understand it david vitter was on the d.c. madam's those teams patronizing prostitutes he does a press conference he goes back in the u.s. senate it's a standing ovation from the republicans in the senate and he gets reelected by his constituents that's what the republicans i think you know well i mean if you're asking you know who is worse john edwards i would say that there's really no contest about equally bad but the biggest difference here is that john edwards is hiding it while running for president and hiding it from the american people and i think that puts him on a whole nother level now with even though it was a pretty awful i mean price so this time around if you can just already out there and he had his john edwards moment he well back i guess in the ninety's when all this came out i mean it's old news and it's out there he's being open about it and you have to give him credit i suppose but again like you know john ensign it took him forever to leave office mark sanford never stepped down never stepped up and just

serious contender and nobody nobody is going to very quickly get my take on this is if you look at david vitter you know he was busted on a hollywood madam you see madam and and he comes out and confesses and ask for apology and then comes back into the senate and they're probably to stand up and give him a standing ovation i think that for the hard right republicans but david vitter is the mark sanford's the johnsons although sanford and son eventually left but they took a long long time to do it there's this sense that they can just you know have a come to jesus moment everything's fine and i don't think democrats buy that as well as well i think that i think the other thing is that you also remember the social conservatives have always sometimes i think even democrats to this to both social conservatives talk about you know all these relationships you know family values you know they have these homes over on the capitol hill where they get together and they're supposed to be dealing with family values and then you find out you know they're lying going on hiking in the appalachian mountains a

david vitter who frequented the d.c. madam won his last election in a landslide victory. it is possible right now because americans have gotten used to sex scandals involving politicians andlvin ultimately that is a good thing to enable us to stop talking and obsessing andand start focusing on what matters 51 what makes it so bad is not just washington d.c. and new orleans but but to carry him and it just makes it even a worse schematic and the line is already busy ... hear you're favorite story. >> the favorite to chapterd fr have. it was complicated. he was an average of next to her and they had her living the white house did not know any of this but i don't know if they turn have to be essential because see a come fad greatest ofro history it his it is the imports and fees that has run well ignored. >> host: i will take a caller then hear you're favorite story. alabama at you are on to discuss "one nation under se" and. >> caller. thank you for your work. r buddies, online. >> you say online pornography?wa we have a website but i never go on it to the plan it was never

. >> david vitter -- senator from louisiana, won his last election in a landslide victory. it is possible right now because americans have gotten more and more use to sex scandals involving politicians ultimately that is a good thing because it will enable us to stop talking and obsessing about sex lives of presidents and politicians at focusing on what really matters. >> not just the positives of new orleans but -- when you have somebody that hypocritical, getting caught up in a sexual escapades it just makes it even worse. >> instead of talking about the conceptualism and our lines are already busy let's just give a for instance. what is your favorite story in the book? >> my favorite chapter turned out to be the eleanor roosevelt and franklin roosevelt. it was complicated. he had his girlfriend living in a bedroom next to him. she had her girlfriend living next to her in the white house together. the american public did not know any of this. franklin's girlfriend turned out to be essential to helping these two figures become the great heroes of american history who led u

well david vitter after his came out with for being with prostitutes actually got a standing ovation from the republicans in the senate but i'm curious if french president francois mitterrand funeral his wife his mistress and his illegitimate teenage daughter all stood at his graveside did queen. victoria me out in the rules and the us crazy are we the only two countries that are crazy interview of sex. let's go back and i want for i was among the broke the story on better you would stand proud suited for what is going to be a brothel and a while and the reason why i want to know was he was mr absence in the senate he was going around the planet please promote news absent program you need girls i want you to hear critical and you possibly me and i guess the only reason why we allowed people to this there are you know i always say if you are. i don't. care what about appearance and so. you came to be somebody who would know what i mean why are there and are related i guess he somehow he got forgiven i just don't get it larry flynt thanks so much for being with us tonight. graduates he

and well david vitter after he came out with for being with prostitutes actually got a standing ovation from the republicans in the senate but i'm curious if french president francois mitterrand funeral his wife his mistress and his illegitimate teenage daughter all stood at his graveside did queen. victoria made out in rule and the us crazy are we the only two countries that are crazy interview or sex. allowed to go about it till the end when i thought i was a mild guy that wrote the story on better he would stand by stupid from what he said and then beat up all and a while and the reason why oh why wrath running up was he was worse or absence in the senate he was going around there trying to please promote their absolute program you need girls i mean here. and you possibly me and i guess the only reason why we are late into the center you know is if you are . i don't. care i walk around planet by all appearances so. you came to be somebody who would know what i mean why are there and are real and i guess he somehow he got forgiven i just don't get it larry flynt thanks so much for bei

senators david vitter and then senator john ensign have likely violated conservative family values. when the governor of south carolina, mark sanford was found with his argentine mistress, not on the appalachian trail -- >> i have been unfaithful to my wife. >> his wife suggested he take a hike. >> i frankly didn't know where he was. >> reporter: and it's not as if republicans have cornered the market on indiscretion. >> because i did not want the public to figure out what i had done, it's that simple. >> john edwards -- something at first edwards denied. >> when you were running for president, you flat out denied having a relationship with reille hunter. >> he later came clean and his wife elizabeth now deceased left him and took their kids with her. other democrats former new york governor now cnn host paid for escorts, jim mcgreevy cheated with another man. but it's not just politics, in sports, quarterbacks brett favre and ben roethlisberger were accused but never charged with misconduct. >> i was unfaithful. i had affairs. >> reporter: and scandals have enveloped george michael

