Another Republican comes out with an adulterous affair and child born out of wedlock

[LynneSin]

http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=4812437

Congressman Comes Clean on Love Child
N.Y. Representative Arrested Last Week in Possible DWI Admits to Out-of-Wedlock Child
By DAVID SCHOETZ
May 8, 2008 —


A congressman from New York has admitted to fathering a child in an extramarital affair three years ago.

Under mounting scrutiny, Staten Island Rep. Vito Fossella, who has three children with his wife, released a statement this morning naming the child's mother and confirming the existence of their 3-year-old daughter.

"I have had a relationship with Laura Fay, with whom I have a 3-year-old daughter," Fossella, 43, he said in the statement.

Fossella, a conservative Republican, acknowledged that "imperfections" in his personal life have "caused pain to the people I love." He declined to address his political future -- a decision he said was "furthest" from his mind.

[Sequoia]

1. I hope his wife cleans him out.

Lock.

Stock.

Barrel.

[Turbineguy]

2. "imperfections"

yes, getting caught means you are indeed, imperfect.

[Sock Puppet]

3. Republicans AND Dems seem to have this problem

I don't think either side has any room to gloat.

[LynneSin]

4. We have room to gloat....

not like we're the party that's pushing 'Family Values' down the throats of our citizens.

[KansDem]

5. Yeah, but Democrats don't pretend to be the "Party of Personal Responsibility"

...or the "Party of Family Values."

Bit hypocritical, wouldn't you say?

GOP = "Gang Of hyPocrites"

[Beetwasher]

7. BULLSHIT!!! We're Not The Idiots Screaming About "Protecting The Sactity of Marriage"

So don't give me that crap.

[BOSSHOG]

9. What Beetwasher Said!

as the purveyors of family values and hate skip right along in their tax exempt stati!

[LynneSin]

12. you said it way better than I did!!

:D

[LynneSin]

13. Here's why I judge this guy.......

Click here for 12 full quotes on Civil Rights OR background on Civil Rights.
Voted YES on prohibiting job discrimination based on sexual orientation. (Nov 2007)
Voted YES on Constitutionally defining marriage as one-man-one-woman. (Jul 2006)
Voted YES on making the PATRIOT Act permanent. (Dec 2005)
Voted YES on Constitutional Amendment banning same-sex marriage. (Sep 2004)
Voted YES on protecting the Pledge of Allegiance. (Sep 2004)
Voted YES on constitutional amendment prohibiting flag desecration. (Jun 2003)
Voted YES on banning gay adoptions in DC. (Jul 1999)
Voted YES on ending preferential treatment by race in college admissions. (May 1998)
Supports anti-flag desecration amendment. (Mar 2001)
Rated 7% by the ACLU, indicating an anti-civil rights voting record. (Dec 2002)
Rated 0% by the HRC, indicating an anti-gay-rights stance. (Dec 2006)
Rated 36% by NAACP, indicating a mixed record on affirmative-action. (Dec 2006)

http://www.ontheissues.org/NY/Vito_Fossella.htm

[TheCowsCameHome]

6. The line just below the link to abc news is a DUzy................

:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

[gratuitous]

8. According the Henry Hyde Rule

This qualifies as a "youthful indiscretion," since Vito was only of the tender age of 39 or 40 when he was boinking Ms. Fay.

[KamaAina]

10. Does the name sound familiar? This is the same guy who was busted for DUI

just last week. :eyes:

I'm thinking Top Ten all the way!!

[KamaAina]

11. Rumor has it that Vitter has one, too

no word on whether they have matching diapers :P

edit: spelling

[Vogon_Glory]

14. Adultery, on-going affairs? But what the Hey, IOKALAYAR n/t

[KamaAina]

15. In vino veritas

Criticism of Fossella, who was already facing a re-election challenge in November, began to gain momentum after details of the arrest were made public. When he was pulled over (in Va. -Ed.), Fossella reportedly told police that he was going to visit his sick daughter.

The response raised eyebrows because Fossella's wife, Mary Pat Fossella, and their children live in his New York district.

Hey, I know! Let's spike the punch at the RNC this summer! Maybe all the truth will come out...