Eliot Spitzer is linked to a prostitution ring! Ooooh, fun stuff. More to follow.
1276 comments under this New York Times web page. They all say that Spitzer should resign. 1815 comments here. One of the best... "Well.. at least he is NOT gay!!!"
ANOTHER style piece on bloggers? Well, it's okay because it includes some of my favorite bloggers.
I'm hearing that Spitzer was asking for something unusual from the prostitute. Who wants details? I want details.
Kevin Drum puts his political survival rate at 10%.
Dr. Manhattan has been following the news all day.
More news on Client 9.
The interstate commerce clause might get Spitzer, because the prostitute crossed state lines. Love it.
Yes, we're very amused.
Who wins the Most Humiliated Political Wife Award? Silda Spitzer, Dina McGreevey, Suzanne Craig, or Hillary Clinton?
I love that the scandal involves a prostitute ring and not just one lonely old 'ho. Much, much better. Apparently, the Emperor's Club used to rate their women with a series of diamonds. I would love to know what the rating system was based on. Looks or expertise?
UPDATE: Read baby brother's article on McGreevey and reaction in Orange County.
Sweet. Slate explains the Emperor's Club diamond system. Thanks, Dr. Manhattan.
Looks like the resignation is going to come soon.
I just don't understand men. Really. OK, not all men, but apparently an awful lot. Or is it the whole "power corrupts" thing, makes a person feel invincible?
Digby and Susie Madrak are both making noises about this being politically motivated at the DoJ. At least they didn't have to trump up something like they did against Don Siegelman.
Posted by: Wendy | March 10, 2008 at 09:01 PM
And he went by 'George Fox' - I didn't know he was a Quaker!
Posted by: dave.s. | March 10, 2008 at 10:38 PM
Emerald Club?
I think it was Emperor's Club, actually. Funnier still.
Posted by: RCinProv | March 11, 2008 at 07:34 AM
So, this morning at breakfast my 9-year-old, who had been looking at the front page, asked me to define 'hypocrisy', 'prostitution', 'engulf', and to tell him how people get prosecuted. Thanks, Governor Spitzer.
Posted by: dave.s. | March 11, 2008 at 09:41 AM
Emperor's Club is so excellent. There's the "no clothes" association and the king of the smut image. How did I miss that? Thanks! Working on a post on corruption in state gov't.
Posted by: laura | March 11, 2008 at 09:42 AM
Was he able to afford this hobby on his own income, or is the funding source an angle, too?
Posted by: Amy P | March 11, 2008 at 09:53 AM
Who wants the "details"of his ssexual requests? Yes, I want them too. And I love you for admitting that you want them!
Posted by: krlock | March 11, 2008 at 09:56 AM
That's funny. My daughter asked about the front page, too. But she wanted to know what was happening to the woman in the photo on the front page (she was being beaten by police in a raid on a smokeshop).
And wow, I just went to Projo to find the article/photo, and I can't find it. (The trial of the Narrangansetts who were arrested in the raid is going on now.)
But Projo Online has a special section on the Spitzer scandal! Sex sells, but police violence against citizens doesn't!
In other words, I am kind of disappointed in the prurient interest in this scandal. I really care a hell of a lot more that apparently making financial transactions of more than $5K is considered grounds for the IRS and the federal government to look into my private records and JFC set up a wiretap.
I'll turn off my moralizing voice now. :)
Posted by: WendyW | March 11, 2008 at 10:35 AM
Amy - Spitzer has been living off the proceeds from his father's real estate empire for a long time now (see here). Just one more wrinkle to the new dinner-table conversations in the Spitzer household!
Posted by: Dr. Manhattan | March 11, 2008 at 11:09 AM
Laura,
Slate captured four pages from the Empror's Club website, which I suppose is long since removed from the Web. This page might your question about the role of looks in the, uh, service:
http://www.slate.com/id/2186280/entry/2186284/
Posted by: RCinProv | March 11, 2008 at 11:12 AM
Theres always an angle: Toll Roads News reports what a dreadful thing yesterday was in the long campaign for congestion charges: http://www.tollroadsnews.com/node/3439
Posted by: dave.s. | March 11, 2008 at 11:40 AM
It looks like the resignation is going to happen any minute now.
Posted by: laura | March 11, 2008 at 11:52 AM
I really shouldn't read Andrew Sullivan, but he did just quote this tale of 3am:
The phone rings. Hillary Rodham Clinton picks it up.
"Yes?"
"Hillary, it's Silda Wall Spitzer. Sorry to call so late. Eliot's still not home. Based on your experience, what should I do?"
Posted by: Doug | March 11, 2008 at 01:37 PM
OK, Idon'twanttolaugh Idon'twanttolaugh Idon'twanttolaugh Idon'twanttolaugh Idon'twanttolaugh.
*laughs*
Posted by: WendyW | March 11, 2008 at 02:02 PM
http://www.theagitator.com/2008/03/10/feds-investigation-started-with-spitzer-not-escort-service/
"Prostitutes brought down by their association with a politician."
Posted by: dave.s. | March 11, 2008 at 02:50 PM
It's great to hear from you and see what you've been up to. In your blog I feel your enthusiasm for life. thank you.
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