US Senator David Vitter (R-LA) issues statement on DC Madam case

[Alexander]

Source: Atrios

DAVID VITTER

For immediate release

July 9, 2007

Vitter Issues Statement

U.S. Sen. David Vitter made the following statement today about his telephone number being on the old phone records of Pamela Martin and Associates prior to his running for the U.S. Senate. He respectfully requests that the statement be used in full without editing or paraphrasing.

"This was a very serious sin in my past for which I am, of course, completely responsible. Several years ago, I asked for and received forgiveness from God and my wife in confession and marriage counseling. Out of respect for my family, I will keep my discussion of the matter there-with God and them. But I certainly offer my deep and sincere apologies to all I have disappointed and let down in any way," Vitter said.


No link yet.

[PassingFair]

1. Let the games begin! n/t

[mcg]

103. Vitter was accused of carrying on a lengthy affair with a prostitute

' Vitter is in his first Senate term after serving six years in the House. During his Senate campaign, Vitter was accused by a member of the Louisiana Republican State Central Committee of carrying on a lengthy affair with a prostitute in New Orleans's French Quarter.

In a radio interview, Vitter then called the allegation "absolutely and completely untrue" and dismissed it as "just crass Louisiana politics." '

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/09/AR2007070902030.html

According to this web page
http://www.allreaders.com/politics.asp?senator=56
Vitter is firmly against legalizing prostitution.
Maybe because that would spoil the fun? He wants to be a naughty boy?

A question for Vitter: Have you stopped cheating on your wife?

[mcg]

more on the alleged affair

Congressman is accused of having an alleged affair with prostitute
By Christopher Tidmore June 3, 2002
http://www.louisianaweekly.com/weekly/news/articlegate.pl?20020603p

' Just over one month ago, Vincent Bruno went on statewide radio and alleged that Congressman David Vitter had engaged in an extramarital affair. He refused to provide more details until now.

In what is becoming a high stakes political battle between some of the most prominent members of the Louisiana Republican Party, Bruno has charged that a prostitute, who stated her name to be Wendy Cortez, allegedly confessed to him to having a paid sexual relationship with the Congressman. Two separate and independent sources appear to confirm Bruno's allegation stating that Cortez also recounted to them the details of her alleged affair with Vitter.

Supporters of Vitter flatly deny Bruno's charges. They accuse him of having political motivations, and question the veracity of Cortez's story.

"I know it's not true. I don't give it any credence," says Jim St. Raymond, political consultant to David Vitter.

... '

Tidmore Vindicated, Responds to Vitter Revelations
http://www.thedeadpelican.com/tidvindicated.htm

' Nearly five years ago, Louisiana Weekly columnist Christopher Tidmore reported that David Vitter, while a Louisiana State Representative, had allegedly conducted an eleven month affair with a known prostitute, Wendy Cortez—meeting typically at a small apartment at the corner of Dumaine and Dauphine Streets in the French Quarter.

Despite testimony from four senior Republicans who spoke to Cortez--and direct confirmation from the source--then-Congressman David Vitter accused Tidmore of “crass Louisiana politics, now that I am running for the Senate. I have made that clear that it is all completely untrue...And, it's obviously politically motivated." ...'

[renaissanceguy]

127. Oh but it's a "private matter"

http://www.cafepress.com/liberalissues/479862

[SoFlaJet]

2. DUM DUM DUM DUM

cue the Dragnet music

[Doctor_J]

3. There will be a lot of reborn repukes lining up on this one

this should be big fun

[wordpix]

106. forGIVE me my sins, oh, lord! Who's up next???? rofl

:rofl: :popcorn:

[Fresh_Start]

4. what did Mrs Vitter's have to say about the matter

is the really interesting question

[PassingFair]

6. She understands...

he was merely trying to be "born again" thru the prostitute's vagina.

He was going for the womb.

Believe it. Or not.

[Pastiche423]

55. From this point forward

every time I hear "born again", I am going to think of your words.

