Crooks and Liars (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
David Vitter will not be investigated. The Senate Ethics Committee has decided not to investigate Louisiana Senator David Vitter. The Republican was linked to an elite Washington prostitution ring owned by Deborah Jean Palfrey. Palfrey committed suicide May 1st, two weeks after being convicted of racketeering and money laundering. The bipartisan ethics panel says it [...]...
To the People (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Louisiana Senator David Vitter -- the upright Republican who was patronizing Deborah Jean Palfrey's escort service -- got a bit of good news the other day. The Senate Ethics Panel dropped its complaint against Vitter "with prejudice" this week, meaning he'll escape any official sanction for his whoremongering. How did he do it? Well, it seems that timing is everything, as the Washington...
The Konformist Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Robalini's Note: Coming to bash the DC Madam conspiracy theory is David Corn, the CIA's main man (along with Mark Cooper) in the establishment left. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,353876,00.html Death of 'D.C. Madam' Becomes Rich Ground for Conspiracy Theory Thursday , May 01, 2008 By Greg Simmons WASHINGTON — Police in Tarpon Springs, Fla., said there was "no question" that Deborah Jeane...
The Konformist Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
... running a prostitution ring that had as clients many prominent Washingtonians, including Senator David Vitter of Lousiana. She faced as many as 55 years behind bars (though sentencing guidelines could well have limited her prison time to a maximum of 71 months.) When a former employee of Palfrey's, Brandy Britton, hanged herself before going to trial, Palfrey told the press, "I guess...
Random Musings (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
... candidate win the White House. ...In a rather disjointed two-step, on one hand, Republican Sen. David Vitter was cleared on any ethics violations regarding his involvment with a D.C. prostitution ring operated by recently-suicided D.C. madam Deborah Jean Palfrey. On the other hand, the GOP has turned on one of its own, Rep. Vito Fossella. His crimes? The married congressman was stopped...
Swing State Project (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
Well, it looks like Vito Fossella isn't going to be receiving the David Vitter treatment anytime soon. From the Staten Island Advance : Vito Fossella's well-deserved shame at being arrested for driving while intoxicated last week evolved rapidly in the interim into abject disgrace. Because of that moral descent, and the distractions and ugly controversy all of it brings, he should resign...
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
The Senate Ethics Committee has decided not to investigate Louisiana Senator David Vitter.
Shakespeare's Sister (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
After the tragic "suicide" of Deborah Palfrey , the Senate Ethics Committee declines to investigate Senator Vitter. The Senate Ethics Committee declined Thursday to investigate Sen. David Vitter, who was linked to an escort service whose owner was convicted in federal court and subsequently committed suicide. The committee said it declined to pursue the case because Vitter's...
The Liberal Avenger (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
... cruising a mens public restroom for sex, our friends on the left were all over it. When Senator David Vitter (R-LA) was revealed to have been a customer of a prostitution ring in the District of Columbia, our friends on the left howled with outrage. Yet when Governor Eliot Spitzer (D-NY) was busted for patronizing high-end (pun intended) call girls, there was some defense of him...
Democratic Underground (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
Source: [b]Reuters[/b] WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate Ethics Committee on Thursday dismissed a complaint against Sen. David Vitter, a suspected patron of a prostitution ring headed by a woman who killed herself last month. In a letter to the Louisiana Republican, the panel said the conduct at...
WAFB - Local News (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
There's new information out of Washington about Senator David Vitter and his involvement with the D.C. Madam. The Senate Ethics Committee dismissed a complaint against Senator David Vitter.
News: Moldova.org: Politics (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
The Senate Ethics Committee Thursday dismissed a watchdog group's complaint against U.S. Sen. David Vitter, R-La., on his alleged involvement with a prostitute.Vitter, known for his advocacy of conservative social issues, became embroiled in scandal when his phone number was found in the records of Deborah Jeanne Palfrey, the D.C. Madam. Jeannette Maier, the Canal Street Madam,...
Wonkette (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
"The Senate Ethics Committee declined Thursday to investigate Sen. David Vitter, who was linked to an escort service whose owner was convicted in federal court and subsequently committed suicide."...
Reuters (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate Ethics Committee on Thursday dismissed a complaint against Sen. David Vitter, a suspected patron of a prostitution ring headed by a woman who killed herself last month.
OTB News (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Ethics Committee declined Thursday to investigate Sen. David Vitter, who was linked to an escort service whose owner was convicted in federal court and subsequently committed suicide…. Share This
