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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

Read More: Gop, Serious Sin Vitter, Ohio, Conservative Values, Republican Party, Stormy Daniels, Louisiana, Richard Lugar, Conservatives, Voinovivh, Gun Rights, David Vitter, Vitter, Jim Demint, Republicans, Politics News

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
Michael Markarian

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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La. Dems Respond To Vitter's 'LuvFest' Ad: Our 'LuvFests' Are Legal, Unlike Yours

Talking Points Memo | Posted 08.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Luvfest Ad, Vitter Serious Sin, Louisiana, David Vitter, Charlie Melancon, Vitter, Louisiana Democratic Party, Senator David Vitter, Politics News

Check out this statement we just got from the Louisiana Democratic Party, responding to Republican Sen. David Vitter's recent Web ad going after his p...

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David Vitter's "Serious Sin": GOP Eyes Fate Senator In Louisiana

AP | KEVIN McGILL and BEN EVANS | Posted 08.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Senate 2010, David Vitter Reelection, Vitter Serious Sin, Serious Sin, Vitter 2010, David Vitter, Louisiana 2010, Vitter Election, Louisiana, Politics News

NEW ORLEANS — Before South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's romantic disappearance in Argentina and Nevada Sen. John Ensign's fling with a campaign ...

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Hypocrisy in High Places

Ruth Bettelheim | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Mark Foley, Mark Sanford, Ted Haggard, Rob Livingston, Hypocrisy, Larry Craig, Newt Gingrich, Sexual Misconduct, Henry Hyde, John Ensign, Jimmy Swaggart, Family Values, Chip Pickering, David Vitter, Sexual Infidelity, Politics News
Ruth Bettelheim

When we repress important needs and desires so severely that we are unable to accept them as a part of ourselves, we give up the possibility of a controlled, thoughtful response to them.

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Lots of Smoke, Little Fire

Shawn Healy | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Evan Bayh, Jay Rockefeller, First Amendment, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Flag Desecration, Harry Reid, David Vitter, Politics News
Shawn Healy

Our elected officials have decided to put national health care and cap and trade legislation on hold to diminish the 45 words of the First Amendment via a flag desecration amendment.

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Ensign Scandal Reminds Us of the Double Standard Placed on Gays and Lesbians

Rupert Russell | Posted 08.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Homosexuality, Gay Rights, John Ensign, Eliot Spitzer Prostitution, Hypocrisy, Bribery, Scandal, Defense of Marriage Act, Privacy, Civil Rights, David Vitter, Eliot Spitzer, Gay Marriage, Republicans, Marriage Equality, Politics News
Rupert Russell

My issue here is not that we do not prosecute our politicians adequately but the double standard that is placed on heterosexual and homosexual relationships.

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The Art of Adultery

Christopher Brauchli | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mark Sanford, Adultery, John Ensign, Silvio Berlusconi, Eliot Spitzer, David Vitter, Politics News
Christopher Brauchli

It is time to review the rules for confessions of infidelity by public figures.

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The Republican Summer Olympics of 2009

Gary Cohan | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Corruption, Mark Sanford, Ted Stevens, Jack Abramoff, Ann Coulter, Olympics, Lobbyists, Blue States, Larry Craig, Eliot Spitzer, Dick Cheney, Adultery, Condoleezza Rice, John Edwards, Michael Savage, Gop, Newt Gingrich, Manchurian Candidate, Constitution, Republican Party, Bob Ney, Randy "Duke" Cunningham, Jim McGreevey, Mark Foley, Bill Clinton, John McCain, Social Conservatives, Ted Haggard, Rush Limbaugh, Lobbying, Scandal, Barack Obama, Red States, Homosexuality, John Ensign, Sean Hannity, Oxycontin, Neocons, Hypocrisy, Homophobia, New York Times, Neoconservatives, Alberto Gonzales, Bill O'Reilly, David Vitter, Conspiracy, Contract With America, Prostitution, Mail-Fraud, Big Tent, Tax Evasion, Michele Bachmann, Sarah Palin, Tom Delay, Teenage Pregnancy, Divorce, Internet Porn, Fox News, Phil Gramm, Hal Turner, Al Gore, Summer Olympics, Pilonidal Cyst, Vietnam Draft-Dodger, Draft-Dodging, Vietnam War, Politics News
Gary Cohan

Republicans' private embraces are often in complete contradistinction with their own oft-trumpeted, Biblically-mandated "moral" guidelines for the rest of us.

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Sam Stein

Louisiana Democrats Use Ensign Affair To Go After Vitter

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ensign Affair, John Ensign, Vitter GOP, Louisiana Democrats, Vitter Affair, David Vitter, Politics News

Citing Sen. John Ensign's resignation from his GOP leadership position after copping to an extramarital affair, Democrats are now calling on David Vit...

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Sam Stein

Ensign Whacked Clinton For His Infidelities, Called Them "Embarrassing" For Country

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Monica Lewinsky, Ensign Lewinsky, Ensign Clinton, John Ensign, David Vitter, John Ensign Nevada, Clinton Affair, Ensign Affair, Politics News

Sen. John Ensign's admission late Tuesday that he had an extramarital affair with a campaign staffer over the course of nine months doesn't seem likel...

