Well, I found out it costs between $885 on Delta, to $6.177 on Mexicali Air (I did not ask for Business or First Class, BTW).

I don't think he had plastic surgery; it takes longer than a week to get over the bruising.

Looking for a good divorce attorney?

We may find out at his 2:00 p.m. presser...

He loves being out in the woods with his boys!

That's why he disappeared to leave them alone with his wife for Father's Day, duh.

Checking out that yummy Argentine beef.

Researching his upcoming role in the remake of Last Tango in Paris:

http://www.relocateamerica.com/south-carolina/cities/paris

Checking out that yummy Argentine beef

CAKE

Showing solidarity with the Iranian protesters, GOP style.

He was hiding his guns from Pres. Obama.

Sanford has one passion: Breeding Argentine Dogos. The Dogo is a dogo... uh... I mean dog described in Wikipedia as "a large, white, muscular dog developed in Argentina for the purpose of big-game hunting, primarily cougar and boar."

OK. That's bullshit. I typed "Argentine" in Google and that was the first thing on the drop-down. But so what? Doubts have been raised that Sanford was ever in Argentina.

This is interesting, though: Prior to the 1940s, Buenos Aires was mentioned on any list of top half-dozen cities in the world. Paris, Moscow, New York... Buenos Aires. It was rich and successful, and was primed to be one of the key players of the 20th century. But, 60 years ago, along came Peron and his ludicrous wife, and their coterie of corruptocrats - whack! Argentina has never bounced back. Good article comparing that debacle with our own in the American Conservative Magazine (horrors!) from last fall, "The United States of Argentina"."The United States of Argentina".

I've asked this elsewhere, but are we absolutely sure this guy isn't related to Sir Allen Stanford. One letter's difference, you know. And Sir Allen was a myserious guy. With a mustache.

Getting spanked by his girlfriend, ArgenTena-X.

Because he knows that gauchos are more than a fashion statement! They're his bolo ponies.

Do I dare give his team of misfits a decent excuse?

Okay, here's "why" he went there. He went to take a look at the circumstances of the 1920's inflation in Argentina that he himself has warned of, comparing that situation to the one we find ourselves in today and claiming this is the path Obama has put us on.

Of course, he'll need to get some librarian or historian to claim they talked, but...

What do you think? Pretty good, huh? If he uses it in the presser today, I'm going to get paid.

I think he fathered a lovechild on one of his previous visits and the woman demanded that he spend Father's Day with little Marco or else she would spill the beans.

Did he bring any Viagra with him?

He told his staff he was "spiking some Argentina tail," and they HEARD "hiking the Appalachian Trail". Easy mistake to make.

I think we have a winner, with "looking for a good divorce attorney" a close second.

Maybe it is the Dave Chappelle deal. i.e. he went to Argentina for drug treatment or psychiatric care!

I hope he speaks Spanish. Not too many English speakers in Argentina.

I know of some people who like to go "Huntin' and Whorein'" in Argentina. Not implying anything about the Gov., just saying...

WAIT! WAIT! I GOT IT!

He was trying out for the male lead in a remake of Evita!

Forging allies for his state after it seccedes?

He was trying out for the Argentinian national team in the hopes of playing in the 2010 World Cup. Give him a break. A boy can dream.

He went for tango lessons for the next season of "Dancing with the Stars"

He was there for the annual meeting of the All-Male Naked Hot-tub and Snow Ski in June Club Annual meeting.

Hmm. What to do, what to do on a long Father's Day weekend.....hiking? May be. No wait, Buenos Aires!!
Very exotic in winter time!! That's it!
I bet he didn't even go there either. Did he take a private plane? Commercial airline?
Can we find any proof?? The embassy didn't know about it either.

As far as his wife 'not being concerned' - I read that as 'I stopped caring and won't cover for him anymore'

Dude, there are about 150 million women in THIS country to sleep with.

And failing that, I bet plenty of Argentinian women would be happy to "hike the Appalachaian Trail".

