July 17, 2007 11:45 AM
Daily Show: Senator David "DC Madam" Vitter
Jon makes the obvious point about the Senator Vitter scandal that the media chooses to ignore -- namely, that the story is a story because a) he is one of the Senate's most outspoken defenders of "Traditional Marriage"; and b) he refuses to resign despite calling upon President Clinton to resign over the Lewinsky scandal. Is it really that hard to connects the dots on this?
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drdenny at Scholars & Rogues looks at the other aspect of the Vitter story the press refuses to examine.
FIRST!
Stupid hypocritical bitches.
The Champ is out.
That he cheated on his wife is bad enough, but he of all people who made such a stink over Clinton. ROFL
What a Hypocrite!!!!!!
A picture is worth a thousand words. Look at the body language on that woman. She all but has turned her back on him, literally.
Larry Flynt is about to release 30 more names... Larry Flynt, Bill Maher, Michael Moore and Keith Olbermann real American heroes
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Fuckin' hypocrite.
SIMPLE HYPOCRISY
The repubs cannot afford to lose even one senator to anything short of death. If Vitter were to resign, Blanco would be free to replace him with a Democrat, and she'd love to, as Bitter Vitter trashed her unmercifully in the last election.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Fuckin' hypocrite. He needs to apologize to the Clintons. And hey Ms. Vitter - how's that Lorena Bobbitt thing you promised goin'?
Sounds like the "pot calling the kettle black."
Republicans ARE the whores of yore!
Vitter is a fucking hypocrite...
She looks like she is in emotional hell. I suppose it's impossible for Mr. Vitter to understand that he is catching hell because he has shown himself to be the worst kind of two faced hypocrite.
You wanna know the #1 enemy of traditional marriage? INFIDELITY!
Where is Tucker to defend his Diaper boy!?!?
Traditionally married men kept mistresses on the side.
Heights of Hypocrisy !!!!
only thing people can do is laugh !!!
ha ha ha ha ha
That lady really likes her nice house and Lexus.
Hypocrites!! Both vitter and his wife excoriated Clinton for his Monica blowjob, yet try to brush this incident off as a mere pecadillo. In fact, vitter called for Clinton's resignation.
Why are these religious freaks so f**king hypocritical? Is it because they can either confess their sins on Saturday afternoon, or, as in the case of the fundies, simply accept Jeebus into their hearts again?
Religion is a personal choice, and should remain a personal observation. Close all the formalized churches - they are only breeding grounds for slime like vitter and his wife.
ysabddaden @ 14:
ys, he, to our knowledge, doesn't have a mistress. He has to PAY for it. You know, "she works hard for the money" and in his case, they certainly must have had to,eeeeewwwwww!
Mrs. Vitter, the first step is admitting there is a problem.
There is help available: http://www.infidelity.com/
Thomas B. Edsall
The Huffington Post •
Hillary Clinton Shuns Fox Debates, But Pockets Murdochs' Money
July 16, 2007 10:04 PM
Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards may not want to participate in debates sponsored by FOX News, but they like taking cash from officials of the company considered an arm of the conservative movement by many liberal Democrats.
In April, Edwards led the charge in refusing to participate in a Fox-sponsored debate. His deputy campaign manager, Jonathan Prince, told AP: "We believe there's just no reason for Democrats to give Fox a platform to advance the right-wing agenda while pretending they're objective."
Within days, Clinton followed suit. Unlike Edwards, Clinton did not directly attack Fox in announcing her decision.
"We're going to participate in the D.N.C. [Democratic National Committee]-sanctioned debates only. We've previously committed to participating in the South Carolina and Tavis Smiley debates," Clinton spokesman Phil Singer said. The Fox debate was not DNC-approved.
Obama joined in with Clinton. Bill Burton, Obama's spokesman, said a CNN-sponsored debate would be a more "appropriate venue."
But in her most recent filing at the FEC, Hillary Clinton reported two large donations from the very top of the Fox corporate structure.
On June 5, Rupert Murdoch, chairman of the News Corporation, gave her presidential bid $2,300. A few weeks later, his son, James R. Murdoch, chief executive of British Sky Broadcasting in London, gave $3,400. Altogether, NewsCorp/Fox executives gave at least $40,000 to the Clinton campaign.