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Sam Stein and Arthur Delaney

TARP Repayments Becoming Troubled Asset For Obama Administration

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein and Arthur Delaney | Posted 07.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tarp, Brad Sherman, Tarp Recycling, David Vitter, Troubled Asset Relief Program, Politics News

News that banks participating in the Troubled Asset Relief Program would be allowed to repay $68 billion in government funds has sparked a debate amon...

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Sam Stein

Union Targets Democrats With Significant Online EFCA Campaign

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mark Pryor, Arlen Specter, Employee Free Choice Act, David Vitter, Labor Union Efca, Union Democrats, Jim Webb, Democrats Seiu, Blanche Lincoln, Union, Politics News

One of the nation's largest unions is making a significant ad purchase targeting four Democrats and one Republican Senator on the Employee Free Choice...

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Stormy Daniels Admits Senate Run Sounds "Ludicrous" (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Megan Slack | Posted 07.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Stormy Daniels David Vitter, Stormy Daniels 2010, David Vitter, Draft Stormy, Louisiana Senate Race, Stormy Daniels, David Vitter 2010, Politics News

Adult film star Stormy Daniels talked with Fox News on Monday about her possible run for Senate against current Louisiana Sen. David Vitter. Daniels a...

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Pure Politics: The Koh Nomination Fight Drags On

Jay Michaelson | Posted 07.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, John Cornyn, Recess Appointments, Sonia Sotomayor, Harold Koh, Fox News, Harry Reid, Bush Recess Appointments, Ken Starr, David Vitter, Sharia, Harold Koh Nominee for State Department Legal Advisor, Confirmation Hearings, Politics News
Jay Michaelson

The Republicans are starving for a victory -- any victory -- and if they can block Harold Koh, then, hey, at least that's something. But it's always been a bit more than that.

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Stormy Daniels Forms Exploratory Committee For Senate Run

The Huffington Post | Megan Slack | Posted 06.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Stormy Daniels David Vitter, Stormy Daniels, David Vitter, Draft Stormy, Louisiana Senate Race, New Orleans-Louisiana, Politics News

Stormy Daniels, adult film star and aspiring politician, announced on Thursday her formation of an Senate exploratory committee -- the first official ...

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David Vitter Agrees To Lift Hold On FEMA Nominee

AP | BEN EVANS | Posted 06.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Federal Emergency Management Agency, White House, Fema, Craig Fugate, Vitter, David Vitter, Senator David Vitter, Fugate, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed President Barack Obama's pick to head the nation's emergency management agency Tuesday after a Louisiana Repub...

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Stormy Daniels Kicks Off Listening Tour: 'Don't Google Me Until You Get Home From Work'

AP | KEVIN McGILL | Posted 06.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Stormy Daniels, Stormy Daniels Vitter, David Vitter, Daniels Vitter, Stormy Daniels 2010, Stormy Daniels for Senate, Politics News

BATON ROUGE, La. — Stormy Daniels strode onstage at a downtown Baton Rouge restaurant in a tight black blouse with a plunging neckline and a kne...

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Vitter's FEMA Block Just "Political Posturing": Gibbs

The Hill | Posted 06.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Craig Fugate, Fema Director, Fema, Craig Fugate FEMA, David Vitter, Sen. David Vitter, Politics News

With the start of hurricane season just around the corner, the White House did not mince words Wednesday in blasting Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) for pla...

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Stupid Republican Tricks

Senate Guru | Posted 06.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Stupidity, Richard Burr, Louisiana, Roy Blunt, La-Sen, Bank Run, Fiscal Crisis, Fema, Republicans, Nc-Sen, Missouri, David Vitter, North Carolina, Mo-Sen, Politics News
Senate Guru

We worry that some Republicans are too influenced by greed or fear or hatred. However, some Republicans are just mind-numbingly stupid.

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Craig Fugate, FEMA Nominee, Blocked By David Vitter

McClatchy | Posted 06.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Craig Fugate, Craig Fugate Senate Confirmation, Fema, Natural Disasters, Craig Fugate FEMA, Sen. David Vitter, Senate Confirmation, Craig Fugate Hearing, Vitter Fugate, David Vitter, Vitter, Senator David Vitter, Politics News

A Louisiana senator is stalling Florida emergency management director Craig Fugate's nomination as head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency ....

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Sam Stein

Stormy Daniels, Porn Star And Potential Sen. Vitter Opponent, To Launch Listening Tour

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Vitter Daniels, Republican Primary, Stormy Daniels, Primary, David Vitter, Katrina, Stormy Daniels Lousianna, Porn, Porn Star Vitter, Politics News

The porn-star flirting with a run against Sen. David Vitter in the Louisiana 2010 Republican primary is launching the next stage of her prospective ca...

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Here's a Little Challenge for Iowa's Homophobic Republican Legislators...

Andy Ostroy | Posted 05.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bob Barr, Foley, Iowa Supreme Court, Larry Craig, Newt Gingrich, Iowa Republican Party, Gay Marriage, David Vitter, Vito Fossella, Mark, Politics News
Andy Ostroy

C'mon, Iowa Republicans, are you ready to prove that you practice what you preach? We won't hold our breath.

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Arthur Delaney

Tea Party Protests: Organizers Threatened By Fringe Elements, Politicians

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tax Day Tea Party, Michael Steele, Fox News, National Tea Party Day, David Vitter, Politics News

Back in March, NewsBusters complained that the New York Times gave favorable coverage to an activist bus tour of AIG executives' swank Connecticut est...

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