CenLamar | Est. 2006

  • Birtherism

    I. Senator David Vitter, who is now facing unexpected primary opposition from former LA Supreme Court Judge Chet Traylor, was all over the national news yesterday, after he said this at a town hall meeting: Mr. Vitter, cutting through the mainstream media filter, here is a copy of Barack Obama’s birth certificate: II. And “just in case,” Congressional candidate Ravi Sangisetty, an Indian-American who is running for Louisiana’s Third Congressional District as a conservative Democrat, released his birth certificate today: Of course, you don’t have to be a natural-born citizen to run for Congress. Louisiana Congressman Joseph Cao, for example,…

  • It Is What It Is

    When I was about ten or eleven years old, the Louisiana chapter of a national cerebral palsy charity organization approached my family and asked if I was interested in being their poster child for the year. I knew it was intended as an honor. I would be helping them, in a small way, raise money for kids just like me. But I didn’t want to do it. I said no. The whole idea made me uneasy. I imagined my picture on the sides of giant, hollow coffee cans, perched on the counters of gas stations and convenience stores. Honestly, it…

  • MSNBC Reports on Vitter Candidacy, Aide Scandal

    This doesn’t appear to be going away any time soon. If you pay close enough attention, you’ll notice that Senator Vitter is answering questions about his former aide during a campaign event in the Alexandria airport terminal (third floor, conference room). And the reporter asking the tough questions sure sounds a lot like R.T. Morgan of KALB.