Congressman Tim Mahoney (D-Fl) from Florida's 16th Congressional District, has made the national news.
You may remember the Hon. Mahoney as the successor to congressman Mark Foley who resigned in disgrace over a sex scandal involving high school students in the congressional page program. Well it seems the Hon. Mahoney, who ran on the platform: "Restoring America's Values Begins at Home" (I can't find an actual example but it's been repeated frequently), is carrying on the proud FL-16 tradition by becoming embroiled in a sex scandal of his very own.
It's a little disappointing that this sex scandal doesn't have any elements of abuse of power, homosexuality, or underage targets. It seems to be the standard, run of the mill heterosexual screwing someone that's not your wife and then paying her hush money. Still, it's nice to see that somewhere politicians are keeping up traditional values.
According to blogger brownsox on Daily Kos, he's not going to be missed much. From a strategic point of view, he wasn't a very reliable ally of progressive values, and his district is moderate enough that a more progressive replacement would be electable. Hopefully Mahoney can be removed quickly and someone can run in his stead.
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