http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/06/22/south-carolina-governor-disappears-fazed/

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"COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Where is South Carolina's governor? The lieutenant governor doesn't know, and neither does a state senator who's a close confidante. Even Gov. Mark Sanford's wife is in the dark. Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer said he's been told the governor's staff is in contact with the second-term Republican, but Sanford's wife said she hasn't heard from him in several days, including Father's Day. "He was writing something and wanted some space to get away from the kids," Jenny Sanford told The Associated Press while vacationing with the couple's four sons at their Sullivans Island beach house. She said she didn't know where he was, but wasn't concerned. Sanford, who's also chairman of the Republican Governors Association, earned a reputation as the nation's most vocal anti-bailout governor by refusing $700 million in federal stimulus money for schools until he lost a court battle earlier this month. His spokesman Joel Sawyer released a statement saying the governor was taking a break after losing the fight. "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," Sawyer said. Sawyer wouldn't say where the Sanford was, but said in another release the governor let his staff know where he was going before he left last week and said he would check in. A post-session wind-down isn't uncommon and he goes "out of pocket for a few days at a time to clear his head," Sawyer said. "Obviously, that's going to be somewhat out of the question this time given the attention this particular absence has gotten." Sawyer didn't immediately respond to further questions. Law enforcement officials who handle his security also declined to comment. Sanford typically is open about his whereabouts, and his office makes no secret of time spent on vacation or out of state. But politicians, including the lieutenant governor, said they did not know Sanford was taking time away from his office. State Sen. Tom Davis, a Beaufort Republican, Sanford confidante and former chief of staff, said his calls to Sanford were going straight to voice mail. Calls from The Associated Press to the governor's cell phone also went to voice mail. Bauer said he didn't know where Sanford was but said he had not been put in charge. Bauer spokesman Frank Adams said he had been told Sanford chief of staff Scott English was in touch with the governor. English did not immediately respond to a message left seeking comment. Sen. Jake Knotts, a Lexington Republican and a persistent Sanford critic, said the state needs to know where its governor is. "The way things are in the world today and homeland security, we need the governor to be fingertips away," Knotts said. "Somebody's got to be in charge.""

6/22/2009 8:56:42 PM

6/22/2009 8:57:34 PM

My state is retarded.

6/22/2009 8:57:45 PM

$10 says Colbert has something to do with it.

6/22/2009 8:58:21 PM

They've already heard from him. About 2 hours ago, he turned his phone back on and said he'd been in Atlanta the whole time.

6/22/2009 9:00:36 PM

man that dude's dead.

6/22/2009 9:01:53 PM

I think its funny as hell that only one person in the entire state seems to be upset.

[Edited on June 22, 2009 at 9:02 PM. Reason : ;]

6/22/2009 9:01:59 PM

He's probably out seeking elicit bailout pleasures like all those bailophobic politicians

6/22/2009 9:05:27 PM

6/22/2009 9:17:42 PM

he's probably out resting or believing in something. typical sc redneck

6/22/2009 9:25:28 PM

Can we get Bev Perdue to go missing for a couple years?

6/22/2009 11:04:00 PM

wait, wouldn't this be AWOL instead of MIA?

6/23/2009 12:15:11 AM

He went AWOL, but before we knew where he was, he was MIA.

6/23/2009 12:19:05 AM

trying to figure out how to secede again

blast!

6/23/2009 1:29:05 AM

Mark Sanford

NEVER FORGET

6/23/2009 4:39:42 AM

Quote :

"He's probably out seeking elicit illicit bailout pleasures like all those bailophobic [sic] politicians"

Nerdchick

Fixed.

6/23/2009 5:06:30 AM

:carlface:

6/23/2009 6:19:11 AM

:carlface:

6/23/2009 7:40:35 AM

MISSING IN ACTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

6/23/2009 9:12:27 AM

he pulled a TheBullDoza and went hiking on the AT

[Edited on June 23, 2009 at 9:26 AM. Reason : f]

6/23/2009 9:26:07 AM

What a fucking idiot.

6/23/2009 12:49:08 PM

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/24/south.carolina.governor/index.html

lol he didn't go to the App Trail

he rolled to friggin' Argentina

6/24/2009 11:33:39 AM

who takes off for south america without telling a soul? especially when you have a wifey and kids...

pretty strange. hope some more details come out.

