Vitter hides as the Senate GOP circles its wagons

[babylonsister]

:evilgrin:

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/vitter-hides-as-the-senate-gop-circles-its-wagons-2007-07-11.html

Vitter hides as the Senate GOP circles its wagons
By Elana Schor and Sam Youngman
July 11, 2007

Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) was Capitol Hill’s invisible man yesterday, lying low even as his ties to the notorious “D.C. Madam” threatened to become a political crisis for the conservative lawmaker.

Vitter acknowledged late Monday that he had contacted the high-end escort service of Deborah Jeane Palfrey before his 2004 Senate campaign. But Vitter’s apology hardly quelled the controversy, prompting Hustler publisher Larry Flynt to claim credit for unmasking Vitter as part of his million-dollar search for congressional sex scandals.

Normally a fixture at the GOP’s weekly policy lunch, Vitter was nowhere to be found yesterday, and most sources believed the freshman senator remained in Louisiana to avoid the press onslaught. Vitter’s office did not return repeated calls for comment on his presence in Palfrey’s phone records, which were publicly released last Thursday.

Meanwhile, Flynt touted the conservative’s confession in a statement that claimed his investigators were the first to link Vitter to Palfrey. Flynt said through his agent that Hustler contacted Vitter for a response Monday at 5 p.m., only to see the senator’s office release a statement to the Associated Press (AP) “in an attempt to get ahead of the story.”

Playing up Vitter’s strong defense of anti-gay marriage legislation, Flynt crowed that his “ongoing investigation into the dirty secrets of prominent elected officials has exposed another hypocrite.”

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[eleny]

1. I'm most curious about what the people of Louisiana will say and do

[wakeme2008]

2. What about his wife

His wife, Wendy, was asked by the Newhouse News reporter: If her husband was as unfaithful as former President Bill Clinton, would she be as forgiving as Hillary Clinton?

“I’m a lot more like Lorena Bobbitt than Hillary,” Wendy Vitter told Newhouse News. “If he does something like that, I’m walking away with one thing, and it’s not alimony, trust me.”

“I think fear is a very good motivating factor in a marriage,” she added. “Don’t put fear down.”

[babylonsister]

6. Ouch! I'll bet she might regret saying that, if they remain married. nt

[Cha]

7. wendy vitter sounds like

a real motivator.. x( someone you would never think of going to a prostitute, if you had her at home.

[firefox_fan]

9. But he did. He admitted it. Is she gonna cut it off?

[babylonsister]

12. If so, EVERYONE would cover politics that day!

:rofl:

[firefox_fan]

14. Hope she does it, frankly.

[Swamp Rat]

3. tar and feather

:D

[eleny]

8. Do you need some help?

:evilgrin:

I'm curious about what LA does in the case of a resignation!

[RB TexLa]

10. He's not going to resign, this will have no effect on him come election time

[babylonsister]

16. I don't know about that; I think the full story has yet to come out. nt

[Swamp Rat]

11. We are too busy, in New Orleans, worrying about our broken and un-repaired levees,

and all the broken water pumps Jeb Bush's business partner sold us.

If y'all don't mind helping us destroy this reptile, we'd be much obliged. ;)

[Cha]

4. The real news would

be..Where's vitter's wifey poo?

[loyalkydem]

5. This is the same

man who had the nerve to criticize Clinton

[Tarheel_Dem]

17. Yes...his advice to Clinton was that he should do the honorable

thing, like Bob Livingston, and resign. Should he now take his own advice? I remember all the Repub moralists saying that Clinton had lost his "moral authority" to lead the country. Hope we'll hear the same from those quarters.

[LittleClarkie]

13. Larry might be a sleaze bag, but damn it, he's OUR sleaze bag

Thanks Larry.

[firefox_fan]

15. But but... on CNN he said he received forgiveness from his wife!!!

WTF?