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It's always exciting when major sex scandals elsewhere turn out to have local connections. If you somehow haven't been inundated with the news already for the past couple of hours, New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer has publicly apologized after having been caught on a federal wiretap arranging for a prostitute to meet him in a hotel room. Turns out, the hotel room in question was right here in D.C., though it's unclear which hotel that might have been. Spitzer stayed at the historic Renaissance Mayflower Hotel on Connecticut Ave. on Feb. 13, the night in question, but hotel records show the room number the prostitute allegedly visited was registered under a different name that night.
Spitzer is fessing up, nonetheless:
I have acted in a way that violated the obligations to my family and that violates my — or any — sense of right and wrong. I apologize first, and most importantly, to my family. I apologize to the public, whom I promised better. I do not believe that politics in the long run is about individuals. It is about ideas, the public good and doing what is best for the State of New York. But I have disappointed and failed to live up to the standard that I expect of myself. I must now dedicate some time to regain the trust of my family.The governor refused to take any questions from the press after his statement, and his political future is still in question. Gothamist is following the blow-by-blow. Interestingly, it appears as though Spitzer actually arranged for his hooker to travel from New York to D.C. for their rendezvous. What's up with that, Governor? Our D.C. prostitutes aren't good enough for you?
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If you had seen the ladies hanging out at the bar in The Mayflower lately, you'd have understood why he called one in from the Big Apple.
Did you REALLY write "Gothamist is following the blow-by-blow"?
The problem for Spitzer is that he violated the Mann Act of 1910, which makes it illegal for someone to transport a person across state lines with the purpose of prostitution.
He very much is in danger of losing his job.
The problem for Spitzer is that he violated the Mann Act of 1910, which makes it illegal for someone to transport a person across state lines with the purpose of prostitution.
He very much is in danger of losing his job.
The problem for Spitzer is that he violated the Mann Act of 1910, which makes it illegal for someone to transport a person across state lines with the purpose of prostitution.
He very much is in danger of losing his job.
Being a former AG, you think he would realize that having the prostitute travel across state lines adds another charge they could use against him. I didn't step one foot in law school, and I still say duhhhhh.
I'd really like to see this thread degenerate into a long, drawn-out fight over the relative quality of NY and DC prostitutes . . .
that's his only problem?
and haven't we determined that DC is an ugly city? i'd say DC's prostitutes aren't good enough for anyone.
He should've utilized Marion Barry's crack 'ho referral service.
A surprising number of DC hos were born men. At least the ones on the street itself...
Just thought that worth mentioning.
Do you think she took the Chinatown bus?
Spat!
Someone make a Spitzer swallows joke!
Someone make a Spitzer swallows joke!
What I want to know is: for $5500 an hour, what exactly did these women DO?
The mind reels...
Plenty of those over on Wonkette, Cranky.
I think Amtrak should use this in their advertising. With the Acela Express you can get your ho' from mid-town Manhattan to the Mayflower Hotel in 4 hours. Beat that, USairways shuttle!
down goes spitzer
still spazzing on this one, aren't you zippy?
"What's up with that, Governor? Our D.C. prostitutes aren't good enough for you?"
This has been discussed before. EVERYTHING in New York is better!
Jon Stewart already did that last night, Cranky.
I regret to say that we of the FBI are powerless to act in cases of oral-genital intimacy, unless it has in some way obstructed interstate commerce. – J. Edgar Hoover