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Eliot Spitzer, Mr Law & Order

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    themightypuckthemightypuck MontanaRegistered User regular
    edited March 2008
    This is why people love Dr. Gregory House. He would have sniffed this out ages ago.

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    monikermoniker Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    deowolf wrote: »
    So what do relatively young, disgraced former governors do with their time? I'm thinking 'consultant'.

    Get some hookers and some blow?

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    ConvaelConvael Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    What the fuck... you might as well line up anyone in Washington who advocates harsher penalties for pedophiles or putting an end to child pornography and say, "You're all pedophiles!". What is the deal with all of these phonies being exposed recently...

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    DaedalusDaedalus Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    He's more than two and a half years away from re-election, so if he doesn't resign, I'm sure this will blow over by then.

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    NewresNewres Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    I usually do not care what politicians,or anyone for that matter, do in their private life, as long as it is legal, but the whole fact that he rolled up 2 prostitution rings and makes my hypocrite senses tingling intensely.

    Read an article on the whole emperor's club. The name was right on the money: prices were up to $31000 a day (!). I wonder how in hell did the clients expected (and did) keep those charges hidden from their wifes. Expense for 'special' cushions ? Also did those prostitutes' vaginas cure cancer for those prices ?

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    deowolfdeowolf is allowed to do that. Traffic.Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    moniker wrote: »
    deowolf wrote: »
    So what do relatively young, disgraced former governors do with their time? I'm thinking 'consultant'.

    Get some hookers and some blow?

    I meant when they got out of office, not how.

    Twenty years later, Mario Cuomo doesn't look so corrupt, does he?

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    ScooterScooter Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    So, I'm confused. Why is this about him choosing whether or not to resign? Shouldn't he be, like, under arrest now?

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    MalkorMalkor Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Scooter wrote: »
    So, I'm confused. Why is this about him choosing whether or not to resign? Shouldn't he be, like, under arrest now?
    He has to be indicted (in the courts) first. Even if he is arrested he can't be taken out of office until there's a guilty verdict.

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    ElkiElki get busy Moderator, ClubPA mod
    edited March 2008
    Apparently his wife is the one urging him to stay on and not resign. Interesting.

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    wawkinwawkin Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    She'll lose what status she has left if he resigns.

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    Talkin to the robbery expert.

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    monikermoniker Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    deowolf wrote: »
    moniker wrote: »
    deowolf wrote: »
    So what do relatively young, disgraced former governors do with their time? I'm thinking 'consultant'.

    Get some hookers and some blow?

    I meant when they got out of office, not how.

    So did I. Hookers would certainly help him pass the time.

    Although I doubt he could afford his $5k an hour girl for long without an income. Unless he gets to keep his pension. Do they strip elected officials of that in New York for this sort of thing? I know Illinois does and that the Fed's don't, although I'm not sure what we do if there isn't a conviction and charges are reduced for whatever he bargains with. Being a John isn't that terrible a crime and if they drop the interstate sexings charge he wouldn't be committing a felony.

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    YallYall Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    As far as any criminal charges go, Spitzer might be in more hot water over the fact that he used multiple wire transfers to hide his activity.

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    FunkyWaltDoggFunkyWaltDogg Columbia, SCRegistered User regular
    edited March 2008
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    BubbaTBubbaT Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Bad news for Denver brothels. Spitzer might not be attending the convention, even though he's a Clinton superdelegate.

    http://blogs.forbes.com/trailwatch/2008/03/superdelegate-s.html

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    ElkiElki get busy Moderator, ClubPA mod
    edited March 2008
    CNN says he's in "transition talks" with the lt. governor, so I guess we can expect him to step down soon.

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    DickerdoodleDickerdoodle Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Hmm... if Renzi and Craig can hold off and not step down then I think he should try the same tactic.

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    ElkiElki get busy Moderator, ClubPA mod
    edited March 2008
    No he can't, because he's Spitzer.

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    MalkorMalkor Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    So does Joe Bruno become the Lt. governor?

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    nexuscrawlernexuscrawler Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Malkor wrote: »
    So does Joe Bruno become the Lt. governor?

    and apparently he keeps is senate seat too which is just bizarre

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    galenbladegalenblade Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Hmm... if Renzi and Craig can hold off and not step down then I think he should try the same tactic.

    They also didn't violate the Mann Act, as Spitzer allegedly has.

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    ElkiElki get busy Moderator, ClubPA mod
    edited March 2008
    And they didn't have to deal with New York's press.

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    MalkorMalkor Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Malkor wrote: »
    So does Joe Bruno become the Lt. governor?

    and apparently he keeps is senate seat too which is just bizarre

    Well I haven't been this interested in local politics since Ned Lamont won and Lieberman jumped ship. At least there's that.

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    deowolfdeowolf is allowed to do that. Traffic.Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    No, I think the power passes to the Lt gov, David Paterson, who would be the nation's 4th black governor over all, 2nd active, and I'm probably right in saying first legally blind major office holder. Steps forward in equality abound!

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    nexuscrawlernexuscrawler Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Yeah it passes to Patterson and Bruno gets bumped to Lt governor

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    KageraKagera Imitating the worst people. Since 2004Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Where's Marion Barry when you need him?

