Hannity: Sen. Vitter Should Resign
Hannity: Sen. Vitter Should Resign
When Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) replaced former Rep. Bob Livingston (R-LA) — who “abruptly resigned after disclosures of numerous affairs” in 1998 — he argued that an extramarital affair was grounds for resignation:
“I think Livingston’s stepping down makes a very powerful argument that Clinton should resign as well and move beyond this mess,” he said. [Atlanta Journal and Constitution, 12/20/98]
Calling Vitter a “hypocrite-in-chief,” TriCities.com writes today, “If U.S. Sen. David Vitter, R-La., were one-quarter the man he claims to be, he would resign his office over links to a D.C. escort service.” The op-ed continues, “Vitter is a bigger hypocrite than most,” noting his prior criticisms of Clinton. “Vitter is the worst kind of a politician: A man who hoists himself upon a family-values pedestal and condemns others who don’t ascend with him.”
Even right-wing pundit Sean Hannity is getting into the act. Last night on Fox, Hannity said that Vitter should heed his own advice and resign:
I think Senator Vitter should probably live by the line that he put out for Bill Clinton back in the Monica Lewinsky scandal.
Watch it:
Earlier this week, Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) said the Vitter scandal should have “a full airing” and noted that there is an open criminal investigation into the escort service that Vitter acknowledged calling.
Melanie Sloan, Executive Director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, said yesterday, “Senator Vitter’s solicitation of at least one prostitute was not merely, as he has stated, ‘a serious sin,’ it was a violation of criminal law.”
UPDATE: KLo weighs in: “I think he’s probably should resign.”
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Good for you Sean. (That really hurt to say)
July 20th, 2007 at 11:16 amOh hell yeah, doesn’t make me think Hannity is anything less than dirt.
July 20th, 2007 at 11:17 amPoor Little Sean Insanity. He has been essentially trapped into calling for Vitter’s resignation. He’s got the same problem that Vitter has — live by the sword, die by the sword.
What other corners will little Seanie paint himself into this year?
Hmmmmmmm. I wonder.
July 20th, 2007 at 11:17 amIf extra marital affairs or infidelitis was the bar for them to have to resign, I would guess most of the members of Congress, this Adminsitration, and everywhere else with men in power in DC would have to resign. Then where would we be.. I wonder if Hannity’s number is on the DC Madam’s list…
July 20th, 2007 at 11:18 amYe gods, is Hannity trying to re-invent himself as, well, a Human Being?
Ratings must be down…
July 20th, 2007 at 11:18 amMe thinks he only said that so when he resigns, it would fall off the radar screen. Even Faux NoNooz has to get tired of all this hypocritical crap coming from “their Repug Family Values Boyz”.
It cracks me up! I hope it has a similar impact on the trolls here, as well.
July 20th, 2007 at 11:18 amNo!!!!!! NOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!! I didn’t think i’d ever agree with that over grown man ham.
My head hurts now.
July 20th, 2007 at 11:19 amHe’s got the same problem that Vitter has — live by the sword, die by the sword.
Comment by Tom
Live by the sword, might as well go ahead and swallow it?
July 20th, 2007 at 11:19 amNope. Seanie isn’t in the DC Madam’s list. He’s a gay version of Nathan Lane. Sure, he’s got a wife and kids to cover up that fact but he swings the other way. How else could you explain the fact that he keeps Allan Combes around?
July 20th, 2007 at 11:20 amNice try, JG, but the issue is not “extramarital affairs or infidelitis”. The issue is Vitter’s hypocrisy in calling for Clinton to resign while engaging in similar behavior himself.
If he truly believed that Clnton should have resigned, then by his own standards, he is not fit to serve in office.
THAT is the issue.
Even Hannity could see that.
July 20th, 2007 at 11:21 amAs soon as Ted Kennedy resigns.
July 20th, 2007 at 11:22 amFor what it’s worth its all right. But then again who gives a crap what Hannity says or thinks.
