Where in the World is Gov. Mark Sanford (R-SC)? He's been missing since Thursday...

[WilliamPitt]

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has not been seen or heard from since last Thursday, according to the State newspaper, although those closest to him remain unconcerned.

"Gov. Sanford is taking some time away from the office this week to recharge after the stimulus battle and the legislative session, and to work on a couple of projects that have fallen by the wayside," said Sanford communications director Joel Sawyer in a statement. "We are not going to discuss the specifics of his travel arrangements or his security arrangements."

Sanford's wife as well as Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer said they have not heard from Sanford.

"We've been concerned by the Governor's erratic behavior for some time," said South Carolina Senate Leader John C. Land III. "We're praying for him and his family. I hope he is safe and that he contacts the First Lady and his family soon."

Given the decided lack of concern from Sanford's office, it would appear as though there are no fears that the governor is in danger.

Still, pulling a disappearing act like this -- whatever the reason -- is a decidedly odd move for someone who is seen as a likely presidential candidate in 2012.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/governors/where...

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Sanford Goes Missing

The whereabouts of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford (R) "have been unknown to state officials since Thursday, and some state leaders are questioning who is in charge of the executive office," reports the Columbia State.

"Neither the governor's office nor the State Law Enforcement Division has been able to reach Sanford, who left the mansion in a black SLED Suburban SUV."

"Sanford's last known whereabouts were near Atlanta, where a mobile telephone tower picked up a signal from his phone, authorities said."

According to WCBD-TV, the First Lady said he "has been gone for several days and she doesn't know where, but she is not concerned."

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2009/06/22/sanford_go...

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Hm.

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. hmm curious

[DJ13]

2. Rehab?

[MrsBrady]

19. that's a good guess n/t

[AnnieBW]

57. Well, he did get good at saying

No, no, no!

[supernova]

3. Decidedly odd

and curious that the wife isn't bothered about it.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

4. state is better off without him

as well

[Are_grits_groceries]

5. It's the Rapture.

He's the only one worthy.

[dorkulon]

15. Hope he was prepared....

[get the red out]

6. Weird

Is he hanging out in Washington with Lindsay Graham?

[blm]

7. Typical Mark Sanford SHOWTIME. Before Sanford ran for Gov. he quickly joined National Guard

and went thru basic training, but, gee, somehow he was never sent to Iraq.

This MYSTERY about his whereabouts smacks of a ploy to draw attention to what is likely a standard weekend duty that is being hyped to fuel the GOP base's love affair with half-assed military credentials. IOW...he's running in 2012.

Before any of you get worried about him, remember he REALLY likes political stunts that make him look to be a man and leader far above others....knowing full well that he is....NOT.

[phatkatt]

8. Dominican Republic

What was in his suitcase?

[bertman]

9. ". . . likely presidential candidate in 2012." Please, please, please.

[arcadian]

10. Bora Bora / Mistress

[wndycty]

11. Ummmm Governor's should never go missing!

[Lone_Star_Dem]

12. He's off pouting after having all 10 of his vetoes overturned last week?

Let's see, they over turned the vetoes on Tuesday. He threw a baby fit on Wednesday. On Thursday, when it became evident no one was going to console him, he turned to his old friend Jack Daniels and began his pout in earnest.

He'll be back reeking of stale whiskey and vomit in another couple of days is my guess.

[Are_grits_groceries]

13. His office now says he has been in contact. UhHuh??

Apparently the vehicle he is in has ONSTAR. Hello? Anybody aware of that in this state??

[malaise]

18. He better show up quicky

Shuster just mentioned Ensign in relation to Sanford's disappearance. Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
I wonder if "The Family" has an urgent meeting? Is he part of The Family?
Shuster says with each passing minute, his 2012 ambitions are imploding. hahaahahahahahah -- Bring it on Rushicans!!

[dorkulon]

14. Brothel? Rehab? Base Ship?

[purplecat1]

16. Is this really true?

I read about this earlier today and thought is was one of those joke sites. Guess if it is coming from the Post, must be something to it.

