Where In The World Is Gov. Mark Sanford?
By Nicole Belle Monday Jun 22, 2009 2:00pm
The whereabouts of Gov. Mark Sanford was unknown for nearly four days, and some state leaders question who was in charge of the executive office.[..]
Neither the governor’s office nor the State Law Enforcement Division, which provides security for governors, had been able to reach Sanford after he left the mansion Thursday in a black SLED Suburban SUV, said Sen. Jake Knotts and three others familiar with the situation but declined to be identified.
Sanford’s last known whereabouts had been near Atlanta because a mobile telephone tower picked up a signal from his phone, authorities said. His office now knows where he is, Adams said.
First lady Jenny Sanford told The Associated Press earlier Monday her husband has been gone for several days and she did not know where.
She said she was not concerned.
The governor’s state and personal phones had been turned off and he had not responded to phone or text messages since at least the weekend, a source familiar with the situation said.
Most mobile phones cannot be tracked if they are turned off.
Jenny Sanford said the governor said he needed time away from their children to write something.
The governor’s office issued a statement Monday afternoon: "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. We are not going to discuss the specifics of his travel arrangements or his security arrangements."
One official familiar with the situation said there was no indication that foul play might have been involved because Sanford occasionally makes trips without his security detail.
Knotts, a longtime Sanford critic, said he contacted SLED Chief Reggie Lloyd Saturday after he heard reports the governor could not be reached.
"Chief Lloyd confirmed that my information is legitimate," Knotts said. "He shared my concerns" about succession of power in Sanford’s absence, the Lexington Republican said. Lloyd could not be reached immediately on Monday.
"I was recently made aware that Governor Sanford has frequently been eluding SLED agents and disappearing at odd times," Knotts said. Previously, Sanford has not been out of all contact - including with his own office - for this long before, a source, who insisted on anonymity, said.
Allegedly, Sanford has been located, or at least his whereabouts are known, but the story generally leaves more questions than answers.
(P)ulling 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.
Sanford prides himself on his willingness to do things differently in politics -- he spent the last seven years clashing with a Republican-led legislature -- and his iconoclast image is part of his appeal to voters.
But, disappearing for days on end is odd behavior even for Sanford.
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and you'll find your missing governor. This begs a deeper philosophical question however. Absent an emergency ribbon cutting ceremony or plaque unveiling aren't we all really better off not knowing his whereabouts? I don't want to come off as any sort of elininationist but don't we all really need fewer and better quality Sandfords.
so I'll bet he was overdue for gettin his freak on.
My subject line is my comment since I don't know & neither do any of you...Geez!
And until he turns his cell phone back on we can only wonder, and wonder, and wonder...
... or perhaps an otherwise GOP-worthy activity in the Minneapolis men's room?
""Jenny Sanford said the governor said he needed time away from their children to write something.""
A commenter on one of the news sites covering this story said that they would be disappointed if the something he's writing isn't a suicide note.
That's just fucked up...I don't care for Sanfords politics, but I couldn't be that cold blooded to wish for him to kill himself.
Truly some cynical people out there...
I consider myself to be pretty damn cynical, but damn!
Lol.. that's cold blooded!
He is in rehab.
"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."
"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."
Unconcerned wife, gone for days...rehab!
That is just bizarre.
Is there something wrong with being gay?
and to deny your sexuality to yourself...then yeah...that's pretty wrong I'd say.
How about a variety of nefarious deeds? Or maybe he's curling up with a bottle of bourbon somewhere?
Is there something wrong with being gay?
Only if you consistently deny it and vote anti-gay when you are in a government position.
Nothing wrong with being gay; everything wrong with being a hypocrite about it.
Why is it wrong for a man to be in the closet and struggling with his sexuality. Do you think it is funny for someone to suffer like that? Many people fear coming out. They risk losing everything.
I think Matt's point is that it's wrong to rant against homosexuality, fight equal rights like marriage and adoption, and generally hate on teh gays . . particularly if you ARE one!
Ok so when did this man do that?
Haters for hire, every last one of them.
Exactly. Thanks for getting it, Blue.
No civil unions; define one-man-one-woman marriage; Voted YES on banning gay adoptions in DC.
www.ontheissues.org/2008/Mark_Sanford_Civil_R...
sexuality--most of us do it. However, being in the closet usually means betraying the trust of those closest to you, like family, friends, coworkers. And the closeted person usually isn't fooling too many people.
But when a politician is off enjoying illicit sex while doing everything in his or her power to persecute the people who are living their lives openly, it's cruel, immoral and hypocritical. The analogy's not exact, but these closeted Repugs remind me of the Jews who cooperated with the Nazis to hunt down other Jews, except the Repugs aren't trying to save their own skins; they're just trying to stay rich, powerful and corrupt.
Is that what they call a "Southern Twist"?
