Posted on 07/09/2007 8:55:07 PM PDT by freespirited
Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) acknowledged Monday night that his number appears on telephone records of the alleged D.C. Madam, Deborah Jeane Palfrey, and issued an apology.
“This was a very serious sin in my past for which I am, of course, completely responsible,” Vitter said in a statement issued by his office.
“Several years ago, I asked for and received forgiveness from God and my wife in confession and marriage counseling,'' he added. "Out of respect for my family, I will keep my discussion of the matter there -- with God and them. But I certainly offer my deep and sincere apologies to all I have disappointed and let down in any way.”
Vitter did not disclose exactly when the incidents took place, but said it was before he ran for the Senate in 2004.
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.
A Harvard graduate and former Rhodes Scholar, Vitter was elected to the House in 1999, filling the seat vacated by Rep. Bob Livingston, who was headed toward the House speakership in 1998 when he was forced to reveal his marital infidelities.
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 were as unfaithful as Livingston or former President Bill Clinton, would she be as forgiving as Hillary Rodham 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.”
Vitter’s revelation Monday comes a month after Hustler magazine Publisher Larry Flynt offered $1 million for information about illicit sexual relations with members of Congress. Flynt made a same pitch in October 1998, playing a role in Livingstons outing.
Palfrey posted the complete phone records of her client list on the Internet Monday night. The list for Pamela Martin and Associates dates back to 1994.
She is accused of running a prostitution ring catering to Washington’s elite. She faces federal racketeering and conspiracy charges based on allegations that she earned $2 million operating a prostitution service from 1993 to 2006.
Palfrey, however, has said that her company was legal operation that offered sexual fantasy services.
Her lawyer, Montgomery Sibley Blair, began distributing copies of the phone records to the media last week after a judge lifted an injunction that had previously prevented Palfrey from doing so.
Didn’t ABC say months ago that there were no names of interest on that list? Hmmm.... Did they lie to us?
Here are the phone records.
http://www.deborahjeanepalfrey.com/Jeane10c.html
That site is down.
It must be payback for opposing illegal immigration amnesty. It is funny how no Democrats are on the list of customers. If more Republicans are on the list, their names will be released a day or two before election day.
Dems=good Republicans=BAD, no matter what they do.
“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.”
So then why is she still married to him?
What Vitter did was flat out wrong...no two ways about it...but I have no sympathy or respect for the wife.
Why have principles when you could be a social climber.
She appears to have shown none herself.
Good for Vitter. Confession is a cleansing thing, and this is the best way to handle something like this. Most people who have truly repented have no problem talking about their past, in my experience. Especially when the family has already forgiven and gone past it.
Let’s see, if you are a Dem President you can get a blow job in the White House and it is ok with the Liberals. If you are a Republican it is not OK to have sex with a prostitute.
Dems=good Republicans=BAD, no matter what they do.
That’s because once upon a time Republicans tried to be different than Democrats by holding themselves to a higher moral standard.
But it’s becoming increasingly obvious from immigration to spending to surrender to moral ethics, a lot of Republicans have become Democrats.
First of all this a madame who offered women to heterosexuals. That alone excludes a lot of Democrats, both the closeted and uncloseted alike. Second, drunkedness and drug addiction causes one to lose interest in sex whether licit or illicit. Of course, I am most notably illuding to the congressional father and son act of Kennedy and Kennedy.
Heck, if you are a Democrat Senator, it is is taken to be an admirable example of love and diversity if your gay lover runs a gay prostitution ring out of your apartment. And the feminists treated Bill Clinton like he was a hero.
C’mon man - maybe she decided to forgive and keep the marriage going for the sake of the family and because she loves the man. I’ve been married 15 years and to my knowledge we have been faithful. But I’ve also learned to love and be loved in a way that goes beyond a simplistic “you screw up and you’re out”. It probably sounded good for her to SAY that, but when confronted with the reality she went another way.
Vitter had better check into rehab first thing tomorrow morning.
So let’s get this straight now, out of 13 YEARS of phone records, David Vitter’s phone number is the *only* one of interest?
While Charlie Daniels was right when he said ‘watch where ya go, and remember where ya been’, Vitter isn’t alone.
The others just haven’t had the spotlight hit them yet.
I wonder how many Kennedy or Clintons are on this list
I doubt Reagans, Bushies
And that's what I'm calling out that social climber on.
This is a marriage of convenience...she made that abundantly clear.
Site is up but slow. I’ve got all 20 zip files for archival purposes :)
Gay, or straight?
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