Aaaw.. Vitter has a staunch DEFENDER

[SoCalDem]

http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/8448272.html

Maier says she defends Vitter

Associated Press photo
Jeanette Maier, a former madam in New Orleans, said Tuesday Vitter was a client of her brothel. She described Vitter as a 'decent guy' and said "It wasn't all about dirty, raunchy, crazy sex."

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Ex-N.O. madam protests allegation

By GERARD SHIELDS
Advocate Washington bureau
Published: Jul 12, 2007 - Page: 1A

WASHINGTON — The former madam of a New Orleans brothel who contends U.S. Sen. David Vitter was a frequent customer in the 1990s said Wednesday she is going public to protect the Louisiana Republican. Jeannette Maier, 48, pleaded guilty in 2002 to running the Canal Street brothel, where men paid up to $300 a visit. Maier didn’t like the way Vitter was being portrayed after he acknowledged Monday that his phone number appeared in the records of an escort service run by the woman dubbed the “D.C. Madam,” she said.

“Here’s a woman trying to bring this man down as only a number,” Maier said. “Just because people visit a whorehouse doesn’t make them a bad person. “It’s crazy that this is even an issue,” Maier added. “Ninety-nine percent of the people I slept with were married. So what?” Maier, who said she didn’t have sex with Vitter, added, “He’s a good man and we’re looking at the man, not his penis.”

Maier’s attorney in the brothel case, Vinny Mosca, isn’t so sure Vitter was a customer of Maier’s business. He issued a statement Wednesday saying Vitter’s name never came up in the federal investigation into the brothel, a statement backed up by U.S. Attorney Jim Letten. “David Vitter’s name was never picked up on a government wiretap nor is it listed in any transcript or court document as part of the Canal Street brothel case,” Mosca said Wednesday. Montgomery Blair Sibley is the attorney for Deborah Jeane Palfrey, the D.C. Madam. Vitter’s phone number, with the date Feb. 27, 2001, was on the list of up to 15,000 customers making more than 59,000 calls extending back to 1993, Sibley said.

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Meanwhile, a Washington, D.C., citizens group said it may call for an ethics complaint to be filed against Vitter. Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, a left-leaning group, said it is considering the move. “If the first-term senator engaged in prostitution, that is a violation of the law,” Melanie Sloan, the group’s executive director, said in a statement. “Under both the Senate and House ethics rules, violations of criminal law can represent conduct that does not reflect credibility on the House and Senate.”The group noted that the complaint would have to be filed by a senator.

Vitter has remained out of sight since his statement was released. His spokesman, Joel DiGrado, said Wednesday the senator was in Metairie with his family and would have no further comment on the subject.

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[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. she's only 48? damn, she looks worn out.

I guess diapers will do that to you.

[churchofreality]

2. I'd hit that

[Bluebear]

27. We're all relieved to know

[churchofreality]

29. Just kidding, you see that mug?

[Bluebear]

30. No accounting for taste

I was worried about you for a second there :rofl:

[churchofreality]

31. Go Sox!

[liberalpragmatist]

3. Hey, I think prostitution should be legal...

... but I frown on people cheating on a spouse or significant other. And, more importantly, it's the HYPOCRISY. This is a man who would probably vote to shut you down, lady. And who campaigned on the "sanctity of marriage" and abstinence.

[maxsolomon]

4. so what, "former" madam?

Vitter is hoist by his own petard.

you can't stay in seclusion in Metairie forever, Dave. you got to go back to DC to prop up *.

[SoCalDem]

5. Wouldn't you love to be a fly on the wall in THAT house ?

:rofl:

that said, i DO feel sorry for his kids.. they did nothing wrong, and they will suffer for Dad's weirdness..

[Raven]

8. Yes, pretty awful for his family...even his wife. How do you ever

get over something like this?

[SoCalDem]

9. You DON'T.. If you are smart, you move away, change your name, and move on

but too many women just stay with the creep because they are too scared to go it alone..

[Swamp Rat]

11. I thought his wife was going to do a Lorena Bobbitt on him.

At least, she said something about emulating Lorena if he ever got caught. :shrug:

[11 Bravo]

34. She was going to, but he had the brains to hide the tweezers and the fingernail clipper.

[Raven]

6. I missed the thing about diapers...what is that all about?

I lived in DC in the early 70's and had some contact with politics. Believe me, sex outside of marriage was blatant. Power is a sex magnet and to people there, it's business as usual...until you get caught.

