Hawaii Democrat Abercrombie Announces Resignation From Congress

FOXNews.com ^ | December 11, 2009 | N/A

[Jet Jaguar]

Democratic Rep. Neil Abercrombie announced Friday that he will resign before the end of his term, just days after another Democrat, Rep. Brian Baird, announced his retirement.

Democratic Rep. Neil Abercrombie announced Friday that he will resign before the end of his term, just days after another Democrat, Rep. Brian Baird, announced his retirement.

A source told Fox News Abercrombie is resigning so he can focus on running for governor.

In a written statement, the Hawaii congressman said the effective date of his resignation will be announced soon, and that it was a difficult choice.

"This is an extremely difficult decision for me, but I must do this to continue with the direction I've chosen for the future. Accordingly, I've concluded that I must resign my congressional seat and allow someone to be elected who will carry on the work of this office," he said.

Abercrombie has held the seat since 1991. The announcement comes after Baird, a six-term congressman from Washington state, caught political analysts by surprise with his announced retirement.

[Atom Smasher]

I believe your initial thoughts as a kid were correct (”I thought that he was quite literally a dirty bum and my parents corrected me...”).

I would have liked to have seen him thrown out on his a$$ like the rest of them are going to be.

[sergeantdave]

He needs to make plans for his get-away to fascist Europe.

A whole new industry will rise up to hunt down these traitors for reward money. The Nazi hunter in the U.S. Justice Department’s Office of Special Investigations will be renamed the democrat hunter in the U.S. Justice Department’s Office of Special Investigations.