1 year, 3 months ago
Did Republican Congressman Lee resign so quickly because the woman he was hitting on was Black or Irish?
She apparently described herself as Black/Irish on Craigslist. Did the Congressman resign so quickly because he hoped no one would notice that part? Most of the stories don't. Republicans appear to be very anti Black and Irish, considering their constant attacks on President Obama. Also, they are anti government workers, and this women was one of them.
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Personally, I doubt that had anything to do with it, and I don't think it's at all fair whatsoever to make that statement about Republicans being "anti-black" or "anti-Irish." I know plenty of Republicans who are NOT that way AT ALL, including family members of mine and good friends. And I happen to know a very prejudiced Democrat. So those kinds of generalizations are very unfair and also serve to create an even bigger divide and more unnecessary animosity between the political parties.
That being said, I don't believe the reason for Congressman Lee's resignation had anything to do with the woman's ethnicity or being of Irish descent. I believe it was because he knew he had made a big mistake and there would be no excuses for it. It would have been any even bigger media circus had he not resigned and it would have severely damaged his political career. Not to mention the damage already done to his family. And there are some politicians, like this one, who don't want to face or fight the criticism to come, at least not as a public servant. Perhaps there's also more where that one "mistake" came from, so that could be another reason why he bowed out much sooner than later.
That being said, I don't believe the reason for Congressman Lee's resignation had anything to do with the woman's ethnicity or being of Irish descent. I believe it was because he knew he had made a big mistake and there would be no excuses for it. It would have been any even bigger media circus had he not resigned and it would have severely damaged his political career. Not to mention the damage already done to his family. And there are some politicians, like this one, who don't want to face or fight the criticism to come, at least not as a public servant. Perhaps there's also more where that one "mistake" came from, so that could be another reason why he bowed out much sooner than later.
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It's really more of an agenda and statistical thing. That there are exceptions is quite believable. But as you will see even from this morning's news the Republicans are concentrating on attacking programs important to Blacks and women.
This woman was also a single mother and a government worker in Washington DC, both of which are regularly Republican targets.
So Congressman Lee was courting a demographic that Republicans rarely court (so to speak!).
I'm actually guessing though that he resigned quickly because he really didn't want to be a Congressman. He was a generic conservative Republican in stance. He was presented in his campaigns as a successful businessman; but, it was his Dad who was the successful businessman. He just worked in the company. When his Dad sold the company and started up a Foundation he then went to "work" as a director of the foundation, along with the rest of the family. I bet he only became a Congressman because his Dad wanted him to get a job, and that one sounded easy.
I don't believe there is the direct correlation between "attacking programs" and being "anti-Black" or "anti-women" (of course a huge number of Republicans happen to be women, themselves), as many "anti-Republicans" would like to portray. Just because a party (in general, because not all Republicans have exactly the same opinions, of course) is against a program for whatever reasons, doesn't mean they're against the people -- the demographics -- that that program is supposed to help. They may very well simply be against aspects of the program. I firmly believe that saying, "Oh, you're against that program, so you're against Black people" is very unfair. That's like saying ... well, there are countless examples ... but one would be accusing someone who's against having the Pledge of Allegiance in schools is anti-religion, anti-God, anti-Christian, etc.