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Sanford Disappeared Last Year, Too, Emails Show

Commerce secretary didn't know where to reach guv

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 16, 2009 11:48 AM CDT
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(Newser) – Mark Sanford’s recent Argentine excursion wasn’t the first time he had gone missing: His commerce secretary didn’t know where to reach him in June 2008, either, emails reveal. “Need contact number for (Sanford) ASAP,” the secretary wrote to a Sanford staffer on the 28th—a day the South Carolina governor saw his lover, he has since admitted. The email was part of 3,300 pages of communications released to the State.

A commerce staffer wrote to Sanford during the same trip, saying some “were really concerned at first” about “a missed flight.” The emails also uncover other aspects of Sanford’s governing style. One shows he asked an aide where he should register a boat to minimize taxes; another includes a warning from a staffer that “even folks who support you are worried you have lost your mind” in the stimulus debate.

Sanford's lover Maria Belen Chapur walks to her apartment after shopping at a supermarket in Buenos Aires, Tuesday, July 14, 2009.
Sanford's lover Maria Belen Chapur walks to her apartment after shopping at a supermarket in Buenos Aires, Tuesday, July 14, 2009.   (AP Photo)
FILE - In this Wednesday, June 24, 2009 file photo, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford tearfully admits to having an affair during a news conference in Columbia, S.C. Sanford has cleared his schedule this week to take a personal trip with his wife, three weeks after announcing his extramarital...
FILE - In this Wednesday, June 24, 2009 file photo, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford tearfully admits to having an affair during a news conference in Columbia, S.C. Sanford has cleared his schedule this...   (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain, File)
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, center, talks to department heads as he enters the conference room for the budget and control board meeting Monday June 29, 2009, in Columbia, SC.
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, center, talks to department heads as he enters the conference room for the budget and control board meeting Monday June 29, 2009, in Columbia, SC.   (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain)
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foodchain11
Jul 17, 2009 8:54 AM CDT
trouble is CK that Spitzer didn't leave the country, what he did took hours, not days, and OOPS he quit!! You seem to have no sense of proportion as the rest of your group. should we talk about Ensign now and his mommy and daddy??? How is it you take no responsibility for being at all accurate?
Shannonals
Jul 17, 2009 4:52 AM CDT
Corona_king your in denial Sparky. This isn't a media spin, no one has made up any of these stories, you have to face facts that your beloved Masters in the GOP are corrupt
Alexandria
Jul 16, 2009 7:10 AM CDT
Ugh he should step down, and not because he cheated, but because he disappeared for a few days when most people didn't know where he was. What a jerk though.

 
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