My New Favorite Euphemism by tgirsch

I was just telling my wife how I’d like to go hike the Appalachian Trail one day, and she slapped me across the face! I had no idea why!

Oh, now I get it!

Seriously (or, as Barbie would say, Srsly!), what is up with these knuckleheads who can’t keep it in their pants? Especially people like Edwards and now Sanford who had at least an outside chance of getting their party’s nomination for president of the friggin United States!

Setting aside KTK’s previous point about whether or not it ought to be a big deal when politicos “hike the Appalachian Trail,” the fact remains that it is a big deal, and everyone knows this. It’s not some secret. The hubris is mind-boggling.

June 24th, 2009 in General

16 Comments

digglahhhJune 24th, 2009

Wait a minute – what would this be a euphemism for?

Off the bat, I was thinking it would be a slam dunk for anal sex. But, the context of the post has me thinking infidelity.

I’m confused.

Steve PlonkJune 24th, 2009

Speaking of the Apple Trail, Gov. Mark (Weiner) Sanford lied about hiking there and then went to Argentina to get some nookie for seven days. Then he whines and cries like a little fella and resigns from the GOP governors association. Hell, at least we KNEW where Sen. Ensign was. What a juvenile crybaby Sanford is! Golly, most people have the common sense to at least have a cover story people would believe. Most people don’t go to Argentina to go whoring around. He must be one of those bourbon weiners from plantation country. (Hey, I did my fact checking–Sanford is a bourbon weiner. I think I spelled it two different ways)…But no matter how you cut it, when you “run around” it comes back on you. Sanford should have acted like a real man. Who does Sanford think he is: Lord Fauntleroy? Oh my dears, another “faux pas” by some rich spoiled aristocratic southerner.

tgirschJune 24th, 2009

digg:

Infidelity it is. The extramarital booty call.

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David DvorkinJune 24th, 2009

Maybe seeing so many other Republican politicians get away with infidelity led him to assume that he can, too. And maybe he’s right. Once he tells us that Jesus has forgiven him, he might be okay.

Or maybe that only works for senators.

Kevin T. KeithJune 24th, 2009

The married father of four emotionally apologized to his wife, staff and others at a news conference after returning Wednesday from a trip to Argentina that followed a dayslong absence. He staff had said the Republican was hiking on the Appalachian Trail.

Sanford says he met the woman about eight years ago and it became romantic about a year ago. He says his wife and family have known about it for the past five months.

But it was just this week that the affair surfaced, when nobody in the state could locate their own governor and his staff tried to float the idiotic story about the Appalachian Trail. So he’s been actively carrying on the affair for at least 5 months with his wife’s and kids’ knowledge. Boy, nothing speaks “family values” like telling your wife and kids to lie for you while you’re off to spend the weekend with your hot Latin girlfriend. Nothing, that is, except being a dipshit Republican right-winger, which makes “family” such a very special word.

digglahhhJune 24th, 2009

…oh, I didn’t follow the back story closely enough. My apologies.

Not having sufficient time to play on the internets while at work, FTL.

On its face, “hiking the Appalachian trail” aIn’t a half bad euphemism for butt-lovin’ though. So, you can see where I was coming from (no pun intended).