What do you think the deal with Gov. Sanford is?

[Liberal_in_LA]

Poll question: What do you think the deal with Gov. Sanford is?

Not joking here. Based on the info we have so far, what do you think is going on with him?

[armyowalgreens]

1. I think speculation is pointless without evidence...

All I know is it's bullshit that he abandoned his duties for so long.

[annabanana]

16. and I think speculation is FUN. . . .

So many possibilities!

[Liberal_in_LA]

18. Me too!

:toast:

[miyazaki]

2. hiking to his love shack.

[Jeep789]

3. At my local government job, if they don't hear from you

for 3 days (without pre-approved time off) you are considered to have abandoned your job and are terminated. Don't see why it should be different for a Governor.

[Nay]

6. Yeah, same here. Job abandonment. You gotta wonder how so

many people in the higher echelons just get away with things like this.

[smirkymonkey]

28. Good point.

Besides, it shows extremely poor judgement. If you need a vacation, put in for time off. At that level, you don't just fly the coop without notifying anybody.

[lamp_shade]

4. My gut tells me he and the missuz had a major blow-up and she threw him out.

[ColbertWatcher]

5. He visited with GOP Party operatives to go over his 2012 candidacy. n/t

[tekisui]

7. He suffers from political ineptitude.

And, is hiding something.

[BlooInBloo]

8. Another family on the side.

[Island Blue]

9. I think it was a rendezvous with another dude.

If it had been an affair with a woman, I think he could have told at least someone on his staff and they would have covered for him. (Let's face it, it's not so uncommon in the political world.) But since he's rabidly anti-gay, and a Republican, and since Republicans always seem to get caught doing what they preach loudest against, I think that's what it was.

[zbdent]

10. meeting someone for a bribe?

[whistler162]

11. DGAD between him and his wife and him and the state

[rvablue]

29. What's DGAD? n/t

[underpants]

12. Myrtle Beach?

[KharmaTrain]

13. Other: Don't Give A Shit...

Whatever his excuse, this is up to the people of South Carolina to determine. Other than making a laughing stock out of himself and minimalizing his chances of being a real bona fide candidate in 2012, I could care less if he was communing with nature or with a hooker or a having sex with small animals. Another distraction and an embarassment to the GOOP...

[specialed]

14. Furry Convention...

[annabanana]

15. (was really hiking naked). . . n/t

[Vinca]

17. My guess is plastic surgery in preparation for a 2012 run.

Got to pin those saggy jowls up.

[JBoy]

22. I like this one.

[spanone]

19. he wanted to spend less time with his family

[kevinbgoode]

20. He's a cross-dresser with an Evita fetish

and just wanted to fly down to be authentic when he performed "Don't Cry For Me South Carolina"....after all, the "truth is I never left you."

[Patiod]

21. Maybe going all Villaraigosa with a Love Bunny?

Hell, it didn't hurt his career in the long run....

[Tikki]

23. He is 'pretend President'...

What's the saying...no publicity is bad publicity when
publicity is all you got..


Tikki

[raccoon]

24. Making a deal with some bad-guy Argentinians. nt

[JanMichael]

25. run of the mill republican nutjob

nt

[peekaloo]

26. Nazi summer camp.

[B Calm]

27. Probably went down there to get his bare butt swatted with palm leaves

by half naked cabana boys. . .

[Patiod]

30. Do those of us who voted "affair" get a cookie?

My Villaraigosa vote was right!!!!!

[Liberal_in_LA]

32. Yep. 30% of you were right. I was thinking drugs.

[struggle4progress]

31. He's a Republican. And they're batshit crazy.