[The Backlash Cometh]

78. Someone misled him when they told him that heaven had narrow portals.

He was looking in the wrong place.

[IndianaGreen]

20. Mrs Vitter is a good Xtian woman and as such, she doesn't believe in oral sex

which is probably the reason her hubby went to a prostitute. This is a quite common occurrence in fundie families.

[yardwork]

51. I have to protest. Your post implies that this is somehow Vitter's wife's fault.

No way. This is David Vitter's choice, David Vitter's action, and David Vitter's fault. Not his wife's fault.

Please don't shift the blame to his wife. We don't know anything at all about their sex life, except that the Vitters claim to be devout Catholics. Conservative Catholics believe that the only purpose for sex is procreation. David Vitter has a 0% rating from NARAL due to, among other things, his strong stance against contraception of any kind.

David Vitter is not supposed to enjoy sex for the sake of sex. He's not supposed to want to have sex except to make babies. That's based on his own words and his extremely conservative voting record.

It is particularly hypocritical for David Vitter to have gone to a prostitute. Don't blame this on his wife. If he was having problems with his marriage, he could have turned to his parish priest. That's the belief system that David Vitter espouses.

[IndianaGreen]

52. All those fundie men lie! They like kinky sex and all kinds of sex.

Their equally fundie wives believe in the missionary position, and that sex is not for pleasure, but for procreation.

While the fundie wives are safely tucked away at home, in that wonderful patriarchy that is fundamentalist religion, the men go catting around behind their backs.

We have many fundie conferences in Indianapolis, groups like the Promise Keepers for example. There is always an upsurge in the sex business when those people come around. While some of them are shouting their love for Jay-Zeus, others go seeking paid sex from prostitutes, male and female. It is only when they get caught that they spill that bullshit about sin.

[Ian David]

88. "You are ignoring the author of this thread"

It looks like I made the right call by putting the person you're replying to on my ignore list.

Looks like they're still saying stupid things?

[Ian David]

89. How dare you imply that David Vitter should have sex with his parish priest!

It is particularly hypocritical for David Vitter to have gone to a prostitute. Don't blame this on his wife. If he was having problems with his marriage, he could have turned to his parish priest. That's the belief system that David Vitter espouses.

I'm kidding.

I known that's not what you meant.

[yardwork]

104. Well, actually.......snicker.

[fishnfla]

5. "God and them" hate scumbags

I checked into it

[Skittles]

73. every so often a wayward post just makes me literally LOL

:rofl: fishnfla

[stillcool]

7. he needs to go to a re-hab...

or maybe that's just for indicted pub-pols?
http://www.soilandhealth.org/03sov/0303critic/030304lberg/030304ch17.html

[graegoyle]

14. Doesn't Ted Haggard know of a good re-hab center?

:dilemma:

[stillcool]

50. I sure hope so...

although he might be better suited for a lock-up ward.
http://creoleneworleans.typepad.com/creole_folks/2006/11/more_mess_from_.html

[JoFerret]

8. Guiliani supporter

http://atrios.blogspot.com/2007_07_08_archive.html#250268679654275783

http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DavidVitterTheodoreBOlson/2007/06/11/rudys_adoption_agenda_and_proven_effectiveness&Comments=true

[graegoyle]

9. Oh, man!

:popcorn:

And I don't even like popcorn.

[flamingyouth]

10. Article from the Houston Chronicle:

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/politics/4954902.html

[jfkraus]

11. Bullshit.

The only praying he did way that the list never got exposed.

[JoFerret]

Staunch conservative supporter of protection for marriage

Senate Majority Supports Marriage Protection Amendment
Marriage amendment picks up four Senate votes over ’04
The Hill, April 12, 2006
By James Downing

A majority of the Senate this year will support the Federal Marriage Amendment, an outcome that both the left and the right say will energize their respective bases in November.

