..........Family Values.

Mark Souder, a Republican congressman from Indiana, has announced that he will resign his seat over an affair with a female aide. Souder is a former House staffer who was elected to Congress on a "family values" platform in the Republican takeover of 1994. He won a tough contested primary challenge last week, 48 percent to 33 percent, and his Democratic opponent in the general election, Tom Hayhurst, held Souder to 54% of the vote in 2008.

"I believe that Congress must fight to uphold the traditional values that undergird the strength of our nation," Souder says on his official website. "The family plays a fundamental role in our society... I am committed to preserving traditional marriage, the union of one man and one woman."

Wow, this was a lazy post. Is it not a given that Republicans are far from what they claim to be? Conservative? Family oriented values?