Disgraced Senator Caught In DC Madam Scandal Speaks Out - Plays The Victim Card And Refuses To Resign
By Logan Murphy Sunday Jul 15, 2007 5:59pm
Moments ago, Republican Senator David Vitter held his first press conference since his admission that he cheated on his wife by using an escort service in Washington D.C.. Vitter claims he is the victim of his political enemies and just like all good, hypocritical Republicans these days, he's not going to the right thing. Instead of resigning the disgraced Senator, who called for President Clinton to resign in 1998 because of an extramarital affair, is going to fly back to Washington D.C. and act like nothing happened. He also disputed claims that he visited a brothel in New Orleans, saying the reports were "not true."
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His wife, Wendy Vitter also spoke, saying she has forgiven him and that their marriage fine. I don't have a problem with that, but as I wrote in a past post, Senator Vitter doesn't work for his wife, he works for the people of Louisiana and all Americans in the U.S. Senate. The D.C. Madam, Debra Jean Palfry has called for Vitter to be prosecuted and I think at the very least Senate leadership needs to take a look at Vitter's actions.
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keep digging buddy... the hole is getter deeper. (no pun intended)
Doesn't Mrs. Vitter look haunted? Does she have scissors?
Some men pay for prostitutes while others get them for free. But whether Senator David Vitter or Rep. Duke Cunningham paid for pleasure with their cash or their votes, their Republican colleagues appear ready to protect their Johns all the same, at least as long as public opinion will allow.
For the details, see:
"Vitter, Cunningham and the GOP Parliament of Whores."
Them's taxpayers' monies he spent.
If he's gonna screw around, he may as well lie too. They have no shame.
He spends our taxpayers money on prostitutes, preaches family values, then plays the victim card when he's caught.
How convenient.
He also refused to answer any questions from the present reporters...another typical Republican dodge that Bush uses often...use a press conference to get your message out (wonderful supportative wife with glowing words about her philanderer husband) and dance off before any questions about the hypocricy of your actions can be asked...
Lock the family knife drawer David, and make sure you don't sleep too soundly...
Oh, it's politics, Vitter?
Let's see...you went to a hooker, and that placed you, as it did Clinton, in a position of being BLACKMAILED.
In other words, YOUR behavior could have compromised our nation, just like it did Clinton.
Get your stinking, hypocritical ass out of Congress.
which church would that be? The church of latter day hypocrites?
Maybe outsiders would butt out of your lives if your holier-than-thou husband did likewise with others.
i feel sorry for her wife. If she had made as much money as her jackass husband she'd be producing a lifetime movie and on speechmaking junket
What the fuck
So he's telling us he didn't get laid in New Orleans? Oh please ... let the debunking begin!
There needs to be an orchestrated effort to make this guys life completely miserable until he resigns. The people of Louisiana can not stand for this hypocrite spending their money, walking around Washington two faced and lieing to the people of his state and to the rest of the Nation.
If anyone can, link to any sites or blogs that could organize a Internet effort to contact this guys donor list constituency. We need to get them all on the record support this man, and his deceitful past.
The beauty part of all this is, even if Vitter escapes prosecution and moral condemnation, every time he
stands up to speak in the Senate everyone present will be picturing him
in a diaper...
Have you noticed that Wendy is wearing a leopard skin design top? Vitter must require her to do so. The whip is undoubtedly in the closest.
If this gets coverage tonight instead of the filibuster in the Senate I'm going to detonate a massive papier mache effigy of McConnell on my front lawn.
I feel about this just like I did about the Clinton sex deal. It's between the people involved. Difference is, this guy broke the law and at least Clinton didn't have to pay for it. Sorry, I just couldn't let that go. ;)
lol, he's fucking around on his wife...with prostitutes. like he's going to honest and do the right thing NOW.
he'll keep fucking around on her, too.
Another republican double-standard? Say it ain't so! :D
+1 what Patricia said. He should not resign.
Of course, he is a hypocrite. And yes, his relation with his wife is a bit odd. She loves him more than ever? Please.
i don't get why this guy didn't just flat-out deny that he had anything to do with the dc madam scandal when it came out that his phone number was listed.
first of all, you deny it and you instantly have every right-wing hack in washington defending you and slamming clinton in the same breath.
and second of all, you only need to lie your ass off... which as a republican legislator is roughly equivalent to breathing.
If some Senator is smart he or she could read into the record in a speech on the floor a chronical of all the republicans who have been arrested or forced to resign over the last six years in chronological order. Of course after the list is read he could read the same list of dems- both of them. Two charts on easels would make a dramatic statement of the corruption of this crime family.
Here's a start 10. It seems like sexual deviancy should be manifested in both parties equally, but there is something about the self-righteous hypocrisy of right-wing Republicans that seems to draw them in somehow:
Republican Commissioner (of Richland County, Ohio ) David Swartz pleaded guilty to molesting two girls under the age of 11 and was sentenced to 8 years in prison.
Republican Speaker of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives, Edison Misla Aldarondo was sentenced to 10 years in prison for raping his daughter between the ages of 9 and 17.
Republican Committeeman John R. Curtain was charged with molesting a teenage boy and unlawful sexual contact with a minor.
Republican anti-abortion activist Howard Scott Heldreth anti-abortion activist who gained fame during the Schiavo media-circus, was convicted of two charges of raping a child in 2002 .
Republican anti-abortion activist Nicholas Morency pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography on his computer and offering a bounty to anybody who murders an abortion doctor.
Republican campaign consultant Tom Shortridge was sentenced to three years probation for taking nude photographs of a 15-year old girl.
Republican pastor Mike Hintz,a First Assembly of God youth pastor whom George W. Bush commended during the 2004 presidential campaign, surrendered to police after admitting to a sexual affair with a female juvenile.
Republican legislator Peter Dibble pleaded no contest to having an inappropriate relationship with a 13-year-old girl.
Republican advertising consultant Carey Lee Cramer was charged with molesting his 9-year old step-daughter after including her in an anti-Gore television commercial.
Republican lobbyist Craig J. Spence organized child sex parties at the White House during the 1980s.