In the summer of 2004, the effort to define marriage as between a man and a woman failed in the Senate, on a 48-50 vote. Now that Republicans have increased their majority, the amendment has collected more support. If all senators vote the way they did in 2004 and the freshmen vote as expected, the bill will attract 52 votes — well short of the 67 needed to amend the Constitution.

First-term Sens. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), Mel Martinez (R-Fla.), John Thune (R-S.D.) and David Vitter (R-La.) have all co-sponsored the amendment. These four legislators replaced Democrats who voted against the amendment in 2004.

http://thehill.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Campaign/041206.html

[pacalo]

12. Hahaaaaaahaaaaa! Glad to see that one of the boy king's most faithful bootlickers is on the list!

He represents the Rethug constituency in my state but, in giving credit where it's due, he's kind enough to acknowledge the rest of us whenever we write him long-thought-out pleadings for change. The reply is usually a form letter of praise for the boy king, scorn for Clinton, or a little of both, not remotely addressing the points made in our letters to him.

[Botany]

13. Nice guy ..... Rhodes Scholar and a bigot too.

In June 2006, in line with several of his Republican colleagues in the Senate, Vitter came out strongly in
favor of amending the U.S. Constitution to ban same sex marriages. He said, "I don't believe there's any
issue that's more important than this one ... I think this debate is very healthy, and it's winning a lot of
hearts and minds. I think we're going to show real progress."<3>

At a Lafayette Parish Republican Executive Committee luncheon, Vitter also compared gay marriage to
hurricanes Katrina and Rita, stating, "It's the crossroads where Katrina meets Rita. I always knew I was
against same-sex unions."

[senseandsensibility]

16. Ughh...is that a joke?

I don't get repug humor.

[mcg]

128. Sounds like he's in the closet, probably bi.

"It's the crossroads where Katrina meets Rita."

Maybe he finds gay sex exciting?

[TwilightGardener]

15. oh..my..God--this is so AWESOME!!!!!!!

:wow:

[alcibiades_mystery]

17. D'oh...

Jesus freak, ni doubt.

Expect to hear a veritable chorus about Mary Magdalene, and he who is without sin, etc.

Yeee-ikes.

[graegoyle]

19. Hopefully...

...there will be enough people pointing out that Republicans are always throwing rocks from the porches of their own glass houses.

[IndianaGreen]

18. Another Jimmy Swaggart type of confession!

Off to rehab with him!

[Feron]

54. Just let me tell you...

if it ever came out that Vitter had his trysts at a motel off of Airline Highway...Well it would make this story just THAT much better. :rofl:

[Lee_n_Tenn]

64. HAHA! Yeah there are some definitely seedy motels on Airline Hwy. You must..

live there to know that. I was displaced to TN after the hurricane but from LA.

[LynneSin]

21. Perhaps he can go into rehab - isn't that where right-wing sex sinners go

:eyes:

[JoFerret]

22. Another Vitter gem- NCLB, family privacy and military recruiters

No Child Left Behind Act Invades Family Privacy
Buried deep within Bush's highly touted No Child Left Behind Act is a provision that requires public high schools to hand over private student information to military recruiters. This provision allows minor students to be recruited at home by telephone calls, mail and personal visits. If a school does not comply, it risks losing vital federal education funds. This provision, known as section 9528, was inserted with almost no debate into the No Child Left Behind Act by newly-elected Rep. David Vitter of Louisiana, who learned from the Pentagon that many public schools had strict privacy policies protecting student information from being released to any outside parties, thus preventing aggressive military recruiting. Under Section 9528, the only way to keep children's contact information from military recruiters, is for parents to submit an "opt-out" letter in writing to the school district's superintendent.
Sources: No Child Left Behind Act, SEC. 9528. ARMED FORCES RECRUITER ACCESS TO STUDENTS AND STUDENT RECRUITING INFORMATION; Leave My Child Alone! A Family Privacy Campaign to Protect Our High School Students From Unwanted Military Recruiting

[MidwestTransplant]

23. How does he know God forgave him?

[rudy23]

36. Paypal confirmation # nt

[Orsino]

92. LOL

:yourock:

[SammyWinstonJack]

100. ...

