Unlike Democraps who molest staffers, run whore houses out of their homes, and drive interns across state lines
And then lie about it On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 11:57 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Family values GOPer to resign from Congress after affair with aide > <http://dailykos.com/hotlist/add/2010/5/18/95818/0396/main//> 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 > > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. > -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