Republican activist and Christian Coalition leader Beverly Russell admitted to an incestuous relationship with his step daughter, the Susan Smith who drowned her adorable two sons "in cold blood" in a South Carolina lake in 1995.
Republican Judge Ronald C. Kline was placed under house arrest for child molestation and possession of child pornography.
Republican preacher Stephen White, who demanded a return to traditional values, was sentenced to jail after offering $20 to a 14-year-old boy for permission to perform oral sex on him.
Republican talk show host Jon Matthews pleaded guilty to exposing his genitals to an 11 year old girl.
Republican anti-gay activist Earl "Butch" Kimmerling was sentenced to 40 years in prison for molesting an 8-year old girl after he attempted to stop a gay couple from adopting her.
Republican Party leader Paul Ingram pleaded guilty to six counts of raping his daughters and served 14 years in federal prison.
Republican election board official Kevin Coan was sentenced to two years probation for soliciting sex over the internet from a 14-year old girl.
Republican Tennessee State Representative, Keith Westmoreland was arrested on seven felony counts of lewd and lascivious exhibition to girls under the age of 16 (i.e. exposing himself to children).
Republican anti-abortion activist John Allen Burt was found guilty of molesting a 15-year old girl at the home for troubled girls that he ran.
Republican County Councilman Keola Childs pleaded guilty to molesting a male child.
Republican candidate Richard Gardner,a Nevada State Representative, admitted to molesting his two daughters.
Republican Councilman and former Marine Jack W. Gardner had been convicted of molesting a 13-year old girl. when the Republican Party, knowing of these crimes, put him on the ballot.
Republican County Commissioner Merrill Robert Barter pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual contact and assault on a teenage boy.
Republican City Councilman Fred C. Smeltzer, Jr. pleaded no contest to raping a 15 year-old girl and served 6-months in prison.
Republican activist Parker J. Bena pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography on his home computer and was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison and fined $18,000.
Republican parole board officer and former Colorado state representative, Larry Jack Schwarz, was fired after child pornography was found in his possession.With his political career over, he went to work in the hard-core pornography industry for Platinum X Pictures, owned by his daughter, porn starlet Jewel De'Nyle (Stephany Schwarz).
Republican strategist and Citadel Military College graduate Robin Vanderwall,director of Faith & Family Alliance, (a Christian Coalition spin off), former student of Pat Robertson's Regent University, member of Ralph Reed's inner circle who funneled money to from lobbyist Jack Abramoff to Reed, was convicted in Virginia on five counts of soliciting sex from boys and girls over the internet.
See LiberalsLikeChrist.Org/about/RalphReedGQ.html
Republican city councilman Mark Harris, who is described as a "good military man" and "church goer," was convicted of repeatedly having sex with an 11-year-old girl and sentenced to 12 years in prison.
Republican businessman Jon Grunseth withdrew his candidacy for Minnesota governor after allegations surfaced that he went swimming in the nude with four underage girls, including his daughter.
Republican director of the "Young Republican Federation" Nicholas Elizondo molested his 6-year old daughter and was sentenced to six years in prison.
Republican president of the New York City Housing Development Corp. Russell Harding pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography on his computer.
Republican benefactor of conservative Christian groups, Richard A. Dasen Sr., 62, who is married with grown children and several grandchildren, allegedly told police that over the past decade he paid more than $1 million to have sex with a large number of young women. He was found guilty of raping a 15-year old girl, and his sentences added up to 126 years in prison.
Age 62 Republican Party leader Bobby Stumbo of Denton County, Kentucky was arrested for having sex with a 5-year old boy.
Republican teacher and former city councilman John Collins of Asbury Park, New Jersey plead guilty to sexually molesting 13 and 14 year old girls.
Republican Mayor John Gosek of Oswego, New York was arrested on charges of soliciting sex from two 15-year old girls.
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Mrs. Vitter has a lot in common with Mrs. McGreevey.
Who'll get the diapers when the divorce comes down?
Difference is, this guy broke the law and at least Clinton didn’t have to pay for it.
another difference is that clinton isn't launching his political career right now by smearing david vitter for seeing a prostitute and cheating on his wife.
Wendy said she was more like Loriana Bobbitt than Hillary. More Bullshit from the Right.
Speaking of Shit, I hope Wendy enjoys cleaning out Hubby's diapers.
Just Me @ 8:
Hey, now. Billy didn't go to no hooker, just a subordinate. Only lying about that under oath was illegal.
Paying a prostitute is, by itself, as pathetic as it is illegal.
I thought she was going to cut off his pecker?
Its a whole family of hypocrits.
She has that: "Well, at least he's not Gay" look on her face.
lol
lyle @ 23:
how is that a smear? its the truth. lol
Circle the wagons and play the victim card. Priceless, for a guy who built his political ascendence on bashing Bill Clinton's wickedness and immorality, and demanding spotless private morals for public figures.
Vitter is clearly hoping that most Louisiana voters will have short memories and will be forgiving of his sins. As for the more judgemental voters on the right, Vitter is using his talk about God and forgiveness to say, essentially, "Forgive me too, because it is in your best political interest to keep me in the Senate. Don't give a gift to the Democrats!"
Louisiana tolerates a lot of B.S. from its politicians so long as they are delivering the bacon. Vitter's career will survive -- so long as his wife doesn't castrate him.
-- Bokonon
While I agree with Mrs. Cheater's comments about how difficult it can be when the press is hounding you while it should be a private matter, that wasn't the position taken by Mr. Cheater during the Clinton affair.
What a scumbag...screwing a hooker and bringing Lord knows what STDs into their home. What a pile of sh*t.
Oh look there's more:
Congress:
Former Congressman Bill Janklow(R-SD) Convicted and jailed for killing a man with his car after blowing through a stopsign at a high rate of speed.
Governors:
John Rowland(R-CT)Convicted and jailed for graft, had work done on his house and some other bribe related charges.
George Ryan(R-IL) Under indictment for hiring practices.(I notice you had Blagojevich--this one must have slipped your mind)
Jim McGreevy(D-NJ) Resigned under fire sexual relationship with a male staffmember.
Executive:
Lewis Libby(R)-Assistant to the Vice President, 5 count indictment, perjury, false statements.
