HEY NY! Join the governor fun club!

[KyleWickman]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/10/spitzer/index.html


Too funny.

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local&id=6010544

[Raughammer1]

Official: NY gov caught on wiretap
By AMY WESTFELDT, Associated Press Writer 22 minutes ago

NEW YORK - A law enforcement official has told The Associated Press that New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer's involvement in a prostitution ring was caught on a federal wiretap.

The official says Spitzer is identified in court papers as "Client 9," and the wiretap was part of an investigation that opened in the last few months.
The official says the New York governor met last month with at least one woman in a Washington hotel. The law enforcement official spoke on condition of anonymity because of the ongoing investigation.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.
NEW YORK (AP) — Gov. Eliot Spitzer, accused in news reports of being involved in a prostitution ring, apologized to his family and the public on Monday at a hastily called news conference. He did not elaborate on the story.
With his wife at his side, Spitzer told reporters that he "acted in a way that violates my obligations to my family."
"I have disappointed and failed to live up to the standard I expected of myself," he said. "I must now dedicate some time to regain the trust of my family."
The New York Times reported earlier in the day that Spitzer told senior administration officials that he was linked to a prostitiution ring. The report cited an anonymous administration official.
The Times reported that a person with knowledge of the governor's role believes the governor is identified in court papers as a client of a prostitution ring. Four people allegedly connected to a high-end ring called the Emperors Club VIP were arrested last week.
The Web site of the Emperors Club VIP displays photographs of scantily clad women with their faces hidden. It also shows hourly rates depending on whether the prostitutes were rated with one diamond, the lowest ranking, or seven diamonds, the highest. The most highly ranked prostitutes cost $5,500 an hour, prosecutors said.
Prosecutors said the defendants arranged connections between wealthy men and more than 50 prostitutes in New York, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Miami, London and Paris.
The Times reported that the governor's travel records show he was in Washington in mid-February, and that one of the clients arranged to meet with a prostitute on the night of Feb. 13.
The case is being handled by prosecutors in the Public Corruption unit of U.S. Attorney Michael Garcia's office. Garcia spokeswoman Yusill Scribner said the office had no comment.
Around a stunned state Capitol in Albany, lawmakers and staff huddled around televisions to see the news conference. A media mob gathered outside the office of Lt. Gov. David Paterson, who would become governor if Spitzer was to resign.
Spitzer, 48, built his political reputation on rooting out corruption, including several headline-making battles with Wall Street while serving as attorney general. He stormed into the governor's office in 2006 with a historic share of the vote, vowing to continue his no-nonsense approach to fixing one of the nation's worst governments.
Time magazine had named him "Crusader of the Year" when he was attorney general and the tabloids proclaimed him "Eliot Ness."
But his stint as governor has been marred by several problems, including an unpopular plan to grant driver's licenses to illegal immigrants and a plot by his aides to smear Spitzer's main Republican nemesis.
Spitzer had been expected to testify to the state Public Integrity Commission he had created to answer for his role in the scandal, in which his aides were accused of misusing state police to compile travel records to embarrass Senate Republican leader Joseph Bruno.
Spitzer had served two terms as attorney general where he pursued criminal and civil cases and cracked down on misconduct and conflicts of interests on Wall Street and in corporate America. He had previously been a prosecutor in the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, handling organized crime and white-collar crime cases.

His cases as state attorney general included a few criminal prosecutions of prostitution rings and into tourism involving prostitutes.

In 2004, he was part of an investigation of an escort service in New York City that resulted in the arrest of 18 people on charges of promoting prostitution and related charges.

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Associated Press Writer Mike Gormley contributed to this report from Albany, N.Y.

[Resq1scnd2none]

Hmmm...wh*remongers and carpet baggers!! You Empire Staters ought to be proud!!

[scfire86]

And who is surprised that a moralist gets caught engaging in immoral behavior?

[hwoods]

And who is surprised that a moralist gets caught engaging in immoral behavior?


Morality is in the eye of the beholder..............:)

[scfire86]

Morality is in the eye of the beholder..............:)

Ok. Then who is surprised that a person who champions an image of being very moral gets caught engaging in immoral behavior that he/she crusades against?

[DaSharkie]

Ok. Then who is surprised that a person who champions an image of being very moral gets caught engaging in immoral behavior that he/she crusades against?

The bigger they are, the harder they fall. Regardless of politial party affilitiation........The more you rail against it the more likely you are to get your @$$ handed to you on a platter.

What freaking maroon. He could have been something.......Other than a laughing stock and an embarassment to his wife and children.

One more win for politics as usual.

[scfire86]

Maybe RoughRider can confirm this. But when the news was announced on the floor of the NYSE, all the traders on the floor broke into rousing applause.

Something tells me Elliot is going to find friends as commonplace as hen's teeth here in the near future.

[DaSharkie]

Considering what the soon-to-be former Governor did to many on Wall Street (not saying prosecuting corruption is bad, but his holier than thou attitude really cheesed off a lot of people) I can believe it.

