OKAY. Explain it to me like I’m in kindergarten. What part don’t I understand?! How come I don’t share the view, and what reason do I think that the people who repeatedly assert that Vitter’s ‘apology’ to his wife, his God, and his family translates into ‘end of story’? How come I think such a perspective is STUPID; and how come I think Vitter’s apparent DEMAND that the public regard (according to him, HIS PAST)– Vitter’s affairs with prostitutes as something involving only his family and his religion? How come the more I hear his demand that the public go about its business and forget about what Vitter says is now “behind” him, the more infuriated I become to the point of needing to speak mind, WELL LET ME COUNT THE WAYS:

#1 Inasmuch I have more than enough to keep me busy, and inasmuch as I don’t think Vitter merits any of my valuable time, I tried to dismiss the inclination to blog about the INSULT he repeatedly wreaks upon common sense by asking people to ignore the obvious: When a public official –including a Judge on the bench, has an illicit or any lifestyle which requires or required sneaking around, other people know about it; and buying people off -HUSH MONEY, trading favors, quid pro quo is usually factored into maintaining such SLIPPINGS & SLIDINGS. And even if Vitter only used his personal finances to pay for his illicit past time, favors, special job positions, and perks at the public’s expense are GIFTS THAT KEEP ON GIVING. It is anyone’s guess how much PORK BARREL was traded in order to accommodate Vitter’s extraneous pleasures.

#2  Even now, despite he says his prostitution stints are in the past, the DC Madam exposure caused him to go out of public view prior to his press conference.  His remaining out of sight, caused him to miss votes on Louisiana’s behalf in Washington on significant bills. During his tenure, only a few of the 100 members of the US Senate have missed as many votes as Vitter, and mostly because they are campaigning to become the next United States President. Thus, Vitter’s personal gratification takes precedence over the duty owed to his elected office.

#3 It is beyond ironic that, despite New Orleans’ (and the entire State of Louisiana) status of poverty and health care deficits, the majority of people voicing their “support” for Vitter are wealthy, and not likely to be affected by social-economics. It is further ironic that Hurricanes Rita and Katrina caused Louisiana’s social conditions to become exposed and remedies considered, while regard for addressing poverty conditions was literally never heard from Vitter’s platform. Even presidential hopeful John Edwards, (campaign ploy or not), has shown more interest in health care and poverty. Hence, it is not hard to think that less frolicking with prostitutes might have afforded Vitter with a mindset to address Louisiana social conditions for people who are not wealthy.

#4 In light of the dismaying manner that Louisiana Attorney General Charles Foti (also sometimes referred to as one of the 3 Stooges) has kept Louisiana functioning in manifest economic oppression with utter lack of concern for enforcing Consumer Protection Laws, and in light of the appalling judicial corruption in Louisiana civil courts of which MINORITIES are the main people afflicted by court corruption, if Vitter paid as much attention to poverty as he did to being a whore, perhaps social conditions would not have resulted in the well-recognized New Orleans phrases: HAVES and HAVE NOTS. *Also, not only does the AG ensure that Consumers are pillaged, AG Charles Foti, protects and defends ALL judges (including the sorry New Orleans judges, Herbert Cade and inept Lloyd Medley –who are both New Orleans “HAVE NOTS” enforcers while at the same time savoring on beaches and at ski resorts) on the benches in Louisiana’s CIVIL Courts against civil liabilities. It is too bad that in light of New Orleans’ rampant crime and violence, Vitter’s Christian values seem to omit the precept from Proverbs 30:8-9, which in pertinent part says: “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.”
#5 I feel certain that whether or not Representative William J. Jefferson is guilty of wrongdoing, he also has apologized to his loved ones and his God for any reproach or heartache resultant from intentional or unintentional deeds. But Jefferson is being made to face consequences and answer changes. Why should it be any different for Vitter? Prostitution does not cease to be a crime because one has apologized to his wife and God. It is absurd to IGNORE that some racketeering was REQUIRED in order to maintain Vitter’s activities. Therefore, his offices should be searched like Jefferson’s. Moreover, scores of people whose actions have hurt their loved ones have apologized, yet they too incurred consequences. Furthermore, attorney Wendy Vitter’s (his wife) acceptance / ‘admiration’ for her husband clearly shows she was not adversely affected by any infractions.  But the people of Louisiana were and still are! Longtime affects from dereliction of duties by any public official continually manifest and are extremely hurtful to its citizens. (By the way, I can think of reasons why Wendy’s seemingly magnanimous support for Vitter could have little to do with spousal love.)