He harrassed and had others sentenced for this crime. “What’s good for the goose…” If you want to make sex for cash legal, it’s another issue. Are there bigger fish to fry? Hell yes. If we can get a minnow or two into the pan maybe there’s a chance of landing the tournament winning Bush…...er…a I meant to say Bass. You got to start somewhere folks and I say a billionaire is as good a place as any. Why should only the poor be in prison? Equality baby!

The maximum penalty for the same offense he recommended to the judge while district attorney, plus a day.

If only we could work this out QuyTran.

Yep, if only GWB could get caught with his pants down, having sex with ANYBODY, it might work.

Nothing else has.

But alas, it’s highly doubtful that GWB engages in such human activity.

It’s late in the day, well actually it is tomorrow from this post and with another post on this site shouting the ‘gain’ for wall street which actually finished lower, kinda goes to show that nothing is written in stone except one thing for sure.  Sex is a very STRONG natural drive and any reproducing organism strives to the utmost to pass its genes on down the line. And except for drugs/narcotics there really is nothing that feels sooooo gooood when that big orgasm burst forth. So a big question to me is why does this country deal with sex as being dirty, nasty and looked down on from the public point of view. Hell, people aren’t even supposed to talk about it according to the bible toters. So we make laws and create misery and suffering for a lot of consentual people having sexual intercourse.
Then on the other hand, we have hugh hefner sitting in his big house with his trio of perfectly sculpted females(for him at least and most nascar fans) and how many kids does he really have around? Not to mention the fact that he his paying these girls a lot of money for sex, sex and more sex. So much so that he probably has an IV hook up to a bottle of viagra. And this is approved by good house keeping and envied by most people in the country. I think this very well describes a schizoid type of society.
Before I am corrected, I am talking consentual sex, be it husband/wife, neighbor/neighbor, best friend’s spouses, prostitutes. It might be easier to stop the rain from falling than to stop people having sex. But too many laws try and hinder this grand and glorious act because there are a few people that are ‘uncomfortable’ with it.
I just saw a picture on msnbc’s site of the supposed girl in question. Man, if I had $5000 bucks to throw her way to pop a nut in her or get a blowjob, I would do it in a heartbeat.
So, give the best reasons to stop sexual intercourse so our lawmakers can totally ban it except for themselves.

Posted by Liza: “God forbid anyone should be forgiven for a human weakness, especially after apologizing.”

Human weakness is getting a blowjob in the backseat. Arguably, that might be good fortune rather than weakness. paying thousands of dollars per night for whores is an incredibly insensitive act in a country where many have less income in a year than he spends on one night of questionable pleasure. Why on earth would anyone want to forgive such as this?

He was involved with an illegal prostitution ring, exactly the sort of thing he was supposed to be against, the sort of thing he was hired to prevent.

I don’t care that he had sex with someone besides his wife, and I suppose she didn’t care, either, or she might not be standing beside him. I do care that he’s such an incredible hypocrite with more money than brain. If most of us were having such a moment of weakness, we wouldn’t have access to high-powered attorneys like the one now accompanying Spitzer.

And this isn’t Spitzer’s first time in the news - earlier stories also reflect a very power-hungry, vicious person.

We gotta spread the wealth, Maani.  Give some other “competent” sleeze balls a chance to practice their craft.

The people, losers???? You can’t be serious.  Do you think for one minute that any one of those competent assholes in public service is indispensible? 

There are a hundred others to take his place.

ES “assembled a high powered defense team.”  This can only mean his future is already laid out for him.

I wouldn’t trade my life for his now, even if he threw in his $200 million, or whatever it is. 

HAAAAAAA! Way to go, El.

If this man is guilty of anything it’s first and foremost, STUPIDITY, followed closely by hypocrisy and unfaithfulness… oh, hell, let’s throw in dishonesty for good measure.

I guess he should step down… his cover’s blown and his halo yanked clear off his skull. He’s been outed as a “common man.” Down off that pedestal, commoner!

But I still can’t get past STUPIDITY. Deep down he must have WANTED to get caught.

What Eliot Spitzer has done isn’t even a parking ticket compared to what Bush/Cheney did to Iraq.  And who has spoken up for Eliot Spitzer?  Any prominent Democrats?

Why not just let the Enrons rule the world and forget about those who tried to make a difference.

What a sad story this is.  Give us enough rope and we will gladly hang ourselves.  God forbid anyone should be forgiven for a human weakness, especially after apologizing.

But tell me: what, if any, “public good” is served by his resignation?

I’ll tell you, but it has to do with point of perspective. From the perspective of white collar criminals this is one of the greatest days and probably will be made into a national holiday. Just one more barrier to unbridled criminality taken away to prevent crooks from gaining more control for their endeavors.
By the way, did senator craig of idaho ever step down or resign? If not, then see? It clearly shows that being a republican makes them legal criminals. Any more questions?
It does gripe my senses to see someone that will go after white collar criminals do something like this even though sex is sex, one of the most natural things in nature. If someone wants to be paid for providing sexual favors and someone is willing to pay for sexual favors and the transaction is not done with illegal money, let em go for it. I can’t but help but wonder about the wives of these guys and why they stick with them other than there being a money/power thing.

Spitzer did resign, so when does GWB ?

It shows what the guy was all about - extremely poor judgement, hypocrisy, fiscal irresponsibility, disloyalty, and poor impulse control.

He held a position with a lot of power attached to it. In return for this power, he owed responsibility.

I still hope his wife dumps him. There have to be better men out there (for her, their daughters and for NY) than that.

Okay, Spitzer was a bad boy and a hypocrite.  But tell me: what, if any, “public good” is served by his resignation?  As Bob Scheer points out in another thread, how does this change the status quo of DC, or transnational power, or the situation in Iraq, or the economic meltdown - or anything at all?

The winners: Wall Street, the media and Spitzer’s enemies, particularly Joe Bruno.  The losers:  The people.

Peace.