In July 2006, the elder Murdoch hosted a fundraiser for Clinton's Senate re-election campaign, raising many eyebrows among Democrats. The Financial Times, which first disclosed the event, noted that Murdoch was a part of the "vast right wing conspiracy" named by Hillary Clinton as determined to destroy her husband's presidency.
She explained her willingness then to accept Murdoch's support to the FT: "He's my constituent and I'm very gratified that he thinks I'm doing a good job."
Asked about the Murdoch contributions to Clinton's presidential bid, Howard Wolfson, director of communications, said he had no comment.
Obama has taken more $14,000 from NewsCorp/Fox executives, although none came from the Murdochs themselves. In the broad network of NewsCorp/Fox holdings, with many Hollywood and entertainment entities, there are a substantial number of Democrats on the payroll.
Obama's contributions from NewsCorp/Fox executives included $2,300 each from Daniel Fawcett and Donna Isaacson; $1,000 each from Carla Hacken and Jospeh Hartwick; and a number of donations from other NewsCorp/Fox officials and employees. No comment from the campaign was immediately available.
Edwards received substantially less than Clinton or Obama. His contributions from NewsCorp/Fox executives Louis Supowitz, Jonathan Sarrow, Sean A. Riley, and Jonathan Sarrow total just under $1,000. There was no immediate comment from the Edwards campaign.
And Larry Flynt has more to come. Oh goody and for Vitter. He is hoping it will take attention off him. When Vitter lays himself down at night and prays " Please Paris do something so the press will leave me alone".
SORRY! I meant to put "Hypocrites" at the top of my previous post.
Oo. What's that smell? Is it doggie doo? No, dear repugnants, it's Vitter tryin' ta sit next to you!
As Randi Rhodes said today, if you're trying to portray yourself as some kind of victim/widow, for god sakes, don't come out in a low cut dress with a LEOPARD pattern.
Didn't the MSM go over the list and decide there weren't any prominent political names on it? Were they lying, or was this guy not big enough?
There really needs to be a follow-up on that.
I feel a little sorry for Ms. Vitter, but I would feel a lot more compassion for her if she'd do the commonsensical thing and leave this loser.
This whole Vitter thing makes perfect sense once one understands that the republican definition of a 'traditional' marriage is: A Man, A Woman, and A Prostitute (of either sex).
I know most of you will agree with me that Republicans are the modern day Pharisees. Yupiiiiii!!!!
TDoff @ 27:
Or: a man, a woman, a young boy
Looks like Mrs. Vitter shops at Ho's-R-Us. Or maybe her hubbie brought the dress home to her as a souvenir?
Have you seen those "Wanna Get Away" commercials, excuse me for forgetting the name of the airline, but Mrs. Vitter just exudes pain and is the definition of "Wanna Get Away". You can feel her total humiliation at standing next to this sack of lies, and in the finally analysis having to be the public wife that Hillary is. Oh, the horror of that moment as it consumes her little GOPer brain -- I'm just like Hillary... I'm just like Hillary... AAAAahhhhaaahaaah.
I do feel sorry for his wife. She's got a virtual gun to her head to "support" this asshole because the Republicans need his vote in the Senate. She chose to invest her life in her husband's career, and now that's forever tainted. Vitter's "brilliant" political career is over. He will at best be a journeyman Senator for a few more years.
The decent thing for Vitter to do would be do resign his seat to get them both out of the limelights, then cut his wife loose to let her live her own life - or stay with him if she genuinely wants to. Of course, since he's a stupendous idiot, that will never happen.
(Of course, she ought to just leave him, but given their past statements, I don't think it will happen.)
Marshal @ 25:
that was AB nothing to C here. First it's a blockbuster, then it's "move along now". Now Flynt says there's another senator and up to 30 more bigwigs. goodee!
tom @ 32:
*musical accompaniment*
"STAND BY YOUR MAN"
How can this freak continue to serve in the Senate? He's admitted to committing crimes. Forget about the sex, this guy is an admitted 'John'. Aren't there supposed to be consequences for illegal activity?
kablooie @ 31:
It's his favorite. He gets all his NOLa HOs to wear that. It helps him to express himself. He likes the feline fems.
