Spitzer Gets Spitzered

How Spitzer was brought down by the kind of investigation he pioneered.

By Daniel Gross | Newsweek Web Exclusive

Mar 10, 2008 | Updated: 5:15 p.m. ET Mar 10, 2008

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Posted By: ColetteDD@ @ 03/23/2008 1:51:02 PM

Comment: Spitzer had the guts to go after Wall Street executives and firms who were behaving as if all that money were thier's instead of the shareholders or personal investors. The author's portrayal of the insider trading, favored access and outright bribing reminds me of the rigged bidding scandal that occurred in NYC in the 70's. Defendant after Defendant repeating "its just the way it is" basiclly arguing thier behavior was only technically illegal because it was an embedded industry practice and since "everyone" was aware no fraud was committed. It didn't work, especially where government was involved, because general public wasn't part of the 'everyone'.

If you give someone choice or access to one that you don't give everyone it's not fair, right or legal. Spitzer was right and brave to go prosecute them and fine them for such behavior. It's sad that his personal morals weren't as strict as his professional standards.

Wall Street Traders, Executives and Firms may be joyfully celebrating Spitzer's downfall but its a business sector facing/dealing with the costs and irritations of greater, in depth regulatory attention. All because they got confused, forgot or just plain didn't care who's money they were handling. Some got prosecuted, fined or banned for life or all three. That's fair.
Posted By: ColetteDD@ @ 03/23/2008 1:47:24 PM

Comment: Spitzer had the guts to go after Wall Street executives and firms who were behaving as if all that money were thier's instead of the shareholders or personal investors. The author's portrayal of the insider trading, favored access and outright bribing reminds me of the rigged bidding scandal that occurred in NYC in the 70's. Defendant after Defendant repeating "its just the way it is" basiclly arguing thier behavior was only technically illegal because it was an embedded industry practice and since "everyone" was aware no fraud was committed. It didn't work, especially where government was involved, because general public wasn't part of the 'everyone'.

If you give someone choice or access to one that you don't give everyone it's not fair, right or legal. Spitzer was right and brave to go prosecute them and fine them for such behavior. It's sad that his personal morals weren't as strict as his professional standards.

Wall Street Traders, Executives and Firms may be joyfully celebrating Spitzer's downfall but its a business sector facing/dealing with the costs and irritations of greater, in depth regulatory attention. All because they got confused, forgot or just plain didn't care who's money they were handling. Some got prosecuted, fined or banned for life or all three. That's fair.
Posted By: NateJaeger @ 03/23/2008 9:25:44 AM

Comment: Sad but I thought she was a hard working singer.She would spend hours going over her songs, warming up and then she would sing them over and over until we got "Straight through takes".I found her to be a hard working musician and there was no hint of anything wrong with her life.She wanted to be one of my backup singers on tour this year and then she faded away last year.Everyone liked her even Dianna Shane, my opening artist.

Nate Jaeger
www.natejaeger.com
jaegerschool.com
Posted By: ewa-rae @ 03/23/2008 4:21:19 AM

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Posted By: EqualJustice @ 03/21/2008 8:38:49 PM

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Posted By: EqualJustice @ 03/21/2008 8:38:27 PM

Comment: Eliot Spitzer, while a Federal and State prosecutor, was associated with a prostitution ring, likely just one arm of an Organized Crime family. Clearly, his prolific prosecutions were intended to distract and/or protect his associates. And what about the crimes Spitzer failed to prosecute? How many reported crimes were connected to the organized crime syndicate with which he did business? Appoint a Special Prosecutor.
Posted By: scogos.com @ 03/15/2008 12:36:01 AM

Comment: WHY MR. SPITZER SHOULD NOT GET ALL THE BLAME!

The problem here is not just Ex. Gov Spitzer but virulent prostitution in America.

Hundreds of thousands of American women, girls, college girls and housewives have become directly or indirectly hookers, nude strippers, prostitutes and high-priced call girls because they see it as the easiest way to have fun and get paid for it too!

If you are a woman, each time you have sex with anyone and accept money or gift, that is prostitution, whether you realize or agree with it or not. It is what it is. PROSTITUTION

If that is so, then one can conclude that MILLIONS OF American women are prostitutes since I don???t know any American woman who will have sex without expecting and getting paid for it one way or the other, directly or indirectly!

One way to fight prostitution and especially teenage ones could be to start making prostitutes pay the Johns (patrons/customers), instead of the Johns paying them!!!

If arrested, hookers, prostitutes and nude strippers should be given long sentences (example 25yr-50 yrs with very hard labor and without parole) in the slammer.

For a 22 yr old goofy girl to bring down one of America's toughest political titans and legal eagle is not a joke, buddy. I am furious. Heads should roll.....a solution must be found to prevent this from continuing to happen!
Forexmillionaire.com
Posted By: PoliticalResponder @ 03/14/2008 6:25:05 AM

Comment: Daniel Gross wrote the article, "Spitzer Gets Spitzered" and the article with the title, "Spitzenfreude"? They sounds so opposite! The first sounds incriminating to Spitzer. The second sounds incriminating to those who are cheering Spitzer's downfall. Is he merely condemning both sides? Just where does Daniel Gross stand on the Spitzer issue?
Posted By: loveluba @ 03/14/2008 3:19:16 AM

Comment: Judgement and criticism are easy! All these so-called "experts" and "media hoggers" are all grossly uninformed and self-seeking.
Do you or someone you know want HELP for SEXUAL ADDICTION?
Are you someone who has been AFFECTED BY SOMEONE ELSE"S SEXUAL ADDICTION and desire help to make your way back from betrayal and humiliation?
Please take a step and google "loveluba" & click on The Society for the Advancement for Sexual Health (SASH.) It's on page 2. Click on "loveluba." You will see that I'm a psychotherapist who is also a Certified Sexual Addiction Therapist (CSAT.) Google my name & read about what I do. Also google SASH & educate yourself about this compulsive disorder.
Please contact me if you desire confidential treatment. I have helped many people all over the world. I also can direct you to confidential treatment centers specializing in sexual addiction treatment or to another CSAT therapist that may better meet your needs.
This is the UNSPOKEN ADDICTION. This is your life and not a "dress rehearsal." Seek help now! You deserve to lead the life that you love.
Posted By: alant @ 03/13/2008 4:20:47 PM

Comment: one more point to consider (stolen from a post on Huffpost) . Doesn't the entire scandal in some ways prove the honesty (with regards to politics) of this man? Don't many other politicians simply have lobbyists, etc... get the hookers for them instead of spending their own money? Apparently, Spitzer didn't allow himself to owe anybody any special favors. I'm just saying....
Posted By: Mwalimu @ 03/13/2008 3:43:10 PM

Comment: Wall Street CEO's are understandably elated over the downfaull of Eliot Spitzer. But who has committed the biggest sin?
Many corporations on Wall Street profit from sweat shop labor and many sweat shop laboerers are women (See the Morgan Stanley commercial on CNN). Isn't form of human trafficking as insidious as the illicit commerce banned in the Mann Act? What about corporations who profiteer from child labor or unsafe labor practices? What about corporations who market food and toys with toxic substances? What about corporations who pollute the environemnt? What about corporations who have robbed the government blind and/or profiteered from the war in Iraq? According to a current Senate investigation, thousands of our servicemen and women became ill after drinking contaminated water provided by Halliburton? Yet since the invasion of Iraq, Halliburton stock has soared? The media, Wall Street, and the GOP are thrilled at subjecting Eliot Spitzer to a public stoning. But in this case, those with the most sin are those who cast the first stones.
Posted By: alant @ 03/13/2008 3:14:34 PM

Comment: i liked spitzer, but government officals, ESPECIALLY those who prosecute others must obey the law or face consequences. He had an obligation to those of us who believed in him not to do something illegal. He had to resign, because once he was caught he had little valie left, as he could not stand in fron tof any one or any body and proclaim that anothers act had to be puncished. It doesn't matter if everybody does or doesn't do it, his status required him not to.
Having said that, his transgressions do nothing to change or alleviate the guilt of the people already convicted of crimes. Who will now stand up and defend the American consumer from big money on WallStreet and Insurance companies? We still need someone to use the power to protect us from the robber barons of the 21st century.
Posted By: redpuma @ 03/13/2008 8:09:32 AM

Comment: Everybody does it, right?

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Posted By: redpuma @ 03/13/2008 8:08:12 AM

Comment: Everybody does it, right?
Posted By: david-fahey @ 03/13/2008 7:49:11 AM

Comment: re-read. seem plain enough for me. no spell check on comment board. no scroll to check grammer and sentence structure. is that you sister helen charles, my 4th grade teach used to say the same thing. web master are we being graded? is proper language required? i will comtinue to post , i really do not care if you understand. my points are as wacko and as well thought out as anything posted. live with it ewa-rae. you do not have to read if it offends you or hurts your feelings. what i was saying is spitzer was political lynching maybe found out thru terror watch and turned on dummy spitzer. by a politically corrupt administration that misses 22billion in transfers and yet has time to find dummy spitzers 9,000. the same as hoover using the f b i against political enemies. maybe that is o k where you are from but not in u.s. or at least by folks who believe in democracy. you believe in democracy don't you? the whole gross thing, pol pot tried the whole return to the soil thing, how did that work out? and dan's piece seem to limit the prospects of america and national security. again sorry to have offended you, but i really don't care.
Posted By: ewa-rae @ 03/13/2008 2:12:18 AM

