Client 9... A Short Query

I'm posting this afternoon to ask you a simple question. Do you think that Eliot Spitzer, now known to the world simply as Client #9, should be forced to resign his position as the Governor of New York State?

Yes, I know he's a miscreant and a hypocrite and all that. But my opinion is sort of this: If he didn't use public money, I'm not necessarily looking for him to be tossed over the cliff and into the sea.

I have no particular affection for the guy. I am just interested in the machine that brings people down when they screw up in this culture. Like, when Larry Craig was found rubbing shoe leather with an officer from the Department of Entrapment, a whole bunch of people called for his scalp. After a while, he just said, no, I don't believe I WILL resign. I found that kind of refreshing.

I mean, lots of people who have been proven guilty of an assortment of high crimes and misdemeanors are still hanging around collecting their checks. I'm not going to mention any names, but many happen to be politicians, actually. Are we shocked that a politician like Spitzer was a habitue of prostitutes? Well, not really, right? Are we amazed at a politician demonstrating the capacity to say one thing and do the exact opposite? Or is Eliot Spitzer being held to a higher standard because he seemed, at one point, to embody one?

Anyhow, what do you think and why. Should he stay or should he go? Let me know your thoughts. I'd be particularly interested in hearing from Clients 1-8.

Comments

[BusGreg]

Right off the top I'd have to say: Hell No! He is a hypocrite and deserves to be fully investigated and if and when convicted of whatever crime he deserves to get his due like any other citizen. It appears that there is much more to the story and I for one would like to find out more about the guy in charge of this "Bunny Palace", He appears to be linked to the IRS in some way.

[Henry]

I think what we should do is put someone trustworthy, Rudy Guiliani, in charge of a commission that could include other Republican­s...people like Newt Gingrich, Tom Delay, and Trent Lott to look into the particulars of this type of conduct. I mean, holy smokes, how can the born-agains possibly tolerate this sort of behavior in public life? Just think of what political ammunition this will be for the straight-talk express of John McCain. It is time for the right wing to take over and expel all evil doers so the country can be "right" with God! Do Muslims have this sort of problem with their elected officials?
(He should go he's an embarrassment)

[ceu]

"Do you think that Eliot Spitzer, now known to the world simply as Client #9, should be forced to resign his position as the Governor of New York State?"

Put me down as a NO. Perhaps if the same folks who are now outraged over Spitzer's behavior had forced the resignation of Bush, Cheney, et al for invading & occupying a sovereign country, shredding the Constitution, ignoring international treaties, using the Justice Dep't for political purposes, plunging the country into unfathomable debt, etc., etc., my view would be different, but they haven't so it isn't. Oust the guy for sex?? Nope.