Spitzer in Exile

Christ, I read this same idiousy from fans of Michael Vick! "All he did was kill some dogs"! Michael Vick funded an illegal gambling operation that was complicit in avoiding the taxes involved with that illegal gambling operation..............way down the list of crimes he physically abused dogs!

Elliot Spitzer's crime was not sleeping around on his wife, or soliciting prostitutes, or even the interstate transportation of said prostitutes................it was having made a living prosecuting citizens for doing the identical things he did, and then having the balls to accept a slap on the back of the hand for that hypocritical approach to life as a public servant and that his cronnies protected him with a retarded "he has suffered enough, so don't make him subject to the same laws he slammed down on us peons" attitude..........disgusting!

I would be fine with him returning to political life. I really could care less about prostitutes and cheating on ones wife, that is really nobodies business. He was a good public servant who stood up for tax payers against crooks like the AIG cabal and should be back into the mix, we can't be the worse for it compared with Bloomberg and his rule breaking for personal aggrandizement.

When your résumé says 'disgraced ex-governor,' what do you do next?
How about go the f**k away and never come back?

I for one don't care about Spitzer's sex life. That's his wife's problem. i do care about my savings and investments in a crooked wall street world. Bring Spitzer into the Administration as a Special IG for Wall Street then we that are paying for the fat bounus's and summer homes in Hyannis will have someone on our side so we can keep our houses and send our kids to college.

Is clear that politic is a war between monetary, family and personal power. mostly there is a chance of revenge of those who are prosecuted, there are pending questions: was the prostitution empire of Hefner involved in this case?, he is a jew too,what makes diference?, B. Madoff the frauder is jew too, is about of genetic, sure, as humans, we are poligams, this until we star as a couple only, yes, during the RE-CREATION, why condem to others?, just asking.
selfblame is healing our innerself.

that spitzer has a sexual addiction or is a narssistic

I was disappointed that the disease of sexual addiction was not mentioned in this article. It's obvious that Mr. Spitzer is a sex addict. This addiction is pervasive in our society. Sex addicts are not bad people but rather they are individuals (men and women) who are emotionally and spiritually sick. Obviously the addict suffers but those who love the addict also suffer (often not knowing the reason behind their suffering). There is help. Most metropolitan areas offer 12 step programs for sex addicts (SAA) and their loved ones (SAnon). Please let's get the word out.

It's so frustrating that this article keeps asking why we can't "forgive" Eliot Spitzer for marital infidelity, yet never once mentions the real issue... hypocrisy and deceit. Spitzer aggressively prosecuted those in the prostitution business, while he himself engaged in that business. It's not a matter of forgiveness; it's a matter of trust. Why would we trust him again in a position of leadership? Even more egregious... how in the world does this article not even mention this issue?

It's so frustrating that this article keeps asking why we can't "forgive" Eliot Spitzer for marital infidelity, yet never once mentions the real issue... hypocrisy and deceit. Spitzer aggressively prosecuted those in the prostitution business, while he himself engaged in that business. It's not a matter of forgiveness; it's a matter of trust. Why would we trust him again in a position of leadership? Even more egregious... how in the world does this article not even mention this issue?

At least Newsweek could have asked the "White Knight": How did you miss Bernie Madoff?

Lousy article, worse front page.

PS: Newsweek web site comment function stinks - or are they filtering?

i must admit i have been un able to comprehend whether this article is hailing a screwed up flailing filed politician back to court or is it meant to remind us how corrupt this man was and why he should be kept out of the ring -
it really makes no sense to welcome back a confirmed liar and a cheat who is IMMORAL TO BOOT

Eliot Spitzer is just another pampered Northeasterner who grew up with too much money and a sense of entitlement. This "Icarus" thought the rules didn't apply to him, flew too high and crashed to earth. He apparently was taught that "public service" means a fancy title and a paycheck from the taxpayers. Let him spend a few years in a Legal Aid office or teaching school in a "failing" high school and then his perspective might actually be worth reading. Shame on Newsweek for giving this guy the time of day!

Elliot Spitzer is alarmingly uninterested in exploring an essential question - what drove him to recklessly (or intentionally) sabotage the political career that he believes he was destined to pursue? What kind of inner demon allowed him to humiliate his wife and children for some very expensive side action? He apparently dismisses questions of motive, conscious or unconscious, because they don't allow for easy answers. His lack of self-awareness is impressive for a man with so much time (and money) on his hands.

Are you insane? All of this space about a person no one outside of New York and few inside care about? I'd rather see 8 pages on Brad and Angie. Seriously, whoever thought this was a great idea for a cover story should be led away in chains.....

It is entirely possible that Elliot Spitzer is the single most responsible person behind the current economic downturn. Spitzer forced the ouster of Hank Greenberg and several members of his top management team from AIG at a crucial time in that company's history, on charges that have largely been discredited or dropped. Had Greenberg and his team remained on the job, it is very likely that AIG's credit default swap exposures would have been reduced, rather than expanded exponentially. It is also entirely possible that Greenberg would have redirected the course of AIG's idiotic handling of its securities lending program. As a result, it is very likely AIG would be a viable company today and the current crisis would have been greatly lessened. History needs to revisit the Spitzer effect on the 2008 and 2009 economy.

Eliot Spitzer is a stereotypical psychopath. He wants to control everything and has no empathy.. The reason that he is, "bouncing back", is that he wasn't so far down. Most psychopaths recognize that their emotional thermometer isn't affected by their environment but they also realize that the quality in which they are deficient is an important character asset to most people so they take pains to fake it lest their callous nature become obvious. Spitzer is surprised that he got caught, and chagrined. He cares that his political future is in tatters and that he is being judged by people to whom he is superior, but that's it. It is fortunate for all of us that he stumbled. The thought of what a President Eliot Spitzer could do in his egomania is frightening.

It has nothing to do with casting the first stone. If you talk the talk, the walk the walk. While he was saying that he was going to wipe out prostitution in New York, he was catching a train to visit his HO in DC. what a hypocrite; he makes me sick.

he makes me sick; what a hypocrite. telling everyone he is going to wipe out prostitution in New York and then hopping on a train to see his ho in DC. I am sick of these politicians. and it is not about casting the first stone. if you talk the talk, then walk the walk.