South Carolina governor Mark Sanford went missing for five days, claiming he was hiking on the Appalachian Trail and recovering from stress stemming from his battle over his state’s refusal of financial aid from the federal government bailout. As it turns out, he was in Argentina shacking up with his mistress Maria Belen Chapur. Information about her is trickling onto the internet, including this video that features Maria as a journalist broadcasting from New York City for the Argentine TV station Canal America after the 9-11 attacks in 2001:

(I should warn you that the video contains graphic images of the planes crashing into the World Trade Center towers)

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The governor’s actions have had an immediate impact on people here in the United States, especially in his home state:

Sanfordizing has had a completely different effect on the granola-munching college crowd’s vernacular:

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And here’s a starcasm-esque image from the David Rees blog post Is Mark Sanford America’s First Emo Governor? which concludes with this scary statement: “Face it: The man is a living, breathing preview of the Pete Wentz administration.”

In my mind, calling Pete Wentz emo is an insult to emos everywhere. Pete Wentz is, and always will be, a 100% douchebag and douchebag only. Otherwise, sticking the Pete Wentz ‘do on anything guarantees the ha ha!

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