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Eliot, The Movie: Nobody needed this

by: Michael Bouldin

Mon Apr 19, 2010 at 08:33:23 AM EDT


Well, here's an entree into the week to come that should floor people: in case you'd forgotten, there used to be a governor of the State of New York by the name of Eliot Spitzer, who was forced to resign after being caught in a sting involving top-dollar hookers.

The less said of that, the better, you would think. You would think so, but you would be wrong.

Now, if you were the man himself, what would you do? One idea would be to simply hide, far from the prying eye of a public that will, it's safe to say, never again see black dress socks in quite the same light.

Or, failing that, you could give an on-camera interview to a filmmaker about the whole sordid mess.

Take a wild guess which choice ex-governor Spitzer made. First two don't count.

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is he trying to make a (0.00 / 0)
political comeback or something? The only thing that makes sense as to why he would want to..rehash this entire sordid mess...would be as part of some kind of a political comeback attempt.  

...or.... (0.00 / 0)
as part of an ongoing exhibitionist routine that is a playing-out of a psycho-social-sexual problem. Eliot Spitzer never seems to understand "it's not about you."  That's a sign of needing therapy.  Can't his wife and dad get him some help?  It's embarrassing for the rest of us.

[ Parent ]
OMG (0.00 / 0)
I don't know what's left to be said.  

I would vote for Spitzer - SILDA Spitzer - she has a good (0.00 / 0)
background - law school, etc.  I think she'd make a great state senator or assemblywoman.

Eliot? forgetaboutit

HylasBrook


How about US Senate or Gov? (0.00 / 0)
She seems like a smart woman with a heart.  Not bad qualities in a leader.

[ Parent ]
If AG Cuomo is elected Gov and (0.00 / 0)
Gillibrand decides to spend more time w/her familiy in '12 (when she has to run AGAIN), Silda Wall Spitzer might keep the seat, even if NYer Dave Petraeus tops the GOP ticket.

[ Parent ]
No Republican will win in New York in 2012 (0.00 / 0)
With Obama leading the ticket and likely winning big.  

[ Parent ]
Look, (0.00 / 0)
Spitzer got zapped for patronizing a hooker, a paid call girl, for sex!!  OMG, a fully grown up, male politician, engaged with a person who performs sexual acts for a living???  Come on, you hypocrites, prostitution is as old as mankind, and engaging in paid sexual activity outside of marriage, is as commonplace as the common cold.  

Would you believe that in some parts of the world, married women who no longer wish to engage in sex, for child creation, encourage their male spouses to find sexual pleasures elsewhere? Yes indeed, they surely do.

The most intriguing part of this entire story is not Spitzer's behavior but how he got caught, and why he was exposed by the FBI, etc... after bashing Wall Street's monied crowd, for their crooked wheeling and dealing.

Oh, I know, "pay back is a bitch", they say...and I have yet to see an explanation of events surrounding Spitzer's comedown that says it was anything other than payback...
Have you, in all honesty?


prostitution is (0.00 / 0)
as old as slavery, and frequently the line between the two is very blurry.  I don't want leaders who justify illegal acts by suggesting that "everybody does it."  Everybody doesn't.  Lots of societies used to be canabalistic, as well as condone slavery.  Social progress is possible; sexual exploitation of women is not socially progressive one bit.

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come on (0.00 / 0)
Spitzer built his entire political persona -- ENTIRELY -- on his "law and order" image.  Therefore, for him to get caught with a hooker was his political death, and rightly so.  The Eliot Spitzer you see occasionally popping up in the media these days is Eliot Spitzombie.  Not the same guy.

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Common sense is lacking in anyone (0.00 / 0)
who raises penalties and pushes enforcement on something HE HIMSELF is DOING.

Like Jed Harris, the former-Gov. will probably NOT be his own worst enemy until several other psople die.


[ Parent ]
Sometimes "decent" and "honorable" trump "smart." (0.00 / 0)
Just sayin'.

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Uuuuggghhhhhhhhh! (0.00 / 0)
Sex is sooooooooo dirty!  It just makes me want to puke every time I think about Eliot in bed with one of those sex things...a prostitute...

Like, YyuckkkkkkiiiiiiiiiiieeE!

Please excuse me while I go wash my hands  ....and brush my teeth...

Sex!  Such a filthy thought...OMFG...


If I had youthful good looks (0.00 / 0)
were female (or male), ditzy, and/or couldn't make a decent living via an honest day's work, and.... enjoyed sexual intercourse...I might not look upon working as a $2,000 night, (tax free mind you)hooker with much distain, especially if my clientele were mainly business executives, senior politicians, etc...

For sure, I wouldn't consider it slavery as I could (to quote Betty Ford) "just say no"..


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