July 20th, 2007 at 11:24 amEck,
July 20th, 2007 at 11:26 amWhat are the grounds for Sen. Kennedy to resign, please enlighten us?
Good going, Sean! I knew you had some integrity in you somewhere.
I have stated before in numerous TP threads that I think a person’s sex life is none of our business unless it involves forced sex and/or minors. But I have to admit it would be VERY REFRESHING to see our elected officials live by their own words. Remember all those GOPers who ran on the Contract With America in 1994 who promised to term-limit themselves? How many of them actually did?
July 20th, 2007 at 11:26 amNice try, JG, but the issue is not “extramarital affairs or infidelitisâ€. The issue is Vitter’s hypocrisy in calling for Clinton to resign while engaging in similar behavior himself.
Oh, I agree with you totally with that statement. I was being a bit sarcastic..
July 20th, 2007 at 11:27 amTheir hypocrisy knows no bounds..
To Tom #10
Um…what would a “gay version of Nathan Lane” actually be? I think that’s like saying “neocon version of Karl Rove”…
July 20th, 2007 at 11:28 amSpeaking of this scandal check out this awesome Video from The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.
VIDEO – Daily Show Covers Sex Scandal
July 20th, 2007 at 11:28 amhttp://beta.redlasso.com/Community/ClipPlayer.aspx?i=db20a6d1-8fd6-4214-ac11-8d7bcf5b1b6b
What are the grounds for Sen. Kennedy to resign, please enlighten us?
Comment by Pee Wee
Because… because… I can’t think of anything funny to say, so there! Take that! CLINTON DID IT TOO! HAHAHAHAH! Showed you! Showed you!
July 20th, 2007 at 11:28 amVitter is toast.
July 20th, 2007 at 11:29 amIf scarecrows like Hammitup are calling for his head, his base of support is vapor.
It won’t be long before the long arm of the law grabs him by the scruff of the neck.
I wonder if Mr P will turn up in the DC madam’s pages? Probably one of her “specialty acts”…
July 20th, 2007 at 11:30 amTRoS
July 20th, 2007 at 11:31 amIf Mr Pee is on her list, it would be listed under the dominatrix extension
I have been looking at Firedoglake and C&L (registered at both) and will keep the same name.
No, I said nothing offensive except that they were scrubbing posts.
other posters on that thread had stuff removed as well.
I don’t know what was behind it, but you and I were conversing when I got zapped, and there was nothing offensive in the posts. Except of course that TP might consider leaving someone like me who defends other posters from Mr. Pee, and consider banning his IP for that stuff with Tired of Fighting.
But, there you go. Now you know how Mr. Pee keeps on going, no matter what things he says.
Thanks for your concern and I will see you in blogland. i’ll be the one with the cheese puff fingers.
Later
willy
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E-mail from willyloman, recently banned from TP, while Mr. P and his ilk remain.
July 20th, 2007 at 11:32 amIt won’t be long before the long arm of the law grabs him by the scruff of the neck.
Comment by RUCerious
Vitter’s political career is over. Can you imagine campaigning for re-election in Louisiana and having to ’splain to da locals just WHY you paid that woman good money to put you in a diaper?
If Vitter somehow is insane enough to run again, his opponent will think he’s (not Vitter, the opponent) been blessed by God.
July 20th, 2007 at 11:33 amE-mail from willyloman, recently banned from TP, while Mr. P and his ilk remain.
Comment by SGT Higgins
Are you serious, SGT?
July 20th, 2007 at 11:34 amLow hanging Vitter fruit but I’ll take it.
July 20th, 2007 at 11:34 amHannity of course is an illegal propagandist and should be out of the infotainment bizz.
Anybody know when his regular term expires?
July 20th, 2007 at 11:34 amthe fact that he keeps Allan Combes around?
Comment by Tom
How do you know Coombes isn’t keeping Hannity around?
