Especially given that he worked so hard a) to close down prostitution rings while he was attorney general; and b) prosecute John's (such as his hypocritical self) as felons rather than misdemeanants?
Did some rings know of his escapades and thereby avoid prosecution? Did he get freebees as a consequence? Or was he just a moth that eventually became too attracted to the flame?
I've pinged a few of you. If you don't know some of these answer, do you know anybody else who might? It sure seems like this story should be far from over.
I look for a lot of fallout over this but doubt he will be prosecuted for all, maybe any of, it.
I cannot wait to see the entire client list. I’ll bet some puckering is going on where you couldn’t drive a 10 penny nail up some of those guys’ rear.
Congressman Billybob
Thanx for asking my advice.
In a world outside the US where prostitution is either not a crime or not punished (and never news), when a man is in mixed company and comes down really hard against prostitution in a discussion...it means that he is “protesting too much” to the women around him.
Men never give brownie points to other men who decry the existence of prostitution.
It is almost always a sign that a man uses prostitutes if he comes down hard against them...or he is a nerd trying out a bizarre strategy to make the women around him think he’s “clean”.
Most men don’t have such low self esteem that they feel the need to build themselves up as the knight in shining armor by putting other men down.
Sam Brownback is the US Senator who is most against “sex trafficking” and “men living out their sexual fantasies by exploiting vulnerable women”.
I am sure this guy is another Eliot Spitzer waiting to happen, but I don’t have the proof...yet.
An argument against that theory is that Sam Brownback’s wife is good looking and he’s from Kansas, meaning his only temptation would be coming to him from the Washington area.
Unlike Spitzer, Brownback probably knows nothing about the sex industry which is why, when he talks other men down for wanting to live out their fantasies, he could be just a blowhard trying to score cheap points with the old ladies in Kansas.
In any event, after Spitzer, Brownback was the leading anti-prostitution politician in the US. I guess he is #1 now.
Anyway, I found Kerstin’s myspace page:
http://www.myspace.com/ninavenetta
She is an excellent singer and should be a millionaire within the next 10 days, although she is basically homeless now (she did not get to keep much of what Spitzer gave her).
In particular, her song “What We Want” will be on Billboard’s top 10 within the week because it is just that good.
Some lyrics: “I know what you want...when you handle me”. “Been around can’t tell me nothing. I see through you, wanna believe you can’t really trust anyone but me”.
She has real talent. This Spitzer stuff will just be the springboard.
She may someday have more money than he does.
The Playboy centerfold will be an additional $300,000 cash on the nail for starters.
Strangely, you will notice on the prostitute’s blog that the most vicious comments come from married males.
These men must be struggling with themselves on the topic.
One guy named Ken says “The people of your craft destroy everything that is beautiful and inject death. Think of the brokeness of the wife and daughters”.
My experience from real life says that such men are probably seeing hookers themselves and loathing themselves for it.
A: I don’t think malfeasance is part of tort law
Common elements of malfeasance in office:
1)An affirmative act or omission.
2)The act must have been done in an official capacity—under the color of office.
3) The act somehow interferes with the performance of official duties. There is debate about “whose official” duties.
Usually, the “penalty” is removal from office.
B: Last I checked, hypocracy is not a crime
C: “Did some rings know of his escapades and thereby avoid prosecution? Did he get freebees as a consequence?” Probably questions considered by the U.S. Attorney which is why a deal was not struck for the resignation.
D: The story will go as far as the Fed’s and the press want it to.