What happened to the "I'm going to be more like Lorraine Bobbit" stance. At least she would not look like a hypocrit. Is it me or is that one big woman?
What a loser, if he had any class he would've had a mistress like that Mitterand fellow. Guess he's such a Francophobe that he couldn't even follow that example. Vive le France, and I'm serious.
IT'S A STORY BECAUSE HE BROKE THE LAW!!!
Everyone seems to be overlooking the real issue here.
"I'm getting on a plane to Washington to vote..."
Most married guys who get caught screwing around have to come home every night to the frigid silence of their cheated-on wife, go in the kitchen and make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for himself because the rest of the family ate a proper meal without him, then scurry down to the basement to ‘work’ on some ‘project’ just so he doesn’t have to be in the same room with a woman who at any minute might lunge at him with a paring knife. And this clown gets to go to Washington for weeks on end, eating at fine restaurants and relaxing – alone (when not with another hooker) - at his D.C. residence. That’s NOT punishment, that’s a commutation.
Isn't hiring a prostitute ILLEGAL? Why is the MSM ignoring that? Shouldn't he be PROSECUTED???
And prostitution is a crime in D.C. Let's not overlook that.
It was really sickening see him paint himself as the victim in all this. His wife, too. No sympathy for him or his nauseatingly loyal wife who seems to enjoy feeling persecuted. Feel sorry for the kids, but not those two up there whining about the media invading their personal lives!
Puh-leez! Vitter most definitely needs to be reminded of the hyper-invasive, voyeuristic nature of their investigation into Clinton's antics and how the X-rated transcripts were plastered all over the internets.
Again, I say, to steal a line from Paul Simon's "You Can Call Me Al":
I don't find this stuff amusing anymore.
There are many definitions of a successful marriage, many accommodations possible to 'Make It Work'.
In the Vitters' case, do you suppose that Mrs. Vitter is the 'Fluffer'?
Or Senator Vitter is the 'Beard'?
Or 'Menage a' Trois' is the family crest?
I took a satiric swing at this as well: Stuck in Senate All Nighter, Vitter Orders in 'Chinese'
I believe she's 'fixin to beat the crap outta him.
Vitter is going to get the atomic noogie treatment when he gets home.
Ms. Vitter is no saint. She was NOLA D.A. Harry Connicks right hand (no pun intended) for years. I wonder if she felt as much as much sympathy as she asks, for the families and children of women she prosecuted for prostitution? They stood side by side as they traveled up the snakey and grisly Louisiana Repug Party ladder, building their glass house with good ole' GOP family values like... teamwork. Ms. Vitter ended her portion of the propaganda event by asking the media/world to leave her and the kids alone so they could enjoy the rerst of the summer - guess how that sits with me - a constituent of Vitter's who has a child in Iraq and family members dead or maimed in Bush/Vitter's war - while he and his family are holed up in their taxpayer funded Metairie, LA mansion, Vitter missing key votes for our recovery and to end this war. He must resign.
Diogenes @ 3:
Hmmm...what does that body language say??
"My mother was right."
"WTF am i DOING here!!"
"Where's my knife!"
Tracey @ 42:
Well, even the knuckle-draggers oughta figger that one out if they've ever watched "COPS" setting up and busting johns. But, yup, looks like msm is ignoring this important fact, among many other important facts. HE BROKE THE LAW. The DC madam had to face the courts. Why not Vitter?
I keep hearing he made a "mistake". No, it wasn't a mistake, it was a decision to commit a crime. It wasn't like he mistook a prostitute for a girlfriend or something. He decided to pay for sex from a professional.
I hate to sound all catty and all, but Ms Vitter needs to go up a size the next time she shops for dresses.
That's old news.
This is what will make your blood boil:
In a private weekly luncheon for Republican senators in the Capitol, Vitter briefly spoke and received a round of applause audible outside the room. Vitter told his colleagues he was sorry for the trouble he had caused them, and thanked them for their messages of support,
Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., said Vitter got a warm response from GOP colleagues when he addressed them during the party's weekly luncheon.
"It was a good thing for him to do," Thune said. "There was a lot of support."
pine nut @ 50:
The conservative nuts were the people that pushed for the publishing the names of "johns", and then pushing for prosecution.
