NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Democrat in Louisiana’s Senate race is airing a documentary-style television ad detailing the prostitution scandal that sent GOP Sen. David Vitter scurrying from public view in 2007.
Rep. Charlie Melancon‘s campaign won’t say how much it’s spending on the two-minute ad, which started airing Wednesday on cable systems across the state.
The ad features a grainy black-and-white re-enactment of a man resembling Vitter leaving a motel room. It also includes scenes from the news conference where he admitted to an unspecified “serious sin” after his phone number was found among records of a Washington prostitution ring.
Vitter’s campaign has not responded to a request for comment on the ad.
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Tracyvain67
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 6:31pmSad situation for him and his family. That woman is a pig.
Report Post »Desert Dweller
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 6:26pmAh the wonders of the attack ad.. Wonderful stuff really, if you cannot say anything good about yourself try to make the other person look worse than you (though in some cases this can take a lot of work). Politicians are human (sort of, or at least might evolve into state someday) and humans make mistakes.
If he kept making said mistake then I could see a problem. Seems though that he learned from his error, dealt with it, and kept it quiet (that last is highly appreciated). Let it go.
Report Post »1776
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 6:17pmWith all the trouble we are in, sex doesn’t bother me, not nice to cheap on the wife and kids though. Whenever I hear the dems talk about lies and breaking the law I laugh out loud. Ballsy to run again after getting popped.
Report Post »PaleRyder
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 6:08pmSorry to have to say this,but….hanging with a prostitute just might be way less infectious than hanging with the human debris of DC,especially the democrats. At least you know you are getting screwed with her,the dems will tell you and say anything except the truth about how bad they are going to screw you.Besides,I thought a persons sex life was a private matter even if lied about under oath while being the current occupant of the oral office.
Report Post »AMERICA4EVER
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 6:06pmWhat would be the lessor of the two evils?
Report Post »belloff
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 6:02pmHow come when Bill Clinton fooled around on the side the left just shrugged it off? Who knows if Bill Clinton ever payed for a ******, but isn’t it actually the same, he just got it for free?
Report Post »Ooh, just thinking about Bill and Monica in the Oval Office, uugh uugh!!!
Sleazy is Sleazy!
ninecarpileup
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 6:01pmR or D does not matter anymore. If they are scum, toss em out, period.
Report Post »sbrown
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 6:00pmObviously his opponent can’t win on the issues so he is turning to dirty politics. Personally, I don’t care that he hired a prostitute in 2007 as long as he learned his lesson and works to stop the destruction of this country.
Report Post »Workforit
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 5:53pmAhhh… The worlds oldest profession and most honest. You just have to look at it for what it is. You can bet your bottom dollar (pun intended) that our girl here didn’t report her income on her 2007 tax return! Now lets look a little farther… did our boy take the fee as a business entertainment deduction? After all, our girl is a voter and he is a politician is he not? The fun one good ad man could have with this just never ends!
I was married once, and once is all it took. I’m here to tell you that hookers are a heck of a lot cheaper than divorce and dollar for dollar a better deal. Think about that the next time you drop 5 bills on dinner, show tickets, and drinks… when all you really wanted was the happy ending. This one only cost 3? A deal at twice the price!
Hookers are a time saver. If his wife was anything like my ex, It took more time and effort to negotiate the terms of engagement, always had strings attached, and was rarely (if ever) worth the hoop jumping! I personally think our boy had a problem, solved that problem so he could move on to the next problem with a clear head! (again pun intended)! And talk about efficient… brownie points must be awarded!
Obama and his administration are attempting to rape each and every one of us… where is the happy ending in that? There is your counter TV commercial! At least our guy paid for it!
Report Post »SND97
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 5:33pmPoor girl, she has to do that kind of work because of Obama’s economy. The libs are just ticked because they couldn’t tax that transaction
Report Post »Okpulot Taha
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 5:13pm“He did his thing. He wasn’t there 15-20 minutes at that.”
Ha! David Vitter is a very typical man! Undress, shower, the thing, dress and leave in 15 minutes!
Vitter is a Minuteman.
Okpulot Taha
Report Post »Choctaw Nation
scuba13
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 6:54pmlike your husband who saw you born when he was 11?
Report Post »wisehiney
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 5:13pmIndefensible, and the democrat is worse. We need a Tea Party candidate. Keep it real, keep it true, keep it FREE.
Report Post »Firelight
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 5:06pmWhere is BUBBA ?
