Posted on 05/08/2008 11:24:30 AM PDT by JerseyRepub
Rep. Vito Fossella (R-N.Y.) said Thursday that he had an extramarital affair that has resulted in a three-year-old daughter in a statement released through a public relations firm.
“My personal failings and imperfections have caused enormous pain to the people I love and I am truly sorry,” Fossella said in the statement.
“While I understand that there will be many questions, including those about my political future, making any political decisions right now are furthest from my mind,” the lawmaker, who was arrested for drunk driving last week, said. “Over the coming weeks and months, I will to continue to do my job and I will work hard to heal the deep wounds I have caused.”
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Good work... place that side-by-each next to a similar story about a democrap and try to find his part affiliation anywhere...
"....Vinge (? that Louisiana Republican with the call girls),..."
David Vitter
He’s a shoe-in to win the Democrat primary to fill the seat he just lost.
Hey, Vito is such a strong family value guy, he had TWO families!
What a guy!
What a putz!
The media will make sure that every living person knows he’s Republican.
You must be reading from the Democratic play book. Every post denegrating Fossella has a recurrent theme (family values). He used to be a Democrat. His family still are Democrats. I guess old habits are hard to break. Especially those nasty ones that Democrats seem to possess.
I’m disappointed in the man. The lady who used to hold that seat was a pal of mine.
Looks like the GOP loses another seat. Great.
1) Vito did a lot of bad things.
2) He is not a rino. Above the Mason Dixon line you can be JUST so Republican and below it just so Democrat.
3)While the district LOOKS democrat on paper you can ask the five opponents Vito has beaten if it really IS a democrat district. It is not. The democrat registration numbers are city workers who falsly believe they would be at a disadvantage if they registered Republican.
4) With barack mcgovern at the top of the ticket an steve harrison below him the rat has a very tough sell on Staten Island.
5) If Vito steps down and Jim Oddo the mid Island city Councilman steps up he will not have a hard time holding the seat.
What a sleazebag!
Fossella had that seat for 12 years. Susan Molinari got it from her dad who got it when John Murphy, Sr. and his pal Murtha were in line to get Abscam bribes. Staten Islanders like Fossella and may forgive the infidelity, they MAY NOT forgive the drunk driving which is WORSE.
Amazing, however, how Sue Molinari was able to get away with HER indiscretions for many years.
As a Staten Islander I agree that a good Republican such as Oddo will win.In recent years Republican have won most island-wide elections.
True there is a double standard in the media, but I don’t mind having a higher standard than the Democrats. Just because Clinton was an adulterer doesn’t make it OK. And drunk driving is a crime. This guy needs to go do his time, commit to one of these two women and end things with the other, support his children and do a lot of praying. Surely we can find a candidate with better moral standards to run in this district? And why on earth couldn’t we get the senator in Louisiana who was visiting prostitutes to resign? We have a Republican governor there, he could have appointed a more upstanding Republican and the whole party would be stronger. I don’t understand why we keep suporting these guys. We could do so much better.
Fashion tip to Mrs. Fossella: Tasteful, Chanel-inspired power suits are all the rage at the inevitable press conference where you stand by your man as he admits to all manner of embarrassing goings on. Pearls are a plus as well.
See: Silda Spitzer, Suzanne Craig, Wendy Vitter, Dina McGreevey, Patty Rowland, etc.
How many did Kewesi Mfume (D-MD) have out of wedlock?
Let’s be fair. Those were all when he was a teenager, long before he ever ran for office. I don’t agree with his politics, but he turned his personal life around. You ever seen to the West side of Baltimore? It’s amazing anybody makes it out of there alive...
Isn’t he a convicted murderer too? From his gang days?
It's just a matter of time before the headline reads "Fill-in-the-name brags about affair, out-of-wedlock child"
This will not necessarily end his political career. At least 2 presidents (we know of) had illegitimate children: Grover Cleveland (D) and Harding (R). Rumors that the children existed circulated at the time of their elections but did not destroy their political careers.
But it SHOULD be.
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