where da hoes?

3/11/2008 2:12:50 PM

CNN is breaking that he and the Lt. Gov. are discussing transition issues.

3/11/2008 2:36:09 PM

Quote :

"But it's perfectly legitimate to wonder if the FBI used any of their relatively new-found powers to obtain the data they did. "

From what I'm reading, it doesn't sound like the FBI did. Basically, the IRS was doing its due diligence, looking into unusual movements of money for politicians, found something unusual in Spitzer's numbers that suggested possible political corruption, called in the FBI to investigate, and from there, discovered that the money was going into an apparent prostitution ring. They then got the necessary, more traditional wiretaps to break that group.

An interesting article in the New York Times on how it was discovered:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/11/nyregion/11inquire.html?hp

It's kind of sad though; Even if he was an righteous, arrogant crusader, the fact that he could make Wall Street tremble in fear of his zealous judicial campaigns is quite impressive. If he had been any other politician, this probably wouldn't have been a career ender, but since he had built himself up as a paragon of judicial virtue, hunting down and crushing all criminal elements including prostitution rings, to be found using elaborate funding maneuvers to purchases services from the very groups he was trying to destroy pretty much breaks his reputation.

3/11/2008 2:40:51 PM

BUSH DID THIS TO THE SHERIFF OF WALL STREET!!!1

3/11/2008 2:49:55 PM

If the Spitz resigns, New York will have its first legally blind Governor as Lt. Gov Paterson is ready to step in.

He should save some money since he doesn't have to get the good-looking hookers.

I still think the Spitz is gonna try to pull a Clinton and stay in office.

3/11/2008 8:45:34 PM

^^ you know that your bastion of liberal media, the NY Times, broke the story, right?

3/11/2008 8:50:42 PM

He should stay in office. This is mickey mouse bullshit that is a huge waste of taxpayer money.

[Edited on March 12, 2008 at 12:19 AM. Reason : P.S. What was the opportunity cost of doing this bust versus tackling real crimes?]

3/12/2008 12:14:15 AM

haha i love the timeline of him being on jon stewart...fucks around with prostitute, then gives interview at 7am, then goes before senate arms services committiee

3/12/2008 12:15:19 AM

This guy should be lauded for pumping money into the economy.

Spitzer gives money to whore
Whore give money to drug dealer
Drug dealer buys rims with money
Rim-making company give salary to worker
Ungrateful workers express faux outrage over prostitution

3/12/2008 12:18:21 AM

if i were the prostitute, i'd give like one interview to the media for a ton of money

3/12/2008 12:20:56 AM

Quote :

"P.S. What was the opportunity cost of doing this bust versus tackling real crimes?"

Good question. As NY attorney general Spitzer broke up a call-girl ring and locked up 18 people on money laundering, corruption, and prostitution charges.

But that's just mickey mouse bullshit, right skokiaan?

At the very least he should step down because of the blatant hyprocrisy he's shown.

The feds were tipped off because he tried to pay a goddamn prostitution ring more than $10,000 at one time, which will set off a red flag no matter who you are. It's not like he was targeted because he's a governor.

[Edited on March 12, 2008 at 12:31 AM. Reason : 2]

3/12/2008 12:31:30 AM

Yes, that is mickey mouse. The fact that he wasted time busting prostitution rings before doesn't mean that busting him now is any less of a waste

3/12/2008 1:12:59 AM

^^ The left-wing moonbats here only recognize Republicans as hypocrites.

Quote :

"you know that your bastion of liberal media, the NY Times, broke the story, right?"

agentlion

Let's examine the reporting of the "objective" Times, shall we? Here is the Spitzer story:

Quote :

"ALBANY — Gov. Eliot Spitzer continued to weigh whether to resign early Tuesday, a day after law enforcement officials said he was a client of a high-end prostitution ring broken up last week by federal authorities."

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/11/nyregion/11spitzer.html?ex=1362974400&en=eedb00b451dc37f9&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss

Hell, you'd never know he was a Democrat--until the eighth paragraph! So much for the summary lead.

Now here's the Times' "reporting" of the Vitter and Foley scandals:

Pressure Grows for Republicans Over Foley Scandal

Quote :

"WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 — Speaker J. Dennis Hastert faced intensifying questions on Monday about why Republicans had not reacted more assertively to Representative Mark Foley's messages to a teenage page, as members of his party, fearing a political debacle, demanded a strong response."

