Category: David Vitter

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653 Questions

Peter Adrastos Athas

The junior Senator from Louisiana is back in the news this week. (No, not just because he gets name checked in stories about Mark Sanford’s comeback.) Bitter Vitter is doing what he does best, which is being a royal pain in the ass. This time it involves Gina McCarthy who has been nominated to run the EPA: David Vitter seems to have set a new record. Sen. Vitter, a Louisiana Republican with close ties to the gas and oil industries, has already sent a whopping 653 questions to President Obama’s nominee to take over the Environmental Protection Agency on a … Continue reading 653 Questions

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Shit my Senator says

Peter Adrastos Athas

I got an email from Bitter Vitter who in addition to “fighting for Louisiana” is also flogging a dead horse: Team, It’s no longer a secret that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) was targeting conservative groups’ tax exempt status. But I’m worried it doesn’t end there. I’m worried some of you, your businesses or other organizations have been unfairly targeted. If you think you’ve been targeted, send me an email at David@davidvitter.com, and we’ll investigate. An Inspector General report shows that in June 2011 the IRS started targeting conservative leaning groups like the Tea Party who were eligible for certain … Continue reading Shit my Senator says

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The Americanization Of Louisiana Politics

Peter Adrastos Athas

Louisiana has always had a distinctive political culture. It has something to do with French and Spanish rule before Jefferson bought our asses (assets?) but it probably has more to do with quirkiness and downright craziness than anything else. The Gret Stet is different and damn proud of it. Antebellum Louisiana had a Jewish US Senator, Judah P. Benjamin, who went on to become Confederate Secretary of State. We had a black Governor during Reconstruction and a populist/fascist near dictatorship under Huey P. Long. Hmm, there’s that middle initial P again. Louisiana voted for Thurmond and Wallace for President but … Continue reading The Americanization Of Louisiana Politics

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Nice Try But It Won’t Work

Peter Adrastos Athas

The Louisiana Democratic party has produced a pretty good video aboutBitter Vitter’s various scandals. It’s very unlikely to work because, as my friend Jeffrey recently said, he’s a “teflon douche.” There are some nice touches: I like the bit about Vitter taking his condoms with him. Icky but effective in a CSI kinda way. I did not, however, like the way they hid the faces of the “outraged citizens” in the video. It undermined everything they had to say. Louisiana voters have customarily ignored the zipper problems of its horndog politicians. Shortly before the 1983 Goober (Gubernatorial) election, Edwin Edwards … Continue reading Nice Try But It Won’t Work

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Vitter Panders To The Lunatic Fringe

Peter Adrastos Athas

Hmm, I wonder if that should be pampers instead of panders in his case?Anyway, Bitter Vitter seems to be a born again birther or at least, in David Kurtz’s words, birther curious. Anything to pander to as well as pamper the far right, it’s all part of Diaper Dave’s service: Cross-posted @ Adrastos. Continue reading Vitter Panders To The Lunatic Fringe

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Vitter: “He handled abortion but not women’s issues.”

Peter Adrastos Athas

Bitter Vitter aka Diaper Dave aka Senator David Vitter is on the trail grinding out more lies about Brent the Knife: After hisuncomfortable candidate filing event yesterday in Baton Rouge, Vitter faced the press again — this time in Alexandria, where reporters again asked him why Furer’s portfolio included women’s issues. According to Vitter, “he handled issues including abortion issues, including several other issues, but not women’s affairs.” So, who exactly gets abortions? Men? Maybe Dave is confusing it with vasectomies, he’s not big on science, after all. He should also steer clear of using the phrase “women’s affairs” it’s … Continue reading Vitter: “He handled abortion but not women’s issues.”

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Vitter Lies and Runs Again

Peter Adrastos Athas

Cross-posted at Adrastos: We all know that Bitter Vitter is not only lying sack of shit but a coward. His entire public career has consisted of smearing others and then running like hell for the exit. Who among us can forget his driving off in a panic after the DC Madam story broke? It reminded me of Daffy Duck’s shtick. Daffy panicked when confronted with danger and either went batshit crazy or ran like hell. Vitter always runs. The story of Brent Furer came back with a vengeance in Baton Rouge today. Vitter was at the Secretary of State’s Office … Continue reading Vitter Lies and Runs Again

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Furor Over Vitter’s Henchman Furer

Peter Adrastos Athas

Louisiana Senator David Vitter is known for his slashing political style.ABC is reporting that one of his top aides, Brent Furer seems to take that literally and to carry it over into his private life. Hmm, I wonder if Gret Stet Christians will continue to forgive their favorite wingnut whoremonger for having a knife wielding thug on his staff. I’m not sure how this will play out but it gives Charlie Melancon’s campaign a pulse; especially since Furer worked on women’s issues for Vitter. I am not making that last bit up. Instant Update:The aide in question, the aptly named … Continue reading Furor Over Vitter’s Henchman Furer

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Malaka Of The Week: David Vitter

Peter Adrastos Athas

Yeah, I know Vitter is overqualified for this dishonor: he’s awful enough to be malaka of the year, decade or century. The worst thing is that the arrogant bastard is one of *my* Senators. I’ve hated Vitter since he was an overweening, obnoxious insufferably self-righteous conservative goo-goo state legislator. In fact, to know Vitter is to loathe him. That’s why they had to produce ads in 2004 showing that his kids liked him because nobody else does. No one. Why do you think he needs to pay for nookie? He’s a malaka with many nicknames: Vitty-Cent, the Sinning Senator and … Continue reading Malaka Of The Week: David Vitter

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Bush to shift $1.3 Billion of levee funds in NOLA…Vitter: ‘We will not recover if this happens’

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You may remember when we sent Mardi Gras Beads to Bush to call for full funding of levee construction in NOLA. Well it never ends.Now Bush plans to shift $1.3 Billion of the already inadequate funding for levee protection of New Orleans… WASHINGTON — President Bush is expected to shift $1.3 billion away from raising and armoring levees, installing flood gates and building permanent pumping in Southeast Louisiana to plug long-anticipated funding shortfalls in other hurricane-protection projects, a move Sen. David Vitter describes as a retreat from the president’s commitment to protect the whole New Orleans area. Vitter, R-La., who … Continue reading Bush to shift $1.3 Billion of levee funds in NOLA…Vitter: ‘We will not recover if this happens’