ACORN in Vitter's Side

With masturbatory master-scribe Jeffrey C. Billman now well and truly gone (sigh), it sure has been quiet in this little fallout shelter of textual bloviation.
Not anymore! Motherfuckin' Sen. David Vitter -- actually, hooker-fucking Sen. David Vitter -- just got called out for trying to call out an organization for almost doing exactly what he always did: engage prostitutes in unthinkable acts. The Louisiana gadabout was apparently well known on Canal Street for being, well, a politician, meaning somebody in midlife crisis mode who pays for sex. That whole D.C. Madam thing from a two years back managed to sweep itself under the rug, as these things do, but now that Vitter has decided to open his yap about ACORN and its intention to sell the Baby Jesus into a life a whoredom, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington have gone and filed a Bar complaint agin' 'em. You can read the press release below, or you can try to figure out the whole Vitter-to-critter-to-acorn logic employed in finding the image above. Either way, it's a good day!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: NAOMI SELIGMAN

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009
nseligman@citizensforethics.org

CREW FILES BAR COMPLAINT AGAINST SEN. VITTER

Vitter Seeks Investigation of ACORN for Assisting Fake Prostitution Ring;
CREW Seeks Investigation of Vitter for Role in Real Prostitution Ring

Washington D.C. - Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in
Washington filed a bar complaint with the Louisiana Office of Disciplinary
Counsel against Senator David Vitter (R-LA) for violating Louisiana's rules
of professional conduct for lawyers.

In 2007, it was revealed that Sen. Vitter's telephone number was included in
the so-called "D.C. Madam," Deborah Jeane Palfrey's, list of client
telephone numbers. The senator confirmed he had sought Ms. Palfrey's
services, saying in a statement, "this was a very serious sin in my past for
which I am, of course, completely responsible." Two other women also
alleged Sen. Vitter had engaged the services of prostitutes. Jeanette
Maier, the "Canal Street Madam," claimed Sen. Vitter visited the New Orleans
brothel several times in the mid-1990s. In addition, a woman who worked as
a prostitute under the name of Wendy Cortez said Sen. Vitter was a regular
client of hers between July and November 1999.

Under D.C. and Louisiana law, it is a crime to solicit for prostitution.
CREW filed a complaint against Sen. Vitter with the Senate Ethics Committee,
which dismissed the matter without action in September 2008.

Louisiana Rule of Professional Conduct 8.4(b) provides it is professional
misconduct for a lawyer to "commit a criminal act especially one that
reflects adversely on the lawyer's honesty, trustworthiness or fitness as a
lawyer in other respects." By repeatedly committing the crime of soliciting
for prostitution, Sen. Vitter violated the rules of professional conduct for
lawyers and should be investigated and disciplined for his misconduct.

CREW executive director Melanie Sloan stated, "Sen. Vitter's zeal to see
ACORN criminally investigated for offering advice in setting up a
prostitution ring reminded me he has yet to be held accountable for his own
role in a prostitution ring. While ACORN's conduct is indefensible, so is
Sen. Vitter's and what is good for the goose is good for the gander."

13 former prostitutes were forced to testify at the trial of the DC Madam,
who committed suicide shortly after her conviction. Sloan noted that one, a
former Navy supply officer and Naval Academy instructor, lost her job
because the Navy requires those who serve "to adhere to a standard of
conduct that reflects the Navy's values of honor, courage and commitment."
Sloan said, "It is a shame the Senate has no such standard of conduct. It
will be interesting to see what sort of standard the Louisiana Disciplinary
Board chooses to apply."

Posted by billymanes on 9/29/2009 3:56:54 PM Permalink | Comments: 13

Comments on this story:

Anonymous said:
The difference here is that ACORN was more than willing to provide advice on how to skirt the laws for a CHILD prostitution ring - which is horrible and downright disgusting. Vitter's hooker activities, while very inappropriate, involved consenting adult women.
posted on: 9/29/2009 8:50:23 PM

Lamar said:
@9/29/2009 8:50:23 PM - The reason those prostitution rings exist (real ones, not the fake Borat-style ones in the video) in the first place is because of the likes of Mr. Vitter. No David Vitters, no prostitution rings. Your post smells of the hypocrisy we see in the drug war. The government penalizes other countries for failing to stem the tide of drugs entering the US when it is US citizens that have such a voracious appetite for the stuff.
posted on: 9/30/2009 9:42:32 AM

