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GOP Candidate: I Had An Affair Two Weeks Ago, Am Quitting My Campaign

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ByAhiza GarciaPublishedAugust 13, 2014, 4:15 PM EDT 16780 views

New York state Senate candidate Gia Arnold, a 24-year-old Republican, halted her campaign on Wednesday because she said she had engaged in an extramarital affair within the past two weeks.

The New York Daily News reported that Arnold announced the suspension of her campaign with an email sent to supporters and the media early Wednesday morning. She spoke to the Daily News by phone and explained the "personal decision" that prompted the suspension.

"I had an affair on August 1st and four days later I left my husband," Arnold said. "I wanted to go public with the information, just because it was heavy on my conscience and I am strong for honesty and integrity and always telling the truth and I felt it was important as a public figure that the public was aware of what was going on.”

Although Arnold is no longer actively seeking election, she does not plan to withdraw from the state Senate race and will serve if elected.

“I hope that will (sic) people will continue to place their vote on who they’re most confident on leading them in Albany,” she said. “I will still be on the ballot."

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@bobsal u1553115,

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GOP Candidate: I Had An Affair Two Weeks Ago, Am Quitting My Campaign

Too bad. She seems honest. No wonder she was Republican. But no reason to bring up Bill Clinton and his morals. The Dems still own his disgrace, unfortunately so does the Presidency.

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@buttflake,

" I will not ask for your vote but if you want me then I will serve".

What kind of bullshit is that? She either wants the job or she does not...**** or get off the pot.

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@hawkeye10,

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" I will not ask for your vote but if you want me then I will serve".

What kind of bullshit is that? She either wants the job or she does not...**** or get off the pot.

Well, LBJ said he would not serve. Looks like she is batting 1000.

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@RABEL222,

The questions were actually addressed to red, but since you commented on them I assumed you were going to attempt to answer them.
I should have known better.

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@hawkeye10,

A resignation without quitting.

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@bobsal u1553115,

No different than you guys on the left talking about how worthless this Congress is, or a do nothing Congress, while completely forgetting that half of Congress is controlled by the Dems. The Senate is controlled by the Dems and Harry Reid hasn't allowed any votes on over 200 bills passed by the House.

Pot meet kettle.

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@Baldimo,

Baldimo meet reality.

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2014/aug/06/lynn-jenkins/rep-lynn-jenkins-blames-harry-reid-do-nothing-sena/

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@parados,

From politifact that tells the real story.

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Why the numbers don’t tell the whole story

Experts say this bill counting merits a grain of salt. As the breakdown of the 55 Democratic-sponsored bills suggests, many of the measures that pass the House -- and some that go on to pass the Senate -- are noncontroversial bills. Wolfensberger crunched the numbers for us and found that of the 570 bills and joint resolutions that have passed the House in the current Congress, 377, or 74 percent, originated as suspension bills -- a streamlined process used for non-controversial measures that requires two-thirds approval. And of the 142 measures signed into law by Obama, 118, or 83 percent, were approved by that same two-thirds requirement.

Meanwhile, many of the other bills that pass the House in today’s environment are bills that are intended to make a statement, not a law.

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@parados,

This just means I'm just as correct as Bob is. The truth-o-meter was half way. Not a lie and not the truth.

I'm correct when I say that over 200 bills are sitting in the Senate and have not been voted on. This "do nothing Congress" as Obama likes to call it is part his parties blame.

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@Baldimo,

Over 200 bills that were passed just to make a political statement with no intention that they would become law. (Over 54 of them were passed that attempted to repeal or defund the ACA.)

That seems like a "do nothing Congress". More concerned with party politics than with the country in general.

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@parados,

Then vote them down. Not voting on them or even getting them out of committee is doing nothing. The GOP wants to address over 350 bills that have been passed. I'm assuming of the 150 count difference the 50 against ACA would be part of those 150, not the 200 I'm referring too.

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@Baldimo,

You must've missed my post, above.

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Why the numbers don’t tell the whole story

Experts say this bill counting merits a grain of salt. As the breakdown of the 55 Democratic-sponsored bills suggests, many of the measures that pass the House -- and some that go on to pass the Senate -- are noncontroversial bills.

So, identify for us which bills passes the mustard for relevance to our country?

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@parados,

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Over 200 bills that were passed just to make a political statement with no intention that they would become law

All Republican bills? I am sure you can produce everyone of them.

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@Baldimo,

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Then vote them down. Not voting on them or even getting them out of committee is doing nothing.

It seems you don't understand the process at all.

1. All bills are sent to committee. They are not voted on until they get out of committee. You simply assume there is no action or any attempt at action. Committees schedule bills on their calendar. You have not checked to see if any of them are scheduled.

2. Of the 200 you are referring to many of them have similar bills originating in the Senate. Claiming there is no action on the House bill is disingenuous since the issues are being addressed.

3. The GOP has actually threatened go filibuster some of those bills from the House causing them to be stalled.

4. Neither House simply votes on bills passed by the other House. They are almost always changed in committee before a different version is passed requiring a conference committee to iron out differences in the bills.

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@parados,

Then can we stop the talk of a do nothing congress? Well then according to you, seems everyone is doing their jobs.

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@Baldimo,

It is a "do nothing congress." They have the worst record in history for producing legislation.

Most polls show a virtual tie between democrats and republicans - just a few points difference up or down.

However, most voters say they will vote republican this fall. It seems Obama is bringing down the democratic party, and it doesn't look good looking forward to November.

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@buttflake,

Sure... Let's start the list

House bills
HR 45. Bill to repeal ACA
HR 301 Bill to create a special envoy for religious freedom
HR 313 Requires govt employees to post on website the substance of any speech they give at a conference.
HR 306 Bill granting legal status to a single named immigrant even if she entered the US illegally
HR357 Bill to not pay for education for veterans if the College charges outstate tuition to the veteran.
HR367 Bill to require that Congress approve all new regulations from Executive branch agencies (This bill seems to be Unconstitutional on it's face)
HR444 Bill to require the President to submit a new budget with a heading for "Means-Tested Unified Spending" (I guess the GOP is too stupid to read the existing budget submitted by the President.)
HR592 Bill to allow Churches to qualify for Federal Disaster relief. (Not that any church would take the money because they would be subject to the other rules in the law.)
HR 668 Bill to require the President to resubmit budget with a line item listing how much of the deficit is owed by each person in the US.
HR 756 Bill to exempt mining from government regulations by declaring they are strategic.
HR 807 Bill to NOT pay the government's bills. Attempts to prioritize payments if Congress fails to pass a bill to pay what it has passed legislatively.
HR890
HR935
HR993

Now, flakey butt, why don't you give us one bill that the House passed that would create jobs.

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@Baldimo,

Not at all.
The House is on pace to pass the fewest bills in the last 21 Congresses
The Senate is on pace to do the same.

Congress is on pace to pass the fewest laws in the last 21 congresses.
They are on pace to pass fewer than 200 laws.
They only have passed fewer than 300 once before since 1973 and that was the last Congress.

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