The trouble with being a prominent Christianist asshole hypocrite is that you can easily get bitten in the ass by doing something stupid; by forgetting, in any given situation, to ask "What would Jesus do?"This story is all over the Net, yet I have to say something 'cause Vitter is perfect fodder for my snarky sarcasm machine; a machine that loves to chew up Christianist hypocrites and spew them out.
It went down like this, more or less: Vitter made his way to Dulles Airport in Washington, D.C., where the elite hang out, to catch a flight to New Orleans (he's from Louisiana, you know). But he was late and the door at the gate had been closed for 20 minutes.
Well, Vitter, is a Christianist senator from Louisiana. He can do anything. He can lie, and he can fly. So, he just went through the door, which set off a security alarm.
Normal people, in a situation like that, would probably say, "Uh, oh. I screwed up!" And, being confronted by an airline employee in a restricted area would be very embarrassing and a normal person would probably say further, "Oops. I'm so sorry. Show me the way to go home and I'll never do this again. Just don't put me in jail for ten years! Please?"
But Vitter, as I said, is a Jesus lover from Louisiana. Oh, he also loves prostitutes or he used to love prostitutes, but Jesus has forgiven him so he really loves Jesus even more now.
According to The Raw Story, when confronted by an airline employee, David Vitter, ex-lover of prostitutes and true Jesus lover, failed to ask what Jesus would do (thereby, like Peter, denying his Lord in public) and "proceed to dress down" said airline employee "who told him entering the restricted area was forbidden." Now Vitter, being a U.S. SENATOR -- which is bad enough -- but a Repugnican U.S. SENATOR, which I think is part of the axis of evil, "invoked his standing as a senator, delivering a 'do-you-know-who-I-am' tirade."
Heh. Heh.
"The airline worker then announced he was going to summon security. [So much for trying to scare the worker with 'I am David Vitter, prestigious senator from Louisiana'" bit.]
"'Vitter, according to the witness, remained defiant, yelling that the employee could call the police if he wanted to and their supervisors, who, presumably, might be more impressed with his Senator's [..] pin ... But after talking a huffy big game, Vitter apparently though better of pushing the confrontation any further. When the gate attendant left to find a security guard, Vitter turned tail and simply fled the scene.'"
You might be interested in what Vitter has to say. "After being delayed on the Senate floor ensuring a vote on my anti-pay-raise amendment and in a rush to make my flight home for town hall meetings the next day, I accidentally went through a wrong door at the gate. I did have a conversation with an airline employee, but it was certainly not like this silly gossip column made it out to be."
Ah, David, David! Denying your Lord twice! Such a shame.
[Notice the egotistic self-promotion in his "explanation" - he just had to vote on an "anti-pay-raise amendment," and he just had to rush home for town hall meetings, and he "accidentally went through a wrong door at the gate."]
Just what was it like, David?
What a wonderful guy! What a true Jesus lover!
And I'm sure everyone reading this rant will remember clearly just how easy it is to "accidentally" go through a wrong door at a airplane gate.
Heh. Heh.
The people of Louisiana should be very proud of this Repugnican, evangelical christianist, nogoodnik wingnut!
Fly, fly, flee away home, David! But God's gonna get you!
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