Vitter scandal goes partisan in Louisiana

[RiverStone]

Source: The Times-Picaqune


NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The scandal surrounding Sen. David Vitter is sparking a partisan fight as the state Democratic Party chairman called Vitter an "embarrassment" and Republicans rallied behind their embattled senator.

For his part, Vitter remained out of sight Thursday, the third straight day of hiding since he acknowledged on Monday that his telephone number appeared on the list of a woman accused of running a prostitution ring.

"Rather than proving to be a leader, he's proving to be an embarrassment," Chris Whittington, the state Democratic chairman, said on Thursday night.

Whittington also said Vitter's "actions and remaining time in seclusion show his blatant disregard for his duties in the Senate by missing votes."

Read more: http://www.nola.com/newsflash/louisiana/index.ssf?/base/news-33/1184307910278080.xml&storylist=louisiana

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Check out David Vitter's views back in October of 1998 on why Clinton should be impeached:

"Some current polls may suggest that people are turned off by the whole Clinton mess and don't care -- because the stock market is good, the Clinton spin machine is even better or other reasons. But that doesn't answer the question of whether President Clinton should be impeached and removed from office because he is morally unfit to govern.

The writings of the Founding Fathers are very instructive on this issue. They are not cast in terms of political effectiveness at all but in terms of right and wrong -- moral fitness. Hamilton writes in the Federalists Papers (No. 65) that impeachable offenses are those that "proceed from the misconduct of public men, or, in other words, from the abuse or violation of some public trust."

Above excerpt posted within full story at DavidCorn.com (here):

http://www.davidcorn.com/archives/2007/07/a_blast_from_vi.php

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Live by the sword, die by the sword eh Mr. Vitter?

I could not care less what he did/does in his private sex life; but since he seemed to care so very deeply about what President Clinton did in his private sex life and how it effects his ability to lead --- I expect he will apply the same standards to himself? Right??? :shrug:

Or certainly he will be reminded of his past words....again and again until he does.