Former Rep. Bob Livingston Urges Vitter to Stay Strong

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Fox News (Sorry, they're the only ones with a Vitter story)

Former Rep. Bob Livingston Urges Vitter to Stay Strong
Sunday, July 15, 2007

NEW ORLEANS — Robert Livingston, the former Louisiana congressman who resigned in the late 1990s after admitting to extramarital affairs, said his situation is not at all like U.S. Sen. David Vitter's, and he urged Vitter not to resign.

Monday, Vitter, R-La., acknowledged a past "serious sin" involving an escort service that federal prosecutors claim was a prostitution ring. Since then, he has stayed out of the public eye, as several Republicans, including prominent members of the state GOP, have offered support and critics have accused the family values politician of hypocrisy.

Livingston, in an interview with WWL TV, said he had urged the fellow Republican "to pick himself up and charge forward. We need him
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U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., said he had exchanged e-mails with Vitter and expected him in Washington, D.C., by Tuesday. Vitter missed votes Tuesday through Friday, and his whereabouts over the last week have been the source of much speculation.

Political analyst Elliott Stonecipher said it's unusual for a senator to be out of sight so long and "does not look good."





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