Comments on: Eliot Spitzer Pays up to $5K/Hour for Prostitues?

By: GM Cassel AMH1(AW) USN RET

GM Cassel AMH1(AW) USN RET — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:57:21 +0000

Wow! In Palma de Mallorca better than 30 years ago, a good time was about 10-15 bucks.

[Editor --- Sadly, that's still very close to the going rate in slum holes right across our border in Juarez and Tijuana.]< ./font>

By: Jimmy th Greek

Jimmy th Greek — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:51:33 +0000

He also broke a federal law from the early 1900 (an oldie but a goodie)called the mann law.
It was made to protect women from being kidnapped into slavery.
To allow the feds to find these women country wide.
This could be a great opportuinty to make an example out of this guy.
To keep the future of are public servents in check.
So they live up to there obligations as role models for the
youth of our country.Lets go for max punishment.
Treat him like he treated outhers in court.
If we dont we’ll pay dearly when the next guy that takes it further.
He could be tried in all the states she travelled threw.
As well as federal.
They say he had a bodyguard with him thats state issued.
Im from NY so i payed for part of that.
As you could see im not to happy about it.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 09:38:17 +0000

Because he wired money instead of paying cash, the bank reported him to the feds who initially believed he was laundering money/paying bribes, etc. The feds are seeking to prosecute him under the structuring laws. I don’t want the government investigating every minor bank transaction I make. This is an abuse of power.

By: Jimmy the Greek

Jimmy the Greek — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 08:01:42 +0000

The self proclaimed “steamroller”just ran out of steam.
What a hypocrite.
To think people are defending this rat makes me sick.
What about the people he prosecuted for prostitution do
they get to appeal?
It would be a crime if we showed lienecy.
Its been 20 hours and we havent heard a resignation out of
this putz.
I say throw the book at him!
Im sure they will greet him with opened arms in the joint.

By: Pat

Pat — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 03:04:10 +0000

Amazing how Senator David Vitterâ€™s name never leaked out of the Justice Department after the arrest of the D.C. Madam, but Eliot Spitzerâ€™s name leaked out of the Justice Department within a week of the initial arrest in the Emperor V.I.P. case.

Has Vitter been asked to resign yet? No.

[Editor --- The sex with a prostitute that Sen. Vitter is alleged to have engaged in occurred before he became a Senator. Are you suggesting that he resign for illegal and immoral behavior that occurred before he became a Senator? If so, have you called for the dope smoking, cocaine snorting, drug dealing Sen from Illinois to resign yet? No. ]< ./font>

By: Pat

Pat — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 02:59:08 +0000

All kinds of questions arise here:

1. Why would the bank tell the IRS and not Spitzer himself if there was a suspicious transfer? Spitzer is a longtime client, a rich guy and the governor. We’re talking thousands of dollars here, not millions. It doesn’t make a whole lot of sense that they spotted a “suspicious transfer” made by the governor, and that this is how things began. It’s possible it was just ordinary paperwork the bank had to file with the government whenever some particular flag was raised, but if that’s the case, why did the DoJ go to DefCon 3?

2. What is a USA doing prosecuting a prostitution case? This isn’t normally what the feds spend their time with.

3. Mike Garcia is a Chertoff crony. Sources familiar with the investigation say that he sent a prosecution memo to DC two months ago asking for authority to indict a public figure (Spitzer). Which means they had their case made long before the wire tap of February 13. Why did they then include this line from that conversation in the complaint?

LEWIS continued that from what she had been told “he” (believed to be a reference to Client-9) “would ask you to do things that, like, you might not think were safe — you know — I mean that…very basic things….”Kristen” responded: “I have a way of dealing with that…I’d be like listen dude, you really want the sex?…You know what I mean.”

This salacious detail does not seem like it’s necessary to make their case, and appears to be added for no other purpose than to destroy Spitzer’s career.

4. How did Spitzer’s name get leaked to the media, and who did it? Didn’t happen to Dave Vitter.

5. Why did Mike Bloomberg suddenly start talking about running for governor recently? And why did he give $500,000 to Joe Bruno? He’s good buddies with Mike Mukasey. What did he know and how did he know it?

6. The Mann Act? Are you kidding?

7. Spitzer’s been in the line of fire of the GOP hit squad for a while. Roger Stone, Roger Stone, Roger Stone.

There are all kinds of things about this that just don’t pass the smell test.

By: dianne

dianne — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:57:30 +0000

Housewives definitely are underpaid.

I wonder if he paid sales tax? Or luxury tax? Snort

The creep.

By: Maggie

Maggie — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:08:22 +0000

I don’t understand just how much these politicians actually get paid. seriously…. How do they afford that?