Anonymous said:
So, if someone wants something, then those providing it or aiding and abetting have no responsiblity? Love you liberals Lamar. Just love you.
posted on: 9/30/2009 2:53:54 PM

Lamar said:
@9/30/2009 2:53:54 PM - No, I never said that. I merely called you out on your outlandish assertion that aiding and abetting a dirty deed is somehow worse than doing the dirty deed itself. Even worse, you grandstand about it as if the hypocrisy is somehow noble.
posted on: 9/30/2009 4:23:44 PM

Anonymous said:
Where is the hypocrisy Lamar? How do you equate regular prostitution with CHILD prostitution? Your argument that "they're both prostitution!" is a 3rd grader's argument. If Vitter was going after ACORN for something involving the same thing he was involved in, you'd have a case - but you don't.
posted on: 9/30/2009 9:11:55 PM

Anonymous said:
I don't think Mr. Manes should be so profane with his blog posts...very offensive & unclassy.
posted on: 9/30/2009 10:00:17 PM

Anonymous said:
You're. Reading. The. Wrong. Fucking. Blog. And. Paper.
posted on: 9/30/2009 10:10:28 PM

Lamar said:
"How do you equate regular prostitution with CHILD prostitution?" You're missing the point. David Vitter's love of banging hookers was actual and real. He banged hookers while cheating on his wife. He banged hookers while campaigning on family values. ACORN's prostitution scandal, by contrast, is entirely fake. It's Borat part 2. There were NO hookers, child or otherwise, banged in ACORN's scandal. For David Vitter, his deeds are concrete...banging hookers. ACORN didn't bang any hookers, whether child or adult. And for you to pretend like imaginary "child" prostitution is equivalent to actual hooker banging is disingenuous. There will always be a difference, at least for me, between actual things that a person admittedly did, and videos purporting to suggest that somebody may or may not do something tangentially related to a bad deed in the future.
posted on: 10/1/2009 9:24:27 AM

Anonymous said:
Perhaps this is how you should look at it Lamar, since you will not shut up about it. (By the way, this is my first posting so do not accuse me of being the other people)VITTER did something wrong. ACORN did somethign wrong. One does not cancel out the other. In your zeal to yell hypocrisy you miss the fact that ACORN has over the years done MUCH to destroy their credibility - this is only the latest endeavor so to speak. Is it your intention that if a criminal points out other criminal activity we should ignore that activity? Your screams of hypocrisy pale next to the fact that ACORN needs to be severed from govt funds becuase of this. If you do not like what VITTER did, then go complain to him and his constituents - all of whom do not seem to give a care about it.
posted on: 10/1/2009 9:51:05 AM

Lamar said:
"VITTER did something wrong. ACORN did something wrong. One does not cancel out the other." ---- Amen to that. The rest of your lecture is nice, but not really on point for this particular blog entry. It's a little disingenuous for David Vitter, an admitted hooker banger, to complain about ACORN's tax help for hookers sting video. The GOP needs to be smart about this. ACORN has done enough to sink itself. David Vitter and his hooker banging is like a flotation device. David Vitter still has credibility on a lot of issues. I just think he should shut up when hooker banging is involved. (oh, and what is this blog here for if not for blowhards like me to never shut up?)
posted on: 10/1/2009 10:07:48 AM

Anonymous said:
HAH. Point taken about blogs Lamar, point taken. Just take the blowhard part out of it!
posted on: 10/1/2009 10:17:59 AM

Anonymous said:
Your lack of insight on this is astounding Lamar - though normally you provide great angles to the issues...you're clearly off your game on this one. The ACORN child prostitution support was completely real and true when the ACORN reps were being filmed, as far as they knew & were concerned, though obviously it was later revealed the whole thing was fake. ACORN was more than willing to advise & support the banging of children as prostitutes which is revolting & disgusting. Vitter was involved with adult women, which was very inappropriate, but short of the level of sheer revulsion for what ACORN was more than willing to support / advise with taxpayer dollars.
posted on: 10/2/2009 10:47:42 PM

Anonymous said:
ACORN has an always will be part of the criminal wing of the Dem party. Just like Moveon.org.
posted on: 10/2/2009 11:44:02 PM