The Vitter Effect

By now, Washington has grown accustomed to its sex scandals. In the capital, obsessed with Iraq and the coming presidential election, the news that Louisiana Republican Sen. David Vitter’s phone number had turned up in possession of a D.C. escort service created a relatively modest stir. The press dutifully pointed out Vitter’s hypocrisy; a devout Catholic who has been an outspoken moralist, he was a vocal crusader for President Clinton’s impeachment during the Monica Lewinsky scandal, accusing Clinton of draining “any sense of values left in our political culture.” Vitter swiftly copped to the transgression via an e-mail to the AP. After rumors of other dalliances began cropping up in the New Orleans papers (he denied them), Vitter grimly took to the microphone, his embattled wife by his side, and, in an all-too-familiar D.C. ritual, apologies for letting his wife, friends and supporters down, then told the world he was pressing on with the people’s business.
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Scandals in the White House has become so prominent. Vitter apologized for his sins, but should he really be released from guilt that easily? With a simple, alledgedly sincere apology, he can continue with his political career as if nothing was wrong and he holds no responsibility to the public as a political public figure. The belief of Classical Christianity is that people are frail and sinful, and make mistakes, but there is a saving grace as long as you admit your sins and repent. That seems a bit too easy to get away with their crimes.

Regardless of how Americans feel about sex scandals in the White House, as long as the politician has done a good job as a politician, then he should continue with his career.