South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford returns to cries of 'lies, lie...

In this April 3, 2009 file photo, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford fields questions during a news conference in Columbia, S.C. Gov.

[sam]

interesting how at the bottom of the article presidential aspirations could be damaged by taking a vacation and not telling people or in palins case having letterman make a comment about her underage daughter.

look at some of the dems presidential candidates, blagoyovich who had aspirations is on his way to prison and obama who is currently president was best friends with an antisemitic hate filled racist. apparently taking an unannounced vacation is a bigger deal than that though

[Jane]

Isn't it nice to read about someone else's nut ball govenor for a change?

[Mr Pragmatic]

Well Sam, it's a republican hitpiece. The MSM will do anything to remove any threats to their messiah.

[Action Jackson]

Was he doing a commercial for Argentina beef? on location?
Smells like another extramarital affair to me... Five days and my wife does not know where I am..She will called the Cops..
Another one bites the dust..

[Irish]

Why doesn't everyone just chill until the governor speaks for himself at his scheduled press conference today?! Geesh! Give the guy a break!

[Sir Digby Chicken Ceasar]

Staff confused Appalachia with Argentina. Given how Sanford has handled the education system in South Carolina, this is not surprising. Of course, he didn't tell his staff of the male escorts, either.

[bob]

Another brilliant showing by the career political class- no responsibility-no scruples-no shame
I repeat (ad nauseum to some I am sure)that all politicians, regardless of party affiliation are blood sucking filth -

[Judy]

Wouldn't that be a great thing for someone to do while they were President? What a batch to pick from.

[Harrison]

Second paragraph to identify him as a Republican. For Blago, he's never labeled a Democrat. For Eliot Spitzer, seven articles went by before he was labeled a Demo...buried in the 17th pararaph of the article, of course. Who said there's media bias?

[Tasha]

Jane wrote:

Isn't it nice to read about someone else's nut ball govenor for a change?

I was just thinking the same thing. Considering IL is 1 for 3 with the last 3 Governors, SC isn't doing to bad. So he was MIA for a few days BFD! It's not like someone died as a result of license for bribes or he tried to sell a Senate appointment.

[Disgusted]

sam wrote:

interesting how at the bottom of the article presidential aspirations could be damaged by taking a vacation and not telling people or in palins case having letterman make a comment about her underage daughter.
look at some of the dems presidential candidates, blagoyovich who had aspirations is on his way to prison and obama who is currently president was best friends with an antisemitic hate filled racist. apparently taking an unannounced vacation is a bigger deal than that though

Nice try, wingnut. You don't have an excuse for the foolishness of one of your own, so you try to gloss it over by an attack on Obama. The people you talk about were not elected and you have no evidence of the so-called "best friend".

[Fedup in Chicago]

I think Obama should take the governors lead and go on a very long trip without communicating to anyone. Oh happy days!

[Disgusted]

Harrison wrote:

Second paragraph to identify him as a Republican. For Blago, he's never labeled a Democrat. For Eliot Spitzer, seven articles went by before he was labeled a Demo...buried in the 17th pararaph of the article, of course. Who said there's media bias?

Once again, straw arguments by Wingnuts, wanting to attack the other side whether or not the argument is true. The story is not about Blago. He been identified as a Chicago Democrat numerous times and associated with other Illinois Democrats. Notice how none of the wingnuts have anything to say about the story itself other than to try to turn attention to the opposition. I wonder if they are planted spies for the GOP.

[Indeed]

If he likes to take vacations, he's definitely Republican presidential material.

[LonMonk]

Tasha wrote:

<quoted text> I was just thinking the same thing. Considering IL is 1 for 3 with the last 3 Governors, SC isn't doing to bad. So he was MIA for a few days BFD! It's not like someone died as a result of license for bribes or he tried to sell a Senate appointment.

Me too. It must be nice to have a governor.

[moreofthesame]

Don't look at the white house, that's where most of the lies are coming from nowadays. Too bad the press doesn't report it.

[bigdaddy]

is south carolina preparing to secede again?

[Richard S]

Indeed wrote:

If he likes to take vacations, he's definitely Republican presidential material.

He studied the Bush Presidential Vacation Manual very well.

[stop the madness]

Your staff, family don't know where you are. Not even your wife. I suspect within the next few days we will get pictures of him partying it up with some strange woman.

[Markt]

Is this the best the Trib can do is to get a piece written by a reporter from the liberal LA Times? And this reporter gets off the track with the SC govenor and brings into the article all the other GOP presidential hopefuls who have been bashed lately in the media too. Lets get the facts first before we drag in the negative comments.