Posted on 07/09/2007 11:28:34 PM PDT by Aussie Dasher
WASHINGTON — Louisiana Sen. David Vitter apologized Monday for his telephone number showing up on the old phone records of Pamela Martin and Associates, the alleged prostitution ring run in the nation's capital by Deborah Jeane Palfrey.
"This was a very serious sin in my past for which I am, of course, completely responsible," Vitter said in a statement.
"Several years ago, I asked for and received forgiveness from God and my wife in confession and marriage counseling. 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," he wrote.
The acknowledgment from Vitter, a Republican who recently won praise from conservatives for his opposition to the immigration reform bill, comes days after U.S. District Court Judge Gladys Kessler lifted a restraining order, allowing Palfrey, 51, to distribute pages of phone records that she and her attorney said contains up to 15,000 names.
On Monday, she released the numbers on her Web site.
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I have sinned! woe! wail! whine.
STFU!
Maybe, one day, we'll all agree that paying another adult for consensual sex should not be a crime. Until then, we'll have plenty of entertainment watching moralizing hypocrite politicians get caught with their pants down.
I don’t advocate he quit, but I would support an equally conservative candidate without the seedy past this guy has.
2) We're Bible-thumpers, not stone throwers. That's so Old Testement of you to say.
3) Oh, it ONLY happened three years ago. Yeah, way in the distant past. While a member of the U.S. House. Big difference.
4) This is not about someone's "right" to agree or disagree. This is about what is right and wrong. Can we all agree that what he did is morally reprehensible? Can we all agree that this is not okay, and the behavior should be condemned?
5) When you look at our society and see all of the moral problems (teenage pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, etc.) and wonder why we can't get a handle on them, just look in the mirror.
You obviously cared enough to read and make a comment, as asinine as it was. Always glad to see people defend the degredation of our culture.
LMAO!!! And then yawn again.
“just look in the mirror”...because I do not think he should resign. Because I forgive him. I have said the behavior is wrong, I do not condone it. I’m finished with you. Go Away and preach to someone else.
Palfrey is being prosecuted for a crime under federal law. If she says, "I have asked God for forgiveness," should the prosecution cease?
As a Senator, Vitter has either voted for, or at least not voted to repeal, the federal law that Palfrey is being prosecuted for breaking. He has admitted to, at a minimum, aiding and abetting her crime. Should he be treated better than she is?
This crap will continue until conservatives get mean and nasty and end some careers on the other side.
Ruin lives, break up marriages, send studs down to seduce wives, send sluts down to seduce husbands, make their children cry.
We really need people who are willing to pull the (figurative) trigger on stuff like this.
“This crap will continue until conservatives get mean and nasty and end some careers on the other side.
Ruin lives, break up marriages, send studs down to seduce wives, send sluts down to seduce husbands, make their children cry.
We really need people who are willing to pull the (figurative) trigger on stuff like this.”
It would probably also help for some conservatives to stop their own immoral behavior. A conservative war hero, Duke Cunningham is currently serving the longest prison term of any congressman in American history. And every time a Mark Foley a Reverend Ted Haggard or now a David Vitter shows up, all the striking back and getting nasty in the world won’t wipe out the perceived hypocrisy. Conservatives have to behave better than liberals.
Our side is horribly weak kneed on this. It stinks. It’s long past time we ended careers and ruined some lives.
The biggest reason the smirky, snarky leftists do this is because there is no price to pay for misbehaving. Break up his marriage and force him into bankruptcy, and all of a sudden there’s a price to this bad behavior.
Anti-shamnesty work aside, this does set a bad example on the issue of morality and the sacred vows of marriage. It is a disappointment, to be sure.
Whether it is proper or not to throw Vitter under the bus — I cannot say.
He’s my Senator and as much as I like him, I think he needs to resign.
Because when they campaign with family pictures of themselves with their wife, children, and dog, they want you to think that they are great family members. If they bring their families into the campaigns, then their private lives are open to public scrutiny when they win office.
Good points. In general, it's not helpful to a lawmaker's career to get himself in a position of having to deal with those kinds of questions.
However, since Louisiana politics is so polite and gentlemanly, perhaps no one will mention it if he decides to run again...
No, if Vitter resigned, there would be an election for a two-year term in Nov. 2008 at the same time as the Landrieu reelection campaign. Just like with WY, but in LA she could appoint a Democrat to hold the seat for the next 1.5 years. She might appoint herself. I don’t think Vitter will resign, but he might not run in 2010.
that why I don’t like politicians who celebrate their familiy life in public. You just know it’s a cheesy show.
You are so right.
New allegations have apparently surfaced, and Blanco may end up replacing Vitter. Stay tuned. LA Democrats are incredibly stupid, boring, but LUCKY.
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