# NY GOP Congressman Christopher Lee Resigns in Sex Scandal **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 9, 2011, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-gop-congressman-christopher-lee-resigns-in-sex-scandal/570822 "2011-02-09T23:32:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-gop-congressman-christopher-lee-resigns-in-sex-scandal/570822/41 "2011-02-10T18:44:42Z")
> [@Mehitabel](#): > > …Apparently as soon as Boehner heard about it he blew his lid and leaned on Lee to go. > … Did Boehner cry? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-gop-congressman-christopher-lee-resigns-in-sex-scandal/570822/42 "2011-02-10T18:51:28Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > Since when do politicians resign from office just for trying to cheat on their wives with a woman? When they can’t think of a way to stay in office. Vitter and Larry Craig managed to stay in office, to name two. It may just be harder to replace a Senator but that’s based on a limited sample size. ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-gop-congressman-christopher-lee-resigns-in-sex-scandal/570822/43 "2011-02-10T19:07:03Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > When they can’t think of a way to stay in office. Vitter and Larry Craig managed to stay in office, to name two. It may just be harder to replace a Senator but that’s based on a limited sample size. Representatives are a dime a dozen. Hell, I have a few make’n a racket in my crawl space right now. ---
**Author:** ![mske](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ccd318/32.png) [@mske](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mske)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-gop-congressman-christopher-lee-resigns-in-sex-scandal/570822/44 "2011-02-10T19:10:03Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Was he wearing a shirt? Yes - probably why I didn’t recognize him on the plane. ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-gop-congressman-christopher-lee-resigns-in-sex-scandal/570822/45 "2011-02-10T19:27:34Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > He claimed to be a divorced lobbyist - I’m thinking that’s a good prediction of his future. He’s a future psychic! ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-gop-congressman-christopher-lee-resigns-in-sex-scandal/570822/46 "2011-02-11T06:20:04Z")
Heh. Boehner probably did cry, who needs a special election in a district which might be combined with a new one soon anyway? I’ve also heard that Boehner was on his case already for pursuing female lobbyists, so the quick resignation seems to have been a case of the thin ice finally cracking. I was off a bit in my OP, apparently he was in his second term and was known for campaigning against earmarks and yet wrangling nearly $30 million in them for his district. ---
**Author:** ![constanze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@constanze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/constanze)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-gop-congressman-christopher-lee-resigns-in-sex-scandal/570822/47 "2011-02-11T13:47:11Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > Since when do politicians resign from office just for trying to cheat on their wives with a woman? Generally, I would agree. Even if he had gone through and cheated on his wife, that’s still his personal problem with his wife, and says nothing about his ability to make good laws. However, the cluelessness and technical stupidity displayed are a good real reason to send him off. Although if that were a checking point, you’d have to kick out a lot more… ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-gop-congressman-christopher-lee-resigns-in-sex-scandal/570822/48 "2011-02-11T17:15:16Z")
> [@constanze](#): > > However, the cluelessness and technical stupidity displayed are a good real reason to send him off. Although if that were a checking point, you’d have to kick out a lot more… Hey, at least he’s tech savvy enough to realize the internet isn’t a series of tubes; it’s a place for hooking up and lying. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-gop-congressman-christopher-lee-resigns-in-sex-scandal/570822/49 "2011-02-11T18:58:01Z")
> [@42fish](#): > > Hey, at least he’s tech savvy enough to realize the internet isn’t a series of tubes; it’s a place for hooking up and lying. And watching porn. duh. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-gop-congressman-christopher-lee-resigns-in-sex-scandal/570822/50 "2011-02-26T16:44:34Z")
> **[Gawker | The Website](https://gawker.com/)** > > Gawker. It's a website on the internet. > [@](#): > > Lee’s sudden exit took many people by surprise. Hadn’t other members of Congress admitted to worse than an unconsummated, PG-13 flirtation and managed to stay in office? It turns out Lee may have had good reason to step out of the spotlight so quickly: It wasn’t just women that the Craigslist Congressman was hunting for on the Internet. > > In the past two weeks, two D.C.-area transgender women contacted us, each with a separate story about exchanging emails with the ex-congressman. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-gop-congressman-christopher-lee-resigns-in-sex-scandal/570822/51 "2011-02-27T02:16:35Z")
Aaaaaaand, all is right in the world. Phew. It was getting dicey there for a minute. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-gop-congressman-christopher-lee-resigns-in-sex-scandal/570822/52 "2011-02-27T02:54:27Z")
At this point it’s long overdue to ask: What are their mothers/fathers/preachers/coaches telling them? ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-gop-congressman-christopher-lee-resigns-in-sex-scandal/570822/53 "2011-02-27T03:11:35Z")
> [@Beware\_of\_Doug](#): > > At this point it’s long overdue to ask: What are their mothers/fathers/preachers/coaches telling them? “It’s not a sin if you don’t stick it in”? ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-gop-congressman-christopher-lee-resigns-in-sex-scandal/570822/54 "2011-02-27T03:50:18Z")
This is what makes these things funny instead of sad: [[QUOTE=Gawker.com](http://QUOTE=Gawker.com)] Yesterday, we reached out to Rep. Lee, whose support for “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” and vote to reject federal abortion funding suggests a certain comfort with publicly scrutinizing others’ sex lives. [/QUOTE] Indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-gop-congressman-christopher-lee-resigns-in-sex-scandal/570822/55 "2011-02-27T14:21:39Z")
Thanks, I hadn’t seen the follow-ups. Wow. Although AFAIK the feds haven’t funded abortions since the Hyde Amendment. so I don’t know what he was doing there. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-gop-congressman-christopher-lee-resigns-in-sex-scandal/570822/56 "2011-02-27T14:31:51Z")
> [@Mehitabel](#): > > Thanks, I hadn’t seen the follow-ups. Wow. Although AFAIK the feds haven’t funded abortions since the Hyde Amendment. so I don’t know what he was doing there. IIRC, the Hyde Amendment makes exception for cases of rape, incest or if the mothers health is at risk. The GOP has recently been trying to close or at least further restrict these restrictions. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-gop-congressman-christopher-lee-resigns-in-sex-scandal/570822.md?page=2)