Oyster at Your Right Hand Thief is the place to go for the David Vitter story. Yes it is blogalicious but Oyster is raising serious questions about the implications of Vitter's behavior.
And then there is the latest post in which we learn of Vitter's Diaper Fetish. From Oyster.....
Tonight I got confirmation from a solid inside source who has no ideological ax to grind. The source said Vitter was a client at Canal Street, and provided some additional details that shed light on Maier's comment that there was "more to the business than sex". These details are not for the faint of heart, either.
We're talking about, among other things, Diaper Fetishism. That's right folks, according to a trusted inside source, Vitter was well known among other Canal Street Brothel patrons to like diapers as well as other bizarre "fetishes". I don't have much more info than that from my source, except that some of the other patrons at the brothel included a well known business-minded New Orleans Republican and a well known Democratic ex-governor. There are many other well known patrons who never held public office, too. You've probably heard various names floated about.
Do go read the whole post and watch Vitter's 04 campaign commercial where he's asked to change his son's diapers...OY!
(thanks to Gentilly Girl for "Sin-nator" in the post title)
UPDATE: Here are the questions Oyster raised and why I think this is important. Remember Vitter's denials of allegations in the past sufficed and he was elected to the Senate. This time Hustler had him nailed but he got out ahead of the story in order to avoid a public accounting of his behavior and its implications. He shouldn't get away with that twice.
The paramount questions include: What precisely is the "sin" that Vitter apologized for? Did Senator Vitter commit a crime? Has Vitter engaged in a pattern of criminal activity involving prostitutes, as has been rumored for many years now? Did he lie when he denied such activities? Was Senator Vitter prompted to disclose his "sin" after being contacted by investigative reporters working for Hustler? Is he vulnerable to further disclosures and perhaps blackmail? Can we trust that he would tell us if he were?
What does this say about Vitter's judgment? Why would he (repeatedly) risk his marriage, his health and his political future for paid sex? Why would someone so concerned about cleaning up Louisiana's reputation for corruption engage in such activities? And when people started raising these questions in years past, did Senator Vitter use his "considerable power to attempt to silence those who knew the truth" as GOP State Rep candidate Chris Tidmore alleges?
Does this story make anyone else sad?
I know he's a hypocrite and a criminal, but I really don't like using a person's consensual adult sexual proclivities against him.
So he's a diaper fetishist. Good for him. That doesn't bother me at all. What bugs me is that he's a sanctimonious, hypocritical jackass. But that's not what's gonna give this story legs. It's the "deviance." I know Saint Vince said that "winning isn't everything; it's the only thing," but he couldn't be right about everything, could he?
So, if anything, could we talk about the simple fact that a pro-values stalwart was engaging in criminal activity and adultery (simply that term--it will resonate with the Christianists) while condemning that behavior in others? It seems like the hypocrisy, criminal aspect, and cheatin' bidness would be enough.
Sorry. I'll turn off my human sexuality educator switch now. :)
Posted by: Jude | July 11, 2007 at 06:56
Jude check the update
Posted by: scout | July 11, 2007 at 07:08
Ah yes.
Jeebus, please bless Larry Flynt.
I should have said, of course, that I'm not above using Mr. Vitter's hypocrisy and prostitution to mock him. I think I made a comment in a previous post about that.
Have a good time with the crack van today. Sorry, but I won't be able to make it.
Posted by: Jude | July 11, 2007 at 07:16
The man is a freak. I have lived in New Orleans his entire career and he set off my gaydar before I knew what gaydar was. So Erster's revelation that "Vitty-cent" likes to get "pampered" does not surprise me.
Vitter's next revelation will be that he liked strap-ons before he needed one.
Posted by: Diver | July 11, 2007 at 08:31
Check out James Gill's op-ed today. http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/gill/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1184136262309860.xml&coll=1
Thank you Harry Lee for letting law breakers free until it suits his political purposes.
Posted by: Diver | July 11, 2007 at 08:36
when vitter speaks of sanctimony and that we little people need to behave, that gives us the right i think to expect that he is above the law in all ways.
now, he has a diaper fetish, i do hope this doesn't mean he then does his business and expects the prostitutes to clean his ass.
can we ask his mother when he finally was potty trained?
Posted by: pansypoo | July 11, 2007 at 09:33
The big Erster has been on a roll lately with the creepy Vitter and the equally creepy Bobby Jindal. He's had six or seven outstanding posts in the last few days.
Posted by: Grandmère Mimi | July 11, 2007 at 15:03
"The man is a freak. I have lived in New Orleans his entire career and he set off my gaydar before I knew what gaydar was."
Ahem... just because a person has some kinks doesn't make them Gay/Les/Bi/Trans. ( I should know...)
Posted by: GentillyGirl | July 11, 2007 at 15:05
Vitter's phone number shows up on DC Madam's list AFTER he was elected in 2001 as stated by Larry Flynn's investigations.
Vitter's claims that his DC dates for dollars in diapers was prior to his tapping our Fed tax dollars for his salary are false.
Seems Lorena Bobbitt's fifteen minutes of fame have been resurrected thanks to Missus Vitter's rants!
Neo cons are nothing but entertaining.
Posted by: Begonia Buzzkill | July 12, 2007 at 16:04