Liberal Democrat Hypocrisy and Corruption in FULL Display

Democratic Party Poster Boy Eliot "Client #9" Spitzer

DEMOCRATIC NY Governor Linked to Sex Ring

ALBANY — Gov. Eliot Spitzer was a client of a high-end prostitution ring broken up last week by federal authorities, according to law enforcement officials, a development that threatened to end his career and turned the state’s political world upside down.

Mr. Spitzer’s involvement with the prostitution operation came to light in court papers filed last week, the officials said, as federal prosecutors charged four people with operating the service, Emperor’s Club V.I.P. Mr. Spitzer was caught on a federal wiretap discussing payments and arranging to meet a prostitute in a Washington hotel room last month. The affidavit, which did not identify Mr. Spitzer by name, indicated that he had used the prostitution service before, although it was not clear how often.

Mr. Spitzer, 48, appeared briefly with his wife at his Manhattan office to apologize, but did not specifically address any involvement with the ring. He said he needed to repair his relationship with his family and decide what was best for the state, but he declined to take questions, leaving after barely a minute.

“I have acted in a way that violates my obligations to my family and violates my, or any, sense of right and wrong,” the governor said. “I apologize first and most importantly to my family. I apologize to the public to whom I promised better.”

“I have disappointed and failed to live up to the standard I expected of myself. I must now dedicate some time to regain the trust of my family.”

The governor, a Democrat in his first term, then returned to his Fifth Avenue apartment and remained there on Monday night, receiving counsel from his advisers and weighing a possible resignation, an aide said.

The New York Times began investigating Mr. Spitzer’s possible involvement with a prostitution ring on Friday, the day after the prosecutors arrested the four people on charges of helping run the Emperor’s Club. After inquiries from The Times over the weekend and on Monday, the governor canceled his public schedule. An hour after The Times published a report on its Web site saying Mr. Spitzer had been linked to the ring, the governor made his statement.

NY Governor and Friend of Hillary Eliot Spitzer's trouble with "high-end" prostitutes actually pales in comparison to his attempt to issue illegal drivers' licenses to illegal immigrants and his efforts to smear a Republican opponent by using government resources.

Sex scandals sell better, as evidenced by the Old Gray Lady's recent focus on real and perceived ones. The NY times shameless attempt to smear Senator John McCain by suggesting, without evidence, that he was having an sexual relationship with a lobbyist is put on the correct perspective.

In Spitzer's case, there are FBI wiretaps, public witnesses and hard evidence linking the soon-to-be former governor of New York to illegal activity. By the way, someone please, please, PLEASE tell these disgraced politicians, both Democrats and Republicans to stop dragging their poor wives in front of the cameras when they get caught in some sordid mess of their own doing?