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GOP Rep Trent Franks to resign

RChildress107 said:
It’s really fucking weird and inappropriate to ask an employee.
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It is weird to ask an employee to be the surrogate mother of your child. It's not necessarily weird to talk with employees about the subject of surrogacy in general. It is, however, very weird to ask anyone to be the surrogate mother of your child without your wife's presence or approval.
 
sailordeac said:
It is weird to ask an employee to be the surrogate mother of your child. It's not necessarily weird to talk with employees about the subject of surrogacy in general. It is, however, very weird to ask anyone to be the surrogate mother of your child without your wife's presence or approval.
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If you are a congressman who has been open about his and his wife’s experience with surrogacy, it’s completely inappropriate to have a discussion about surrogacy with a young female staffer. This is why sexual harassment training should be mandatory, starting tomorrow, for all congressmen.
 
cville deac said:
I'm guessing it wasn't in vitro. The key here was Ryan encouraged him to resign. If Ryan cared enough to encourage it, something more than "you seem like a great person, would you consider being a surrogate for us?" was conveyed.
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In vitro does seem quite hypocritical for a "life begins at conception" guy. This was apparently his second time through, though.

I'm also willing to bet there was a significant age difference given that he was in his mid-50s at the time.
 
So... yeah

 
Well of course we don't want to use any of that godless science to make a baby. Has to be traditional missionary.
 
Deacsfan27 said:
He offered a staffer $5M to have his baby.
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Seems like that generates more questions than answers, particularly as to how Franks is making that kind of money.

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According to data analyzed by Ballotpedia, Franks' net worth has increased by $25,640,241 since he was first elected in 2003. During the time he's been in Congress, he's seen his net worth go up by 340 percent, averaging out to a 42 percent increase each year. During that same time period, the average American citizen saw their net worth decline by 0.94 percent.

Only two of Franks' colleagues saw their net worth increase more during that time period — Michael McCaul, a Republican from Texas, who's married to a Clear Channel Communications heiress, and Chellie Pingree, a Democrat from Maine who married a hedge fund manager during her second term in Congress.
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http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news...members-of-congress-trinity-petroleum-9395850
 
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