You know, I was almost ready to believe the "hiking in Argentina" story. I must not be as cynical as I thought. Or more gullible. It's just that as 'unlikely excuses' go, it was weird enough to be plausible.
Looks like civilization finally caught up with us.
Mal ,'Bushwhacked'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Theodosia - Jun 24, 2009 11:09:22 am PDT #25625 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Steph L. - Jun 24, 2009 11:09:29 am PDT #25626 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I heard the BK ads are from another country, FWIW.
I have the wacky idea that objectification of women and portraying them as blow-up dolls is offensive in *any* country.
flea - Jun 24, 2009 11:11:07 am PDT #25627 of 30000
information libertarian
You know, if he had been hiking the Appalachian Trial naked, it would have raised my respect level. I mean, it's a little wacky, but I'm cool with the wacky. Argentina booty call, NSM.
msbelle - Jun 24, 2009 11:20:20 am PDT #25628 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
awesome role model for his sons.
everyone is pissing me off today. Last straw is dealing with a Brazilian company - none of their correspondence is in English. not invoices, not rate increase notices - HATE!
Gudanov - Jun 24, 2009 11:31:29 am PDT #25629 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping
You know when I posted this yesterday,
Hang on there, this is a Republican who espouses family values. You're not going to see someone like that involved in some seedy sexual activity.
I thought I was just joking around.
Kathy A - Jun 24, 2009 11:42:08 am PDT #25630 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I should probably run around and do a Colbert-style "I Called It!!" celebration, but that's rather tacky. I will just note that I said it was probably a booty call from the beginning (cynical person that I am).
I'm sorry for his family's sake that I was right.
Trudy Booth - Jun 24, 2009 11:44:46 am PDT #25631 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I think it was more than just a booty call or he'd have had some sort of cover story in place.
Personally, I'm coming down to: Either his wife knew where he was and outed him because she was sick of it or he was chucking it all and running off with Miss Argentina but changed his mind three days into it.
Theodosia - Jun 24, 2009 11:48:05 am PDT #25632 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Maybe he was running off to be with her, but she decided to go back to her husband?
It seems to me that we could work "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" into this somewhere.
msbelle - Jun 24, 2009 11:49:03 am PDT #25633 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
From the msnbc piece, it sounds like he was there to end it - [link]
Theo - from the quote "the last 5 days crying in Argentina" - my guess is we'll be hearing a lot of "Don't cry for me Gov. Sanford" jokes in the next few days
javachik - Jun 24, 2009 11:51:00 am PDT #25634 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
He didn't need to fly there to "end it".
I think Trudy's right; he prolly flew down there to whisk her away and live some new adventure. Then, 3 days into it, reality struck.
Who knows?