Report Post »trillabodilla
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 5:03pmDavid Vitter is my senator. He may not be perfect but he always votes along the conservative route, and he represents me well. Charlie Melancon is a democrats’ democrat and I sure hope he loses to an imperfect Vitter!!!
Report Post »randjdon
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 4:59pmI just want those two minutes of my life back please.
Report Post »Maybe the GEESE Know More than the BEES Know
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 6:43pmlol! me too
Report Post »MCGIRV
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 4:54pmYawn.
Report Post »A Extremist
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 4:52pmHad not planned to donate to Vitter but this ad convinced me to donate.
The Democrats have been taken over by Communists/Marxists/Socialists. It is critical to fight for the defeat of every Democrat in every local, state and national election to save America.
Report Post »starman70
Posted on September 30, 2010 at 9:59amThe mainstream media have also been invaded by the same group. They will re-play this anti Vitter ad continuously to try to get another socialist goon elected.
Mr. vitter has already been outed for this error in judgement. It‘s his personal problem not the democratic party’s problem. The Demos have enough skeletons in their closets.
Report Post »Waiting4George
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 4:48pmCrime scene reenactment? Ok–show me the crime scene reenactment of Former Louisiana Democratic Rep. William Jefferson stuffing his freezer full of cash. But it will have to be filmed at the pen where he will be for 13 years.
Report Post »mcFirst
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 4:47pmthis is all the gop could come up with to run. the same person who mesed up. any tea party options here.
Report Post »Waiting4George
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 4:55pmLouisiana has been one of the most corrupt states forever. They have the highest number of state employees per capita in the nation! Research the Kingfish–Huey Long.
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 4:44pmI would like to refer these HYPOCRITES to this story!! http://www.theblaze.com/stories/promises-promises-pelosi-ethics-pledge-falters/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/26/AR2010012601156.html?hpid=topnews
Nancy’s freind..Rep. Alan Mollohan. Right… another criminal beholden to Holder, nevermind Waters and Rangel and so may others!!!
“Mollohan, 66, is expected to notify House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Rep. David R. Obey (D-Wis.), chairman of the Appropriations Committee, of the development in a letter Tuesday. That would clear the way for him to resume full control of a subcommittee that oversees the roughly $28 BILLION budget for the Justice Department and the nearly $8 BILLION budget for the FBI.”
Report Post »^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
That’s comforting..
Sunnyr
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 4:43pmIt figures that the Dems would start muckracking. Maybe I’ll do the same with one of their elitist leftist loons who likes to throw out Vitter at every opportunity. It happens to be Bob Beckel who consorted with a 20 year old internet ****** (at $300.00 per hour.) The ******, Maryam Massihi,
Report Post »and her cohorts decided to extort $50,000. in hush money from the weasely Mr. Bechel who ran
Walter Mondale’s presidential campaign in 1984. Evidently he paid his ****** by check, “which proved helpful when cops began probing who was trying to shake down the 53 year old Beckel.” His ****** is currently in the slammer, facing extortion and conspiracy charges. Mr. Beckel does not seem the least bit embarrassed by this situation…..he’s probably a student of Slick Willy Bubba Clinton, the Shameless Cheat. If the Dems want to keep diving in the cesspool, I am sure we can find a story equally disgusting about one of their own.
Source: The Smoking Gun. com
FreedomOfSpeech
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 4:41pmShe looks good. Seriously, what do we care about people having sex? Good for him if he bagged a hottie. Kinda sucks he felt like he had to pay for it though.
Report Post »megansmom
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 4:53pmMaybe he’s so bad in the sack that the only way a girl can have her fun is with a shopping spree afterwards.
Report Post »Wait that’s called stimulating the economy.
FreedomOfSpeech
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 5:00pm@MEGANSMOM Could be the case! But three visits with this lady of the night is still cheaper than a pair of Louboutins. Maybe he’s on to something.
Report Post »Prospero
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 5:05pmFreedomofspeech writes: “what do we care about people having sex?”
We don’t. I believe this is about hiring a prostitute, which is a pander and a solicitation. Both are crimes, as well as symptoms of people with very poor character. That it involved sex is ancillary.
Report Post »FromtheBasement
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 5:51pmI’m kind of with you, on this. If it turns out to be true, his best option might just be to say, “Yes, I boinked her. Vote for me.”
Report Post »sbrown
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 5:53pm@Prospro – I still don’t care. He dealt with that in 2007 and hopefully learned from it. I’m willing to give someone the benefit of the doubt (at least once).
Report Post »krenshau
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 4:38pmWhat does this add have to do with the current race? Kind of skimpy on the context.
