Vitter's New Orleans problem is back...

Illustrious Louisiana Senator made news recently for being on the phone list for the D.C. madam, apologized for a vague "very serious sin", and received a standing ovation from the Republican caucus.  

He denied allegations that he had also had affair with a prostitute in New Orleans.  Now, those allegations are coming back:

A former New Orleans prostitute who says she had an affair with Sen. David Vitter has passed a lie-detector test and will provide details of the four-month relationship at a press conference Tuesday, according to Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt.

Wendy Cortez, whose real name is Wendy Ellis, says she had a sexual relationship with Vitter, R-La., in 1999, when he was a state legislator.

Vitter will no doubt claim his previous generic apology covers all his extramarital affairs, even though his apology specifically addressed the D.C. case and he never said his denials of his New Orleans case were lies.  I don't think Vitter should resign for being a lying sleazy hypocrite, but I would love for him and his self-righteous Republican defenders to go through another round of squirming.  Pass the popcorn.

•  guilty pleasure...

  ...anyone else for some fresh schadenfreude?

  by CA Pol Junkie on Mon Sep 10, 2007 at 04:32:42 PM PDT

  •  I was wondering what Larry Flynt has been up to.

    We haven't heard from him in a while...

    by homerun on Mon Sep 10, 2007 at 04:50:59 PM PDT

  •  are all Republican Senators corrupt?

    

    by ca democrat on Tue Sep 11, 2007 at 05:16:55 PM PDT

•  I read your diary title...

  and thought that it you were talking about it hurting when Vitter peed. :)

  by Morgan Sandlin on Mon Sep 10, 2007 at 04:37:16 PM PDT

  •  I thought it was about a shortage of diapers

    I mean, how  can anyone take this man seriously as their senator these days, what with his little diaper peccadillo having been publically revealed...

    I know I can't lol

    by KnotIookin on Mon Sep 10, 2007 at 04:42:01 PM PDT

    •  The reckless disregard he had for ...

      his wife's wellbeing. What a pig.

      by Morgan Sandlin on Mon Sep 10, 2007 at 04:45:17 PM PDT

      •  A Lying Hippocritical Pig

        Probably tried to convince his wife that a diaper is a condom.

        by Empower Ink on Mon Sep 10, 2007 at 04:58:20 PM PDT

        •  his wife is HIS business but...

          we have a man sitting in our senate who likes to be spanked by a paid for 'mommy' and he is one of only 100 people who decides the direction of our nation.

          this would be quite funny if it wasnt true.

          I hope LA corrects this in the next election and instead sends an adult to DC

          by KnotIookin on Mon Sep 10, 2007 at 05:01:19 PM PDT

          •  It's definitely up to Louisiana!

            Because you certainly can't expect the Republican party to "clean up Vitter's mess"! Rather than change his diaper and send him on down the road, they gave him a standing ovation and asked him to stay!! I'll never understand the inner workings of a Republican mind!!

            by reflectionsv37 on Mon Sep 10, 2007 at 05:34:40 PM PDT

          •  Jeebus has forgiven him & will again

            the next time & the next time. However, if a non Rethug does it, Vitter's vengeful diety will not forgive, and the finger pointing will be televised.

            Hell hath no fury like a stubborn moronic Rethug outed from hypocritical or criminal activities, because the display of righteousness sells Christian purity to the Rethug base, and helps you keep your job a few months or years longer. Saint Tom DeLay has shown the way, his soul and position in the Beltway has been saved by the backing of some serious cash players tight with Vengeful Diety.

            by doinaheckuvanutjob on Mon Sep 10, 2007 at 06:14:11 PM PDT

          •  So?

            What are you trying to say? Are you taking shots at people who are different than you? Just because he likes to be spanked while wearing a diaper by a prostitute posing as his mother, doesn't mean he has no feelings. Infact, I think we should have a morning diary just for diaper wearing, Oedipus Syndrome suffering,  KOS members just so that we can welcome them to our community and verify that their behavior is not really very strange at all.

