David Vitter

Dems To Vitter: Denounce Glenn Beck's Landrieu-Prostitute Analogies

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics

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The Louisiana Democratic Party, in a rather humorous and bold press release on Tuesday, called for Senator David Vitter (R-La.) to denounce conservati...

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Senator Vitter on Video: I Don't Know if Loving Was Correctly Decided

Mike Stark | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Racism, Senator Vitter, Supreme Court, Judicial Activism, Loving v. Virginia, Vitter Miscegenation, Vitter Supreme Court, David Vitter, Politics News

Loving v. Virginia was a unanimous Supreme Court decision that declared state anti-miscegenation (interracial marriage) laws unconstitutional. It is simply not credible for any lawyer to claim ignorance about it.

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David Vitter's Obstruction Exposes Dirty Relationship With Formaldehyde Industry

Mother Jones | Andy Kroll | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics

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In May, President Obama nominated a renowned scientist known as the "father of green chemistry" to head the EPA's Office of Research and Development. ...

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Stormy Daniels: 'I Hope Someone Is Afraid Of What I'm Doing'

The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

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In an interview with Marie Claire magazine, adult film star Stormy Daniels discusses her ambitions to unseat Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) and the explosi...

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Vitter Confronted By Rape Victim Over Franken Amendment Vote

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics

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Last month, Senator David Vitter (R-LA) opposed a congressional measure to prohibit the government from working with contractors who deny victims of r...

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A Hypocrite Bashes Immigrants

Gautam Dutta | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Immigrants Census, Census, Immigration, Immigrant Bashing, Louisiana, David Vitter, Vitter Immigrants, Politics News

David Vitter just introduced a bill that would ban millions of immigrants from being counted in the census. This bill is undemocratic, unconstitutional, and un-American.

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Breaking: Senator Reid States He Is Keeping Anti-Immigrant Vitter Amendment From the Senate Floor

Mario Solis-Marich | Posted 10.29.2009 | Denver

Read More: 2010 Census, Harry Reid, Immigration, Latino Politics, David Vitter, Senator David Vitter, Denver News

Today at a press tele-conference with Latino members of the press Senate Majority Leader Reid stated that he was keeping the anti-immigrant Vitter amendment from the floor of the Senate.

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David Vitter Ducks Question On Interracial Couple (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

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Earlier this month, Louisiana Justice of Peace Keith Bardwell refused to perform a marriage for an interracial couple, on the grounds that society has...

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Louisiana Young Dems: We Can Only Guess Why Vitter Is Opposed To Anti-Rape Law

Talking Points Memo | Eric Kleefeld | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

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The Young Democrats of Louisiana have sent out a new e-mail against Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) -- the staunch social conservative who was implicated in ...

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David Vitter FEC Complaint Filed By Louisiana Dems

Politico | Jonathan Allen | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics

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The political committees of Louisiana Sen. David Vitter, Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour and former Rep. Chip Pickering (R-Miss.) have been accused of ...

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Soft on Crime, Soft on Cruelty

Michael Markarian | Posted 10.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Virginia, Ken Cuccinelli, Animals, Chris John, David Vitter, Cockfighting, Attorney General, Politics News

Virginia state Sen. Ken Cuccinelli may be one of the only elected officials in the country running for statewide office who is an apologist for staged animal fighting -- and has the record to prove it.

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David Vitter Having Yet Another Lousy Week

Senate Guru | Posted 10.01.2009 | Politics

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This week has demonstrated that both Democrats and non-partisan ethics organizations will not let the voters forget about Vitter's law-breaking and dumbfounding hypocrisy.

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David Vitter: America's Prostitution Expert (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 09.30.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Video, Acorn, David Vitter Acorn, David Vitter Prostitution, Andy Cobb, David Vitter, Acorn Scandal, Comedy News

Senator David Vitter, a man who endured a public scandal after being outed for visiting prostitutes, has devoted himself to taking on ACORN (Associati...

