It's a good thing shirtless Congressman Christopher Lee quit. Otherwise, he would have been impeached for Extreme Stupidity.
C'mon, what's sexy about a shirtless 46-year-old guy in a hotel bathroom photographing his own flexed bicep in the mirror?
Not much, judging by the screams of laughter from all the women who've seen his picture on Gawker.com.
The married, family-values, upstate Republican stupidly showed his face and used his real name to email his not-superhot picture to a leggy 34-year-old D.C. woman looking for dates.
Not to mention trying to fool her into believing he was 39. Hasn't this bozo ever heard of Facebook profiles or Google searches?
It's not as if Lee isn't savvy about the Internet. In 2009, he wrote an op-ed warning teenagers that it can be perilous, because "private information and images can so easily be transmitted to friends and strangers alike."
Clearly, Lee made such a dumb mistake because his lust was out of control - the way Teddy Kennedy's was when he tried to pick up women in bars, or Bill Clinton when he had a little hanky-panky with Monica Lewinsky and a cigar.
Lee had already been scolded, along with other male members of Congress, by top Republican John Boehner for partying too hearty with female lobbyists.
Aren't our elected representatives supposed to be reading proposed legislation instead of the Women Seeking Men section of craigslist?
And if Lee is going to cheat on his wife, does he really have to resort to online dating, especially if he doesn't know how to cybersneak around? Didn't he see "The Seduction of Joe Tynan?"
Hasn't he ever heard the Henry Kissinger aphorism "power is the ultimate aphrodisiac"?
There are plenty of women in D.C. willing to sleep with a congressman - even if he is married and does take pictures of himself in the mirror. Ew.
You have to wonder if Lee and his former upstate colleague Eric Massa, forced out for groping male aides, are lone dogs, or if the problem is more, um, widespread.
Right now, 33 members of Congress - 26 Republicans and seven Democrats - sleep in their offices at night "as if they are dorm rooms," the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics says.
Now that's a reality show waiting to happen - Congress: The Frat House.
It's a good thing Lee has a family business because after his public display of stupidity, no one would hire him.
He was one of the richest members of Congress, with estimates of his wealth ranging from $8 million to $30 million, but he doesn't have to foot the bill for the damage his peccadilloes have caused.
After just six weeks into his second term, his former constituents from Buffalo to Niagara Falls will have to pay for a special election to find his replacement.
Well, at least you can say Lee fulfilled his campaign promise to create jobs. All those polling-place workers will at least get one day's work out of it.
jmolloy@nydailynews.com
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