New York's first-term Democrat governor (and superdelegate for Hillary Clinton) who proposed drivers' licenses for illegal aliens and a tax on the internet has now officially tripped over his own genitalia.
Formerly known as "Mr. Clean" and "The Sheriff of Wall Street," now he's now just "Client 9" to a brothel known as the Emperor's Club. Does anyone remember the Democrats' constant drumbeat about the Republican "culture of corruption?"
If he has to resign or is impeached, Clinton will lose Spitzer's superdelegate vote. No word yet on whether this scandal will have any effect on his position as a diarist for ultra-lefty blog Daily Kos.
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Others blogging:
(Practically everybody has something to say about this, but here are some goodies...)
- Crush Liberalism notes that the mainstream press seems to have selective memory of Gov. Spitzer's political affiliation.
- Say Anything has info about the Emperor's Club VIP rates, some of their prostitutes garnered as much as $5.921.00 an hour!
- Michelle Malkin has details about Spitzer's “structuring:” creating a series of financial movements designed to obscure the true purpose of the payments.
- Wonkette has a pictorial tour of the Emperor's Club ladies, showing what you can get for your 6 grand.
UPDATE: The New York Post is citing unnamed sources who claim that Spitzer has been a bad boy for at least six years.
Gov. Eliot Spitzer has been soliciting high-priced hookers for at least six years and possibly for more than a decade, sources tell The Post.
The revelation yesterday that the crusading governor was in fact “Client 9” named in a federal prostitution indictment did not shock insiders in the city’s sex industry.
Sources tell The Post that Spitzer had frequented high-priced hookers as far back as 2002 and possibly earlier.
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