Tuesday, May 18, 2010

GOP Congressman Mark Souder Resigning Over Affair With Staffer

The Stupid Party returns! Way to take the spotlight off the disgraced Dick Blumenthal.
Eight-term Rep. Mark Souder will announce his resignation Tuesday after it came to light that he was conducting an affair with a female aide who worked in his district office, Fox News has learned.

Multiple senior House sources indicated that the extent of the affair with the 45-year-old staffer 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. While the rumors had been flying, Souder claimed that he was at home tending to his ill wife.
Way to go, Souder. Why didn't you just resign before the primary?

What a jerk.

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