Rep Thad McCotter resigns from Congress

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For Immediate Release

July 6, 2012

McCotter: "Strike Another Match, Go Start Anew"
Cites the totality of this past 'nightmarish' month and a half's effect on his family


LIVONIA, MI - Today, U.S. Representative Thaddeus McCotter made the following statement:

"Today I have resigned from the office of United States Representative for Michigan's 11th Congressional District.

After nearly 26 years in elected office, this past nightmarish month and a half have, for the first time, severed the necessary harmony between the needs of my constituency and of my family. As this harmony is required to serve, its absence requires I leave.

The recent event's totality of calumnies, indignities and deceits have weighed most heavily upon my family. Thus, acutely aware one cannot rebuild their hearth of home amongst the ruins of their U.S. House office, for the sake of my loved ones I must "strike another match, go start anew" by embracing the promotion back from public servant to sovereign citizen.

I do not leave for an existing job and face diminishing prospects (and am both unwilling and ill-suited to lobby), my priorities are twofold: find gainful employment to help provide for my family; and continue to assist, in any way they see fit, the Michigan Attorney General's earnest and thorough investigation, which I requested, into the 2012 petition filing.

While our family takes this step into the rest of our lives, we do so with the ultimate confidence in our country's future. True, as at other times in the life of our nation, we live in an Age of Extremes that prizes intensity over sanity; rhetoric over reality; and destruction over creation. But this too shall pass, thanks to the infinite, inspired wisdom of the sovereign people who, with God's continued blessings, will again affirm for the generations American Exceptionalism.

Truly, it is a challenging and fortunate time to live in our blessed sanctuary of liberty.

In closing, to The People of Michigan's 11th Congressional District, I can but say this: Thank you for the privilege of having worked for you."

~ Thaddeus G. McCotter


Please note the Washington D.C., Milford and Livonia will offices will continue to operate under the direction of the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. Staff will still be available to serve the needs of the citizens of the 11th Congressional District for any constituent needs.

Finally, Mr. McCotter reaffirms his previous commitment to not conduct any interviews until the findings of the Michigan Attorney General's thorough and earnest investigation have been made public. As a private citizen, Mr. McCotter will reserve comments until this time.
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Revelations of McCotter's tv pilot most likely had to do with this decision:
http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120705/POLITICS02/207050379
 
Holy crap. I assumed it was a stupid move by a low level staffer, but now I wonder if he freaking knew about it?
 
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Seraphim said:
what happened?
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He had to turn in 2000 signatures for ballot access, and almost all of them were frauds. They were photocopies of signatures from past petitions, apparently.

This is a gift from God for the liberty movement, btw, because the only other candidate on the GOP ballot is Kerry Bentivolio, who is pretty much one of us. The GOP redistricted this for McCotter, so at this point the seat is ours to lose.
 
angelatc said:
He had to turn in 2000 signatures for ballot access, and almost all of them were frauds. They were photocopies of signatures from past petitions, apparently.

This is a gift from God for the liberty movement, btw, because the only other candidate on the GOP ballot is Kerry Bentivolio, who is pretty much one of us. The GOP redistricted this for McCotter, so at this point the seat is ours to lose.
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Good news.
 
angelatc said:
Holy crap. I assumed it was a stupid move by a low level staffer, but now I wonder if he freaking knew about it?
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Yeah, that letter leaves a bad taste. He's blaming "calumnies, indignities, deceits" for severing "the harmony" between his constituency and his family, requiring him to step down. What? Protesting too much, methinks.

Sounds like he's trying to place blame on people's reaction to the news of the investigation, instead of what the investigation may reveal.

Weak, at best.
 
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Someone told me that Snyder wants a special primary so party endorsed St.Sen. Cassis can have nomination..
 
Agorism said:
Someone told me that Snyder wants a special primary so party endorsed St.Sen. Cassis can have nomination..
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That's EXACTLY what I'm afraid the resignation may mean. Cassis can't beat Bentivolio in a write-in effort, but might do so if put on the ballot in a special election. I hope it's too late for one in Michigan.
 
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This guy does not choose his words carefully: " go start anew" by embracing the promotion back from public servant to sovereign citizen."

I think he just got on the list of a lot of three-letter agencies!
 
AJ Antimony said:
Right. I assume the write-in campaign is for the general election... could it be for the primary?
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That was my impression from reading the forums here, but I can't point to anything specifically. I think they had a primary challenger at one time that dropped out, causing them to scramble and show exactly how badly they'd like to not align themselves with a freedom candidate.
 
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