On Tue, 18 May 2010 18:21:48 -0500, Jim wrote:

wrote:
On Tue, 18 May 2010 11:13:42 -0400, hk
wrote:

...snerk of the week:

GOP Rep. Mark Souder of Indiana -- the leading advocate for abstinence
education in Congress -- will resign after an affair with one of his
female staffers became public. From his statement of resignation

IT IS WITH GREAT REGRET I ANNOUNCE THAT I AM RESIGNING FROM THE US
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS WELL AS RESIGNING AS THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE
FOR CONGRESS IN THIS FALL’S ELECTION. ... IT HAS BEEN ALL CONSUMING FOR
ME TO DO THIS JOB WELL, ESPECIALLY IN A DISTRICT WITH COSTLY,
COMPETITIVE ELECTIONS EVERY TWO YEARS I DO NOT HAVE ANY SORT OF "NORMAL"
LIFE - FOR FAMILY, FOR FRIENDS, FOR CHURCH, FOR COMMUNITY.TO SERVE HAS
BEEN A BLESSING AND A RESPONSIBILITY GIVEN FROM GOD.I WISH I COULD HAVE
BEEN A BETTER EXAMPLE. I SINNED AGAINST GOD, MY WIFE AND MY FAMILY BY
HAVING A MUTUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH A PART-TIME MEMBER OF MY STAFF. IN THE
POISONOUS ENVIRONMENT OF WASHINGTON DC, ANY PERSONAL FAILING IS SEIZED
UPON, OFTEN TWISTED, FOR POLITICAL GAIN. I AM RESIGNING RATHER THAN TO
PUT MY FAMILY THROUGH THAT PAINFUL, DRAWN-OUT PROCESS.

Yes, Mark. Washington, DC is to blame. For everything. Even for your
resignation. Yup.

Of course this wouldn't be a Republican sex scandal if Mark Souder
weren't a hard core family values advocate. You know, the kind who
preaches abstinence.


Swiped from KOS.


It is interesting that the GOP has a zero tolerance policy on these
things but I suppose it doers have to do with the things they are
supposed to stand for.


Zero tolerance my ass. Where have you been?
Vitter and Ensign are whores, and still drawing their pay.
Souder is standing by his convictions, and seeking redemption.
Good for him.

Jim - A sinner can redeem himself. Don't ask how I know.

Bullpucky. He didn't stand by his convictions when it counted. He
wouldn't have quit had he gotten away with his bout of flaming
hypocrisy.

I'd feel better if he were dragged through the mud of his own making.