Posted on 03/15/2008 2:45:40 PM PDT by John Semmens
New York’s Governor Eliot Spitzer (D) resigned in disgrace after it was discovered that he has been cavorting with high-priced prostitutes for a number of years. As NY’s Attorney General, Spitzer had been an avid prosecutor of prostitution, referring to it as a “stain on the community’s moral well-being,” and its patrons as “low-life scum.”
Spitzer defended his liaisons as the notorious “Client #9,” saying that he had been engaged in “a long-term, under-cover sting operation.” “People have unfairly accused me of lust and fornication,” Spitzer said. “They don’t understand the kind of dirty work that has to be done to fight corruption.”
Nevertheless, Spitzer said he was resigning “in order to take the focus off of me and allow federal agents to devote their time and energy on the real miscreants undermining our nation.”
Privately, Spitzer has been reported as puzzled by the “double standard.” “Bill Clinton gets blown by a teenager and masturbates in a White House sink, yet, the Party rallies to his defense,” Spitzer complained. “Here I am, risking my health probing interstate criminal activity and I’m pushed out. Where’s the justice in that?”
Democratic Party insiders say that Spitzer was mostly the victim of “bad timing.” “Under different circumstances I think he could have brazened it out,” said a source insisting on anonymity. “But with Hillary Clinton locked in a big battle for the nomination, she couldn’t afford this distraction.”
It is said that in gratitude for his quick exit Spitzer will get a cabinet appointment as Attorney General in Hillary Clinton’s Administration—a spot from which he can resume his vendetta against American business.
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Funny it is always NY Governor...not Democrat NY Governor.....
The media leaves that tag out
Which was the last RESIGNATION from any post that was “honorable”?
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