Karl Rove(R)-Assistant to the President, currently under investigation.
Larry Franklin(R)-DOD employee, pleaded guilty in espionage case.
Leandro Aragoncillo-46, was a U.S. Marine most recently assigned to the staff of Vice President Dick Cheney, arrested for spying in the Whitehouse.
Kenneth Tomlinson(R)-Former Head of CPB, under investigation.
Armstrong Williams(R)-Investigation revealed that payments to him for propaganda efforts were illegal.
Etcetera:
New Hampshire-4 Republican operatives arrested for election 2002 phone jamming scandal. # have pleaded guilty, one is due for trial soon.
and
Pennsylvania Republican Congressman Don Sherwood had a visit from the Washington police after a 29-year old woman who was not the 64-year old congressman's wife called 911 and complained that Sherwood had choked her. Sherwood said he had merely been giving the woman a back rub. He is one of those holier-than-thou family values conservatives.
and
Senate President Ben Stevens (R-AK)
Probed for accepting consulting fees from oil services firm Veco. Subject to a recall petition. Son of US Senate Pro Tem President Ted Stevens.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-CA)
Ethics probe for accepting salary from two men’s fitness magazines while governor, possible kickback from American Media publisher to Schwarzenegger charity and silence money to a woman who had an extramarital affair with Schwarzenegger. This probe may go criminal.
Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham (R-CA)
Probed for bribery regarding financial ties with and favors for defense firm MZM. Pleaded guilty to tax evasion, conspiracy, Nov. 28, 2005.
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA)
Tied to Abramoff scandal on loan papers. Recipient of contributions from Abramoff.
Gov. John Rowland (R-CT)
Convicted, imprisoned 2004 for accepting free renovations to his vacation cottage as well as charter flights and vacations from a state contractor, and defrauding the Internal Revenue Service by not paying taxes on the free services.
Attorney General Jane Brady (R-DE)
Accused of helping MBNA Bank of Wilmington skirt campaign finance laws.
Rep. Katherine Harris (R-FL)
Probed for campaign donations from MZM, Inc. in relation to Duke Cunningham probe. Currently a US Senate candidate.
Rep. Tom Feeney (R-FL)
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff. Probed for corporate ties to Yang Enterprises, involved in over billing state of Florida. Feeney was Jeb Bush’s 1994 running mate for Lt. Gov.
Ralph Reed, candidate for Lt. Gov. (R-GA)
Probed for involvement in Abramoff, Kidan, DeLay Indian casino money laundering.
Gov. Felix Camacho (R-Guam)
Probed for ties to Abramoff and demoting Acting US Attorney for Guam Frederick Black.
New Hawaii PAC and House GOP PAC (R-HI)
Campaign violations filed against a number of GOP candidates for the state legislature and US House for skirting spending limits.
Dalton Tanonaka, former Lt. gubernatorial and congressional candidate (R-HI)
Under FEC investigation for disguising and failing to report campaign loans. Also investigated for possible illegal foreign funding from Hong Kong and Japan.
State Rep. and House Minority Leader Galen Fox (R-HI)
Convicted on federal charges of fondling a woman on a Honolulu to Los Angeles commercial flight.
Rep. Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the House (R-IL)
Probed for accepting money from Turkey.
Rep. Jerry Weller (R-IL)
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff. (Weller is also married to the daughter of Guatemalan dictator and mass murderer [300,0000 Guatemalans] Efrain Rios Montt.)
Bob Kjellander, Republican National Treasurer (R-IL)
Under Federal probe for steering investment contracts to Illinois Teachers Retirement Fund.
State Rep. Lee Daniels (Elmhurst), Former House Leader (R-IL)
Under Federal investigation for misuse of state employees for political activity and state contract kickbacks.
Gov. Mitch Daniels (R-IN)
Under investigation for soliciting campaign donations in return for INDOT (Indiana Dept. of Transportation) contracts.
Thomas Sharp, INDOT Commissioner (R-IN)
Under investigation for soliciting campaign donations in return for INDOT (Indiana Dept. of Transportation) contracts.
Jim Kittle, GOP state chairman (R-IN)
Under investigation for soliciting campaign donations in return for INDOT (Indiana Dept. of Transportation) contracts.
Rep. Chris Chocola (R-IN)
Received DeLay ARMPAC money. FEC investigating.
Adam Taff, 2004 congressional candidate, KS-3 (R-KS)
Indicted for campaign violations and wire fraud.
Gov. Ernie Fletcher (R-KY)
Criminal probe in a state employees’ merit system scandal. Received contributions from DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff.
Dan Druen, Transportation Commissioner (R-KY)
Merit system scandal, witness tampering. Indicted.
Bob Wilson, Deputy Personnel Secretary (R-KY)
Merit system scandal. Indicted
Darrell Brock, Chairman of Kentucky GOP (R-KY)
Merit system scandal. Indicted.
Basil Turbyfill, Personnel Adviser to KY Gov. Ernie Fletcher (R-KY)
Merit system scandal. Indicted.
Bill Nighbert, Transportation Secretary (R-KY)
Merit system scandal. Indicted.
Dick Murgatroyd, Deputy Chief of Staff to KY Gov. Ernie Fletcher (R-KY)
Merit system scandal. Indicted.
Jim Adams, Deputy Transportation Secretary (R-KY)
Merit system scandal. Indicted.
Cory Meadows, Executive Director, Transportation Dept. (R-KY)
Merit system scandal. Indicted.
Lloyd Cress, Environmental Protection Commissioner (R-KY)
Probed in merit system scandal.
Dave Disponett (R-KY)
Indicted for violation of Kentucky civil service law.
Sen. David Vitter (R-LA)
Linked to Abramoff in a case involving a Louisiana Indian tribe.
Joseph Steffen, aide to Gov. Bob Ehrlich (R-MD)
Resigned for starting a rumor campaign against Baltimore Mayor Martin O’Malley.
Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs - controlled by Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA)
Under ethics cloud for awarding a $10,000 contract to conservative Boston Herald columnist to write columns supportive of Romney’s policies.
Lawrence Novak, Vice Chair, state GOP (R-MA)
Arrested by FBI for drug money laundering.
