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Strange Happenings

by BooMan
Wed Jun 24th, 2009 at 12:22:48 PM EST

TPM Muckraker has a timeline on the strange disappearance of South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, who appears to have gone Galt in Argentina for a few days without informing the Lieutenant Governor or his staff or his wife.

Strange Happenings | 29 comments (29 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Sex tourism? (4.00 / 2)

Did he take a lot of Viagra? Is he a Trojan man?

by dataguy on Wed Jun 24th, 2009 at 12:52:27 PM EST

Re: Sex tourism? (none / 1)

Maybe had company.

by BooMan on Wed Jun 24th, 2009 at 12:58:56 PM EST
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I CALLED IT - I CALLED I T- I CALLED IT (none / 1)

I got this one

by dataguy on Wed Jun 24th, 2009 at 02:37:59 PM EST
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Re: Strange Happenings (4.00 / 4)

This just gets better and better. We're gonna need a lot more popcorn.

What part of "international war crimes" do you not understand?

by budr (budr at hughes net) on Wed Jun 24th, 2009 at 01:06:34 PM EST

Re: Strange Happenings (none / 1)

Extra butter! I have a feeling that there are a lot of slippery hands involved in this story.

Visit me at Tunnel Traveller

by Teacher Toni (tacoralatyahoodotcom) on Wed Jun 24th, 2009 at 02:22:16 PM EST
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Re: Strange Happenings (4.00 / 3)

Did he go to Argentina with Lindsay Graham?

by BooMan on Wed Jun 24th, 2009 at 02:30:19 PM EST

Re: Strange Happenings (none / 0)

Come on Guhv-nah, let's have a gander at that passport stamp. That would clear up everything.

"Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity"

by MikeInOhio on Wed Jun 24th, 2009 at 12:32:34 PM EST

Don't Cry for Mark Argentina (none / 1)

.
Sanford back from South America: press conference and interview

Governor says he never hiked Appalachian Trail; says he cruised along the coast of Buenos Aires to unwind after stressful legislative session.

by Oui on Wed Jun 24th, 2009 at 12:47:16 PM EST

Re: Don't Cry for Mark Argentina (4.00 / 2)

he said he cruised? interesting choice of vocab!

Viva Obama

by Errol on Wed Jun 24th, 2009 at 12:49:03 PM EST
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Re: Don't Cry for Mark Argentina (4.00 / 3)

"cruised along the coast", eh... wouldn't take very long according to this little factoid from your link:

Trying to drive along the coast could frustrate a weekend visitor to Argentina. In Buenos Aires, the Avenida Costanera is the only coastal road, and it's less than two miles long. Reaching coastal resorts to the south requires a drive of nearly four hours on an inland highway with views of endless cattle ranches. To the north is a river delta of islands reached only by boat.

hmmmmmm...l think he's making this up as he goes, and he's not a very good ~~liar~~ ad-libber.

the revolution will not be televised...

by dada on Wed Jun 24th, 2009 at 01:01:06 PM EST
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Re: Don't Cry for Mark Argentina (4.00 / 2)

coast of Argentina maybe, but Buenos Aires?? unless it's another lie - my bad, he misspoke I mean, and he meant to say Rio, he cruised the beaches of Rio.

Viva Obama

by Errol on Wed Jun 24th, 2009 at 01:04:21 PM EST
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Re: Don't Cry for Mark Argentina (4.00 / 2)

No coast access: yes, BA was founded as a port to bypass authorized Spanish extraction of New World resources; in an estuary, has E-W routes to access routes from which entrepreneurs (pirates) received resources of Southern Latin America.

