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July 9, 2007
Vitter Issues Statement
U.S. Sen. David Vitter made the following statement today about his telephone number being on the old phone records of Pamela Martin and Associates prior to his running for the U.S. Senate. He respectfully requests that the statement be used in full without editing or paraphrasing.
"This was a very serious sin in my past for which I am, of course, completely responsible. Several years ago, I asked for and received forgiveness from God and my wife in confession and marriage counseling. Out of respect for my family, I will keep my discussion of the matter there-with God and them. But I certainly offer my deep and sincere apologies to all I have disappointed and let down in any way," Vitter said.
“The phone records of the accused D.C. Madam have been posted online and are available for public viewing.
Deborah Jeane Palfrey's attorney, Montgomery Blair Sibley, tells WTOP he changed his plan of distributing the information -- which includes calls from 1994-2006 -- only to journalists after he learned of one organization's plan to post the numbers in their entirety.
Sibley says after he began distributing CDs with the information, he was alerted that their security coding wasn't sophisticated enough to prevent hacking, and it would be easy to make someone's number appear on the list even if it hadn't been originally.
When he initially offered the records to journalists and bloggers last week, it was with the condition that the information would not be posted in its entirety.
‘I sent out 54 discs with the records on them,’ Sibley says. ‘[Monday] morning, we got calls and emails saying there wasn't any security on the coding and the numbers were going to be all over the place anyway. I got one email that said the agreement isn't enforceable, and that group intended to release the records for free.’
Sibley wouldn't identify the group further than saying it was a D.C.-based organization. When he initially offered the records, Sibley pledged he wouldn't disclose which news organizations received copies.
‘It's an evolution from how we planned to put the numbers out,’ he says. ‘Our original thought of coding each disc so we'd know who violated the agreement wasn't sophisticated enough. It's so easy to accuse somebody, and once you do that, the retraction is useless.’
Posting the numbers online does leave him open for criticism, but Sibley says in balancing the evils, this was the correct decision.
‘That's why we're putting out the numbers, so there's one official list, and any list that's different can be compared to ours,’ he says....’’
This was a very serious sin in my past for which I am, of course, completely responsible. Several years ago, I asked for and received forgiveness from God and my wife in confession and marriage counselingThat's odd. When I spoke to God about this, he told me he didn't forgive Senator Vitter.
Google some of those numbers. You'll have a good laugh.Don't hold us in suspense. Not all of us were able to get the files, and even for those of us that did, there are a billion numbers that you might be talking about.
I’m a lot more like Lorena Bobbitt than Hillary. If he does something like that, I’m walking away with one thing, and it’s not alimony, trust me.Assuming that she followed through on her threat, I wonder if the good Senator is aware that he is now forbidden by the Bible to enter into the congregation of the Lord.
when's he up for re-election?2010.
"As Vitter remained missing in action for two Senate votes on defense policy, Flynt insisted that he exposed the conservative lawmaker’s sexual indiscretions only because they contradicted Vitter’s longtime defense of the 'sanctity of marriage.'Exactly!
'If someone’s living a life contrary to the way they’re advocating … then they become fair game,' Flynt told reporters. 'I don’t want a man like that legislating for me, especially in the area of morality.'"
"Local6 reports: 'Investigators said Allen was acting suspicious and went in and out of the men's restroom at Veteran's Memorial Park, located on East Broad Street...Minutes later, authorities said, Allen solicited the male officer inside the restroom, offering to perform oral sex for $20. Allen was then arrested. Officers realized he was a public figure after the arrest, a news release said. Allen, who is from Merritt Island, was scheduled to be booked into the Brevard County Jail Wednesday night.'Another hypocrite! They keep
Allen is married and has a child.
The Miami Herald reports that Allen told a Central Florida television station the incident was 'a very big misunderstanding' and a 'gross mistake.' Said Allen: 'I'm not in anyway associated with that they are saying, this is disgusting.'
...[There is] a wealth of information on this guy, including the fact that he's 'the author of failed Florida House Bill #1475, the "Lewd and Lacivious Behavior Act" which would have made public masturbation in the presence of another adult illegal, whether the other adult consented or not.'"*
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