More Sanford

Re: the curious tale of Mark Sanford, like Dillon, I suspect that we haven’t quite scratched the surface of what the South Carolina governor has actually been doing these last few days, and by that, I mean he was doing something a little more embarrassing than hiking in his birthday suit. Somebody perceptive out there, I can’t remember where, wrote that there is something just a little bit off about a Republican, family-values loving politician skipping out on his kids without telling them where he is going… over FATHER’S DAY, of all days. Oh, the humanity — the guy was AWOL on Father’s Day!

UPDATE: From a TPM reader, maybe Sanford deserves some credit…

I’ve been thinking about it, and I believe Sanford may be the first politician to use the “I’m leaving to spend some time AWAY FROM my family” excuse. Most of them go with the far less credible with-the-family thing. So give the man his due, please, for he is a pioneer.