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classicman 02-09-2011 06:47 PM

This kind of stuff. Same as it ever was. WTF?

Married GOP congressman trolls Craigslist for a datehttp://betacache.gawkerassets.com/as...frontimage.jpg

Rep. Christopher Lee is a married Republican congressman serving the 26th District of New York.
But when he trolls Craigslist's "Women Seeking Men" forum, he's Christopher Lee, "divorced" "lobbyist" and "fit fun classy guy."
One object of his flirtation told us her story.

Here's what Lee's spokesperson told Gawker:

"The Congressman is happily married," said Lee's spokesman when pressed for answers to our questions.
"The only time he or his wife posted something online was to sell old furniture when they changed the apartment they keep in DC."


Back in the good old days, a married congressman would just meet a woman at Hawk 'n' Dove,
and no one would ever be the wiser, unless he got arrested on the way home for drunk driving.
The Internet ruins everything.

classicman 02-09-2011 08:45 PM

Here's another - THIS could be really interesting ...

Quote:

National Enquirer Claims John Boehner Had Affairs
Posted by Vince Grzegorek on Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 11:16 AM

Everyone's favorite crying orange could be in a spot of trouble early in his tenure as Speaker of the House. The National Enquirer claims that Boehner had some sexytime affairs with two women, additionally reporting that the New York Times has an ongoing probe on the alleged sex scandal as well.

Yes, it's the Enquirer, but it's also the paper that broke the John Edwards mistress and baby story, so who knows.

Here's a snippet from their online report (the full article is only available in their print edition):

Capitol Hill insiders and political bloggers have been buzzing about an upcoming New York Times probe - detailing an alleged affair that the 61-year-old married father of two had with pretty Washington lobbyist LISBETH LYONS.

And an ENQUIRER investigation has uncovered a bedroom encounter that Boehner - second in line of succession to the presidency - allegedly had with LEIGH LaMORA, a 46-year-old former press secretary to ex-Colorado Congressman JOEL HEFLEY.

The Ohio native, a congressman for 20 years, and his wife Deborah, 62, have been married for 37 years.

Link

Seems like this broke last September ... I wonder why its getting dredged up again.

plthijinx 02-10-2011 12:03 AM

they act like they care then only do what they are doing for profit.

Spexxvet 02-10-2011 08:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by classicman (Post 710745)
Seems like this broke last September ... I wonder why its getting dredged up again.

Probably some influence to keep it under wraps until the new congress was sworn in or something.

Where's Ken Starr when we need him?;)

Urbane Guerrilla 03-03-2011 10:04 AM

Economic illiteracy, in two words.

Makes a bad politician, and a bad policymaker.

Everything else that's annoying is more a matter of the solon's individual character -- like an excessive cast of mind towards rulership. That is the perennial occupational hazard and congenital trait of those who make a career of power.

Why is there a phrase like "crying orange?" Google brings up a video and numerous hits, but IstillDGI.

TheMercenary 03-31-2011 10:25 PM

Schumer is a scumbag and needs to be eliminated from congress through the next election.

Schumer coordinates Dem budget attack on GOP

http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/...get-attack-gop

Sundae 04-03-2011 07:09 AM

What bugs me the most?
Hypocrisy.
Politicians and journalists.

They are all people. People make mistakes.
Don't take the high ground on morality, drugs, insider trading, expenses, living the high life etc etc etc. When you KNOW you are doing it yourself.

I am sickened by reports on people who have claimed extra benefits that earned them an extra £500 a year reported on by people who have their mortgage paid for them. Yes, BOTH are wrong, but only one is a hypocrite.

I hate reading about someone like Kate Moss snorting up cocaine as if it's the Fall of the Western World written by people who are perfectly well-accquainted with a rolled up £20 note.

And the open disgust about divorce and splintered families. What? Every politician and journalist is married to their original partner? And makes all the events in their child's life like Sports Day and the Nativity Play?

Hello?

Cunts.

casimendocina 04-03-2011 11:36 AM

I can't stand opposition leaders/MPs who criticise a bill/action just because an MP in the government came up with it. If it's a crap idea, fair enough but evaluate the idea on its merits or lack of them and propose a better one rather than wasting everyone's time and money by tearing others down just to build themselves/their party up...

and the "we have a moral obligation/mandate" line really concerns me as does the use of "ït's unAustralian" to diss anything that the politician in question doesn't agree with.

Sundae 04-03-2011 12:40 PM

Two thumbs up.

I have more respect for a "constiuency" MP not of my political flavour, than a scrambler who happens to share my political views.

roundoff 04-04-2011 02:23 PM

What I hate the most is that not only are they raping me, but I am paying them a quarter of my income to rape me. :thepain:

casimendocina 04-05-2011 08:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sundae Girl (Post 720746)

I have more respect for a "constiuency" MP not of my political flavour, than a scrambler who happens to share my political views.

:yesnod:

Let me add Mark Latham to the list of those former politicians who I have no respect for. I'll have a bit of a hunt around for an article on him and post it to explain why.

ZenGum 04-05-2011 09:06 AM

You could just report his latest quote.

Seriously, Mark, you were dropped for a reason.

infinite monkey 04-05-2011 03:13 PM

Government to "shut down"? Why would some rather see chaos and suffering just to say "I told you so" when they wouldn't have to say "I told you so" if they weren't working to set up the environment in which they can say "I told you so"?

Remember when people were noble? Remember honor? Remember sacrifice? All those things that made us, once upon a time, great? Well, fairy tales they must have been, nightmares they now are.

Why do I feel like I'm living in a real life, plausible, The Stand?

:(

lookout123 04-05-2011 04:34 PM

Do you have the flu?

TheMercenary 04-05-2011 08:32 PM

I hope they shut it down. I will be out of work but it will be worth it. The Dems have failed to recognize that the electorate voted them out in Nov of 2010 and now they need a wake up call. The responsibility lies with the Demoncrats and their failure to do what the majority of the electorate wants them to do.

2012 just can't come fast enough.


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