(Senator) Vitter defends Southern influence in GOP, slams Voinovich

[sabra]

Source: CNN

WASHINGTON (CNN) – Sen. David Vitter of Louisiana slammed fellow Republican George Voinovich Wednesday for saying the GOP's problems stem from the fact that it is "being taken over by Southerners," calling the Ohio senator "a moderate, really wishy-washy."

"I'm on the side of conservatives getting back to core conservative values," Vitter told the Washington Times. "There are a lot of us from the South who hold those values, which I think the party is supposed to be about. We strayed from them in the past few years, and that's why we performed so badly in the national elections."

"(Voinovich is…) a moderate, really wishy-washy," he said.

Voinovich, who has decided not to run for re-election next year, told a newspaper in his home state that Southern dominance of the GOP was hurting the party elsewhere.

"We got too many Jim DeMints and Tom Coburns," Voinovich told the Columbus Dispatch Monday. "It's the Southerners….

Read more: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/07/29/vitter-defends-southern-influence-in-gop-slams-voinovich/

[KamaAina]

1. Tom Coburns?

Oklahoma doesn't really consider itself part of the South. But "what the hell has that got to do with Ohio?" :eyes:

[DefenseLawyer]

6. Geographically, maybe not

Although its close neighbor Texas is certainly considered part of the south. But, having been to Oklahoma many more times than I care to admit, it is certainly as redneck, for lack of a better term, as anywhere I have ever been. No offense.

[Blaze Diem]

11. I liken the ignorance of Okie redneckians more to Arkansas than Texas.

Texas is its own altered state..but then there's that NEastern corner that should be included in the redneck circular swath of OK & Arkansas.

Palin Country.

[harmonicon]

37. Whether or not Oklahoma considers itself part of the south doesn't matter: it is

[Laelth]

2. Popcorn time!

I love it when Republicans engage in the circular firing squad.

:popcorn:

:dem:

-Laelth

[left coaster]

3. "core conservative values"

..which includes your choice of Pampers or Huggies... right, Dave?

[The Wizard]

41. Or hoods and sheets (nt)

[LaurenG]

4. Vitter?

he's just a sex junkie and should be asked to step down.

[annabanana]

30. Yup. . Diaper Davie. . . n/t

[rockymountaindem]

5. As long as the Republicans believe they aren't conservative enough

they'll be stamping their ticket to minority status. I'm not like some people around here who think that the majority of Americans are "progressive" (however we all choose to define that term), but we as a country are certainly not nearly as conservative as people like Haley Barbour, DeMint and others think we are.

[AlinPA]

13. They can keep moving to the conservative hard right, it is being rejected.

[ashling]

7. He follwed up this statement with a spirited defense of

wearing diapers on the floor of the senate, arranging for Hookers from the floor of the senate .....

[Soylent Brice]

8. where does diaper dave get off saying anything about anyone???

[Rebubula]

9. Please...

...GO AWAY VITTER!

Or better yet...keep doing what you are doing...it is good humor material.

[livetohike]

10. Even more GOP infighting

Their convention should be worthy of more than the usual laughs :hi:.

[Blaze Diem]

12. betcha they bring in spokesmodel wannabe Palin to finish themselves off.

It will be painful

[livetohike]

16. They are a party of bumper stickers - a national joke

It's really bad - in my 57 years of GOP bashing, this is truly pitiful.

[Blaze Diem]

20. lol..57 yrs of GOP Bashing...Is there a Lifetime Achievement Award for you?

I've only been at it, although loyally, for about 30 yrs myself.

[livetohike]

22. ROFL . I was born a Democrat

My dad was pretty active in the local politics. I spent the first five years of my life in a house full of adults (we lived with my Grandma and aunt and uncles) - all Democrats. It feels like all of my 57 years have been spent bashing the GOP because I never heard anyone say anything good about them my whole life :-).

[Blaze Diem]

27. Sounds like my family. My mom was the vocal one. A pro union lady. Hubert Humphrey. Kennedys

Dems to the bone. I'm just a bit younger than you I guess. But I did always want to be a Flower Child..anti-establishment..Funny that as I grew into real adulthood, everything my mom said about the GOP remained true.

Actually I've never heard anything good about the GOP either.

Nice to meet you.

[livetohike]

42. Nice to meet you too!

:hi: My Dad was a WWII navy vet, Steelworker, Union grievance man, and I sure miss talking politics with him - he passed in Nov. 2004 a few days after Dumbo was elected (my Dad's name for him).

Flower Child, it's more than just an era - it's in your heart :-).

[Blaze Diem]

45. Flower Child, it's more than just an era - it's in your heart ..awwww that's beautiful ..

I actually became a florist. My profession. I could do it every day for the rest of my life & be perfectly content.
Who knew ??

My father passed away 2 years ago. he was 84, an airplane mechanic in the army/air force. He was a piano player..and a farmer. Salt of the earth. Many of that generation were.

The day the Trade Center Towers Fell he watched and quietly said, "Bush did this". I never questioned his wisdom and believe him to this day.

I also miss talking politics, with my mom, now 84 and in a retirement home. She needs round the clock care but is the first to start the political discussion whenever I call. She keeps up to date as best she can but its not the same since we are on opposite borders of the country.. I miss those times also.

Have a good night.
peace

[livetohike]

49. Bless your Mom

:hug: How lucky you are to find your calling - to work with beautiful things all day long!

Your Dad and my Dad are probably having a shot and a beer together now :-).

[garthranzz]

14. I wouldn't mind Vitter's flubs except he keeps embarrassing my state

Between Jindal, Vitter and Nagin (a "former" Republican), Louisiana doesn't need to do much else to embarrass itself - even with horrible schools, etc.

