Former Rep. Bob Livingston Urges Vitter to STAY STRONG!

[Bluebear]

We "need him!" = "we can't afford the Democrats to pick up a Senate seat!" :rofl:


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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.

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.

In an interview with WWL-TV, Livingston said he had urged the fellow Republican "to pick himself up and charge forward. We need him."

Livingston was in line to be House speaker when, after admitting to affairs, he resigned during hearings to impeach President Clinton in 1998.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nation/4969227.html