The Wall Street Journal went after him immediately and the other NY papers did as well, even those that had fawned over him.

I remember a few of those old addages that always seep to be right, even if they are a cliche:

The bigger they are, the harder they fall (whether stature or highre in their chosen profession)

and that you should always be nice on the way up, because those same people are going to bei kicking you on the way down. Of course he fell rapidly in the span of 2 hours so quickly now they are just kicking him while he is down.

And to spend $4,300 for 4 hours with a hooker........Better have been one of the best pieces of @$$ you can get your hands on. I predict that by Summer "Kristen" will be spread eagle in Penthouse, Hustler, or Playboy.

This stuff has even made David Letterman funny. Well a little funny, sorry to overstate it. Here is last night's top 10 messages left on Elliot Spitzer's answering machine:

10 - Hey, what's new?

9 - It's Barack Obama. Remember our conversation about being my running mate? Nevermind.

8 - Ralph Nader here, glad to hear I'm not the only politician who has to pay for it

7 - I'm calling from the 'New York Post.' Would you rather be known as 'Disgraced Gov Perv' or 'Humiliated Whore Fiend'?

6 - This is John McCain, if it makes you feel better, I once got caught having sex with Lincoln's wife

5 - It's Dr. Phil, call me if you need any horsesh!t advice

4 - This is Senator Larry Craig. Do you ever go through the Minneapolis airport?

3 - It's Wolf Blitzer. Call me if you ever want a hot Spitzer-Blitzer three-way

2 - Paris Hilton here. I would have done it for free

1 - It's Arnold Schwarzenegger. Thanks, I'm no longer America's creepiest governor


What I love about the irony of this is that Spitzer went after politicians and big business leaders with vigor and always made sure that they stepped down as part of their prosecution adn deal. Now this self-righteous pompous loser is trying to hold on to his Governorship. If this man had any bit of self respect, he would have resigned during the same speach he gave on Monday.

I would expect nothing but hypocracy from a politician.

[DaSharkie]

Well the slimeball did what was right after disgracing himself and being the latest in a long line of dumb politicians thinking with the wrong head:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23572671/?GT1=43001

[DennisTheMenace]

Well the slimeball did what was right after disgracing himself and being the latest in a long line of dumb politicians thinking with the wrong head:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23572671/?GT1=43001Only part of politics that seperates his actions from 75%of the guys in this country is he paid way more than most, he had railed against such crimes, and his getting caught makes it much more public then when your wife catches you.

He will forever be known as #9.

I thought seeing the guys on the floor of the NYSE cheer about it was both sick and funny at the same time.

[Raughammer1]

I hope what he did was a felony and he goes to prison....

What comes around, goes around.

P.S., #9 made me laugh: "9 - It's Barack Obama. Remember our conversation about being my running mate? Nevermind. "

[Engine305]

Ashley Alexandra Dupre is now going to be famous

[DrParasite]

you know, if I had $80,000 lying around just to spend on hookers.....

[KyleWickman]

You know I was just thinking. It a trifecta for the tri-state area. NJ, CT,NY

[voyager9]

Ashley Alexandra Dupre is now going to be famous

Visit her myspace (http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.view profile&friendID=69041220):

[DennisTheMenace]

Ashley Alexandra Dupre is now going to be famousFamous or Infamous, will all depend on how she plays her cards.

[eaglesrule1024]

Invalid Friend ID.
This user has either cancelled their membership, or their account has been deleted.

[hdavid66]

Invalid Friend ID.
This user has either cancelled their membership, or their account has been deleted.

All the hits were probably sucking up all of myspace's bandwidth.

[DianeC]

You knew this was just a matter of time...LOL...Some are pretty darn good. :p

http://www.cafepress.com/buy/client+9

[DianeC]

And the "hits" keep on coming...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgacG2y4S70

:o

[eaglesrule1024]

hmm seems as though its back up

[Bones42]

Highest paying job in NY Government?





Working "under" Gov. Spitzer.

[scfire86]

Not bad. Not bad, but for $5,000 I hope she brought a marching band, a bowl of peeled grapes, a couple bottles of Belvedere vodka, and make a cup of coffee in the morning while taking the trash out.

Or turn into a pizza after it's all over.

[DrParasite]

She has already received offers from playboy and penthouse to pose nude. something tells me everyone will get to see what the gov saw for a lot less than the gov paid per hour ;)

[DianeC]

From http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=4453099&page=1

Two of Dupre's songs -- both in the pop vein -- have topped sales charts on the music-sharing Web site Aime Street. Her music is also available on her MySpace profile, but the page was taken down Thursday after more than 5 million visited her site. By this late this afternoon, her MySpace page was running again. One of her songs is also getting airtime on Z100, a major New York radio station.

That has to be a MySpace record, LOL...

Best line in the story -- the last one --

"If Britney can make it," he said, "why can't Ashley?" :D

[len1582]

Not bad. Not bad, but for $5,000 I hope she brought a marching band, a bowl of peeled grapes, a couple bottles of Belvedere vodka, and make a cup of coffee in the morning while taking the trash out.

