Gov. Spitzer Linked to Prostitution Ring

[JoeRedskin]

Originally Posted by Hijinx

If my aunt had balls she'd be my uncle. Man there a lot of ifs and maybes in there.

Had Spitzer misused his powers or committed a major crime in connection to this, than he should receive punishment. I already said that if he committed a real crime he should receive the max sentence. But not the least bit of what you said has come out.

I would imagine that there are far more of these high services than people think. In my work I have seen more than my share of these girls and their high end clients. The chance of him getting blackmailed is probably less likely than if he was just cheating on his wife. These professionals know where their money comes from and that secrecy is in their best interest.

Sorry, I missed the memo - when exactly is a crime not a crime? When am I allowed to say - "Sorry officer, I know the law says it's a crime, but, hey, we both know it's not a REAL crime." ? I can't wait to use that on my next parking ticket.

While enforcement of crimes is sometimes (and, admittedly, more often then is acceptable) uneven, a crime is a crime is a crime. Further, it is the chief executive (whether mayor, governor or president) who is charged with enforcing the penalties for those crimes. To assert that such an individual should not be held accountable for violating the laws he/she is charged with enforcing undermines the rule of law.

In this particular case, the chief executive conspired to avoid detection both by use of the banking system and by avoiding the security officers provided to the chief executive (and who's duty is both to the individual who occupies that office and, on behalf of the state's citizens, to the office itself). The purpose of his avoiding detection was participate in an illegal business operation that, in of itself, was a conspiracy to break the very laws Spitzer was charged with enforcing.

Add to this, the hypocrisy element and Spitzer is simply getting his justifiable due.

Sucks when the karma train rams you in the ass.