Mike Cox, Attorney General (R-MI)
Failed to pursue felony pollution charges against Graceland Fruit after a major Department of Environmental Quality investigation.
Rep. Candice Miller (R-MI)
Investigated by House Erthics Committee for accepting campaign contributions in return for her yes vote on the 2004 Medicare bill.
Rep. Roy Blunt, House Majority Leader (R-MO)
Investigated for trading illegal PAC money with DeLay through Blunt's Rely on Your Beliefs Fund. Received Indian casino money from tribes represented by Abramoff.
Sen. Conrad Burns (R-MT)
Probed for links to Abramoff.
Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE)
Received tainted money from DeLay. Refused to return it.
Rep. Jon Porter (R-NV)
Received $25,000 from DeLay's ARMPAC.
Sen. John Sununu (R-NH)
Probed for receipt of money from DeLay tainted PAC.
Rep. Jeb Bradley (R-NH)
Probed for receipt of money from DeLay tainted PAC.
Gene Chandler, State House Speaker (R-NH)
Campaign contributions violations.
James Tobin, Northeast political director National Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee (R-NH)
Indicted, conspiracy, GOTV phone line jamming, Sununu 2002 campaign.
Chuck McGee, former Exec. Dir. New Hampshire Republican Party (R-NH)
Pleaded guilty, conspiracy, GOTV phone line jamming, Sununu 2002 campaign.
Allen Raymond, GOP Marketplace President (R-NH)
Pleaded guilty, conspiracy, GOTV phone line jamming, Sununu 2002 campaign.
Tom Wilson, GOP State Chairman (R-NJ)
Probed for his firm receiving $2.7 million from the Burlington County Bridge Commission.
Jeanine Pirro, Westchester County District Attorney and US Senate candidate (R-NY)
Probed for campaign donations from mobsters. Her husband served a year in prison for tax evasion.
Gov. Froilan Tenorio (R-Northern Marianas Islands)
Grand Jury probe, ties to Abramoff.
Rep. Charles Taylor (R-NC)
Probed for ownership of shady Russian bank whose other major investor is a former KGB general. Recipient of contributions from Abramoff.
Hayes Martin, Treasurer of Charles Taylor's congressional campaign (R-NC)
Indicted, fraud and money laundering.
Gov. Bob Taft (R-OH)
Misuse of state funds/ethics violations. Convicted, four first degree misdemeanors, pleaded no contest (admission of guilt). $4000 fine and public apology.Two Federal Grand Juries, one state Grand Jury still investigating Taft.
Thomas Noe, Bush-Cheney 04 campaign chair, NW Ohio; Turnpike Commissioner; University Regent (R-OH)
Misuse of state funds for rare coin fund. Indicted by Federal grand jury, arrested in Florida.
Bernadette Noe, Thomas Noe’s wife, Chairman of Lucas County GOP; Chairman of Lucas Co. Board of Elections (R-OH)
Misuse of state funds.
Brian Hicks, Chief of Staff to Gov. Bob Taft, member Ohio University Board of Trustees (R-OH)
Convicted for an ethics violation dealing with his stay at Tom Noe's home in Florida.
Cherie Carroll, Chief of Staff Executive Secretary to Gov. Bob Taft (R-OH)
Convicted for accepting the payment of meals at "fine dining establishments" valued at over $500 from Tom Noe while he was doing business with Ohio.
Rep. Bob Ney (R-OH)
Being probed for involvement with Abramoff, Kidan, and DeLay, Indian casino money laundering. Recipient of contributions from Abramoff and Kidan. Indictment may be imminent.
Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-OH)
Probe of financial ties to Games, Inc., and proposal to put Ohio State Lottery on the Internet. Received contributions from DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff.
Douglas Moormann, Gov. Taft's Executive Assistant for Business and Industry (R-OH)
Under criminal investigation for accepting loan from Noe.
State Rep. Dan Doyle (R-OR)
Convicted for misuse of campaign funds.
Rep. Don Sherwood (R-PA)
Investigated by DC police for assaulting and choking a 29-year old Maryland woman. Sherwood, who is married and campaigned for office on "family values", also has been sued by the woman, who claims he attacked and choked her in their “love nest.” Sherwood defended himself by stating that he wasn't trying to choke her - he was just trying to give her a “back rub”.
Mike Battles, House candidate in 2002 (R-RI)
Firm, Custer Battles, disbarred from Iraq contracts following allegations of overcharging and money laundering.
Vincent Cianci, Mayor of Providence (R-RI)
Convicted in 2002 and sentenced to 5 years in prison for conspiracy related to Federal charges of racketeering, extortion, witness tampering, and mail fraud. Also resigned from office in 1984 after being convicted of assaulting a man with a lit cigarette, an ashtray and a fireplace log.
Rep. Bill Janklow (R-SD)
Convicted of second degree manslaughter and imprisoned for running a stop sign at a rural intersection near Trent, SD and hitting motorcyclist Randolph E. Scott, killing him. Recipient of contributions from Abramoff.
Sen. Bill Frist, Senate Majority Leader (R-TN)
Under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for insider trading on his Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) stock
Rep. Tom DeLay, House Majority Leader (R-TX)
Probed for campaign finance fraud, ties to Abramoff/Kidan, Saipan sweat shops. Grand Jury, Travis County prosecutor, and House Ethics Committee probing DeLay. Indicted by Travis County District Attorney for 1 count of criminal conspiracy and 2 counts of money laundering. Arrested and booked at Harris County jail October 20, 2005. Recipient of contributions from Abramoff.
Jim Ellis, Director Americans for a Republican Majority (ARMPAC) PAC (R-TX)
Tied to DeLay and Abramoff, indicted.
John Colyandro, Texans for a Republican Majority (TRMPAC), DeLay associate (R-TX)
Indicted.
Warren RoBold, Lobbyist and DeLay associate (R-TX)
Indicted.
State House Speaker Tom Craddick (R-TX)
Probed for campaign violations involving TRMPAC and DeLay.
State Rep. Todd Baxter (R-TX)
Investigated for receiving ARMPAC and TRMPAC money from Republican National Committee. To resign from office.
Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX)
Recipient of $10,000 from ARMPAC in 2003. Arrested for DWI in South Dakota.
