Congressman Christopher Lee was thoroughly inspired by our forefathers. Not exactly the ones who wrote the Constitution, but those who came before Lee and paved the way for a good old-fashioned political sex scandal.
Chris Lee is following in the footsteps of some of the greats like Clinton, Craig, and Spitzer.
If only there was a way to compile our most famous sex-scandal-having, toe-licking, video-taping, self-destructing politicians into one list. Can it be done?
Yes, yes it can. With photos, too!
Let's start with Slick Willy. He allegedly had sexual-relations with Gennifer Flowers, Paula Jones, and of course, Monica Lewinsky.
And Eliot Spitzer. He is probably the ugliest of the bunch, which is why he had to pay to get some bootay. Spitzer frequented high-end hooker, Ashley Dupre, while Governor of New York.
Rep. Mark Foley and his naughty text messages got him in trouble when the inappropriate love notes to congressional male pages were discovered in 2006. Oops!
Who could forget Sen. Larry Craig, who in 2007 was arrested for disorderly conduct in the Minneapolis airport. You remember: the foot touch and the hand waving he did underneath stall doors was allegedly a ritual for men picking up men.
Governor of Buenos Aires, I mean South Carolina, Mark Sanford, got his hand caught in the cookie jar when, instead of hiking the Appalachian Trail, he went down to Argentina to visit his lover. Que horror!
Surprised to see Al Gore on our list? Between inventing the Internet and discovering Global Warming, the former Vice President found time to have extramarital affairs, prompting the end of his 40-year marriage with wife, Tipper. In 2006 he was accused of making sexual advances on a hotel masseuse, including forcing an open mouth kiss. Eew.
And last but not least, Mr. Christopher Lee is the newest member of our list. It was uncovered yesterday, February 9, that Lee had sent shirtless photos of himself when answering a personal ad on Craigslist. Don't think his wife was psyched about that one.
Is there anyone I left off the list?
From top to bottom: photos via sharedferret/Flickr, Red Carlisle/Flickr, Paul Hawthorne/Getty, mugs99/Flickr, Charslton's TheDigitel/Flickr, simone.brunozzi/Flickr, Gawker
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Comments 7
Christopher Lee did not have sexual relations at all. He sent a picture of his chest. He was not sexual in his emails. He screwed up. He embarressed us here in WNY. But he was a damn good congressman. He was the congressman that stuck up for families and fought for WNY. I am sooo disappointed with him, but what he did was not comparable to ANY of the politicians you listed. Bill Clinton didnt allegedlly have sexual relations, HE DID.
As I mentioned in another post, if he used his gov't issue BlackBerry, they have access to ALL his activities and proclivities, which may explain his speedy departure. I would expect a spike in throw-away prepaid cell phone sales there on The Hill right about now.
billsfan1104, I'm sorry you lost your congressman. I'm sure that hurts a lot.
I'm from WNY too, but I'm not sad that Chris Lee is gone. I was fine with his politics, but this instance proves that he lacks morality and intelligence. He was stupid enough to think that he wouldn't be caught. I'd rather have someone more intelligent representing me.
I am from WNY and could give two craps about what he did. Yeah, he had a shirtless picture online, so do I, I am sure somewhere. The woman came forward for money I am sure, she should've handled it by somehow contacting his wife, NOT going to the news. She ruined his career and maybe some day his marriage. While I do not agree with his behavior at all I really want to stop seeing this turd on the news with his shirt off. One thing though, while someones morals may SUCK it doesn't mean they can't do great at their job.