Posted on 04/28/2010 7:23:36 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued
The Louisiana Democratic Party just went all "Geraldo" on Republican Sen. David Vitter.
On Wednesday the party launched a new website, forgottencrimes.com, that may be the most blatant attempt yet to make Vitter's involvement in the 2007 D.C. Madam prostitution scandal a front and center issue in his re-election campaign.
Vitter's likely Democratic opponent this cycle is Rep. Charlie Melancon, who so far has allowed the state party to take the toughest whacks at Vitter over the sex scandal that rocked Washington D.C. and Louisiana three years ago.
Now the party is promising a series of videos -- which from the promotional clip appear to be shot and edited in a television news magazine format meant to look like an independent exposé -- that will shed new light on that scandal and find out why Vitter was never prosecuted for his actions.
"A prominent Louisiana politician caught up with prostitution scandals in Washington, DC and New Orleans. Held accountable by no one...until now," the party release stated on Wednesday. "Our investigators have hit the streets from Capitol Hill to the French Quarter to find out the whole story. And what they have discovered may shock you."
The party is also encouraging Louisiana voters to contribute their thoughts on Vitter's role in the D.C. Madam scandal.
Party spokesman Kevin Franck said Wednesday that the goal of the new effort is to "give folks in Louisiana a chance to speak out and remind their neighbors of aspects of the scandal they may have forgotten about or answer questions that still linger."
Here's the video from the website. Tell us what you think: Is it a fair hit? Is it an unfair hit? Is it just icky?
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I fad a feeling this was coming. What’s your take on the ad?
Probably a stupid move for lots of reasons. Men typically are not prosecuted in these situations, and regardless IIRC the statute of limitations had expired.
Are the democrats really expecting to beat a Republican Senator in a conservative state in the deep South when they lost a Senate seat earlier this year in Massachusetts the most liberal state in the Union? Seriously how delusional are these morons?
“What’s your take on the ad?”
Desperation....plain and simple.
Exactly!
Louisiana Dems are PATHETIC because they are losing their grip on the state so fast under BHO!
A non-starter, especially in LA. Vitter wins re-election by at least 7%.
At least they are not introducing the whole thing about the diapers.
Yet.
It would take forever to list the crimes the Democrats have committed.
Charley Boy Meloncon. HAA AHA HAAA HAAA AHAHAAAHHAHAAA! OK, my gut hurts. Boy will be luck to represent New Orleans in the State House.
Moon Landrieu won’t talk up his own kids (Mitch, and “Katrina” Mary.
Louisiana is voting more, and more conservative every election cycle. Charley Boy don’t stand a chance!
Let the dems run the ads.
I don’t think anything is going to elect a Democrat Senator in Lousianna this year. I wish Vitter had just got out of the way and let someone else carry the torch but since he is running he just needs to play the Clinton card and say he and his wife has dealt with this and he has appologized and has moved on from his past failings as a man.
David Vitter is well liked here. Vitter keeps the people informed of what he is doing and what the Rat is doing to the people here.
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