Comment: If you are going to post here, please use proper English because I cannot understand what you are trying to say. Thank you david-fahey.
Posted By: david-fahey @ 03/12/2008 8:28:26 PM

Comment: dan: i just got done watching lou dobbs and am all fired up. it was revealed that some $22BILLION in illegal money transfers took place between u.s. and mexico just this year. it is comforting that the bush terrror net has time to track $9,000 per yr form dim wit spitzer to the hookers. i for one feel safer , don't you? just wondering if while tracking spitzer did IRS and Justice while tracking spitzer, did bushie donestic spy net miss any TERROR money transfers? maybe i don't feel so safe. by the way i wrote i was undecided if you were a worthy replacement for Big Al. answer. no. you are not worthy to shine his shoes. oh yea. the whole farmer jim thing. to hell with the chinese, let them grow their own grain. i want my kid to design the computer chips! i want my neighbors to build all of the tankers to keep my country and family safe. with the tax dollars we pay and the eliete do not! maybe they can feed the folks they are helping to starve in darfur. or china. or tibet. i will not let your reasoning endanger the future of my kid and my country. bye.
Posted By: david-fahey @ 03/12/2008 5:16:45 PM

Comment: dan: i assume that you believe that all amoral scum that cheat on their spouse when they preach family values should resign? including ceo's who are trusted to handle folk money? but any way i can feel your digust with this whole dirty afair. and i am sure you will join me in a call for the expantion of IRS power to examine citizens affairs. as they seem to be so effective. to bad bush reveled another asset in the war on terror and OC. good thing grover and newt didn't vaporize the IRS eh? how could you oppose expanding IRS wire taps? and now that their cover is blown bush might as well trot out all the brave agents and FULLY disclose how they tracked this moral misfit! most of all i am sure you want a complete publication in NEWSWEEK of ALL the moral midget's on the pimp list, no? and i am sure if any of these folk happen to be ceo's or R's you would demand their resiginations. after all breaking the law/rules/morals, even if it is routine, is, STILL BREAKING THE LAW NO MATTER HOW S O P. afterall it is R's who rail about sex/morals. and i am sure you would want ALL the names on the pimp list to be brought to justice and charged with the same money/white slave/hooker charges that faced this dummy spitzer, who had at least enough shame to resign, un-like sen. wide stance. no? the D's still have the moral highground, filthy as it is.
Posted By: whsmartin@hotmail.com @ 03/12/2008 4:04:52 PM

Comment: To Musti:
"Why pressure a person to resign because he does something everyone else does?" It may surprise you, but there are still plenty of men in this country who would never stoop so low as to betray their wives and families by patronising a prostitute. Honor and integrity are not dead! Besides, even if everyone else did do it, it would still be wrong. Public figures should hold themselves to a higher standard than ordinary guys.
Posted By: BCinColorado @ 03/12/2008 3:31:37 PM

Comment: The FBI had a warrant signed by a judge because there was more than probable cause. The investigators were following a trail of suspicious financial transactions and the trail led to Spitzer. The fall of Eliot Spitzer is NOT a liberal or conservative issue. It is another example of absolute power corrupting absolutely!
Posted By: Musti @ 03/12/2008 3:07:59 PM

Comment: This is unfair and hypocritc attitude to pressurise a person to resign for doing something that everyone else does. Is this the idea of American Liberty ?
- Posted By: k_mcdnld @ 03/12/2008 16:00:46
  
  Comment: EVERYONE spends $80k on hookers??? EVERYONE has unprotected sex (or wants to) with hookers??? EVERYONE is a 1st class hypocrite??? Get a grip! LOL
Posted By: XxavierT @ 03/12/2008 12:40:22 PM

Comment: Men from all economic backgrounds cheat on their spouses, and women from all economic backgrounds stand by their man. The wives of politicians have not cornered the market on this behavior. My advice to Mrs. Spitzer would be the same advice I give my callers each Friday. "You have every right to stay and make your marriage work, but use condoms with your husband because ultimately you are responsible for your own health, and you already know what kind of man you are dealing with." God bless her. xxaviert.com
Posted By: Carlm @ 03/12/2008 11:13:35 AM

Comment: It appears the republicans are at it again--noone is allowed to have sex. At least they are consistent, they go after their own as well as democrats.
Posted By: paulte @ 03/12/2008 10:10:36 AM

Comment: I'd say the Wall Street comeback had more to do with just seeing a prominent Democrat disgraced. The market will tank if either Hillary or Obama becomes President. As for Spitzer, serves him right for trying to give driver's licenses to illegal aliens. He probably had an illegal alien driving him to the cat house!

Generally, I think this kind of sex stuff should be kept under wraps but now that the cat is out of the bag, I wonder if they will publish a list of customers? The media today is so prurient but I admit that this is one list I'd like to see published because I bet Billary will be at the top of the list. "Sorry, Hill, I just keep backsliding!" Then Wall Street will really rebound!
Posted By: tina1111 @ 03/12/2008 9:51:12 AM

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Posted By: tina1111 @ 03/12/2008 9:48:45 AM

Comment: I agree with Daniel. I copied his article to my blog searchingmillionaire.com/blogshot. lots of my friends agree to his view.
Posted By: loveluba @ 03/12/2008 4:32:06 AM

Comment: Daniel, dude...get a grip!
Here you hold the power in the media and yet you are clueless.
Please do some research. Please honor what your position could do for human beings. Hey! You could actually raise the awareness and perhaps help humanity. Or would that poke a hole in your pocket?
Ever hear of "SEXUAL ADDICTION"? Do yourself and others a favor and read Fleiss' blog. And quit wasting space.
Posted By: Odin @ 03/11/2008 8:35:32 PM

Comment: The Wall Street Republican cheerleaders should at least give Spitzer credit for not using the State Police security and chauffeur services for his tryst, and charging it to State agencies Like Guiliani did. It seems he used his own money that he has plenty of. And he didn???t appoint her to anything like the Board of Trustees of the Twin Towers Fund as Giuliani did for his girlfriend. Guiliani got a pass on all that and was actually a ???candidate??? for some fools? So does it really matter if he resigns or not?

His wife should resign as his spouse though!
Posted By: Mailmann55 @ 03/11/2008 8:01:55 PM

Comment: Spitzer is a phony and hypocrit. A DA got a DUI in Durango, Colorado and he will probably beat it. The trouble is that crooked cops, proscuitors and judges compromise the whole system. I hope they throw Spitzer in the general prison population and maybe he will find a new lover......
Posted By: Mailmann55 @ 03/11/2008 7:58:57 PM

Comment: He is a phony and a hypocrit. But a lot od DA and judges break the law and get awaywith it because of arrogance and power. A DA in Duriango, Colorado got a DUI and he will probably beat it. Cooked cops, DAs and Judges who are corrupt deserve to get it harder than the ones they proscuted or sent to prison.
Posted By: sanrioscenario @ 03/11/2008 4:05:53 PM

Comment: 23/6 calls out the AP???s tongue-in-cheek (aherm) coverage of the Spitzer story, which contains dozens of references to his whoring ways: http://www.236.com/news/2008/03/11/eliot_spitzer_put_his_peepee_i_5073.php
Posted By: bckm @ 03/11/2008 3:38:01 PM

Comment: I supported what I thought were Spitzer's good and brave deeds against the leeches of Wall Street. I thought it enabled the market to work better because of the uncovering of manipulative and fraudulent sales practices have little if any value for the average investor. Spitzer was something of a semi-hero to me. Now, he's just another crooked politician, and I hope he rides off into the sunset, quickly, and lets the NON-corrupt people do the peoples' business. I feel betrayed, but it doesn't call into question the uprooting of manipulation or fraud - that's bigger than ANY politician or political mouthpiece. Take a hike, Elliot...
Posted By: k_mcdnld @ 03/11/2008 2:25:08 PM

Comment: The pampas Mr. Spitzer shows how SMALL he is by not having the decency to resign. I'm wondering... what other "small" attributes he has that led him (in a Freudian way) to seek out a prostitute??? I bet he's very SMALL indeed. lol
Posted By: vesey @ 03/11/2008 1:28:06 PM

Comment: the attack dog, hypocrite is finally getting his, good riddance !!!!
Posted By: geosol @ 03/11/2008 1:28:00 PM

Comment: Hhhhhmmmmm......wonder what head he was using when he came up with that idea? Resign you fool!
Posted By: geosol @ 03/11/2008 1:24:12 PM

Comment: Hhhhhhhmmmmmm wonder what head he was thinking with?
Posted By: bethybumble @ 03/11/2008 1:19:33 PM

Comment: The watch dog and "sheriff of Wall Street" has been brought down by his own arrogance. He disgraced his family, wife, constituents and himself and should resign. The level of hypocrisy here is stunning since he put himself up on such high moral ground. He deserves to be disgraced and resign and should walk away quietly. He is disgusting.
Posted By: Tom0153 @ 03/11/2008 1:02:18 PM

Comment: Resign!
Posted By: glab @ 03/11/2008 11:58:42 AM

Comment: Shame! For the same money he could have planted 5000 trees in the Negev
Posted By: glab @ 03/11/2008 11:56:48 AM

Comment: What a shame! for the same money he could have planted 5000 trees in the Negev
Posted By: lampshade @ 03/11/2008 11:41:20 AM