            Geez - you liberals...

            snark

            by DrKurtG on Mon Sep 10, 2007 at 06:43:02 PM PDT

      •  I do feel bad for his wife

        His wife certainly doesn't deserve to be dragged through the muck, but it is 100% Vitter's fault, not Flynt's or the media's fault.  He hid behind his family instead of owning up to all his misdeeds when confronted.

        by CA Pol Junkie on Mon Sep 10, 2007 at 05:07:08 PM PDT

        •  I agree...it can't be easy for her.

          I read her rather dismissive comments regarding Hillary's situation...she was really rather heartless regarding what was obviously a tough time for the Clinton's marriage.

          Perhaps, just perhaps, she's a little more empathetic now.

          by Morgan Sandlin on Mon Sep 10, 2007 at 05:20:50 PM PDT

        •  Wendy

          Pleae do not feel sorry for Wife Wendy, she is a complete bitch.  Why doesn't Bitter Vitter just regign and save the family this constant humiliation?  I tell you why, they are both evil and power hungry.

          by chigh on Mon Sep 10, 2007 at 07:51:35 PM PDT

      •  And also....

        ....treating women like commodities.

        by metal prophet on Mon Sep 10, 2007 at 05:34:46 PM PDT

  •  Oooh....Blech.

    Morgan...that is a nasty comment.

    Or, as Larry Craig would put it, "a nasty, naughty comment."

    by Steve Singiser on Mon Sep 10, 2007 at 04:54:00 PM PDT

    •  I know..it must be the Diet Coke..

      Because I haven't had a glass of wine this evening :)

      I even received a troll rating tonight! Yes, that's right..I may not be able to type swear words..but I'm a rebel. :)

      by Morgan Sandlin on Mon Sep 10, 2007 at 05:22:24 PM PDT

      •  I Saw Your TR...I Just Went And Uprated It....

        I think the guy had a right to dispute your point (although I fall on your side on that particular issue), but a TR and a "sod off" was simply unwarranted.

        by Steve Singiser on Mon Sep 10, 2007 at 06:11:18 PM PDT

        •  Actually Steve..

          I'm going to be in England next month...I thought that the "sod off" was a bit of a Nostradamus moment for the gentleman :)

          by Morgan Sandlin on Mon Sep 10, 2007 at 06:20:54 PM PDT

    •  You'd think he'd have an earthier vocabulary

      after hanging out in mens rooms all the time.

      by Trim Your Bush on Mon Sep 10, 2007 at 06:54:06 PM PDT

•  Larry Flynt

  You can listen to a pod-cast of Larry Flynt talking to Marc "Mr. K" Germain about this at the link provided. It's several screens down on the right-hand side.

  The Marc "Mr. K" Germain Show
  Friday, 9/7/07 Marc & Lisa welcomed famed magazine publisher Larry Flynt to talk about Senator Larry Craig. Flynt had put a tail on Craig weeks before he was arrested in a Minneapolis Airport. Flynt also revealed that he will have a story next week which will further expose Mark Vitter as a liar.

  http://www.progressivetalk1150.com/...

  by William Domingo on Mon Sep 10, 2007 at 04:39:26 PM PDT

  •  I wonder if Flynt has put tails on any other pols

    Flynt had put a tail on Craig weeks before he was arrested

    by homerun on Mon Sep 10, 2007 at 04:57:01 PM PDT

    •  I'll bet he has. n/t

      by William Domingo on Mon Sep 10, 2007 at 05:03:25 PM PDT

    •  That was not a tail on Craig, it was toilet paper

      hanging out of his pants.

      by Trim Your Bush on Mon Sep 10, 2007 at 06:52:47 PM PDT

•  I haven't had any popcorn in awhile

  Yum. Hope it is drenched in caramel.

  by turneresq on Mon Sep 10, 2007 at 04:39:33 PM PDT

  •  Dang, that sounds good

    was just getting ready to go to the store - maybe I'll pick up some caramel corn.