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 4:37pmI will repost this here. I just saw a report and they are going after Meg Whitman now. Seems she had an employee for 8 years who LIED and said she was a US citizen in CA. She filled out a 1099 and showed her drivers license and signed the paperwork that she was a legal citzen. The she went to Meg Whitman in 2009 and for some reason had to admit she WAS NOT legal and that she had lied. Whitman had to fire her and told her she could not keep her because she would be breaking the law. NOW the girl has come out with SOME story about being USED? UGH, this is not going to be pretty. Wonder who is paying her now and how much? WOW, they just won’t quit with the personal attacks. Can’t they win on the issues? Guess not. This is seriously getting really nasty!
Report Post »Eagle07
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 6:31pmand they wont deport her either I bet
Report Post »ihveit
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 7:50pmihv.. actually if all things work out right, obama will probably make her a czar??
Report Post »will
Armed Patriot
Posted on September 30, 2010 at 8:10amGloria Alred did a similar attack on Governor Schwarzenegger alleging sexual assault, just weeks before his election. The case against him was later dismissed. Ms Alred votes by character assignation.
Report Post »toongoon
Posted on September 30, 2010 at 8:47amMeg followed the law and made sure she was legal, The law doesn’t allow you to verify all documents volunteered by a potential employee. The woman gave her false documentation. The woman finally came clean years later, and Meg fired her. Case closed. She followed the law. Now, will the democrats follow the law and deport her? No. Gloria Allred is using her to bring a conservative gubernatorial candidate down, and then they’ll throw her away. Progressives are easy to read, difficult to exterminate. The 2010 pesticide may be very though, let’s hope so.
Report Post »Contrarianthinker
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 4:31pmI hardly see this as a worthy article for the Blaze???
Report Post »Svt4Him
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 4:38pmBut it was worthy of your point? It wasn’t a trick when you clicked hte link. If you didn’t want to read about it/watch it…then don’t click it. I know, it seems to simple, but it’s the truth, no one is making you watch.
Report Post »ChadM
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 4:39pmI believe the whole point of showing this article, is to show the lengths that the Dems are willing to go to help them stay in power.
Waiting4George
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 4:42pmDear CT,
Alinsky tactics are, remember, born of Lucifer. With that said, I suggest you email the editors with your suggestions. Meanwhile, they will post what they wish. If you are offended don’t read it.
Report Post »Sledgehammer
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 4:45pmThink, Thinker! This cat (a repub.) Is a major part of this nations problem! He sits there in D.C. weighs the pros and cons of mans law, with disregard for the oath he took! He is hardly worthy of that office!
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 4:48pmCT….Is your mammas basement lonely??
Report Post »Bullcop34
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 5:28pmI’m from Louisiana and Vitter IS the problem and needs to go. Melancon, the other candidate, is WAY worse than Vitter on the voting records but Vitter is part of the establishment, talks a good game but doesn’t do anything else but talk. If he were serious, as all candidates should be, they would run on a once and done and if they falter they would relieve themselves without having to be told or voted out. Just the mere fact that he is running again shows his arrogance and elitist attitude towards the State he represents. He’s a joke
sbrown
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 5:51pmso BullCop – your going to vote for the guy with the worse voting record? It is the ignorant voters that are the problem! You would rather have a guy that taxes spends than one that will stop the one party control on DC? You are a joke.
Report Post »downbad
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 6:00pmIm from Louisiana too. Vitter is on the right side of all the issues, have you been following him at all?
Report Post »America_First
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 7:53pmBetter he screws a whore…then do like most dumb-o-rats like yobama and company who screws America and piss on the Constitution daily…
Report Post »katnandu
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 10:23pmI think it is an important story. David Vitter is responsible for his actions. The ad was a little over the top with some of the images, but I believe it is accurate in its charges against Vitter. He broke the law and he dishonored his wife and family. Period! you play , you pay. I don’t care what party you are in. Be an honest and honorable human being!
Report Post »DaytonConserve
Posted on September 30, 2010 at 4:56amSeems like just what might get him some extra votes in Louisiana. Home of William Jefferson and Huey Long. At least he got kissed unlike when America gets screwed by Reid, Pelosi, and Obama.
Report Post »mythbuster2
Posted on September 30, 2010 at 7:25amI think the people of Louisiana will decide what is best for them. I do not believe they ignorant will weigh the facts they have available to them to make the best decision. If there are no lies in this ad then it is a valid reminder. I don’t think they needed to get quite a detailed with the pictures, but if it’s not a lie, Louisiana will do the right thing – they elected Jindal so they must be on the ball. I want that guy as President.
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