Comments on: Spitzer busted for prostitution ring http://online.worldmag.com/2008/03/10/spitzer-busted-for-prostitution-ring/ A forum for discussion of news that arises at the intersection of Christianity and culture. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:33:47 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: rdean http://online.worldmag.com/2008/03/10/spitzer-busted-for-prostitution-ring/comment-page-2/#comment-282699 rdean Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:15:44 +0000 http://www.worldontheweb.com/2008/03/10/spitzer-busted-for-prostitution-ring/#comment-282699 Hey Vicki, Where ever you are, I found your soulmate. http://www.hrcactioncenter.org/campaign/ok_rep_sally_kern_cen/8u673uu9z7bewkjj? Last week, a secret recording emerged of a disturbing speech by Oklahoma Representative Sally Kern stating that homosexuality is a bigger threat to our nation than "terrorism or Islam." Rep. Kern has refused to apologize for her remarks. Hey Vicki,
Where ever you are, I found your soulmate.

http://www.hrcactioncenter.org/campaign/ok_rep_sally_kern_cen/8u673uu9z7bewkjj?

Last week, a secret recording emerged of a disturbing speech by Oklahoma Representative Sally Kern stating that homosexuality is a bigger threat to our nation than “terrorism or Islam.” Rep. Kern has refused to apologize for her remarks.

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]]> By: rdean http://online.worldmag.com/2008/03/10/spitzer-busted-for-prostitution-ring/comment-page-2/#comment-282662 rdean Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:30:24 +0000 http://www.worldontheweb.com/2008/03/10/spitzer-busted-for-prostitution-ring/#comment-282662 #49: Do liberals have any standard for personal conduct for politicians? Perhaps you could ask Foley or Craig or Pastor Oil, I mean Haggard. Of course, they don't have as much experience with "girls". No wonder the Republicans are so fixated on the gays. That's why the are so mad at Spitzer and Clinton. They were messing with girls. You think this is why Republicans believe you can be "recruited" or, get this, "turned"? If you get bitten, you can be "turned"? Sorry, I laughed so hard I almost, well, nevermind. #49: Do liberals have any standard for personal conduct for politicians?

Perhaps you could ask Foley or Craig or Pastor Oil, I mean Haggard. Of course, they don’t have as much experience with “girls”. No wonder the Republicans are so fixated on the gays. That’s why the are so mad at Spitzer and Clinton. They were messing with girls.

You think this is why Republicans believe you can be “recruited” or, get this, “turned”? If you get bitten, you can be “turned”? Sorry, I laughed so hard I almost, well, nevermind.

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]]> By: Lester http://online.worldmag.com/2008/03/10/spitzer-busted-for-prostitution-ring/comment-page-2/#comment-282655 Lester Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:21:02 +0000 http://www.worldontheweb.com/2008/03/10/spitzer-busted-for-prostitution-ring/#comment-282655 SteveG - Spitzer made his name by prosecuting prostitution rings, but Vitter ran on the plank of family values. Seems to me both should resign. At least Spitzer is leaving. I guess 1 out of 2 isn't bad. SteveG – Spitzer made his name by prosecuting prostitution rings, but Vitter ran on the plank of family values.

Seems to me both should resign. At least Spitzer is leaving. I guess 1 out of 2 isn’t bad.

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]]> By: TJ http://online.worldmag.com/2008/03/10/spitzer-busted-for-prostitution-ring/comment-page-2/#comment-282593 TJ Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:08:37 +0000 http://www.worldontheweb.com/2008/03/10/spitzer-busted-for-prostitution-ring/#comment-282593 We seem to be in agreement on this one, SteveG. While I wouldn't justify, under any circumstance, a husband cheating on his wife, and especially via a prostitute, the fact that he is a public official compounds the problem. Even if he were single, though, he should resign. He broke the law, he campaigned on ethical reforms, and he is a hypocrite, as you have stated. Regards of party affiliation, he should salvage some dignity (what little is left) and resign, imho. We seem to be in agreement on this one, SteveG. While I wouldn’t justify, under any circumstance, a husband cheating on his wife, and especially via a prostitute, the fact that he is a public official compounds the problem. Even if he were single, though, he should resign. He broke the law, he campaigned on ethical reforms, and he is a hypocrite, as you have stated. Regards of party affiliation, he should salvage some dignity (what little is left) and resign, imho.

