Why Hasn't David Vitter Resigned?

Posted by Adam Howard, AlterNet at 10:19 AM on March 12, 2008.

Following nearly three days of intense media scrutiny, which has now led to Eliot Spitzer's resignation, Democrats are asking a legitimate question: What about David Vitter...Dick Morris...Larry Craig...John McCain and for that matter Dick Cheney and George Bush?:

Karl Rove just added another Democratic scalp to his collection: Eliot Spitzer's.

Spitzer has not been charged with any crime. He was railroaded by the Corporate Media, led by Rupert Murdoch's NYPost and FOX News, with Karl Rove's "loyal Bushies" leaking furiously from Bush's InJustice Department.

So what's the standard here? If hiring prostitutes is a disqualification for office, then David Vitter must resign today too. In fact, a good chunk of the men in politics must also resign (and possibly a few women as well). And a bunch of reporters and editors must quit as well. And pundits too - yes I'm talking 'bout you, Dick Toesucker Morris.

If adultery is the standard, then Larry Craig must resign today, along with half the men in politics and the media.

If hypocrisy is the standard, then everyone in politics and the media must resign today, because there isn't one who isn't a hypocrite in some large or small way. Take Saint John McCain on torture, campaign finance, immigration, Iraq, global warming, lobbyists... you name it.

And if a criminal violation is the standard, then George Bush and Dick Cheney should not only resign immediately, they should go before a firing squad for war crimes (invading Iraq and torture) and treason (outing Valerie Plame).

The so-called liberal media did not give Spitzer any easier treatment than a Republican would receive during the revelation of his prostitution scandal and unlike the Republicans who had the gall to applaud David Vitter when he acknowledged his infidelities with hookers, Democrats in New York and around the country were quick to recommend Spitzer take responsibility for his actions and step down. So why the double standard?

Tagged as: bush, democrats, republicans, cheney, prostitution, vitter, republican hypocrisy, spitzer, craig, adultery

Adam Howard is the editor of PEEK.