Vito Steps Down
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The Staten Island Advance broke the story today: local peace activists won’t have Vito Fossella to kick around any more. The man Terrible Tim describes as having “twice the family values of most republicans” announced today he will not seek re-election to the U.S. Congress.
It wasn’t years of lap dog support for President Bush’s aggressive wars or even a string of anti-veteran votes that brought down arch-conservative Vito Fossella, congressman from New York’s 13th Congressional District (Staten Island/Brooklyn). Fossella — who opposes reproductive rights and shuns his gay sister Victoria in the name of “family values” — announced his intention not to seek re-election today. He did so in the wake of multiple scandals. His drunk driving arrest on May 1 led to the revelation that Fossella was involved in a long running extramarital affair with Lt. Colonel Laura Fay (USAF Ret.) and had fathered a child with her. The final straw may have been yesterday’s announcement that watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington had filed a request with the House of Representatives ethics committee to investigate whether Fossella used tax payer monies to fund a trip abroad with his mistress.
Original post by Thomas Good and reposted by Radical Blogs
