I'm Going to Spend Time With My Family...Nah, the Other Family.
And another one bites the dust:
It would be so simple to say it's a Republican Thing, with their party always being so high and mighty until they get tangled in a sex scandal (than it's all about privacy). But this may just as well be a New York Thing, if you count Gov. Spitzer, Rudy Giuliani and others.
New York Rep. Vito Fossella said Tuesday he will not seek re-election as a result of "personal mistakes," a decision that comes after a drunken driving arrest and disclosure that he fathered a child in an extramarital affair.
"This choice was an extremely difficult one, balanced between my dedication to service to our great nation and the need to concentrate on healing the wounds that I have caused to my wife and family," Fossella said in a statement on his House of Representatives Web site.
The 43-year-old Republican congressman has acknowledged fathering a daughter with a Virginia woman, Laura Fay. The two met while she was an Air Force officer working with Congress. He represents Staten Island and part of Brooklyn.
His secret relationship with the woman was revealed after he was arrested for drunken driving on May 1.
"Despite the personal mistakes I have made, I am touched by the outpouring of support and encouragement I have received from so many people," Fossella said in the Web site statement. He said that while many people have urged him to run for re-election, "I believe this course of action is best for my family and our community."
It would be so simple to say it's a Republican Thing, with their party always being so high and mighty until they get tangled in a sex scandal (than it's all about privacy). But this may just as well be a New York Thing, if you count Gov. Spitzer, Rudy Giuliani and others.
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