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June 23, 2009 05:33 PM UTC
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Both the National Guard and the state’s top law enforcement agencies answer directly to him. They need to know where their commander-in-chief is at all times.
I thought State Senator Knotts summed it up best.
To fall completely off the grid, without telling a soul where you are, is the height of irresponsibility and that’s being charitable.
This is a gross dereliction of his duties and responsibilities as Governor and commander of the state’s National Guard and law enforcement agencies. You can’t just waltz off without officially handing the baton to your Lieutenant Governor. And this irresponsible fool has presidential ambitions?
On a personal note, what kind of dad just blows off four young sons on Father’s Day in favor of some “me” time, without even letting the family know where they can reach him? What a guy.
He’s toast politically, burned on both sides.
If he wants lots of time off without having to answer to anyone, the voters may just be obliged to grant him his wish, come election season.
As to the Father’s Day thing, I can’t figure that one out. Usually, Republicans leave to spend more time with the family, not less. 🙂
after they get caught doing something they know they shouldn’t (e.g., Craig, Vitter).
Someone needs to explain the order this all goes in to the dear governor.
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To someone living in a deep rut, that smells like freedom. Must be my allergies acting up.
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It sounds fantastic and liberating. I’ve done it more than a few times myself. But unlike the Governor, I’m not in charge of law enforcement agencies and the National Guard so no one really needs to know where I wandered off to.
On the other hand, this man is being paid handsomely to be accountable to his employees (the voters) as their commander-in-chief, not to take off whenever the urge strikes him, no?
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still, I can dream.
At my age, Father’s Day is a couple phone calls to say that I haven’t forgot about you.
I can almost remember when I was pretty close to the center of their universe.
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He’s nominally in charge of the state patrol and the National Guard. So what? Both of those organizations have a chief or commander at the top who does the work. The Governor just signs the press releases, so it doesn’t much matter whether he’s in the Capitol, on the Appalachian Trail, or on Mars.
As you say, though, he’s being paid to be accountable to the citizens of his state, so traipsing off for a little secret wilderness adventure seems pretty crazy to me. I don’t know about “handsomely,” though; here in Colorado the Governor is paid “peanuts” to be accountable to the citizens.
but according to the Huffington Post article, he most certainly is in charge of the state patrol and National Guard, not just “nominally.”
“So what”? Good God. It’s his fucking job. That’s what.
If it has, this little escapade will end that.
Good memory, Republican 36! Considering his own party is pissed off over his latest escapade, I do agree–I think this episode has the possibility to do long term damage.
This guy would have been AWOL for it.
“Mr. President, the Joint Chiefs of Staff have been assembled, and are awaiting your orders. Mr. President… Mr. President? My God, there are four pillows under his blanket and a basketball on top of his pillow! Sound the alarm! The President has escaped again!”
Oh, that was good, RSB.
Nice one RSB !
…you may feel honored now.
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Congratulations on the front page editor gig. Well done. I look forward to reading more from you.
You elect a horse’s backside and this is what you get. Why should he, the Governor, care about his wife or children? He’s elected now, has more back-room deals cut for the rest of his life than he’ll ever need and the people who voted for him are no more than chattle to his weak mind.
This jerk is at the height of his ego, and his family and the voters and residents of the state are irrelevant to him. I’m sure he had a ball “hiking” with his lover, drinking and/or getting stoned and laughing at the “common folk.”
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it was all work, as I stated on the earlier thread.
I hope to get some mp3’s of his first couple of scores today.
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CEOs and Republican politicians must be paid well to compensate them for the enormous responsibility they have!
CEOs and Republican politicians don’t really need to be around the office, since they’re all just figureheads anyway.
I once knew a hooker in Charleston named Appalachia Trail…..
The Appalachian Trail doesn’t even pass through South Carolina. He should have said he was at the beach, but nobody recognized him because of the white patch of protective zinc oxide he applied to his nose.
