Tuesday, July 10, 2007 11:35:50 PM
Hustler: We Outed Vitter
By Paul Kiel - July 10, 2007, 1:38 PM
A press release just out from Kim Dower, Larry Flynt's spokesperson:
Larry Flynt's ongoing investigation into the dirty secrets of prominent elected officials has exposed another hypocrite. Monday's confession of marital infidelity by GOP right-wing marriage-protection advocate Senator David Vitter of Louisiana was the result of a multi-pronged investigation launched and run by Larry Flynt, publisher of HUSTLER Magazine.
Within hours of a phone call from the offices of HUSTLER Magazine asking Vitter to comment on an article HUSTLER reporters were working on, Vitter ran to the Associated Press in an attempt to get ahead of the story.
As of 2 p.m. West Coast time on Monday, only Larry Flynt and the HUSTLER investigative team knew that Vitter¹s phone number appeared on the phone records of Deborah Jeane Palfrey, the so-called D.C. Madam. Within hours of obtaining the phone records, Flynt¹s team found what ABC News has so far been unable to ferret out. Flynt's team is currently continuing its investigation into improprieties by other high-ranking elected officials.
Senator Vitter, a churchgoing Catholic who is married and has four children, is seen as a hard-line right-winger. A staunch supporter of President Bush, Vitter has built his reputation on family-values platforms such as marriage protection and abstinence-only programs.
In opposition to same-sex marriage, Vitter recently stated, "Marriage is a core institution of societies throughout the world and throughout history. It's something that has provided permanence and stability for our very social structure."
Sen. Vitter announced his support for Rudy Giuliani in March and was tapped by the presidential nomination candidate to serve as his Southern Regional Chair.
Update: Here's more [ http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/07/hustler-call-pr.html ] on this from Justin over at the Blotter.
Update: So maybe Vitter doesn't have such a blind faith [ http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/003639.php ] in the Fourth Estate. Oh well.
Copyright © 2007 TPM Media LLC.
http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/003641.php [with comments] [. . .]
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Rep. David Vitter, a Republican from Metairie, pokes fun at [California Politics]
New Orleans CityBusiness, Aug 18, 2003
by Staff
Rep. David Vitter, R-Metairie, walked into a full house when he spoke at a meeting of the East Meets West, with members of the Slidell Chamber of Commerce and the St. Tammany West Chamber.
I didn't know if I was at a luncheon or a meeting of the California gubernatorial candidates, Vitter joked. He said it's nice to have people laughing at another state's politics for a change. Vitter said he's enjoys watching the campaign himself. His favorite quote comes from pornography mogul Larry Flynt, who said he may be paralyzed from the waist down, but that's not like the governor who's paralyzed from the neck up.
Copyright 2003 Dolan Media Newswires (emphasis added)
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4200/is_20030818/ai_n10173873
By Paul Kiel - July 10, 2007, 1:38 PM
A press release just out from Kim Dower, Larry Flynt's spokesperson:
Larry Flynt's ongoing investigation into the dirty secrets of prominent elected officials has exposed another hypocrite. Monday's confession of marital infidelity by GOP right-wing marriage-protection advocate Senator David Vitter of Louisiana was the result of a multi-pronged investigation launched and run by Larry Flynt, publisher of HUSTLER Magazine.
Within hours of a phone call from the offices of HUSTLER Magazine asking Vitter to comment on an article HUSTLER reporters were working on, Vitter ran to the Associated Press in an attempt to get ahead of the story.
As of 2 p.m. West Coast time on Monday, only Larry Flynt and the HUSTLER investigative team knew that Vitter¹s phone number appeared on the phone records of Deborah Jeane Palfrey, the so-called D.C. Madam. Within hours of obtaining the phone records, Flynt¹s team found what ABC News has so far been unable to ferret out. Flynt's team is currently continuing its investigation into improprieties by other high-ranking elected officials.
Senator Vitter, a churchgoing Catholic who is married and has four children, is seen as a hard-line right-winger. A staunch supporter of President Bush, Vitter has built his reputation on family-values platforms such as marriage protection and abstinence-only programs.
In opposition to same-sex marriage, Vitter recently stated, "Marriage is a core institution of societies throughout the world and throughout history. It's something that has provided permanence and stability for our very social structure."
Sen. Vitter announced his support for Rudy Giuliani in March and was tapped by the presidential nomination candidate to serve as his Southern Regional Chair.
Update: Here's more [ http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/07/hustler-call-pr.html ] on this from Justin over at the Blotter.
Update: So maybe Vitter doesn't have such a blind faith [ http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/003639.php ] in the Fourth Estate. Oh well.
Copyright © 2007 TPM Media LLC.
http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/003641.php [with comments] [. . .]
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Rep. David Vitter, a Republican from Metairie, pokes fun at [California Politics]
New Orleans CityBusiness, Aug 18, 2003
by Staff
Rep. David Vitter, R-Metairie, walked into a full house when he spoke at a meeting of the East Meets West, with members of the Slidell Chamber of Commerce and the St. Tammany West Chamber.
I didn't know if I was at a luncheon or a meeting of the California gubernatorial candidates, Vitter joked. He said it's nice to have people laughing at another state's politics for a change. Vitter said he's enjoys watching the campaign himself. His favorite quote comes from pornography mogul Larry Flynt, who said he may be paralyzed from the waist down, but that's not like the governor who's paralyzed from the neck up.
Copyright 2003 Dolan Media Newswires (emphasis added)
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4200/is_20030818/ai_n10173873
Greensburg, KS - 5/4/07
"Eternal vigilance is the price of Liberty."
from John Philpot Curran, Speech
upon the Right of Election, 1790
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