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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-11 06:03 PM
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LOL! Rep Lee resigns. So much for shirtless guy.
Statement from Congressman Chris Lee (NY-26)
Wednesday February 09, 2011



“It has been a tremendous honor to serve the people of Western New York. I regret the harm that my actions have caused my family, my staff and my constituents. I deeply and sincerely apologize to them all. I have made profound mistakes and I promise to work as hard as I can to seek their forgiveness.



“The challenges we face in Western New York and across the country are too serious for me to allow this distraction to continue, and so I am announcing that I have resigned my seat in Congress effective immediately.”


http://chrislee.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=76&parentid=75§iontree=75,76&itemid=1392
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-11 06:04 PM
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1. There's that word, "distraction"
Translation: "Shit, I got caught"
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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-11 06:05 PM
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3. Do these guys really want to be congressmen if they're doing stuff like this?
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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-11 06:06 PM
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4. *snicker*
yep. that would be the correct translation.
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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-11 06:05 PM
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2. Why would he resign?
Maybe there's more to this story, or maybe he couldn't be effective.
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Old and In the Way Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-11 08:01 PM
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15. I think the same thing....he folded his cards way too quick.
It's not like he's the first Republican with a 'family values' problem. Surely, he could try the forgiveness gambit and worst case is he plays out his 2 years as a backbencher. I suspect that he's got a past with other hook-ups, maybe some with ugly endings. Or there's something else that he's trying to hide. Otherwise, why the quick exit?
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itsrobert Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-11 06:06 PM
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5. Beat me. A good DUer checks for dupes
good job.
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lpbk2713 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-11 06:06 PM
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6. Now about John Boner ...




:rofl:




If this asshole can cut and run how about Boner?
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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-11 06:07 PM
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8. ooh, ooh. oh please, please let it be so.
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tabbycat31 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-11 06:07 PM
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7. any chance a Democrat can replace him?
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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-11 06:15 PM
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9. Wait. What? It seems like only yesterday he was saying somebody hacked his email account.
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mikeytherat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-11 06:18 PM
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10. So, he cheated, lied, was incredibly stupid about the whole affair, then got busted.
At least he 'fessed up to "his actions." That admission alone disqualifies him from the GOP.

mikey_the_rat
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GodlessBiker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-11 06:20 PM
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11. He's not very bright. Nice pic, though.
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originalpckelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-11 06:22 PM
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12. Buh bye!
:P
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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-11 07:10 PM
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13. another dumb ass bites the dust....
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EC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-11 07:35 PM
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14. I think he found out that being in the House was
more work than he's used to. He looks like another grifter.
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