July 20th, 2007 at 11:35 amIf extra marital affairs or infidelitis was the bar for them to have to resign, I would guess most of the members of Congress, this Adminsitration, and everywhere else with men in power in DC would have to resign. Then where would we be.. I wonder if Hannity’s number is on the DC Madam’s list…
It’s not really extra marital affairs or infidelities. It’s more breaking the law that aka prostitution (and I doubt he was in Nevada every time it happenned)
July 20th, 2007 at 11:36 amAre you serious, SGT?
Comment by The Republic of Stupidity
Yes. Not something I’d joke about.
July 20th, 2007 at 11:36 amJust looked it up, he’s up again in 2010. Don’t bet on him being in that race, or even in the Senate past Christmas.
July 20th, 2007 at 11:39 amTed Kennedy has committed infedelity many times.
July 20th, 2007 at 11:40 amSarge and TRoS ~
July 20th, 2007 at 11:41 amThis is really stupid of TP. They whacked willy probably for his relentless badgering (justified!) of Mr. Pee for the Sgt Sherman incident.
Meanwhile they let Pee whiz all over this site under a variety of transparent handles.
Mistress Z said Faiz told her they were working on some mechanism for troll abatement, but they may just be too late.
I have a feeling, since Vitter is a small fry on a comparative basis, that Hannity turning on him isn’t such a big deal. It makes Hannity look like an independent minded guy. When he starts going after Bush and Cheney, then I will be impressed.
July 20th, 2007 at 11:42 amHypocrites never need to resign for anything.
July 20th, 2007 at 11:42 amThe Joker still posts, admittedly, as Rodan
July 20th, 2007 at 11:42 amIt’s well known that the RNC Trolling kit comes with a handy IP changer.
July 20th, 2007 at 11:43 amComment by RUCerious — July 20, 2007 @ 11:41 am
stupid is an understatement.
and a lot of ace’s posts have been deleted, and he disappeared rather suddenly as well.
July 20th, 2007 at 11:43 amWhy was willyloman banned??
July 20th, 2007 at 11:43 amI don’t give diddly-squat who a person diddles. It’s when they get on their holier-than-thou high-horse and preach to the rest of us, knowing fully well the hypocracy of their own words — taking talking points taken from the reich-wing playbook — that I get bent out of shape. Saying that you are a moral man is a far, far cry from actually being one. It’s been a pretty rough week this week in “Jesusland”. Toto has been busy tugging at the curtain again. I don’t think this is what the Repug’s had in mind with “Shock and Awe”.
July 20th, 2007 at 11:44 amGotta wonder when we’ll see Vitter demanding Hannity’s resignation>?
July 20th, 2007 at 11:44 amAgain why can’t you backwoods hillbillys understand this isn’t about infidelity. You know what you don’t deserve to have a voice you’re so goddamn stupid.
July 20th, 2007 at 11:44 amThe thing about that is… I wasn’t the one who messed with ToF!!!
TP knows my IP, and they would have banned me, just like they did with The Joker.
Comment by Mr. President © — July 20, 2007 @ 11:39 am
Screw you, Mr. President!
July 20th, 2007 at 11:44 am“I don’t give diddly-squat who a person diddles.”
Unless it’s Vitter, right?
July 20th, 2007 at 11:45 amwell then i reverse my opinion of vitter. he can stay. because there is no goddamn way i want to agree with hannity.
July 20th, 2007 at 11:46 amTeddy probably has committed infidelity, but I doubt it was in such a stupid way as to call an Escort service and leave his number on their call list.
July 20th, 2007 at 11:46 amWhy was willyloman banned??
Comment by JG
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His words:
that last communication we had is my last at TP.
July 20th, 2007 at 11:47 amThey banned my IP after removing that Post.
Please let others there know what happened and why I won’t be back. and let Ace know that I am sorry I doubted him.
