The Real Lessons of Mark Sanford’s “Hike”

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  June 24th at 06:01 PM  | 

Well, what I wrote yesterday was wrong. Sanford’s lies spread through his office and out to the rest of us. The left is linking to yesterday’s post to laugh at it. What they are missing is that most of us tend to give people the benefit of the doubt — even people like John Edwards. We live in a fallen world and we ourselves are | Read More »

The “Missing Governor” Media Overhyped Story Open Thread

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  June 23rd at 11:30 AM  | 

The media overhyping the Mark Sanford story is closest to the media overhyping: Chandra Levy Swine Flu Y2K Rick Warren praying at Obama’s inauguration Cold Fusion    Free polls from Pollhost.com Consider this an open thread.

The Lessons of Mark Sanford’s Hike

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  June 23rd at 10:23 AM  | 

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, | Read More »

Governor Sanford’s Office Checks In With Us

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  June 22nd at 08:33 PM  | 

With all the reports of a missing Governor Mark Sanford whose staff and wife allegedly have no idea where he is and have not heard from him, I figured it was worth checking in with his office. His Communications Director sent us this statement: The governor put in a lot of time during this last legislative session, and after the session winds down it’s not | Read More »