Spitzer Is Linked to Prostitution Ring
- Thread starter frasier
- Start date
I'm also not surprised a bit by the GOP hypocrisy here.bbking said:
Afterall the brain of a GOPer is wired differently, if at all, than a normal person's brain. The usual suspects here demonstrate this daily.....
Look at how the mindnumbed among them still revere their dope addict El Rushbloe as their groovy OxyContin Guru! These sanctimonious hypocrites defend the likes of Larry Craig, Mark Foley, Sen. David Vitter , et al., yet claim to be so outraged by our hobbying Gov Spitzer on of all places an Escort Review Board.
I've said both Craig and Spitzer were both wrong and stupid..... the hypocracy I've seen is from the likes of Pekkkkr who would celebrate this with a R but has nothing to say because it's a D.....
OTB
OTB
I've come the the conclusion that you are not bright enough to have original thought...........I can't wait till the IRS starts looking at his expenses.WoodPeckr said:I'm also not surprised a bit by the GOP hypocrisy here.
Afterall the brain of a GOPer is wired differently, if at all, than a normal person's brain. The usual suspects here demonstrate this daily.....
Look at how the mindnumbed among them still revere their dope addict El Rushbloe as their groovy OxyContin Guru! These sanctimonious hypocrites defend the likes of Larry Craig, Mark Foley, Sen. David Vitter , et al., yet claim to be so outraged by our hobbying Gov Spitzer on of all places an Escort Review Board.
I never supported him and am happy to see him go.....However I know he is not the only reason that WNY is falling apart.
BTW smart guy you might want to run a speel checker.
Woody, you don't see there being a higher level of hypocrisy from someone who has zealously prosecuted call girl operations and as well as all sorts of other people with a sort of maniacal moral fanaticism?
Aardvark154
It's really the same level of hypocrisy and maniacal moral fanaticism, as those GOPers who did the same when they ranted homophobic on one hand, while secretly boning Congressional pageboys and seeking homo trysts in airport washrooms.
It's really the same level of hypocrisy and maniacal moral fanaticism, as those GOPers who did the same when they ranted homophobic on one hand, while secretly boning Congressional pageboys and seeking homo trysts in airport washrooms.
Woody
I do believe that what he actually did rises to a higher level of hypocrisy.
What you write would rather be analogous to Governor Spitzer never having been Attorney General of New York, and as Governor he had denounced the scourge of prostitution as a blight on the landscape while patronizing the Emperors's Club.WoodPeckr said:
I do believe that what he actually did rises to a higher level of hypocrisy.
Yes, and I think this is by far the most interesting aspect of this whole deal.Aardvark154 said:The New York Times has more this morning. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/11/nyregion/11inquire.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
The investigation began when banks noticed the frequent transfers from several accounts of several thousand dollars and filed suspicious activity reports with the Internal Revenue Service. The accounts were traced back to Spitzer, prompting public corruption investigators to open an inquiry. Their suspictions where heightened when the money ended up in bank accounts of what appeared to be shell companies, corporations that essentially had no real business. They intially suspected public corruption and called in the Public Corruption unit of the FBI.
They then discovered the Escort link and with the aid of a confidential informant where able to obtain court ordered wiretaps on the cellphones of those suspected of involvement in the escort service.
Possible charges against Spitzer could range from violation of the Mann Act, to banking law violations or even wire fraud.
Of course something that has been lost in all this is that those from the Emperor’s Club caught up in all this due to Spitzer's having drawn Police attention to them are still sitting in jail in New York.
Apparently, as a result of the patriot act, banks are required to tell 'authorities' - not clear if this is homeland security or whoever - whenever transactions above $1000 seem 'suspicious'. Has Spitzer been outed because of a terrorist justiified investigation? If in fact he is using monies fraudulently that is one thing, but I am beginning to smell a rat here.
Obviously you don't see a difference between having personally sent people to prison; and not voting to repeal existing laws (although that is almost entirely done on the State level) or making "hostile" public statements.WoodPeckr said:
Already discussed this either on this thread or one of the others. Therefore in brief, what set off the alarm bells was the pattern of the transactions which were: A) deliberately designed to conceal where the money was coming from, and B) the amounts of which were all under the 10,000 limit but in the aggregate much greater (over a short period of time) than that amount [the banking crime Structuring]. C) the law(s) involved existed well before 2001 D) what the IRS intially suspected were extortion payments (by the Governor), bribes or kick-backs (recived by the Governor), or Income Tax evasion - if U.S. law were more or less like Canada regarding outcall that might well have been the end of it - perhaps with a Caution or Admonition Letter.chiller_boy said:
As I’ve already said I feel sorry for the fellow hobbyist, but at the same time not very sorry at all for the arrogant hypocrite. However, I hope the prosecutors forego charges and feel disbarment would also probably be too draconian.
John Faso, his opponent in the New York Gubernatorial race said today: "Eliot Spitzer had one set of rules for himself and one set for everyone else. I never would have imagined it could be so glaring."
However, perhaps more harmonious times are coming to New York. As Democratic Assemblyman Richard Brodsky said "The first thing [David Paterson] can and I think he will do is end the era of accusation and contempt and ridicule, I think everyone will be better off because of it."
John Faso, his opponent in the New York Gubernatorial race said today: "Eliot Spitzer had one set of rules for himself and one set for everyone else. I never would have imagined it could be so glaring."
However, perhaps more harmonious times are coming to New York. As Democratic Assemblyman Richard Brodsky said "The first thing [David Paterson] can and I think he will do is end the era of accusation and contempt and ridicule, I think everyone will be better off because of it."
Pictures, you know you wanna see ...
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0312084kristen1.html
Drudge has a bunch of related links up right now.
Here we see the softer side of Jim Cramer:
http://www.wjno.com/cc-common/news/sections/newsarticle.html?feed=244038&article=3398347
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0312084kristen1.html
Drudge has a bunch of related links up right now.
Here we see the softer side of Jim Cramer:
http://www.wjno.com/cc-common/news/sections/newsarticle.html?feed=244038&article=3398347
Oh, and having read a bit more about Spitzer in recent days, I suppose he is a hypocrite of sorts. Not as bad as many others, though.
And to the people who say he should have gone to Toronto or Montreal ... who is to say that he didn't hobby in those cities as well? Be funny if he had a terb or merb account.
And to the people who say he should have gone to Toronto or Montreal ... who is to say that he didn't hobby in those cities as well? Be funny if he had a terb or merb account.
Kristen
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/13/nyregion/12cnd-kristen.html?no_interstitial
Three thoughts. How appropriate is it for the New York Times to publish this? Has the NYT spun this story? How much do we really know about SP's - I had my suspicions when I read the "hey dude, do you want to have sex" comment, personally I can only recall one poorly spoken escort in either Toronto, Ottawa or Montreal, I don't know quite what that says.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/13/nyregion/12cnd-kristen.html?no_interstitial
Three thoughts. How appropriate is it for the New York Times to publish this? Has the NYT spun this story? How much do we really know about SP's - I had my suspicions when I read the "hey dude, do you want to have sex" comment, personally I can only recall one poorly spoken escort in either Toronto, Ottawa or Montreal, I don't know quite what that says.
Must say of the two, I at least can tell which one would take photographs at his sister's funeral (MD).katsrin said:
