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Famous 'Johns' Exposed

Eliot Spitzer joins a list of notable celebrities and politicians who patronized prostitutes

Power, it seems, just may not be enough to satisfy the famous. When Eliot Spitzer resigned March 12 after law enforcement identified him as an alleged client of a high-end prostitution ring, the New York governor joined a long list of celebrities and politicians whose careers took hits after stories of their dealings with prostitutes went public. Here, a look at some of those whose ill-fated flings paved the way. Photo: Mario Tama / Getty Images

 
 
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  • Posted By: rioguy @ 01/17/2009 1:20:29 AM

    you need only to look at their wives to see why these men turned to prostitutes

  • Posted By: rioguy @ 01/17/2009 1:16:59 AM

    First of all men from every stage of society from the ultra rich to the ultra poor dable in prostitutes. It has nothing to do with being a risk taker,sensation seeker or being hormonal. It has everything to do with healthy men who have a healthy appetite for sex prefer to do so with a pretty young woman rather than the unnatractive, middle aged women they lay down next to every night. As usual a woman has over scrutinized a very simple situation and attempted to attach some convoluted, freudian explanation for how men think. Its simple. For an hour the man wants to upgrade. If you drive a toyota(which is a very nice car) but someone walks up to you and says you can drive their bently for a week you'd take the opportunity. Same thing. You won't like your toyota any less at the end of the week and you'll gladly go back to it because you know you can't afford to keep the Bentley. Men rent the prostitute for an hour and go back to their wives afterward because they know they can't afford to keep the prostitute. The majority of women will NEVER understand this logic because unlike men they can't seperate sex from love. With men and prostitutes its only sex

  • Posted By: inorman @ 12/25/2008 11:56:14 PM

    i don't understand why Newsweek waste time and space to interview an idiot like Al Gore whgo been proved wrong and nothing more than a con man like the medice men in the circus. spare us!

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