Give this man a round of applause!

beautiful!

David Vitter is a bible-thumping conservative of the family-values sect of the Republican party. He is quite quick and eager to condemn those who do not share his twisted version of Christianity. He needs to practice what he preaches, stop being a coward, and face up to his indiscretions; if not for himself, then to represent the honor a US Senator should portray.

No excuses for either, they both stunk up the place!

Vitter may not be prosecuting... but he certainly was legislating morality -- be it through anti-gay marriage initiatives, anti-choice votes and basically standing in stone-casting judgement over all those sinners less moral than he...

...until he was caught whoring. In diapers. Then it became something else entirely, right?

Not all that different, no.

Well, I agree it's kind of an exaggeration on Vitter's part to say there is an "enormous" difference between the two cases, but at least he wasn't actively shutting down prostitution rings and crowing about it in press conferences. His political profile has never been that of "moral crusader" but rather a run-of-the-mill bible belt pandering pol.

Also, while I agree there is a delicious sort of schadenfreud to the Vitter-in-Diapers scenario, he wasn't taking a public position in regards to prostitution as was Spitzer. So in that way (for me) Spitzer is worse and much more of a disappointment.

And just one more point, then I'll shut up: I think it is up to thinking people and conscientious citizens to be intellectually honest about the failings of these politicians and call them on it rather than accept bad behavior (and even DEFEND it) from someone on the "same team."

So, does that mean that I can rob a bank as long as I'm not famous for prosecuting bank robbers?. It's sad that a liberal would do something as stupid as to imply(or to be fair, seem to imply) that Vitter doesn't have to resign because he wasn't a notorious opponent of prostitution.

Both Spitzer and Vitter need to be out of government. The former for being a self-righteous, hypocritical jackass and the latter for being a self-righteous, hypocritical, fundamentalist imbecile.

Oh right, they also BROKE THE LAW. Whether or not it's a stupid, impractical law is debatable, but it's still the law.

Spitzer could also take his lumps this term, and if Patterson or the next Dem gubernatorial candidate loses the next election, Spitzer could offer himself again for the governor's seat. After all, for getting himself caught with his hands in the wrong pantsuit, he had to resign. But nowhere does it say that this is permanent. If a Repub holds the office, next election Spitzer could, and possibly should run again. Lotsa US politicians beg forgiveness of the electorate, and then get their old jobs back. And wouldn't Wall Street have a conniption fit were he to do so?

...Make a good offensive weapon.

For Konservatives and GOPers though,
they are nothing to actually LIVE by.

Not a moral guide----Just a weapon.

Is this as Jesus intended?

Probably not.

But St. PAUL did.

Palast makes the most sense to me, and I read the original E. Spitzer oped piece before this, and arrived at that conclusion. DOJ had this info for 8-9 months, and chose now to release it.

This does not absolve E.S., nor does comparing him to Vitter. Too much like Repubs saying, "well, Bill did it too"..

Since Spitzer was probably the one man in America who could have had a real impact on our crumbling economy, and done something important, meaningful for the average American, having spoiled that chance, I despise his selfishness even more.

tho i think the difference was probably closer to $5K. (Vitter claims to be a fiscal conservative, and i'll take him at his word...and it's well known that GOP johns don't like to spoil the working girls.)

Vitter, if he resigned, would be replaced by Gov. Bobby Jindal, who is a Republican.

The Gov was a Dem, and so would have been replaced by a Dem.

The Feds have Spitzer over a barrel, they have cellphone calls, text messages, wire transfers. Spitzer is pretty much cornered, and the Feds and Spitzer knows it. Spitzer has to make a plea deal, he would be toast if he goes to trial.

Vitter may have done the same thing as Spitzer, but the Feds have only circumstantial evidence against Vitter, ie phone records. A case against Vitter would be much more difficult to get a conviction.. Vitter's defense could be he was calling for something else, or technically he didn't make a solicitation on the phone but more of an inquiry and decline to pay for a prostitute. However, if the Feds wanted to open an investigation on Vitter for some of the same things as Spitzer is in big trouble for, structuring and money laundering, besides possible tax evasion. The Feds could probably hit pay dirt.

I wouldn't consider this a partisan issue in the sense, Spitzer was playing an incredibly reckless game. If Hillary won the presidential election, Spitzer would had been on the short list as potential Attorney Generals, it is better he was caught now than later.

The only thing that is partisan issue is that the IRS or DOJ could seriously investigate Vitter for any financial irregularities connected to his use of prostitutes. Given he has admitted in public about them, and I don't know what is the statue of limitations for any financial crimes like laundering, structuring and tax evasion.

You broke a commandment, he broke a commandment, you dishonored your wife, family and constituents, he dishonored his wife, family and constituents, you didn't have the cojones to step down, he did. Only one difference I can see as a major outsider, he like to play around with unsafe sex which really could be a death sentence for his wife. I don't know about you. Did you like to live on the edge too??

....as far as we know, Spitzer never got dressed up in diapers while using prostitutes. But I'm not sure Vitter wins by bringing up that point....

The difference was the diapers. Vitter wore them with his hooker. Spitzer didn't.

Yes, it's about dick length. Vitter is the bigger dick.

Anonymous wins.