King of the Hill

This is just weird. How can a governor just disappear for days at a time? And it appears that this is not the first time this has happened. I guess we're supposed to be concerned about Governor Sanford.

UPDATE: The public story is that Sanford was allegedly hiking the Appalachian Trail. Alone. Which he apparently does not infrequently. According to his wife, he needed "some space to get away from the kids." Over Father's Day Weekend. More Republican family values? If your cover story is that you're a terrible father, what's the real story? Hmmm.

And what of the "fact" (we're told) that he was located near Atlanta via cellular phone signal? I know the metropolitan Atlanta area keeps expanding, but until it includes all of Georgia, Atlanta is not on or near the AT.

It's still very, very weird. What we can be pretty sure of is that the official explanations we are hearing are not accurate. The truth lies somewhere in the triangle between salaciousness, being a irresponsible jerk and having a health or psychological disorder. And, really, options 2 and 3 are typically just modifiers of (or excuses for) option 1. Care to place any bets?