Someone there was scrubbing up his posts and mine and others on that thread about the Cheney questions.
and they left on about “kill islamist is progress.”
When I tried to psot that, they banned me permanately.
Sarge, Ace aka Plunger from Huffington Post is an intellligent guy, but a spammer nonetheless.
July 20th, 2007 at 11:47 amI got fed up with his relentless posting of out of date material at HuffPo as well.
If you have a case, state it.
But to endlessly loop and repeat, loop and repeat, it gets old after a while.
I called him on two factual errors, which he admitted, then just laughed it off. He’s obviously more interested in having people read it than having his facts correct.
I think he’s correct about most of what he posits, but still the message gets old on the four hundredth go around.
Just my 2 cents…
Do words hurt so much? Read 3 posts from anyone and you can get an idea of what/who you are dealing with. We have childish trolls and conspiracy theorists here. We have scholars and working stiffs. We have fakers and seekers.
Sorry to see anybody getting banned here. I’m also sorry to see that ignorance and arrogance are the dominate themes in most posts.
July 20th, 2007 at 11:47 amSome 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:
July 20th, 2007 at 11:48 am“Vitter, Cunningham and the GOP Parliament of Whores.”
#47 FT
July 20th, 2007 at 11:49 amArrogant stupidity has its price.
Ted Kennedy has committed infedelity many times.
Comment by The Eck — July 20, 2007 @ 11:40 am
Not that I care, George Washington raised and enjoyed cannibis but that had no bearing on his capacity to function in government. Anyway since you have made your statement so declaritively could you give a number other then “many” and site the names of the participants, times, and durations of these trysts or do you think that might be a private matter for the Kennedy’s?
July 20th, 2007 at 11:51 am“Teddy probably has committed infidelity”
Probably? He turned his first wife into an alcholoic because of his cheating ways.
July 20th, 2007 at 11:52 amthink he’s correct about most of what he posits, but still the message gets old on the four hundredth go around.
Just my 2 cents…
Comment by RUCerious
I agree. Annoying? Yes. Ban worthy? probably not.
July 20th, 2007 at 11:52 am“Teddy probably has committed infidelityâ€
Probably? He turned his first wife into an alcholoic because of his cheating ways.
Comment by The Eck
Being from FL, I recall his being ‘present’ in the house when his nephew ‘allegedly’ raped a woman on the beach. Bet he helped with the ‘clean-up’.
July 20th, 2007 at 11:54 amHey vitter what’s your safe word???
July 20th, 2007 at 11:55 amYou know, I got carried away with being wordy with the cut and paste in answer to someone else’s question. I just went back and looked and it wasn’t there any more. I hope they don’t ban me too.. I rather enjoy the people on TP (well, most of them).
July 20th, 2007 at 11:58 amPersonally, I tend to believe that TP has chosen to scrub “conspiracy theories” in an attempt to protect their credibility.
You can see how O’Reilly is currently using comments made at DKos to trash that site.
I think it’s ridiculous. If you allow open comments, you’re going to get all kinds of stupidity posted, including claims that Saudis are not “Moslems”.
A site’s credibility should not be judged by its comments section.
July 20th, 2007 at 11:58 amHey Icky…
The issue is hypocracy, not sex. Why would you want to defend such a heinous @ssh*le?
July 20th, 2007 at 11:59 amProbably? He turned his first wife into an alcholoic because of his cheating ways.
Comment by The Eck — July 20, 2007 @ 11:52 am
Whats with all the declaritive sentences. No one is “turned” into an alcoholic and besides how do you have such intimate knowledge of Kennedy family dynamics. I am no Kennedy apologist, I find them just to be another overly indulged white clan but that problem does not observe party lines. I am just baffled by how such bold statements can be made in the absence of corraborating evidences
July 20th, 2007 at 12:00 pm“The issue is hypocracy, not sex.”
Sure, that’s just an excuse for you to poke around Vitter’s bedroom.
