Time will tell. Right now lawyers are trying to get charges dropped but we won't be privy to that because the media doesn't want to let the public know how his lawyers are making a deal behind the scenes to get charges dropped.
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NY Governor, Eliot Spitzer, To Resign
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Time will tell. Right now lawyers are trying to get charges dropped but we won't be privy to that because the media doesn't want to let the public know how his lawyers are making a deal behind the scenes to get charges dropped.
Challenger78
Valued Senior Member
Is shooting people of other races also an american thing ?
On the OP,
because he screwed a prostitute doesn't mean his decisions are invalid. From where I'm standing Republicans have a lot more to answer for. (thankfully I'm standing over 30000 miles away. )
They do have it on gay scandals. This was just plain ol' vanillia sex.
Also he hasn't said anything about resigning, yet...But he did want to be the first Jewish president...
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You are sure dumber than you look...
Him being married and prostitution being illegal?? He as a prosecutor should have known it.
Client 9 sounds like an excellent name for a parfume...
Him being married and prostitution being illegal?? He as a prosecutor should have known it.
Client 9 sounds like an excellent name for a parfume...
The funny thing about all this is that it is a misdemeanor and i think that one can still hold office while charged with a misdemeanor. He may just end up paying a fine.
But the real kicker is that he was not caught in the act so it is possible he may walk. He can claim it was a gift too.
But the real kicker is that he was not caught in the act so it is possible he may walk. He can claim it was a gift too.
countezero
Registered Senior Member
No, but you're ignoring the obvious. His public persona and his rise to power are very much wrapped in the cloak of the moral crusader. Not to mention, he investigated prostitution rings during his tenure as AG, and when he busted them up, he claimed he did so for social and moral reasons. By that rationale, engaging in the anti-social and immoral behavior he successfully prosecuted is the very definition of hypocrisy.
Well, duh? Your commentator seemed to assert that most of America doesn't view prostitution as immoral, which strikes me as the kind of progressive viewpoint an urban elite mistakingly espouses as truth. I think a great deal of American thinks prostitution is immoral — not that it matters. The simple fact is that prostitution IS illegal, and when one is caught doing illegal things, the rule of law demands they be punished accordingly. On that, I think an even greater majority of Americans would agree...
On the other point: Being a pervert isn't illegal, sex sells and to gossip is human. In other words, people are going to care about this for all the shallow and shameless reasons they care about the social and reproductive lives of celebrities. You and I might not like it, but reality is what it is.
Why? Because they don't match up with yours? You speak of childishness? I'd argue it's childish to not accept the fact that other people can have a legitimate difference of opinion and that it's even more childish to look at the world and hope/pray/yearn for the day that it reflects, almost exactly, what YOU want...
There is an argument to be made for legalization of human vices like drugs and prostitution, and despite what you probably think, my thoughts are closer to yours on this subject than you might think. However, such arguments seem a tad opportunistic, given the circumstances here. Again, the fact is that what Spitzer did is illegal. One does not go before a judge and talk about changing the law. What's more, even if prostitution was legal, what Spitzer did is immoral and unethical.
That's an interesting argument, because even in the places where prostitution is legal, say the Netherlands, it doesn't become much more reputable. The establishments offering it are still shady, the girls still questionable, their physical and mental health still suspect. It's not as if prostitution will ever be like buying a car, or perhaps more accurately, paying for the services of a doctor.
You can resort to hyperbole all you like, but the fact is the Feds care, too. And I bet his wife cares. I bet his daughters care...
As for the sinister application of Federal justice that some have alleged, it seems the Feds were looking at this prior to Spitzer being involved. In other words, he just happened into an ongoing investigation. So theory debunked...
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8VB7N800&show_article=1
Wtf? The country with the largest porno industry in the world shocked that some politician hired a high class prostitute? Such hypocrisy!
Besides, what's wrong with hiring a prostitute? Both adults agree, business done, no-one suffers, both parties are happy.
Besides, what's wrong with hiring a prostitute? Both adults agree, business done, no-one suffers, both parties are happy.
Or not. He had a CREDIT with the company...Gift my ass...
Not reading the posts before yours? Both your questions were answered.
Do you also cheat on your wife? Is she OK with it that you used a pro?
From what I was hearing he was involved with the company that was offering the prostitute. That company wasa laundering money in another state which he was a part of.
Ganymede
Valued Senior Member
Right, and it's also a Federal Offense to pay for a prostitute to travel across state lines.
Well, if the signifficant other agreed, that is a different. By the look on her face, I doubt she knew about the monekybusiness.
This is a rather silly law, because she might have been a nice girl in one state and a slut in another.
At least the only instances of public servants breaking the law in our country are just sex scandals, I mean it could be worse...we could have people in our government lying to us to cause wars or torturing people...or even taking away our rights. I'm glad this sex thing is all we have to worry about, because I'm sure if any of that other stuff happened we would handle it even more harshly then we handled this spitzer situation...
That's how most outside the USA see it.
countezero
Registered Senior Member
I love how people rush to stand up for a hypocrite and to muddy the water with irrelevant moral relativism. Apparently, laws and morals mean very little to some...