Vito Fossella, New York Republican, Won't Run For Re-Election: Report

The AP is reporting that Republican Congressman Vito Fossella will not run for re-election after revelations that he fathered a child with his mistress and was arrested for drunk driving:

New York Rep. Vito Fossella will not seek re-election after a series of damaging revelations about a child from an extramarital affair, two people familiar with the decision told The Associated Press.

Both people spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to make the announcement public. Fossella was expected to make the announcement Tuesday.

Fossella, 43, has admitted to fathering a daughter with a Virginia woman.

The congressman's secret relationship with the woman, Laura Fay, was revealed after he was arrested for drunken driving May 1. Fossella was stopped after running a red light, and he told officers he was going to see his sick daughter, according to police.

Earlier: Vito Fossella Cries On House Floor After Drunk Driving, Adultery Revelations

Comments

[Durango]

I couldn't care less who is sleeping with whom. It is none of my business, it is none of yours.

And DUI's are blown way out of proportion.

But the GOP IS supposed to be the Party of Family values.

And I do love to see hypocrites exposed.

Tee,hee, tee hee,tee hee, tee hee.

[BlackWidowPilot]

"Party of family values?" Bah:

http://www.armchairsubversive.org

"Family values" of the court of Roman Emperor Caligula maybe, or the locals in THE HILLS HAVE EYES.

Yeeach.

Leland R. Erickson

Citizen

[BPCentrisAmerican]

Yo, Vito don't let door hit ya in the ass on the way out.

[NC2NJ]

HA HA!!!!! What a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive!!!!

[MACS]

.
Repub-LIE-CON "TYPICAL FAMILY VALUES."

What was he doing with a "female", that is not in the repyliecon play book.

ROFLMAO
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[LeonBNJ]

From checking the NY State statues, I believe that Fossello chose (and from pressure from fellow Repubicans on the State and Fed level) to stay to the end of his term because if he were to resign now the seat would be vacant until the general election in fall. The Governor cannot appoint a temporary replacement (who would have a leg up to run in the general election) and he is in the 2nd year of his term. If a NYS Congressmember leaves by certain dates in the 1st year of in office or slightly into the 2nd year, they can be replaced in a special election. The NYS Governor can replace a US Senator if they end their term in an odd numbered year and some other conditions and replaced in the next even year general election.
While Rep. Fossella should resign now for his dispicable personal beheavior, to do so would mean his district wouldn't have a member in Congress for a while. I do hope he is replaced by a Demo - but they better be clean too!

[BronxBorn]

Thanks for the thoughtful post. I' m a New Yorker, and there is no way a Democrat is going to get that seat.
Having said that, Congressman Fosello (R) was there for the 9/11 workers. He was a strong voice in Washington, and a big help to New Yorkers.

BTW, Blue Collar Tradesman and Liberal to the bone.

[mergina]

There should not be such a thing as marriage. The human animal, especially the human male animal, cannot control its sex urges. Those thingies lead them through the day, day after day after day.

[biglover]

Fosella is Italian- Molinari is italian - I am an italian and I can speak to the fact that Italian men think nothing of having mistresses. They are also racists . I know, I grew up in a racist italian .home and a neighborhood full of italian racists. They love to talk about how much they love their families but think nothing of cheating on them.

They are also racists of the worst kind. Hippocrits - the whole lot of them

[HarlemFreeThought]

I happen to be an black guy who went to catholic HS in "da"" Bronx. I had a lot of friends Irish, and Italian. I was invited into their homes for Sunday dinners and other functions many times. Sure I had my share of the "n" word from the ignorant, but for the most part those who accepted me are loving Americans and human beings. Try not to paint a broad sweep. Every race and nationality has the unenlightened,

[biglover]

Hell HarlemFree Thought. I am glad you had a different experience. It does give me some hope. I wish I could attribute their ignorance to lack of education but that was not the case in my family and neighborhood.

However, I stand by my statement. I am sure the italians you met are exceptions to the rule.

[missjane]

As you're Italian, you must know you can buy your way into heaven, via grand donations to the Catholic Church....for new stained glass windows, perhaps a marble statue of the Holy Family. The bigger the sins, the bigger the donation. Mr. Fosella is gonna need to donate a new alter. And yes, I'm Italian, so I know.

