That is the difference between the GOP and the "Progressives." The GOP
who transgress like this almost all resign. The "Progressives" act as
if this is the cost of doing business and fluff it off as if it did not
matter. Only the most egregious resign and usually are forced to do
that. Look at Gary Stubbs. He was having an affair with a 16 year old
intern for a good while, even taking him on an official government
funded trip to Spain, and was re-elected until he got tired of DC and
went back to Massachusetts. Mel Reynolds was finally forced out after
an affair with a 16 year old in Chicago but he had to be sued before he
retired.
Some accept the responsibility for what they do, as the GOP do, and some
try to bluff it off, as the Dems do. I prefer the GOP method.
[email protected] wrote:
Family values GOPer to resign from Congress after affair with aide
by Jed Lewison <http://jed-lewison.dailykos.com/>
Tue May 18, 2010 at 07:47:55 AM PDT
GOP Rep. Mark Souder of Indiana -- the *leading advocate*
<http://voices.washingtonpost.com/right-now/2010/05/rep_mark_souder_will_resign_af.html>
for abstinence education in Congress -- *will resign*
<http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/05/18/exclusive-indiana-rep-mark-souder-resign-amid-affair-staffer/>
after an affair with one of his female staffers became public. From
his *statement*
<http://liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/05/18/rep-mark-souder-to-resign-today/?test=latestnews>
of resignation (caps in the original, emphasis mine):
IT IS WITH GREAT REGRET I ANNOUNCE THAT I AM RESIGNING FROM THE US
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS WELL AS RESIGNING AS THE REPUBLICAN
NOMINEE FOR CONGRESS IN THIS FALL’S ELECTION. ... IT HAS BEEN ALL
CONSUMING FOR ME TO DO THIS JOB WELL, ESPECIALLY IN A DISTRICT
WITH COSTLY, COMPETITIVE ELECTIONS EVERY TWO YEARS I DO NOT HAVE
ANY SORT OF "NORMAL" LIFE - FOR FAMILY, FOR FRIENDS, FOR CHURCH,
FOR COMMUNITY.TO SERVE HAS BEEN A BLESSING AND A RESPONSIBILITY
GIVEN FROM GOD.I WISH I COULD HAVE BEEN A BETTER EXAMPLE. I SINNED
AGAINST GOD, MY WIFE AND MY FAMILY BY *HAVING A MUTUAL
RELATIONSHIP WITH A PART-TIME MEMBER OF MY STAFF*.
Well, isn't that nice that it was "mutual"? (And isn't it interesting
that he would point that out? I wonder why.) Souder continues:
IN THE POISONOUS ENVIRONMENT OF WASHINGTON DC, ANY PERSONAL
FAILING IS SEIZED UPON, OFTEN TWISTED, FOR POLITICAL GAIN. I AM
RESIGNING RATHER THAN TO PUT MY FAMILY THROUGH THAT PAINFUL,
DRAWN-OUT PROCESS.
Yes, Mark. Washington, DC is to blame. For everything. Even for your
resignation. Yup.
Of course this wouldn't be a Republican sex scandal if Mark Souder
weren't a hard core family values advocate. You know, the kind who
*preaches abstinence*
<http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/05/gop_rep_flashback_i_am_committed_to_preserving_tra.php>:
/(*Update, 7:55AM:* Tracy Jackson, the female staffer who interviewed
Souder in this video, *was his mistress*
<http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/05/rep_souder_and_mistress_recorded_video_on_abstinen.php>.)/
Anyhoo...back to the politics. According to Chris Cilliza and Aaron
Blake at *The Fix*
<http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/house/mark-souder-to-resign.html>:
The revelations regarding Souder come two weeks after he survived
a serious primary challenge from car dealer Bob Thomas who spent
considerable sums of his own money on the race. Souder won the
primary with less than 50 percent of the vote.
Although Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels could call for a special
election to fill the seat before November's election, Cillizza and
Blake say GOP sources think that won't happen. Republicans must pick a
replacement nominee within 30 days. The *Democratic nominee*
<http://fortwaynehomepage.net/fulltext?nxd_id=25125> is Tom Hayhurst,
who took 46% against Souder in 2006.
/Join the discussion in Addison's recommended diary, *Indiana
Representative Mark Souder (R) to Resign Over Affair*
<http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/5/18/867461/-Indiana-Representative-Mark-Souder-%28R%29-to-Resign-Over-Affair>./
*Update II* by kos: Anyone know which gay marriage destroyed Souder's
traditional straight marriage
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