N.Y. Gov. Eliot Spitzer tied to prostitution ring.

[UAL_TECH]

Well, you could look at it this way... Clinton ruined a dress, Bush ruined a nation...

I think the reason so many people get excited when Republicans get caught is because they're usually the ones telling us all why "family values are so important" and "their daughters would never engage in premarital sex", whereas with a Democrat, we kind of all just "assume" they're a bit corrupt, because they don't spend as much time telling us how pure they are...

No argument here.
Just an ‘observation’.. 😛
B) UT

 

[Gilding the Lily]

Perhaps the most enlightening thing about this situation, is how Wall Street (and the trading floor in particular) cheered when the news broke.

One Broad street commentator said it so eloquently: "Wall Street is beside itself in an orgy of schadenfreude!"

Wall street cheers

 

[delldude]

Possible political persecution due to probable prostitution prosecution ?

 

[Garfield1966]

How can a public official who was a a AG no less think that 1. they are above the law and 2. think that they will not get caught 3. use email and text messages for communication.

If this is true (I see nothing to believe it is not) then the guy is a moron and it just took Darwin a bit longer to get around to thinning the herd out a bit. What a idiot.

 

[777 fixer]

How can a public official who was a a AG no less think that 1. they are above the law and 2. think that they will not get caught 3. use email and text messages for communication.

If this is true (I see nothing to believe it is not) then the guy is a moron and it just took Darwin a bit longer to get around to thinning the herd out a bit. What a idiot.

He of all people should know the kinds of surveillance law enforcement agencies have at their disposal. Put that aside and one would think having a recognizable name and face he would know the peril he was putting himself in. Even if it escaped the attention of the feds he should have been aware he was opening himself up to possible blackmail. Yes, what an idiot.

 

[delldude]

How can a public official who was a a AG no less think that 1. they are above the law and 2. think that they will not get caught 3. use email and text messages for communication.

If this is true (I see nothing to believe it is not) then the guy is a moron and it just took Darwin a bit longer to get around to thinning the herd out a bit. What a idiot.

And I bet he was being looked at as a probable POTUS candidate..........

 

[777 fixer]

You know what gets me about these guys whether it's Spitzer, Craig, McGreevy etc, etc? They all show up at the press conference with their wives in tow. Maybe they think it will cast them in a better light. In my book it makes them look like even bigger schmucks. Using your wife in order to make yourself look better, have they no shame? If they had been thinking of their wives in the first place there would have been no need for a press conference in the first place.

 

[delldude]

You know what gets me about these guys whether it's Spitzer, Craig, McGreevy etc, etc? They all show up at the press conference with their wives in tow. Maybe they think it will cast them in a better light. In my book it makes them look like even bigger schmucks. Using your wife in order to make yourself look better. If they had been thinking of their wives in the first place there would have been no need for a press conference in the first place.

I hear you and agree.....but OTOH...why do men or women for that matter end up cheating and such?Isn't it usually some domestic dilemma?

 

[Garfield1966]

You know what gets me about these guys whether it's Spitzer, Craig, McGreevy etc, etc? They all show up at the press conference with their wives in tow. Maybe they think it will cast them in a better light. In my book it makes them look like even bigger schmucks. Using your wife in order to make yourself look better, have they no shame? If they had been thinking of their wives in the first place there would have been no need for a press conference in the first place.

Their soon to be ex-wives are billing them by the hour.

 

[tech2101]

Their soon to be ex-wives are billing them by the hour.

The best and most true statement of this thread!

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[NewHampshire Black Bears]

Pick ANY of the folloing words for SPITZER...(they ALL...FIT) !!!

NINCOMPOOP,...IDIOT,....NIT-WIT,.....SH!T HEAD...................IMBECILE.

(OOOPS,..Scratch......"IMBECILE")...............Thats reserved "EXCLUSIVELY" for.....EL-CHIMPO !!!!!!!!

 

[delldude]

Pick ANY of the folloing words for SPITZER...(they ALL...FIT) !!!

NINCOMPOOP,...IDIOT,....NIT-WIT,.....SH!T HEAD...................IMBECILE.

(OOOPS,..Scratch......"IMBECILE")...............Thats reserved "EXCLUSIVELY" for.....EL-CHIMPO !!!!!!!!

You forgot to include...Democrat.

As for the 'Morality Party'...this guy was right up there......sure he isn't a Republican?

 

[USAir757]

What drives me crazy is that whenever a democrat does something wrong, immediately the republicans come out of the wood work and scream "Resign! Resign!" "I call for the immediate resignation..." blah blah. The same goes for the other way around, too... with both parties. It's like a stupid child's game, like tattle-tale. Politicians seriously need to grow up. If anything, their own party should be standing up and saying get the heck out of here.

Anyway, I agree with the board's sentiment that this guy is a total idiot.... he's going to go out "Congressman Foley-style".... way to go!

 

[whatkindoffreshhell]

Lotsa grabass going on all the world today. We just don't know about it until they get caught. Who would've thunk it??

Spitzer is toast. And yeah it was sad to see him trot out his wife for the press conference.

Think they'll write a tell-all book together?

 

[777 fixer]

Their soon to be ex-wives are billing them by the hour.

By the hour, good one Garfield.

There are probably an army of divorce attorneys who would love to talk to Mrs. Spitzer right now. I can aonly imagine what they would say. "If they were worth $80,000 then must be worth five times that."