Comments on: Elliot Spitzer Resigns in Prostitution Ring Scandal

By: Jim H

Jim H — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:51:51 +0000

Politics and sex go hand in hand, no doubt about that. I saw a link in google to an escorts resort offering sex vacations in the Caribbean, and I know certain people in top level have already done that.
I guess that when this is done overseas there`s no way to pin anyone down as it was done to Eliot here.

The emperor is just a local outfit of thousands, this one offers the same and one emperor girl can be seen working there: http://www.charlisangels.com

We have to be sympathetic to the Spitzer family, those three girls will feel the sting, years to come.

By: anjin-san

anjin-san — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:15:04 +0000

Spitzer has not, as yet, resigned. Are you working for Fox now?

By: Triumph

Triumph — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:41:03 +0000

UPDATE: A well placed source tells me that Spitzer will announce his resignation at 7 Eastern this evening.

You might want to check the placement of that source...Spitz hasn't thrown in the towel yet....

By: DL

DL — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 09:39:57 +0000

What's the biig deal? he could resign and still run for mayor in Brattleboro Vermont. Hell, if he does it quickly that town will fight extradition to the USA.

By: BeldarBlog

BeldarBlog — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:36:32 +0000

Spitzer "casts himself not just as an enforcer of the law per se, but also as an enforcer of a broader social compact"... The quote in the title of this post comes from a 2005 article in the New York Times Sunday Magazine on Spitzerism as a law enforcement philosophy. It was written by The New Republic's Noam Scheiber. In response, I posted here to agree with Scheiber th...

By: DL

DL — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:14:22 +0000

I repeat:liberal hypocrisy is a badge of honor.
With liberals, truth is relative = morality is relative = hypocrisy!

By: jpe

jpe — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:58:49 +0000

He'll resign, as well he should. I really like Spitz, but some crimes are eminently resign-able.

Anderson: per TPM, apparently Spitz was structuring his transactions, which piqued the interest of the feds (who reasonably were thinking bribery was afoot). That, in turn, led to the investigation. He was structuring his transactions to avoid SARs (Suspicious Activity Reports, the standard form those of us that were line tellers learned to hate), but because he was hiding the prozzy habit.

By: jabberwock

jabberwock — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:06:16 +0000

I don't know if Spitzer will do the honorable thing and resign, even though his "offense" seems picayune compared to the rape of the Constitution perpetrated by Shrub. We all know that Shrub knows no honor, and will just "keep on keepin' on" until he is replaced by either his alter ego Billary, Obama, or McCain.

By: yetanotherjohn

yetanotherjohn — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:56:11 +0000

I guess this is one name we can cross of the VP list. While he is innocent until proved guilty, he is in the best position to judge the likelihood of being proved guilty (i.e. did he do it). Given that some of the evidence being reported against him justifies a federal felony indictment, it might be just a tad difficult to conduct state business from the big house.

Part of the irony here is that he got the governor gig at least partly from the publicity of his prosecuting a couple of high profile prostitution ring cases.

By: DFAL

DFAL — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:46:40 +0000

This is beautiful! A future star of the DFL destroys his own career and slinks out of office in disgrace! LOL! I love it!

Hopefully, his wife will divorce him and his children will refuse to speak to him, leaving his entire life a wreck. LOL!

By: Bandit

Bandit — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:39:02 +0000

Why couldn't he have just dated McGreevey - a lot in common and all that -

By: Wizbang

Wizbang — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:24:52 +0000

Breaking News- Reports say Gov. Spitzer to resign...

From Fox News- New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer is expected to submit his resignation to the New York General Assembly Monday night after allegations surfaced earlier in the day that......

By: StephenBainbridge.com

StephenBainbridge.com — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:20:40 +0000

Was Eliot Spitzer a John?...

Long time readers know that Eliot Spitzer is one of my bête noires. Does this relentless crusader have feet of clay? The New York Times reports: Gov. Eliot Spitzer has informed his most senior administration officials that he had been involved in ...

By: Dave Schuler

Dave Schuler — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:11:20 +0000

Does this mean he won't be running for president in a few years?

By: Blogs of War

Blogs of War — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:39:39 +0000

Blogger Roundup: Gov. Eliot Spitzer and The Emperors Club VIP Prositution Ring...

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Aside from a general sense that chief executive officers ought to obey the laws they’re charged with enforcing and that married men ought to be faithful to their wives, I really don’t care much about this story. The interesting ...