Yes, the Democrats are worse. Which outcome is better to you, having all imperfect Republicans, including conservatives, be removed from office, and be replaced with liberal (and imperfect) Democrats, or not?
Vitter is no RINO. He stood fast against shamnesty. If his family can forgive him for his mistakes, than so should we.
Oh wait.....that’s not what you said, is it?
Nor did I say we need to REMOVE Vitter, so stop pretending I did.
I did say that frequenting a prostitute and covering it up from us for so long deserves some consideration. Rather than DEMAND everyone INSTANTLY forgive him and “move on,” how about accepting that perhaps some of us are going to have less than blind faith in Vitter for a little while?
I cannot buy into the “he opposed amnesty, so let’s ignore everything else he does” philosophy.
No he does not need to be removed. Yes, we need to be a little more cautious in our support of Vitter than we have been. Yes, he’s still better than the Democrats lining-up to face him. No, we don’t INSTANTLY just pretend that it means nothing.
I agree that Vitter has been a solid conservative. However, I think what is being overlooked here is that he made a mistake, and lied to his constituents to cover it up. Cheating on his wife is not good either, but that is between he, his wife and God. It doesn’t have anything to do with me.
I would have some serious trust issues with this guy. If he is the best Republican running, I could still vote for him. But that is a big if. Surely there is someone with more integrity and solid conservative credentials that could run.
Vitter should be criticized for his behavior and every respectable conservative should be seriously considering whether he is worthy of their vote. Otherwise, we are the same as the liberals; willing to sacrifice our values to win the election.