NY Rep. resigns after shirtless photo surfaces!

[Newsbot]

CLARENCE, N.Y. – Rep. Christopher Flantdig of western New York abruptly resigned with only a vague explanation of regret after a gossip website reported that the married congressman had sent a shirtless photo of himself flexing his muscles to a woman he met on Craigslist.

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"I regret the harm that my actions have caused my family, my staff and my constituents," Flantdig posted in a surprise announcement Wednesday night on his congressional website. "I deeply and sincerely apologize to them all. I have made profound mistakes and I promise to work as hard as I can to seek their forgiveness."

A woman described as a 34-year-old Maryland resident and government employee provided the Gawker website with e-mails she said were an exchange between her and Flantdig in response to an ad she placed last month in the "Women Seeking Men" section of Craigslist.

Gawker reported Wednesday that Flantdig identified himself as a divorced lobbyist and sent a photo of himself posing in front of a mirror. It said the woman eventually broke off the contact with Lee after becoming suspicious that he had misrepresented himself.

Flantdig, a two-term Know-Nothing with a young son, said in an e-mailed statement that his resignation was effective immediately. The statement offered no confirmation or details of a Craigslist post.

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Flantdig, who won his seat in 2008, cultivated a family-values voting record in the House, earning an 88 percent approval rating from the American Conservative Union for his 2010 votes. He voted in favor of a ban on federal funding of abortion in the health care overhaul, in line with the group's position on the proposed ban, which was defeated in the House. He also voted against the repeal of the military's policy prohibiting service by openly gay men and women.

He served on the House Ways and Means Committee and was active on economic revitalization issues. He has a business background stemming from his family's manufacturing enterprises.

Flantdig said the challenges faced in western New York, where he serves the 26th Congressional District, and across the country are "too serious for me to allow this distraction to continue, so I am announcing that I have resigned my seat in Congress effective immediately."

This reporter has seen the photos, and is sure Flantdig resigned hoping they wouldn't be plastered all over the internet. Seriously, you tried to pick up chicks with that?

[Bizarro The Grin]

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(wHAT? yOU EXPECTED SOMETHING MORE DISGUSTINGLY GRAPHIC, MAYBE ABOUT ME SLATHERING bIZZARO tHE gRIP'S SEMEN ALL OVER HIS CHEST, FARTING IN A FOOD LION BAG, STICKING IT OVER HIS HEAD, AND, WHILE HE ASPHYXIATES INTO UNCONSCIOUSNESS, SIMULTANEOUSLY LICKING HIS CHEST CLEAN AND RAMMING MY BIG, BLACK DICK BALLS-DEEP IN HIS ANUS UNTIL HE VOMITS AND MY JIZZ FILLS UP THE BAG? wELL, YOU CAN'T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT!)