And what about Senator David Vitter
By gewcew23
@gewcew23 (8007)
United States
June 10, 2011 4:36pm CST
Currently there is some demanding on the part of the GOP that Congressman Anthony Wiener should resign or that the House Democratic leadership should strip him of power. I am somewhat amazed by the level of hypocrisy on display here. In the next chamber of Congress seats a two term Senator from the state of Louisiana named David Vitter, a Republican. During Vitters first term, he was identified as a client of a high end call girl service in Washington D.C. Was he forced to resign, no. In fact he keep representing the state of Louisiana for three more years, and won re-election in 2010 with the full support of the national GOP. Here is where it even gets more hypocritical, what Wiener did was immoral to some but not illegal, what Vitter did was illegal.
Oh by the way the madam of the D.C. call girls service, Deborah Jeane Palfrey was charge and sentenced to jail which she hung herself before going to jail, Sen. Vitter was never charged. Sen. Vitter asked that his god and his family to forgive him, I guess that is all you have to do to keep your seat.
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@xfahctor (14118)
• Lancaster, New Hampshire
10 Jun 11
"There is no criminal class in America....except congress"
~Mark Twain
As for the hypocrisy issue, can you cite someone in this forum today who thought Wiener should resign who also defended Vitter back in 2007? If you can find a specific, you have a case of hypocracy to talk about. But considering that the Vitter story is old news, and Wiener is new news...I would expect most people to be talking about Wiener rather than a 4 year old story.
That being said...the guy is typical, walking dyed in the wool congressional arrogance personified. He has the same syndrome as Wiener, Gingrich, etc.
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@lilwonders456 (8214)
• United States
11 Jun 11
Hypocrite. Definately a hyprocrite. Vitter needs to go too. Although I am hearing one of the girls Wiener was sexting may have been underage....that could lead him into some big time legal trouble. Messing with a minor is a sure way to loose your seat AND end up in jail. It is one thing to be unfaithful to your wife...it is another to mess with a child.
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@anniepa (27955)
• United States
11 Jun 11
For what it's worth, as of today Weiner has said the contact with the teen was not indecent.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/weiner-online-contact-with-teen-not-indecent/2011/06/11/AGYCmSQH_video.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=main-twitter
Annie
@Rollo1 (16679)
• Boston, Massachusetts
12 Jun 11
What he wrote wasn't explicit (to this teen, there may be others). It was not explicit but it was suggestive, it was leading and it was a line he used with more than one woman he sexted with. Basically, he liked to portray himself as a superhero. He told this 17 yr old “I came back strong. Large. Tights and cape.” He wrote to a 40 yr old blackjack dealer in Vegas “Yep. Cape. Tights. Looking for my sidekick.” He liked the superhero metaphor a lot. And in some cases (if you've read any of the transcipts of his dalliances, which I don't recommend you do because they're icky) this allusion to tights and large and all the rest of it led into some double entendres about what was in his tights which then led to some pretty graphic stuff. So, I think his message to the 17 yr old was inappropriate and I don't think any of us can say how he would have reacted if she had caught onto the inappropriate meaning of his message and gone down that path. Would he have resisted or gone along with it? We don't know. Honestly, I feel kind of sorry for the guy, he's got some weird problems that growing up and getting married should have solved. Now, he's not the important congressman anymore, he's a laughing stock and he's disgraced. It has to be a terrible place to be in.
@laglen (19759)
• United States
11 Jun 11
A lot of Democrats are calling for his resignation
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/democrats-urge-anthony-weiner-resign-ethics-watchdog-sees/story?id=13794819
In my opinion, I would not re elect him, but I never would have to begin with. Bottom line, it is up to his constituents.
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@suspenseful (40193)
• Canada
11 Jun 11
Actually Republicans who make horrible sins are more likely to decide to quit voluntary, so it is mostly the Democrats who keep their seats no matter how much they do those horrible things. So Vitter must be an exception. Anyway as one who made a horrible sin, and asked for God's forgiveness, perhaps i see this a different way. When you show true repentance, the slate has been wiped clean. So if Anthony Wiener did show that he was repentant,and if he did offer to quit, and his constituents told him not too, and sent thousands of emails persuading him to keep his seat, then it would be different.
By the way, I used to belong to a church that had no forgiveness even when one repented, and I saw how it excommunicated its members. It hurt every much when they were not given a chance and even their repentance was not accepted. Oh if Vitter continued his immoral lifestyle, then of course he should have not been forgiven. Wiener did not see contrite and I stll wonder why Democrats are given a pass, whereas Republicans are not. Seems that there should be the same standard. If you are contrite, you can keep your seat. But if your repentance is not accepted, why change your life around anyway.
What would be the use? I am a little upset about this by the way.
@suspenseful (40193)
• Canada
12 Jun 11
I think that it is disgraceful when the Republicans are forced to resign, but the DEmocrats are given free reign. It is lik a double standard. They all have to prove themselves worthy of their office and that means no shinanigans, no cheating on their wives, etc. because if they cheat on their wives, they might extend the cheating to other areas. And also even if the senator or whomever is faithful to his wife, if he cheats in other ways, he should resign and only allowed to run for office when his conduct is such that he will b e honest and uphold the constitution. .
it is not about blackmail. Blackmailers will blackmail honest people and make up lies about them. I also do not want a one who is faithful to his spouse and then goes and ruins the country with the help of his minions. Not mentioning any names of course, but I am sure you know who I mean.
@suspenseful (40193)
• Canada
12 Jun 11
I also go by percentages of those who did something immoral. For instance, what percentage of Democrats resigned or were forced out, and what percentage of Republicans resigned or were forced it. I am sure that the percentage of Democrats were less then the percentage of Republlcans.
@bestboy19 (5478)
• United States
12 Jun 11
Did David Vitter lie about his misdeeds? The problem with Anthony Wiener is that he tried to blame someone else, a hacker. I believe it was his lying, more than the deed itself, that has gotten Wiener into trouble.
@anniepa (27955)
• United States
12 Jun 11
I don't know what you mean when you ask if Vitter lied about his misdeeds. Obviously he covered them up, or at least tried to, but then he got caught and trotted his poor wife onstage with him as he made his public confession and apology which should have read, "I'm sincerely sorry I got caught!"
Annie
@bestboy19 (5478)
• United States
13 Jun 11
Anniepa, When Vitter got caught, did he accuse anyone other than himself? Did he say, "Someone stole my telephone number and without my knowledge or approval, put it on a call girl list? Wiener accused someone else of putting those pictures on his Facebook account. If not disclosing our personal activities to the world is lying, I suppose we all have lied.
@coolcoder (2018)
• United States
11 Jun 11
What about Clinton? He did his little escapades on the taxpayers' time and money, so it's not just Vitter or Weiner. Don't look at just David Vitter.
Having said that about Clinton, I don't think Vitter should have resigned. After all, Bill didn't, and he was the friggin' president at the time.
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