Wow, something REALLY fishy is going on there. - David K.

Doubtful. Apparently this has been Sanford's MO in the past, only now he is under more scrutiny. But his staff's immediate responses to inquiries were flatfooted, so they kind of deserve the OMG!! reactions. - John P.

Yeah, having running off to argentina to rendezvous with his mistress wasn't fishy at all... - David K.

You say that like the story of Sanford's affair broke simultaneously with the story of his unknown whereabouts. What's your point exactly? - John P.

My point is that you were (yet again) wrong. Something smelled from the get go about the whole situation. Even if an affair hadn't been involved its STILL messed up that he randomly dissapears and the Lt. Gov doesn't even know he is technically in charge. - David K.

John, I think you need to concede this one. It's a minor point, admittedly. But David speculated that there was "something REALLY fishy" going on, and you responded, "Doubtful." It turns out, David was right, and you were wrong. The fact that David didn't KNOW that for certain at the time (because, as you say, the two pieces of news didn't break simultaneously) doesn't negate the fact that he SUSPECTED what turned out to be true, you poo-poohed that suspicion as "doubtful," and it turns out David's suspicions were more accurate than your doubts. Denying that would be sort of like Ray Nagin telling me my blog's statements about Katrina before the fact are irrelevant because the news of the levees failing didn't break until after I posted those statements. - Brendan Loy

David's and your speculation obviously turned out to be true, but sarcastically saying "Yeah, having running off to argentina to rendezvous with his mistress wasn't fishy at all" presumes that I knew about the rendezvous when I poo-poohed his speculation and that I therefore thought there was nothing fishy about having an affair, which is FALSE. Subject to that proviso, I happily concede that David was right for once (stopped clocks and all that) and I was wrong, as I indicated in the other thread below. - John P.

Well, I don't read David's "wasn't fishy at all" comment that way, but it profoundly doesn't matter. :) - Brendan Loy

P.S. And can we start having these conversations on the blog version of my FriendFeed, please? :P - Brendan Loy