The Naked Truth About Where Mark Sanford Went Hiking

June 23rd, 2009, 6:33 PM EDT

Three facts about where South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford went hiking add up to…well, you decide.


  • Fact 1: Gov. Mark Sanford went missing Thursday and hasn’t been seen since.


  • Fact 2: His staff has since told us that the governor has been hiking the Appalachian Trail


  • Fact 3: Sunday was “Naked Hiking Day” on the Appalachian Trail. We kid you not.


The DNC has a little video with some of the media reaction:


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  1. Sounds like something out of Boulder CO.
    It must of took a lot of bug spray and lotion to clear out the poison ivy.

    Whats with the left and being naked.

  2. Hmmm, Naked Hiking Day. Sounds kind of gay. Of course, I don’t have a problem with gay folks, even if they’re hiking naked through the woods. Just, you know…remember that only you can prevent forest fires.

    Kregg Reply:

    Rocky said: Just, you know…remember that only you can prevent forest fires.

    K: If you smoke after sex – you’re going too fast!

    placefield Reply:

    Now that is funny

    Kregg Reply:

    It took my wife a long time to catch on to that particular little gem…

    Kregg Reply:

    “No, dear, 20 minutes of ‘huh, I don’t get it’ is NOT foreplay!”

  3. Alan, if you are implying that Sanford was hiking naked quit being a sissy about it and SAY it. Otherwise, take your unconnected ‘facts’ and shove ‘em up your spin machine. Good grief…

    placefield Reply:

    Kregg,
    Where is your sense of humor you usually have. I don’t think this post is supposed to be taken that seriously. Made me chuckle.

    Kregg Reply:

    PLace said: Where is your sense of humor you usually have. I don’t think this post is supposed to be taken that seriously. Made me chuckle.

    K: Place, I”ll admit to a special irritation for spinning ‘news’. Alan is a master at it and its almost impossible to tell when he is serious and when he is not because he does the exact same sleazy stuff all the time. I’d laugh out loud if he was an equal opportunity spinner or spun only in fun. But he doesn’t…

    DJ Dalek Reply:

    IMO, O’Reilly is the true spinmaster, along with his little poodle, Hannity. It’s not the “No-Spin Zone”, it’s the “No, Spin! Zone” Yeah, it’s a stretch, but I laughed. No, really I didn’t.

    TDro319 Reply:

    Well Kregg, if you are offended by the so-called “sleazy stuff” you think Alan posts, perhaps you’d be happier on a right wing blog.

  4. That is one Big Backpack. It must be ‘Hard on the Trail’…for a homo in training.

    placefield Reply:

    “homo”sapien? I think he is already there. Doesn’t look like a Homo erectus although I guess the backpack could hide that as well.

  5. Uh, yeah, there’s a few questions about the Governor’s ACTUAL whereabouts:
    http://www.wyff4.com/news/19837234/detail.html

    Oh please be gay, please be gay, please, please, please!!!

    GuidoVanHorn Reply:

    so to piece it together some more.

    Fact #4 his people said they were confirming which part of the trail he was on before they said anything.

    either he’s a naked hiker or he’s a regular hiker that didn’t want to be associated with naked hikers.

    TDro319 Reply:

    Wait a minute! How can he be hiking the Appalachian Trail and be in Argentina at the same time. This guy’s better than I thought.

  6. DJ said: Uh, yeah, there’s a few questions about the Governor’s ACTUAL whereabouts:

    K: Since the Appalachian trail can be hiked in Connecticut, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia is it not possible that the Governor flew to one of these fourteen states to HIKE THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL?

    RDM Reply:

    Actually he flew to Argentina for something more erotic.

    jasperjava Reply:

    Did you mean “erotic”, or “exotic”?

    I’m not aware of any “erotic” angle to this story yet, but it wouldn’t surprise me. What kind of a guy takes off to another continent without telling his wife and kids, and stays away even for Father’s Day?

    Just a theory: Argentina has one of the lowest age-of-consent laws in the world, at 12 years old. With the recent spate of Republican perversions that have been unearthed, who knows?

    What does Rush Limbaugh have to say? He has experience with viagra-fueled sex tourism in the Dominican Republic, undoubtedly with young boys.

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