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Dear Rachel,
Regarding my remark during a radio conversation today, I apologize.
The hosts made their comment and I obviously chimed in. While we do not usually agree on the issues, I do not think you deserved that comment.
Sincerely,
David
Update: Rachel Maddow has accepted Senator Vitter’s apology:
Dear Senator Vitter —
As a former radio host who knows how on-air exchanges like that can escalate, I both understand how it happened, and appreciate the apology.
Thank you.
Best wishes,
Rachel
”Sen. Vitter apologized to Rachel Maddow
in case you missed it here is what he apologized for. audio and text.
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MALE HOST: I wonder if Senator Vitter is ever going to post, like, maybe the video of the first time he was on the floor of the Senate. If I have to show the way I looked the first time I was on TV, you should do that too.
VITTER: We should go further back than that, how about high school yearbook?
MALE HOST: Oh yeah.
VITTER: De La Salle marching band.
MALE HOST: That’d be cool. Well you know, with Rachel Maddow they had that picture of her…
FEMALE HOST: Looking like a woman.
MALE HOST: Yeah it was really bizarre.
VITTER: [LAUGHS]: Must have been a long time ago.
ALL THREE: [HEAVY LAUGHTER]
”Senator David Vitter suggests Rachel Maddow only looked like a woman “a long time ago”
The exchange came on Rush Radio 99.5 in New Orleans this morning - wapo
