{"id":29754,"date":"2011-02-09T16:13:11","date_gmt":"2011-02-10T00:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=29754"},"modified":"2011-02-09T19:57:17","modified_gmt":"2011-02-10T03:57:17","slug":"another-republican-caught-with-his-shirt-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=29754","title":{"rendered":"Another Republican Caught With His Shirt Off"},"content":{"rendered":"

I found this on NYTimes.com<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Representative Chris Lee of New York, caught in the midst of a scandal involving a shirtless photo he reportedly e-mailed to a woman, has stepped down, according to a senior Congressional official.<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

Mr. Lee\u2019s decision to step down came after a photo of him without a shirt appeared on Gawker<\/a> along with e-mail exchanges that reportedly took place between him and a woman who had placed a personal notice in the \u201cwomen seeking men\u201d section of Craigslist.<\/p>\n

In one of the e-mails, Mr. Lee describes himself as a lobbyist who is a \u201cfit fun, classy guy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr. Lee also tells the woman that he is divorced. <\/p>\n

When the woman asks him if he routinely sends shirtless photos of himself, Mr. Lee responds, \u201cSorry, it\u2019s all I had.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This story hits me hard. I know what it is like to say and to do stupid things in the pursuit of fleeting physical pleasure that totally pales with what God has waiting for us in the much much better world to come.<\/p>\n