Quote Of The Day
From today's Hotline:
"The difference is, Idaho has a Republican governor."
-- Paul Begala, on the difference between Sens. Larry Craig (R-ID) and David Vitter (R-LA), "Situation Room," CNN, 8/29
Quote Of The DayFrom today's Hotline: "The difference is, Idaho has a Republican governor." -- Paul Begala, on the difference between Sens. Larry Craig (R-ID) and David Vitter (R-LA), "Situation Room," CNN, 8/29 3 Comments |
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Very true. GOP hypocrisy at work again!
As TPM says.. What About Sen. David Vitter?
So how will Senate Republicans square their calls for Sen. Larry Craig's resignation with their support for Sen. David Vitter (R-LA)?
Let's put it this way: Vitter did more than slide his foot under a bathroom stall. He has as much as admitted to breaking the law by paying for prostitutes proffered by the D.C. Madam. He left precious little ambiguity in his public statements, though he didn't go quite as far as Craig's guilty plea.
But that is a slim reed of a difference. Is the only real difference for GOPers that Vitter was in for straight sex (though apparently pretty kinky straight sex, by one account) whereas Craig went in for gay sex in public places?
There's been considerable commentary on conservative commentators' double standard for Vitter and Craig. But it's a standard GOP senators are going to have to answer for, too. Let the squirming begin.
Sorry Begala, but other differences trump the one you've spun. Namely, (1) Vitter's state overwhelmingly still approves of the job he is doing, and 55% of Idahoans want Craig gone, and (2) Vitter's transgressions were from several years ago, were previously confessed by him to his family and were forgiven by them, whereas Craig's incident just occurred and he is telling a bald faced lie about it.
Vitter was not in the Senate in 1994 when this happened. He was in congress, I believe but then it was during the Barney Frank era and of course the Bill Clinton sleaze scandals. Since Vitter is from Louisiana, he will probably be reelected in a landslide.