    As for Vitter... WHOOOPS... I don't want to say he's through... quite yet.. but if they show a credible result from a lie detector test - then it'll be pretty tough for him to contest that in the court of public opinion.

    by Yoshi En Son on Mon Sep 10, 2007 at 04:48:23 PM PDT

    •  the details

      What could be really cringeworthy are any details Ms. Cortez might provide.  I really don't want to know the details, but they could be the source of some really pointed questions for the senator.

      by CA Pol Junkie on Mon Sep 10, 2007 at 04:59:21 PM PDT

      •  Speculation in NOLA

        has, for years, included that Vitter is the real father of Wendy Cortez' daughter. That could be a detail she'll reveal.

        by Mber on Mon Sep 10, 2007 at 05:12:57 PM PDT

•  Difficult to Have a Wide Stance in Diapers

  I'll take a Schadenfreude on the rocks, please.

  by Empower Ink on Mon Sep 10, 2007 at 04:45:35 PM PDT

•  I still have to wonder how life would be

  different if Monica Monica or David Duke had won LA-1 in the special election in 1999.

  by Crisis Corps Volunteer on Mon Sep 10, 2007 at 04:47:32 PM PDT

  •  I wonder if

    Republicans are silently wishing they had never gone after Bill Clinton on the extra-marital thing.  

    by Yoshi En Son on Mon Sep 10, 2007 at 04:50:58 PM PDT

    •  No, because in the history books

      Clinton's name will be next to Andrew Johnson's.  That's all they care about.

      by Crisis Corps Volunteer on Mon Sep 10, 2007 at 04:56:46 PM PDT

      •  Not likely

        Andrew Johnson is remembered, by me if no one else, as a cruel bastard who oversaw one of the most dispicable acts to ever take place in this country's history.

        AND.. to commemorate this act: I give you Tennessee.

        3-4 years ago, my then GF and I drove across country and stopped in a little town in Tennessee for the night.  The had a little park - Trail of Tears memorial park.. definately located on Andrew Jackson Highway.

        I about threw up.

        by Yoshi En Son on Mon Sep 10, 2007 at 05:03:08 PM PDT

        •  sorry, mind thinking of Jackson :)

          johnson was a drunk...

          by Yoshi En Son on Mon Sep 10, 2007 at 05:06:47 PM PDT

          •  Apparently....

            ....for all of Johnson's sins, being a drunk was not one of them.

            by metal prophet on Mon Sep 10, 2007 at 05:51:51 PM PDT

            •  yea, mind was slipping there

              happens.

              by Yoshi En Son on Mon Sep 10, 2007 at 10:54:10 PM PDT

•  Press conference on Tuesday, Sept. 11

  Seems like bad timing if you're looking for publicity.  Everything's gonna be wall-to-wall 9/11/2001 anniversary.

  Worst day possible for a press conference if you ask me.

  by Predator Saint on Mon Sep 10, 2007 at 05:08:14 PM PDT

•  This will be good

  to watch.

  by oceanstar17 on Mon Sep 10, 2007 at 05:13:59 PM PDT

•  Red Letter Headlines on Nola.com

  Take a look

  by RandySF on Mon Sep 10, 2007 at 06:03:55 PM PDT

  •  Nice--that'll get his ratings down. They still

    are high, I think; why I don't know.

    by Phil S 33 on Mon Sep 10, 2007 at 06:18:27 PM PDT

•  Collateral hit?

  I hope Bobby Jindal gets to share more of Dave Vitters' New Orleans problem. This is a fitting story to have in the media while Bobby tries to become Gov of Louisiana. Thye used to be close . . . and now, Bobby, what do you think of such sinners in the Senate?

  And the story pairs nicely with Larry Craig, so the nasty, naughty particulars of his case will be reprised in the media. And comparisons made between the hetero sins of one and the homo sins of the other. And the markedly disparate treatment of the two Senators by their party will be duly noted. And, oh, don't stop, keep it up, oh, it feels so good.

  by Woody on Mon Sep 10, 2007 at 07:41:11 PM PDT