Posted on 03/10/2008 8:44:39 PM PDT by khnyny
The woman accused of running a prostitution ring allegedly patronized by Eliot Spitzer told one of her call girls that the New York governor had been known to "ask you to do things that, like, you might not think were safe."
But whatever Spitzer -- or, in the language of a federal court filing, "Client-9" -- did with a petite brunette nicknamed "Kristen" on the eve of Valentine's Day last month at Washington's Mayflower Hotel, it probably wasn't as monstrous as what he asked his wife to do yesterday.
In the grand tradition of Larry Craig, David Vitter and Jim McGreevey, Spitzer dragged his partner of 21 years before the television cameras at his offices in New York to announce that he was "disappointed" in himself for unspecified sins.
Silda Wall Spitzer looked like a victim of food poisoning as she stood by her man's side. She cast her eyes downward at the 183-word statement while he read it. She raised her glance only briefly, when the governor admitted he had "acted in a way that violates my obligation to my family," when he offered an apology "to the public, whom I promised better," and again when he pledged to "dedicate some time to regain the trust of my family."
The silent Mrs. Spitzer -- Harvard law school graduate, corporate lawyer, nonprofit founder and mother of the governor's three daughters -- then led Client 9 away from the lectern.
Fortunately for Mrs. Spitzer, the ordeal lasted only 67 seconds, and the governor, his forehead shining under the TV lights, took no questions. Unfortunately for Mr. Spitzer, this left unchallenged a rather lurid account of the events of last month at the Mayflower in the federal prosecutors' filing; indeed, Spitzer admitted that he violated "any sense of right and wrong."
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He is such a classy guy to parade his humiliated wife out there like that...NOT!
He must still have some hopes of doing something in Politics....strange as that seems....otherwise why do it?
Funny paragraph:
Thrice in his brief statement, Spitzer spoke of his affection for his home state: his desire to “bring real change to New York,” to “rebuild New York” and to do “what is best for the state of New York.” Even in scandal, he sought to patronize New York products, working with a New York company to have Kristen exported.
Typical arrogant, egotistical political maneuvering of supposed elitists.
Mrs. Spitzer should have given him a knuckle sandwich during the presser.
I'm a 50 yr old ex sailor who's seen a lot of the world and this statement scares me!
But, face it folks. He's a) rich and 2) a Dem, so he's got a very good chance of getting away scot-free.
Yeah, it doesn’t make sense that the women have to be drug out there...reminds me of the same shame Ted Haggart put his poor wife through.
If I was his wife, I would NOT have stood by him
I would have told him:
YOU made this mess now
YOU stand alone and deal with it.
I’ll let you know what I will do about it later.
Into the lions den you go!
The expression on Silda Spitzer’s face was one of extreme sadness. My understanding is that their three daughters were in the audience as well.
Spitzer should resign just for humiliating his wife like that. That was spousal abuse.
But Silda is no slouch—she’s an ex-corporate lawyer. She should have said something as well—like announcing her divorce.
In the age of feminism, I don’t understand how educated women will stand to be treated like doormats. For the sake of her three teenage daughters, she should have provided a more powerful example of a woman taking control and not standing for being betrayed and humiliated in public.
Human dynamics aside, and realizing that Silda may have been still be in a state of shock a la Dana McGreevey was, the image of a crestfallen Silda standing “by her man” spoke a very strong message of who was in control of that relationship.
And it wasn’t her.
Can some female Freepers shed some light on this?
in exchange for NO prosecution.
Har Har!
I hope that she divorces his sorry a** and takes him to the cleaners for all the money he has. Frankly, I don’t know what’s wrong with some of these guys that they cannot just have sex with their wives. A good portion of the plebs in America are able to do that. Is power that absolute a corrupter that they cannot keep their pants on???
“In the grand tradition of Larry Craig, David Vitter and Jim McGreevey, Spitzer dragged his partner of 21 years before the television cameras at his offices in New York to announce that he was “disappointed” in himself for unspecified sins.”
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Oops, Dana, baby. You forgot to add one other name to that list and you had so many to choose from, e.g., Bubba, the Shlickmeister, the Rapist, the Head man, the pornographer in chief, the Head cheese and so on. Please Dana, in your future objective articles please try to be more inclusive since you and your buds at the Washing Compost always seek to be fair.
My vote is for no plea bargains.
Elsewhere there’s a link to a poll at Newsday where the vote is pretty even on him just “moving on” from his little “indiscretion”...
The left doesn’t care when it is a Dhimmi, but let it be a Republican - then all hell breaks loose.
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