Spitzer's in big trouble....

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Spitzer's in big trouble....

Postby majxmom » Mon Mar 10, 2008 11:37 am

Hmmmm....prostitution? NYRA and Microsoft must be chortling!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080310/ap_ ... titution_3
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Postby Tiz » Mon Mar 10, 2008 12:02 pm

I thought that the NYRA and Spitzer were corruption pals. Not so? Wasn't there a $650,000 pay out to Spitzer from the NYRA?
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Postby nferro9925 » Mon Mar 10, 2008 12:48 pm

I was just reading this!

No wonder he didn't have time to actually look at the
bids for NY racing!!
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Postby Gerry » Mon Mar 10, 2008 12:56 pm

Been following this all day on FoxNews...here is a man who tore people apart, ripped reputations to shreds on no evidence and he gets busted on a federal wire tap for prostitution.
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Postby HR LLC » Mon Mar 10, 2008 1:13 pm

The chickens coming home to roost...I love it...He is dirty just like the people he went after. Now this opens up a pandora box of issues. Someone knew he was involved with this. Did they use this info on him to gain influence on issues that crossed the govenor's table?
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Postby reese » Mon Mar 10, 2008 1:52 pm

Allegedly, a federal wire tap caught Spitzer as client #9 in DC ordering a prostitute.
Spitzer got caught in the tap with loosened wiretap laws.

If Spitzer wasn't the AG who relentlessly pursued people, companies etc., who HE deemed amoral this would not be as bad as it is..

Spitzer here is the "crusader rabbit"
against immorality(prostitution) for OTHER people.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/10/nyreg ... er.html?hp[url][/url]
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Postby majxmom » Mon Mar 10, 2008 2:18 pm

And he apparently asked the madam if the girl would agree to not wearing a condom! Stupid on more than one count. I hope his wife runs, not walks, to the doctor.
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Postby Barbaro06 » Mon Mar 10, 2008 3:47 pm

How the mighty have fallen...so much for any presidential bid in the future...

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Postby Louise » Mon Mar 10, 2008 4:09 pm

And, ironically enough, if Spitzer resigns, Lt. Gov. David Paterson is likely to become the new Governor leaving Spitzer's adversary, Joe Bruno, to assume the Lt. Gov.'s position. It's a sad day for US politics in general, as this just seems to substantiate the feeling that most US politicians are corrupt.
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Postby Des » Mon Mar 10, 2008 4:19 pm

He should have been "PROSECUTING" instead of "PROSTITUTING"
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Postby Archer » Mon Mar 10, 2008 5:36 pm

So, it turns out that Spitzer and New York Racing both have something in common.

They both got f***ed.
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Postby zinn21 » Mon Mar 10, 2008 7:36 pm

If it's true this may rival the Jimmy Swaggert scandal for hypocrisy.
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Postby ageecee » Mon Mar 10, 2008 8:26 pm

The Swaggert deal was a long time ago. What did they get him for again?
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Postby NorthStar » Mon Mar 10, 2008 11:44 pm

reese wrote:Allegedly, a federal wire tap caught Spitzer as client #9 in DC ordering a prostitute.
Spitzer got caught in the tap with loosened wiretap laws.

If Spitzer wasn't the AG who relentlessly pursued people, companies etc., who HE deemed amoral this would not be as bad as it is..

Spitzer here is the "crusader rabbit"
against immorality(prostitution) for OTHER people.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/10/nyreg ... er.html?hp[url][/url]


Wonder how long it will be before someone names a horse "Client Number Nine"
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Postby NorthStar » Mon Mar 10, 2008 11:52 pm

Des wrote:He should have been "PROSECUTING" instead of "PROSTITUTING"


He was just taking a "quick" break :wink:
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