Last I saw John (my classmate), his business was basically Brand Smart for furniture and home supplies, selling overstocks, last years models, odd lots, canceled orders and the like.
Or a secret abortion. 
It sounds to me as if he is attempting to flee some sort of criminal activity that hasn’t come to light yet, like embezzling or something of the sort.
Reminds me of Dick Cheney.
:mad: Can’t a man go for a walk on the weekend without his boss constantly trying to get him on his cell?!
South Carolinian here. I’m afraid I gotta disagree on this assessment. Governor Sanford is many things: a carpetbagger, erratic, flaky, an enemy of public education, a cuckoo, nuttier than a damned fruitcake, and, worst of all, a Floridian <shudder>. But he’s not a thief or a dishonest public servant by any stretch of the imagination.
The guy drives me crazy. His world view is shaped by the fact that he cannot, for the life of him, understand why everyone isn’t as rich as he is. To him, those who are not rich must be lazy.
That said- as far as I can tell his ethics and moral principles are generally more sound than the average politician. He’s the last politician in the world I would expect to be committing any crimes or acts of moral turpitude. I don’t know what the hell he’s been doing the past few days, but I’m fairly certain its nothing criminal. He does have some 'splainin to do when he gets back, though.
The Harold Holt disappearance is one of those things that has always made me proud to be Australian. I mean, how many countries in the twentieth century could just lose a Prime Minister? 
Sweden did. Sort of anyway. As far as I know, they still haven’t figured out who killed Olof Palme back in 1986.
Following the action at TPM, I’d noticed that they referred to Sanford’s spokespersons by the shorthand ‘Spox.’ Having never encountered this particular shorthand before, and being familiar with the use of ‘x’ as a shorthand for ‘cks’ (e.g. ‘sux’) in this age of texting and Twittter, I kept on reading it as ‘Spocks’ before having to correct myself.
That led to thoughts of a world where Presidents, governors, legislators, etc. all had a few Vulcans on staff. “Governor, this bill you’re about to sign is extremely illogical.” I could deal with that.
Well, apparently he took a short hop to Buenos Aires!!!
Although, to me, lots of his story still doesn’t ring true, but who knows? The rich are different. So maybe he can buy another Father’s Day with his four sons. 
Absolutely vile.
I’m not sure I buy it either. What a weird story: when they said he was hiking, I thought it was odd but not a particularly big deal. Since then it’s only gotten more confusing.
Yes, we all just hop down to Buenos Aires to “cruise along the coast” in a car. Riiiiiiight.
Of course, who really cares what he was doing. The only issues here are two:
First, why did his staff lie/obfuscate about the location (certainly they knew he wasn’t on the AT when they were talking to the media this week), and
Second, why didn’t he make sure that someone else in the government knew what he was doing so that, in an emergency, everyone would know who to go to for authority?
Putz.
Cue the Evita jokes…
“Stand back, Buenos Aires!
Because you ought to know what’cha gonna get in me
Just a little touch of right-wing tool quality!”
“Don’t cry for me, Carolina!
You know I (almost) never left you…”
He doesn’t know why his staff thought he was on the Appalachian Trail? Maybe it was the sleeping bag and camping gear in the state car that he apparently abandoned at Columbia, SC, airport?
Of course the speculation is that he wasn’t on the Appalachian Trail, but rather on some Argentinian tail…
Apparently even the Governor of South Carolina doesn’t think South Carolinians give a shit about what he’s doing.
“Must’ve been one great party, dude!”
Something about that isn’t right… Australia… I got it!
[crocodile dundee accent]“Must’ve been one great party, Strewth!”[/crocodile dundee accent] 
Are we sure his name isn’t really “Clinton Tyree”? Maybe he’ll end up subsisting off of grubs in the swamps.
(Brownie points to anyone who gets the reference)
Thank you for putting that so succinctly. It’s right on the money.
I actually typed “right on the mark” and then I remembered his name and it was too bad to be an intentional pun and I couldn’t leave it in once I realized.
You think he went down there to tie himself to a bridge during a storm? That’s just weird…