We brought you the story this week of a brutal radio ad running in Louisiana and paid for by David Vitter’s Republican primary rival Chet Traylor. Now, Vitter’s threatening to sue radio stations running it:
Attorneys for U.S. Sen. David Vitter, R-La., threatened Thursday to sue radio stations if they continued airing a commercial critical of the senator’s past conduct with women.
Vitter’s attorneys claimed in a letter to the radio stations that the 60-second advertisement is “false, misleading and defamatory.”
In case you missed it, here’s the script for the ad:
Now it’s time to man up. A judge found Vitter committed battery on a woman. It was an unprovoked attack. Next, Vitter’s notorious scandal with the DC Madam. She ran an escort service for powerful men in Washington, if you know what I mean. Then a former prostitute said she, well, serviced Vitter on numerous occasions in New Orleans. That’s family values, right? Now, Vitter’s Senate aide for women affairs holds his girlfriend hostage while slashing her face with a knife. Vitter didn’t fire the aide. Vitter gave him two more years on his public payroll. Some conservative, huh? Hey Vitter. What’s next? Republicans, it’s time to man up for change.
Traylor’s camp welcomes Vitter to sue — they say every last word is true.
“To me he’s trying to suppress free speech,” his campaign chief Roy Fletcher told The Advocate. You can listen to the ad here:
