Mark Sanford Is/Isn’t MIA
And we mean “missing in action” in the most literal sense.
You see, South Carolina Gov. Sanford needed some down time after losing a lawsuit over his opposition to using Obama stimulus funds and having all of his legislative vetoes overturned by his own party that he needed some R&R. So the governor decided to abandon Columbia and take some time off, vanishing in a taxpayer-funded SUV in the middle of a quiet Thursday afternoon without telling staffers, government officials or even his own family were he was of too - and no cell phone.
The story has a happy or unhappy ending, depending on your party affiliation. Gov. Sanford has now apparently been reached and he is fine, with no “foul play” suspected by law enforcement officials.
Yikes…
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.
But Sanford’s office told the lieutenant governor’s office Monday afternoon that Sanford has been reached and he is fine, said Frank Adams, head of Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer’s office on aging.
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.”
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So typical of you left loon pukes, to think that finding someone alive and ok is an “unhappy” ending because they are a Republican. You have no honor, just like that pos Obama.