Glenn Greenwald recommends this commentary on the Elliot Spitzer saga from a woman who knows her way around the world of New York escort services, and it's very much worth checking out.

In a recent Today Show panel discussion about New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, Dr. Laura Schlessinger said that often when a man cheats its because his wife "does not focus in on the needs and the feelings, sexually, personally, to make him feel like a man, to make him feel like a success, to make him feel like her hero."   Read More »

Senator Vitter (R-LA) and Gov. Spitzer (D-NY) Prostitution Legis.Share12:49pm Today | Edit Note | DeleteI was on Ringside Politics with Jeff Crouere and Steve Sabludowsky this morning talking about David Vitter and Governor Spitzer being good drinkin buddies, and now they should team up for some new bi-partisan Pro-Prostitution legislation....lol. Hope you enjoy the article below.



Behold the many hats of Republican David Vitter.

By:Joshua W. Delano

(written September 2004 and sent to every Louisiana and DC News outlet)



First Vitter, now Spitzer (www.nytimes.com)

Maybe the Louisiana Republican Senator and the New York Democrat Governor can work on some meaningful bi-partisan pro-prostitution legislation since they are the poster boys on their respective sides of the aisle.







Crusader for family values. Champion of Louisiana?s anti-gambling lobby. The conservative who will put Louisiana first, stop corruption in its tracks and put an end to business as usual in Washington.

Yet as Vitter, who represents suburban New Orleans in the U.S. House, seeks the Senate seat abandoned by Democrat John Breaux, a quick look at his campaign financing and other associations reveals a picture as muddy as the mighty Mississippi. When he says he?s conservative, he?s on the level. He runs on a traditional conservative platform with healthy dollops of family values, support for the war and overall patriotism.

But when he claims to be a crusader against gambling in Louisiana, his story doesn?t hold water. He claims to be a champion of job creation ? just not casino jobs. But on June 1, 2001, he accepted a check for $2,000 from casino interests representing the Coushatta Indians of Louisiana, whose much larger contributions to House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, have led to ethics investigations in Washington.

Vitter returned the check on Feb. 18, 2002, but he later accepted checks from two political action committees that represent the Coushatta tribe. On Dec. 24, 2001, he took $2,500 from the Bayou Leadership PAC, which had just received $5,000 from the Coushatta tribe, which seeks to build casinos on its properties in the state. In 2002, he took $1,000 from the Committee for Preservation of Capitalism, a group headed by Rep. Jim McCrery, R-Shreveport. This came shortly after the Coushatta tribe had given McCrery?s group two contributions of $5,000 each.

Vitter told the Press Club of Baton Rouge that the climate of doing business in Louisiana has to change from ?who you know to what you know, from who you are and what connections you have to how you can most effectively get the job done.? But who Vitter knows has benefited his campaign war chest to the tune of more than $2 million ? more than all three of his general election opponents combined.

In addition to his arms-length flirtations with the Coushatta tribe?s checkbook, he has brought in big-name Republicans such as Vice President Richard Cheney and former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani to speak and raise money for him in Louisiana. He has attempted to associate himself with C. Ray Nagin, elected mayor of New Orleans in 2002 on promises to end the city?s reputation for massive graft and corruption. Vitter spoke glowingly of the sign on Mayor Nagin?s desk that reads: ?Be honest or leave.?

Vitter said the mayor?s sign was a ?great model for leadership around the state, including our next governor.? That was during his bid for the state?s top office, which he cut short because of marital problems said to stem from an extramarital relationship with a prostitute from New Orleans.

Louisianans have a sense of humor when it comes to politics. They apply the same joie de vivre ethic that governs so much of life in the state. They don?t demand squeaky-clean government, though perhaps they should. They don?t demand accountability in the traditional sense, though, again, perhaps they should. They have no compunction about electing full-on rapscallions such as Huey Long and Edwin Edwards so long as they can be convinced that what they see is what they get.

What they won?t tolerate is a man who misrepresents himself. Who holds himself up as a vanguard of family values when he?s not. Who opposes gambling but accepts campaign contributions from those pushing gambling interests.

If Vitter wants to win the people?s trust, he needs truly to embrace the words on Mayor Nagin?s sign. He needs to be honest or leave.

This picture says one thing to me....
Guilty!

there is forgiveness yes..but we all pay for our sins as well.

 

Before anyone else jumps on the millions of ways to poke fun, or analyze rather, the situation about Eliot Spitzer and his ring of prostitution, I decided to take a stab at it.  Truthfully, I do not know much about Eliot Spitzer, or prostitution for that matter, and my initial reaction was actually to the other woman in Spitzer’s life: his wife.

 

Upon seeing the photograph of the married couple together at this afternoon’s press conference, I can’t help but wonder whether I would have the strength to stand by my husband in that situation. On the other hand, a better question to ask might be whether this action demonstrates strength at all. Is standing by your husband after he cheats and commits a crime in one foul swoop loyalty or weakness? After all, this is not the first time that America has seen this occur; it goes without saying that presidential candidate Hillary Clinton experienced quite a similar situation a few years back.

I suppose in the end that Silda is simply trying to put on a brave face for the world, and I commend her for having the courage to get on stage with her husband today. However, I only hope she thoroughly evaluates the situation once the initial scandal makes it way out of the press—and that she comes to a better decision.