:spray: :evilgrin:

[wordpix]

107. hahahah

[emilyg]

40. God talks to him and Bush.

[BigDDem]

97. Bush relayed the message.

[Bicoastal]

24. Well, I live in Los Angeles, home of mayor Antonio Villa-Raigosa/Salinas...

So I'm savvy enough to realize that womanizing happens on either side of the aisle, by all sorts of "family values" types.

HOWEVER--at least Antonio never had to pay for it.

[JoFerret]

33. It's not the sex

...or even the infidelity...it's the righteous active hypocrisy.

[MADem]

87. Of course, with the GOP, they think it's always about the sex, and they get angry when Democrats

don't HAVE to pay for it!!!

I guess they feel that justifies their hypocrisy.

[MarkInLA]

56. A lot of guys don't "have" to pay - they want to

I hate it when people talk about someone who "had" to pay for sex. Did you ever consider that some guys actually enjoy hiring someone for sex and/or intimacy? I consider it to be a luxury.

And just thinking about Antonio - I highly doubt that he's never utilized the services of an "escort" agency.

[KeepItReal]

62. In the words of 8-Ball and MJG: "Real dogs don't pay for cat."

;-)

[Skittles]

75. LOL

intimacy with someone you pay to fuck ..... r i g h t

[MarkInLA]

108. I'm sorry you lack the imagination for that idea. (n/t)

[Binka]

122. Skittles Doesn't Lack A Damn Thing

Hey Skitt you need to kick this guys ass. :hi:

[Centered]

111. As my friends used to say

You don't pay a hooker to Fuck.... you pay a hooker to LEAVE

[uncle ray]

85. helluva first post there, mark!

welcome.

[MarkInLA]

110. Thank you. (n/t)

[Canuckistanian]

25. OH, no, no,no. You don't get off THAT easy

Or maybe you do.

:evilgrin:

[blitzen]

26. What a surprise!!! Well, actually, not....Vitter's escapades have been public knowledge...

here in LA for several years...He's long since immunized himself by pretty much admitting it and by playing the God card. Doubt if it will mean much to his career--since his presidential aspirations are pretty much long gone.

[lala_rawraw]

27. he preempted the findings...

hahahah, this is good, when feet are to fire they come forward

[autorank]

28. I'm sure God didn't forgive him, not without a little lecture on HYPOCRACY...

... like, "Hey, Dave, you're so pitiful about getting laid. It ever occur to you that the ethnic
cleansing you and your pals are doing in NOLA is a huge sin, get it Dave. It's really not about
you or your dalliance, it's about screwing 200,000 people over so they can't come home. So Dave,
get laid more often but stop screwing people out of their homes and culture."

[L. Coyote]

29. HELLO God. "I asked for and received forgiveness from God ..."

This guy is really well-connected, having both God and the whorehouse on the speed-dial. :rofl:

[Haole Girl]

59. lol!

:rofl:

[SammyWinstonJack]

101. Which # did he dial first?

:evilgrin:

[jwirr]

30. If I am not mistaken Bill asked and received forgiveness to but it

did not make any difference to them then.

[caligirl]

31. This story is flying across the country folks. Hot.

[L. Coyote]

69. WA POST: "a lengthy affair with a prostitute in New Orleans's French Quarter"

Senator's Number on 'Madam' Phone List
By Shailagh Murray
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, July 10, 2007; Page A03
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/09/AR2007070902030.html?hpid=topnews

Vitter is in his first Senate term after serving six years in the House. During his Senate campaign, Vitter was accused by a member of the Louisiana Republican State Central Committee of carrying on a lengthy affair with a prostitute in New Orleans's French Quarter.

In a radio interview, Vitter called the allegation "absolutely and completely untrue" and dismissed it as "just crass Louisiana politics."