Spokane Mayor Jim West (R-WA)
Under Federal and state investigation for abusing his office to obtain sexual favors and soliciting sex over the Internet from underage males.
OTHER REPUBLICANS ACCUSED OF RECENT WRONGDOING (mostly in Washington, DC area):
Jack Abramoff, GOP lobbyist Adam Kidan, DC Dial-a-Mattress franchise in DC and Abramoff associate
Indicted for wire fraud, conspiracy Indicted, wire fraud, conspiracy.
Michael Scanlon, former chief of staff to Tom DeLay
Being probed for involvement in Indian casino scandal with Abramoff, Kidan, and DeLay. Indicted Nov. 18, 2005 for conspiracy to defraud Indian tribes. Pleaded guilty Nov. 21.
Steve Rosen, American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)
Indicted for criminal conspiracy involving classified national security information.
Keith Weismann, AIPAC
Indicted for criminal conspiracy involving classified national security information.
Larry Franklin, Colonel, USAF Reserves, Dept. of Defense
Indicted for criminal conspiracy involving classified national security information.
EXCUSE ME. someone must have forced him to dial up a hooker.
these religious hypocrits are the worst examples of humanity.
gutless trash of the gop. if vitter is a victum, then paris hilton is a virgin.
I forgive you Congressman Vitter.
Delay, Foley, and, Hastert are having a BBQ, wanna come?
Professor Farnsworth @ 27:
Right. The opposite is true. Vitter helped build his career by smearing Clinton. That post was tough to decipher.
Shorter Vitter:
"We deserve privacy and forgiveness. The Clintons did not."
If you go to FOX News and it's political page, the Vitter story only appears at the bottom of the page, in small text, under AP Wires. It's not even considered 'headline' news.
Another funny observation about the headline news: Any democrat mentioned is shown in a bad light and is referenced with gays, gun control, or insulting Bush. Also they blend the line between report news and editorializing events with their links to other programs.
Fair and Balanced? I don't think so.
This is what happens when schools don't teach critical thinking and media literacy.
let it go bro.
that dress screams "I feel pity, I feel pity, I feel pity and witty and dry" poor woman keep the knives away from her. AND hey Vitter - you listening? I feel your pain. Give up and re-marry. All the republicans are doing it.
RancidVenison @ 34:
aha, ok. even reading through it now, it seems weird. thanks for the interpretation.
dadams @ 32:
What, Paris Hilton is NOT a virgin?!
I'M SHOCKED!
Even Shorter Vitter:
"Madams go to jail, Johns do not."
michael @ 37:
let what go, and whos the bro?
Vitter: "I deserve forgiveness because my God is better than Clinton's God"
Vitter is just ick! like, really gross.
Delay, Foley, and, Hastert are having a BBQ, wanna come?
Don't forget to invite Joe Scarborough and the dead intern.
Dr. Matt @ 43:
its ok if youre republican.
DISCO INFERNO @ 44:
Yeah, but he's no Huckabee.
Not to get personal, but does his wife sort of look like a tranny in that outfit? Not that there's anything wrong with that ...
Anyone surprised? The one defining term for all Rethugs is HYPOCRITE.
They are totally consistent.
Vitter: "Now having said all this, I'm not going to answer endless questions about it all over again and again and again and again. That might sell newspapers, but it wouldn't serve my family or my constituents well at all, because we all have a lot of important work to do for Louisiana."
And yet his is Vitter's first news conference; he has yet to answer any questions concerning his conduct. Would it not serve his consituents well for Vitter to explain how he could call on a President to resign over an extra marital affair, while dismissing similar calls over his hiring of prostitutes?
#1 Republican hypocrit of the week. I love how he does right into the "important water bill" he's "working on"... that is, in between WHORES he pays for.
Did anyone ask him to explain the difference between his proven indiscressions, and Clinton's blow jobs? I think the only difference was that Clinton didn't have to PAY.
Tucker has been busting nut after nut trying to defend his boy Vitter.
Professor Farnsworth @ 39:
It's pretty good irony. Both the statement (vice the "prostitute" part) and its opposite are true. Such cleverness deserves attention.
Congressman Vitter....uh....when you said God forgave you....do you have a copy of the Pardon? I'm sure there is a D.C. prosecuter that would like to have one.
it's time we set up an internment camp for the entire gop or anyone who is republican since they ALL seem to be CROOKS and the true enemy combattants of the USA. what do you know, we already have just the place...........gitmo. take away the free medical svc.
"That's okay David, you look tired. Now why don't you lay down and GO TO SLEEP!"
I half expected him to start sobbing and start saying "I have sinned against you" like Jimmy Swaggert did way back when. I thought that comment by his wife about if it had been any other couple this would have been a private matter was a little naive on her part and a little lame altogether. Excuse me hun, but you are not any other couple, your husband is public figure and being paid with The Peoples money. If the man had any character or integrity he would resign. What I don't get is why is laying around whores?? His wife is beautiful.
OMG..Blogenfruede, I can't believe you said that, I was thinking whoever sold her the bad Diane Furstenberg should be shot...awful...and it looks stained...Now about her hypocrite hubby- I was suprised- I thought we were in for the "I have sinned and need to go to Rehab.lecture"
I just want to see which one he boinked.
Is that his trophy wife or just another "friend"?
yeah, yeah, the real question though, now that he's been outed, "is he going to wear his diapers?
Medical Diagnosis by Video @ 49:
Wait a minute... if they're totally consistent, then they can't be hypocrites.
Their only consistency is their lack thereof.
I'm on an irony kick. I'll let it go...
PROSECUTE!
If the madam is getting prosecuted, then the john's need to be prosecuted. No Senator is above the law!
Family Values
http://www.vitter.org/
No surprise to me. Typical Congressional hypocrisy, and I say "Congressional" because let's face it: Democrats are just as sneaky as Republicans. They're all corrupt in some way, shape, or form, and if you don't know that, then you're a fool.
The Champ is out.
I am furious!!!!!!!!
CNN just did the story and NOTHING about what Vitter said about Clinton, nothing!!!
Also he denied seeing hookers in New Orleans, Larry Flynt where are you?
