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  • #31
    NY's Lite Guv is apparently a blind, black dude.

    It's interesting though that pro-"family values" Sen. David Vitter stayed put.

    Amazing that he threw away one of the brightest Dem careers for this.
    Brightest Dem careers? Have you been paying attention to what's been happening since his inauguration?
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    • #32
      I understand that, DanS. He was NY atty genl and made his rep going after Wall St corruption, plus at least one high-end prostitution ring. It's clearly the moral equivalent of Repub/fundy sex scandals.

      I do find it mildly refreshing that he's not doing the public denial thing.
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      • #33
        McCain gets laid by hot lobbyists for free, Spitzer has to pay for it? The shame!

        It's almost as shameful as the leader of the free world not being able to score an intern who swallows.

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        • #34
          No, it's bigger than a normal sex scandal. Again, I don't care about the hypocrisy angle. But the evenhanded justice angle is serious.
          I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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          • #35
            So why did he need to fly a prostitute from New York to Washington? Are there no good prostitutes in Washington? Was he just trying to support the NY economy like a good New Yorker? Or did he just have a favourite girl he couldn't do without?
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            • #36
              Sex scandals are a Washington specialty. He was thinking ahead.

              The details are great fun, including bundles of cash being passed around by the good gov'ner. Then you have all of the Wall Streeters saying he was a good for nothing.

              wsj.com
              http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120517240415424747.html?mod=hps_us_inside_today


              The Washington hotel was believed to be the Mayflower Hotel, according to a person familiar with the situation. And the Associated Press reported that Mr. Spitzer's involvement in the ring was caught on a federal wiretap as part of an investigation opened in recent months, according to a law enforcement official.

              According to the complaint filed against four defendants charged with running a prostitution ring that charged rates of as much as $5,500 an hour, the first evidence of Mr. Spitzer's dealings with the ring occurred on Feb 11, when one of the defendants, Temeka Rachelle Lewis, asked to be informed when a "package" of money from a person identified in the complaint as "Client-9" and believed to be Mr. Spitzer, arrived.

              Though the money apparently still hadn't arrived on Feb. 12, Ms. Lewis called a prostitute who used the name "Kristen" to book a trip to Washington. "Kristen" was going to take the train from New York to Washington and the client, believed to be Mr. Spitzer, would pay for everything – "train tickets, cab fare from the hotel and back, mini bar or room service, travel time and hotel." Ms. Lewis added that the client believed to be Mr. Spitzer "would not do traditional wire transferring."
              WSJ legal editor Ashby Jones discusses the possible legal implications for New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer regarding his involvement in a prostitution ring.

              Later that night, Mr. Spitzer called Ms. Lewis. Ms. Lewis told him the "package" hadn't arrived and asked if there was a return address, and he responded that there wasn't. He said he was interested in an appointment the following evening.

              The next day, Feb. 13, "Kristen" was told that the money had arrived and that she should go to New York City's Penn Station, where she would get the Amtrak train for the trip to Washington. That afternoon, Mr. Spitzer, identified in the complaint as Client-9, called and told Ms. Lewis he expected to have an appointment at "10:00 pm or so," and asked who would be serving him. When told it was "Kristen," he replied "great, okay, wonderful." According to the complaint, this wasn't the first time that the client had used the Emperors Club service.

              The complaint also said he was asked whether he could give "Kristen" extra money at his appointment that night to avoid payment issues in the future. The client said he might, according to the complaint.

              Shortly before 9 p.m. on Feb. 13, the person who is said to be Mr. Spitzer told Ms. Lewis that he had arranged to leave a key in the room for Kristen. According to the complaint, he asked Ms. Lewis to remind him what "Kristen" looked like. Ms. Lewis responded that she is a five-foot five-inch petite brunette, according to the complaint.

              The client arrived shortly after 9:36 p.m. according to the complaint, and left soon before 12:02 a.m. Mr. Spitzer apparently paid "Kristen" $4,300 before he left. The prostitute told Ms. Lewis, "I don't think he's difficult."

              The day "Client-9" was said to be in Washington, Feb. 13, was the day Mr. Spitzer appeared before lawmakers do discuss problems facing the bond insurance industry.

              The case is being handled by prosecutors in the Public Corruption unit of U.S. Attorney Michael Garcia's office. Garcia spokeswoman Yusill Scribner said the office had no comment.

              Around a stunned state Capitol in Albany, lawmakers and staff huddled around televisions to see the news conference. A media mob gathered outside the office of Lt. Gov. David Paterson, who would become governor if Spitzer was to resign.
              I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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              • #37
                Berz: He did lots of good work putting away those criminals
                Alot of those people didn't deserve to be jailed, now he's getting a taste of his own medicine.

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                • #38
                  According to the law, they got what was coming to them.
                  I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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                  • #39
                    Is she at least better looking the Monica?

                    This does seem a lot of work for a first time use of the 'services'.

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                    • #40
                      People who don't put a space in "A lot" should be jailed
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                      • #41
                        According to the law, they got what was coming to them.
                        Morality aint defined by the law... Did slaves get what was coming to them?

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                        • #42
                          Originally posted by snoopy369
                          People who don't put a space in "A lot" should be jailed
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                          • #43
                            Originally posted by snoopy369
                            People who don't put a space in "A lot" should be jailed
                            Then I guess y'all aint fans of Alotta Fagina
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                            • #44
                              Originally posted by Berzerker
                              Morality aint defined by the law... Did slaves get what was coming to them?
                              Unless you're on the other side from respectable society, it just doesn't make sense to criticize a law man for upholding the law
                              I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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                              • #45
                                Since when is society respectable? And if I was alive 150 years ago I would have been criticizing "law men" who went around enforcing the Fugitive Slave Act.

                                "I was just following orders" I agreed to follow doesn't impress me as a morally defensible argument.

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