A former New Orleans prostitute who says she had an affair with Sen. David Vitter has passed a lie-detector test and will provide details of the four-month relationship at a press conference Tuesday, according to Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt.
Wendy Cortez, whose real name is Wendy Ellis, says she had a sexual relationship with Vitter, R-La., in 1999, when he was a state legislator.
Copies of the results of Cortez's polygraph test, which she took at Flynt's request, will be provided to reporters at the news conference at Flynt's office in Beverly Hills, Calif., Hustler said in a news release Monday.
Vitter spokesman Joel Digrado wouldn't comment on the Flynt news conference. In an e-mail, Digrado said, "Sen. Vitter and his wife have addressed all of this very directly. The senator is focused on important Louisiana priorities like the water resources bill and the Iraq debate."
"Sen. Vitter and his wife have addressed all of this very directly." No, they haven't spoken directly about "all of this"! And leave Wendy (his wife) out of it!
In fact, when Vitter was confronted publicly by The Flaming Liberal about the Wendy Cortez rumors, Vitty said "I think you know that that allegation is absolutely and completely untrue...I have said that on numerous occasions...I'll say that in any forum...Unfortunately, that's just crass Louisiana politics, now that I am running for the Senate. I have made that clear that it is all completely untrue."
Does Vitter stand by his previous denials of the Wendy Cortez rumors while he was running for Senate, and was his recent vague denial of certain "New Orleans stories" a continuation of that effort? Or has the story changed? Doesn't he owe Louisianans an explanation about this pattern of reckless behavior?
As I said in the infamous "Diapers" post (will that be one of the embarrassing "details" tomorrow?)
Don't blame me! I told you that more salacious information about Vitter was going to come out, and you can be sure that this isn't the last of it. The Senator should resign rather than prolong this beating. Years ago, Vitter knew the risks of his past indiscretions, and what they might do to his career and family (and state), yet he (and his wife) decided to press on and run for higher office and hope none of these things would ever surface.
If Goopers get in a tizzy over a gay bathroom tap dance, how are they going to explain their applause and acceptance of a lying whoremonger serial adulterer with weird-ass fetishes?
Labels: Flaming Liberal, Flynt, Vitty-cent, Wendy Cortez
