Oh New York New York...always famous in so many ways. The month of February featured New York as Superbowl Superstars and the month March follows up with the State sex scandal. Unlike last month where Eli Manning and the Giants were the envy of the nation for their prestigious titles as Superbowl Champions, this month, Eliot Spitzer has become the shame and ebbarrasment of the state because of his link to a glorified prostitution ring.
Eliot Spitzer came into office as the New York Governer being proclaimed to be "Mr. Clean." He was elected by a large majority of New York voters, a first in the history of the state. His major platform was based mainly on cleaning up New York, from crime to public works. Spitzer had only been in office for 16 months before he managed to ruin his political career for good. He has been identified as "Client 9" on the client list from the Emperor's Club prostitution ring. The prostitution ring is a high class agency with an elite client list, with others like Spitzer. The girls are exquisite, the services are expensive, and the arrangements are secret. But apparently not too secret because law enforcement caught on to him. Spitzer went the full nine yards for this prostiture, brought her in from out of state and floated the entire trip by moving money around to multiple accounts before delivering payment. The entire engagement was expensive and erotic, and hopefully for Spitzer, that one night of sex with a prostitute was worth the downfall of his entire political career.
Spitzer has not yet been charged with anything yet, but the scandal has tainted his political career beyond reproach. He has issued public statements to the press, apologizing to his wife and family for putting shaming them in front of the nation and bringing repose upon their family. "I must now dedicate some time to regain the trust of my family," Spitzer said. He has yet to make any claims about his actions and only apologizes for the damage done to his family by the accusations.Opponents say that if he does not step down voluntarily, that he will have impeachment charges brought against him. Many feel he cannot be trusted and that the state of New York will be willing to trust him enough to follow him. If Spitzer is removed from office, his arch rical, Democratic Lieutenant Government David Patterson would move into office. He would be the first black governer of New York in the history of the state. Could this change in the office of New York be a preface to the upcoming Presidential election? With a powerful black man in office in New York, the public might see no problem with another powerful black man being in office for the country!
Seems like a running trend lately, to take personal sexual antics into the public forum. You have to think,if we elect these people into office and they are careless enoiugh to make a huge mistake like this...were they really the best person for that job? Although some say that a politician's personal life is that of their own, but it really does take a shot at their moral characther. Do we want someone with a severe lack or moral charachter and a complete disregard for marital fidelity and family values running a state? I feel most would say no.
If New York went from Frebruary's football phenomenons to March's prostitution patrons, who knows what excitement the month of April will bring!
Information based on:
Amy Westfeldt. NY governor linked to prostitution ring. Yahoo.com Online News. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080310/ap_on_re_us/spitzer_prostitution. Monday, March 200th, 2008.
2 comments:
Sex sells, even in politics. In many elections throughout early American history, sexuality has been a major smear point of attack against opposition parties. In 1800 and 18004 the Federalist party blasted Jefferson for having relations with his African American slaves. In 1828 charges against Jackson included a claim that his mother was a prostitute. In 1884 the republicans brought out the fact that Grover Cleveland fathered a bastard child and those were only a few of the many charges in early American elections.
More recently, president Clinton was nearly impeached for his sex scandal with Monica in 1998. A few months later Louisiana rep. Bob Livingston admitted to cheating on his wife and stepped down, urging Clinton to do the same. In 2004 NJ Gov. James McGreevy announced his homosexuality and his affair with another man. In 2006 Florida rep. Mark Foley stepped down after being found to have sent sexually explicit materials to congressional pages.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/11/spitzer/#cnnSTCOther2
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