"Hiking the Appalachian Trail"

Sanctimonious? Check.

Family values? Check.

Busted? Check.

It's not just liberals, even conservative pinheads like Fred Thompson are using the Sanford scandal to make political hay. Somehow I got on Fred's e-mail list (okay, who's been sabotaging my e-mail account?), but sometimes it's good for a laugh. After all, if it weren't for Fred Thompson I wouldn't know the true message of l'affaire Sanford: We need term limits.

But guess what, Fred: Sanford is already term-limited. Placing any bets on whether he'll make it to 2010?

And the Vermont angle: Who's worse for his state--Sanford in Buenos Aires, or Douglas in Montpelier?