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Vitter Slapped With Prostitution Complaint

The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 09.29.2009 | Politics

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Watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility (CREW) has filed a bar complaint with the Louisiana Office of Disciplinary Counsel against Sen. David Vitte...

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Time to Get Real About the ACORN "Controversy"--and Republican Double Standards

Robert Creamer | Posted 11.20.2009 | Politics

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The Right wing has always hated ACORN. Partially that's because the organization has been so effective at allowing poor people to vote. The Right hates it when poor people vote.

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David Vitter's Reelection Chances Helped By Obama

New York Times | CAMPBELL ROBERTSON | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

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Mere survival was never the issue. Those familiar with Louisiana and its Republican senator, David Vitter, knew he would survive the summer of 2007, a...

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Remember Gay People?

Jamie Kilstein | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Rights, Religion, Mark Sanford, Contractors, Atheist, Rush Limbaugh, Barack, Prop 8, Kilstein, Obama, Jamie, Gay, Newt Gingrich, David Vitter, Gay Marriage, Politics News

We claim to be the freest, and the best, yet all of our citizens do not have equal rights. Tell the couple who have been together for 15 years that can't adopt a child that we live in the best country in the world.

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Russel Honore Dismisses Talk Of Senate Run Against Vitter

CNN | Matt Smith | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics

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The general who led military relief efforts in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina is denying a report that he may challenge Louisiana Sen. David Vitt...

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Andrew Reinbach | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Michele Bachmann, President Obama, Health Care Reform, Obama Administration, Right Wing, Right Wing Extremeism, Republican Party, Health Care, David Vitter, Politics News

At a rally, Michele Bachmann and David Vitter said that if states don't like the final health care bill, they just shouldn't enforce it. They claim the 10th Amendment backs them up.

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David Vitter Had a Lousy Week

Senate Guru | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics

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David Vitter does seem to have a recurring problem resisting temptations that cross ethical and legal boundaries, doesn't he?

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Does John Ensign Think David Vitter Should Resign?

Senate Guru | Posted 09.20.2009 | Politics

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According to his own explicit standard, Republican Senator John Ensign must think that Republican Senator David Vitter should resign.

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David Vitter Is the Senate's Biggest Coward

Senate Guru | Posted 09.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: 2010 Senate, Teabaggers, Louisiana, Scandal, Prostitutes, David Vitter, La-Sen, Senate Races, Politics News

David Vitter has not answered to his constituents or to the law for his criminal acts, his dishonesty, his hypocrisy, or his shudder-inducing cowardice.

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Colbert Takes On Joe Sestak For "Better Know A District" (VIDEO)

Posted 09.06.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Arlen Specter, Stephen Colbert, 2010 Midterms, Video, The Colbert Report, 2012 Election, 2010 Elections, Jack Conway, Congressman Joe Sestak, Jim Bunny, Colbert 2010 Midterms, Comedy News, David Vitter, Comedy, Better Know a District, Joe Sestak, Comedy News

Colbert sat down with Congressman Joe Sestak to discuss his race against Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter on Wednesday night. He also ruminated abo...

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Vitter Defends South, Values Against "Wishy Washy" Voinovich

The Huffington Post | Susan Crile | Posted 08.29.2009 | Politics

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Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) on Wednesday fired back at a fellow Republican senator who declared southern conservatives the party's biggest problem. Sen...

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Animals on the Hill, and in The Hill

Michael Markarian | Posted 08.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mike Doyle, The Hill, Animal Welfare, David Scott, Ginnifer Goodwin, Agriculture, Randy Neugebauer, Animals, Mary Landrieu, David Vitter, Jean Schmidt, Jim Moran, Elton Gallegly, Animal Rights, Big Ag, Food Inc., Fast Food Nation, The Omnivore's Dilemma, Politics News

The lawmakers doing the bidding for Big Agribusiness simply don't get that the American public wants to see all animals treated humanely, including animals raised for food.

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