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Re: Conservatives want senator Vitter to resign after affair 

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Wed, 22 Jun 11 4:42 AM | 32 view(s)
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Clo,
I have no problem whatsoever if Vitter were to step down and they had a replacement for him from his State.

I think the truth really is that an awful lot of people who are in Congress in either the House or Senate should pack their things and get out.

In fact, I would be in favor of term limits, short ones, for the House and Senate both so politicians don;t get entrenched and then corrupt.

They should run for office for the sole purpose of being a servant of the people in their districts, not to get rich and collect a big lifetime pension and Gold standard medical care the rest of their lives.

If they don;t want to serve out of love of country, then don;t run for office.

This will ensure that only the ones who are not grubbing after money run for office and maybe will remember they work for us, not the other way around.

Just my thoughts on Congress in general as well as hypocrites like Vitter.

the best,

micro...


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Conservatives want senator Vitter to resign after affair
By: clo in RANT II
Wed, 22 Jun 11 4:00 AM 		Msg. 18522 of 20747

Conservatives want senator to resign after affair

Jun 21, 2011 by Jonathan Tilove


WASHINGTON (RNS) The president of the Christian conservative Family Policy Network sent Sen. David Vitter, R-La., a letter Monday (June 20) calling on him to follow the lead of former Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., and resign rather than leave Republicans and conservatives open to charges of hypocrisy.

Vitter admitted to a "serious sin" in 2007 after his phone number was found in the 2001 client records of a D.C. madam, when he was a member of the House.

Weiner resigned after first lying about and then admitting to "inappropriate" online communication with various women.

"There are a lot of people that I think are committing outright hypocrisy and are forced to do so as long as he (Vitter) remains in office," said Joe Glover, the president of the Family Policy Network, based in Forest, Va. "I don't think the senator should put those folks in the untenable position of having to pragmatically defend his presence in the Senate."

Vitter's office had no immediate comment.

In an article posted on the group's website Tuesday, policy analyst Alexander Mason writes that "the public's perception of Vitter as a sleazy, hypocritical Christian only served to tarnish the name of Christ among unbelievers."

The Family Policy Network is probably best known for its confronting attendees at gay pride events with, as they put it on their website, "the truth that Jesus Christ can set them free from homosexuality" through the network's "Hope for Homosexuals" project.

http://www.christiancentury.org/article/2011-06/conservatives-want-senator-resign-after-affair

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