Does The Man Not Understand?

If I didn't know better, I'd say that GOP Sen. David Vitter doesn't seem to think that Louisiana magistrate did anything wrong by denying a marriage license to a mixed-race couple based on race alone. Greg Sargent has more:

I’ve now gotten comment from Vitter’s office, and it won’t make his critics any happier. His spokesman tells me Vitter thinks “judges should follow the law.” But he didn’t directly comment on Bardwell or pass judgment on what he did, even though Governor Bobby Jindal and Senator Mary Landrieu of Louisiana have both called for the judge to resign or have his license revoked.

Vitter’s spokesman also seemed to suggest that asking for comment on Bardwell isn’t legit, and took a hard shot at blogger Mike Stark, who has been publicizing widely-circulated video of Vitter dodging questions about the judge. Vitter spokesman Joel DiGrado emails me this:

“First, Sen. Vitter thinks that all judges should follow the law as written and not make it up as they go along. Second, it would be amazing for anyone to do a story based on this fringe, left-wing political hack’s blog — he’s been handcuffed and detained in the past over his guerrilla tactics.”

I asked DiGrado in a follow-up email whether Senator Vitter agrees with Jindal and Landrieu that Bardwell should be removed. Will update if I hear back.

Wouldn't hold your breath, Greg. Vitter's had multiple instances to comment on Bardwell's racist idiocy. Condemning it like other Louisiana politicians should be simple...but Vitter still refuses to say anything about it.

At what point do we start assuming Vitter doesn't see anything wrong with what Bardwell did, if not flat out defending Bardwell?