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Scooby Doo and the Mystery of the Missing Governor
Author: clintster    Date: 06/23/2009 12:27:48

It stuck out like a sore thumb amongst the news of Iranian voter unrest, the train wreck in Washington and, most importantly, John and Kate getting a divorce. There were reports that Mark Sanford, the governor of South Carolina, was missing.

According to the news, Sanford had taken off from the governor's mansion Thursday unaccompanied in a black SUV and had apparently turned his cell phone off somewhere in the Atlanta area. A little odd, I'll admit. However, what struck me as really strange was the quote from his wife that she "wasn't worried."

Eventually, the Governor was reportedly "found" within hours of the news hitting the 'net, although there hasn't been any word from the governor himself. Even so, quite a few questions remain.

First, why-if you are planning to run for the Presidency- take off on a trip by yourself on Father's Day weekend? Not exactly a way to instill confidence in the base.

Second, there's the whole thing of his supposed destination. The Appalachian Trail is a great destination, and it offers some great hiking and camping sites. However, if I were living in Columbia, SC and looking to walk part of the trail for the weekend, I'd go to Asheville NC to walk that part. It's much more scenic, and it's better than having to fight Atlanta traffic to try to get there.

And by the way, why did he have to go out of state to go hiking? The state's own tourism board has many suggestions of places to go for a nice four-day getaway from it all, governor or not.

Finally, there is this. Apparently, Gov. Sanford wanted to get away from it all, but still found time to twitter "SC's government structure fundamentally flawed ". If you were trying to get some peace and quiet away from your family, on Father's Day, and wanted so badly to be secluded that you switched off your cell phone and PDA in Atlanta, why would you feel the need to Twitter twice during your lost weekend in the remote woods of Georgia?

Methinks there may be more to this story than we are seeing at the moment. Whatever the reason, it has many people talking about his responsibilities as governor and his presidential aspirations, and not in a good way. Perhaps the last word on this should go to the governor himself. On a June 9 appearance on the Glenn Beck program, as he was talking about his refusal to take stimulus money for his state, Gov. Sanford said this:

I think that, you know, one of our big objections to the stimulus package was that in essence, the federal government — I mean, why have a state legislative body? Why have a governor at a local level?


Why indeed, Governor; why indeed?
 

104 comments (Latest Comment: 06/24/2009 01:47:02 by TriSec)
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