Not surprisingly, nearly the entire Republican establishment has been silent on Sen. David Vitter’s (R-La.) sex scandal. Not that I blame them; it’s a tough one to spin away.
But as reader D.K. noted, some Vitter allies are starting to speak up.
“We all think that we’re not vulnerable to something like that happening,” [Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.)] said, “but the fact is this can be a very lonely and isolating place to be away from your family. So I’m certainly not going to judge him because I don’t want that kind of pressure on me.”
Is that a confession?
Well, no, probably not, but it was a strikingly odd thing to say. Here we have another very conservative senator from a very conservative state, who ran on a “family values” platform. He doesn’t want to condemn Vitter’s personal failings? Fine, no problem. He’s steering clear of the scandal because he thinks he might be “vulnerable to something like that happening” to him? Like I said, odd.
As for DeMint’s substantive point, I’m not sure why Vitter would find DC such a “lonely” place, but either way, it wouldn’t explain his related appetites back in Louisiana.
