Vitter Attorneys Pressured Louisiana Newspapers To Soften Coverage Of His Violent Aide

[ccharles000]

Has David Vitter been pressuring newspapers in Louisiana to take it easy on Brent Furer, a former aide who attacked his girlfriend with a knife, but got to keep his job for two years anyhow?

According to two editors in Louisiana, the answer is yes.

"Senator Vitter's attorney sent us a letter taking issue with the way we worded one particular sentence...about Mr. Furer's difficulty," says Carl Redman, executive editor of The Advocate.

Vitter went to great pains to avoid commenting on the scandal, and has sought to publicly distance himself from Furer. But privately, he's been trying to intimidate newspapers into giving Furer what he considers fair coverage.

In what Redman describes as a "somewhat hyperbolic" letter, Vitter's attorneys attacked The Advocate for not dancing around Furer's history.

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/08/vitter-attorneys-pressure-louisiana-newspapers-to-soften-coverage-of-violent-aide.php

[AndyA]

1. Senator Diaper Poop is a stunning representative of conservative values.

Their values are different from yours and mine. Anything we do that would outrage them is not as bad if they do it.

Double standard, hypocrite, call it what you like they both come down to the same thing. And it's a common trait among Republicans and conservatives.