| The talk of a return by former governor Eliot Spitzer is a hot topic. If he does return, what seat would he run for? Would he challenge Tom DiNapoli for Comptroller - the man who was more Silver's choice than Spitzer's for the vacant comptroller post - or will he run for attorney general if it is vacated by Andrew Cuomo if Cuomo decides to run for governor?
A possible primary effort against Senator Kirsten Gillibrand has also been mentioned.
No matter what race he would run for, Spitzer might have to face the woman who supplied him with call girls.
Kristin Davis -- the Manhattan "Madam" who provided former New York Gov Eliot Spitzer (D) with "escorts" -- says she might run against him if he attempts a political comeback.
Writes Davis: "If he runs for public office I may have to run myself to focus attention on the multiple illegal acts for which he has not been punished, his abuse of women and the SEXISM in the way he walked away scot free while I went to Rikers for four months for supplying him with 'company'."
Let me break this down. Spitzer is the one guilty of "multiple illegal acts" and "abuse of women and the SEXISM" because of what he did, as a man. But what is Ms. Davis guilty of? Being a victim of Spitzer's obsession?
I am undecided on whether Spitzer should make a return. If Michael Vick can go to prison for dogfighting and make a return to the NFL (and make up for his mistakes), then I don't see why Spitzer shouldn't be afforded the same opportunity. That said, this is politics. In the political world, your past follows you. But at this point, in New York politics, having a disgraced former governor run for office wouldn't the worst thing we have seen.
After all, who would you rather have: Spitzer or Pedro Espada?
I know what my answer is.
But back to Ms. Davis and her words regarding Spitzer. She was the madam. She ran this operation. Yet, she turns all of the sexism and abuse of women talk onto Spitzer. I don't see Ashley Dupre complaining about "abuse." Ms. Davis was okay with men abusing her women as long as they were paying. Now she wants to be the defender of these women. Such an odd turn of events, isn't it? |
