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One time ally and fellow Democrat, Hillary Clinton is running away from Spitzer as fast as she can. They’ve already scrubbed her website of any reference to Spitzer. It wont be that easy as Spitzer is one of her superdelegates.
Outside the Beltway
Aside from a general sense that chief executive officers ought to obey the laws they’re charged with enforcing and that married men ought to be faithful to their wives, I really don’t care much about this story. The interesting angle, really, is the hypocrisy bit.
The Swamp
Spitzer was in Washington over the weekend at the Gridiron Dinner. When he was introduced, a lot of the people in the hotel ballroom probably thought as I did, that he had really hurt what once looked like a promising political future with his aborted controversial move to give drivers’ licenses to illegal immigrants. Now that seems like the least of his problems.
Political Byline
Of course, The right is screaming, “HA HA!” and “Hypocrite!” and the Left is basically hunkered down and not saying much. I think it’s sad and it will hurt the democrats. I only imagine the feelings of the people in New York. I know, I would be highly annoyed, if I knew my Governor was involved with something such as this.
Hot Air
Nice to have a sex scandal for once that doesn’t involve a Republican, eh?
Michelle Malkin
Wow. This is an astounding turn of events for a ruthlessly ambitious, self-styled crusader against corruption.
The Jawa Report
Salacious pics added for dramatic effect. Who am I kidding? Pics added because the prostitutes Spitzer was involved with were not street corner crack whores, but hot upscale “models”.
Atlas Shrugs
Always cloaking themselves as agents of change, Mr. Clean, blah blah blah, Spitzer more than anyone played holier than thou. He decimated secotrs of Wall Street. Apparently, his royal cleanliness is client #9.
Don Surber
Methinks the guv is cooked. He’s had setback after setback. Now he has a sex scandal, where he paid for sex. That’s ugly. Voters might forgive a bimbo here or even a bimbeau there. But paying for it? In the Age of AIDS?
Kevin Drum @ Political Animal
As with David Vitter and Larry Craig, my official position is: who cares. This shouldn’t be illegal in the first place and I don’t care what these guys do in their private time. Needless to say, though, this is not a majority opinion, and the fact that Spitzer has busted prostitution rings in his previous career brings the usual hypocrisy charges into play too. I’d put his survival odds at less than 10%.
Politik Ditto
This horrible governor who bullied & smeared those who dared oppose him, wanted to grant illegal immigrants drivers licenses and campaigned as a reformer of ethics needs to step down.
TalkLeft
Jeffrey Toobin went to law school with Spitzer and is telling CNN now on the phone he was always such a straight arrow. As Attorney General, he was always a “moralist.” I have to agree. I used to debate Spitzer on tv before he was Attorney General and met him several times. He’s the least likely person I can imagine being involved in this. I never liked his position on crime, but I liked him and am sorry to see this.
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March 10th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
Why is everyone all over this, but McCain messing around on his wife with a lobbyist got five minutes because he lied instead of standing up like a man as Spitzer is doing?
March 10th, 2008 at 7:31 pm
Sex, Lies, and Spitzer…
It’s also time to refresh recollections over what Spitzer thought of Alan Hevesi, who was caught using state funds for private use. Spitzer said Hevesi was unfit to continue in office, despite winning reelection. Well, what say you now?…
March 12th, 2008 at 11:07 pm
Shocking,ah? So this was Ashley Alexandra Dupre as the prostitute on this video with Governor Eliot Spitzer?
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