Viva Obama

by Errol on Wed Jun 24th, 2009 at 01:17:04 PM EST
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Re: Strange Happenings (none / 0)

Anyone wanna live blog this press conference?

by BooMan on Wed Jun 24th, 2009 at 02:23:01 PM EST

Re: Strange Happenings (none / 0)

He's rambling about his high school days on the Appalachian Trail.

by BooMan on Wed Jun 24th, 2009 at 02:23:45 PM EST

Re: Strange Happenings (none / 0)

Who is Gina Smith?

by BooMan on Wed Jun 24th, 2009 at 02:24:14 PM EST

Re: Strange Happenings (none / 0)

Governor claims he was exhausted.

by BooMan on Wed Jun 24th, 2009 at 02:25:01 PM EST

Re: Strange Happenings (none / 0)

This is funny as a mutha to me. I mean...I love it when you can smell Hypocrits getting bitchslapped by Karma.

by rikyrah on Wed Jun 24th, 2009 at 02:25:29 PM EST

Re: Strange Happenings (none / 0)

I think he cheated on his wife.

by BooMan on Wed Jun 24th, 2009 at 02:26:04 PM EST

Re: Strange Happenings (none / 0)

me too

Click here to step into the Village Blue2

by diane101 (dianed101 @ yahoo.com) on Wed Jun 24th, 2009 at 02:30:26 PM EST
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Re: Strange Happenings (none / 0)

and here it is.

Click here to step into the Village Blue2

by diane101 (dianed101 @ yahoo.com) on Wed Jun 24th, 2009 at 02:30:48 PM EST
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I beat you to this (none / 1)

I called this sex tourism in comment 4

by dataguy on Wed Jun 24th, 2009 at 02:37:26 PM EST
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Re: Strange Happenings (none / 1)

He lied to his staff about where he was going!!

When is going to tell us what he is apologizing for?

by BooMan on Wed Jun 24th, 2009 at 02:27:43 PM EST

Re: Strange Happenings (none / 0)

God's laws?

by BooMan on Wed Jun 24th, 2009 at 02:29:17 PM EST

I FUCKING CALLED IT (none / 0)

I called it - sex tourism

I get 2 points for this

by dataguy on Wed Jun 24th, 2009 at 02:36:42 PM EST

Re: Strange Happenings (none / 0)

I actually feel sorry for the guy, his wife, his kids, his state.

What a mess.

It's easy to take pot shots, but right now, he just looks like a very wounded (and wounding) guy.

"If you look for the social economic motive, you will not have to wait for history to tell you what was propaganda and what was truth." - George Seldes

by Real History Lisa (lpeaseRemoveThis@gte.net) on Wed Jun 24th, 2009 at 02:47:35 PM EST

Sorry? No FUCKING way (none / 0)

For his wife and kids, yes. They believed this crapfilled turd.

Now we are gonna see the wife standing behind her man, telling us that this is not the real Mark Sanford.

Well, actually, it is.

I am 56. I have many times thought "Gee, I sure would like to get lucky with that thing there." But, I haven't. I've been faithful. Not because I am a good person, but just because it is the right thing to do.

And now this turd, fresh from telling us about the moral rectitude of conservatism, flies 5000 miles to do a little doggy-style fun.

I hope he has syphilis.

by dataguy on Wed Jun 24th, 2009 at 08:07:25 PM EST
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Re: Strange Happenings (none / 1)

Well, no surprise there. We all screw up sometimes. But when conservatives mess up they act like it was some strange happening, a once in a lifetime confluence of events that forced them to fuck up. And then they get right back on their moral high horse and demand that everyone else adhere to impossibly high moral standards.

It's not the infidelity, it's the hypocrisy.

by Second Nature (denn1214 at gmail) on Wed Jun 24th, 2009 at 03:10:31 PM EST

Re: Strange Happenings (none / 1)

it's not the hypocrisy either, it's the stupidity. I can't believe he expected to get away with this - not just an affair but the whole disappearing act, telling his wife and staff different lies.

The Four Horsemen of Bushism: War, Corruption, Hypocrisy and Greed

by esquimaux (esquimaux1 at gmail dot com) on Wed Jun 24th, 2009 at 03:13:36 PM EST
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Re: Strange Happenings (none / 0)

I'm waiting for the Gov. to call his problem a youthful indiscretion.

by americanforliberty on Wed Jun 24th, 2009 at 03:39:00 PM EST

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