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Occasional Reader6/24/2009 7:26:21 am PDT

On Sanford’s Argentina trip, from Sharm’s link:

Sanford told The State he was alone on the trip to Argentina. He declined to give any additional details about what he did other than to say he drove along the coastline.

Trying to make such a drive could frustrate a weekend visitor to Argentina. In Buenos Aires, the Avenida Costanera is the only coastal road, and it’s less than two miles long. Reaching coastal resorts to the south requires a drive of nearly four hours on an inland highway with views of endless cattle ranches. To the north is a river delta of islands reached only by boat.

Busted. You don’t fly to Buenos Aires to “drive along the coastline”.

And I’m more than a little surprised to see this, for a Republican:

Sanford has been a fan of Argentina for years. While in Congress and since he’s said that nation’s Social Security system has a model the U.S. should follow.

Um… that would be the inefficient, corrupt model, for which the government recently had to essentially nationalize everyone’s 401(k) (equivalent) in order to keep funding?!