Senator Vitter suggests Rachel Maddow only looked like a woman "a long time ago"

UPDATE, 5:16 p.m.: Vitter has now written a note of apology to Maddow.

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Oh, what fun!

On a right wing radio station this morning, Senator David Vitter appeared to suggest that MSNBC host Rachel Maddow only looked like a woman "a long time ago," a crack that was greeted by uproarious laughter from the radio hosts.

The exchange came on Rush Radio 99.5 in New Orleans this morning, during some banter about how they all looked a long time ago. The hosts suggested Vitter should produce images of his youth, and one brought up Maddow's high school yearbook photo, which has been making the rounds on the Internet, joking that she looked "like a woman" in the picture.

Vitter laughed and said: "Must have been a long time ago." Here's the full exchange:

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]

Hmm, I guess this means Maddow probably won't be the target of Vitter's extramarital charms anytime soon...

UPDATE, 2:54 p.m.: You really have to listen to the audio to get the full flavor of this.