....

Vitter and his wife, Wendy, a former prosecutor, have four children. On his Senate Web site, Vitter says he is committed to "advancing mainstream conservative principles" and notes that he has his wife are lectors at their hometown church.

[aquart]

32. Is this stuff dribbling out?

Where do I find it? Are we getting one a day? A week?

[emilyg]

42. List of phone numbers on her site,

[Orsino]

91. Yeah, it'll dribble out in the media...

...until They find a Democrat on the list, so They can cover the story as a bipartisan scandal.

[CBHagman]

34. Oh, the line forms on the right, babe...

(Sorry, Bobby Darin, Bertolt Brecht, and Kurt Weill, wherever you are.)

[johnnyrocket]

35. A REPUBLICAN IN A SEX SCANAL!?!?!?!!?

Outrageous!

[jgraz]

38. Scanal? I think she charges extra for that...

:hide:

[Oddly Stevenson]

68. Well played.

[Gelliebeans]

37. Oh this will be good

:popcorn:

[jgraz]

39. Here's what I can't figure out...

Why on earth would a prostitute want people to know she'd slept with Republicans?

[salinen]

41. He's already received forgiveness from God

in fact, he was asking for forgiveness during his "session". He could be heard screaming "Oh God, "Oh God, "Oh God"

[jgraz]

43. Too bad God won't ever forgive him for being a Rethug

[LeftishBrit]

119. While I don't believe in God, I do think...

that being a Bush-loving politician is fairly unforgivable in anyone, but for a Louisiana representative worse - he is making a career out of kissing the rear end of someone who is responsible for basically fiddling while New Orleans drowned.

[L. Coyote]

70. God, his wife, his four children, and he are still dicsussing this, according to his office

"Out of respect for my family, I will keep my discussion of the matter there -- with God and them."

[bluestateguy]

44. But Brian Ross at ABC said there were no interesting names on the list.

Fucking corporate media whores.

[Justitia]

46. No kidding. Gee, how did Brian Ross miss a fucking US SENATOR?? Convenient, no? -eom

[NonRepuke]

45. Boot him!

I don't even care that he did this. However I will not stand for the hypocrisy. Republican supporters on the national level will need to call for his immediate removal.

[Harry Monroe]

47. Fuck you, Vitter

Spare us your sanctamonious bullshit!!! You want forgiveness, help those people in New Orleans. They are a part of Louisiana, a state you are supposed to be representing, you know.

[neuvocat]

60. You do have a point:

he's bellyaching and saying "OH BOO-HOO-HOO I FEEL ASHAMED!!!" when people are probably still drowning down there. Yep. Pretty insensitive of him. Seriously.

[last_texas_dem]

77. Vitter doesn't have to worry about "those people", though

His party has already been successful in heaping most of the blame for the response to Katrina on the Louisiana Democrats, and the loss of black New Orleans Dems to other states only helped speed up LA's shift towards becoming a solid red state. The only folks Vitter has to worry about are his Repug fundy base, and most of them couldn't care less how big of a hypocrite and "sinner" Vitter is as long as he invokes God at every available opportunity.

[wordpix]

109. what, help out NO when he could be visiting a prostitute? You can't expect him

to actually work after he's elected, can you? :sarcasm:

[MiserableFailure]

48. scumbag

Vitter vitter bo bitter banana fana fo fitter, me mi mo mitter, dipshit.

[Mz Pip]

49. Playing the God card

How transparent. He got caught.

Can just one of these turds just be honest and say they were horny and got laid and not bring God into it?

Mz Pip
:dem:

[go west young man]

53. Boy I didn't expect the list to bear fruit right away but I'm so glad it did.

One more hypocrite exposed. That reminds me was Mark Foley ever prosecuted for his attempts to solicit a minor for sex over the internet? A federal offense I do believe. The MSM seems to have given him and Haggert a free pass. Oh yeah I forgot they asked forgiveness and praised the Lord while getting some quick counseling. That was convenient.

