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A day after his staff puts out a statement trying to explain his apparent disappearance by suggesting that he was hiking in the Appalachian, the Gov. of South Carolina Mark Sanford shocked the entire world today by admitting to having been to Argentina instead, in pursuit of an affair with a married women.

The most shocking part of the whole story is that a GOP leader from the South is this sophisticated to conduct an international affair.

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In South Carolina, the frantic search for the missing governor finally ended today when he resurfaced after missing for days with no one, including his wife and staff knowing where he was. In a brief statement, his office maintains that the governor took some time off and went hiking in the Appalachian mountain to clear his head after the bitter loss to keep the federal stimulus money out of his state.
This is a Governor who takes things literally. When told by the state Supreme Court to take a hike following his refusal to accept the state portion of the stimulus money, he really heard the advice and took one. The only problem being that he forgot to tell anyone.

For more , see the Associatedpress.com

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This past Thursday, the Carolina Supreme Court ordered Gov. Mark Sanford to request $700 million in federal stimulus money despite his vocal opposition to the bailout.
The nation's most vocal anti-bailout governor had refused to take the money designated for the state over the next two years, facing down protesters and legislators who passed a budget requiring him to, and his critics accusing him of playing politics with people's lives.
Hell must have frozen for a politician to be bound and dragged around town to take free money.

For more, see ndailynews.com

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