Rep. Vito Fossella (R-NY) got caught driving drunk last week. And not just drunk - really really drunk - more than twice the legal limit. Still, it's not a sex scandal, so it doesn't even register on the Cynics' Party Diaper Scale.
Like any good Republican Vito has refused to resign, instead hiring a PR firm - Susan Del Percio (photo) - to attempt the impossible. Of course, he's using campaign funds to pay for it.
We all know you get one phone call if you get arrested. The question now is why Fossella, whose campaign manager lived near the police station, didn't call him. Instead, he called the woman you see above - Laura Fay. Fossella is a married father of three.
Fay and Fossella attended an Air Force-sponsored dinner in Britain on July 27, 2003, with dozens of other guests for then-House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.). Documents show Fossella was one of only two members of Congress whose spouses' names were not listed on a guest roster.
D.C. insiders questioned why Fossella called Fay instead of chief of staff Thomas Quaadman, who lives in Alexandria.
"I don't get it. I don't know what he was thinking," a GOP source snapped.
So stay tuned - we may get a sex scandal out of this yet.
Vito Fossella's Relationship With 'Mystery Woman' Under Scrutiny [NY Daily News]
Clearly, he loves him a woman in puffy pink shorts who can do the dance from Thriller.
Posted by: Magical Shrimp | May 05, 2008 at 07:24 AM
I thought she was in the midst of a roadside sobriety test.
Posted by: Sebastian Dangerfield | May 05, 2008 at 10:42 AM
I thought she was attempting to limbo under her side mirror.
Posted by: tafka pb | May 05, 2008 at 03:00 PM
Good Old Republican style family values-never bother your wife with something your mistress can handle for you.
Posted by: Lew Scannon | May 06, 2008 at 02:07 AM
"I see dead people!"
Posted by: electrolite | May 06, 2008 at 05:36 PM
Is she the one that he started his other family with? Those wacky Republicans!
Posted by: InquiringMind | May 08, 2008 at 12:23 PM