Posted on 02/10/2011 11:00:47 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Yesterday Representative Chris Lee (R-NY) resigned suddenly after it was revealed that he had emailed a shirtless photos to a woman while simultaneously claiming to be divorced. He also claimed he was seven years younger than his actual age and a lobbyist rather than a Congressman. For the record, former Congressman Lee is married.
Various media outlets and assorted pundits have opined that this situation will be an embarrassment for the newly elected Republican majority in the House. They assume that Democrats will make references to Mr. Lee as a symptom of Republican dysfunction and highlight the affair as a "typical" example of the moral turpitude endemic to the Republican party.
If the Democrats point to Chris Lee and say, in politically correct phrases, that he is a jerk, it is doubtful that Speaker John Boehner will take to the House floor to defend Lee. But a Democrat attempt to embarrass the entire Republican House membership? It takes someone completely immersed within the Washington "bubble" to see that as a smart move by Democrats. The old adage about people who live in glass houses and casting stones comes to mind.
In fact, I think that Mr. Boehner and the Republican leadership would welcome such an attack. He and the other House leaders could quite proudly counter with the fact that within hours of the misbehavior of Mr. Lee becoming public he was encouraged to resign his congressional seat immediately. To get a sitting Representative to immediately relinquish a position that he or she had run for and won, probably takes a lot in the way of encouragement. But Boehner apparently was very, very encouraging...as he held the door open and offered to help Lee pack up his belongings.
The Democrats would then look rather weak and would also be tainted with guilt by association in terms of their own membership's follies. The list of Democrat transgressors during the 111th Congress just ended, including the stellar example of Congressman Charlie Rangel, who continued in office for months, if not years, after being similarly exposed, appears to embody the very "culture of corruption" that the last Speaker railed against time and again.
Mr. Boehner can feel justifiably proud that he and his party removed the cancer within their midst before it infected not only other Republicans, but Democrats who might be tarred with the "no member of Congress has either a moral compass or a sense of decorum." Mr. Boehner can quite rightly claim that he was not protecting only his fellow Republicans by his strong encouragement of Mr. Lee's resignation, but that he was protecting the entire House. Mrs. Pelosi, you might want to take notes on how the Speaker of the House should act.
Jim Yardley is a retired financial controller, Vietnam veteran and libertarian (small "l"). Jim blogs at http://jimyardley.wordpress.com/, or he can be contacted directly at james.v.yardley@gmail.com
Republicans resign when they do something stupid, Democrats just keep doing it.
“Why Should Republicans Be Embarrassed about Chris Lee’s resignation?”
We should not. Never even heard of the guy till now. When dems ask you this ask they why they always broad brush republicans.
This is a non story. There are dirtbags everywhere. Instead of letting this linger, the GOP pulled the plug on this idiot. I don’t see how the Rats make an issue out of some obscure House Rep no one ever heard of. Plus the scandal is pure stupid and not salacious. Won’t interest anyone without sex involved.
he should have just molested an intern...
Whether the Dems like it or not Chris Lee could teach Charlie Rangel about honor.
excerpt:
"...the woman tells how Gore greeted her at the door of his room at the Hotel Lucia for the 11 p.m. appointment with a hug that "went on a bit long," then quipped "call me Al." Hotel staff had told the licensed therapist when booking her that the client was Al Gore, but that he was going under the name "Mr Stone."
Gore allegedly asked her to focus on his abdominal area and adductors -- the inner thigh muscles -- as well as his back and other areas.
While his lower body was covered with a sheet, she said, Gore "became vocal" with "muffled moans" and asked her to go lower, getting angry when she refused.
"It appeared he was demanding sexual favors or sexual behaviors," the woman said.
She then asked Gore to show her where he wanted to be massaged and he "grabbed my hand, shoved it down under the sheet to his ***** **** area, my fingers brushing against his ***** and firmly planted my hand on his pubic crest region and said to me 'There!' in a very sharp, loud, angry-sounding tone."
The woman told police she was caught in "a perfect storm" in a room with someone who was "Teflon-coated in terms of his credibility and celebrity status"..."
Police specifically responded to claims by the woman -- who said she remained clothed through the alleged encounter -- that she had noticed her black slacks had "stains" on them.
Police said they did not collect her attire because they believed it would not provide evidence.
“At this point, the Police Bureau does not consider this an ongoing investigation unless new evidence is received in this case,” Wednesday's police statement said.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/06/24/massage-therapist-claims-gore-groped/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fpolitics+%28Text+-+Politics%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo
________________________________________________
For now...
Because no matter how much they seen to be Republicans when they arrive in Washington, by the time they leave, most of them sound, look and smell like Democrats.
I liove in western new york and I know this jerk
He is an arrogant a$$hole and always was, and the GOP party in NY state keeps the good ol’ boy network alive with people just like him.
That is how they picked Little Ricky Lazio to run against Andrew Cuomo
To liberals, republicans are hypocrites when they engage in immoral behavior, but they expect such behavior from democrats, so no “”hypocrisy”
Bump.
BOYD M. JOHNSON I11
RITA GLAVIN
DANIEL STEIN
Assistant United States Attorneys
Before: HONORABLE RONALD L. ELLIS
United States Magistrate Judge
Southern District of New York
[excerpt from page 38 - line 85]
85. On February 14, 2008, at approximately 12:02 a.m., TEMEKA RACHELLE LEWIS, a/k/a "Rachelle,"
the defendant, received a call from "Kristen." During the call,
"Kristen" told LEWIS ,
that "he," a reference to Client-9, had left.
LEWIS asked "Kristen" what time he got there,
and "Kristen" said "15 after...maybe 10."
LEWIS asked "Kristen" how she thought the appointment went,
and "Kristen" said that she thought it went very well.
LEWIS asked "Kristen" how much she collected,
and 'Kristen" said $4,300.
"Kristen" said that she liked him,
and that she did not think he was difficult.
"Kristen" stated: 'I don't think he's difficult.
I mean it's just kind of like...
whatever...
I'm here for a purpose.
I know what my purpose is.
I am not a... moron, you know what I mean.
So maybe that's why girls maybe think they're difficult ...
"Kristen" continued:
"That's what it is, because you're here for a [purpose].
Let's not get it twisted - I know what I do, you know."
LEWIS responded: "You look at it very uniquely,
because...
no one ever says it that way."
LEWIS continued that from
what she had been told "he"
(believed to be a reference to Client-9)
"would ask you to do things that, like,
you might not think were safe -
you know - I mean that...
very basic things. ...
"Kristen" responded: "I have a way of dealing with that ...
I'd be like listen dude, you really want the sex?...
You know what I mean."
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/nys/pressreleases/March08/emperorsclubcomplaintredacted.pdf
Where was John Edwards around the time his alleged "love child" Frances Quinn Hunter was conceived?
The senator was in New York – receiving his Father of the Year Award.
Edwards accepted his June 27, 2007, honor from the Father's Day/Mother's Day Council exactly eight months before the child was born Feb. 27, 2008, according to a birth certificate obtained by the Charlotte Observer.
Before beginning his Father of the Year acceptance speech, Edwards told an adoring crowd, "I hate to admit it, but I am not the best parent in my family. ..."
VIDEO at site!
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=71460
Yes.
Why Should Republicans Be Embarrassed about Chris Lee’s resignation?
They shouldn’t.
HE is the only one who SHOULD be embarrassed....although his family members will likely bear the brunt as well.
Lack of virtue. Period.
Thanks, but it was just something I found on the internet. I don’t even have photoshop capabilities.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.