[graywarrior]

17. He was seen drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic's

and his hair was perfect

[dorkulon]

21. Little old lady got mutilated late last night

Governor Sanford again

[graywarrior]

23. lol

[dorkulon]

25. heh

[WilliamPitt]

26. Huh.

Draw blood.

[graywarrior]

38. He'll rip your lungs out

[goclark]

20. Where in the world is Marko Sanfordado?

Where in the World is Carmen Sandiago - Rockapella

4 min 44 sec - Jan 31, 2007 -


www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuzc4jgwlT8

Is he with that lady Carmen Sandiago?

[dorkulon]

22. Client #10?

Eliot... phone ho

[Bossy Monkey]

24. Oh, sorry, he's at my house. Even Republican nutjobs dig gluten-free pizza!

Seriously, Atlanta? Maybe he's trying to ride all the coasters at Six Flags before bankruptcy shuts it down. Braves are in Boston, after all.

[billyoc]

27. I'm not saying it involves hookers and meth PER SE...

But they might want to make a few discreet inquiries.

[RagAss]

39. LOL !!!!!

[GreenTea]

28. Spending the weekend off with his mistress - on a wicked, evil republican initiation Cheney is

heading, sponsored by the usual corporations for republican fascist only, the greedy hateful lying elitist republicans who want to destroy government and all it programs except the military and subsidies for corporations.

[tanyev]

29. Wife doesn't even know where he is but she's not concerned?

Got to love those GOP family values.

[Duer 157099]

37. In most cases, she'd already be a suspect

with that attitude.

[dothemath]

71. Used to live in SC ..............

I lived in SC for many years, job-related.
When I became convinced they were going to need another generation or two to make it to the 20th century, I got the hell out.

But here is what takes the cake as far as Sanford and that idiot wife of his.
They have 4 young sons. So, on the weekend that includes Father's Day, Sanford takes off, out of touch. And his unfeeling wife says "no big deal", essentially.

Don't believe it for a minute, folks. There is something else going on, something Sanford doesn't want anyone to know about. Bottom line, I hope the children are okay and someone with the best interests of the children is close by, because that doesn't include his parents, apparently.

[cornermouse]

30. Probably making a deal with the devil. n/t

In the nether region.

[malaise]

31. Joan Walsh is discussing this with Tweety

I'm betting he had a mental breakdown.
The Dem statement is priceless.

[rvablue]

32. Good. I'm glad it's getting national attention on the teevees.

While not monumentally important (at least for those of us outside of SC) this is the weirdest news story I've heard in a while.

And it's a pretty big deal, IMO, for the leader of the state legislature to call the governor "erratic" to the press.....

Please give us some details on what Tweety and Walsh said, I'm curious if they were treating it lightly or what?

[malaise]

34. The best part of this story is that his wife does not know

where he is - 'm betting Sanford had a breakdown. Anything else makes no sense

[rvablue]

36. Still curious about the tone of Tweety and Walsh's discussion?

Was it just a passing comment?

Did they talk about how bizarre it is, or specualate on the reasons?

Sorry to harp. I'm just very curious. And now since the national outlets are talking about it, Sanford's going to have to come up with something pretty good.

[malaise]

40. Oh yes they did

Bizarre was he word used plus his previous quirky behavior (Jean Cummings). Joan wondered about fathers' day and Tweety was in shock that the wife doesn't know his whereabouts. They discussed it for sometime.

[rvablue]

41. Good! It's truly bizarre and should be treated as such. n/t

[Clear Blue Sky]

33. Bizarre. How does a gov just disappear like that?

[Duer 157099]

35. Tora Bora?

Seems like a good place to go when you don't want to be found.

[BlooInBloo]

42. His twitter page was updated 10 hours ago....

http://twitter.com/marksanford

[madinmaryland]

43. I can't make any sense of that web page.

Someone posted 10 hours ago by the name of web?

[BlooInBloo]

44. Um, it was updated from the web? As opposed to from a cell phone? Or some other way?

[madinmaryland]

45. So, someone on the interwebs posted a comment 10 hours ago?

Who was it?

[BlooInBloo]

46. Aargh. No, someone using Sanford's account tweeted. Impossible to be certain it was him, of course..

I'm not certain why this is so difficult to understand.

