I know this is Teh Longue, but... this is kinda big news

[Oeditpus Rex]

NY Gov. Eliot Spitzer linked to prostitution ring.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3218984

Press conference to start any minute now.



He's a Dem, btw.

[bicentennial_baby]

1. I'm in shock...

So much for Mr Ethics Reform x(

[LynneSin]

2. I can tolerate this one a bit more

Spitzer has not been one of these 'Family Man' types pushing the hetero constitutional amendment. He has not passed judgement on others for the most part.

I'm upset that he would stumble like this, I thought he had a bright future in the party. But I hope he shows a little dignity instead of blaming it on a 'wide-stance'so to speak.

[ScreamingMeemie]

9. Although he did express disgust and scorn after a 2004 prostitution

ring bust. It makes him look like the hypocrite that he apparently is. I am really disappointed.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

3. fuck.

this news is upsetting

[GreenPartyVoter]

4. Are there no more heros? There was a lot of hype about him being a stand-up kinda guy, wasn't there?

[MorningGlow]

6. I liked him a lot

Anti-corporation, like Edwards. I am very upset at this. And totally frustrated.
:banghead:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

13. its funny i just posted a song to that effect

[GreenPartyVoter]

23. jinx! :^D

[MrCoffee]

5. Damn Damn Damn

I liked Spitzer's politics. I hope he can handle this correctly and that his family won't be put through too much pain.

[SeattleGirl]

7. And what do you want to bet that the Republicans will get on their

high horse and start being all holier-than-thou about this?

[GreenPartyVoter]

10. Well, maybe we can dust off Larry Craig, but I don't think it will help. We'd

need someone new form their side doing something worse than Spitzer did.

[SeattleGirl]

11. Exactly.

The ratio of scandals between the R's and the D's is, of course, highly unbalanced in favor of the R's, but somehow, they will manage to twist this around to make it look like the D's are all godless, lawless assholes.

:grr: :grr: :grr:

[Oeditpus Rex]

12. Memories are conveniently short-term

"What have you done to me lately?"

x(

[GreenPartyVoter]

21. HEY! Let's pull a FAUX snooze trick and label Spitzer an R! LOL

[Westegg]

8. Wow. Didn't see that coming...

...Poor choice of a word, on my part, but still. Wow. I wonder if he's done. Toast. Who gets to choose a replacement governor? Bruno? Oh, baby.

[Fire Walk With Me]

14. Thank God he didn't invade a soveriegn nation for oil or legalize waterboarding.

We'd have to get tough on someone who did something like that.

[Shakespeare]

19. I get your point, but the Spitzer news isn't trivial.

Having somebody who was a very important crusader against corporate abuse be undercut by his own (apparently criminal) hypocrisy does all of us unspeakable harm.

[Fire Walk With Me]

37. I know that it's bad, but it's not BAD. As in thousands of people dying.

But I do take your point, and I agree.

[Dave_Fl_50]

15. They were charging $5,500 an hour

I can't imagine anything worth that

[Ariana Celeste]

16. D or R doesnt matter to me

any politician involved in that kind of shit doesn't deserve their office

[Oeditpus Rex]

17. True

But when it's a Republic, we get to point and laugh. When it's a Dem, we gotta sit back and take it.

I hate that. x(

[Ariana Celeste]

18. yeah i know

politics ain't much different from high school

[Mutley]

20. Well, any of us with half a brain cell on this site,

and others, already knew that Dems are just as susceptible to corruption as anyone else. I think the difference lies in those ordinary people who pull the (D) lever every election day and their willingness to hold their own leaders accountable. I surely hope that holds true in this case. :o

Our best hope is to hold Spitzer accountable for what he's done. We'd be in loads of trouble if we let him get away with corruption just because of the (D) after his name. We should treat him the same way we'd treat any (R) for the same thing. As long as the evidence shows he actually did this. Since this is the first I've heard of it, I don't really know enough to say if it does or not.

[Oeditpus Rex]

24. He more or less copped to it at the press conference

"I apologize first and most importantly to my family. I apologize to the public, to whom I promised better," he said.

He did not elaborate on the paper's claims and did not take any questions after making his statement.

"I am disappointed that I failed to live up to the standard I expected of myself," he said

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/10/spitzer/index.html

What isn't known yet is what his "involvement" was.

[Mutley]

25. I see.

Well, it still stands that I think he should be held accountable. We shouldn't be willing to ignore this just because he's a (D).

[Oeditpus Rex]

26. Oh, fu... *hell,* no!

We have to continually show the suckbags what "accountability" is.



:patriot:

[Mutley]

27. And we can start with leading by example.

:P

[Oeditpus Rex]

28. You implying something?

[Mutley]

29. Bring it on!

I lack an appropriate smilie. :(

[Oeditpus Rex]

31. Try one o' these

[Mutley]

33. This one works for me.

[Fox Mulder]

32. Well said.

You should post that in GD: P.

[Mutley]

34. I already did.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=2983651&mesg_id=2983685

And the response is not as bad as I thought it would be. Yet.

[Fox Mulder]

35. Whoops, I didn't see that.

I hope you don't get any bad responses. What you said was right.

[Mutley]

36. Why thanks.

:D

[TZ]

22. This wouldn't piss me off half as much

If he hadn't gone around being Mr. "Law and Order" type guy. I hate hypocrites. The sad thing is he was one of the most effective Attourney General's NY had. But how does one not think this kind of thing is gonna get out eventually?

[mainegreen]

30. Why cant politicians ever get caught in 'donut scandals'?

instead of this crap. Imagine if the worst was some politician stealing donuts from the conference room to eat in secret in his office.