Yeah, I'm pretty sure there is a special someone down in BA or at least a special person who can be paid for the evening.

He had a sleeping bag and walking shoes in the car but left them at the airport; we was trying to deceive someone (probably his wife) and sneak off on some "exotic" trip.

Just tell us the truth, what is her or his name, Governor?

There's been a lot of picking apart of his "drive along the coastline," but when I first heard that I assumed he meant he was driving a boat, not a car. Assuming he's making it up as he goes along, he could just as easily say the was on a boat.

Having never been to Argentina (just Costa Rica with my family when I was 13), how believable would that be? Could he have gone fishing off the coast? Or just cruising?

Along with liegemen, Victor Davis Hansen and Robert Kaplan, Sanford engaged in epic battle on the Patagonian plains against the Death Tax and its evil liberal forces.

Since then, VDH and Robert Kaplan have yet to re-appear and are assumed missing in action,

Research for role in upcoming community theatre production of "Evita?"

Sanford to cat house operator: "How much to have Consuelo to give me a "Hiking the Appaplachian Trail"?

I think all of us assuming that there was a woman or man involved are assuming that this person was already in Argentina; but it's certainly possible that he was meeting up someone there on a special get away... just a thought.

Sanford's Republican right? So, obviously he was sneaking off to Argentina to meet with the leaders of the Nazi underground that have been in hiding there since the end of WWII to talk strategy.

In all seriousness, Governor Family Values Republican ditched his family the Thursday before Father's Day, ditched his security detail, stole one of their vehicles, drove to Atlanta, hopped a plane to Rio (where it's winter), and cut off all contact with the office and his family, left a lie about his whereabouts behind him and, apparently, didn't even check the local news on the Internet soon enough to detect the growing shitstorm.

Once you consider all of those factors, the only plausible possibilities involve some kind of compulsion either from external sources or due to a psychological problem. Specifically, things like:

1. To deal with a blackmail or extortion threat.

2. Finanical or health crisis with someone with whom he had a longstanding intimate relationship.

3. Nervous breakdown or effects of some more chronic mental or psychological problem like bi-polar.

4. Uncontrollable urge to binge on some kind of an addiction--sex, and/or drugs and/or gambling.

That's all I can come up with. The other possibilities simply don't make sense in light of the Father's Day angle. Whether it's some legit activity such as just a few days on a beach to clear his head or something more illicit like sexual tourism or some kind of financial shennnigan, nothing so ordinary makes sense given the Conservative Republican Family Values guy ditches family on Father's Day factor.

I haven't vetted this, so it may just be baseless, conspiracy stuff but it is interesting...consider the source, however and watch with skepticism.

http://www.infowars.com/gov-mark-sanford-confronted-on-bilderberg-attendance-and-media-blackout/

to rbe1 (1:13):

aside from all the speculation, here's why you care: He's the head of state and the chief officer of south carolina's executive branch. If he's absent from office, his lt. gov. must assume his responsibilities. Who was in charge of the State for the past week?

And when governors or any other high-ranking government official takes a vacation, they're never completely out of communication, since they're responsible for directing their state's response to a natural disaster, etc.

He's talking about the Appalachian Trail! The guy is a nut-case!

Now he's talking about God's law -- and sin. He is rambling -- the guy is losing it. He says he is a person of faith. Here it comes: he is going to admit he is having an affair.

Hahahahahaha, another Repub who can't keep his pants zipped, what a surprise. Not.

If Sanford wasn't meaning to go down to BA to break it off, he sure is now. But it won't matter a tinker's damn to his presidential aspirations which are history after an open admission of adultery, no matter how contrite-sounding is SC's family values Gov. today.

Kudos to Mrs. Sanford for letting the Mark stand by himself at the presser. At least THAT'S refreshing.

Argentina? Not the Appalachian Trail?

So I can't use the line that "The s--t was baring in the woods"?

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