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]]> By: SteveG http://online.worldmag.com/2008/03/10/spitzer-busted-for-prostitution-ring/comment-page-2/#comment-282590 SteveG Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:05:16 +0000 http://www.worldontheweb.com/2008/03/10/spitzer-busted-for-prostitution-ring/#comment-282590 TJ at #50: <i>Somebody please explain this to me (I don’t expect to necessarily agree with the explanation, but I just want to hear it): some Dem apologists for Spitzer, like Alan Dershowitz, are saying that this ethical issue shouldn’t matter, it’s a private affair (literally and figuratively I suppose), and what goes on behind closed doors between consenting adults is his own business, yada yada. But why does it matter with Larry Craig? Don’t get me wrong, Craig is a sleaze and should have resigned a long time ago. But why is one a private matter and the other not? Just wondering.</i> I don't know, TJ. I think Dershowitz is wrong on this one. If this were a case of a private citizen, I might agree. But Spitzer holds a public office of great responsibility, <i>and</i> has made his name by prosecuting exactly these kinds of crimes. I really hate hypocrisy, and I have no sympathy for him. He needs to resign and be disbarred, and he needs to disappear from public view and get his life in order. TJ at #50: Somebody please explain this to me (I don’t expect to necessarily agree with the explanation, but I just want to hear it): some Dem apologists for Spitzer, like Alan Dershowitz, are saying that this ethical issue shouldn’t matter, it’s a private affair (literally and figuratively I suppose), and what goes on behind closed doors between consenting adults is his own business, yada yada. But why does it matter with Larry Craig? Don’t get me wrong, Craig is a sleaze and should have resigned a long time ago. But why is one a private matter and the other not? Just wondering.

I don’t know, TJ. I think Dershowitz is wrong on this one.

If this were a case of a private citizen, I might agree. But Spitzer holds a public office of great responsibility, and has made his name by prosecuting exactly these kinds of crimes.

I really hate hypocrisy, and I have no sympathy for him. He needs to resign and be disbarred, and he needs to disappear from public view and get his life in order.

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]]> By: Night Train http://online.worldmag.com/2008/03/10/spitzer-busted-for-prostitution-ring/comment-page-2/#comment-282572 Night Train Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:33:49 +0000 http://www.worldontheweb.com/2008/03/10/spitzer-busted-for-prostitution-ring/#comment-282572 NJL, I think those liberals draw the line at infantilism; wearing diapers and being treated like a baby by his hookers. That's what Republican David Vitter allegedly did, and that's just too much for those liberals. If it transpires that Spitzer was wearing diapers with his hookers, I imagine the liberals will demand he resign. What's the conservative standard for personal conduct by politicians? They apparently have no problem with Diaperboy. NJL, I think those liberals draw the line at infantilism; wearing diapers and being treated like a baby by his hookers. That’s what Republican David Vitter allegedly did, and that’s just too much for those liberals. If it transpires that Spitzer was wearing diapers with his hookers, I imagine the liberals will demand he resign.

What’s the conservative standard for personal conduct by politicians? They apparently have no problem with Diaperboy.

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]]> By: TJ http://online.worldmag.com/2008/03/10/spitzer-busted-for-prostitution-ring/comment-page-1/#comment-282563 TJ Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:18:21 +0000 http://www.worldontheweb.com/2008/03/10/spitzer-busted-for-prostitution-ring/#comment-282563 Somebody please explain this to me (I don't expect to necessarily agree with the explanation, but I just want to hear it): some Dem apologists for Spitzer, like Alan Dershowitz, are saying that this ethical issue shouldn't matter, it's a private affair (literally and figuratively I suppose), and what goes on behind closed doors between consenting adults is his own business, yada yada. But why does it matter with Larry Craig? Don't get me wrong, Craig is a sleaze and should have resigned a long time ago. But why is one a private matter and the other not? Just wondering. I suppose someone could say one is behind closed doors and the other is behind those weird swinging doors in a public restroom... ;) Somebody please explain this to me (I don’t expect to necessarily agree with the explanation, but I just want to hear it): some Dem apologists for Spitzer, like Alan Dershowitz, are saying that this ethical issue shouldn’t matter, it’s a private affair (literally and figuratively I suppose), and what goes on behind closed doors between consenting adults is his own business, yada yada. But why does it matter with Larry Craig? Don’t get me wrong, Craig is a sleaze and should have resigned a long time ago. But why is one a private matter and the other not? Just wondering.