Comment: I'm not surprised at all by this. People who know him, know he's an arrogant SOB. For all you "little people" he was supposedly looking out for, wake up. He used you to get what he wanted. Headlines and elected. I can't believe how gullible you are. Good riddance to a piece of garbage.
Posted By: mikemtn @ 03/11/2008 11:40:34 AM

Comment: Remind me , please ... Which one is the prostitute , and which is the Governor ? They've started to look so much alike that I'm getting them confused ......
Posted By: alant @ 03/11/2008 11:28:31 AM

Comment: I can't tell you how sad this makes me. I felt that Mr. Spitzer was one of the last of a breed of men who believed that men of "opportunity" or wealth had a responsibility to act within the confines of the law, to keep the game fair for those of us without power.His speech before the national press club on 1/31/2005 about Business ethics, regulation, and the ownership society (link: http://www.oag.state.ny.us/press/statements/Business_Ethics.pdf) and yes, I see that it was in Washington, was about what we need to do in this country. And the work that he did to protect us from financial and insurance abuse was good, but now he has proven to be just another hypocrite, who will give all the other white collar criminals who claimed that "everyone did it" the justification they want to just keep doing what they are/were doing. Well, in this country, i had hoped that "everyone didn't do it" that there was still honor left among people, especially people of privelege. Is there any honor left in America? Was there ever any?
Posted By: tired and old @ 03/11/2008 11:15:50 AM

Comment: What is going on with cheating husbands???

What is so wrong with wives chosen to be lifelong partners; yet , are later set aside. Why are they set aside and shamed, so that husbands can fool around with sluts and prostitutes.

Is sex that addicting, the lure of the hunt so enticing that men will risk their dignity and show so little respect for their chosen soulmate------------Guess So!!!

Politicians seem to have very little resistence to degrading acts that can tear them down from their pedestals.
Politicians are like children without conscience---- WHY?

Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Is it the drive that makes the politician want high office, that causes him to crash when reaching his goal ?

Is it the power of the politician, that keeps the wife standing by her man. Perhaps the wife does not expect much from their marriage or perhaps she realizes what men really are-------------DOGS.

No intent to discredit real canines.
Posted By: rmpatera @ 03/11/2008 10:55:06 AM

Comment: Some responders said "no big deal"; it's only prostitution. Maybe it wouldn't be in NY if it wasn't "holier-than-thou" Elliot Spitzer. He made a career out of stepping on toes and generally acting like an arrogant jerk while "cleaning up" corruption. Now that he's exposed as a hypocrite (not to mention being stupid), he's found out he hasn't a friend in the world. Serves him right.
Posted By: BayAreaGadFly @ 03/11/2008 10:14:34 AM

Comment: With this happening in New York, the Clinton's homebase and political pulpit makes you wonder if "the Bill" is involved? Could this turn out to be the third Clinton sex scandal? It's not all that impossible and he has always had a "roving" eye fro the ladies, any lady.
Posted By: misterharban @ 03/11/2008 9:50:03 AM

Comment: Eliot may be a champion for the common man, but it is clear that his tastes run toward the higher priced spread.
- Posted By: mikemtn @ 03/11/2008 10:07:02
  
  Comment: Just like fine automobiles ... For the man of wealth and discerning tastes , only those expensive , racy imports will do ... lol
Posted By: mikemtn @ 03/11/2008 9:16:15 AM

Comment: It just seems reasonable that NY Gov. Spitzer should receive the same punishments that he meted out as a prosecutor of others involved in prostitution .
Posted By: CorbinB2 @ 03/11/2008 9:15:32 AM

Comment: Does the fact that he is an elected official make this a bigger crime than it is? I say no, however, it is still a crime and he should be punished the same as everyone else would be if they were caught. Now part two of the scenario is does his employer have the right to fire him over a crime like this?

Not being familiar with NY law, I'm unsure if this is a felony, but given that made it a federal case by crossing state lines to do it, I'm guessing it is. SO, if you committed a felony, could your employer fire you? I'm not talking about 'should they' I'm asking could they legally fire you for it, felony or misdemeanor.

All of his accomplishments are fine and should be taken into consideration by a judge during sentencing, which at best would give him the minimum punishment for the crimes committed, but he still committed a crime and should be held accountable for it the same as anyone else.

Whether these high-profile types even need to do a press conference is what I question. Why not for once have one of these guys come out and say "Hey, you caught me" and just do what they need to do to pay their debt to society like all the other johns who get caught. Damage control is highly over-rated and too often rated higher than just doing the right thing and getting back to business. Had an affair, came out of the closet, slept with a hooker (sorry ladies), it's all just part of the real world we live in and making it a big deal in the public eye just exposes our kids to it more and more.

