSNBC.

My bet: he’s taking tango lessons.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124584667616347147.html

[MHGinTN]

With the pack of lying rinos and their voters in South Carolina (they do keep elect Lindsey Graham down there!), can we be certain that Sanford was not in close communication with folks he could trust so that he was not ‘lost’?

[Jewbacca]

"Sounds like he might have a girlfriend...or something."

Something like a wide stance:

[fieldmarshaldj]

No, I hit those that shoot first and ask questions later, that’s the difference. I’ve seen an enormous display of ignorance based on media lies and distortions from people taking it at face value. I do not apologize for criticizing those engaged in such behavior.

[Cringing Negativism Network]

If Sanford does this right - all this publicity has just earned him the coveted position of front runner.

This has been a whole lot of free publicity.

I hope he’s got the right approach. Unapologetic, a bit of humor - and the wonderful ability to laugh (with) those who have worked themselves into a lather, all the while making them look silly.

If he’s got that skill (which I suspect he does) he’s demonstrating one single thing in all this:

He’s Presidential Material.

And becoming a celebrity.

That wins elections...

[fieldmarshaldj]

Take your own advice, FRiend. You don’t know what happened, you don’t know the facts, only want the media is telling you. Congratulations on being another lemming that can’t think for themself.