The Road Out of Iraq Leads Through David Vitter

The Rude Pundit gets way too much attention for his Triple-X-rated rants, and nowhere near enough for his dead-on and usually unique political insights.

On Tuesday, he revealed the possible way out for Democrats on Iraq by forcing David Vitter out of office before November.

Read the whole thing, but Rude starts from the premise that the only thing keeping Harry Reid and the Senate Democrats from telling Smirky and Darth to fuck off and die is the threat of Joe Lieberman throwing the Senate to the Republicans (Cheney tie-breaker.) So far, so conventional wisdom. But then Rude makes the leap that could save the dems' ass - and as a bonus, the nation and the planet.

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So Senate Democrats have gotta get rid of the Lieberman factor. With one more Democratic Senator, Lieberman will no longer control which way the wind blows until 2009.

And that's where David Vitter comes back into the equation. The oughta-be-disgraced, whoremongering Republican Senator from Louisiana has been embraced back into the Republican fold, as if he's a big goddamn hero for having kept his crimes hidden until after the statute of limitations had run out on him being arrested for soliciting hookers. Of course it's the basest sexual hypocrisy that Republicans went after Larry Craig because the Idaho Senator's case involved gay fucking and because Idaho's got a Republican governor and Louisiana's got a Democrat.

But here's the deal on Vitter: Republicans only have to stand by him until the end of the year. Louisiana elects a new governor this year, in 2007, with an open primary in October and a general election, if needed, in November. And you can sure as s**t bet a Republican's gonna win post-Katrina and Rita, probably Bobby Jindal. So, in as much as the Rude Pundit does the prognosticatin', Vitter's gone in January, so that no Republican running for President has to deal with questions of Republican sexual hypocrisy (at least as relates to current scandals). And, barring any other surprises, the same Lieberman-centric Senate until 2009.

So here's the deal: Democrats have to go Rove on Vitter. They have only a few months to get him out of there, so it's time to bring out the political demons in a savage way that pussies like Bob Shrum have nightmares about. Get the prostitutes out in front of the cameras, talking to Larry King about how Vitter likes to s**t himself in diapers and then get spanked while getting wiped by big-titted sluts. Get front groups to make ads about what a sleazy motherf***er Vitter is. Get outraged Senators talking to the pumpkinhead of Tim Russert about how it's just impossible to work with a man like Vitter. Take different angles: Barbara Boxer can talk about his exploitation of women, Mark Pryor or Ken Salazar can talk about how Vitter demeans the Senate by his presence and how can they be expected to hold their vomit in while working with a man like that.

Chase that motherf***er out of town and do it for a good cause: to end the war. You get rid of Vitter, you save American lives. Surely Democrats can wallow in the mud for a little while for such a noble end.

Yeah, I know, what makes me think that this time the dems will actually show some spine.

But this time there's no downside, no risk, no way to lose. Attacking Vitter is win-win-win: acquire a real majority in the Senate, marginalize Lieberman, and grow a gigantic set of brass ones.

Hell, get Rahm Emmanuel out of the House to lead the charge - I hate him for a DLC stooge, but that Chicago boy knows how to play dirty.

C'mon, Harry: you have nothing to lose, and literally the entire world to gain.

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In the (Bathroom) Closet

I really hate all the over-the-top references to politician's private lives. Consenting adults are just that. I don't want to come to the defense of any hypocritical politician, regardless of party, but I am forced to this evening.

The hypocrisy, evidenced by Vitters, and now by another Florida state Representative irks the crap out of me. Bob Allen, of Florida's state House, has been arrested for soliciting a MALE police officer for oral sex - giving, not receiving. Worse, it happened in a public bathroom!

An undercover officer decided to go into one of the bathroom stalls, Hutchinson said. Moments later, Allen knocked on the stall door and offered to perform oral sex on the officer for $20, according to the police spokesman.

I don't know if it's just Florida or if every other state has a problem with men seeking men in public park bathrooms. Trust me, it's a real problem here in Central Florida.

But, as much as I share my disgust in the fact that gay men cannot be gay in public and Republicans put themselves in a hypocritical situation, I hate the fact that gay men arrests are almost always implicitly linked to pedophilia:

Allen, 48, who chairs the House Committee on Energy, is married and has one child. He also is a former Little League volunteer and has donated time to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Florida.

Why mention this if the Orlando Sentinel did not want to imply that a man who wants to perform oral sex on an adult male, albeit for money, must somehow have jeopardized the children he watched over.

Listen! There are men and women that are gay. Sometimes, their inability or their peer circle's inability to accept it, forces men (especially, but females also) into the types of hypocritical behavior that Allen participated in. It is a sad situation that is almost always a situational choice.

That said, however, gays and bi-sexuals are not necessarily endangering your children by having contact with them!!!!!!!! I want the Christianists and social conservatives to listen closely, in a language they can understand.

Being gay is NOT a "gateway drug" to real depravity and criminality!

Being gay does not equal being a pedophile, or any type of sexual predator. Gays are not raping and pillaging our children. You may want to link it in your minds but don't even though the media are certainly doing a good job of planting the ideas.

It. Is. Not. True.

Why people feel they need to hide their real sexual identity is a question that people like Vitters and Allen will have to answer. It is sad that they feel the need to find answers in venues that are not socially acceptable. But, it is reprehensible that public rhetoric and the press link very human conditions to very dangerous depravity.

UPDATE: in the category of too priceless, TPM says that Allen is connected to the McCain campaign. I guess, in McCain's language, there are desertions and voluntary leaves.

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First fallout from DC Madam’s phone list

Come on down, David Vitter. The Louisiana GOP Senator, and former Congressman, has his phone number on Palfrey’s list. I’m wondering if we’re going to see something like what happened in the run-up to replace Newt as Speaker.

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