Comments on: What’s next for New York Governor Spitzer?

By: Dianne

Dianne — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:53:28 +0000

Does anyone have any idea how many husbands live in sexless marriages. Does anyone know how many wives beg their husbands not to divorce them for the sake of the kids but give them the okay to get their sex somewhere else. Maybe this is the case. Maybe he wanted out of his marriage long ago and he stayed to take care of the wife and kids out of obligation and did the prostitute thing hoping it would be kept secret out of respect for his wife. No one knows the facts here except that he did break the law.

By: Hollier ThanThou

Hollier ThanThou — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:27:09 +0000

Mr. Spitzer should not resign!
The Puritans and Republicans can pound sand as far as I am concerned.
Stay out of the pants you hippocrits!
Let politicians be human.
Let’s not place them on pedastals.
They are not saints.
His crime is against his wife only. She is free to seek a divorce if she chooses.
His whole career has been about taking on the big guys for benefit of the little guys.
Mr. Spitzer,
It’s about time some one fought this sort of smear campaign head-on. Stay in office. You have my vote and I am sure a lot of other humans out there.
Next project, by the way, should be to get rid of Dubya’s ability to illegally tap phones.

By: Lukespack

Lukespack — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:59:31 +0000

Spitzer did something very stupid. Anyone who exhibits holier than thou attitude needs to avoid any appearance of unlawful activity. I
don’t think having sex with a prostitute is really the public’s business. It is just the fact he was so clean in the public’s eye before becoming client # 9. Things done in private by consenting adults should be left private.
The age of the computer leaves very little privacy for anyone. Just routine computer checking leaves our private lives open to the state. I say hang in there Eliot and become more sensitive to others. You can still do good things as governor.

By: Gregg

Gregg — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:30:22 +0000

What I do not understand is if he used public funds for his liasons. If the answer is “Yes” then he should be ousted. if he used his personal money then I am not so sure. Seems like the GOP has nothing better to go after democrats than getting a little Strange. Meanwhile the GOP funnels all taxpayer money into the war machine and ultimately, GOP pockets. thats much more palatible than getting a little nookey on the side, isn’t it?

By: April

April — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:03:36 +0000

I’m tired of everybody riding their own personal ethical high horse. Everyone, at one point, has done something of poor judgement, told a lie, or done something illegal. Ever run a red light, drive through a stop sign, or not tell the entire truth on your taxes? I agree that a governor should have high ethical standards, but the man admited he made a mistake. At least he didn’t deny it. Yes , he made a mistake, he committed a crime and violated a law that was put on the book 100 years ago before women had the right to vote and were more or less considered property. His record shows how he really feels about things and this instance, while indeed terrible, simply shows that good people can have bad judgement sometimes. Nobody possesses perfect judgement all the time. I hope he does not resign. It would be a tragedy for NY State.

By: Praetorian, Fort Myers

Praetorian, Fort Myers — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:00:25 +0000

His conduct is a discredit to all of the thousands of NY National Guard members–who would be severely disciplined in similar circumstances–perhaps made to retire or face a courts martial.

He has disgraced his family and the office he holds. Appropriate moral and ethical conduct is expected from key executive officers like Governor’s and President’s, he has failed in this endeavor.

The best thing for all would be for him to remove himself from his position of public trust.

By: R Jones

R Jones — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 03:23:07 +0000

He built his image on cleaning up everyone else’s life. Now it is time for him to clean up his by resigning.

By: SaxophoneGOD

SaxophoneGOD — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 03:15:55 +0000

It’s just a shame that during the most influential time for democrats this has to come out. Shame on you Governor!

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 03:11:22 +0000

He should resign, if only because this shows how stupid he can be. He was the AG for 8 years and he was foolish enough to engage in this kind of behavior without doing a good job of hiding it (Not that its ok to do such things, but I would think he would have know how to hide it better). Also showed that he lacks the moral compass to represent NY or led it away from the decayed state it is in.

By: Ray

Ray — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 03:09:53 +0000

To many people, he has shown himself to be arrogant and self-righteous. He was perceived as a power-crazed crusader on a witch-hunt. He was harsh and heavy-handed in his treatment of others, misusing his authority in intrusive investigations.

His many enemies are now greeting this news with sadist pleasure.

Having said that, why are we, as a public, so fascinated with sex scandals? What people do in their private time is their own business, whether it’s having sex with prostitutes, having sex with interns, having sex that is not technically sex, or having kinky sex.

So what, if he paid money for it. Hey, we have to pay for everything else in life. Why not sex?

Besides, we’re all human. Let he who is without sin cast the first stone!