From the story:
A person familiar with the case said Spitzer was one of the unnamed clients of a New York area prostitution ring mentioned in federal court documents unsealed last week. Spitzer, a rising star in the Democratic Party who has been in office for 14 months, did not directly address the allegations in a hastily called news conference,and he made no mention of resigning. But as he dropped from public view, canceling all of his planned events, his political career seemed in limbo last night amid speculation that he was preparing to step down.
The story goes on:
The wiretap was set up as part of a federal investigation of an exclusive prostitution ring, known as Emperors Club VIP. It charged well-heeled clients as much as $5,500 an hour for “exclusive, beautiful, educated companions of fine family and career backgrounds” while ensuring “privacy and discretion when dating and traveling,”
according to the company’s Web site.
One thought is $5,500 an hour. That’s just nuts. How does a public servant have that much money to throw around? How come it always seems to be these moral crusaders that get caught with their pants down? How did he possible think he would not be caught? The guy was also a former attorney general. Since this contact was across state lines it is a potential federal offense. Don’t you think he would have know that? Or are these guys just so arrogant that they think they will never be caught.
The moral of the story keep the zipper zipped.
2 comments:
Spitzer wasn't a moral crusader, so this case is a little different than the other recent ones. However, he was incredibly stupid.
Honestly, though, unless he used public money to rent the whores, I simply couldn't care less. I know that prostitution is illegal, but because I think it should be legal I just can't get upset with anyone who uses hookers or hustlers. None of my business, again, unless they use public money.
Well the thing was he was a moral crusader. He went after abuses on Wall Street so he was more of a financial crusader.
And he also busted up a prostitution ring. So there is a level of hypocrisy here.
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