OVER HERE - ET TU VITO?
Republican Congressman Vito Fossella is such a champion of family values, he decided to have two of his own. He ran a red light when drunk the other evening, and could not recall the alphabet or that having the mother of his love child bail him out of jail might not be a bright idea. I recall young Vito jumping up and down during the Clinton sex scandal and proclaiming that President Bush would restore family values to the White House. Ah - sweet Karma.
Vito's Congressional District includes Staten Island, Bensonhurst and ATW regular Phantom's own Bay Ridge Brooklyn. He is the only Republican in the New York City delegation, and frankly stood out more for that statistic than any legislative abilities. The district is fairly conservative, flush with hardworking Italian and Irish-Americans, and more than its share of firemen, police and government workers. They might have let him slide on the DWI arrest (the actual only crime), but having apparently set up family number two down in the D.C. area while portraying himself as a conservative family man in Staten Island, Vito has become the Oddfather.
He is under pressure to resign, as the national party could do without a Congressman sitting in jail. Virginia where he was arrested has thankfully passed strict DWI laws, and Vito may go to jail for a few days. He should have gotten a Fredo to drive the car if he was going to hit the vino so hard. Instead, he drove his own poltical career right off the track. Vito had a three year old and apparently a longstanding lovenest that he stayed in. A horses head may not appear in this Oddfather's story, but the horse's ass clearly did. His wife appears to be ready to kick him out (Do it Mrs. Fossella, start a new trend of poltical wives who give the bum the rush he deserves). Hanky Panky is of course a bipartisan failing as we just had a Democrat Governor who resigned after his high priced hookers came to light, and the replacement Democrat Governor AND his wife are admitted serial adulterers who patronize hotels with hourly rates. Jaded are we as Yoda might say, but Vito had TWO FAMILIES going at the same time! Where does he think he lives? Texas?
Mahons
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Good post - I wonder sometimes if they are ANY normal politicians!
Where does he think he lives ?- Texas ?
Mahons - Are you trying to tell us something about Charles and Daphne ? :)
Misrepresenting my state again! Two is nothing, we've got men with four or five families down here - we always do things bigger in Texas.
Good post Mahons.
More Republican "family values" hypocrisy - hold the front page.
Good post - I wonder sometimes if they are ANY normal politicians!
agreed, great post. but have you not just answered your own question?
I never heard of this guy but I hope he takes the opportunity to come to terms with his destructive behaviour and I wish him well in the tough times he has brought on himself.
I am ashamed to admit it but I used to drink and drive myself before I stopped drinking. I'm thankful that I got away without ever paying a high price, or making someone else paying a high price, for my stupidity.
Henry,
I concur 100% on the drinking and driving issue. I have the same history as you, and I am equally glad that I never hurt anyone while driving impaired. Now I am the designated driver for all family functions, and everyone gets home safely.
Cheers!
Good post as usual, Mahons.
Yes, we in Bay Ridge are lumped in with Staten Island Congressional district, so this guy is my congressman.
As was mentioned elsewhere, this guy is a moron squared, as, while living his double life
he drove while very drunk, then
got the girlfriend to bail him out, then
used the girlfriend's address and
made reference to the "sick child"
There's a reason why the bad guys in the movies tell the driver to "stick to the speed limit". Fossella did the opposite. He may have gotten away with his transgressions much longer had he a bit more street smarts.
David: It seems not. Unionism isn't the only thing that has decayed.
Colm: Texas is the site of our recent polygamist compound story. Charles and Daphne would point out correctly that the folks involved are not from Texas. Bush hailing from Texas is bad enough.
Thank you DT. I've been more grouchy in recent months and appreciate that. Soon with more sleep I will return to just being an ass. If David, Peter, you and I agree on something we should all play the lottery tonight.
Henry, you and Alan have a point and in full dislosure i did the same years ago.
Daphne: I thought you and Charles would laugh, and then send some good ole boys to put a whooping on me. Cheers.
Phantom - I heard the story and went to your website for the coverage. Agree with your analysis.
Some additional conversation on the Fossella story
here
Bay Ridge Rover one of several good sites in the neighborhood.
>>. A horses head may not appear in this Oddfather's story, but the horse's ass clearly did.<<
LOL! What a joy to read, all of this.
>>I wonder sometimes if they are ANY normal politicians!<<
David, I think the problem is that Americans expect their politicians to be ABnormal, and are repeatedly disappointed when it emerges that they aren't.
>in full dislosure i did the same years ago.<<
If often wondered, mahons, who drives you home each evening after work!
Noel: Metro North Trains. I work two minutes from Grand Central Staion and my home is a five minute walk from the station I get off at.
One of the pluses of living in the NYC area as opposed to many US metro areas is the scope of the mass transit, and the fact that much of it runs 24 hours a day.
Like Mahons, I take the train ( in my case the subway ) all the way home (in my case to the block I live on ). The subway does run 24 hours a day, so if I choose to stay out until 2am, I can still get home for a $2 train fare.
Its good having such a mass transit system in a place
where bars can stay open until 4am. If you're traveling from the Manhattan center, you just don't have to drive to most places.