It turns out that recently missing South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford (right), who supposedly had gone off to hike the Appalachian Trail in order to clear his mind, had actually come to Argentina for a bit of unannounced R&R. Sanford had last been seen at work last Thursday. This Monday, a state legislator asked where he was after hearing from security officials that the governor could not be contacted and his whereabouts were unknown. The governor's wife, Jenny Sanford, told The Associated Press she had not seen him since Thursday but was not concerned because he'd told her he wanted to get away and do some writing. Today the Republican governor returned to work, telling the local newspaper The State that he had considered hiking on the Appalachian Trail but had decided at the last minute to come to our South American country because he wanted to do something "exotic."

I'm not a Republican, but this guy is almost weird enough to vote for.