Family Values Senator a Whoremonger
Louisiana Republican Senator David Vitter first came to office in 1999 by winning the House seat of Rep. Bob Livingstone, who resigned in disgrace because of--you guessed it--adultery. Back them Vitter won election by emphasizing his solid marriage and his opposition to gays and abortion. Now that inescapable evidence has emerged in the form of the Washington madam's phone records, Senator Vitter has admitted his past involvement with prostitutes, claiming it all came before his 2004 Senate campaign, during which he emphatically denied charges of infidelity.
I don't much care about officeholders' personal lives, but I am not a fan of hypocrisy. Senator Vitter is on record as opposing gay marriage, because that would cause harm to traditional marriage, which, evidently, is his job.
In Louisiana, however, the home state of Huey Long and Eddie Edwards, it's hard to know how much soliciting the occasional prostitute will hurt a guy.
UPDATE: Senator David Vitter, the prostitute's friend, is of course one of Giuliani's leading supporters; indeed, he's coordinating Giuliani's campaign throughout the entire South. It makes you wonder: Is there anyone who supports Rudy Giuliani who isn't a criminal?