July 20th, 2007 at 12:02 pmWOW!!!!
I come in to work and check out TP. See this story and that most of you agree with Hannidy. I must have been transported to Bizzaro world.
I thing the Senator should step down. But I also think that prostitution should be legal.
July 20th, 2007 at 12:02 pmSure, that’s just an excuse for you to poke around Vitter’s bedroom.
Comment by The Eck — July 20, 2007 @ 12:02 pm
As oppose to poking around Ted Kennedy’s bedroom or Bill Clintons office? Do you not see the hypocrisy here?
July 20th, 2007 at 12:03 pmI don’t want to go anywhere near Vitter’s bedroom.
July 20th, 2007 at 12:05 pmVitter and his wife demonstrate the hypocrisy and arrogance that has typified the Republican party. Vitter stands for strong family values while obviously unable to live up to those values himself. His wife ridicules H. Clinton for being able to forgive her husband’s infidelity. Indeed, Mrs. Vitter states that it would be the end of her marriage had her husband indulged in such conduct.
The Repubicans view all Democrats as immoral. They point to the Democrat’s tolerance of those who are different. They point to the Democrat’s failure to adhere to the holier than thou attitutde of the religious right.
The Republicans view the world in this manner because they recognize that they themselves are morally weak. Republicans want religion in government and the government to enforce moralistic codes because they recognize that they are unable to control their baser emotion without such control. Republicans brand others as morally deficient because Republicans (like man alcoholics and sexual pedophiles) want to hide their own moral depravity. Why do you think that we see so many criminals and sexual perverts that are Republican politicians?
July 20th, 2007 at 12:09 pmHannity hasn’t discovered virtue and truth overnight–he’s just a sharp (though evil) political operative. There is no way that a Republican incumbent senator from LA should be in danger. Vitter is. If he stays in the senate and eventually runs for reelection, it harms the GOP. If he is able to motivate Vitter to resign, a fresh-faced family values Republican will likely take his place.
Until the next scandal, at least.
July 20th, 2007 at 12:12 pmHoly crap, I find myself agreeing with Hannity but disagreeing with the criminal angle that CREW seems to be promoting. If the latter goes through, expect to see rightwingers calling for a criminal investigation of Barack Obama for having admitted to cocaine use in the past. (It would be hypocritical of them, I know. . .)
July 20th, 2007 at 12:18 pmSenator Vitter is an honorable, decent, Christian man. While many senators may lack integrity, Senator Vitter is NOT one of them.
Senator Vitter is a senator we can trust. COUGH! COUGH! COUGH! COUGH! COUGH! COUGH! COUGH! COUGH! COUGH! COUGH! COUGH! COUGH! COUGH! COUGH! COUGH! COUGH! COUGH! COUGH! COUGH! COUGH! COUGH! COUGH! COUGH!
We shouldn’t rush to judgment. No! No! Senator Vitter has lived in FEMA trailers during his numerous trips to New Orleans, after Hurricane Katrina, hundreds of times. Breathing unhealthy formaldehyde fumes has not only done a number on Senator Vitter’s lungs, but Senator Vitter’s gonads as well.
I just read today that Bushie scientists have concluded that breathing formaldehyde lowers one’s sexual inhibitions. Most guys breathing formaldehyde are like dogs in heat; they’d do anything to seek the services of a prostitute. Bushie scientists have labeled this condition as: FORMALDEHYDE HOOKER SYNDROME.
Okay, okay, so a large, large, large, large percentage of Bushie scientists are wrong about global warming but they’re right about FORMALDEHYDE HOOKER SYNDROME.
Bushie scientists are scientists we can trust. At least this time!!!! COUGH! COUGH! COUGH! COUGH! COUGH! COUGH! COUGH! COUGH! COUGH! COUGH! COUGH! COUGH! COUGH! COUGH! COUGH!
