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facing a small p.r. problem. This is getting to be old news, and I’m frankly growing weary of all the excuses to engage in schadenfreude over the exploits of these pillars of family values. Once and for all, let those among us who have never gotten shit faced in a DC-area bar, driven drunk, been arrested for it, had our mistress (not our wife with whom we have three children) bail us out of jail, and then been forced to admit that we have a 3-year-old child with said mistress, cast the first stone.

stop their obsessing about Republican Congressman Vito Fossella (R-NY). It's unfair and frankly I think it's not news. A man's personal life is just that. Personal. And as Pink Lady says, once and for all, let those among us who have never gotten shit faced

the Virginia legal limit. This caused a mini-scandal but Fossella was not immediately considered to be in that much trouble; after all other politicians (starting with Bush) have survived DWI charges. But reports are emerging (for instance from the Washington Post) that there could be much more to the story, and that what started as a drunken arrest could be the prelude to a sex scandal. Now, speculation is increasing that Fossella will soon announce that he is not running for re-election, perhaps even

facing a small p.r. problem. This is getting to be old news, and I’m frankly growing weary of all the excuses to engage in schadenfreude over the exploits of these pillars of family values. Once and for all, let those among us who have never gotten shit faced

AH-FRICKIN-HEM. Photo: New York Daily News / Hat tip: Crooks & Liars

however, that Fossella's career is in serious trouble. Already facing a significant Democratic challenge from New York City Councilman Domenic Recchia and attorney Steve Harrison, Fossella is now extremely unlikely to run for reelection. From the Washington Post: GOP political insiders say Fossella, whose blood-alcohol content was more than twice the legal limit when he was busted at 12:15 a.m. last Thursday, stands little chance of running for reelection at this point, and their Democratic counterparts

said Molinari, who used to hold the congressional seat that Fossella sits in. "He's just in a period of trying to do the right thing." I'm guessing the right thing would have included not driving drunk, not fathering a child out of wedlock, and not lying about it after getting busted, but it's a tad late for all that. I'll have to ask my dad what he's hearing about this from his buddies back home. Anyway. Chalk up another tough-to-defend open seat for the Republicans, as if they didn't have enough of those.

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Representing the party of moral values, conservative Republican Congressman from NY, Vito Fossella was arrested for Driving While Intoxicated, having more than double the legal limit of alcohol in his blood. Fossella faces up to five days in jail if convicted. According to the police report, the congressman was so drunk he couldn

Regain Our Majority Program", or ROMP. Given that he was already expected to face a tough race in November, his colleagues are justifiably wondering whether it is worth throwing good money after bad. Most observers expect Mr Fossella to withdraw from that contest soon. (Photo credit: AP)