RancidVenison @ 47:
Huckabee hides cottage cheese in the folds of all that leftover skin. Really, sick and nasty too.
Question is, will his wife dare to show her face at the Bridge Club.
character first @ 24:
LOL. She must not have anywhere to go.
Stepford Wife ...ACTIVATE!!!!
bob kasprzak:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reaction_Formation
RancidVenison @ 25:
The point is: The 'cons used the blackmail angle on Clinton, and as far as I'm concerned, it still holds. In fact, who's to say that Vitter isn't committing other crimes as we speak?
When Wendy start speaking, CNN runs the tag line: "Sen. Vitter admitted Association with so-called D.C. Madame". Excuse me, but he payed for sex with a prostitute.
Associate you, Sen. Vitter!
I'll tell you, nobody is funnier than Republicans!
The wife says that this is a personal, family matter that isn't anybody's business...And she can say this, with a straight face, after how her husband persecuted Bill Clinton over a hummer! (which, btw, wasn't in itself illegal. no one accused him of PAYING Monica...)
PRICELESS!! The more these people get in front of a camera, the bigger hypocrites they are shown for...
I also love their brand of Christianity...they're sorry for about two minutes, then they get pissed off at others. Funny how the Madam is being prosecuted, not him.
bob kasprzak @21 & 31-
Wow!
Ya know, ya think of these folks separately & ya go, "How many does that make now?"
But then ya see those lists....Soooo many of them!! These are people who- directly or indirectly- are tryin' to influence the way that we conduct our own lives.
The audacity of it all amazes!
Those are two of the best posts I have seen anywhere on any topic(s)! Bravo!
What a shitbag. Clinton committed no crime in his affair, this shitbag did in soliciting prostitution. He isn't interested in the good of his state as if he was, he would resign and let someone who has no scandal hanging over his head take his place. He is interested in his own career and propping up the corrupt Republican party.
"over and over and over" when did he ever answer questions from the past.
what a bunch of hypocrites.
oh.... hide behind the children and the church.
"let us continue our lives as we had planned"..... meaning what????
they're hypocrisies makes me sick. why can't they just live honest lives.
because they would have to call themselves liberals?????
If we're prosecuting madams and prostitutes, may as well prosecute the johns. I feel bad for his wife. The guy truly is a sociopath for dragging his wife in front of the camera and shaming her this way. Good family man!
I she Laura Bush's sister? Same dumb visage, same drugged out faraway look, Next thing ya know, Mrs. Vitter will be talking about how hookers cause her pain (damn skippy sister) and how they are fighting this very personal war with Christ as part of the coalition of the willing (no need to tell her that there are men and women out there who become very "willing" when you offer them money for sex.)
Hey, Vitter- I've an idea...Why don't you take your kook religion and SHOVE IT?
trevjr @ 66:
yea cnn is definitely aiding Vitter, by managing the context.
Bullshit, "Champ"
Just Me @ 71:
The point was taken, and it does still hold -- except that part where Clinton didn't pay for sex...
These stupid republican politician housemaid wives. They talk big talk about cutting off peckers and general bravado BS, but when milk curdles, they just kneel down and "yes'em boss" like a good republican female slave.
I guess they are saying this is a private matter between husband and wife... Odd, I remember a different tune during monica-gate.
I was queasy enough until the wife started talking, but listening to her almost made me vomit. Poor little thing. Victimized by the media! What did you think public life meant, anyway? Are you that stupid. Dammit, woman, by your own admission, you knew about your husband's "hobbies" years ago and forgave him. How big of you. Knowing that though, I'm assuming that you also stood right by his side when he ran for the Senate and shot off his mouth trying to shove his brand of morality down the throats of those whose relationships don't meet your standards. The hypocrisy apparently didn't bother you. To me that makes you an accomplice and an enabler and as much a disgrace to the State of Louisiana as he is. Does having the prestige of being a Senator's wife mean so much to you? You should be ashamed.
Save your somber, disapproving looks and the wagging of your finger for people who are dumber than you. Those of us who live in the real world ain't buying it!
Lets us not forget that Lizzie Dole got her start by being the "other woman".
So, will the repubs be running a whore for congress soon?
Oh boo-hoo! My comment to the Vitters: don't go into public office, proclaim your family values and then feel victimized when your dirty little secrets hit the airwaves. I have zero sympathy for either one of them. Mrs. Vitter, your beef should be with your husband, not the press. The press is doing its job for once, your husband screwed up his own job. If it's hard on your children, he is the one to blame.
I agree bubba, democrats tend to ride any and every republican who does something wrong, yet are hypocritical when their own kind mess up.
The Champ @ 65:
So, Champ, we should give Republican politicians a free pass when they screw up? Or else we just fools, like you said?
I disagree. I think a fool is someone who would accept such rank hypocrisy, lies and revolting conduct from a politician, and make excuses for that politician simply because he was on their team.
Don't pretend not to have a political agenda. Calling people "fools" if they don't share your views comes straight from right-wing talk radio.
-- Bokonon
What's so "remarkable" about that statement by the hypocrite, vitter? vitter, like all the other repug hypocrites, prefers to have this double standard. They are all for family values, bringing Christ into their lives...and then the same loud mouth, Bible waving jack offs are seeing prostitutes on the side, molesting boys or attempting to, and involved in criminal activities that make them look like the very demons they are singing against.
Does anybody get this on the repug side of the aisle?? Are they ALL so damned biased and blind to reality?? This pig should resign. Good luck ms. vitter....I hope the press HOUNDS YOU AND YOURS to the streets of hell. You deserve no better. For not only are you involved with criminal acts and lude behavior, but you profess to be above it all and take NO RESPONSIBILITY for the shame. Dispicable!!
I would say he should man up and resign but he wears diapers and is a wingnut.
Geez.
VITTER: "Clinton should resign as well and move beyond this mess."
But the difference is, nobody was really out to get Clinton.
Clinton didn't have any enemies.
Vitter has enemies.
Political ones.
That are out to get him.
So let's stop comparing apples to apples.
Nothing to see here. Move along.
c. atrox @ 14:
A man in a diaper doesn't require a woman to do anything.