[johncoby2]

57. The GOP: GROSS OLD PERVERTS!!!!! eom

[antiimperialist]

58. Hiring prostitutes is a crime. Will Vitter go to jail?

I'd be sent to jail if I was caught hiring a hooker.

[L. Coyote]

71. Pick a hooker first. He has his New Orleans relationship too.

[PittPoliSci]

61. BWWWWWWAHAHAHA and so it begins!

[Lee_n_Tenn]

63. It figures he would be on the list. That guy is a scum. I am from LA and he is a lying filth. N/T

[daleo]

65. I googled to see if I could find a statement by him about Clinton-Lewinsky

I haven't come up with anything yet. In time, I suppose someone will track something down. It should prove interesting.

[stopbush]

66. Gee. A Republican, Xian hypocrite. Anyone surprised?

[Oddly Stevenson]

67. Gay marriage stance

David Vitter believes a marriage should only be between a man, a woman, and a prostitute.

[ProudDad]

72. I really don't give a sh*t

who anyone sleeps with, that's their business.

I DO abhor hypocrisy though.

I wonder which this is...

[PaDUer]

74. Freeper comments

and they're busy downloading the files...lol..

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1863368/posts

[The Backlash Cometh]

76. Damn. Another Republican slips through our fingers because of the

"Found Jesus" Defense.

[MalloyLiberal]

79. Full records are on mininova

But as usual all politicans are unlisted. So you'd have to be with the AP to find out what number it belongs to.

[Lindsey]

81. Shouldn't he also be in trouble for breaking the law and going to a

prostitute? Also, as far as the mayor of L.A. goes, it's not the Democrats who are drumming the "family values" bullshit. It's NONE OF MY BUSINESS EXCEPT WHEN the hypocrits do it and then IT IS MY BUSINESS.

[JCMach1]

80. More to come no doubt...!

What else was ABC trying to whitewash...?

[LeftishBrit]

82. One thing I find hard to understand here...

is how, post-Katrina, there can even BE any Louisiana Republicans?

[WritersBlock]

83. VITTER?!? *MY* Senator?!? My *REPUBLICAN* Senator???!???

Bhawwhahhahahahhahahhahahh!!!



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:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:
:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:
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:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:

[underpants]

90. What happened to "no names of importance" from the press?

a US SENATOR isn't of importance????

:eyes:

[WritersBlock]

93. Tell me about it

[Justitia]

114. Yeah, so much for the ballyhooed "Investigative Reporting Unit" (Brian Ross) of ABC! -eom

[Alexander]

124. The ABC documentary even said "NO members of Congress" were on the list.

So now we know ABC will lie to protect names.

What else will they lie about?

[Eugene]

84. Ah! It was a youthful indiscretion.

:eyes: :rofl: :eyes: :rofl:

Show me a family values conservative and I'll show you a hypocrite.

[MADem]

86. A SERIOUS SIN, eh??? Sounds like an opportunity for a Democratic challenger, come the end of his

term!!!

Now, who did he consort with, and what, precisely, did they do??? No atoning without DETAILS, now!! And even at that, we'll forgive you as quickly as your sort forgave Bill Clinton...how's that for a heckuva deal, eh?

[Vinca]

94. Wiping coffee from screen. This is going to get good.

:rofl:

[Judi Lynn]

95. Photo from Vitter's website: Vitter, the Missus, kids, and Dick Cheney. Awwwww.

~~~~ click ~~~~

~~~~ click ~~~~

With wife & kids at New Iberia

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[JoFerret]

96. Vitter now without penis

Asked by an interviewer in 2000 whether she could forgive her husband if she learned he'd had an extramarital affair, as Hillary Clinton and Bob Livingston's wife had done, Wendy Vitter told the Times-Picayune: "I'm a lot more like Lorena Bobbitt than Hillary. If he does something like that, I'm walking away with one thing, and it's not alimony, trust me."

http://dir.salon.com/story/news/feature/2004/10/29/lousiana_race/index.html?pn=3

[SammyWinstonJack]

102. Yikes. So did she follow up on those words? Or is she a hypocrite also?

:yoiks:

[LeftHander]

98. "Several years ago"??? Jan 22-Aug 22 2006 phone numbers...

