More Bad News for ATL’s Favorite Bayou Bad Boy, David Vitter
Former Lawyer of the Day Louisiana Senator David Vitter is having a bad week, and it’s only Tuesday. The Legal Times reported yesterday that he may have to testify in the scandalous “D.C. Madam” trial. Vitter confessed last year to being a client of the escort service run by the so-called “D.C. Madam,” Deborah Jeane Palfrey.
A congressman testifying in a prostitution trial is going to make headlines, even with Eliot Spitzer around to monopolize the prostitution scandal spotlight. Vitter has made it worse by committing “a hit and run” while running away from the media, asking questions about the trial. From the Gonzales Weekly Citizen:
A car carrying U.S. Sen. David Vitter ran into a No Parking sign in the Gonzales Police Department parking lot Monday morning as the senator was attempting to evade members of the media, including the Gonzales Weekly Citizen, following a Town Hall forum event at Gonzales City Hall.No one was injured in the incident, but the car - in which Vitter was a passenger - sped away from the scene with visible, but light damage following the wreck.
The sign was encased in an orange safety cone and cemented into the driveway. The sign did not appear to be damaged in the incident.
It seems like an exaggeration to describe hitting a No Parking sign as a “hit and run.” Thank goodness for broadcast news, which captured the accident on video. It’s a surprisingly violent collision. Vitter gets points though for driving what looks to be a fairly eco-friendly car!
‘Shock and Awe’ in D.C. Madam Case [Legal Times]
Vitter driver wrecks into sign after Gonzales forum [Gonzales Weekly Citizen via Politico]
Vitter’s driver knocks down stop sign following press conference [4WWL]
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My first first.
Watching the video confirmed that this is the least interesting "news" story I have seen in a long time.
Kudos.
So, wait. This guy went to Harvard for undergrad. He was a Rhodes Scholar. And then he went to TULANE for law school? wtf?
What do you mean by "[t]he sign did not appear to be damaged in the incident"? It was standing straight up before the car hit it, and was leaning over significantly after the impact. That constitutes obvious damage.
This new layout is pure shit.
New layout : goodness :: Fordham : prestige.
New layout : goodness :: Fordham : prestige.
with all the damn polls ATL conducts, you'd think a poll on a new layout would have been appropriate.
He's not a "congressman;" he's a Senator.
He's not a "congressman;" he's a Senator.
I can't wait to choose a hip photo to put to the left of my name.
you go to Harvard, become a rhodes scholar
and then return to Tulane law school if you want to run for Senate
ergo....
There is also a stop sign attached to the No Parking sign. How embarrassed must the good senator have been once his driver ran over that sign? I would have fired the a-hole.
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comments are quicker!!!
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How come this guy is still a Senator and Spitzer is no longer governor?
12:57 - Cause he is from Louisiana and anything goes there.
12:57 - Cause he is from Louisiana and anything goes there.
The fact that he's from Louisiana has nothing to do with it. The fact that he's a total fuckstick, does.
Total. Fuckstick.
12:57 - Cause he is from Louisiana and anything goes there.
This guy should have been forced to resign. He did something illegal that is serious---its connections to sexual slavery (don't call it white slavery, you can be other colors, too), underworld crime, and drug dealing all make it serious.
and he is a congressman, in that he is a member of congress. He's also a senator, which is a more specific designation of his job.. For some strange reason, we haven't come up with a term for representative, so we only use congressman for it--perhaps Representor?
Harvard undergrad -> TTT = reason to study for the LSAT. Then again, it was probably for the best that a pro-life pro-prayer whorebanger ended up at a TTT.
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