Well....THERE HE IS!
What's French for "Mumu"?
Yeah, support for a married man who turns to a prostitute. I know, Clinton did the dirty thing too, but at least he didn't have to pay for it. :)
http://news.yahoo.com/photo/070717/480/6457a6db663446a1bec0623896dc315c
pissed off patricia @ 51:
She's probably thinking the same thing too. Only she's thinking in terms of her next husband! LOL!
The media is fixated on Sen. David Vitter's wife choice of dress rather than this obviously hypocritical view of Vitter's sanctity of marriage....
Maybe their bashing the victim so we don't notice the crime....
After seeing his wife I can understand going to a Hooker.
Actually these GOP women are just like their men...it's all about THEM.
So, what is she thinking?
"Now the whole world knows a) I don't put out, or b) I'm a lousy lay."
Do you suppose Vitter is still serving as lector at St. Francis in Metairie? Since it's o.k., if you're a priest, to molest young kids, it must be o.k. if you are a Republican, to commit adultery. See where hypocrisy gets you?
Another point, Vitter is probably not wearing a suit that he bought off the rack. Why is his wife wearing what looks to be a not very expensive dress to a press conference? A dress that looks a great deal like leopard skin.
jreed @ 7:
You got it, the main reason he has not stepped down, is that the RNC will not allow him to step down. Death is the only alternative. That would be ironic too.
I wonder if all these right wing more religious than thou can recall Jesus's position on hypocrisy ?
"And whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, so that they may be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward. But whenever you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you." (Matthew 6:5-6)
"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the plate, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup, so that the outside also may become clean." (Matthew 23:25-26)
"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which on the outside look beautiful, but inside they are full of the bones of the dead and of all kinds of filth. So you also on the outside look righteous to others, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness." (Matthew 23:27-28)
Since when do we as citizens look the other way when someone commits a crime - since he has admitted to it publicly he ought to be arrested and if convicted by a jury, put on the sex offenders listings just like any other "John" is - and these are the people that make the laws ???
I certainly hope everyone that has posted about it being a crime has called their representatives to voice their opinion - or are we all too apathetic to take that step?
On second viewing of the DS clip. It's obvious that the wife is doing everything to save the family by having exchanged her Low-heels for Ho-Heels.
Jacques @ 62:
They'll just let him twist in the wind?
Hey FOX NEWS...run his wife's quote about castrating him. Why aren't you asking the big questions...has he moved out...does he fear his wife...does he sleep with one eye open...c'mon...this is bigger than Paris Hilton!
MUWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
pine nut @ 50:
I heard Tucker call it a misdemeanor, well it may be, but most poor, regular, non-congressional Johns run the risk of forfeiting their car, maybe someone should impound Vittlers Mercedes?
He broke the law, he has compromised the security of his high office, we cannot trust that he won't continue to break the laws of the land.
His hypocrisy, his empty defense of the Marriage Act, his endorsement by Christian groups are vile, but he broke our laws.
VITTER step down.
boozemop @ 65:
You guys are making me want to go back and look at that again. Sitting through it once was bad enough. But my curiousity is now piqued.
Liberal AND Proud @ 60:
...or C) "I’m not going to wear that spandex/leather/chains dominatrix outfit you bought as I probe your ass with this 12” vibrator."
I'm just saying she looks taller. As Buford T. Pusser would say...walkin' tall.
Oh, okay. Yeah, pretty cheesy-lookin' dress. I didn't pick up on it before.
There is a culture of malfeasance in politics, we know it, they know it,and it doesn't seem to phase the guilty.
When a Senate race cost $millions to compete and the action required to collect funding is tantamount to prostitution, it is no surprise that polititions indulge themselves in such unlawful ways.
Prostitutes have worked the Caucuses in D.C. for many years, and they don't seem to be starving. At one time it was thought that if you "engage" a prostitute while in an airplane or helicopter(airspace) it was not a crime.
There are many,many, Congressmen, Senators,Advisors,Staffers,Aids,etc....and their spouses that are sweating it out right now, not because they feel guilty but because they don't want to face the ridicule of getting caught.
They caught A D.C. Mademe, however others will fill the void.
After all, Prostitution is a Washington tradition.
