Indiana ("family values") Republican Mark Souder to Resign Amid Affair With Staffer

[jefferson_dem]

Exclusive: Indiana Rep. Mark Souder to Resign Amid Affair With Staffer
By Chad Pergram & Steve Brown

Eight-term Rep. Mark Souder will announce his resignation Tuesday after it came to light that he was conducting an affair with a female staffer who worked in his district office, Fox News has learned.

Eight-term Rep. Mark Souder will announce his resignation Tuesday after it came to light that he was conducting an affair with a female staffer who worked in his district office, Fox News has learned.

Multiple senior House sources indicated that the extent of the affair would have landed Souder before the House Ethics Committee.

Elected as a family values conservative as part of the Republican revolution in 1994, Souder survived a tough re-election challenge in 2008 and survived a contested primary two weeks ago.

Souder was absent from Washington most of last week, missing multiple votes and only voting on Thursday.

Souder's resignation would make him the second lawmaker to step down in less than two months. In March, former Rep. Eric Massa, D-N.Y., resigned amid allegations that he sexually harassed male staffers. Massa's case is now before the House Ethics Committee.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/05/18/exclusive-indiana-rep-mark-souder-resign-amid-affair-staffer/

[NJmaverick]

1. Now we have DUers unreccing Republican scandal stories?

:shrug:

[jefferson_dem]

3. Sad but not surprising.

I still think we should put names next to recs/unrecs.

[asphalt.jungle]

7. it's such a simple solution

this site has obviously been infiltrated by some freepers.

[Cha]

15. Exactly not surprising..there's an

infestation of freeptrolls who just live to unrec the reality of gNOp assholes who preach abstinence but are boinking on the side. Hypricrite thy name is gNOp.

[jefferson_dem]

2. Yet another GOP hypocrite.

"I believe that Congress must fight to uphold the traditional values that undergird the strength of our nation," he says on his official website. "The family plays a fundamental role in our society. Studies consistently demonstrate that it is best for a child to have a mother and father, and I am committed to preserving traditional marriage, the union of one man and one woman."

Souder adds: "I am committed to fighting the assault on American values."

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/05/gop_rep_flashback_i_am_committed_to_preserving_tra.php

[Clio the Leo]

4. And on election day!

Granted, I know HE is not up for election today, but still .... Awesome!

[Sheepshank]

5. I shouldn't be pleased about this

but I can't help it. Sometimes those who blindly vote for family values candidates don't understand the widespread hypocricy until it's "out" there in all it's glory. Perhaps the Shakesperean refrain "The lady doth protest too much, methinks." is apt here.

[kestrel91316]

6. Sadly, the only newsworthy part is that he's RESIGNING, lol.

The rest is just more of the same old shit.

[mkultra]

8. why do i want to see what the staffer looks like?

It must be some kind of morbid curiosity.

[bluethruandthru]

9. Interesting how foxnews doesn't say that Souder is a republican until

halfway through the story.

[gels]

13. There will be a D after his name by late this afternoon, NT

[Radical Activist]

10. How does one "conduct" an affair?

Odd choice of words.
If he's going before the ethics committee then this involves something more than just having consensual sex with a staff member.

[yellowcanine]

11. with a baton?

[saltpoint]

21. More like a thimble -- he's Republican.

[Radical Activist]

12. McCain won this district 56% - 43%

That makes it difficult but winnable for a good Democratic candidate. Does anyone know about who the Dems are running?

[Chellee]

20. Dr. Tom Hayhurst

nt

[yellowcanine]

14. If abstinence didn't work for him, how does he expect it to work for a horny teenager?

I mean he had a wife and he still boinked someone else.

[Cha]

16. That's a coincidence..

I used the same word upthread..I guess for lack of a better one.

[IndianaGreen]

17. Souder will be entering rehab next

claiming that his out-of-control dick was possessed by Satan.

Good riddance!

[Cha]

18. "Report: Souder And Mistress Allegedly Frequented State Parks "

More hypocritical gNOp "Christian family values"..

<snip>
"According to the Post, the affair began after the staffer, Tracy Jackson, was hired to guest host for Souder on a Christian radio show in 2004."

<more>
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/05/report_souder_and_mistress_allegedly_frequented_st.php

[yellowcanine]

19. Lot of Christian diddlin going on. Do you suppose she shouted "hallelujah!" while climaxing?

[Skittles]

22. scheduling yellowcanine for ass kicking

for putting that scenario in my mind :mad:

[dumpdabaggers]

23. To bad it wasn't Mike Pence.

That guy is a real jackass.