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Vitter Should Denounce Landrieu “Prostitute” Comments
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Today,
the Louisiana Democratic Party called on U.S.
Senator David Vitter to publicly
denounce comments from some conservative
commentators referring to Louisiana's
senior Senator as a "prostitute" for securing
crucial federal funding needed to
fill a gap in Louisiana's budget. "David Vitter should immediately and
publicly denounce the
offensive accusations conservative commentators
are making about our state's
senior Senator," said Louisiana Democratic
Party Communications Director
Natalie Naquin Harvey. As a looming budget crisis threatens to
bankrupt Louisiana's
state government, Senator Mary Landrieu
announced Saturday from the Senate
floor that she had secured $300 million in
federal funding to help make up for
shortfalls in the Federal Medical Assistance
Percentage (FMAP_, a formula used to
determine the federal government's share in
providing medical care to the poor
and uninsured. A temporary spike in per capita
income following Hurricanes
Katrina and Rita could lead to a loss of $500
million in federal funding,
according the Jindal
Administration. "David Vitter supported the FMAP fix, but it
was Senator Landrieu who secured the much
needed funds to help solve a
looming budget crisis that threatens to
bankrupt our state," Harvey said. "The least
David
Vitter can do is stand up for her when members
of his own party call her a
prostitute." On his radio program yesterday, Glenn Beck
referred to
Senator Landrieu as a "high-class prostitute."
"She may be easy, but she ain't
cheap," Beck said. Rush Limbaugh later echoed Beck's charge on his
widely
syndicated show, calling Louisiana's
senior Senator "the most expensive prostitute
in the history of prostitutes." ###