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Politics in Louisiana is, and always has been, a contact sport. Laissez les bon temps roulez.
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If I could be a political reporter anywhere in the country, Louisiana has to be at the top of the list. Its a freaking gold mine of really interesting bizarro stories!
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Vitter is approaching toast status in LA, and it couldn’t happen to a nicer guy.
Vitter Campaign Limps Into Louisiana Gubernatorial Primary Vote
Recent polls show the senator running even with or slightly behind Democrat John Bel Edwards, the minority leader in Louisiana’s House of Representatives. Republicans Scott Angelle, a member of the state’s utility regulatory board, and Lieutenant Governor Jay Dardenne trail farther behind.
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2015/10/23/us/politics/23reuters-louisiana-election.html
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Edwards is leading heading into the jungle primary, but once 2 out of the 3 main GOPers are eliminated, its hard to see Edwards holding the lead. If Vitter pulls it out, that’s probably our best chance.
This story and the one about his Mistress having his baby after refusing his demand that she get an abortion haven’t really sunk in with voters yet.
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It’s Louisiana … he’s a Republican … unless they catch him sharing a male prostitute with Jindal, he’ll be just fine. And even then … well, it’s Louisiana.
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Vitter will still win. Open corruption is not an impediment to getting elected in Louisiana, as it is not in many places in the U.S.
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Wow, sounds like they’re in for a (diaper) dandy of an election today!
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sure nuff che… the politics is as spicey as tha food…dam I hope that the chiless one diper david Vitter get’s his pampers handed to him this election today…
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Speaking of Republican corruption, check out this article here: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/24/us/politics/conservative-pacs-turn-attack-on-gop-leaders-into-fund-raising-tool.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0
From the beginning, the “Tea Party” movement has been little more than a gigantic grifting operation separating ignorant, frightened, and extraordinarily gullible white people from their wallets, before and after election day.
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Couldn’t the PI have sidestepped the “third-party” limitation on eavesdropping by engaging them and becoming a “participant” with something like, “Hey, can I borrow your ketchup?”
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Finally, Vitter is getting the Vitter justice that he deserves!
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Smell the air…it’s time for change, and David Vitter is at the epicenter!
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And…this is a surprise because…?
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The fact that Vitter likes to be dominated by women is something I couldn’t care less about. I don’t care about “cheating” either because, frankly, it’s not my marriage so I don’t care. His corrupt behavior is what surprises me. Not that he is corrupt, just that he’s still a Senator after being shown to be so corrupt.
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Republicans are karmic retribution on stupid people. LA does it in style, but the woods are full of dummies. See: Jay Leno street interviews for details.
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“Cheating, lying and now spying” … not quite the entire list, is it? I just hope that the poor PI was wearing his diapers as he jumped over the fences in running away from the Sheriff and his posse.
Obviously, Dave Vitter’s supporters and friends just want to PAMPER him! ~rimshot!~
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I wonder who the Duck Dynasty rubes are supporting. It’s LA after all. You can imagine Phil Robertson extolling the traditional values of Vitter.
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I’m not so sure. If Vitter is in the runoff, stories of Vitter’s associations with prostitutes will continue to plague him. Even if is he is elected governor, there will be more stories to come.
Also from the New Orleans Advocate what was found in the PI’s car:
“The sheriff confirmed late Friday that his investigators found a printout from the paid research site LexisNexis in Frenzel’s vehicle on blogger Jason Brad Berry. Over the past week, Berry has posted on his blog, www.theamericanzombie.com, several interviews with a prostitute named Wendy Ellis who claims to have had a sexual relationship with Vitter at a French Quarter apartment in the late 1990s.”
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