Sorta reminds me of Hillary and Bill all over again. At least he didn't rape anybody.
Anyone else notice that she is dressed, well, sorta, kinda....well, like a whore
the leopard print ho-dress on femme-vitter was a nice touch.
i think the media should stop reporting on the fact that vitter is serial-john and let the 'pimp-vitter' go about his business legislating bedroom activities. nyuk, nyuk, nyuk
it has been reported--or i am just making this up for fun, whatever--that he asked the prostitute to call him "tender vitters"
the media looked at the list and saw a lot of their names on it.
It is not just the hypocrisy of the republican 'family value's' crowd. No, it is more. Vitter principled his candidacy on a foundation of values that he proudly and loudly proclaimed. We now find that he was lying to everyone about these. He lived a lie regarding the substance of his candidacy. If he lied about this, how can we possibly expect truth from anything he says? He is sad and ridiculous. I hope everyone pressures and reminds him often of what a hypocrite and liar he actually is! And that a more honest wo/man will replace him!
scruzman @ 74:
or did he?????
(one pointless comment/rumor to another)
scruzman @ 74:
Monica willingly gave Mr. Clinton a BJ = rape? Jebus, you reich-wingers are so factually handicapped.
Gort @ 70:
There's a diaper comment in there too...but we will leave that one ALONE!!
LOL
(Sigh)....No, not so hard to connect the dots on this... Many here have and called it what it is.... It's just that for me, at this point? It's all just more of the same tired ass hackery from these types of politicians we've been saddled with who can't even make the slightest lamest effort to maintain their own bullshit standards they would hold the rest of us to... Hypocrisy?
Yea, thats the short difinition for all of them on that side of the ailes..... This is just the latest example to see the light of day...
And if I was that woman, tramp or not, I think the cyber saying that a somewhat known sex columnist uses applies here as advice to her.... DTMFA.... Unless you know, she's into that sort of degradation trip... Who knows what kind of courious mind games those two like to play.....JD
Ex-Canuck @ 18:
Agreed... what disgustingly small-minded hypocrites... both of them!
scruzman @ 74:
Hey stoopid!!! nor did Bill Clinton, you idiot!
Nothing could be more pleasing than to see the "religious" right fall on their collective faces.
scruzman @ 74:
Yeah, deafening silence from the Republic Party, then as now.
Latest name on Palfrey phone recs.: Ronald Roughead.
http://chickasawpicklesmell.blogspot.com/2007/07/703-836-0522-ronald-rou...
Dr. Matt @ 85:
exactly. of course the "religious" right has fallen on its face so many times they are getting athlete's nose....
hmm, that was weak, try again, the "religious" right has fallen on its face so many times they are getting _________:
--pugged?
--a fascist facelift?
--closer to god?
Samson- @ 88:
"hooker's cramp"?
Scooterlash?
"in position again to get lubed and abused by a 275 lb. transsexual named Gypsy"?
right on! @ 84:
Actually boosh did. There was that weird mystery over the suicide (forced?) of Margie Schoedinger who filed a rape case against boosh.
scruzman @ 74:
Hahaha! You looser. Digging from the old repug clinton tool kit (much of it fantasy). That's the problem with you inbreds. You like to live 1999 over and over again like Groundhog day.
StirFry @ 91:
And thems good eatin...
I don't see what the big deal is. He said God has forgiven him... :|
Liberal AND Proud @ 89:
LOL!
"scooterlash"... you win, hands down
What's non-traditional about cheating on your wife?
soul surfer @ 93:
I wonder how he knows. Maybe God sends email notification now, like Amazon.com does when it ships your order.
Rusty Shackleford @ 96:
Maybe God told Bush to pass that message along during their last one on one.
soul surfer @ 97:
He received his forgiveness through the hooker's private parts.
Matt Janovic @ 87:
Ramm Harder?
Randy Bugger?
this morning i listened to particularly nauseating call-ins to New Orleans' local WWLTV (CBS channel 4 eyewitness morning show). the nagging sentiment abound is that "senator vitter should be forgiven and let him get back to work."
on another local news site, WDSU (NBC newschannel6), often posts terribly slanted/loaded "surveys." the question of the week is as follows:
What do you think about Senator Vitter's speech?
