NOT OUT FOR A WALK

REPORTER:
Governor, why didn’t you tell anyone that you were leaving?

MARK SANFORD:
I needed to get out of Dodge pronto. I needed some R & R fast, or I thought that I might explode.

REPORTER:
But you weren’t on the Appalachian Trail? Why?

MARK SANFORD:
As much as I enjoy that part of the world, I felt that my psyche needed a more exotic environment.

REPORTER:
Did you travel alone?

MARK SANFORD:
As far as I remember.

REPORTER:
Governor, do you think that this spontaneous and secret disappearance will affect your plans to be a candidate in the 2012 Presidential Election?

MARK SANFORD:
I believe that the memory of most Americans is short. I will still be a candidate.