Governor Sanford of South Carolina, the only Governor in the country who refused to accept federal stimulus money for his state (and consequently my hero, because even 150 years after the Civil War apparently South Carolina still remembers the power of states' rights), disappeared last Thursday, and hadn't been heard from since. Not even his staff knew where he was, and his phone's signal had been turned off too.
At first there were reports that he had gone on a private hiking trip on the Appalachian Trail, but yesterday he was spotted at the Atlanta International Airport.....which happens to not be a part of the Appalachian Train (who knew?)
Today, the issue has been cleared up, at least a bit. According to the Governor himself (he's back in South Carolina now), he was enjoying a little private vacation in Argentina, without even informing his staff or family of where he was going.
Now, maybe its because I'm currently knee-deep in Atlas Shrugged, but when I see a guy like Sanford (the only major politician in the country who is trying to do things the right way for his state by refusing federal stimulus money and generally opposing the way in which government is growing in size and power), and then that guy just suddenly disappears for a little while, to go to Argentina (of all places), and now won't really discuss what he was doing there -- well, I can't help but think (or hope) that maybe there really is a Francisco D'Anconia-type guy down there trying to make things right.
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Good news--they found him. With an interesting story about how he's been having an affair with a "dear, dear friend" from Argentina. Yup. Good job, moral majority. It was, clearly, a VERY private trip.
ReplyDeleteAlso, the SC state Supreme Court ruled against him and made him take the money (not such a bad thing to hear!). So...Governor fail, all around.