Shut up, fix it, take your lumps and move on with your life.
Posted By: mikemtn @ 03/11/2008 9:02:24 AM

Comment: In an earlier comment , scogos.com says that 60% of American women are involved in prostitution or porn . Wow ! What neighborhood does scogos.com live in ? I'm certain that scogos.com would never type false statistics , so it must be true !
- Posted By: CorbinB2 @ 03/11/2008 09:30:01
  
  Comment: I wondered about those numbers too...lol
  
  That would mean you could proposition almost 2 out of 3 women on the street as you pass by and not get slapped?...Kidding of course, but funny.
  - Posted By: Terrils @ 03/13/2008 14:51:04
    
    Comment: Ah, you'd probably still get slapped if you didn't offer them enough money. Even hookers have their pride.
Posted By: Abetterplace @ 03/11/2008 8:10:50 AM

Comment: Just another in a long line of "doright" politicians.
Posted By: zippurd @ 03/11/2008 7:30:30 AM

Comment: He has put people in jail for what he did. Need I say more?
Posted By: scogos.com @ 03/11/2008 6:24:11 AM

Comment: GOV. SPITZER DESERVES A BENEFIT OF DOUBT AND FORGIVENESS
by scogostology.com

New Yorkers Should Not Rush To Judge Gov Spitzer

I have just heard the news of Gov. Elliot Spitzer being implicated in patronizing a prostitute.

This is one of the saddest news I have ever heard in New York besides the 9/11 tragedy.

However, New Yorkers should breathe a sigh of relief that the tryst involved a woman and not a man like the New Jersey case.

Besides the woman involved is not one of his staff! (Or an intern.)

Gov. Spitzer is among the most intelligent Americans.

And sometimes intelligent men can make serious errors.

Infact only very intelligent people are capable of making serious errors!

Can you imagine a moron making an error?

I do not think that having a tryst is a big crime, so the question of Gov Spitzer resigning should not arise.

What may annoy many people around the country is that as New York Attorney general, his cases included a few criminal prosecutions of prostitution network and tourism involving prostitutes.

In 2004, he was part of an investigation of an escort service racket in New York City that resulted in the arrest of 18 people on charges of promoting prostitution.

However, let me point out that there have been other political leaders, both Republican and Democratic who have had sex scandals.

Does anyone remember Gary Hart and Donna Rice scandal?

How about Sen. Larry Craig (R-ID) and Sen. David Vitter (R-LS),( the latter two known for their strong conservative politics and agenda of "family values.")?

Millions of people all over America and the world visit and sleep with hookers and watch porn online.

Almost 60% of American women and girls are directly or indirectly involved in prostitution or porn.

Just Google for porn sites and see millions of porn sites and millions of porn Actresses who act in them and billions of porn movies.
(For general porn industry statistics, go to: http://familysafemedia.com/pornography_statistics.html#anchor4)

So, to the bull dogs, his detractors, anyone who has never had a tryst; anyone has never slept with a hooker or watched a porn movie and who is very self righteous and who may want to pounce on Gov. Spitzer, I say take it easy and back off.
Posted By: fairplay @ 03/11/2008 5:48:38 AM

Comment: So much for morality from practicing hypocrites, and for Hillary's POTUS bid, another sot gone first Spitzer gets called on illegal drivers licenses, now this, we all know hard core liberals would rather fight than resign, what will the Deaniac call for ''ahem'' the good of party? He very well can't ask Hillary to quit now can he? Just love the meltdown turmoil and chaos keep it up folks, mask coming off.
Posted By: mlbuie @ 03/11/2008 5:48:06 AM

Comment: GOP "clean"? You GOTTA be kidding me! :~D
Posted By: mlbuie @ 03/11/2008 5:46:49 AM

Comment: I recall trying to do after-hours trading and how huge movers could get in and out while my money drained away, even though I tried to move it. Daniel Gross acts like Spitzer was doing a bad thing to come down on these money-hungry thieves who ripped you and I off every day of the week. You and I should be glad he championed the common man and woman.

I could give a rats azz about these men (or women's) personal sex lives (unless they are using taxpayer's money). I want to know how well he does his J.O.B. Apparently, from Gross's description he was good at it ... and we've lost a very productive public servant because we skewer him for getting his dipstick wet.