And now associated press is reporting that he was off on some sort of naked hike. No euphemism, actually naked. Politicalwire.com has it (I’d post a direct link but the phone won’t let me).
Still, apparently this is legit: naked.
WTF GOP?
that so far the word (or spin) is that it is just a coincidence that he happened to be hiking on naked hiking day, celebrating the first day of summer.
Nothing conclusive at all, except if there were witnesses or worse, photos.
Amen.
(shudder)
Now I’m imagining all the places the bugs could be biting him. Serves him right!
Yeah, sorry about that. 🙂
is to tell someone where you’re going and when you expect to return. Seems simple enough.
But I understand the temptation to just say “hell with it,” drop everything, and go hiking. I wish Ritter would do it more often.
Maybe he was in Argentina secretly hunting Nazis still on the lam.
He needed to bail out on his state, his staff, and his family (over Father’s Day weekend,no less) to recharge after a difficult legislative session. Why would anyone expect him to tell people where he was going?
Now let’s see, if I were his wife, what would I be doing right now? (Seeing a lawyer or buying a handgun are among the top 2 options.)
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Naked. Without bug spray.
Or so he says now.
SC law enforcement found the State Law Enforcement Division SUV that Sanford had taken (without the SLED’s knowledge, apparently) parked in the Columbia, SC airport parking lot. It was not in the governor’s secured parking space, but was found out in the open. In the back, Sanford had apparently packed (and left behind) a sleeping bag, some clothes, and other items he might have had with him had he wanted to (pretend to) go hiking.
This gets weirder and weirder every minute.
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She was supposed to meet him on the trail near Lynchburg, VA, and he never showed. So she went naked hiking without him.
Apparently she’s enrolled at Liberty Baptist College.
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He says he met her via e-mail, and she’s a married Argentinian with 2 kids. Does it usually take you 5 days to break off a relationship that you supposedly know you’re going to break off, and do you do it in person if you’re planning on getting back together with your wife?
There’s still a LOT of untold story here. For example, someone reports another state vehicle parked next to his at the airport.
I didn’t watch the presser, but there seem to be some people who are saying he didn’t confirm breaking off the relationship.
which is different from actually breaking off the relationship.
Remember that episode of Family Guy where Brian leaves Stewie in the car while he goes to dump his girlfriend, then three hours later comes back, and Stewie says, “What’s that smell? Smells like sweat and anger and shame.”
Yeah, it’s like that.
but he did say that he cried for five days straight while he tried. Surely that counts for something, no? 🙂
the sick bastard !
I bet he wouldn’t even bother to take a bullet for Cleve, the lame fuck.
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It was 15 minutes into the press event before he showed any remorse.
I’m guessing that he destroyed the girlfriend’s marriage on this latest trip. Up ’til then, the hubby had no clue.
I’m guessing that his wife wants to stay together for the sake of her children, but figures her own life is over.
He was found out (I figure it was the wife who discovered it) 5 months ago, and the anguish in his own marriage played out back in February and March.
I assume that he told the girlfriend in April that it was over, and why.
I assume the girlfriend refused to break it off, and the Guv negotiated with the wife in May to make one last trip to end it, though she didn’t really agree.
This was the first chance he had to sneak away unnoticed (could he really have thought that ?) and planned to only be there one day.
He lost control of the situation (he was in love, after all) and went into relapse.
Now the two / three / four of them have to start over from scratch to figure this out again. The other husband has already hired muscle to salvage his honor. The Guv will disappear again in a couple of weeks, and I don’t think he will be coming back this next time.
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See, now you don’t have to follow all the latest updates.
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roughly the 4th of July, Columbus Day and Christmas last year. A South Carolina reporter will have ferreted that out by tomorrow.
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They were in counseling since January.
Then, two weeks ago, she threw him out of the house and got a separation decree.
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A South Carolina newspaper got copies of emails back and forth between the lovebirds back last December. I suspect the betrayed wife might have played a part in that. Then they sat on the story for 5+ months.
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