*I think he's apologized enough. We should let him move forward and get back to work in the Senate. (56% thus far)
*I think he needs to do some more explaining about his past behavior. (7%)
*I think it is unacceptable that he would not answer any questions. (38%)
even here in NOLA (more liberal/democratic than other parts of Louisiana) people aren't seeing it. of course, debauchery is an age-old fact of life down here, as is hypocrisy. people are used to their representatives talking out of their asses and crapping out of their mouthes.
but what is unbearable to me is the very obvious being ignored- the fact that vitter et al prop themselves on a "sanctity of marriage" platform, all the while trying to make it more difficult for Americans to live conduct private lives and deem what is and is not moral for themselves and not by mandates that don't include everyone as equal human beings.
it has nothing to do with forgiveness- the senator called for the impeachment of bill clinton over his desanctification of marriage (meanwhile recieving nookie from prostitutes on the side), and he prasied bob livingston for resigning (which is how vitter gained his post initially) of desanctifying his marriage (meanwhile paying $300 a pop for services rendered on canal). by his logic, it would not only be right for him to step down, but to have never accepted his position to begin with.
Mmmm Hmmm... Defense of Marriage indeed. What an A-hole.
Orwell's Illegitimate Son @ 44:
Me, I prefer to go with Elvis Costello's opening verse in "The Angels Want to Wear My Red Shoes":
Oh, well, I used to be disgusted
But now I try to be amused
'Cause since their wings have gotten rusted
The angels wanna wear my red shoes
An angel of darkness like Vitters ain't getting mine, however . . .
i guess bill clinton's sin wasn't forgiven...you do know that republicans get their orders directly from Gawd. surely they are aware of those on Gawd's shitlist, and those who can rest easily despite their naughtiness...
Ms. Vitter could scratch my back anytime.
Vitter was actually having his diaper fettish with male prostitutes.
Liberal AND Proud@98
He received his forgiveness through the hooker’s private parts.
LOL! Damn you stole my line. Love it. Keep 'em coming.
Teddy Kennedy [Off topic]
How come no one has interviewed Vitter's hookers to see how they feel about this whole brouhaha?
(Actually, he's one of their favorite 'Johns'. They love being able to use their strap-ons on a man, and getting paid extra for it)
Pride cometh before the fall....
The Scholars and Rogues article would be good stuff for Keith Olbermann.
What I think is most entertaining is Vitter had to pay for it - Clinton's women were all volunteers.
And C) Clinton's affair was not illegal. Last I checked, procuring the services of a prostitute was in DC.
Paul @ 109:
It's already nearly Autumn, I better hurry up and get laid.
First, we need to stop trying to defend Clinton. Lewinsky worked for him. There's a reason we have laws against sexual harassment in the workplace, because of the disproportionate power distribution precluding true "consent." Clinton messed up. Did that have any relevance to his ability to do the job? No. Did it violate one of his key platform issues, for which his constituents elected him? No. Was it morally and legally reprehensible? Yes, but that is not the same as being disqualified to do the job.
Second, the V-man has to answer those questions differently. He was elected on a platform which he has now flaunted, but that platform defines HIS view and the view of his constiuents about what is important in doing his job. By his own standards, his own behavior shows he is incapable of doing the job. Unlike Clinton's, his own standards require him to resign.
Third, the woman's dress is clearly and artfully sending a signal. She does not want to be there, she is there because it is her job -- she is just a dofferent brand of prostitute, working for the money. She is also reminding us that a leopard does not change its spots. He can apologize all he wants, but he'll be goin' hoin' at the next opportunity.
Fourth, the multiple choice posts above failed to address the most common reason married men go to prostitutes:
(d) he can't get oral sex from his wife.
Obviously, I meant to say "different." "dofferent" isn't even a word.
Well he did admit to it unlike climton who lied.
Has anyone EVER seen such a look of utter disgust in their lives as that of Mrs Vitter when she looks at that SCUMBAG excuse of a husband she is STUCK with? Obviously some kind of deal was struck involving a payoff, because face it folks, THAT AINT LOVE I see in her eyes... that is the look of revulsion.
scruzman @ 74:
Sorta reminds me of Hillary and Bill all over again. At least he didn’t rape anybody.
