Spitzer vs Vitter

As the allegations against Eliot Spitzer were unveiled last week (in astounding detail) and he was forced to resign, we were reminded of another politician who was recently busted for his links to prostitution --- David Vitter. Unlike Eliot Spitzer, Vitter refused to resign and still "serves" (I use that term loosely) his Louisiana constituents. In a conference call with constituents last week, Vitter bitterly defended his prostitution bust - claiming it was totally different.

A-ha! It's the immigration, stupid! It's not his fault he was busted with a prostitute (who later went on to claim that David liked to be diapered and babied). Nooooo, no siree. It's the fault of all those people who disagree with him on immigration. Never mind the fact that he never actually details any differences between the two cases. It has to be his immigration policy. In essence, Spitzer's prostitution problem is a character issue, while Vitter's prostitution problem was an immigration issue. Got it? Totally different.

However, Vitter isn't completely wrong.....there are some differences between his case and Spitzer's. Without further ado, we present the top 10 reasons below:

1. Larry Flynt wasn't tipped off first.

1. IOKIYAR

1. Spitzer lost his job, while Vitter has moved on with (risky) business as usual.

1. The Republican leadership was outraged by Spitzer's behavior. Vitter? Not so much. In fact, they appear to be relieved that Vitter's prostitue was at least over the age of consent. A nice change for their party.

1. The bust was different? Oooooh......Vitter thought we said "busts."

1. Vitter asked for and received forgiveness from God. His slate is as clean as can be.

1. Vitter only went to prostitutes because his wife was not down with the idea of seeing her husband in a big diaper, begging to have his bottom powdered. It was really more of a marital aide. Totally different.

1. Vitter drew a firm moral line and immediately dumped his hooker after discovering her name was the same as his wife's.

1. His hookers were way, way cheaper than Spitzer's, only running around $300 per hour, compared with Spitzer's $5500 calls.

And, the #1 reason that Vitter's case is different than Spitzer's?
Because he says so.


You see? Totally different. What are some other distinctions we can make between the two cases? Let 'em rip below!


http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/3...255/414/478611

I have my own thoughts on this issue. Gov. Spitzer is a wealthy individual his family's money print ranges in millions, they move millions around the state of New York on a weekly basis. The media claims that financial movements, of up to $5,000, that were being made by Spitzer were "suspicious", and that gave incentives to the F.B.I. to investigate. I find it odd that a $5,000 money print is what led the F.B.I. to the prostitution ring, given that Spitzer has a money print that ranges in the millions of dollars on a weekly basis. O.K. Now the Vitter case. The Vitter case did not get as much media attention relative to Spitzer's case, the prostitution ring was in D.C. where our laws are made. To conclude, the G.O.P. targeted Spitzer for who he is, a successfully flawless democratic politician. In addition if it were not for the Patriot Act and all those other laws that undermine the constitution, the phone tap that led the F.B.I. to bust Spitzer would have never been flown in a court room. This our just my thoughts, take it with for what it is worth.

Spitzer was on The Colbert Report the day he made the call with the hooker, to set the date.

I think this was just backlash by the Justice Department to aggressively investigate Democratic officials. Republicans are seriously concerned about the Democratic presidential candidates and the possibility of losing more seats in the House of Representatives and the Senate.

This smells like a smear campaign to taint the Democrats and trump the Republican "family values" card in front of the voting public. As the Republicans noted in 2006, sexual scandals rocked them in the months leading upto the general election and was one of the major reasons why the public voted them out of the majority in Congress.