Mark Sanford
Mark Sanford is a well-known "values" Republican (R-SC) who managed to invent a whole new euphemism without even uttering it. After going missing for several days (during which his staff tried their damnedest to pretend he wasn't), it turned out he was having an affair with a woman in Argentina. As the most publicized cover story his staff could come up with was "hiking the Appalachian trail," the phrase entered the political lexicon as a euphemism for a secret tryst.[1] The staff did not know that it was "Naked Hiking Day."[2]
Most notable was his reaction to being caught. Instead of trotting out the children and wife, and begging forgiveness, he instead blubbered through how the woman he was having an affair with was his soul-mate, but also how much he regretted hurting his (rich) wife. In many ways, it sounded like a man who was truly wrestling with the fact that his heart and his religion didn't mesh. Not that it lasted long; he is back to being a "values" dick.[3]
He has also praised the economic policies of Ayn Rand, by the way.
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- Hiking the Appalachian Trail alone, is it safe enough? Substitute the euphemism in the "Other Answers" section for the lulz.