6/24/2009 11:38:34 AM

He went to see a man named Esteban Vihaio.



How may I be of service?

6/24/2009 11:41:31 AM

I really want to watch the daily show tonight to see what they do with this...

because they made a big deal about him being on the appalachian trail

but now it's known that he was in Argentina?

fucking hilarious already

[Edited on June 24, 2009 at 11:45 AM. Reason : ,]

6/24/2009 11:45:17 AM

Yeah, this type of absence really is inexcusable. The guy's wife and kids claimed not to know where he was--on Father's Day. And the state government was without its top executive for days.

Freaky.

6/24/2009 11:54:11 AM

Glad this didn't happen in NC. I would have totally got my hopes up just to experience some NC State...

[Edited on June 24, 2009 at 12:01 PM. Reason : -]

6/24/2009 11:59:59 AM

"inexcusable" - nigga, that fool is a grown man - if he wants to jet out for some fresh coke and to bang an underage latina, it's his own fucking prerogative.

6/24/2009 12:01:20 PM

6/24/2009 12:25:38 PM

Ok, from the press conference he went missing because of an affair. Pretty amazing how he thought that no one would notice. She/he must have been incredibly hot for him to take that impulse trip. Kinda hard to believe a guy can ascend to the office of governor when he fails this hard on an affair cover up Dude bailed on the state and his family (on Father's Day no less) without coming up with a "I need to go to Argentina to recruit business, yeah, that's the ticket" cock-n-bull story like Easley.

Man, what a sad commentary on our politicians.


[Edited on June 24, 2009 at 2:44 PM. Reason : -]

6/24/2009 2:36:53 PM

What a freaking fiasco!

But did anybody else see that chipmunk over Sanford's right shoulder? The more heartfelt he got, the more she grinned--an ugly display of schadenfreude.

6/24/2009 2:49:33 PM

Quote :

"MOST ASTONISHING PRESS CONFERENCE THAT WE HAVE SEEN IN YEARS"

6/24/2009 2:49:49 PM

I just read this, LOL

6/24/2009 2:50:06 PM

man that chipmunk just kept trying to stretch her neck to get into the camera shot so distracting from such a great press conference

6/24/2009 2:51:52 PM

preempt those conferences from now on





[Edited on June 24, 2009 at 3:11 PM. Reason : .]

6/24/2009 3:09:12 PM

Gov't faith meter:

[start coup ----------X-----------------------they aight -------------------------------you can watch my kids]                  

6/24/2009 3:29:07 PM

i love stuff like this cause i can hate on the GOP on my facebook status

6/24/2009 3:29:51 PM

Can somebody capture an image of that chick in the background at the press conference? It'll be worth it--trust me.

For now, this is a remarkably similar image. . .

go on...



[Edited on June 24, 2009 at 3:35 PM. Reason : Image credit to EMCE. ]

6/24/2009 3:35:04 PM

I love how quickly this guy has made this a non-story.

Kudos on the damage control.

bullshit goes down, he's admits it immediately and penalizes himself (resigns Republican Governors Association Chair... likes that's anything anyways) and now he'll go merrily along his way

brilliant

6/24/2009 3:51:30 PM

Quote :

"He told reporters he spent "the last five days of my life crying in Argentina""

I, too, cry heavily after intercourse.

6/24/2009 3:54:59 PM

Affair is probably the cover story.

SC Gubment has South American drug cartel connections, mark it down.

6/24/2009 3:55:00 PM

another one bites the dust

6/24/2009 4:46:30 PM

that's tbd

6/24/2009 4:49:09 PM

i was really talking about potential 2012 GOP contenders....but obviously i didn't make that clear

6/24/2009 4:51:28 PM

6/24/2009 5:18:01 PM

6/24/2009 5:41:01 PM

there are some seriously hot argentineans

6/24/2009 5:42:13 PM

ha, nice (D). faux news strikes again.

6/24/2009 7:40:03 PM

they don't even try to pretend at this point.

also, who the fuck cares if he has a mistress. so what. let the man do his job if he is good at it.

6/24/2009 7:40:58 PM

/1

6/24/2009 7:42:53 PM