Samson @ 79: or did he????? (one pointless comment/rumor to another)
Dr. Matt @ 80: Monica willingly gave Mr. Clinton a BJ = rape? Jebus, you reich-wingers are so factually handicapped.
I wasn't referencing Monica, that was child abuse. I was referencing Junita Broderick (sp?)
BTW Dr. Matt...what is a 'Jebus'?
does it relate to a Jespot, or Jestring?
Stomper @ 114:
You're right, but I don't think anyone's defending Clinton.
I think all anyone has ever said was his personal infidelity (and ensuing coverup) weren't impeachable offenses.
Nor does anyone believe Vitter should step down on the basis of his personal infidelity. The fact is, he broke the law. There aren't laws against infidelity, but there are laws against paying for sex.
And as for "sexual harassment," you're mistaken as to the legal nature of sexual harassment in the workplace.
Had Clinton made her promises of promotions (i.e. used his power) to coerce sex from Lewinsky, it would be sexual harassment.
Had he made her uncomfortable with his advances, it would be sexual harassment. So far as I'm aware, she was a willing participant and didn't gain anything, or suffer, from the relationship.
Had he sexually harassed her, the $50 million "independent" investigation certainly would have taken that route.
Regardless, Vitter is a prick for blaming his "enemies." His "enemies" didn't point a gun to his head and force him to have sex with prostitutes.
He needs to grow some 'nads and accept responsibility for his words and actions.
He's a criminal who should be prosecuted, and worse, a complete phony who's been elected on words and values he obviously doesn't even believe in.
Step down, Vitter!
That Bastard has no morals at all. Using his wife to back his cowardly ass up so they would humilate him with more questions his Disgusting.
He his a pathetic excuse for a Senator. And a pathetic waste of human tissue.
A felt so sorry for his Wife, she is obviously more embarrassed by this than he is.
It looked like she was ready to start crying.
What a sad little man, Pathetic Coward. Well, that pretty much describes the entire Republican Party. Sad little men.
This place is crawling with trolls . . . . . It must be airing the dirty diapers that attracts them . . .
How does John know about the brothels on I-10 at exit 224? One of the best in South East Louisiana... If I say so myself! (So I heard from a friend of my cousin)
This picture brings the whole thing home to me.
Mrs. Vitter is in serious emotional and psychological trouble. She may have called for Clinton's impeachment over the White House blowjob, but let's not forget that she didn't do anything wrong. She believed Clinton should have been impeached and she explained what she would do if her husband did anything close to infidelity. She said it so confidently because she really believed in her husband and their seeminly shared moral standards.
Now she has to face that not only is her husband a lying, hypocritical sociopath, but also that he made a fool out of her, publicly, exposed her to the scorn and ridicule of any Joe or Jane Blow with time to kill on-line. It's bad enough for anyone to find out that the person closest to them was utterly false - the worst comes when you have to face the fact that you were stupid enough to believe and trust the spouse who betrayed them.
Looking at her face exhibits a crushing desolation, sorrow and staggering disorientation.
This lady ain't Hillary Clinton. But maybe, in retrospect, it would have been better for Hillary to have exhibited her horror at Bill's betrayal of her - and all of us. Like it or not, we Dems *also* demand a moral high ground - on treating everyone with respect. We may not preach it from a position of lily-purity, but we do expect more from our icons than Clinton showed his wife.
I wish Mrs. Vitter well, and hope she finds some help. I'm not surprised that Vitter is amoral, but these endless episodes of recurrent Schadenfreude is not a good thing for the soul or the mind.
Milo
scruzman @ 118:
So every man who is merely accused of rape is a rapist. Well, let's get rid of all these courts, shall we?
Monica was 25.
bob @ 107:
Like pickles boosh who ran over a boyfriend and killed him?
Hypocrite, double-standard, etc. These are not words in the Wingnut Dictionary. Their aides and staffers keep them around though to offer up for use agianst anyone they don't like. If you listen and read closely, a large number of current and future Neos do not seem to have been paying much attention in their English classes, and I suspect that is why they all parrot our most illiterate of presidents, George "Burning" Bush. When his words are not available they get Cheney to leak something to the Times and they just repeat that.
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