Spitzer's Fall Surprises Me Not At All
Posted by: Kevin D. Korenthal | 03/10/2008 1:43 PM
By Kevin D. Korenthal. Cross-posted from SoCalPundit.com.
New York Governor Eliot Spitzer's fall comes as no surprise to me. It's just like a Democrat that the married Governor was using prostitutes even though it was his previous job as attorney general to bust such schemes.
I certainly was not surprised to learn that an investigation had been launched to look into accusations that Spitzer led an effort to tarnish Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno, the state's top Republican.
I wasn't even surprised when Spitzer suspended the expansion of construction apprenticeship in the state. With Organized Labor dominating this area but the non-union sector working hard to catch up, this was just the sort of dirty trick you'd expect of a dirty Democrat.
Now with charges imminent against the soon-to-be-former Governor of New York for transporting persons across state lines for the purposes of paid sex, the whole sordid affair is about to come full circle. The only question I have is whether or not these matters will effect the candidacy of Hillary Clinton whom Spitzer endorsed. It seems that many of Hillary's friends these days have dirty hands.
New York Governor Eliot Spitzer's fall comes as no surprise to me. It's just like a Democrat that the married Governor was using prostitutes even though it was his previous job as attorney general to bust such schemes.
In one such case in 2004, Mr. Spitzer spoke with revulsion and anger after announcing the arrest of 16 people for operating a high-end prostitution ring out of Staten Island. "This was a sophisticated and lucrative operation with a multitiered management structure," Mr. Spitzer said at the time. "It was, however, nothing more than a prostitution ring."See The Smoking Gun Report w/ evidence here and all the sordid details here. The New York Times article here. Neither did it surprise me when Spitzer's plan to give drivers licenses to illegal aliens went down in flames with even Hillary Clinton even saying the plan was unworkable.
I certainly was not surprised to learn that an investigation had been launched to look into accusations that Spitzer led an effort to tarnish Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno, the state's top Republican.
I wasn't even surprised when Spitzer suspended the expansion of construction apprenticeship in the state. With Organized Labor dominating this area but the non-union sector working hard to catch up, this was just the sort of dirty trick you'd expect of a dirty Democrat.
Now with charges imminent against the soon-to-be-former Governor of New York for transporting persons across state lines for the purposes of paid sex, the whole sordid affair is about to come full circle. The only question I have is whether or not these matters will effect the candidacy of Hillary Clinton whom Spitzer endorsed. It seems that many of Hillary's friends these days have dirty hands.

