Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan He sent a shirtless photos to a woman on Craigslist and claimed to be a divorced lobbyist. His wife probably not amused. Just in time for Valentine's Day. <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/02/09/rep-lee-declines-comment-report-claiming-sent-shirtless-photo-craigslist/" target="_blank">http://www.foxnews.com/politic...igslist/</a>
Originally Posted By plpeters70 Weren't we just talking about this type of thing in another thread? Here we go again - another scandal for the party of "values"! It wouldn't be so ridiculous if these people didn't talk so much about morals and such!
Originally Posted By gadzuux A shirtless photo of a middle aged man? Maybe it's just me, but this one doesn't seem to have the salaciousness for a full-blown scandal. Yeah - he's trying to hook up with some woman other than his wife - I sooo don't care.
Originally Posted By ecdc You know what? The guy's an idiot who will have to deal with his wife and family. But beyond that, I actually kinda feel sorry for him. His arrogance and poor judgment have thrown his life into turmoil in a very public way. Yes, he brought it on himself...but...oh well. And I can at the very least respect that unlike Ensign or Larry Craig he resigned immediately, without a hint of blaming others.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Another one (married conservative hypocrite) bites the dust over a sex scandal. Of course he was anti-gay and yet didn't seem to think twice about posting this mess in a public place.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 Weren't we just talking about this type of thing in another thread? Here we go again - another scandal for the party of "values"! It wouldn't be so ridiculous if these people didn't talk so much about morals and such! ---- or have your father be a Reverand like Jesse Jackson Jr- and actually have an affair with the other woman and everyone just blows over it.. of course what he did was crappy to his wife, and if he used a government computer even stupider--my guess is it ended up on chat site because blackmail likely got turned down. Still makes him an idiot- but in a town of idiots he hardly stands out. But glad with the judgement he's shown that he is leaving and not representing anyone else
Originally Posted By mawnck A cheer within a jeer for the guy's apology. "I regret the harm my actions have caused ... I deeply and sincerely apologize." If nothing else, he at least provides a good example of how to be sorry. I'm over getting worked up over these scandals, because as the conservs keep pointing out, some Dem will be along to embarrass the liberals any second now. CoughJohnEdwardsCough. And why blast conservs for being hypocrites? That only works if you figure libs are in FAVOR of adultery. Let's stick with the stuff politicians can actually do something about. And making fun of Winky. That's fun.
Originally Posted By Mr X ***I regret the harm my actions have caused*** Far better than what we usually hear these days. And put me in the column of "I've seen worse", for this guy. He blew it in idiotic fashion, sure, but that's really between him and his wife at this point. HOWEVER... ***And why blast conservs for being hypocrites? That only works if you figure libs are in FAVOR of adultery*** I wouldn't go that far. He cast votes in favor of interfering with or otherwise trying to regulate other peoples' personal lives. Generally speaking, most Democrats do not do that. For the ones that do, SURE, call them hypocrites too. But he did, so he is. And he obviously knows it, which is why he did the honorable thing and resigned. The sickening thing is the number of right wing egotistical power-mongers who don't do just that, when caught in much worse acts after all the harm they try to cause to others.
Originally Posted By Labuda at least he wasn't trying to have an affair with a dude, so he's only partially a hypocrite.
Originally Posted By plpeters70 <<He cast votes in favor of interfering with or otherwise trying to regulate other peoples' personal lives. Generally speaking, most Democrats do not do that. For the ones that do, SURE, call them hypocrites too.>> That's what I was trying to get at with my "party of values" quote. The GOP is constantly trying to impose their view of "morality" on the rest of us, and yet, THEY can't even follow the standards that they want the rest of us to follow.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan I do give the guy some credit for making an actual apology (as opposed to one of those "I'm sorry IF..." apologies we're used to getting.) >>The GOP is constantly trying to impose their view of "morality" on the rest of us, and yet, THEY can't even follow the standards that they want the rest of us to follow.<< Yep.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt It looks like the other shoe has dropped. Apparently Rep. Lee had a thing for transsexuals. <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/25/chris-lee-transgender-women-craigslist_n_828476.html" target="_blank">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...476.html</a>
Originally Posted By SpokkerJones I don't see why the guy has to resign because he cheated or tried to cheat on his wife. That's a personal matter as was Clinton's scandal. If he were single, I would hope that this would be nothing more than a few jokes on the late night talk shows. But then again, is anybody in politics single?
Originally Posted By Princessjenn5795 "I don't see why the guy has to resign because he cheated or tried to cheat on his wife. That's a personal matter as was Clinton's scandal. " Because people in this country hold elected officials to impossible standards that no one could meet. In order to get elected, politicians, especially conservative ones, have to create a perfect, squeaky clean image. Then everyone is shocked when it turns out that they are human after all. I think it is one of the reasons we get so many horrible candidates to choose from; most qualified people are not willing to put themselves and their families through all of the personal scrutiny that comes with running for office these days. Before Reagan, honestly, there was far less emphasis on the personal lives of elected officials, as long as they were qualified and did their jobs. Part of it is the increased media coverage and part of it is the conservative moral values thing rearing its head. If Lee had been a Democrat, their would have been talk, but he would not have to resign. The dems are not usually the ones to claim moral superiority, so while they may end up looking like jerks, they don't come across as hypocrites.
Originally Posted By Labuda "But then again, is anybody in politics single?" Barney Frank? Or is he married now? I forget which states allow marriage, but I figure a guy like that has to have a partner.
Originally Posted By Mr X He has a regular boyfriend, I've seen them together at events on the news, but I don't know if they got married or not.
Originally Posted By Labuda Hm, ok, so I'll say he's not single, then. At least he's not contributing to the overpopulation of the planet like most politicians.
