Republican Marriage: One Man, One Woman (and how many hookers?)

David "Family Values" Vitter (R-LA) provides a new twist for that tired Republican slogan. I love that this guy was the first one caught in the "D.C. Madam" scandal. I'm sure there will be a variety of Democrats and Republicans going down before this is over, but you have to love the irony of this story. In 1998 Vitter demonized Bill Clinton for his affair, demanded his impeachment and called him "morally unfit to govern" [New Orleans Times-Picayune]. He won over the "Jesus" voters and was elected to Congress in 1999 to fill U.S. Rep. Robert Livingston's seat. Livingston was also heavily involved in calling for Clinton's impeachment, but he was embarrassed into resigning after being caught in his own sex scandal. Vitter commented, “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]

He continued to play to the conservative, "family values" crowd by co-authoring H.J. Res 56, the "Federal Marriage Amendment" in 2003. This was an amendment to change the constitution to define marriage as only one man and one woman (ha!). Then while running for office in 2004, his main campaign promise was to "protect the sanctity of marriage". (Apparently, keeping gay people from having any rights was far more important than applying any values to his own marriage.)


Perhaps hypocrisy is a Vitter "family value" because his wife seems to be full of it as well. She was asked by an interviewer in 2000 whether she could forgive her husband if she learned he’d had an affair, as Hillary Clinton and Bob Livingston’s wife had done, Wendy Vitter told the Times-Picayune, “I’m a lot more like Lorena Bobbitt than Hillary. If he does something like that, I’m walking away with one thing, and it’s not alimony, trust me.” As far as I know, David still has all of his body parts and Wendy's not walking anywhere. At a recent press conference she said, "I forgave David. I made the decision to love him and to recommit to our marriage. To forgive is not always the easy choice, but it was and is the right choice for me. David is my best friend. Last week some people very sympathetically said to me, 'I wouldn't want to be in your shoes right now.' I stand before you to tell you very proudly, I am proud to be Wendy Vitter." Bitch, please.

Bush-Cheney 2008 Election

To my regular readers, I apologize (to all 8 of you ) for not updating lately. I've been out of town for a few days and there's been SO much going on with Cheney, Bush and Scooter that I don't even know where to start. I'm sure I'll be back to my bitching and rambling soon. For now, here's bumper sticker to make you laugh (or cry). ;)