Pro-Prostitution Democrats as Reckless as Spitzer

UPDATE, March 11, 2008--

According the New York Post:

Gov. Eliot Spitzer has been soliciting high-priced hookers for at least six years and possibly for more than a decade, sources tell The Post.

The revelation yesterday that the crusading governor was in fact "Client 9" named in a federal prostitution indictment did not shock insiders in the city's sex industry.

Sources tell The Post that Spitzer had frequented high-priced hookers as far back as 2002 and possibly earlier.

That timeline makes this seem even more hypocritical.

He was busting a prostitution ring while he was an active client of a prostitution ring!

While Spitzer was busy destroying people and businesses like Strong Funds, putting people out of work in the process and impacting communities, this "crusader" for the good was engaged in sleaze, spending as much as $80,000 on prostitutes.

With pressure mounting on Gov. Eliot Spitzer to resign over a call-girl scandal, investigators said Tuesday he was clearly a repeat customer who spent tens of thousands of dollars - perhaps as much as $80,000 - with the high-priced prostitution service over an extended period of time.

Spitzer should have resigned yesterday.
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We know that Eliot Spitzer is a risk taker.

We know he's no "Mr. Clean." He's no "Eliot Ness."

Apparently, the Democrats aren't clean either.

It is disgraceful that Democrats have not publicly called for Spitzer to resign as governor of New York.

Meanwhile, only Republicans are demanding his resignation.

And the Democrats... chirping crickets.

ALBANY, N.Y. -- Pressure mounted Tuesday on Gov. Eliot Spitzer to resign because of a prostitution scandal, with a top state Republican threatening to push for impeachment proceedings if the governor doesn't step down in 48 hours.

The state "cannot have this hanging over their heads," said Assembly Minority Leader James Tedisco.

The scandal erupted Monday, when allegations surfaced that Spitzer, who built his political reputation on rooting out corruption, spent thousands for a night with a call girl named Kristen at a glitzy Washington hotel.

Spitzer, a first-term Democrat, remained hidden from public view Tuesday, and his plans regarding his poltical future weren't known. Three New York newspapers called for his ouster, and the New York Post called him "NY's naked emperor."

To get articles of impeachment to the floor, Tedisco would need support from the Democratic majority in the Assembly. If the measure passed there, it would still need at least two-thirds approval of the combined vote of the Republican-controlled Senate and the nine-member Court of Appeals to proceed to trial.

The case started when banks noticed the frequent cash transfers from several accounts and filed suspicious activity reports with the Internal Revenue Service, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press Tuesday. The accounts were traced back to Spitzer, prompting public corruption investigators to open an inquiry.

...The inquiry found that Spitzer was a repeat customer with the Emperors Club VIP, a high-end prostitution service, the official said. In an affidavit filed in Manhattan federal court last week, Spitzer appeared as "Client 9," according to another law enforcement official who also spoke on condition of anonymity because of the ongoing investigation.

Spitzer allegedly paid for the call girl to take a train from New York to Washington — a move that opened the transaction up to federal prosecution because she crossed state lines. The governor has not been charged, and prosecutors would not comment on the case. A Spitzer spokesman said the governor has retained a large Manhattan law firm.

Client 9 wanted a high-priced prostitute named Kristen to come to Washington on a 5:39 p.m. train from Manhattan Feb. 13. The door to the hotel room would be left ajar. Train tickets, cab fare, room service, and the minibar were all on him.

"Yup, same as in the past. No question about it," the caller told Kristen's boss, when asked if he would make his payment to the same business as usual, a federal affidavit said. The client paid $4,300 to Kristen, touted by the escort service as a "petite, pretty brunette," according to the court papers.

The tryst took place in the Mayflower hotel, where Spitzer rented a second room for the woman under another name, the law enforcement official who spoke to The AP on Tuesday said. Spitzer had to sneak past his State Police detail to get to her room, the official said.

Spitzer, a 48-year-old father of three teenage girls, was elected with a historic margin of victory, and took office Jan. 1, 2007, vowing to stamp out corruption in New York government in the same way that he took on Wall Street executives while state attorney general.

If the Democrats permit Spitzer to stay on as governor, they will solidify their reputataion as being morally bankrupt.

Although Spitzer is a super delegate for Hillary Clinton, she has to distance herself from him.

Hillary has to come out strongly against him. Barack Obama should do the same. They both should do it now.

Are they pro-prostitution?

Every hour that passes without statements of condemnation from Democrats will hurt the Dems in the upcoming election.

The fact that they're staying mum is unconscionable.

TIME magazine named Spitzer "Crusader of the Year" in 2002.

What title will Spitzer get in 2008? Will he be deemed the "Comeback of the Year"? I think that's what Spitzer and the "see no evil" Dems would like.

The thought makes me ill.