I suppose someone could say one is behind closed doors and the other is behind those weird swinging doors in a public restroom… ;)

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]]> By: NJLawyer http://online.worldmag.com/2008/03/10/spitzer-busted-for-prostitution-ring/comment-page-1/#comment-282553 NJLawyer Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:01:28 +0000 http://www.worldontheweb.com/2008/03/10/spitzer-busted-for-prostitution-ring/#comment-282553 Do liberals have any standard for personal conduct for politicians? Do liberals have any standard for personal conduct for politicians?

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]]> By: Night Train http://online.worldmag.com/2008/03/10/spitzer-busted-for-prostitution-ring/comment-page-1/#comment-282461 Night Train Wed, 12 Mar 2008 03:33:47 +0000 http://www.worldontheweb.com/2008/03/10/spitzer-busted-for-prostitution-ring/#comment-282461 And guess who was running the prostitution ring? Surprise, surprise, it was an Israeli Jew. This is from the Jewish newspaper <i>The Forward</i>. <blockquote>Spitzer Scandal’s Israeli Angle Feels Like Deja Vu By Ron Kampeas, JTA Tue. Mar 11, 2008 Washington — A fast-rising Democratic governor, an out of control sex drive and an Israeli enabler — it feels like deja vu all over again on the Hudson. Just four years after the then-governor of New Jersey, James McGreevey, resigned amid revelations of an affair with his Israeli-born ex-homeland security chief, Golan Cipel, Americans were once again treated to the spectacle of the governor of a large northeastern state standing alongside a grim-looking wife and admitting that he had erred. “I have acted in a way that violated the obligations to my family and that violates my — or any — sense of right and wrong,” said New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, 48, in a short statement to reporters on Monday afternoon, after the New York Times broke the news that the stunning anti-crime crusader was alleged to have been involved in a prostitution ring. “I apologize first, and most importantly, to my family,” he said. “I apologize to the public, to whom I promised better.” Mark Brener, the alleged pimp at the center of the prostitution scandal engulfing Spitzer, is an Israeli.</blockquote> http://snipurl.com/21jvv ] And guess who was running the prostitution ring? Surprise, surprise, it was an Israeli Jew. This is from the Jewish newspaper The Forward.

Spitzer Scandal’s Israeli Angle Feels Like Deja Vu

By Ron Kampeas, JTA
Tue. Mar 11, 2008

Washington — A fast-rising Democratic governor, an out of control sex drive and an Israeli enabler — it feels like deja vu all over again on the Hudson.

Just four years after the then-governor of New Jersey, James McGreevey, resigned amid revelations of an affair with his Israeli-born ex-homeland security chief, Golan Cipel, Americans were once again treated to the spectacle of the governor of a large northeastern state standing alongside a grim-looking wife and admitting that he had erred.

“I have acted in a way that violated the obligations to my family and that violates my — or any — sense of right and wrong,” said New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, 48, in a short statement to reporters on Monday afternoon, after the New York Times broke the news that the stunning anti-crime crusader was alleged to have been involved in a prostitution ring. “I apologize first, and most importantly, to my family,” he said. “I apologize to the public, to whom I promised better.”

Mark Brener, the alleged pimp at the center of the prostitution scandal engulfing Spitzer, is an Israeli.

http://snipurl.com/21jvv ]

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]]> By: rdean http://online.worldmag.com/2008/03/10/spitzer-busted-for-prostitution-ring/comment-page-1/#comment-282384 rdean Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:24:11 +0000 http://www.worldontheweb.com/2008/03/10/spitzer-busted-for-prostitution-ring/#comment-282384 It's ironic he was so pro telephone tapping. It’s ironic he was so pro telephone tapping.

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