Author: Robert Burns

At a gubernatorial forum conducted on the campus of Southern University on Wednesday, November 11, 2015, Republican candidate U. S. Sen. David Vitter forcefully defended his ad’s use of the word “thug” in one of his campaign commercials entailing crime in Louisiana.  Contrary to the forum moderator’s opinion, Vitter insisted the word “thug” is not synonymous with the word “n—–” (a word the moderator used in full).  Sen. Vitter’s opponent, State Rep. John Bel Edwards, D-Amite, declined to attend the forum:

 
Sen. Vitter strongly defends use of the
 word “thug” in his campaign ad and denies it
equates to him using the “n-word.”

Gubernatorial forum at Southern
University in its entirety.

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On Monday, November 9, 2015, appearing before the Baton Rouge Press Club in a gubernatorial forum, U. S. Sen. David Vitter, the Republican in the race, stated that his campaign filed formal paperwork, complete with sworn affidavits against operatives of his Democratic opponent, John Bel Edwards.  Vitter alleges the Edwards campaign operatives “paid for false testimony from witnesses against me.”  Video of Vitter’s statements and John Bel Edwards’ response follows:

Vitter-Edwards exchange on campaign
investigators and trackers.

Vitter-Edwards exchange on Edwards’
“pledge  to take 5,500 inmates out of
Louisiana’s prison system.”

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On Friday, October 30, 2015, Louisiana Treasurer John Neely Kennedy gave a resounding endorsement of Republican candidate for Governor, David Bruce Vitter.  Afterward, he indicated one of his frustrations of this campaign has been a lack of motivation and enthusiasm.  To that end, Robert Burns conducted the following 7-minute “fire and brimstone sermonette” six days later, Thursday, November 5, 2015:

  
Burns gives 7-minute “fire and brimstone
sermonette” for David Bruce Vitter,
Republican candidate for Governor of
Louisiana.  The election is
Saturday, November 21, 2015.
CLICK HERE to see the damage the state’s
$50,000 civil jury trial threshold
imposes on the  underprivileged, of whom Vitter
opponent John Bel Edwards  touts as being a champion.

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