Hypocrisy is too Damn Easy! Parody is Really Hard!

David Vitter, elected in 2004 as a Senator from the Great State of Louisiana, has been linked with the D.C. Madam's Washington Escort (Prostitution) Service. Apparently, his phone number was in her little black book. Senator Vitter has asked for forgiveness.

I want to make sure I have the proper sequence of events. David Vitter got his start in national politics in 1994. He replaced Bob Livingston as the Congressmen from the 1st Congressional District in Louisiana. In 1994, Mr. Livingston resigned his seat due to the fact that he was outed in an extramarital affair just after he was annointed as Speaker of the House by the pious House Republicans. Mr. Livingston took over as Speaker from our friend Newt Gingrich who had to resign in disgrace due to his many ethical piccadillos and extramarital trysts. Phew..it is complicated and very messy.

I will pray for Mr. Vitter. I am sure he will do the right thing. This is the same Congressmen Vitter who declared in 1998, “I think Livingston’s stepping down makes a very powerful argument that Clinton should resign as well and move beyond this mess” [Atlanta Journal and Constitution, 12/20/98]. In opposition to same-sex marriage, Vitter recently stated, "Marriage is a core institution of societies throughout the world and throughout history. It's something that has provided permanence and stability for our very social structure."

I guess our Republican friends believe that public pronouncements of morality will always trump a multitude of private sins. By the way, is Mark Foley out of rehab?