No doubt he'll return after 40 days and 40 nights with a message for us all from the Jesus.
staggering out of the SC swamp, with the new 15 commandments.
Jenny Sanford said the governor said he needed time away from their children to write something.
Ah, yes: A "family values" guy strikes again!
Notice his wife doesn't know where he is. That means he needed time away from his wife, doesn't it?.
of the typical Republican wife, its a wonder more Repug males do not flee into the woods to bond with their buddies and find their inner caveman.
Just say, "Honey...the kids are drivin' me nuts. I'm going to the OFFICE!!!!
Doh!
Found: http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/06/22/polit...
No doubt, after a long weekend of hookers and blow.
That's what they mean by "to go out of pocket for a few days at a time to clear his head."
I think I've figured out he is the Governor of South Carolina. Am I right?
"First lady Jenny Sanford told The Associated Press earlier Monday her husband has been gone for several days and she did not know where.
She said she was not concerned."
What a strange thing for a guy's wife to say.
Like he goes off to undisclosed locations for days on a regular basis, and she couldn't care less?
FAMILY VALUES!!!
A). Rehab.
B). On a Dominican sex tour with Rush Limpballs.
Maybe he's hangin with Matt Lauer.
or, maybe not.
ok,ok that was a shitty joke.
drug&booze rehab.
Does this mean it was a cash only operation and he doesn't want any of his "expenses" traced? Or was it just time for a Manchurian "tune-up"?
http://nationalwriterssyndicate.com/content/v...
..crack binge R&R. Just to get his head straight.
He's a Republican politician, so you can be 100% certain that he ducked out to do something deeply creepy. Drugs? Kinky sex? A combination of both?
the current scuttlebutt is that he is engaged in high level talks with some fellow named Waldo.
"(P)ulling 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."
Maybe he'll settle for the vice presidency.
After his term is up, we'll get to see him more than any sane person could stand.
to throw him out on his butt for not doing his job.
I don't care about his political affiliation, his sexuality, his personal life, etc....if he doesn't the decency to be available 24/7 for his ELECTED position, he needs to be out...whether by impeachment or otherwise. How irresponsible is this fool? Oh, a Republican, that's right, they have NO responsibility for any of their actions.
the time that he was missing. Extremely irresponsible of him.
everything up when he gets back.
I wonder if a wide stance was involved.
However, if he can’t stand the heat then he should stay out of the frigging kitchen. I’m from IL and even our criminal governors never pull a stupid stunt like this. It’s political suicide.
The man's wife and kids had no idea where he was on Father's Day. That tells you all you need to know about Mark Sanford.
This happens to many prospective presidential canditate and prime ministers from many countries.
Last time we found our PM visited the Bilderberger's in Europe.
Perhaps you should start checking there.
The rich don't want some schmoe who was not vetted by them to even think about taking managership of their countries.
Has anyone seen Sarah Palin lately? Hmm............tryst?
Just a typical day in the life...
meeting with Bill Frist to take over the country
http://www.nycpride.org/
Been gone for 4 days? Isn't that about the same amount of time that civil unrest has been going on in Iran? Certainly Obama wouldn't have sent him, but maybe this is some super secret, covert mission assigned to him by John McCain? Or worse Rushbo?
that strange iPhone app with the icon of a tape reel on the display...
'...if you choose to accept it...'
If he is a Democrat there is probably a plane down somewhere.
If he is a Republican there is probably a prostitute down somewhere.
If he is a Democrat there is probably a plane down somewhere.
If he is a Republican there is probably a prostitute down somewhere.
Or a young boy.
republicanism is a mental illness!
Republicans, tables tops and interns do not mix.
that I have heard in recent years....
so many things that this could be...
perhaps he is depressed.
But he can kiss his aspirations for President goodbye...
...the 3 am phone call?
Like Sanford, she has her whole life behind her.
I would be happy if all republicans disapeared! Poof!
republicanism is a mental illness!
What if South Carolina is faced with an important issue and no one is available to come up with a dumbass response?
Limbaugh wasn't on the radio Friday and Monday. Maybe they went together on a man vacation to the Dominion Republiic.
Raptured.
they will find his clothes on the beach neat folded, and footsteps leading to the water... further down the beach a wet bedraggled man climbs into a limo.
Maybe Sanford went to a secret Satanic meeting where they held a vote for a new tetchier head of the Republican Party.
In all seriousness, this is weird. His own wife doesn't know where he is?
eeeeew.
Guess we'll know when the papers are signed.
Maybe his wife is happy he's gone for a while. Maybe's she's breaking out her old Joan Jett records and scarfing down a bottle of Jose Cuervo right now.
Just as long as the bank account keeps magically filling.
or got caught having sex with minors or prostitute. Who cares? One less hypocrite to contend with.