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    nexuscrawlernexuscrawler Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    I wonder how many effigies are burning on Wall St today. they loathe spitzer down there.

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    Zen VulgarityZen Vulgarity What a lovely day for tea Secret British ThreadRegistered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Malkor wrote: »
    So does Joe Bruno become the Lt. governor?

    and apparently he keeps is senate seat too which is just bizarre

    Wait, what?

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    KageraKagera Imitating the worst people. Since 2004Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    I wonder how many effigies are burning on Wall St today. they loathe spitzer down there.

    That's what happens when you lead a self-righteous crusade acting like your closet is skeleton-free.

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    nexuscrawlernexuscrawler Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Ok was slightly wrong. Bruno takes over some Lt gov duties but there's no official change in his title. Odd Ill have to look further into this

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    MalkorMalkor Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    From CNN
    "It is a 'when' question on the resignation, not an 'if.' He knows that," said a Democratic source with firsthand knowledge of the issue.
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    Oh man, that would make a great Av...
    CNN wrote:
    If Spitzer paid for Kristen to travel from New York to Washington to perform sexual acts for money, as is alleged in the affidavit, the governor could be found violation of federal law. The Mann Act makes it a federal offense to take someone across state lines for the purpose of prostitution.

    Seriously, what was he thinking?

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    GungHoGungHo Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    deowolf wrote: »
    So what do relatively young, disgraced former governors do with their time? I'm thinking 'consultant'.
    He could start a legal brothel in Nevada.
    Not unless he wants to get whacked by Dennis Hof.

    I'm kidding. AFAIK, he's one of the few pimps around who isn't a thug or a mobster. That doesn't mean I think he's a good guy. He still exploits people (the tricks and the johns). He just doesn't hold a shotgun to their heads or kidnap them from South America/Indochina.
    galenblade wrote: »
    Hmm... if Renzi and Craig can hold off and not step down then I think he should try the same tactic.
    They also didn't violate the Mann Act, as Spitzer allegedly has.
    Note to self: shop domestic.

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    DracomicronDracomicron Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Malkor wrote: »
    CNN wrote:
    If Spitzer paid for Kristen to travel from New York to Washington to perform sexual acts for money, as is alleged in the affidavit, the governor could be found violation of federal law. The Mann Act makes it a federal offense to take someone across state lines for the purpose of prostitution.

    Seriously, what was he thinking?

    Honestly, the Mann Act is kinda bullshit. It's a Jim Crow-era law that they dig up when they want to throw the book at prostitution rings. Unless someone is kidnapped and forced into prostitution (in which case there are other, better charges to use), what's the difference if a prostitute crosses state lines or stays home?

    Bit of trivia, tha Mann Act was originally called the "White-Slave Traffic Act of 1910." So considerate of of the government to crack down on all the white slavery forty-five years after the Civil War.
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    deowolf wrote: »
    So what do relatively young, disgraced former governors do with their time? I'm thinking 'consultant'.
    He could start a legal brothel in Nevada.
    Not unless he wants to get whacked by Dennis Hof.

    I'm kidding. AFAIK, he's one of the few pimps around who isn't a thug or a mobster. That doesn't mean I think he's a good guy. He still exploits people (the tricks and the johns). He just doesn't hold a shotgun to their heads or kidnap them from South America/Indochina.

    He sickens me because he runs his operation like Amway. But that's mostly just because blatant corporate capitalism leaves me sick to my stomach.

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    geckahngeckahn Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    I hate New York politics.

    This is going to empower Bruno and make everything shittier.

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    MalkorMalkor Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Cat I'd totally vote for you to be the Governor of New York.

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    geckahngeckahn Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    People have the right to lead totally fucked up lives. It happens all the time, actually.

    And yeah, I think prostitution should be legal. Black markets do nobody but the guys on top any good.

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    werehippywerehippy Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    I wonder how many effigies are burning on Wall St today. they loathe spitzer down there.

    There was apparently cheering on the floor of the stock exchange when the news broke.

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    sanstodosanstodo Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    werehippy wrote: »
    I wonder how many effigies are burning on Wall St today. they loathe spitzer down there.

    There was apparently cheering on the floor of the stock exchange when the news broke.

    Which is kind of horrible, actually. His wife gets publicly humiliated and his kids have to deal with this mess. Yeah, a real reason to cheer :roll:. Then again, if I were a floor trader, maybe I'd be into schadenfreude a little more.

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    ElkiElki get busy Moderator, ClubPA mod
    edited March 2008
    I'm obviously not impressed by what he did, but I'm much less impressed by what the assholes he went after on Wall Street were doing. Fuck them.

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    DracomicronDracomicron Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Elki wrote: »
    I'm obviously not impressed by what he did, but I'm much less impressed by what the assholes he went after on Wall Street were doing. Fuck them.

    Well yeah, he fucked a hooker.

    The Wall Street people tried to fuck everybody with all that late trading stuff.

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    AdrienAdrien Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Elki wrote: »
    I'm obviously not impressed by what he did, but I'm much less impressed by what the assholes he went after on Wall Street were doing. Fuck them.

    Well yeah, he fucked a hooker.

    The Wall Street people tried to fuck everybody with all that late trading stuff.

    He got ripped off by a hooker, man. $5500 a night? Ouch.

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