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SC-Gov: Sanford's Car Found at Atlanta Airport

by: Crisitunity

Tue Jun 23, 2009 at 6:39 PM EDT

For a while today, this story seemed to be dying down; Gov. Mark Sanford had contacted his office and was just "hiking the Appalachian Trail" (except without his security detail, or any notice to his staff or his Lt. Governor). It's now clear, however, that "hiking the Appalachian Trail" was just a weird metaphor for, well, something else. Sanford's vehicle was located at the Atlanta Airport, which is 80 miles from the start of the trail.

On Tuesday, sources told News 4's Nigel Robertson that a state vehicle is missing and was tracked down, not to the Appalachian Trail, but to the Hartsfield-Jackson Airport in Atlanta.
Sources told Robertson that a federal agent spotted Sanford in the airport boarding a plane. Robertson was told that the governor was not accompanied by security detail....
WYFF News 4 has not yet confirmed where the plane was going or how the governor got to the airport, but it is clear there are two very different stories.
News 4 called the governor's office, and was told again by staffers that they stand by their original statement that the governor is hiking the Appalachian Trail. They did not want to comment on this story.

UPDATE: CNN thinks they've found Sanford's car, but at the airport in Columbia, SC - not Atlanta.

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Maybe He's Hiking The Whole Trail

Maybe he decided to head way up to Maine.

When I lived in New Hampshire, the thru-hikers would jump in our communal dorm showers all the time!

by: Zeitgeist9000 @ Tue Jun 23, 2009 at 17:59:09 PM CDT

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Wouldn't he be most likely

To finish his trip up in New Hampshire... say, some time around 2012?

by: DavidNYC @ Tue Jun 23, 2009 at 22:21:43 PM CDT

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Curiouser and curiouser.

by: SC @ Tue Jun 23, 2009 at 18:24:38 PM CDT

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Only Legit Explaination I can Come Up With

The only legitimate reason for driving to Hartsfield instead of flying right out of Columbia is if you're going really, really far away and want a nonstop.

I know that the entry point for dignitaries going to Iraq is Kuwait City, and Delta runs a 777-200 nonstop from Atlanta, along with a daily 777-200 to Dubai and I think a daily 767-300 to Tel Aviv.

So maybe he's visiting the troops and its hush hush b/c of security?

by: displacedyankdem @ Tue Jun 23, 2009 at 18:58:19 PM CDT

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I don't think the military tend to react well

To dignitaries showing up unannounced. It means the troops get jerked around making sure the dignitaries don't get hurt.

So I can't see it being that. Personally, I'm rooting for the real reason being that he's defecting to North Korea.

by: Englishlefty @ Tue Jun 23, 2009 at 19:06:18 PM CDT

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Woulda come out by now.

Security may be tight before hand, but we know once people show up. There's no way he's been in the Middle East without someone saying something.

by: wmlawman @ Tue Jun 23, 2009 at 20:49:26 PM CDT

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Uhh...

This strikes me as a very significant development. Why are all the MSM outlets that have been devoting so much coverage to this story over the last 24 hours still parroting the flacks' latest talking points?

by: JFM110 @ Tue Jun 23, 2009 at 19:39:08 PM CDT

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what a fuck'n idiot

they can try to spin this anyway they want to, but a guy doesn't leave his wife and family for father's day weekend without telling them where he's going.

if any of you do that, i'm impressed by your exceedingly modern relationship, but a dude who wants to be a player in the national GOP is just done.

by: st paul sage @ Tue Jun 23, 2009 at 20:03:52 PM CDT

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Especially since his wife said ...

... he needed to "get away from his kids, to write something." On Fathers Day.

by: IndianaProgressive @ Tue Jun 23, 2009 at 20:27:41 PM CDT

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My opinion

Either he has a girlfriend or he's gay. And he's trying to cover it up.

by: Democrat2010 @ Tue Jun 23, 2009 at 22:12:17 PM CDT

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That's the first time that's happened in South Carolina.

Definitely.

Bill Posey is not half-alligator...and is outclassed by Davy Crockett anyway: http://www.washingtonmonthly.c...

by: Glenn Magus Harvey @ Wed Jun 24, 2009 at 01:20:32 AM CDT

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I hope the guy isn't sick or anything.

But I rreeeeaaaalllllyyyy hope this is something you can eat popcorn to while you watch.

Stop complaining and whining and get to work.

by: ARDem @ Tue Jun 23, 2009 at 22:21:07 PM CDT

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Another One Bites the Dust

Another week, another GOPer flirting with a 2012 bid has an embarrassing story undermining their judgment and possibly their future career. What's with these clowns? Cue in Freddie Mercury...

by: DFLer @ Tue Jun 23, 2009 at 22:31:32 PM CDT

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Erm...

I'm not sure how many of you guys actually clicked in the link and read what CNN wrote... but the CNN article says the car is found in the Columbus (SC) Airport, not the Atlanta (GA) Airport.

by: Reaniel @ Tue Jun 23, 2009 at 23:27:29 PM CDT

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Where in the world is Mark Sanford?

Some good photoshops from the orange place.

Regardless of his actual activities (which I suspect are far less interesting than what we're thinking), the fact that he's caused such a stir over this is the height of political stupidity. Maybe the guy does like his hikes. Whatever. Any elected official at his level of power needs to have a way to always be in touch with at least someone in government.

by: skaje @ Wed Jun 24, 2009 at 00:05:20 AM CDT

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Needs more Carmen Sandiego references.

Bill Posey is not half-alligator...and is outclassed by Davy Crockett anyway: http://www.washingtonmonthly.c...

by: Glenn Magus Harvey @ Wed Jun 24, 2009 at 01:21:03 AM CDT

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LOL!

Here's another one!

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by: californianintexas @ Wed Jun 24, 2009 at 02:20:41 AM CDT

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Brilliant!

Brings back all sorts of good memories.

by: Tiger in BlueDenver @ Wed Jun 24, 2009 at 14:55:07 PM CDT

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WHERE IN THE WORLD IS

guv'nur mark sanford

Bill Posey is not half-alligator...and is outclassed by Davy Crockett anyway: http://www.washingtonmonthly.c...

by: Glenn Magus Harvey @ Wed Jun 24, 2009 at 19:48:51 PM CDT

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More Humor!

Mark Sanford, the governor of South Carolina -- this just keeps getting weirder. He was missing for five days. He finally showed up. He claimed that he was just hiking in the Appalachian Mountains. Then just today, he revealed that he was not hiking in the Appalachian Mountains, he was in Argentina the entire time -- in Argentina, where he was having an extramarital affair. Wow! It all seems insane until you realize who his mistress is -- Carmen Sandiego. --Jimmy Fallon

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by: californianintexas @ Fri Jun 26, 2009 at 22:31:51 PM CDT

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Mystery solved

Governor Sanfordiego was in Buenos Aires.

http://www.thestate.com/local/...

by: JFM110 @ Wed Jun 24, 2009 at 07:58:22 AM CDT

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but the main mystery is not solved

why did he leave without telling anyone his whereabouts, or being clear about line of succession if something goes wrong.

by: st paul sage @ Wed Jun 24, 2009 at 09:25:21 AM CDT

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They sold him to Argentina?

Is South Carolina getting stimulus funds from the Argentinian government now?

Bill Posey is not half-alligator...and is outclassed by Davy Crockett anyway: http://www.washingtonmonthly.c...

by: Glenn Magus Harvey @ Wed Jun 24, 2009 at 12:20:01 PM CDT

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