United States Senator of Louisiana (Republican), David Vitter, has admitted and apologized for his "past sin" of hiring of prostitutes. Vitter's phone number was included in a published list of phone records of Pamela Martin and Associates, a company owned and run by Deborah Jeane Palfrey, also known as the "D.C. Madam", which is accused by the U.S. government of being a prostitution service.
While Vitter was calling for Bill Clintons resignation for having an affair, a year later as phone records show, he called Palfreys service at least five times, of which two of the calls were made during House roll call.
He is also being accused by Jeanette Maier "The Canal Street Madam" of being a customer on more than one occasion. Vitter denies this allegation.
According to federal prosecutors, they have identified her business as being a $300 per hour brothel.
In May 1999, Vitter replaced Bob Livingston after Livingston resigned - due to an adultry scandal.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/thenation/20070710/cm_thenation/15212429
His voting record:
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oh i just love the republican party!!!! hahaha
BTW, I couldn't care less about how much John Edwards spends on haircuts.
THE DIFFERENCE IS THEY IMPEACHED HIM IN THE HOUSE FOR LYING ABOUT HAVING AN AFFAIR - MEANWHILE THIS GUY WAS INVOLVED IN PAYING FOR PROSTITUTES WHICH IS ILLEGAL
what clinton did, was not illegal
HYPOCRITS!
People tend to stand up for their own -- and that is hypocritical. But everybody does it.
The spin I've heard on the Clinton thing is that because he was trying so hard not to let things get out that he was willing to lie about it. So, the thinking goes, he may be the kind of person that could put himself in compromising positions, possibly putting the country at risk.
I don't really buy into that per se. Convicting somebody of something they MIGHT do isn't the way our system works. On the other hand, lying about it was a really dumb move.
Whether or not it's anybody's business about these sex scandals is a whole 'nother discussion!
and you are a republican right?
Yes -- I am a registered Repubilican, and generally vote with the party. However, there are plenty of things I'm not happy about. I am a conservative first. But I try not to let this stop me from understanding other points of view.
the point is - the republican party tries to legislate morality - all the while doing things like this
We are ALL fallible. In my opinion, though, I don't think we should give up on trying to do what we think is the right thing because we sometimes fail.
Heck, I tell myself all the time that I should behave in certain ways, and then screw up. :-)
its always funny when it comes back to bite them in the arse!
A 'sex scandal' is invented by the media. It boggles me that Americans (land of the free), and not the British (land of stiff upper lips and starch) can be such silly prudes at times.
So a politician hires a hooker - So What??
*S* thats the what
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Roberts (seems 'tied to a tree' may be slightly wrong, still)
and what about the Labour Party Secretary of State for Wales who would have been able to keep his job if he hadn't lied twice?
http://politics.guardian....s/story/0,,911054,00.html
more here
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/203206.stm
but I think if a British heterosexual or gay or bi politician went on and on about Family Values while paying prostitutes, s/he'd be in trouble, Blair's rule apparently was, it didn't matter what they did so long as they weren't hypocrites, so long as they didn't tell other people what to do.
-- on your side of the pond, there was also that Family Values and Keep The Web Family-Safe male pol who was simultaneously chatting up male pages...
i don't see any report saying he pledged never to do it again, though. nor any dealing with the hypocrisy of which LBP speaks.
but (tongue in cheek) did you see his WIFE? whut a horse! No wonder he ... erm ....
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