And Jenny Sanford charges up the cordless drill . . .

Oh, dear.  Methinks it's not a good idea to ditch your Skil Corp. heiress wife on Father's Day weekend without telling her where you're going.

AWOL South Carolina governor Mark Sanford may have briefly checked in with his office this morning to assure them he's fine and he'll be back at work tomorrow. But he hasn't told his wife, according to her.

A CNN reporter tracked down Jenny Stanford at her Sullivan Island vacation home. Sounding less like the wife of a 2012 presidential contender and more like America's favorite reality TV star announcing her separation from her husband, she said: "I am being a mom today. I have not heard from my husband. I am taking care of my children."

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UPDATE: Oh, lawdy, the comments at Muckraker KILL:

Probably because he's been "hiking the Appalachian Trail" on a Pittsburgh Steamer with his friend, Dirty Sanchez.
All innocent enough.

Or how about this one -

This cannot be left alone:
From the MNSBC article, look whom they've chosen to comment on the Naked Hiking Day angle:

Law enforcement authorities say they see so few nude hikers, even on Naked Hiking Day, that they don’t consider it a big problem. ‘It’s rare, probably because we have a lot of remote territory out there where one would not be detected,’ said Capt. Woody Lipps of Virginia’s George Washington and Jefferson national forests, which contain parts of the Appalachian Trail.”

Naked Hiking, and you get Woody Lipps to comment. You can't make this shit up.

UPDATE UPDATE: It's getting HOT!

Comments

[Monica_A: Winner Like Quinner]

"I am being a mom today. I have not heard from my husband. I am taking care of my children."

Dude, your wife is pissed! You might want to stay at a Motel 6 for a few days or months until this all blows over. I know and have taken this tone over the years. It is the tone of a wife that has just about enough. The Puccini's on the iPod and rabbit is boiling in the pot. Boilin', I tell ya!

[punaise]

somebody's going to be sleeping on the couch for a while.

[punaise]

...although when he gets back she probably won't say "take a hike, pal".

[moeman@me.com]

"You can't make this shit up." The Rs new motto.

[Mac from Oregon]

Where was Palin this weekend?

[JDM]

Itz not a woman. Bets?

[pansypoo]

where was jabba limbaugh?

[moistenedbinnk]

There goes his Presidential aspirations. That's probably why the missus is pissed, the rest she can let go.

[HarpoSnarx]

It's these kind of family values that will save the nation from the looming specter of SOCIALISM! Cue scary music.

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[pursang]

Has Miss Lindsay Graham been seen during this period? Me thinks that the Governor and Miss Graham have been having some sexy-time somewhere in the wilds of America.

[Capt. Bat Guano]

"...I am taking care of my children."

Rethug code for "the nanny is watching the brats while I drink my self into a stupor."

[ukusa]

I love their attitudes. They think they can bamboozle everyone into thinking they are such righteous, God fearing folks, when in reality they are adulterers, robber barons, and snobs.

[GreedOilPollution]

big misunderstanding.... He said he was going to get some Argentinian Tail, not hike the Appalachian Trail. Oh and happy Father's Day to his 4 sons! Ensign/Sanford 2012. And did you read his wife's statement, could she be more of a pathetic bi*ch. Love all the bible quotes, what a joke.I say she deserved this.

[You Go Girl]

I think that she's handling it in a classy, dignified way - refusing to stand by her husband's side, standing on her own.

[Richard]

When can we see the pictures of Miss Argentina? Naked?

[kluta]

any married wife who has ever gone through this chaos understands the agony which Jenny is going through! God bless you.I think its high time for politicians to check themselves before embarrasing their families

[tom]

Jenny needs to spend some time at Ben & Jerry's. Haven't seen such a skeleton since Michael Jackson's.
Then, she needs to hire 24/7 boysitters. Can only spread yourself around so many kids, no matter how much you love them.
3rd, need to interview about 5 high-powered ("prix") lawyers, and get ready for a war. Not over visitation rights for a dad that forgot Father's Day. But that weenie is going for spousal maintenance. Unless he has inherited his family's money, he is going to need a paycheck. Hope she didn't put her family wad in joint accounts.
Finally, they deserve each other. Hiding behind scripture, and wasting Sunday afternoons playing Christian Charade with Cubby, is an absolute joke. Denial, in the trade.
What do you guys think?

[tom]

Even National Geographic can't find a map in their archives, that has the Appalachian Trail go all the way down to Argentina, and the Southern end is about 50 miles from the Atlanta airport. He drove in the SUV, didn't even hike that far. Left his gear in the back seat, to be found. As a friend of mine says, Mark must have said "Argentine Tail". Or, another friend said, he should have flown earlier to Paris on Air France 447, then we would just have estate lawyers working the naked bones (assuming the sharks didn't get him first.) Crude, but appropos, eh?

Then, at his stupid news conference the first day back, (hadn't called soon-to-be-former Wifeypoo yet) says he had spent 5 days in Argentina, crying for himself. Even Madonna would puke on that one. Other bodily fluids were probably coming out. Again, no pun.

So, I still think they deserve each other. Hiding your shortcomings (no pun, please) behind JesusSpeak is what W. did so well. Poor Laura, and poor Sanfords' Sons. Where is Redd Fox when we need some lightening up?

[tom]

Almost forgot (does anybody read this site anyway?).

Another reason for you Irish Catholic moms not to have so many children. They are going to get in her way. My dad was from a family of 10, and he had some stories. Not all good.

So wishing the Sanfords luck is a waste of energy. She is indeed on "boil", and he has hung himself, badly. He will go work the diesel backhoe again on the family plot, for many more dawns. What a jerk.

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