Will Democratic NY governor Eliot Spitzer resign because of admitted involvement with a prostitution ring?

Answer 1

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Well, for the sake of NY he should. He prosecuted other prostitution rings...

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Answer 2

did he inhale?

Answer 3

He should

Answer 4

No, he will admit it, take it back, waste tax payer dollars defending himself, and quietly go to jail for lying under oath. Oh wait, you said DEMOCRATIC governor, my bad...

Answer 5

Why should he? After all, it's just exchanging money for certain favors...kinda like what politicians do every day!

Answer 6

Did he say "I did not have sex with that woman" like Bil Clinton or "My God I have sinned" like Jimmy Swaggard?

Crooks should be fired. Those in political office should go to jail!

Answer 7

No, prostitution isn't an automatic killer in NY politics. It's bad, but I think it depends on what exactly happened. I doubt it will be worse than Pataki's pay to play scandle, but we'll find out soon because his press conference is about to start.

Tinker, if he were still the AG, my answer would be different. There are different things that an AG and a governer should resign over.

Edit: Well that was anticlimactic. Spitzer gave a blanket appology to his family and to the public, but didn't say what he did. I liked the politics is about ideas, not individuals stuff, and I agree, and if the individual can still get the ideas accomplished, then I don't think he can resign. I can't evaluate that yet because he didn't say what he did, and that disappoints me.

Edit: So apparently he paid for a high priced hooker across state lines. As long as he paid for it himself, he should be prosecuted the same as every other John. I don't know the typical federal penalties. In New York State, you pay a fine and go to John school where you learn in graphic detail about the horrors of prostitution. I hear its quite disgusting and effective. Former prostitutes come and talk about how some girls hide razor blades in their mouths and how virtually all of them are abused and addicts. Johns also discuss the various horrible things that have happened to them, like diseases and such. It's probably a little different in high priced rings like this, but I'm not sure how different. The principle is, of course, the same and it is just as illegal.

If he used government funds or something (there's currently no allegation of that and he has plenty of his own money), then it would be a different story. Also, if he were still AG and charged directly with prosecuting such prostitution rings, it would also be a different story. It is notable that he did prosecute prostitution rings when he was AG, so that's pretty bad for him.

Answer 8

TOM SUOZZI FOR GOVERNOR!!!!

Answer 9

Yes.

Answer 10

depends on what he did. If he just used one, then hell no, and he should not. If he ran it, its a different thing. And maybe he should. But we need to keep Democrats in charge of Albany.

Answer 11

Yes, prostitution is ILLEGAL. He was involved with ILLEGAL activity.

Just as R-Senator Larry Craig resigned for propositioning a man in the bathroom............
so should D-Gov. Eliot Spitzer resign for this.

Answer 12

I think he should pay...BIG TIME!!
This is the guy who LOVES going after everbody.
You know what they say...If you live in a glass house...

Answer 13

DUH. his image is trashed now. its so sad.....

Answer 14

HE JUST DID!

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http://www.nationalledger.com/artman/publish/article_272619352.shtml

Answer 15

You answered your own question.

He's a Democrat so of course not.

Answer 16

I hope so. I never trusted this guy. I always suspected his Grasso witch hunt was just a ploy to get elected as Governor. Then you hear about his meddling in Wall Street, and his 'steamroller' attitude revealed to me the utter lack of sincerity in his supposed cleanup of NY. He sought power under the guise of moral righteousness. His crusading was a simple publicity stunt. I'm glad he was outed.

Answer 17

Yup... Hubris... He spent so much time going after folk and pointing at the wrong that other do without looking at his own imperfections... Alot of folks could get around it but dont think he can... Doubt he will be Gov by the end of the day ...

Answer 18

He will not resign on his own. I'm sure pressure from Bruno and the NY Republicans will force him out.

Spitzer makes a good point when he says that politics is not about the individual politicians as much as it's about the policies. In the one year we have seen him as our governor he has done some great things for New York. We shouldn't veer off the track of progress because the man likes to have a little sex when he goes out of town.

Answer 19

He should resign. Prostituion is ILLEGAL, and disgusting. Human trafficking and sex trafficking is a serious issue: violence, rape, sexual assault, paedophilia... No form of prostitution is "okay." And Gov Spitzer was an advocate for anti-human trafficking legislation, which makes this case even sicker. Gov. Spitzer should resign, and should be prosecuted (esp. under The Mann Act -- for moving the woman over state lines for the purpose of sex trafficking).

Human trafficking and sex trafficking will never be stopped, but we shouldn't encourage it, and we should try to combat it. Just saying -- "well, in THIS case it's okay" -- is not appropriate. Prostition is illegal for a reason. If you don't think prostituion is "bad" go to any charity or organization that assists women/men/children involved in sex trafficking, and sit in on one of their group meetings/lectures. I'm sure not too many of the victims will say "Gosh, I loved my pimp. He was such a nice guy!"

This is such a sad case. WNY has a lot of trouble with human trafficking and sex trafficking (since we're so close to the Canadian border). I couldn't believe it when I saw it on the news.