Republicans Tell Vitter To Resign

Senator Vitter's woes grew exponentially over the course of a day following his confession to being one of those on the infamous Pamela Martin and Associates list. The man that loved to claim he was Mr. Moral was exposed as a hypocrite, but it isn't only Democrats who are crying foul. People that are supposed to be his buddies are telling him to leave or switch parties.

From The Advertiser:

BATON ROUGE – In the wake of U.S. Sen. David Vitter’s apology after his phone number turned up in an escort service's call list, a member of the Republican State Central Committee called for him to resign.

Vincent Bruno of Kenner said today that Vitter should resign “for his own good, the good of the party and the good of his family.” If he doesn’t resign, Vitter should “join the Democratic Party where they think that kind of behavior is OK.”

Bruno said Vitter’s actions violate the Republican Party’s “Family Values” stance but he doesn’t expect the party leadership to do anything about it. “We had David Duke and couldn’t do anything about it.”

I hate to break it to Mr. Bruno, but Vitter isn't the first, second, or twentieth Republican that says one thing about family values and does another. David Duke is just in another class by himself.

If Vincent Bruno wants to take the righteousness road with this story he can go ahead. If it results in his resignation, it'll be another hit for the Republican party (even though it is already) that won't ultimately register until next year's election or for Vitter's re-election in 2010).