And The Point Of This Is?

In his latest attempt to show an increasingly-skeptical public that he’s still, you know, “governor,” Mark Sanford heads to Charleston, S.C. today to get a briefing on Project Seahawk, a federal “port security” program that should cost a helluva lot less to implement seeing as South Carolina has pretty much scared all of its port business away in recent years.

The visit represents Sanford’s second attempt to “get back to business” in the wake of admitting an extramarital affair with his Argentine lover, Maria Belen Chapur.

The first attempt actually worked, too, at least until Sanford decided to start talking about how Chapur was his “soul mate” and how he had “crossed lines” with other women.

Anyway, from the official release issued this morning by the governor’s office:

11:30 a.m. – Gov. Sanford will be at the Port of Charleston to join Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Senator Lindsey Graham for a briefing on Project Seahawk. Seahawk is a federally funded security task force aimed at protecting the Port against acts of terrorism. The briefing is not open to the public, and Gov. Sanford will not be attending the subsequent media availability.

Hmmm … let’s plug this into our handy-dandy bureaucratic translator, shall we?

11:30 a.m. – Gov. Sanford desperately needed something “official” to do today, and this is frankly all we could come up with on short notice. And while we are counting on numerous photographs being taken today of the governor acting in his “official” capacity, we are absolutely, positively not permitting any situation in which he might (for even a second) open his fool mouth. In fact, if the governor starts talking, please tackle him.

Sound about right?

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