Sen. David Vitter, the Louisiana Republican who positioned himself as a moralist while regularly consorting with prostitutes, learned today thatt he is on a prospective witness list in the trial of the DC Madam:
A car carrying U.S. Sen. David Vitter ran into a No Parking sign in the Gonzales Police Department parking lot Monday morning as the senator was attempting to evade members of the media.

Defense attorneys listed the Republican senator among potential witnesses Monday as jury selection began in the case against Deborah Palfrey. Vitter has acknowledged being involved with the escort service. But after issuing brief statements apologizing for what he called “a very serious sin,” he has ducked follow-up questions.

On the witness stand, the Louisiana Republican would not have that luxury.

This news was followed by word of a traffic incident involving the senator and his staff:

When a car carrying an aide to Sen. David Vitter nearly collided with a parked police cruiser outside the Hart Senate Office Building last month, Vitter spokesman Joel DiGrado complained to our Politico colleague Anne Schroeder Mullins that it really wasn’t a story.

“The Politico must be really desperate for a scoop if they want to write a story about the near-misadventures of a senator’s staffer, especially when the member wasn’t even in the car,” DiGrado said.

Fair enough.

From today’s Gonzales (La.) Weekly Citizen:

“A car carrying U.S. Sen. David Vitter ran into a No Parking sign in the Gonzales Police Department parking lot Monday morning as the senator was attempting to evade members of the media, including the Gonzales Weekly Citizen, following a Town Hall forum event at Gonzales City Hall.

“No one was injured in the incident, but the car — in which Vitter was a passenger — sped away from the scene with visible, but light damage following the wreck.

“The sign was encased in an orange safety cone and cemented into the driveway.

“Members of the media were attempting to question Vitter about news released Monday that he may be called to testify in the upcoming trial of a woman accused of running a high-end Washington, D.C. prostitution ring.”

Also on the witness lists are former senior State Depart. official Randall Tobias, and mlitary strategist Harlan Ullman, who is known for inventing “shock and awe” — and whom the women in Palfrey’s employ referred to as “Mr. Unpleasant.”