The sad part of this is that in LA, Vitter's numbers may actualy go up

[Perky]

Louisiana has a long tradition of sex scandals going back to the Long Family......They eat it up down there...

[annabanana]

1. Yeah.. apparently at least, he's not gay. . . . . . .n/t

[BlooInBloo]

7. We know they don't provide male escorts *how*, exactly?

[ClassWarrior]

2. I don't mind having an enduring poster child for Rape-Publican...

...immorality and corruption.

:evilgrin:

NGU.

[juajen]

3. You might want to quit painting with that broad brush.

It was front page news in our local Lafayette paper. Not good for Vitter.

[Perky]

4. That is great news..

Butyou have to admit Louisian politicians and women of ill-repute have a colorful and scandalouse histroy and it never really damaged the politician.


It is a different era now to be sure.

[mikeytherat]

5. "...the Long Family......They eat it up down there..."

Must. Not. Make. Joke. So. Tempted. But. Must. Not. Make. Joke.

:hide:

mikey_the_rat

[Perky]

8. down boy down

It wan not intentional......:rofl:

[Perky]

9. down boy down

It wan not intentional......:rofl:

[Jacobin]

6. To suggest that sex scandals are any more prevalent

in Louisiana than elsewhere is just silly.

JFK was a huge split tail chaser. I seem to recall he was from the Northeast.

Its all in who is caught and what the media is doing at the time.

[monarch]

10. JFK's peccadilloes were not reported at the time, so

we have no way of knowing whether sex scandals might have hurt him in his various elections. The point made by the OP was that widely-known scandals in LA seemed to enhance rather than diminish reputations.