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Wow, a Republican cheating on his wife and it's not with a man? Shocking stuff. At least when the Dems cheat it's with a hottie.
New York Rep. Chris Lee resigns from the House
By Chris Cillizza
New York Rep. Chris Lee has resigned his seat. Photo by Derek Gee/Buffalo News
Rep. Chris Lee (R-N.Y.) resigned from the House Wednesday evening effective immediately, an announcement that came just hours after a Web site reported that the married congressman had sent a shirtless image of himself to a woman he met on Craigslist.
"I regret the harm that my actions have caused my family, my staff and my cons uents," Lee said in a statement announcing his resignation. "I deeply and sincerely apologize to them all. I have made profound mistakes and I promise to work as hard as I can to seek their forgiveness."
Lee's decision to vacate his Upstate New York seat came after Gawker, a gossip Web site, posted the shirtless image and what it said was correspondence between him and a 34-year-old woman.
The woman, who Gawker described as a government employee from Maryland but did not name, told the gossip site she posted an ad last month on the "Women for Men" forum seeking "financially & emotionally secure" men who don't "look like toads." That same day, she got a response from a person who said his name was Christopher Lee, describing himself as 39-year-old lobbyist, "a very fit fun classy guy. Live in Cap Hill area. 6ft 190lbs blond/blue." In follow-up e-mails he attached photos -- one in a blue polo shirt, the other shirtless.
Lee, who is married and has one child, was elected to the 26th district in 2008 and easily re-elected in 2010. His resignation will trigger a special election in a district Arizona Sen. John McCain won with 52 percent of the vote in 2008.
The power to call the special election falls to Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D). There is no set deadline for a special election to be called but once it is called, it must be held between 30 and 40 days after that date.
Then-Gov. David Paterson (D) exploited this loophole so the state would not have to hold a separate special election to replace Rep. Eric Massa (D-N.Y.) after Massa's resignation in March. Paterson simply refused to call for the special election and then later set it for the same day as the November general election.
Given the amount of time between now and the next election though, it's likely Cuomo will call a special election. The state held one each in 2009 and 2010.
This is the fourth time in two years that an upstate New York seat will hold a special election (the race to replace Massa was still technically a special election).
Among the Republican names mentioned as Lee replacements include Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks and Erie County Republican Chairman Nick Langworthy, state Sen. George Maziarz and state Assemblywoman Jane Corwin.
With Aaron Blake and Amy Argetsinger
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Wow, a Republican cheating on his wife and it's not with a man? Shocking stuff. At least when the Dems cheat it's with a hottie.
It was stupid, but no reason to resign.
It's not like they banged or anything. No reason to resign, he should've denied denied denied.
But yea, shocking he wasn't bangin' dudes.
Yeah. Let's see if CNN rewards this one with a jobWow, a Republican cheating on his wife and it's not with a man? Shocking stuff. At least when the Dems cheat it's with a hottie.
what a dumba$$
If he was a democrat, everyone would be cheering him on!
he's cheating with a woman.
clearly, he's a democrat.
no one had made it a right vs left issue..until you did.. nice going.
James McGreevey waves his florid testicles at you.
Barney Frank nods his approval.
Dude, Baseline clearly beat him to the partisan punch.
clearly, they're republicans.James McGreevey waves his florid testicles at you.
Barney Frank nods his approval.
Who cares about this stuff? I mean, who is the voter that says "OMG, this guy cheated on his wife?! Cant vote for him."
Mind your damn business. If he's a ty politician who doesnt represent his cons uency well on Capitol Hill, throw his/her ass out. But because he/she isnt faithful to his spouse? No sense to me.
Come on. I want to say something good about the Democrats for once.
Got nothing to do with cheating. I wouldn't vote for him because he is ING STUPID! I mean...NEVER put an embarrassing picture out there on the internet, ESPECIALLY if you are a ing US CONGRESSMAN...
Dumbass...
The Family Values Party on full frontal display.
Good luck...
If he was a Dem, he'd have had a love child with her while his wife was dying of terminal cancer.
See, now thats solid reasoning. It was/is extremely dumb.
I stand corrected..twice
That's close enough to Newt's story to easily conclude both sides do it.
To be fair, he sent it to some chick he wanted to ...didn't exactly post it to a profile or facebook page haha. Some went Private Detective on him and drew the right conclusions. If nothing else, he needs to just send shots to these es...it limits useless conversation and the potential for being, ermm, exposed to the media.
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