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The Breitbart Effect: Why Weiner's Boring (Non-) Sex Scandal Is Getting More Play Than Republicans' Sordid Sexcapades

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. June 8, 2011.

The sensational interest in Weinergate is a sad reflection of our shallow, sex-and-celebrity-obsessed culture.

Sherrod Brown Calls GOP's Bluff on Health Reform; Ruins Cheap Partisanship of Vitter, Coburn

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: Health and Wellness. December 4, 2009.

Brown wants to co-sponsor legislation by some of the most outspoken opponents of health-care reform.

Rape Victim Confronts Vitter Over Vote for Impunity for Contractors

Amanda Terkel, ThinkProgress AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. November 2, 2009.

In 2005, Jamie Leigh Jones’ Halliburton/KBR co-workers gang-raped her while she was working in Baghdad.

Vitter Still Refuses to Condemn Judge Who Refused to Marry Interracial Couple

BarbinMD, Daily Kos AlterNet: PEEK. October 22, 2009.

Not only is David Vitter unwilling to condemn the Louisiana Justice of the Peace who refuses to marry interracial couples, he's even denying that it happened.

MoJo: Gov't Watchdog Targets 'Hypocrite' ACORN-Hunter David Vitter for Investigation

Ben Buchwalter, Mother Jones September 29, 2009.

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington filed a complaint asking the Louisiana Bar to investigate Vitter's violation of the state's lawyerly conduct rules for his ties to prostitution.

David "Diaper" Vitter Introduces Amendment to Block Funds From Crucial Environmental Adviser

Zaid Jilani, ThinkProgress AlterNet: Environment. September 19, 2009.

Vitter’s amendment is motivated by his anti-environmental views.

DC Madam Customer David Vitter Is Outraged By the ACORN Prostitution Scandal

Amanda Terkel, ThinkProgress. September 17, 2009.

Vitter's outrage over the latest ACORN scandal seems extraordinarily hypocritical, in light of what he went through in 2007.

Vitter Should Avoid Talk About "Values"

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. July 30, 2009.

"I'm on the side of conservatives getting back to core conservative values," Vitter said. Oh really?

Sanford's Sordid Sex Saga: Why We Like Publicly Shaming Hypocrite Politicians

David Rosen, CounterPunch. June 29, 2009.

Last week, Gov. Mark Sanford participated in one of the oldest social rituals in American history: public shaming of the moral hypocrite.

Embarrassingly Unpatriotic: Conservatives Who Want the U.S. to Fail

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. February 14, 2009.

Keep in mind, of course, that such talk under Bush's presidency would force someone from the airwaves.

In D.C. Prostitution Bust, 'Johns' Went Unpunished

Mark Benjamin, Ms. Magazine. September 29, 2008.

The "D.C. Madam" took a prostitution rap, then took her own life. But her alleged johns walked away uncensured and unscathed.

Election-Year Fun: Socially Conservative GOPer May Be Forced to Testify in Prostitution Case

Steve Benen, The Carpetbagger Report AlterNet: PEEK. April 8, 2008.

Vitter's troubles may not yet be behind him.

Vitter Claims There's 'Enormous Difference' Between His Case and Spitzer's, Really?

Howie Klein, Down With Tyranny! AlterNet: PEEK. March 17, 2008.

Spitzer was tarred, feathered, driven out of office, and now nearly forgotten. Yet Louisiana's, Senatorial Pimp, David Vitter, is still in office

Who's So Scared of the Spitzer Scandal's Effect on Children?

Phoenix Woman, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. March 14, 2008.

Oddly enough, there was no handwringing about "what will we tell the kiddies?" when David Vitter was exposed.

Why Hasn't David Vitter Resigned?

Adam Howard, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. March 12, 2008.

And what about Larry Craig, Dick Morris, John McCain and for the matter, George Bush and Dick Cheney?

Spitzer's Scandal: Some Things Don't Pass the Smell Test

Jane Hamsher, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. March 11, 2008.

How did Spitzer's name get leaked to the media, and who did it? Didn't happen to Dave Vitter.

David Vitter, Republican Strategists and the Prostitute’s Subpoena

Steven Reynolds, The All Spin Zone AlterNet: PEEK. November 19, 2007.

Steven Reynolds: Mmmm! Sounds like the title of a really bad porn movie, huh?

DC Madam to Subpoena GOP Senator Vitter

GottaLaff, Brave New Films AlterNet: PEEK. November 3, 2007.

GottaLaff: As first reported on WTOP, an escort named Paula Neble claims Vitter, R-La., was a customer.

DC Madam Invesitigation Leads to Monica Goodling, Attorney Firings

Phoenix Woman, AlterNet: PEEK. October 23, 2007.

Phoenix Woman: Oh my, this ought to be interesting.

If You Crossed David Vitter with Larry Craig, What Would You Get? Meet Joey DiFatta

Howie Klein, AlterNet: PEEK. October 5, 2007.

Howie Klein: Another Republican elected official -- a pal of David "Diapers" Vitter no less -- caught toe-tappin' in the boys room!

David Vitter Earmarks $100,000 of Taxpayer Money for Anti-Evolution Group

KatRose, AlterNet: PEEK. September 25, 2007.

KatRose: The Dems are still in control, right? How is someone like this even allowed to tack something like this onto a bill?

Who Are the 22 Most Corrupt Members of Congress?

Pam Spaulding, AlterNet: PEEK. September 19, 2007.

Pam Spaulding: CREW releases its list, with dishonorable mentions for Larry Craig and David Vitter.

Larry Craig's Bathroom Stall Becomes a Tourist Attraction

Howie Klein, AlterNet: PEEK. September 17, 2007.

Howie Klein: How convenient that the Republican National Convention will be in Minneapolis next year, the site of Craig's last (wide) stance!

Sen. Vitter's Favorite Escort Tells All

GottaLaff, AlterNet: PEEK. September 15, 2007.

GottaLaff: More than you ever wanted to know about David Vitter. But he's not gay, so it's all moot, now isn't it?

Vitter Had Sex With New Orleans Hooker "Two to Three Times a Week"

Pam Spaulding, AlterNet: PEEK. September 12, 2007.

Pam Spaulding: Wendy Yow Ellis (a.k.a. Wendy Cortez), has passed a polygraph test about her business relationship with the senator.