Go figure ... :~\
Posted By: wildysworld @ 03/11/2008 5:43:44 AM

Comment: The Clinton campaign spent several hours last night having the biggest temper tantrum you've ever seen. Despite some obvious differences, this is a story Clinton does not want to see in the national spotlight. There is just too much in common with the turmoil her husband caused in his years in the White House. This will bring back too many memories for too many people of what it was like to have a Clinton in Washington, D.C. wildysworld.blogspot.com.
Posted By: fairplay @ 03/11/2008 5:41:33 AM

Comment: Delicious, delicious two scandals within months, just can't get any better than this. Poor losing it all sptizer disgraced before Dem convention, Hillary's nomination chances doubtful, so much for the party of ''clean'' running on that ''culture of corruption crap'' madam speaker needs to come down from her bubble world atop Capitol dome. Sweet will media sweep away? Or hope for another ''LARRY CRAIG?'' I hope GOP stays CLEAN AND RUBS IT IN. in facesclean
Posted By: juanmanuelsoto @ 03/11/2008 4:44:30 AM

Comment: Spitzer just wait it out.....Another public official ruined because of America's obsession with silly morality issues-- gay marriage, prostitution...yet the real morality issues such as a horrendous war costing the lives of hundreds of thousands, or the lying behind that war, just tossed to the side....you cannot compare this with the crimes of wall street that Spitzer prosecuted. At least he had the sense to see a beautiful woman rather than that idiot Clinton who lied because he was so embarrased to have been serviced by that cow
Posted By: stranglerlewis9 @ 03/11/2008 1:55:46 AM

Comment: What, the former Attorney General of New York involved in a prostitution ring? The top law-enforcement official in New York state involved in a prostitution ring? This is one of the reasons why I hate lawyers. They look different, they smell different, they think differently, they talk differently, and the trouble is you can???t find one that???s honest. He should apologize not only to his family and the public, but also to his profession, the "much maligned" legal profession.
Posted By: ewa-rae @ 03/10/2008 11:39:19 PM

Comment: Governor Spitzer attended my university to give an awe-inspiring speech to a jam-packed auditorium as part of our "Corporate Accountability" lecture series. We all thought he was amazing and to hear this now is just utterly sickening. I'm going to puke all over my keyboard.

YOU SCUMBAG. Look at what you've done to your marriage and family. Your beautiful and smart wife and your three daughters. How can you ever look at their faces again? Was it really worth the couple of hours of paid sex?

This world needs moral leaders and they are a dying breed but that's no excuse for lowering our standards of upholding moral integrity.

-Me, 23
Posted By: Mwalimu @ 03/10/2008 11:18:25 PM

Comment: Did Senator David Vitter resign after his affair with a prostitute? What about Senator Larry Criag after his "tap dance" in the men's room in the Minneapolis air port where the Republicans will hold the 2008 convention? And what about Rudy Giuliani's soap opera affair? What separates Spitzer from Giuliani, Crage, and Vitter is that Spitzer is a Democrat and Giuliani, Craig, and Vitter are Republicans. While Republicans can carry on like putos, Democrats cannot. Spitzer should have read the short stories by his fellow New Yorker John Cheever - because if you don't want it to be heard, don't let it happen. My only concern is who's going to police Wall Street. I own stock and I don't want a Republican watching over my investments. But hopefully New York's Lt Goveror will watch my back.
- Posted By: k_mcdnld @ 03/10/2008 23:21:45
  
  Comment: GROW UP AND WATCH YOUR OWN BACK! Spitzer is going down because he's a hypocrite. It's as simple as that... pity he won't be there to coddle you and your ilk.
Posted By: mcassgrab @ 03/10/2008 10:49:02 PM

Comment: Kristen" then called a colleague at the Emperors Club and said that she liked Client 9. "I don't think he's difficult"
At least he wasnt difficult
Posted By: mcassgrab @ 03/10/2008 10:42:01 PM

Comment: What does political affiliation have to do with anything? Both sides had some doush bags
Posted By: mcassgrab @ 03/10/2008 10:37:17 PM

Comment: I guess some people just feel invincible
Posted By: surprize @ 03/10/2008 10:16:32 PM

Comment: Liberal Democrat Elliott Spitzer has disgraced his wife and children, the state of New York and should resign. The fact that he didn't resign speaks volumes of his arrogance, selfishness and how unfit he is to be Governor. He is a dangerous, zealot, who was way over-rated as a prosecutor. He is a liberal Democrat. He thinks he is some kind of god. Please get this moron out of Albany.
Posted By: surprize @ 03/10/2008 9:53:47 PM

Comment: Liberal Democrat Elliot Spitzer is perhaps the most arrogant, Democratic Governor in the history of the state of New York and perhaps the nation. His poor wife and teenage daughters. He should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. He was a selfish, ungrateful, dishonest, conniving Democratic Governor who didn't even have the decency to resign. He is so selfish and proud, does he think he is some kind of god.
Posted By: KYJurisDoctor @ 03/10/2008 9:31:47 PM

Comment: Why do some men pay for what they can get for FREE -- especially from their wives?

http://osi-speaks.blogspot.com/2008/03/back-to-new-york-governor-elliot.html#links
- Posted By: juanmanuelsoto @ 03/11/2008 04:47:42
  
  Comment: Human nature! Men and women want more than what the wife/husband gives during the boring marriage routing...come on!
- Posted By: k_mcdnld @ 03/10/2008 21:43:17
  
