Never liked him. Always thought he looked like a punk, talked like a punk, acted like a punk - I wrote that a loooong time ago.
So, now it seems Governor Eliot Spitzer, (D-NY) is in hot water due to what Flip is already calling Shtupergate (better than Putz-gate, I think), a scandal about a prostitution ring. Imagine that. Will he resign? A Democrat Governor resigning and it’s “only about sex?” He’ll fight on, I predict; if he does not, I’d bet it’s about more than just a little patronage.
His rather in-character remarks are here on video. I feel badly for his wife.
As Spitzer is a Hillary Superdelegate, I’m sure she is not happy today, and I’m pretty sure you’ll be seeing a resignation down the pike.
[Update - ] You KNOW Hillary is going to want this story to go away fast; there are only two places she can go with it, she can play “I sympathize with his victim wife” which doesn’t work, because it reminds everyone of all the Fight-it- Out Cinton High-Drama, or she can try to joke and say, “hey, at least Bill never had to pay,” which probably would not be appreciated, but really, her best bet is to make this go away. Instapundit says Hillary’s website has scrubbed references to Spitzer. I think that gives you your answer. Almost could say that was monsterously efficient. I’d love to see the talking points.
New York Governor Eliot Spitzer Linked to Prostitution Ring…
Update from NY Times: Wiretaps?
Gov. Eliot Spitzer has been caught on a federal wiretap arranging to meet with a high-priced prostitute at a Washington hotel last month, according to a person briefed on the federal investigation.
The wiretap record…
[...] An articulate constituent weighs in with “Spitzer….everything I always thought he’d be.” It goes downhill for him from there. Silda Spitzer’s depressed dignity has to be [...]
I don’t think Spitzer can contest this one, dear lady. It’s not just the violation of his marriage vows; it’s a self-indulgent criminal act by a man who’s arrogantly paraded his “ethics” before us all as he vowed to “clean up Albany.” Troopergate didn’t quite do for him; this will.
The real question is what sort of political fallout the Democrats will suffer from the discovery that the governor of one of their most important bastions, spoken of as a future presidential contender, is a lawbreaker and an adulterer. The Dems have had enough of both, wouldn’t you say?
I don’t understand why he had to bring a hooker from NY down here to Washington. What, don’t we have enough prostitutes in DC? I would imagine the local hookers should feel quite insulted!
maybe if he weren’t so sanctimonious and ‘holier than thou,’ I’d be able to muster up some sympathy for the guy.
In the end, it is his wife and daughters that I feel for.
There was a news video of his daughter leaving the family home this morning and my heart went out to the kid. The amount of damage Spitzer wrought wasn’t limited to the betrayal of his wife and the citizens of New York. The real damage will be played out in the years to come, borne by his now teenage daughters.
How do you suppose they’ll look at men, with the behavior of their father as a ‘life lesson’?
Roger L Simon gets it: … the outcry against Spitzer was not because he was some man seeing a prostitute, but because he was a guy who puts prostitutes in jail seeing a prostitute. John Carney: There’s a certain poetic quality to this final act …
Siggy I agree with you - I feel awful for his wife and daughters (and the fact that any cameras are trained on them a all). This morning I heard a man call this a “victimless crime.” Seems to me his wife and daughters are proper victims; they have had their foundations ripped from them.
March 10th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
New York Governor Eliot Spitzer Linked to Prostitution Ring…
Update from NY Times: Wiretaps?
Gov. Eliot Spitzer has been caught on a federal wiretap arranging to meet with a high-priced prostitute at a Washington hotel last month, according to a person briefed on the federal investigation.
The wiretap record…
March 10th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
[...] The Anchoress has video. [...]
March 10th, 2008 at 4:38 pm
[...] An articulate constituent weighs in with “Spitzer….everything I always thought he’d be.” It goes downhill for him from there. Silda Spitzer’s depressed dignity has to be [...]
March 10th, 2008 at 4:44 pm
I don’t think Spitzer can contest this one, dear lady. It’s not just the violation of his marriage vows; it’s a self-indulgent criminal act by a man who’s arrogantly paraded his “ethics” before us all as he vowed to “clean up Albany.” Troopergate didn’t quite do for him; this will.
The real question is what sort of political fallout the Democrats will suffer from the discovery that the governor of one of their most important bastions, spoken of as a future presidential contender, is a lawbreaker and an adulterer. The Dems have had enough of both, wouldn’t you say?
March 10th, 2008 at 6:54 pm
I don’t understand why he had to bring a hooker from NY down here to Washington. What, don’t we have enough prostitutes in DC? I would imagine the local hookers should feel quite insulted!
March 10th, 2008 at 11:50 pm
I would imagine the local hookers should feel quite insulted!
you mean the Congress?
March 11th, 2008 at 9:31 am
I’m with you- I never liked the guy.
maybe if he weren’t so sanctimonious and ‘holier than thou,’ I’d be able to muster up some sympathy for the guy.
In the end, it is his wife and daughters that I feel for.
There was a news video of his daughter leaving the family home this morning and my heart went out to the kid. The amount of damage Spitzer wrought wasn’t limited to the betrayal of his wife and the citizens of New York. The real damage will be played out in the years to come, borne by his now teenage daughters.
How do you suppose they’ll look at men, with the behavior of their father as a ‘life lesson’?
March 11th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
Today's Eliot Spitzer Roundup…
Roger L Simon gets it: … the outcry against Spitzer was not because he was some man seeing a prostitute, but because he was a guy who puts prostitutes in jail seeing a prostitute. John Carney: There’s a certain poetic quality to this final act …
March 11th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
Siggy I agree with you - I feel awful for his wife and daughters (and the fact that any cameras are trained on them a all). This morning I heard a man call this a “victimless crime.” Seems to me his wife and daughters are proper victims; they have had their foundations ripped from them.