July 20th, 2007 at 12:19 pmclinton did not do “it” too. neither did kennedy.
by “it” i mean, of course, call for the damnation, criminalization and denial of civil rights from other people based on their sexual proclivities while engaging in adulterous, illegal and (to many people) just plain icky activities himself.
i wonder if, as an anti-sex-ed-and-birth-control crusader, vitter has exposed his wife to life-threatening deseases by going au-natural?
July 20th, 2007 at 12:20 pmHey, Eck did Ted’s infidelity involve paid prostitutes, which is ILLEGAL in DC. Remember the rule of law????????
July 20th, 2007 at 12:20 pmI don’t want to go anywhere near Vitter’s bedroom.
or bathroom.
July 20th, 2007 at 12:21 pmHoly crap, I find myself agreeing with Hannity but disagreeing with the criminal angle that CREW seems to be promoting.
i only support the criminal angle to the degree that vitter was such a proponent of criminalizing prostitution. personally, i think regulating what people voluntarily do with their own bodies is a ridiculous waste of time and money. but even worse when the sex-nazis aren’t bound by their own rules.
i wonder if obama’s thoughts on cocain abuse parallel judge thomas’s feelings on affirmative action? i would guess not, as obama seems to be a human being.
July 20th, 2007 at 12:27 pmSean Hannity utter statement both ethically and sanely sound? Lord Jesus, it’s the Seventh sign of the Apocalypse. Run! Run away!
July 20th, 2007 at 12:33 pmHe should resign – I mean now that we all know that he would dress in diapers with the hookers.
– Did he like making a poo and having them clean him up?
– How could any of the other Senators look at this repukian hypocrite and not snicker?
– This makes him worse than useless.
Please people IGNORE THE TROLLS
- Especially Mr. Pr(ick)
- yesterday was ridiculous
- that idiot is destroying your site
- he and CT_V1 should be banned from the site.
If it continues you will find yourself with very few people coming here.
July 20th, 2007 at 12:36 pmi only support the criminal angle to the degree that vitter was such a proponent of criminalizing prostitution.
Yes, I think this is just the right perspective. Live by the sword, die by the sword. Or perhaps the diaper pin, in Vitter’s case; I don’t want to speculate.
July 20th, 2007 at 12:37 pmSean Hannity utter statement both ethically and sanely sound? Lord Jesus, it’s the Seventh sign of the Apocalypse. Run! Run away!
Comment by C. James Monroe — July 20, 2007 @ 12:33 pm
A broken clock is right twice a day. The odds were with Hannity that he would someday utter something that made sense.
July 20th, 2007 at 12:46 pmKennedy has not run on a platform of moral integrity. Dopes.
July 20th, 2007 at 12:48 pmTypical fascist.
Gets caught doing their style of “family valuing”, feigns contriteness(really, did anybody see any real shame or regret?), and, mark my words, will soon be out on the hustings talking about “godless liberals,” “traitors,” “surrender in Iraq,” and all those other smears that good christian conservatives use against decent people.
BTW, no such thing as a christian conservative. Nor conservative for that matter.
July 20th, 2007 at 12:52 pmHannity is calling out Vitter because Vitter clearly can’t help the GOP at this point. FOX News has quite a history of throwing Republicans under the bus once they lose power or go off message.
July 20th, 2007 at 1:00 pmJMOHR,
As far as I am concerned, not one religion has the fastest speed-dialing to God.
X religion, Y religion, and Z religion always claim to have the fastest speed-dialing to God. Sure! Yeah! Sure! Yeah!
Republicans are power mongers and they will do anything and everything to be the power brokers. Faith-based? Give me a break!
Why would George W. Bush, a man with questionable intelligence, including tens of serious flaws–moral and otherwise, run for the highest office in our country? He obviously can’t win on his own merits, so he employs a scumbag like Karl Rove.
July 20th, 2007 at 1:01 pmWow, way to go out there on a limb, Hannity.