  Comment: because... a) they're horny idiots b) are you kidding... most wives hate sex. lol However in Spitzer's case, it was just dumb luck - poetic justice. hehe
Posted By: Cannoneer2 @ 03/10/2008 9:06:04 PM

Comment: Spitzer is just taking a page out of Bloomberg's book, battling crime by conducting his own personal stings and investigations in other states. Way to go Eliot, looks like you found a genuine prostitute!
Posted By: stjohnmonk @ 03/10/2008 8:42:51 PM

Comment: I wonder if anyone noticed that the governor of NY is never mentioned in the video as being
a democrat, If this was a republican do you think his party affiliation wouldn't be mentioned
every two minutes, and they say the press isn't biased. Why don't the good governor just say;
"I NEVER HAD SEXUAL RELATIONS WITH THAT WOMAN," AFTER ALL SOMEBODY MOST
OF US KNOW GOT AWAY WITH IT, WHY NOT THE GOVERNOR.
Posted By: kelevra1 @ 03/10/2008 8:29:36 PM

Comment: The girls from Emperor???s Club VIP are really hot!! <a href="http://hottrendsreview.com/2008/03/10/read-text-messages-from-spitzer-to-prostitute"> Here I've found text messages from spitzer to prostitute</a> You have to read it;)
Posted By: kelevra1 @ 03/10/2008 8:28:23 PM

Comment: The girls from Emperor???s Club VIP are really hot!! <a href="http://hottrendsreview.com/2008/03/10/read-text-messages-from-spitzer-to-prostitute"> Here I've found text messages from spitzer to prostitute</a> You have to read it;)
Posted By: kelevra1 @ 03/10/2008 8:27:09 PM

Comment: The girls from Emperor???s Club VIP are really hot!! <a href="http://hottrendsreview.com/2008/03/10/read-text-messages-from-spitzer-to-prostitute"> Here I've found text messages from spitzer to prostitute</a> You have to read it;)
Posted By: "Martin Edwin "Mick" Andersen @ 03/10/2008 7:43:26 PM

Comment: Clinton-Spitzer, '08,
Oh, the nostalgia of it all!!!
Posted By: kalamere @ 03/10/2008 7:40:53 PM

Comment: Apology, is that all he thinks is required. This arrogant jerk particpated in a crime ring defrauding the American taxpayer. Besides betraying his wife and children and the people of New York, he betrayed the LAW> Now he wants to wiggle his way out of being convicted. What a slimeball.
Posted By: kalamere @ 03/10/2008 7:37:41 PM

Comment: This has nothing to do with wiretapping for terrorists plans. That is for terrorists calling from outside the US into the US, you ignoramus. Secondly, Spitzer knew the law and thought he was exempt. Besides being an ordinary slimeball he's an arrogant jerk who broke the law. If he's a hero for holding people accounatble then the FBI are heroes for exposing him and his participation in in defrauding taxpayers.
Posted By: k_mcdnld @ 03/10/2008 7:23:28 PM

Comment: YES, there IS justice in the world! ....Now the world will see exactly what an honorable 'man' Spitzer is as he hedges and dodges...trying to save his own butt. I say give him the exact same compassion and treatment he gave to all of the 'evil doers' he went after when he was on his lofty perch as prosecutor and AG - HANDCUFFS! OMG - it's just like Christmas has come early! LOL LOL LOL
Posted By: klebrun @ 03/10/2008 7:14:53 PM

Comment: In defense of Sptizer, it is hard to distinguish legitimate prostitutes from elected ones in DC. He might have wanted to just talk politics.

And, the Bush wire tapping program has finally born some fruit.
- Posted By: BCinColorado @ 03/12/2008 15:28:12
  
  Comment: The "Bush wiretapping program"? Bush haters have absolutely zero perspective! The FBI had a warrant signed by a judge because there was more than probable cause. Read the coverage in the NYT. The investigators were following a trail of suspicious financial transactions and the trail led to Spitzer. The fall of Eliot Spitzer is NOT a liberal or conservative issue. It is another example of absolute power corrupting absolutely!
Posted By: Tom0153 @ 03/10/2008 6:49:01 PM

Comment: Resign, don't apologize, resign.

Cut your wife some slack, give her the financial settlement needed so she can take care of her children.

If you were to apologize to anyone ... apologize to your parents.
Posted By: "Martin Edwin "Mick" Andersen @ 03/10/2008 6:23:18 PM

Comment: EXPERIENCE ...

It is three in the morning and the phone rings.

New York Governor Eliot Spitzer is on the line.

"Bill?"
Posted By: ConservativeWoman @ 03/10/2008 6:20:22 PM

Comment: Looks like the world's smartest governor was dumb enough to leave a digital trail. Buh-bye, Eliot, it couldn't happen to a nicer guy.

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