(We welcome Luke White, President of LSU College Democrats, to Daily Kingfish. - promoted by pointecoupeedemocrat)
Last week, the indiscretions of Sen. David Vitter's past were made public. Vitter went underground for nearly a week as the story broke; only letting us know that he asked for and received forgiveness from God. His wife, who during the Clinton years claimed that she preferred the actions of Lorena Bobbit over those of Hillary Clinton, stood by her man. And in a blatant attempt to throw off the evening news, their joint press conference was held late in the day and hidden behind Bobby Jindal's formal announcement for Governor.
Recently, many groups across the state took sides. I commend the UNO College Republicans for calling for Vitter's resignation, and I am disheartened that they were rebuffed by their parent organization, the Louisiana Federation of College Republicans. Other Republican groups have also stood beside Vitter.
It truly is sickening to think that the self-proclaimed "family values" candidate engaged in the highest levels of hypocrisy. The moral high ground he maintained, coupled with the messages of condemnation he sent, all while holding his family in his arms in many campaign ads certainly convinced many Louisianans to vote for him. Yet at the time of the filming of his ads, he had violated among the holiest of Ten Commandments. But the issues of hypocrisy at this highest level are not the sole reason I, with other College Democrats in the state, am calling for his resignation. Sen. Vitter simply can no longer be an effective member of the US Senate.
Except when it comes to football, I'm not much of an LSU fan, but in this case I believe LSU did the state a favor. It's not clear that they can run a run-down hospital system, but they know bunkum when they see it. The PAR report is bunkum and deserves to be called such.