July 20th, 2007 at 1:10 pmWhat a douche.
I’m not a regular Hannity watcher (thank God), but the Vitter quote and the Hannity quote have one disturbing similarity: Could either of those clowns ever bring themselves to say “President” Clinton? Even when he WAS president? Or is respect for the office somethingonly Republicans get?
July 20th, 2007 at 1:16 pmNo way Hannity would call for Vitter’s resignation if a Democrat were to take his seat. They both make me sick.
July 20th, 2007 at 1:20 pmIt’s nice to see Hannity take a break from his full calendar of Republican asslickings to comment honestly on the moral state of a statesman who legislates morality (and by “legisltates,” I mean “dictates” in the truly dictatorial sense of the permanent Republican state these collective sacks of shit have erected), yet has no morals of his own.
And really, shouldn’t Vitters step down based purely on his effectiveness? How effective will this guy be in Congress without prostitutes and diaper sex to tide him through those long, lonely nights in D.C.?
July 20th, 2007 at 2:50 pmIt’s fun watching Eck flail his tiny fists of fury.
Unlike Diaper Dave and all other repubs, Kennedy doesn’t need to break the law and pay for it while wearing a diaper.
Vitter is a lying phony and a criminal. Insannity wants him out because the Repugs know how much this hurts them.
July 20th, 2007 at 3:03 pmI never thought that I would live to see the day that I would actually agree with Sean Insanity.
July 20th, 2007 at 3:12 pmWhoremonger Vitter needs to be gone. His presence will only disintegrate his party even more.
July 20th, 2007 at 4:26 pmGood for Hannity for once. It’s too bad the Regressive Right won’t apply the same standards to ole Newty Gingrich, who I believe was cheating on his wife while bashing Clinton for cheating on his wife.
That would be a start, then they could move on to all the other Republican hypocrites. But I won’t hold my breath.
July 20th, 2007 at 4:35 pmIf it were a fellow Democrat, Rabbi Lieberman would probably take the floor to denounce the immoral outrage to the image of the Senate.
July 20th, 2007 at 7:37 pmI would NOT quote and trust Sean PropagHannity. Let’s see, 1 in a million “good” things to quote from him? They took him off the radio in our area…THANK GOD! (not Vitter’s GOD)
July 21st, 2007 at 9:40 amThat’s like quoting Bill O’Reilly, and saying, “Atta boy, Bill! We love you!” Watch…Hannity will somehow twist this around in the near future. He is a GOP apoligist, a GOP operative, like Rush Limbaugh. And this isn’t the end of it with Sean PropagHannity. He’ll be saying, “Yeah, get rid of Vitter…BUT PUT THIS WORSE REPUBLICAN IN THERE AS HIS REPLACEMENT!”
July 21st, 2007 at 9:42 amThe debate over whether or not David Vitter should go to jail reflects a sad tendency in our society across the political spectrum. When everybody is a social critic and it’s hard to be heard, humane voices are drowned out by scolds and prudes.
How about some muscular moderation? You don’t have to be an advocate for prostitution to feel that, among offenses to decency, the oldest profession is not at the top of the list (check cable TV and the yellow pages), and you don’t have to be an admirer of hypocrisy to observe that what people do is often at odds with what they profess.
http://ajliebling.blogspot.com/2007/07/stoning-sinful-senator.html
July 21st, 2007 at 9:50 amThe most important aspect of Vitter affair, is the fact that he broke the law by paying for a prostitutes services.
While, hypocritical rhetoric around extra-marital affairs is pretty damning, engaging in illegal acts is, or should be, off the charts.
It will be interesting to see how this shakes out.
July 21st, 2007 at 5:27 pmLet me see…
He committed the the same offense as he railed against, AND he broke the law while doing so…
Buh Bye! Don’t let the door hit you on your cheating, whoring ass on the way out!
July 24th, 2007 at 3:44 pm