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Spitzer Resigns Tomorrow, Vitter Remains in Senate

The Democratic governor of New York revealed last week that certain telephone calls he made to a prostitution ring have come back to haunt him and he will now resign his office in disgrace.

Just last year, Sen. David Vitter (R-LA), announced that certain telephone calls he made to a prostitution ring had come back to haunt him. Upon his return to Washington, he was greeted with "a loud, standing ovation from his Republican colleagues in the Senate."

Gov. Spitzer was a holier-than-thou moralizer who prosecuted high-priced prostitution rings while patronizing them for the past several years.

Sen. Vitter is a holier-than-thou moralizer who gave speeches about the "sanctity of marriage" while patronizing hookers.

Within an hour of Spitzer's revelation that he had a hooker problem, Republican leaders called for his resignation.

Within an hour of Vitter's revelation that he had a hooker problem, Republican leaders praised his honesty and integrity in coming forward and facing his problems head-on. They also expressed their sincere best wishes for Sen. Vitter and his lovely family during that difficult time.

A few days ago, a reporter managed to sneak in a question to Sen. Vitter during one of his regular "telephone town hall conferences." The reporter noted that Gov. Spitzer was being asked to resign because of a personal problem quite similar to Sen. Vitter's.

Reporter: "How do you respond to people who say that there’s a double standard at work here?"

Sen. Vitter: "I made a very serious mistake a long time ago, and I have to live with that every day. That’s not a flippant statement. I need to spend my whole life making up for that. Anybody who looks at the two cases will see that there is an enormous difference between the two of them. The people that are trying to draw comparisons to the two cases are people who've never agreed with me on important issues like immigration and other things."

"Enormous difference?" Vitter reportedly paid $300/hour to his hookers; Spitzer reportedly paid $4,300 for a couple hours in Room 871 with "Kristen," plus train tickets, cab fair, room service and the minibar. Wasn't it sweet of him to include the minibar? Yeah, I guess you could say that's an enormous difference, but if Vitter had Spitzer's money, think what he could have accomplished.