David Vitter's Airport Rage a Refreshing Change from His Senate Rage
Last week Louisiana Senator David Vitter, known for his whatever the oppposite of restraint is, did what any not reasonable person would do when he missed his flight.
He went bananas and pried open an armed security door…
The door sounded a security alarm.
Vitter had arrived at the gate for a flight from Dulles Airport, only to find that the door had been closed twenty minutes prior to departure.
After setting off the security alarm, the Louisiana senator proceeded to dress down an airline employee who told him entering the restricted area was forbidden. He invoked his standing as a senator, delivering a "do-you-know-who-I-am" tirade.
Yeah, don't you know who this guy is? David Vitter! Took calls from the DC Madam during roll call votes. Took a brave stand against the Secretary of State. Took a hard line on budget earmarks, except for the $249 million he earmarked himself. If anyone deserves some courtesy and an upgrade, it's this guy.
Or the people of Louisiana.
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Vitter seems to think he can out think people; and he has an aggravating habit of distracting attention away from himself. His response concerning the Senate Ethics Committee complaint was, to point to the NFL and 'who dat'; and lack of a complaint about Barak Obama’s use of an eagle seal. Vitter’s apology to wife and god for his dalliances with prostitutes does not translate into end of story. Also, his accusing Melancon as being arrogant is laughable considering Vitter’s arrogance and repugnance during his contest with Senator Landrieu over federal appointments. Emphatically, certain issues involving Vitter definitely warrant contemplation.
1. A public official's illicit behavior requires sneaking around; and it’s almost impossible to escape buying silence with hush money, political favors, job positions, and who-knows-what. Vitter would be compelled to give gifts that keep on giving.
2. Louisiana citizens receive tabs when politicians engage in dark secrets. There are things like earmarks to businesses, or career appointments for persons who keep silent about what they know. And, there are the costly sham investigations, wire taps, etc, which unjustly encompasses innocent people. Plausibly, certain Vitter associates supply data on people which ensures compliance with tainted politics. Considering info about the Baton Rouge U. S. Attorney whom Vitter dogmatically tried to get appointed as a federal judge, gifts from Vitter may not be so easy to detect.
3. Vitter's indiscretions would cause him to miss certain Congressional hearings and fail to vote on certain bills that were presented on the floor. During the DC Madam scandal, some reports were that only a few of the 100 members of the US Senate had missed as many votes as Vitter.
4. Louisiana is engulfed in poverty, violence, and health deficit conditions. The majority of people who voice their support for Vitter are either wealthy or have well-established livelihoods, or well-connected. Even after Hurricanes Rita and Katrina exposed Louisiana's conditions, nothing was heard from Vitter that was of direct benefit for disadvantaged people.
5. Despite the dismaying reality that none of Louisiana's attorney generals have bothered addressing appalling Consumer Law abuses (a major factor in violence, poverty, and broken households); and despite the reality that outrageous Louisiana judicial corruption in federal and civil courts has crushed people, destroyed lives and businesses, Vitter's primary efforts have been to get his allies (like Jim Letten) appointed as U.S. Attorneys and federal judges.
6. Vitter's professed Christian values seem not to extend to using his position to impact crime, poverty, and violence. Even for people who don't adhere to biblical precepts, the following poignant verses from Proverbs makes complete sense: "Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be poor, and steal." Louisiana does not need long term politicians whose performance demonstrates a primary agenda to place personal acquaintances in public offices, but little or no agenda that would improve social conditions for disadvantaged people.
7. Prostitution doesn't cease to be against the law because of an apology; and it’impossible that some form of racketeering does not occur in order to maintain hush-hush conduct. Vitter's office should have been –and still should be search, like Bill Jefferson's. Also, Vitter's wife, attorney Wendy Vitter's overlooking her husband's conduct (she did not carry out her Lorena Bobbit threat), conveys she was not much affected by an offense to the Vitter marriage vows. All the same, it's not inconceivable that she might receive or has received satisfying ruling from certain irrefutably corrupt Louisiana courtroom judges. On the other hand, the people of Louisiana definitely were –and continue to be injured because Vitter's activities compelled purchasing silence from people who know enough about Vitter to use that information against him.
*also see: http://newsblaze.com/story/20100312071357lawg.nb/topstory.html
[...] crime screams "David Vitter." For instance, where was the temper tantrum and stampede through security doors? Where was the $249 million for termite research? And where was the Senator himself, fleeing [...]