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/03/us/03foley.html?scp=4&sq=foley&st=nyt

Senator Admits Use of an Escort Service

Quote :

"WASHINGTON, July 9 (AP) — Senator David Vitter, Republican of Louisiana, apologized Monday for 'a very serious sin in my past' after his telephone number appeared among those associated with an escort service that operated here for 13 years."

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/10/washington/10escort.html?scp=5&sq=david+vitter&st=nyt

See a difference? Yeah, the Times is screaming "REPUBLICAN SCANDAL!" in the very first paragraphs--and they even managed to squeeze it into a headline.

Don't tell me there's not a difference. In any event, no news organization is going to pass on a story this juicy and lucrative--no matter how liberal or conservative it is.

For the idiots, solicitation is just the tip of the iceberg. Spitzer may be facing a number of other serious charges:

-Wire fraud

-Violations of the Mann Act

-Misuse of public resources

They'll probably accept his resignation as punishment enough for the solicitation.

3/12/2008 2:18:09 AM

3/12/2008 8:16:16 AM

I caught the last part of a report on NPR this morning that said it was likely he was caught by programs/initiatives that he implemented himself when he was the AG of NY in 2001. When he was going after Wall St executives, he implemented much stricter controls on banking and pushed through software programs that would datamine and track transactions to sniff out embezzlement or money laundering. These same programs could have been used to track his own money trail.

They also anonymously interviewed the owner of an Escort Service in New York that was upset that he was taking business out of the state

3/12/2008 8:24:10 AM

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[Edited on March 12, 2008 at 8:33 AM. Reason : nm]

3/12/2008 8:32:41 AM

Quote :

" Fischetti said that as a former prosecutor himself, Spitzer would not want to plead guilty to a felony that could carry jail time, like tax evasion, money laundering or bringing a prostitute across state lines. "The main thing I would do is not plead to a felony because if he does that his law license is toast," Fischetti said. "He can't practice law anymore." Meanwhile, as talks drag on, numerous groups have demanded that Spitzer step down, saying that his reform mission has been compromised. "This problem really affects Gov. Spitzer at the core rationale for his governorship," said Baruch College Professor David Birdsell. "He came in promising integrity, a faultless governorship, one that's built on the firmest morale principles." Hirshman's clear goal is to see if she can get prosecutors to allow Spitzer to plead to a misdemeanor, something along the lines of solicitation, so he'd be able to practice law after he leaves Albany in exchange for his promise to resign. --from CBS news "

Why do we want a criminal practicing law?

3/12/2008 9:54:24 AM

I thought all lawyers were criminals according to republicans?

3/12/2008 10:00:59 AM

they do it every day.

3/12/2008 10:07:42 AM

He's gone as of the 17th

3/12/2008 10:53:49 AM

DUKE OF WESTMINSTER

3/12/2008 4:41:41 PM

The hooker is pretty hot.

http://www.foxnews.com/photoessay/0,4644,3545,00.html#6_0

[Edited on March 12, 2008 at 11:38 PM. Reason : 2]

3/12/2008 11:36:20 PM

^ Worthless without pics.

3/13/2008 1:04:56 AM

Has anyone noticed this irony:

Democrats, the party that supports LGBT rights, typically have heterosexual sex scandals
Republicans, the homophobic party, typically have homosexual sex scandals

?




[Edited on March 13, 2008 at 2:50 AM. Reason : ^ I would hit it with executive privilege.]

3/13/2008 2:48:40 AM

now the majority of the country knows what 1000 bucks will get you for an hour.

3/13/2008 7:21:06 AM

Is it really that hard to bag hot chicks (for free) if you're rich and famous?

I mean sure, that girl is hot but 4300 for 2 hours? nah

3/13/2008 7:36:21 AM

no one is saying shes not hot, but i think the $4500 is more for discretion than anything else.

ironic how it was his own laws re: money laundering probes that did him in.




[Edited on March 13, 2008 at 8:10 AM. Reason : ]

3/13/2008 8:09:49 AM

Quote :

"Democrats, the party that supports LGBT rights, typically have heterosexual sex scandals Republicans, the homophobic party, typically have homosexual sex scandals"

Not as ironic as democrats paying out the ass for sex, while Republicans, the rich party, have to look for freebies in airport bathrooms. All the while Mr. Joshua, an independent, is stealing this joke from Jay Leno.

3/13/2008 8:49:25 AM

yeah she's hotter than i expected

3/13/2008 10:10:49 AM

I didn't realize McGreevy was a Republican.

3/13/2008 10:14:08 AM

shes uglier than i hoped

3/13/2008 10:19:47 AM

wow...5'5" and with those tits! i hope she was a $4500 fuck!