"Ivanwald, which sits at the end of Twenty-fourth Street North in Arlington, Virginia, is known only to its residents and to the members and friends of the organization that sponsors it, a group of believers who refer to themselves as “the Family.” The Family is, in its own words, an “invisible” association,"
[ http://www.harpers.org/archive/2003/03/0079525 ]
Is this the one HRC was hanging with during the primaries !?
...though in assuming, I do notice a resemblance with regard to the privacy, power and control points. Though, I'm in no position to reconcile the legitimacy of your proposition. It never hurts to ask question(s)... Well, almost never. ;) Thanks again √
a republiKKKan? Is he gay? Is he straight?
Better question. How does he vote?
Is he in line with the other sociopaths that call themselves republikkkans?
I don't know this guy. Enlighten me.
That's a long time to spend in an airport mens room. He must have had a ball.....or two.
Imagine the disappointment.
Count on it that it had OnStar or some such GPS tracker. They knew where he was, perhaps not exactly what he was doing, but at least where he was.
What is the Big Fuss all about? The Gov. is simply following the lead of (The Great Quail Warrior)V.P.Cheney.He is in an Undisclosed Location--only for a few days.The Great Quail Warrior did that for 71/2 years.
Coincidence?
I have seen a lot of speculation from an affair to rehab, but maybe the guy is just smarter than us.
I would do evil deeds if they would earn me a week away from work, sans blackberry. And what I'd be willing to do to have that same week, away from the wife and kids, would get me moderated and banned.
But, as much as I love my family and as much as I like my job, a week away would be absolute heaven. I would go to a cabin with no electricity or running water, where the fishing is good.
Not only would I love the hell out of it, I would wager that it would help me to be a better father, husband and PAO. The thing is, no one would ever let me. The same holds true for the governor. The only way the governor COULD get away is the way he did it.
I have no idea why Gov. Sanford took off but I'm not going to judge any person for legally doing something that I would love to do.
Though it does speak to individual responsibilities. Thanks
PS. My first guess would be in a free society, that yes it was legal. From an performance perspective, well...
Rarely am I left speechless, but you, "no longer from", if that is indeed your real name, have done just that.
I'm a father, and if I ever decided that I needed to be away from my kids on father's day...well, I wouldn't and I can't even imagine being such an insensitive ass...on purpose anyway. Empathy is clearly not a big thing with Republicans.
He's been under extreme duress since he was forced to accept that federal stimulus money.
He's angry and depressed that South Carolina's schools will be better funded now, despite all of Sanford's best efforts.
where his wife's prying eyes won't make him lose his chubby.
Instead of with his wife and kids, Sanford checks in with Erik Erikson.
http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/06/22/gove...
No outrage from Erikson about Sanford pulling a disappearing act on his family and his constituency by going hiking for 3 days without his wife but let Obama have a 1 night out with his wife and oh, boy what a "scandal"!
Where in the world is Mark Sanfordiego?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdzyuJJZMCI
where Gov. Sanford is.....as long as he doesn't show up and try to be the Gov. of Pennsylvania.
That might explain his vanishing.
Gov on a walk-about?
Called to the mount, to recieve the next set of South Carolina's 10 commandments.
Maybe he's somewhere licking his wounds after the state legislature over road 10 of his vetoes. So bizarre! I think Republicans are seriously going off the deep end.
After the stimulus money debacle...and then 10 Veto's being over-ridden...I'm betting he's wanting to get away from everything and everyone for awhile...
I'd do the same thing.
And yes...the repubs are losin it.
Hanging out with Waldo.
Personally I'd prefer to hang out with:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sG7UbCOYwS0
would be easier to find him if he wore a striped shirt,blue pants ans a cap.
Apparently, they know he's out hiking somewhere along the Appalachian Trail.
I can understand him wanting to get away from it, but for the governor to do this and not tell anyone where he's going seems irresponsible. Further, he did so, leaving his family alone on Father's Day.....something not quite right with that guy.
Just released: June 21 was National Nude Hiking Day on the entire A.T. From Ga. to Vir all public entrances had signs posted advising people "NOT TO ENTER on June 21 IF NUDITY OFFENDS THEM.
Frankly, there's NO EXCUSE for a man not being available to his 4 young sons on Father's Day! If the job has so much pressure Sanford had to diappear for 5 days, with no cell phone even to his children or his state has NO BUSINESS sitting in the Gov's chair!
Just another Christian Republican exemplyfing a Christ like example!
We can all probably guess what he was doing when he did not want law enforcement witnesses tagging along.
Faux Noise would be screaming the headline "Democrat [sic] Governor Has Meltdown!"
Actually, Faux is probably mislabeling Sanford as a Democrat anyway, since they always seem to do that "inadvertently."
What about Family Values? How do you leave your kids for Father's Day. These rightwingers are hypochrites. They don't believe that shit, it's just pure sloganism for the purpose of getting elected for them.
Being that he's a Republican, I'd put my money on him being at a secret Christian retreat in Georgia getting rid of "the gay".
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