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For Vitter, Facebook and Twitter a Priority over Homeless Veterans

As he played hooky from a hearing on fighting homelessness among veterans on Tuesday, David Vitter found the time to send multiple messages to campaign supporters on the social networking sites Facebook and Twitter.
 
"David Vitter has received failing grades from some of our nation's most respected veterans organizations and like a mischievous teenager with a bad report card, spending too much time on the internet won't help," said Louisiana Democratic Party spokesman Kevin Franck.
 
Vitter is the Ranking Member of the Senate Banking Committee's Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation and Community Development which held a hearing on Tuesday on "ending veterans homelessness." The subcommittee heard testimony from two veterans who have struggled with homelessness and other experts on the issue. Vitter was AWOL from the hearing
 
Though Vitter was AWOL from the hearing, which lasted from 10:00 a.m to noon EST, he updated his campaign Facebook page twice, at 11:00 a.m. and 11:27 a.m. EST.  Vitter also updated his campaign Twitter account  twice as the hearing was in progress, once at 10:59 a.m. and again at 11:33 a.m. EST.
 
"Louisiana’s veterans deserve the full support of all of their elected representatives and they deserve better than David Vitter," Franck added.