[Mz Pip]

7. Didn't have sex with him?

Okay so what did he pay $300 for?

Mz Pip
:dem:

[NV Whino]

15. Expensive diapers

[NewJeffCT]

16. I can think of a few things

He can claim he didn't have sex with that woman, he only wore a diaper while she spanked him and forced him to call her, "The Decider."

I'm sure that wouldn't come cheaply...

[Az]

10. Of course that is going to be her attitude

People who go to prostitutes are quite often very decent people. Thats not the problem though. Its that he was blasting others for moral failings, particularly sexual issues, all the while partaking in the same manner of activity he was decrying.

Its the hypocrisy not the act itself. I personally believe that prostitution should be legal, regulated, and safe. I don't care if someone goes to a prostitute. Its when they tell others that they shouldn't do the things they do and keep their actions secret that it becomes a problem.

Hypocrisy sucks.

[shain from kane]

14. He never gave her a bad check, or counterfeit money.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

20. beautifully stated, nice post.

and I agree with all parts of it.

The streak of puritanism that remains a nasty part of our culture is destructive. War is good, sex is bad. Violence on TV is great, but show a nipple, even a worn out with with a nipple ring like Jackson's, and the fines and penalties start coming.

[SoCalDem]

21. I am not against prostitution either.. just the hypocritic "johns"

who claim to be religious and have the power to make other people's proclivities illegal, while secretly indulging in the same things, themselves.:grr:

I LOVE it when they get caught :)

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

25. Yeah

it's like a GOP person say they are against abortion, and yet when their mistress gets pregnant, they pay for the procedure and keep it hush hush. Or a person saying that all illegal aliens should be deported--except for their Guatamalan maid who doesn't have a green card.

[Arkansas Granny]

12. This comment made me wonder:

Maier’s attorney in the brothel case, Vinny Mosca, isn’t so sure Vitter was a customer of Maier’s business. He issued a statement Wednesday saying Vitter’s name never came up in the federal investigation into the brothel, a statement backed up by U.S. Attorney Jim Letten. “David Vitter’s name was never picked up on a government wiretap nor is it listed in any transcript or court document as part of the Canal Street brothel case,” Mosca said Wednesday.

Do most men who visit a brothel give their actual names? I would have thought that they would use some sort of an alias.

[Sweet Freedom]

19. If it wasn't true, I think Vitter would've denied it. /nt

[karlrschneider]

13. If it ain't dirty, raunchy and crazy

they ain't doin' it right.


:rofl:

[Sapere aude]

17. Vitter was a hypocrite. He talked family values while whoring around.

If he only whored around I wouldn't care a bit about it.

[orleans]

18. (maybe i'm not getting this but...) she wants to defend vitter so much

she lets the world know he was seeing hookers in Louisiana!

to me that just piles on to the d.c. business.

it's like: thanks for trying to be my friend, but please stop trying to do me any favors.

[marions ghost]

24. LOL yeah

that little catch 22 was the first thing I thought.

Hmmm, Gee thanks for defending me Madam, but could you please...uh...GET LOST please.

She argues, "This is about the man, not his penis." Well, why does he like to tell others what to do with theirs, then? A proponent of anti-gay marriage legislation, abstinence only school programs, and the impeachment of Bill Clinton doesn't have much by way of defense, no matter how many Madams say he's "a good guy."

[BurtWorm]

28. I get the sense that she gets that sense.

;)

[Bitwit1234]

22. How much money can I make from this book......the republicans will buy it...........

[Elidor]

23. I'm sure he appreciates the endorsement

Vitter - prostitute tested, prostitute approved!

[Bluebear]

26. "It wasn't *****all***** about dirty, raunchy, crazy sex." - just mostly. nt

[SpiralHawk]

32. I'm Sure Bill Felafel O'Rielly will come out of the water closet in his defense

After all, republicon perverts have to stick together, right Rush?

[goodgd_yall]

33. Not "dirty, raunchy, crazy"

Just missionary position? How boring.

[DemoTex]

35. We're looking at the "John," not his "Johnson."

Madam Vitter: “He’s a good man and we’re looking at the man, not his penis.”

:rofl: