Remember the famous words of Wendy Vitter, wife of David, in 2000.

[madfloridian]

I thought of them again yesterday as I watched him be given enough credibility to question Hillary. I kept remembering what his wife, Wendy, said in 2000 when she was asked how she would act if her husband had an affair.

Wendy Vitter about unfaithfulness, year 2000.

"Vitter, 46, then became Louisiana’s first Republican senator since the end of Reconstruction, and has built a reputation as a solid conservative, opposing abortion rights, same-sex marriage and gun control. Last month, he took a leading role in efforts to kill the comprehensive immigration overhaul bill.

In 2000, Vitter was included in a Newhouse News Service story about the strain of congressional careers on families.

His wife, Wendy, was asked by the Newhouse News reporter: If her husband was as unfaithful as former President Bill Clinton, would she be as forgiving as Hillary Clinton?

“I’m a lot more like Lorena Bobbitt than Hillary,” Wendy Vitter told Newhouse News. “If he does something like that, I’m walking away with one thing, and it’s not alimony, trust me.”

“I think fear is a very good motivating factor in a marriage,” she added. “Don’t put fear down.”

David Vitter, front and center at the hearing on the hill. Given such credibility.

Scandal-linked senator breaks a week of silence

Vitter, 46, acknowledged in a statement last Monday that his number was included in the telephone records of an escort service run by Deborah Jeane Palfrey, a woman dubbed by the news media as the "D.C. Madam."

In the statement, Vitter said the incident was "a very serious sin in my past for which I am, of course, completely responsible."

"Several years ago, I asked for and received forgiveness from God and from my wife in confession and marriage counseling."

Vitter's wife, Wendy, told reporters she had forgiven her husband when she learned about the escort service several years ago.

"I made the decision to love him and to recommit to our marriage. To forgive is not always the easy choice, but it was, and is, the right choice for me," she said. "I am proud to be Wendy Vitter."

I don't care what he does in his private life, but to give him the credibility he got yesterday is sickening.

[davefromqueens]

1. Vitter on the chopping block?

[Sebastian Doyle]

2. Well now we know why Vitter wears diapers

Hell of a lot more difficult for the wife to get in there with a knife and cut off Mr. Happy than it would be if he were wearing boxers. :rofl:

[11 Bravo]

3. Wendy Vitter - typical repuke ... all talk, no action.

[Deja Q]

24. Since when is a repuke satisfied with ANYTHING that's "a la carte"?

[glitch]

33. Lol! nt

[calimary]

4. True. I don't care what he does or did in his private life, either, but when he's in a position

where he can fuck with other people's private lives, I care DEEPLY. ESPECIALLY when you consider the size of the glass house vitter was living in.

[madfloridian]

5. It was infuriating to watch him. How could they allow such a travesty?

It was wrong on so many levels.

He can see all the prostitutes he wants, but he loses his right to have such power to question others.

[calimary]

6. It actually struck me as something pathetically funny.

There he was huffing and puffing all high-and-mighty.

And I thought - "YEAH, GOP. THAT'S the best you got. Flaunt it all you want. It'll only remind people..." :evilgrin: :rofl:

All we have to do is keep repeating the mantra: "Obstructionist republi-CONS." Make 'em look bad. They're trying to block TRUE progress, Obama-style - the kind of progress we all voted for in RESOUNDING AND UNSPINNABLE majorities, back on November 4th when America loudly and firmly affirmed: Hello!? Anybody home over there in the elephant paddock? Can you read? The handwriting on the wall, for months, has said we want to do it THIS guy's way for a change - NOT YOURS.

They LOST. PERIOD. Sore Losermen ALL. And they need to sit there and take the humbling. If their way had been good, if their way had worked, if their way had proved beneficial for all the genuine Joe-the-Plumbers out there, THEY'D still be in the White House next Tuesday afternoon. THERE'S A REASON why that won't be happening. And they need to realize it. And the more we can remind the public about this - for being obstructionist and IGNORING, indeed, DEFYING the will of the people, the worse the republi-CONS will look, and the farther and faster will be their decline. And more lasting. We have to keep stressing the "Obstructionist republi-CON" line at EVERY turn. The same knee-jerk way any "self-respecting" GOP'er would rattle off such tattoed-on-the-tongue talking points as "activist judges," "moving forward," "personal responsibility," and "he kept us safe."

[madfloridian]

13. But no one is saying those things loudly right now.

I don't hear much calling out of the obstructionists. We are pretty much being nice.

[calimary]

31. Well then WE have to do the heavy lifting - AGAIN.

I suggest when anyone calls his/her congressperson or senator to lobby for this, it be stressed - how much We The IGNORED People were right - that is, CORRECT - while all the know-it-alls and inside-the-Beltway in-crowd and all those with that precious fucking access got it WRONG AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN. I'll match OUR track record here on the far left with ANYBODY's among the alleged hotshots in the DC media - ANYTIME.

The war.
The Iraq War Resolution.
WMD.
al Qaeda NOT being in Iraq in the beginning.
The Patriot Act and its extension.
FISA and its extension.
alito.
roberts.
mukasey.
Torture.
Extraordinary rendition.
Removing habeas corpus and otherwise trashing the Constitution when we're supposed to be about PRESERVING, protecting and defending it.

I could go on and on and on.

And we HAVE.

OVER AND OVER, AGAIN AND AGAIN, we've called, written, emailed, petitioned, marched, protested, and attempted all kinds of activism - all to deaf ears. And as it turns out - WE WERE CORRECT, OVER AND OVER, AGAIN AND AGAIN, and all those who SHOULD have listened to us and sneered instead, or looked the other way, or made excuses, or ignored us, or attempted to suppress or stifle or silence us, or laughed at us, or didn't take us seriously, or didn't make ANY time to hear our complaints, or filed our case work in the round file or the back drawer in the back room behind some file boxes and other stuff, or hemmed and hawed, or otherwise had their backbones surgically removed, WERE WRONG. And WE WERE NOT.

As I said, I'll match our track record for accuracy and prescience in warning repeatedly about impending disaster and lousy decision-making and the consequences thereof - against ANY of theirs. ANY TIME.

Those who would still put us on "ignore" would be well-served to be REMINDED how badly and repeatedly and consistently they got it wrong in the face of our constant warnings and pleadings. They need to be REMINDED of how crucial it is to listen to the people who got it right the first time. 'Cause we're STILL correct NOW.

[glitch]

34. Excellent post. nt

[madfloridian]

36. Her posts are always excellent.

That's our calimary.

:)

[calimary]

41. Aw, thanks, madfloridian!

:hi: :headbang: :patriot:

[madfloridian]

7. Politico had a long article on this.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0707/4850.html

Wendy's famous words were mentioned.

[Doctor_J]

8. Two lying, hypocritical Repukes under the same roof

lord help their unfortunate spawn

[KansDem]

9. GOP = "Gang Of hyPocrites" (nt)

[derby378]

10. It's all fun and games until somebody loses a penis

It's a shame Vitter hasn't resigned, but look at it this way - he's the gift that keeps on giving.

[OwnedByFerrets]

11. SS, what he didnt wasnt private. Under our outdated and antiquated

laws in Murika, he broke the law by purchasing the services of a prostitute....and then got applauded for it when he returned to congress.....a standing ovation, no less.

[madfloridian]

12. I had forgotten his standing ovation.

Just like the one Ted Stevens got. Just like the one Joe Lieberman got after forming his own party to win.

So many others and their standing ovations.

[Wetzelbill]

23. I can see why they would give an ovation to say

Teddy Kennedy when he came back after being diagnosed with cancer. But the rest of those, that's a pretty low bar.

[OwnedByFerrets]

30. Just shows what repugs think is important.

[Alcibiades]

14. Diapers and cigars

I am sure Wendy Vitter would have different questions for Mrs. Clinton than her husband did.

[Ghost in the Machine]

15. No "Diaper Dave" Vitter post is complete without pictures

[Hubert Flottz]

19. Dumpling Davy

I love that picture.

[Politicalboi]

37. When you in Luv"s

The whole world's delicious.

[boomerbust]

16. Hill

Certainly had that Lorraina Bobbit look on her face.:grr:

[newtothegame]

17. Well it sounds like he came out about it well before it made news though...

I think Ms. Vitter was talking about denying it until absolutely proven guilty, ie Bill Clinton.

[Hubert Flottz]

18. I wish Hilary Clinton had asked Dave if he had a turd in his

pocket...

[Career Prole]

20. "...for which I am, of course, completely responsible."

Dude. You misspelled "reprehensible".
That seems to be a common repuke spelling error.

[George II]

21. Excellent post - Americans need to be reminded of scum like that....

.....as they try to smear their Opposition.

[madfloridian]

25. Yes, we need to remind them constantly.

And we don't do that enough.

[madrchsod]

22. what? no picture of the happy couple?

[Ghost in the Machine]

26. Here's another pic of the happy couple

[Zookeeper]

27. So, one of the 'Thugs, who hounded Clinton over a consensual...

and legal affair, is embraced by his party despite having hired prostitutes....which may be consensual, but is illegal.

It just kills me that the Rethugs get away with this crap and still consider themselves the upholders of "Family Values."

:puke:

[lunatica]

28. Maybe she's the one who puts his diapers on him now.

So see, he doesn't have to go get hookers anymore. Wallah!!

[valerief]

29. Why would he wear diapers? To shit in his pants. He finds that sexy.

Shitting in his pants. A senator. A pants-shitter and an asshole to boot.
:hurts:

[Wetzelbill]

32. ......

:rofl:

[The Wizard]

35. He belongs in St. Elizabeth's Hospital

not the Senate.

[cartach]

38. Go and sin no more!

I don't really care if you sin no more or not but for Christ's sake just go.

[madfloridian]

40. Ha ha.

That's just about how I feel. :hi:

[SpiralHawk]

39. Vitter is just another garden-variety republicon deviant=hypocrite

Republicons = Pharisees.

[tooeyeten]

42. he's a nothing

“If he does something like that, I’m walking away with one thing, and it’s not alimony, trust me.”

Without her and her $$, he never had a chance. He and his little performance simply setting himself up for his opposition next year. Rottsa ruck!

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