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- Apr 19, 2001
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This is about Thaddeus McCotter. If you've never of him, most voters didn't either. He was serving in the US House of Representatives from Michigan and with typical delusions of grandeur decided he wanted to be President and would not seek re-election to the House. He lasted in the race for about 20 minutes because even his own family didn't know who the hell he is. So of course, he decided to run for his old seat again, but he committed some fraud when he faked signatures on the necessary petitions to be allowed on the ballot and not only was he not allowed to run, the resulting scandal forced him to resign before his term was over. That's not much of a story, but it led to the most pretentious resignation letter in US political history. This is the kind of thing that can't be written accidentally, you have to be aiming for giant douchebag to even approach it.
His resignation, and I quote:
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.
His resignation, and I quote:
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.