3/13/2008 3:08:01 PM

How are pictures of the prostitute relevant?

3/13/2008 3:10:15 PM

Quote :

"^ Worthless without pics."

3/13/2008 4:24:41 PM

Tehran's police chief out, exposed in brothel

Quote :

"New York's got nothing on Tehran. The day after New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer's announced resignation for involvement in a prostitution ring, comes word that the police chief in Tehran -- yes, Iran -- has resigned following his arrest, naked, in the company of six nude prostitutes in a brothel, overseas wires are reporting. 'Reza Zarei stepped down from his post following the raid, reportedly ordered by Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, chief of the judicial authorities, Ynetnews reported today. 'Zarei has been in charge of enforcing the Islamic dress code on Iranian women to help with "moralizing of the city," the Israeli news agency reported. During the past six months, hundreds of young people were arrested for not honoring the Islamic code of behavior.' 'Rumors of the brothel incident had been rampant in Iran for two weeks. Last week Zarei was replaced as Tehran's police chief after four years. 'The arrest wasn't reported by any of Iran's official news agencies, Ynetnews reported. Farda News, associated with Tehran's mayor who is also a former police chief, broke the story."

http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/politics/blog/2008/03/tehrans_police_chief_out_expos.html

Ha-Ha! You can't even make this shit up--truth really is stranger than fiction.

3/14/2008 6:17:50 AM

BTW, I didn't realize this until now, but Silda is a Meredith graduate.

3/14/2008 7:31:37 AM

Dr. Laura weighs in...it's Silda's fault!!

Quote :

"VIEIRA: Do you think women play any role in this, Dr. Laura? SCHLESSINGER: It's interesting. what you said about what men need -- men do need validation. When they come into the world they're born of a woman. Getting the validation from mommy is the beginning of needing it from a woman. When the wife does not focus in on the needs and the feelings sexually, personally, to make him feel like a man, to make him feel like a success, to make him feel like our hero, he's very susceptible to the charm of some other woman making him feel what he needs. These days, women don't spend a lot of time thinking about how they can give their men what they need. VIEIRA: Are you saying women should feel guilty, like they somehow drove the man to cheat? SCHLESSINGER: You know what, the cheating was his decision to repair what's damaged, and to feed himself where he's starving. But, yes, I hold women accountable for tossing out perfectly good men by not treating them with the love and kindness and respect and attention they need. "

And the new democratic Governor?
Paterson wanted to pass a law requiring NY police to respond to all attacking armed assailants by shooting them only in the leg. If the cop killed the armed attacker...he'd go to jail for manslaughter.

3/14/2008 9:23:16 AM

Oh those wacky democrats! What will they fuck up next?

3/14/2008 9:25:39 AM

^ The White House.

3/14/2008 9:33:13 AM

^ True.

3/14/2008 12:05:38 PM

the white house has already been fucked up by bush & co.

3/14/2008 4:11:13 PM

^ Um. . .I hate to break this to you and some others but. . .BUSH IS LEAVING!!!1 THERE WILL BE "CHANGE" NO MATTER WHO IS VOTED IN--BUT ALL CHANGE IS NOT NECESSARILY IMPROVEMENT!!!1

FYI.

3/14/2008 4:59:21 PM

I love this, can't stand this guy.

3/14/2008 5:28:27 PM

Quote :

"Dr. Laura weighs in...it's Silda's fault!!"

What a load of antifeminist garbage.

3/14/2008 7:40:25 PM

and of course, here's the myspace page


http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=69041220

3/14/2008 10:50:20 PM

Quote :

"Imagining her as some sort of well-heeled courtesan who’s laughing all the way to the bank allows prurient consumers of the Spitzer Demise to rationalize that “Kristen” has been amply compensated for her role in the spectacle; the bill having been settled, they can continue to indulge in jokes about “Greyhound’s Hooker Express from NYC to DC (’pimps ride free!’).“ Bitch got paid, we can humiliate her all we want!"

http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2008/03/14/spinster-weighs-in-on-spitzer/

3/15/2008 7:28:14 AM

and now the black blind guy takes over...

HUZZZZZZZZZAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

3/17/2008 7:08:39 AM

^^ Wow. There's a lot of women on that site that seriously need to get laid.

3/17/2008 9:32:55 AM

Quote :

"Wow. There's a lot of women on that site that seriously need to get laid."

You had to give the stereotypical straight male response, didn't you?

3/17/2008 9:37:22 AM

i thought involvement in a ring meant you were getting a cut or something, not that you procured their services

3/17/2008 10:05:25 AM