[MessiahRp]

15. LOL Voinovich should be able to take Senator Pampers pretty easily...

After all the evidence that they are all crazy right wing ideologues is overwhelming and he is, well, Senator Pampers.

Rp

[onehandle]

17. Fight! Fight! Fight!

Idiots.

[gratuitous]

23. "Wishy-washy"? You gonna take that, George?

Let Diaper Dave have it with both barrels! You don't need to take that from some Lou-eez-ee-anna no account!

[Pharlo]

18. Certainly does make you wonder which

'family values' the Southern Conservatives are supporting when their sole defender and spokesperson is Diaper Dave.

Then again, what can you expect from the group whose main DC religious support stems from the C Street 'Family' Brothel.

[Divine Discontent]

19. Voinovich was the only GOPer I've ever voted for. He's a decent man. Sorry to see him leave a party

that needs him badly! HA... He is right, and wow, he actually said what many of us DEMS say, that the Senate right-wing nuts like DeMint & Coburn are the nastiest people, and here a sitting Republican US Senator said it!!!!

SWEET!

A toast to Voinovich for sometimes growing a spine against W, and now for saying this. I hope though, sorry Mr. Voinovich (but maybe you want it to happen too), that another Democrat like your junior colleague, wins the seat!

[WCGreen]

34. I always thought Voinovich was a non descript political figure...

When the powers that be were looking to eviscerate Cleveland after the Kucinich years, they choose George in the name of business first, business second and business third. He said yep and let Cleveland Trust and Sam Miller rob the city blind along with the help of The Plain Dealer while he blindly looked the other way...

You know why the school systems in Ohio are in the business of raising money via the ballot box and not in the business of educating our childre? Ask Voinocih about the HB920 that he ioned to decouple millage for schools from the rate of inflation.

I never voted for that prick and never will...

[MidwestTransplant]

21. Oh yes, Vitter and Sanford are staples of those core Southern values of which he speaks.

[damntexdem]

24. Yeah, how many diapers has Voinovich added to the debate?

Of course, Voinovich doesn't care because he's not running again.

But I'm happy to see that Republics are getting along so well among themselves. ;-)

[Hubert Flottz]

25. Dave Vitter knows his ______(fill in the blank.)

[Jack Rabbit]

28. Diapers.

[Hubert Flottz]

33. A tiny curse on Dumplin' Davy...

May he be visited 24/7 by thousands of tiny carnivores in the unterdrawers.

Edit...Wot's that we stuff Dave, do you have a dumplin' in your pocket?

[opihimoimoi]

50. Its become compulsive...He needs his shit to finish the tryst else all is lost

stitches out but still pinned. it comes out in a few more days.

working on a dvd for you and others...hang on...

opi

[Hubert Flottz]

52. 10-4 on the DVD

Dave Vitter is the GOP's top mouthpiece now I guess. GOP = Turds-R-Us...The GOPers all act like they have the mother of all diaper rash!

[GodlyDemocrat]

26. The GOP really is pursuing not a 50 state strategy, but a 0 state strategy n/t

[GreenTea]

29. Republicans keep their hateful lying greedy pigs in line cuz they'll eat their own in a heartbeat if

a ideological republican pig member says anything remotely near the truth or strays in any way away from the slimy lying republican corporate fascist agenda.

[Hubert Flottz]

39. The sad thing about the present day GOP...

They ALL stink so damned that bad, that they never even noticed Dave's dirty diaper!

What do Dave, the GOP and Dave's diapers, have in common?

1. They always stink.
2. They're always on someone's ass.
3. They're always full of sh!t!

[KamaAina]

31. This Vitter thread brought to you by...

[opihimoimoi]

51. LOL...you guys are killing me....

Pampered, Diapered, and Full of Shit = "Bring her in"

[Arkana]

32. Keep devouring yourselves, GOPers.

[Divine Discontent]

43. I love seeing mod-repubs ditching the party because it leaves the wackjobs like Vitter/Coburn etc nt

[Laf.La.Dem.]

35. DO NOT pick on my Vitter

You guys MUST stop picking on my beloved David Vitter (He has asked for our forgiveness):puke:

[nolabear]

36. How far south IS Alaska anyway?

C'mon...I'm grew up in Mississippi and Louisiana and Lord yes, those states will make your head swim with the stubborn, ignorant, pit bulls in both Old Spice AND lipstick that they can elect, but if you think the demise of the GOP is purely a Southern thang, y'all are ignoring a WHOLE lot of Ohio, Idaho, Arizona, Utah, Oklahoma and, for God's sake, Palin Country!

[frylock]

38. core republican values, like wearing a diaper to the whorehouse..

nobody cares what you think, mister poopypants.

[notadmblnd]

40. Vitter says they need to get back to core conserative values....

would that be donning a diaper and paying prostitutes to play mommy with him?

Such a joke:rofl:

[Cha]

44. Oh, go change your diapers, vitter..

come back and leave your hypocricy at the door and then you wouldn't have a damn thing to say.

[InkAddict]

46. LOL - Gotta luv Ohio's carpetbaggers....

:headbang: :banghead:

[David Zephyr]

47. David Vitter, The Diaper Shitter.

Spread it around.

[VWolf]

48. OMG I read "Vitter defends" as "Vitter depends"

:rofl:

[yellowcanine]

53. Gooper Food Fight Alert! Heh. Tom Davis has joined the fun also.

Tells Chris Matthews the GOP has become the party of Southerners and rural folk.

[sofa king]

54. Yes! Go South!

As a Virginian, I'm now proud to view Southern conservatives with the lofty contempt formerly enjoyed only by states North of me. I hope Southern Republicans win, but that the GOP manages to limp along as a regional party that pretends to be in touch with the rest of the nation (as they already do).