re: Dumb-Bell Edwards at it again...

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But Vitter bought some pussy, so the Evangelicals sentenced us to four years of progressive purgatory

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Usually you make some good points so I won't bash you. But Vitter deserved to lose for a number of reasons and paying for a high end hooker was probably the least of the reasons. Overall, people did not like Vitter. I can think of many straight up Republicans who were pissed off at him during the last election. He though he could just show up, have the (R) after his name and the fact that he was Senator and that people would vote for him.

Also as a person, he's not terribly likeable. Out on the campaign trail, when he did campaign he was aloof and cold. Contrast this with Scott Angelle who showed up anywhere he could to campaign and when you spoke with him he would engage you in conversation and seemed to like it. I'm was no fan of Angelle, but when you are doing retail politics, showing that you like people comes in very handy.

It was Angelle that prevented Vitter from getting the big slice of the Republican vote especially in Acadiana. Edwards used the prostitute angle via a PAC, but overall I really don't see the infidelity thing as the reason he lost.

Anyway, our state constitution essentially hamstrings any governor or legislature from doing much of anything via the budget due to all of the amendments that you the taxpaying voters voted on....most of the time without
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Congratulations, you have government via bureaucrat