Also, evidently Vitters’ transgressions occurred before his Senatorial term began, so in this case I gather the Senate Ethics committee lacks jurisdiction.

Tell you what though — if you will acknowledge that good old Teddy should have resigned after Chappaquidick, and that good old Bubba should have resigned after Monica, I’ll be the first to drag up the soapbox and join you in a thunderous internet phillippic against Vitters, the current obsession of Democrat TV-pundit talking points.

You don’t even have to state this explicitly. Just whisper it softly, softly into your computer microphone; indicate that here with a cryptic codeword (something like “rosebud”). Only your internet service provider will know for sure.

I like to imagine Bill Clinton watching it with that amused smile of his. Perhaps while playing the bongos and savoring the aroma of an unlit cigar.

Isn’t there an old saying, something about how if you wait by the side of the river long enough the body of your enemy will eventually float past you? If so, my memory of the provenance is vague — maybe it’s African, like “it takes a village”.

Another person who worked at the paper back then was Jess Walter, who has gone on to a pretty successful career as a novelist. He was also the co-writer of Christopher Darden’s autobiography.