senators david vitter and then senator john ensign likewise have defended viv family values but he was linked to prostitutes. and when the governor of south carolina, mark sanford, was found with his mistress, not on the appalachian trail -- >> i've been unfaithful to my wife. >> i frankly didn't know where he was. >> reporter: and it's not as if republicans have cornered the market on indiscretion. >> because i did not want the public to know what i had done. very simple. >> reporter: john edwards talked to "nightline" about his affair with rielle hunter. she claimed they had a love child, something he at first denied. >> you flat out denied having a relationship with rielle hunter. did you give me a truthful answer then? >> yes. >> reporter: he later came clean and his wife, elizabeth, now deceased, left him and took their kids with her. eliot spitzer paid for escorts. former new jersey governor jim mcgreevey cheated with another man. but it's not just politics. in sports, brett favre and ben ross less berger were accused of but never charged with misconduct. tiger woods went into th

senators david vitter and john ensign and vitter was linked to prostitutes and ensign cheated on hisife. and mark sanford was found with his argentine mistress, not on the appalachian trail -- >> i've been unfaithful to my wife. >> reporter: his wife suggested he take a hike. >> i didn't know where he was. >> reporter: it's not as if republicans cornered the market on indiscretion. >> because i did not want the public to know what i had done. very simple. >> reporter: former vice-presidential candidate john edwards talked to "nightline" about his affair with this woman. she claimed they had a love child, something edwards denied. >> you denied having a relation with rielle hunter. did you tell the truth then? >> yes. >> reporter: he later came clean and his wife elizabeth took their kids and left him. eliot spitzer paid for he is cords. former new jersey governor jim mcgreevey cheated with another man. but it's not just politics. in sports, quarterbacks brett favre and beth roethlisberger were accused of but never charged with misconduct. tiger woods went into the rough over extramar

. >> others in this hall of shame included mark sanford, newt gingrich, bill clinton, david vitter, larryraig. but there was no mention of a new york governor who resigned in disgrace three years ago after patronizing prostitutes. i'm sorry if you're going to do this kind of story you have to include eliot spitzer, even if he does now host a prime time cnn program. otherwise you are airbrushing history. cnn says the omission was decided by an individual producer and that other reporting did make mention of the spitzer scandal. that's it for this edition of "reliable sources." i'm howard kurtz. join us next sunday morning at 11:00 a.m. eastern for another critical look at the media. "state of the union" with candy crowley begins right now. do you have an english menu? no english. [ speaking chinese ] [ gasps, speaks chinese ] do you guys like dumplings? i love dumplings. working with a partner you can trust is always a good decision. massmutual -- let our financial professionals help you reach your goals. what?! sam, get your ears cleaned out. but what did he say? 42 wild italians. huh? it

david vitter and senator john ensign likewise have defended conservative family values but vitter was linked to prostitutes and ensign cheated on his wife. when the governor of south carolina, mark sanford, was found with his argentine mistress not on the appalachian trail -- >> i have been unfaithful to my wife. >> his wife suggested he take a hike. >> and i frankly didn't know where he was. >> and it's not as if republicans have cornered the market on indiscretion. >> because i did not want the public to fe what i had done. >> former vice presidential candidate john edwards talked to nightline about his affair with this woman, rielle hunter. she claimed they had a love child, something at first edwards denied. >> when you were running for president you flat out denied having a relationship with rielle hunter. did you give me a truthful answer? were you telling the truth then? >> yes. >> he later came clean and his wife elizabeth now deceased, left him and took their kids with her. other democrats, former new york governor now cnn host eliot spitzer paid for escorts. former new jerse

in the wake of an extramarital affair, and also ex-president shall candidate john edwards and david vitterwt gingrich and that is more than a handful right there, and i could go on and on, but there are many others, of course, so what is the harm other than the obvious effects on the family? well, there is the law. some laws make adultery a crime. most of the laws are not enforced but in michigan, one judge's interpretation says that adultery could bring a life sentence, and it is against the military code of justice and could bring with it a court-martial, so we wanted to put the question to the stream team, should infidelity be a disqualifier for a political figure. with us is author of "complete idiot's guide to relationships" and andy cohen, author of politico.barr. and it doesn't seem, andy, that infidelity is not a death knell for a politician. why is that? >> well, it is something that everybody can get over, but it is interesting that it ruined mark sanford's hopes of being a president, and he recovered from that and others of course you pointed to clinton and newt gingrich who has

i'm an original cosponsor of a bill with my sponsor senator david vitter called the 3-d bill. the d's stand for domestic jobs, domestic energy and deficit reduction. this bill deserves full senate consideration. it's a bill that would increase jobs, reduce energy costs and generate significant revenue to state and federal governments. in short, the bill would reverse the obama administration's onerous new constraints on domestic oil and gas production. the 3-d bill would reduce bans on some offshore federal regulations and each ownter continental shelf planning area. it would open anwr to oil production. and it would reverse president obama's recent moves against commercial oil shale production. unfortunately, we're not discussing that bill today, and here is why. the republicans have had to force the democrats' hands to allow debate on even a limited proposal such as the one introduced by our republican leader and well done. but this issue is in the going away. i will continue to push the issue of onshore and offshore federal leases and advocate for the 3-d bill. madam presid