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Rep. Chris Lee (R-NY) has RESIGNED after being caught up in alleged craigslist cheating scandal
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Posted on 02/09/2011 2:56:57 PM PST by VRWCTexan

Source: Rep. Chris Lee (R-NY) has RESIGNED after being caught up in alleged craigslist cheating scandal.

(Excerpt) Read more at twitter.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 112th; chrislee; craigslist; newyork; resignation; scandals; twitter
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To: VRWCTexan

Good riddance - idiot.


201 posted on 02/09/2011 5:26:24 PM PST by Hoodat (Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. - (Rom 8:37))
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To: AuH2ORepublican

No Democrat has won the seat since Max McCarthy in 1968.


202 posted on 02/09/2011 5:27:12 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie

That’s all he had to do. Just switch parties and then sleaze away to your heart’s content.


203 posted on 02/09/2011 5:28:08 PM PST by ratsreek
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To: GnL

Yes, thanks. I saw that after I posted. Should have been the other way around.


204 posted on 02/09/2011 5:31:09 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Dick Bachert

“Sounds like Saul Alinsky to me.”

Sounds a little more polite than Alinsky...I suspect the story line... what is being told is probably much cleaner and less harsh than the alternative, the real truth. Alinsky would have splattered the underbelly on the front page in large font and on billboards in their neighbor hood. Alinsky didn’t understand the meaning of mercy and would have made a total train wreck of this guy’s life, his wife’s life and his son’s life. This is being done with a touch of finesse.


205 posted on 02/09/2011 5:33:58 PM PST by Domestic Church (AMDG...All great change in America begins at the dinner table.)
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To: Retired Greyhound

The SOB has hurt the entire new GOP majority. Between the Gifford shooting, Egypt and now this, they are having trouble finding their footing. Ane he is crushing the economic message. Scandal always trumps substance.

I hope Cantor pulls the entire conference together and raises unmitigated Hell. They will all stand or fall together. Lee’s actions were stupid, reckless, and utterly selfish to his colleagues. And now the GOP will have trouble holding the seat.

Bastard!


206 posted on 02/09/2011 5:34:05 PM PST by mwl8787
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To: VRWCTexan
Why resign after a photo that was much less than X rated, Clinton did worse & he never resigned, and yes, there is Barney Frenk that the Rats simply adore!

But, on the other hand, he is a republican & there are different rules for us, than the Rats!

207 posted on 02/09/2011 5:37:06 PM PST by blondee123
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To: VRWCTexan

My phone and emails have not stopped since this happen. People asking who will run. At this point I am hearing the “Party” are circling around Jane Corwin... She is alright but also around here all they look for are R’s that can self finance and will tow the “Party” line no matter what. That is Jane. I would consider running for this seat if my own party wouldn’t fight me over it. Me and the local GOP don’t get along, I force them to be accountable.


208 posted on 02/09/2011 5:42:06 PM PST by The Mayor (Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is Liberty!)
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To: The Mayor
Me and the local GOP don’t get along, I force them to be accountable.

Run. By all means run.

209 posted on 02/09/2011 5:43:29 PM PST by paulycy (Islamo-Marxism is Evil.)
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To: OldDeckHand

210 posted on 02/09/2011 5:45:00 PM PST by WaterBoard ("PBR Street Gang this is Almighty, over..")
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To: VRWCTexan
MINO.

Married In Name Only

211 posted on 02/09/2011 5:51:01 PM PST by AmericanInTokyo (The issue? "Responsibility" for this mess. Obama ? Or the AMERICAN PEOPLE for putting him in there?)
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To: icwhatudo

Nice work on that.


212 posted on 02/09/2011 5:55:41 PM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: VRWCTexan
Lee is, um, was my Rep. I have never been impressed with the guy although I voted for him. Definite RINO material, so no great loss in the end, I would say. This district is fairly solidly conservative, so it should stay "R". Maybe an opportunity for the Tea Party here, actually.
213 posted on 02/09/2011 6:07:07 PM PST by Major Matt Mason (Democrat Motto - "A lie will travel halfway around the world before the truth can put its pants on.")
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To: paulycy

Exactly. This is the type of behavior I’d expect from the “Hot or Not” demographic, not a middle-aged member of Congress.


214 posted on 02/09/2011 6:10:40 PM PST by The Unknown Republican
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To: AuH2ORepublican; fieldmarshaldj; Impy; Clintonfatigued; Clemenza; Coop; randita; Crichton; ...

In the special election, the nominee will be chosen by weighted votes of the party chairs in the district. Here are the names being floated:

http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/56514/lee-resigns-and-now-the-special/


215 posted on 02/09/2011 6:28:25 PM PST by Clintonfatigued (Illegal aliens commit crimes that Americans won't commit)
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To: Earthdweller
"I find this very hard to take at face value."

I don't - and I'm not waiting for more facts to comes out. I'm formally ready to declare this sleazeball as a first class jerk. If he wasn't already on the outs with his wife, he certainly is by now ...and so it should be.

We don't need him as a democrat talking point for however long the media can string this out and his wife doesn't need him in her life either.

216 posted on 02/09/2011 6:33:24 PM PST by Baynative (Truth is treason in an empire of lies)
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To: VRWCTexan

What an idiot. Something other than his brain was doing his thinking for him.


217 posted on 02/09/2011 6:37:21 PM PST by Reagan is King
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To: VRWCTexan

This is one way to get rid of a dirt bag congressman who voted for keeping the Patriot Act.

The people who voted for this need to get an earful from you. Keep the pressure on. The momentum is on our side now.

By a vote of 277-148, the House failed to pass the extension, needed 290(2/3) Yea votes to pass.

We can’t let up pressure now. This won’t be the last we’ve heard of the PATRIOT Act renewal in the House.


218 posted on 02/09/2011 6:39:35 PM PST by RobertClark (On a long enough timeline the survival rate for everyone drops to zero.)
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To: Ouderkirk

DC is crawling with young things in ardent pursuit of a Congressman, any Congressman. It’s a ‘power attracts’ thing.

I would say this has ruined his marriage, but it was probably not that healthy (at least from his perspective) if he was doing this. However, he has disgraced his wife in a very public way, and his child will have to live her life with the taint, as well. It will pass from the headlines, but not from their lives


219 posted on 02/09/2011 6:43:16 PM PST by EDINVA
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; Delacon; ...

Wow, that was a brainy move by the RINO. It’s akin to robbing a bank and making the getaway in an ambulance with all the lights and sirens blazing. Thanks VRWCTexan.


220 posted on 02/09/2011 6:43:43 PM PST by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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