>>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/24/south.carolina.governor/index.html
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>>South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford did not spend the last five days hiking the Appalachian Trail -- as his staff indicated -- but instead was in Buenos Aires, Argentina, he told The State newspaper.
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>>Sanford's staff and family seemed to be in the dark about his whereabouts. Sanford also said no one else accompanied him on the trip, the paper reported. The Republican governor and possible 2012 contender told the newspaper only that he took a drive along the coastline on his trip.
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>>No big point to this, just an amusing story. I certainly don't have any business poking fun at governors from other states ;-)
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>I bet there is a woman involved in this "sudden" trip <g>. Maybe even Lynda Loveland herself <g>.

Right you are. Amazing that he thought he could do this and get away with it. It seems like something a lovestruck college kid would do.