[biglover]

Yes missjane - I went to catholic school for 8 years and I remember going to church every sunday and every holiday and having to fill the envelopes every week. They even had the nerve to publish a book every year indicating how much everyone gave for all to see.

[the964kid]

I was hoping he'd run again - I like republicans who are gluttons for public relations punishment. I also wanted Larry 'on the toilet i have a wide stance' Craig to stick around and keep reminding voters of GOP hypocrisy. I'm not going to get too bummed out because Im sure there's another GOP scandal ready to break any moment now.

[Roxanna]

Why doesn't the Gop promote Condoms instead of Flag pins

Guess "Family Values" doesn't allow that.

[Roxanna]

Why doesn't the Gop promote condoms instead of flag pins?

Guess "family values" doesn't allow that.

[BlackWidowPilot]

"Family values" like the locals in THE HILLS HAVE EYES:

http://www.armchairsubversive.org

Yeeach.

Leland R. Erickson

Citizen

[Anciano]

Another GOP Fossil bites the dust.

[kellygrrrl]

another day ... another GOP scandal --

[ChicagoKid]

Are there ANY rethuglicans that don't wear a diaper, cheat on there wives in airport toilets, molest pages, get too tan and have fake girlfriends, sing a uber-gay sounding barber shop quartet, have a name like Boner or Dick Armey, don't mary a lesbian?

[Mike169]

He's so needed now?

[PatA]

And another one bites the dust...........

[Mark701]

You gotta love GOP "family values".

[helonias]

And why won't he resign?

[Masterbasser]

Are we continuing to witness the demise of the GOP ? Is this their own fault ? Were they just too smug for their own good ? Did they think they were above the law and beyond the reach of retribution ? DO I REALLY DIG WATCHING THEM COMMIT INSTITUTIONAL SUICIDE ??






answer: A resounding ------- HELL YEAH !!!!

[mkaren]

Vito Vossella shuns his gay sister, Victoria Fossella, refusing to go to family events if she and her partner attend.

[MrClean]

Why can't I read this WITHOUT that silly grin on my face?

CONDOMS? We don't NEED no stinking CONDOMS!!

[caroledj]

Yet another problem for the GOP.

[lodipete]

I'm surprised he would quit. He & his mentor,Guy Molinari, are arrogant as hell. i'll believe it when I see it.

[eastutican]

Can someone explain why Fossella, a caring father who just had a drink, is being run out of town while Senator Vitter, with wall-to-wall prostitutes and responsibility for the death of a madam, remains in DC ??

How is it that the women get arrested and imprisoned and the men sit in their offices, get paid to be on legislative committees and let time pass until they are "rehabilitated" ??

I am not a fan of Hillary but her campaign has lasted this long because Men get free passes and women get the double standard: they service and their johns are on the loose.

Riddle me that.

[Deaninphilly]

Who cares. I really don't care what people do in their private lives it's none of my business. I don't know if his wife already knew or didn't and I don't care. Just like I want people out of my private life I don't go into theirs.

The DUI thing however is another issue.

[biglover]

I wouldn't care either except these people are the first to criticize and call for other people's resignations and then we find out they are doing the same goddamned thing. Bunch of fricking hippocrits - that's what the repubs are.

Mos dems don't care how people live their lives, but it is the rethugs who are always calling us immoral and godless. So far the republicans own the title of immoral and godless

[windyindie41]

Yes, but the problem is, HE ISN'T GOING TO STEP DOWN. He and his fellow Republicans would rather let a piece of scum like Vito sit among them for the next six months then risk losing ANOTHER seat to the Democrats in a special election. Amazing. And again, it's the hipocrisy that's the most painful, since Fossella was ANOTHER one of these "family values" hacks, all the while secretly having two families. Then to go and get a DUI, and not immediately enter rehab, as so many other recently druck politicans have done, just shows that the Republicans have given up decency in every way.

[missjane]

Oh, what to do when you have such an excess of "family values" morality??? Spread it between two families!!--like so much manure in the garden of hypocricy.

[dgscol]

He deserves a chance to redeem himself - by stopping the illegal lobbying by foreign groups, foreign companies and multinationals that do not pay taxes in the US at all. If he takes the deal, then hopefully we can find more poor chaps who want to join. Everyone makes a mistake, but few are given a chance to redeem themselves.