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He didn't just "cheat" on his wife, he broke the LAW. But we all know how much the republicans respect the law. Not a particle.
When will he be arrested for having broken the LAW????
Just exactly how did his political enemies force him to call these prostitutes and break the LAW????
I guess republicans believe that the LAW only applies to democrats and the "little" people.
His wife, Wendy Vitter also spoke, saying she has forgiven him and that their marriage fine.
So I guess the NY Times isn't going to do one of those hard hitting articles analyzing the state of the Vitter marriage. You know, like the ones they do about Hillary and Bill.
bamboozled @ 92:
You're kidding, right?
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Wendy look hot - in a druken, drug addicted MILF sort of way
I'm sorry, but if I had to go on TV to deflect accusations my husband frequents whorehouses, I would not chose to wear my faux leopardskin dress. Just sayin'
You people just don't understand. It's not hypocrisy when I do it.
Getting sick of hypocrisy, folks?
Let me try that again: Wendy looks hot - in a drunken, drug addicted MILF sort of way. Two typos in a 12 word sentence - gotta be a record
Yeah Okay @ 88:
Oh, those awful Democrats! Those awful, awful vicious Democrats! Going after a GOP senator just because he hires lots of prostitutes and likes diaper sex! How DARE they!
Repeat after me, you moron --
Clinton impeachment.
Clinton impeachment.
Clinton impeachment.
Vitter built his political career on moral sanctimony and bashing Bill Clinton's sins, plus touting his own spotless personal morality. So don't you dare lecture the rest of us on "hypocrisy."
Trii @ 98:
Yeah, I thought he was standing next to one of the madam's former employees for a sec.
I can understand this shitbag wanting to keep his job and his wife wanting him to stay employed, but where are all the "Family values" Republicans and their condemnation of his very immoral behavior? The Republican party is the biggest bunch of criminal hypocrites yet there are still idiots who still buy their bullshit.
She looked pitiful enough. My question is how can he possibly make a speech anywhere without everybody snickering? How can she appear anywhere without everyone laughing at her?
Salmineo @ 86:
DO THEY RUN ANYTHING BUT!?!?!?
Tone it down or Chimpy will start to think he can forgive the senaturd, thereby nulling any action or charges against Vitter.
I can see the headlines now, " Bush prepardons Senator"
Cmon guys, you are being too harsh. It isn't his fault that his pecker accidentally slipped between the hooker's legs.
Yeah Okay @ 88:
you got democrat and republican mixed up.
This is the can of worms the republicans opened when they relentlessly pursued Clinton for his marital infidelity. It seems it's coming back to bite them in the ass big time, and I'm glad. Tom Delay and the rest of his ilk were so utterly determined to discredit and destroy Clinton that nothing, not even private matters, were off limits. Normally, I'd be more sympathetic, but somehow it seems like turnabout is fair play, and these republican hypocrites are getting what they deserve.
Let him stay. Keep hammering him with questions, bring up the clinton stuff, NEVER let him live it down. Make his life a living hell. He'll be a cancer to the republican party as long as he is around.
Stick around a while, vitters!!
StirFry @ 103:
dollars to donuts-he likes her to dress slutty.
"His wife, Wendy Vitter also spoke, saying she has forgiven him and that their marriage fine."
so he forgave her for cutting off his penis?
and bob kasprzak-my question exactly
"Personal responsibility" conservative Wendy Vitter blames the media for showing up at her church instead of blaming her husband for soliciting prostitutes. She says her children (want somebody please think of the children!) have suffered as a result! I wonder if Mrs. Vitter cares about the gay children and the parents of gay children who have suffered at the hands of he husband's rabid right wing Christian-O-fascist gay bashing agenda? Or how about how Chelsea Clinton suffered when her husband called for his resignation over Lewinsky and the media circus that ensued the Clinton family? Let's see what's are those biblical sayings again? Oh yes (1) live by the sword die by the sword (2) eye for an eye (3) do unto others as you would have them do unto you. I suggest Mrs Vitter turn to her bible and her Christian god for answers as to why her family is going through this turmoil and quit scape goating the media. Hint: (Your husband is a reich wing gay bashing, Clinton hating "family values" hypocrite)
In general, I don't care what he does in private. That's a matter for him and his wife. However, the hypocrisy--his and that of so many other holier-than-thou Republicans doing in real life what they pass laws and judgements to prevent others from doing--MAKES ME CRAZY.
This has been a political endorsement paid for by the douche-bags-of-GOP-lawmakers fund. Seriously: mutton dressed as lamb, and in leopard lycra no less. "Oh, please, just let us get on with our summer, in peace, so my husband can get back to Washington after recess and draft more family values legislation. We're really nice people. Honest!"
Smack_dab @ 104:
Bottom line -- the members of the club are all forgiven, but you are not.
It is not REALLY about morality. It is about power. And this BS is just a way of coralling the votes of gullible, well-meaning voters that judge candidates on their positions on school prayer and abortion ... and then just assume the honesty and character issue from there onwards.
-- Bokonon
Spicegal @ 110:
i'd be more sympathetic if they held themselves to the same standard. but they don't. if a democrat does it, it's the worst sin imaginable and they prattle on about it for years. a republican does it......eh. who cares.
Yeah Okay @ 88:
Yeah, if the republicans would quit hogging up the scandal time and give a dem or two a chance. The Clinton rerun is getting boring.
Lucky for him she buried the hatchet . . .
Gary @ 108:
That wicked woman! Will the Democrats stop at nothing to destroy a good man??
Yeah Okay @ 88:
If you read posts #21 and #31 you'll see we don't have time to do that. We have lives!!!!!!!
The Vitters should remember that old saying about "those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones". I think those words of wisdom might apply to all the Republicans who want to claim the mantle of moral superiority. I'm afraid that impeaching Clinton created bad karma, if you believe in that sort of thing.
Chelsea should punch Mrs. Vitters in the mouth.
Hillary should send her a copy of The Handmaid's Tale.
Just Me @ 71:
If ya drop the puritanical streak of the American public from the mix, neither Vitter nor Clinton would even be assailable by threats of blackmail. Did either of these guys kill a Brownie? Abscond with the church funds? Deal heroin?