Or turn into a pizza after it's all over.

If it was Starbucks coffee I understand the high price.

[DrParasite]

From her myspace page:

About Ashley Alexandra Dupré
I am all about my music, and my music is all about me… It flows from what I’ve been through, what I’ve seen and how I feel. I live in New York and am on top of the world. Been here since 2004 and I love this city, I love my life here. But, my path has not been easy. When I was 17, I left home. It was my decision and I’ve never looked back. Left my hometown. Left a broken family. Left abuse. Left an older brother who had already split. Left and learned what it was like to have everything, and lose it, again and again. Learned what it was like to wake up one day and have the people you care about most gone. I have been alone. I have abused drugs. I have been broke and homeless. But, I survived, on my own. I am here, in NY because of my music. It started when I moved in with a musician during my odyssey to New York. One day, I was in the shower singing “respect.” He and his lead guitarist burst in, had me repeat it and it started. We wrote, rehearsed and toured. After recording a bit with them, I decided to move to Manhattan to pursue my music career. I spent the first two years getting to know the music scene, networking in clubs and connecting with the industry. Now, it’s all about my music. It’s all about expressing me. I can sit here now, and knowingly tell you that life’s hard sometimes. But, I made it. I’m still here and I love who I am. If I never went through the hard times, I would not be able to appreciate the good ones. Cliché, yes, but I know it’s true. I have experienced just how hard it can be. I can honestly tell you to never dwell on the past, but build from it and keep moving forward. Don’t let anyone hold you back or tell you that you can’t…because you can. I didn’t and here I am, just listen to it…. What we Want is my latest track. It’s really about trust, something my past has made very difficult for me to feel. This one was inspired by a guy, who taught me not to confuse my dreams with the sounds of the city…I hope you like it. and yet, the is no mention of her prostitution or her affair with the governor....

the things people will do to be popular

[Raughammer1]

The Man Without A Party
By Seton Motley

Ronald Reagan often said "I did not leave the Democratic Party, the
Democratic Party left me."

For floundering and foundering New York Governor Eliot Spitzer -- a
twist on the Gipper's words. Spitzer didn't leave the Democratic
Party: the Media just didn't see the need to mention the fact that
Spitzer was -- at least until noon Wednesday -- one of the most
powerful Democrats in the nation.

On Monday afternoon, the Big Three Networks (NBC, ABC and CBS) and
the Associated Press led the charge of the wall-to-wall coverage of
the breaking news that Spitzer was involved with an interstate
prostitution ring. And with near unanimity they failed to mention
that Spitzer is a Democrat.

[Raughammer1]

The public cannot be too curious concerning the characters of public men.” —Samuel Adams

“Had New York Governor Eliot Spitzer reached out for the Gideon Bible in his fancy Washington, D. C., hotel room instead of, allegedly, a high-priced prostitute, he might have been forewarned of the dangers in such liaisons.” —Cal Thomas

“Just once, I’d like to see a politician caught with his pants down (so to speak) not trot out his wronged wife to stand beside him as he issues his mea culpa... I guess the point of the exercise is to show voters that Spitzer is not such a creep that his wife won’t stand by him. Problem is, by dragging his wife before the public, Client-9 shows himself to be an even bigger creep.” —Debra Saunders

“Many in the media refer to Eliot Spitzer as some moral hero who fell from grace. Spitzer was never a moral hero. He was an unscrupulous prosecutor who threw his power around to ruin people, even when he didn’t have any case with which to convict them of anything.” —Thomas Sowell


Another one bites the dust: “I have acted in a way that violates my obligations to my family and... my, or any, sense of right and wrong. I apologize first and most importantly to my family. I apologize to the public, whom I promised better. I have disappointed and failed to live up to the standard I expected of myself.” —New York Demo Gov. Eliot Spitzer on allegedly being “Client No. 9” of the Emperors Club VIP prostitution ring


From the “Sympathy for the Devil” Department: “Governor Eliot Spitzer came to office vowing to restore ethics and integrity. But, as he said today, he failed to live up the standards he set for himself. It was a supremely humiliating press conference for a man who made his name as a crusading public servant.” —ABC reporter Dan Harris

Jay Leno: New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer has admitted that he has been involved in a prostitution ring. This is the same man who when he was attorney general went after the prostitution rings. So apparently for not giving him good service. ...
[This] means Hillary Clinton [is] now only the second angriest wife in the state of New York. ...
Neither Barack nor Hillary can win the nomination outright. You know, because it’s so close. So Hillary’s kind of caught between Barack and a hard place. ...
Technically, neither of them can win. It shows you how bad it’s gotten for the Democrats. Forget winning the general election, they can’t even win their own election. ...
You know, there’s talk in some Democratic circles of letting the states of Michigan and Florida re-vote. Today, Al Gore said, “Oh, now you think of this! Great!” ...
They’re talking about a re-vote primary where people would mail in their ballots. That’s a great idea, combine the reliability of the people in Florida who count the ballots with the efficiency of the Post Office. What could go wrong there?