[madinmaryland]

49. Well, then what was the point of your post?

If no-one knows who posted on his twitter page, then why post that someone posted on his site?

[BlooInBloo]

50. /facepalm

[madinmaryland]

51. /facepalm -- back to you! BTW, have you seen my mobile communications device...

[rufus dog]

47. Last know whereabouts - Atlanta. Check for flights from Atlanta to Minneapolis

Probably not many direct out of SC, plus you have a much greater chance of being recognized.

Go to the Larry Craig stall, knock hard and announce that it is time for Mark to go home.

[jazzjunkysue]

48. What happens in vegas...

may wind up on Oprah, if you're not careful.

[AlinPA]

52. I recall hearing him talk about hiking and being alone in the outdoors. Maybe he took a long hike.

[PSzymeczek]

54. A long walk

off the Folly Beach pier. Edge of America, Ma!

[pitohui]

53. he's in rehab and for now contact w. family etc. is restricted -- GUARANTEED

she is not concerned is the clue here, plus erratic behavior

sometimes it's necessary to restrict someone's access to family/friends because let's face it, family/friends enabled a lot of this "erratic behavior" in the first place

i know fuck-all about south carolina politics but in a vacuum you tell me a man disappears, his wife is cool even tho she doesn't know exactly where he is, his colleagues are cool even though they don't know exactly

he got an intervention and has been placed out of contact for the time being by the professionals who know how tough it must be to separate a powerful man from his drink/drugs and those who make excuses for him using

you can bet money on it

if it was the long hike, family and friends would be frantic because of the lack of contact, explanation etc. -- if it was vegas, same thing -- you can make up a story when you drop out and do the long hike/vegas (and i have done both) -- it's when you get intervened and go directly to detox that you can't stand around and make all those lovely phone calls explaining why you're not where you don't wanna be anyway

it's rehab

the other alternative is jail and arrests are a matter of public record, we'd know already even if he didn't feel quite man enough to call the wife about it

[joeybee12]

55. Burning Man!

Where else?

[AnnieBW]

56. He went through a temporal anomaly

and is back in the Jurassic Period with all of the other dinosaurs.

[nxylas]

67. I'll bet Helen Cutter is involved

Anyone who watches Primeval on BBC America will know what I'm talking about.

[provis99]

58. I'll bet he's hiding in Honduras

He's a desperate man
Send lawyers, guns and money
The shit has hit the fan...

(apologies to Warren Zevon)

[caseymoz]

59. Of course the best answer is: he's a supervillain.

Think about the exact time he disappeared. I think he's in Iran running the Basij. Captain Crush.

[WillyT]

60. Is The Lt. Governor A Democrat ???

Cause he\she could have some real fun right about now, LOL !

[nxylas]

68. No, a Republican (Andre Bauer)

Pretty much cut from the same cloth as Sanford, as far as I can tell.

[SoCalDem]

61. Emergency counseling sessions with Jon & Kate? n/t

[roody]

72. Who are Jon and Kate? I missed this one.

[tblue37]

62. HuffPo says he's been hiking the Appalachian Trail.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/22/mark-sanford-d...

[ThoughtCriminal]

63. Time to get him some grungy clothes and drive him to Erwin

Where he can hand in "writing" he was supposed to be doing. Something colorful about wrestling a bear and how it's a metaphor for rejecting stimulus funds.

[applejuice]

64. If it is true it is pretty irresponsible not to have told people how

to get in touch. There seems to be an issue about who is in charge in an emergency with him gone.

[MiniMe]

65. That is what his office said. They had to come up with something

[Danascot]

69. ... so "hiking the Appalachian Trail" would be a euphemism for

... buttfucking a hillbilly?

[Christa]

66. Doesn't matter where he is, he went AWOL

and should be fired, except if he is unconscious in a hospital somewhere.

[salguine]

70. Whatever he's doing, I'm sure it's wholesome and family-oriented.

[scarface2004]

73. he went to vegas...

and woke up with a tooth missing...and no idea what went down last nite!!!

[WilliamPitt]

74. BWAH HAHAHAHAHA