| Honestly, I had really hoped that "Papa Vino" Fossella could hang on. I mean, at this point he's easily the opponent I'd like our Dem nominee to face in November. Alas, it's simply not to be as the calls for his resignation intensify by the hour and come closer and closer to home.
Here's a roundup of sentiment from around the district:
Staten Island Advance: Mr. Fossella, Resign
Because of that moral descent, and the distractions and ugly controversy all of it brings, he should resign from his seat in the House of Representatives.
And he should do so immediately.
Far too much damage has been done to his personal reputation and credibility at this point for him to recover and be an effective public servant.
And there is too much potential for pointless and endlessly embarrassing digressions into this scandal if he chooses to stay in public life.
We wince at the thought of his wife and children and other family members having to endure needless weeks and months of gossip and speculation were Mr. Fossella to foolishly try to hang on. The circumstances have pushed this far beyond the question of his political survival.
New York Post: Time To Go, Vito
That Fossella betrayed his wife and family is between him and them. But his betrayal of his constituents was only marginally less egregious.
Vito Fossella needs to just go away.
Now.
New York Daily News: In Vino Veritas
Get thee to jail, congressman. |
