Some Chiefs of Staff are more capable than others. Don’t count the top aide for South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford among the best. That press conference should have been delayed and rehearsed. Perhaps even scripted! Sanford needed a ‘Checkers’ speech not an “I’m Deeply Distraught” speech.
Oh, but it contained so much! I especially liked the off-hand, irrelevant note about how he and his friend called his boy’s room “Jurassic Park” because of the dinosaur sheets and that “all kinds of people stayed over (during the campaign).” Did the Argentina chica crash there? How did he meet her? He mentioned that it started on email… but how? AregentiaChicas.com?
But I’m less concerned about the ‘other woman’ than I am about… the woman who stood behind this man during the press conference. She does exhibit a sense of humor; she and her colleague are laughing throughout the 10 minute spectacle. Say: maybe whoever is in charge of these things should have prevented random folks to stand BEHIND the podium. Oh geez. So much material. What a sad story.
Above is a still photo from the video. I don’t think the 2 women are going to need an apology. Sanford can skip them on his Repentance Tour.
Check out the MSNBC video of the entire press conference.
My favorite part was the bizarre intro:
Let me start by saying how much I like to hike the App trail. I used to go on adventure trips all the time with $100 in my pocket. I kept going back and forth in my mind: long hike…rendezvous with my mistress…hike….mistress. In the end I just wound up picking mistress.