Jesus Christ! We have got to get our priorities straight. Wanna know why the majority of the modern, industrialized world laughs at us? It's right here, pal!
Who should care how anyone, politician or not, gets their rocks off(as long as the rock-offin' is between consentin' adults, anyway)? I could care less if Vitter used the services of a prostitute. Really. What pisses me off is that Vitter did not practice what he, for so long, preached.
Christ, folks . . . this gloating is sick.
Just because he's a rightwing piece of shit, that doesn't mean he doesn't deserve the compassion due any one of us who lets our sexual urges wreck our whole world.
Yeah, yeah, he broke the law, yeah, he's a hypocrite.
He supports politics that crush the poor; he supports politics that eviserate Iraqis. Take him down for that - not because he recklessly follows his swollen dick.
Heaven forbid we should screw up their summer.
We're supposed to believe he's the only guy in history that went to New Orleans and didn't get laid.
From Vitter to Foley to Ted Haggard to the Catholic priests child molestation settlement today. It doesn't get any better that this folks watching all these reich wing Christianista moralist hypocrites implode. The good Lord is punishing the hypocrites! Baby Jesus knows what he's doing!
You know what really pisses the GOPigs off? It's the fact that Clinton never had to pay for sex in his entire life.
We don't need no stinking laws. . . . . The Cons
Ruthless People @ 113:
Don't forget drug addled gas bag fascist scumbag Rush Limpos referring to Chelsea as looking like a dog
Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition!
Just plain pathetic.
terrapin @ 125:
so you say he broke the law...but shouldn't be taken down for...breaking the law?
terrapin @ 125:
Sorry, terrapin, but I've gotta disagree with you on this one. This is a guy who built his political career passing judgement on others. The level of compassion being shown on this board is about right considering the complete lack of compassion this piece of shit has shown to others. If you can't walk the walk, don't talk the talk. Now let us enjoy our precious moments of schadenfreude.
The Champ @65-
"The Champ is out."
So do ya feel liberated now?
How are yer family, friends and co-workers takin' to that news?
Sometimes its hard to be a woman
Giving all your love to just one man
You'll have bad times
And he'll have good times
Doing things that you don't understand
Stand by your man
Give him two arms to cling to
And something warm to come to
When nights are cold and lonely
Stand by your man
And tell the world you love him
Keep giving all the love you can
Stand by your man
But if you love him you'll forgive him
Even though he's hard to understand
And if you love him
Oh be proud of him
Cause after all he's just a man
Stand by your man
Give him two arms to cling to
And something warm to come to
When nights are cold and lonely
Stand by your man
And tell the world you love him
Keep giving all the love you can
Stand by your man
Stand by your man
And show the world you love him
Keep giving all the love you can
Stand by your man
cowritten by Tammy Wynette and Billy Sherrill 1968
Yeah Okay @ 88:
I don't think you understood Bubba's post @84, which is: I guess they are saying this is a private matter between husband and wife… Odd, I remember a different tune during monica-gate.
The reason we ride against Vitter is he preaches family values, and he BROKE THE LAW, and he IS a lawmaker, and he lied too. I could care less what kind of sex Democrats are having, or how much (I just hope it's lots, and really really good, with condoms of course)
Hey buddy, this isn't between you and your wife and your God. This is between you and the law. You broke the law, the law that dirtbags like you put into place. You should step down and turn yourself into the police post haste.
baby jesus has been busy flying around the US
sprinkling hypocrisy dust for years
baby jesus makes extra laps around the south
words by Calvin Trillin
music and adaptation by Pete Seeger
When something in my history is found
Which contradicts the views that I propound
Or shows that I perhaps am not the guy I claim to be
Here's what I usually do
Chorus:
I lie
I simply boldly falsify
I look the other feller in the eye
And just deny, deny, deny
I lie
I don t apologize. Not me. Instead
I say I never said the things I said
Nor did the things some people saw me do
When confronted by some things they know are true
Chorus
I hate those weasel words some slickies use
To blur their past or muddy up their views
Not me. I'm blunt. One thing that makes me great
Is that I'll never dodge nor obfuscate
Chorus
King of Mean @ 51:
"Important water bill"...is the Republican code for water sports with hookers? Just wondering...
He likes wearing a diaper.
Another Rep that wanted Clinton's head on stake.
gene214 @ 129:
And that he was a president who could speak in compete sentences.
Live the wife. She said is she was Hillary she would of divoriced him in a micro minute.
Hypocrites.
Frankly I'm having trouble getting excited about this story beyond the tabloid factor. As with Clinton, the man's private life is his own, and it's not anybody's business whether or not he likes Po-boys up the pooper. His recalcitrance and his humiliation of his wife is being played for the Republican party writ large.
Listen to the guy: he's not saying anything, he's not going anywhere, and he's not going to entertain any questions about his decisions. In short, a truly democratic statesman. It is a continuation of the White House strategy of digging in of heels and tantrum'ing "NO NO NO" over and over until someone listens to him. Well, it won't work if people ignore him. His constituents and his family will deal with him as they see fit, but I am not a member of either of those groups and will not get involved with the Remote Peanut Gallery contingent. This is a non-issue.
baby jesus @ 140:
Down south, where bibles are plenty and books are few! That's why these hypocrites get elected and rake their constituents over the coals by conning them with religion and by scaring them into voting against their own best interests time and time again by invoking terrorism, Islamics, gays, immigrants, etc, etc, etc...
Edwin @ 138:
You can tell these maroons that fact until you're blue in the face. Remember, when it's your turn to talk, they're always shouting you down so you can't hear yourself.
It's part of the 'Intentional Ignorance' program though which this country is running their dimmer more malleable citizenry, like our pal what'isface above.
And ditto. I could care less who is banging who, as long as it's consenting adults. The minute a bastard like Vitter and actually, his apparently-not-slutty-enough wife, attack the Clintons-then it turns out HE'S been doing it-it's the hypocrisy these dimbulbs and slack-jawed yokels screaming about us-that slays me.
Pursang @ 142:
Who would sleep with a Republican unless they being paid, really? Even their wifes won't sleep with them which is why they have to pay for sex.
god i hate republicans
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