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ccharles000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-08-08 06:00 PM
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Family Values Congressman Admits To Affair, Illegitimate Child
http://365gay.com/Newscon08/05/050808vito.htm

(Washington) Rep. Vito Fossella of New York ran a red light, and wrecked his life. A drunk-driving arrest last week led to talk of an extramarital affair, and then finally Thursday, an admission of a child from that affair.

"My personal failings and imperfections have caused enormous pain to the people I love and I am truly sorry," said Fossella, a Republican, who lives in his Staten Island, N.Y., district with his wife and their three children.

Fossella is the only Republican member of Congress from New York City, and the paternity revelation could lead to the loss of a seat in Congress at a time when the House GOP faces the possibility of a second grim November of election setbacks.

In Congress Fossella voted in favor of a constitutional amendment that would bar same-sex marriage and against the Matthew Shepard Act which would add gay under hate crime law.

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goddess40 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-08-08 06:04 PM
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1. Only sorry about getting caught
I'm so sick of these sanctimonious assholes.
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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-08-08 06:06 PM
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2. I wish I could spell that German word for taking delight at another's
misfortune...I'm saying it right now, though.
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rusty_parts2001 Donating Member (728 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-08-08 06:12 PM
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4. Schadenfreude
:evilfrown: :evilfrown:
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DarkTirade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-08-08 07:49 PM
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9. Gesuntite.
:P
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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-09-08 07:05 AM
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11. Danke!
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ccharles000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-08-08 06:14 PM
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Schadenfreude
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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-09-08 07:05 AM
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12. Danke!
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wtmusic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-08-08 06:07 PM
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3. He has so many family values he needs two families! nt
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sellitman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-08-08 06:13 PM
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6. Winner!
:applause: :rofl:
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-08-08 06:12 PM
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5. Well, of course.
It's so predictable.
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WillyToad Donating Member (389 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-08-08 06:14 PM
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7. A lot of 'family values' talk is driven by denial
or pandering for votes. It is certainly not driven by anything remotely similar to actual family values.
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MNBrewer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-08-08 07:03 PM
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8. In that picture
He looks remarkably like Hillary Clinton.
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bigscott Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-09-08 05:28 AM
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10. sort of scraping the bottom of the insult barrel huh?
just another example of how Hillary-haters would rather continue trashing her instead of pointing out the hypocrisy of the GOP and working to elect a Dem to the White House in 2008
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mitchtv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-09-08 03:01 PM
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13. Sad really
Obamanable.They haven't yet realized tha about 49 %or so support Sen Clinton, and they apparently expect our votes in November. Good luck , keep it up
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MNBrewer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-09-08 06:00 PM
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15. Normally
People will post a picture of the subject of the post. Instead, we have this non sequitur photograph of Hillary. Why?
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mitchtv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-09-08 09:39 PM
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17. That is apparently the signature line of the person who posted it
Not MINE
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MNBrewer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-09-08 10:29 PM
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18. true, so true, and?
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mitchtv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-09-08 10:51 PM
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19. and that answers the question
Why?
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MNBrewer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-09-08 10:53 PM
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20. There was a question?
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mitchtv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-10-08 12:36 PM
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21. why ?=interrogatory
Edited on Sat May-10-08 12:37 PM by mitchtv
are you saying there wasn't?
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MNBrewer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-10-08 01:21 PM
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22. not in post 17
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mitchtv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-10-08 03:05 PM
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23. you are soooo right
I didn't ask why in my post #17
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MNBrewer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-10-08 04:08 PM
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25. I fear we've gotten off on the wrong foot
Hi, my name is Eric. How are ya?
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mitchtv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-10-08 09:45 PM
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26. I hope not, Eric
I try to not get personal. As Gays, we are all in this together, and it should be possible to disagree. A wise man once said: Make your words soft and sweet, for someday you may have to eat them.
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MNBrewer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-09-08 06:01 PM
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16. if you'll read my post
I did no trashing of Hillary. It's all in your mind.
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La Lioness Priyanka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-10-08 03:06 PM
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24. only in your head. clearly a perception/reality problem.
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hulklogan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-09-08 03:02 PM
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14. Does the fourth sibling get to visit the others for Thanksgiving?
Or does Rep. Fossella make that child spend the holidays with mom?
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ThomCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-11-08 03:28 AM
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27. Vito is my congress critter. Yay! We'll get rid of him now!
:woohoo:

It looks like the two front runners to take his place are both democrats.
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