Eliot, Eliot, Tsk, Tsk, Tsk

When pride cometh, then cometh shame
Proverbs 11.2

Soon to be former Democrat New York state governor, Eliot Spitzer. . .
Wait!
Let's read that again.
Soon to be former Democrat New York state governor, Eliot Spitzer. . .
I admit, I like the look of those words!
Anyway, to continue, the soon to be former New York state governor, Eliot Spitzer, was forced out of office today due to one dalliance too many as he has been implicated in not only hiring high-end prostitutes, but crossing state lines with them, a very big no-no, and hiding the money used in said transactions.
The reason this is as big a story as it is because Mr. Spitzer was the New York state attorney general for eight years before winning the governor's office in 2006 in the largest landslide in New York state history.
And, allegedly, a lot of these actions took place not only while he was the attorney general, but while he was making a splash by going after, I kid you not, prostitute rings!
The reason that Mr. Spitzer was even found out was because the IRS was investigating the financial dealings of the high-end "escort" service, the Emperor's Club. Mr. Spitzer is allegedly "client no. 9" according to reports http://FoxNews.com.
Forgetting all the legal mumbo-jumbo, lets look at the ramifications of the actions of the once dubbed "Mr. Clean" of New York politics.
Many people do not think that prostitution is a big deal and some advocate decriminalizing it. Those advocates regard prostitution as a "victimless" crime at worst.
But the fact is that prostitution is still illegal in much of the United States. Also, there is a little something called the Mann act which makes it a federal offense to take a prostitute across state lines to engage in hanky-panky.
Oh, and one should not be playing a shell game with money that was going to the Emperor's Club to send a woman from New York City to Washington D. C.-on Valentine's Day no less-to provide sexual services for a governor, one time state attorney general who should have known better.
But, Mr. Spitzer apparently thinks that there are two kinds of law.
One is that white-collar criminals, Mr. Spitzer's speciality, is a mortal threat to American society. Mr. Spitzer went after them with a zealousness of a biblical prophet. Many a person on Wall Street were accused of crimes, prosecuted and sent to prison.
And there were nuisance crimes like prostitution. To make it completely, one has to at least pay lip service to ending this scourge on modern life. And, Mr. Spitzer did just that. And, of course he bragged about it.
While Mr. Spitzer has been accused of cavorting with high-end prostitutes for anywhere from six to 10 years, he was sending some "pimps" to prison while getting his taste of the spoils.
There is the background.
The real story is what was Mr. Spitzer thinking while "hooking up"? How did Mrs. Spitzer, who like so many beaten wives, stood there while her man resigned the office of governor, not know what was going on? And the fact that this deviant has three young daughters adds the dimension of would he like his daughter's to aspire to be a whore?
What Mr. Spitzer was thinking may have been that he could get away with it. After all, he had a reputation above reproach. He went with a vengeance after those eeeeviiiiilllll corporate crooks. Got a lot of convictions and sent some to prison. Because of the high that he must have got at going after people that he really thought were evil, he had to release it somewhere. Maybe Mrs. Spitzer did not like the way he wanted to release that tension. Only the Spitzer's know that.
Speaking of Mrs. Spitzer, why did she just stand there like a potted plant while her husband all but humiliated her in public? Why do any of these wives stand with their deviant men while they prostate for forgiveness? What Mrs. Spitzer should have done is socked Mr. Spitzer one right in the chops. All I can think is that Mrs. Spitzer must have known something was not right with Mr. Spitzer. Otherwise, if I did to Mrs. rightviewfromtheleftcoast what Mr. Spitzer did to Mrs. Spitzer, I would have been smacked around on national television and rightfully so.
Most awful is the fact that Mr. Spitzer has three young daughters. Can they be proud of their father now? Of course not. What they realize is that their father does not think much of women in general. That he would not take the marriage vows seriously and stooped to buying high-end whores. What an example he has set. And, what would Mr. Spitzer say if one of the said daughters came to him and said one day, "Dad, I just got a new job" "Wonderful, what is it?" "I'm a high-end whore! Isn't that great dad?"
It is shameful that this arrogant man would have to do what he did to get his kicks. But that he drags his wife and daughters in this sordid tale shows that the ol' proverb is oh so true.