I don't think that this is "several" years ago....stinking hypocrite , Repuke Family Values liar.

[yardwork]

105. He's probably mixed up about which prostitute list this is.

He's on so many, he can't keep track.

[mcg]

126. The deceptive implication that he stopped paying prostitutes.

Notice that he didn't say that he stopped, he implied it.
Questions for Vitter:

Have you stopped cheating on your wife?

Have you stopped paying prostitutes for sex?

[JerseygirlCT]

99. Out of respect for your wife... right.

And your hope to continue in a political career supporting the sanctimonious right-wing zealot agenda. Best if we don't talk about your checkered past anymore, right?

[shireen]

112. let's not judge this guy, OK?

I love scandalous salacious details as much as the next person (who would never admit it) but I satisfy that guilty pleasure by watching soaps!

But this is real life.

I don't know if he's one of those self-righteous pious pompous jerks, but even if he is, his personal life is not our business.

Besides, i think prostitution should be legalized--that way those girls and guys can get some decent health benefits, unionize, and operate in a safe environment!

[oberliner]

115. But our personal life is his business?

In June 2006, Vitter came out strongly in favor of amending the U.S. Constitution to ban same sex marriages. He said, "I don't believe there's any issue that's more important than this one ... I think this debate is very healthy, and it's winning a lot of hearts and minds. I think we're going to show real progress."

http://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/06/06/same.sex.marriage/

[shireen]

117. no need for us to sink to his level. nt

[ljm2002]

121. Oh for heaven's sake...

...Puhleeze! It is not "sinking to his level" to point out the rank hypocrisy he displays by promoting "family values" while screwing around on his own wife.

Damn straight we should be shouting from the rooftops. If an idiot who lives in a glass house will throw stones at me, I'll throw 'em right back.

Please get over the appeasement mind set. It is killing our side. Really.

[Amimnoch]

125. I certainly agree.

I also agree that prostitution should be legalized. Whatever consenting adults do is their own business, and shouldn't be the business of the government on any level.

However, here you have a man who has made his public platform slamming homosexuals, and was even a cosponsor of the "Defense of Marriage Act" to put an amendment in our own constitution to promote hate and segregation. The whole basis of his promoting that act was that "marriage is a sacred institution deserving respect and protection" while at the same time, as a married man himself with children was going out and banging prostitutes.

That is VERY worthy of our judgement, and condemnation imo.

[Alexander]

129. "It's the hypocrisy, stupid!"

I don't care if Vitter screws around with prostitutes.

I do care when he beats his chest and gets all indignant about the "sanctity of marriage" and then turns out to be a hypocritical scumbag.

[xchrom]

113. your tax dollars and republick party family values at work, baby!

[slampoet]

116. Vitter should loose his security clearance.

ANYONE who goes to hookers (even for "massages") leaves themselves open to blackmail.


Therefore they can't be trusted not to sell out our country's secrets.


The EXACT same reasoning has been used to keep gays out of the military and intelligence services for 60 years or more.

[guitar man]

118. Impeach him

it seems that his "sin" is the only impeachable offense left :eyes:

[kwolf68]

120. No one will care

Vitter will just say he has sinned, shed some tears, say Jeebus forgave him and he has seen the light and he'll continue to plunder.

[Amimnoch]

123. ROFL, and he was a co-sponsor of the Defense of Marriage Act!

What a frggin hypocrite! This jerk was one of the ones who co-sponsored the Defense of Marriage Act spouting all kinds of bull manure about how marriage is a sacred institution deserving respect and protection.