Sanford is not “Missing”, and Never Was “Missing”
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Mark Sanford Is Bungling The Response To The “He’s Missing” Story
Yesterday, when the “Mark Sanford is Missing” story hit Drudge, I thought it was tremendously unfair to Sanford. Couldn’t the guy take a four day week-end without people proclaiming he was “missing?”
Moreover, as Redstate has noted, the story isn’t nearly as troublingwhen you know all the facts,
First, we need to be clear on the facts—not the media speculation:
* Sanford did tell his staff and family where he was going.
* Because he was traveling without a security detail, it was in his best interests that no one knew he was gone.
* His political enemies—Republicans at that—ginned up the media story.
* When confronted by a pestering media, things went downhill.
* Again though, at all times there was no doubt that Sanford’s staff and family knew where he was.[...]
How different it could have been if Sanford had effectively killed the story by putting out some pics last night and getting back in the office today. That mistake may end up turning a minor incident everyone would have quickly forgotten about into a story that people will still remember in 2012—and that’s even if Sanford wasn’t doing anything but writing and hiking up and down the Appalachian Trail.
I don’t agree with the author of this article that he should have played to the MSM, but the facts of the matter refute an earlier claim that he was “missing”, right here on SAB.
