Just read that Eliot Spitzer has ended his marriage (or his wife probably did, either way, it's splitsville for Eliot)
Anyway, was reading the article in the Globe and Mail and there was a link to a documentary movie called, "The Rise and Fall of Client No. 9" which was Eliot Spitzer's code name at the Escort Agency he preferred in NYC (The Emperor's Club.)
So, I decided to see if it was available on Youtube (it is, but you need to rent it for $3.99), so I went for it.
Great Documentary.
Now, full disclosure, I always liked Eliot Spitzer when he was on CNN. I found him to be very intelligent, well spoken, and he truly knew how to interview and he would never allow his inteviewees to run flank around a question, or use the opportunity of being on CNN to pontificate.
Anyway, if you want to watch a great documentary involving politics, sex, betrayal, revenge, and just plain a tragic fall from grace, this one is your opportunity.
Very well done doc. In a nutshell, Eliot pissed off a lot of very very powerful people on Wall Street and in Albany NY and they got him. They knew that we all have weaknesses and very very few of us are able to meet the ideals of "the perfect man". Eliot was and is no exception to that rule. He could be a good guy, a champion and protector of the little guy, and he could be a vindictive prick. In the end, his moral ambiguity, or some might say his real humanity was his undoing.
At the end of it all, IMHO, he should never have resigned. He may well have lost the next election, but on the other hand, maybe he would not have. (Bill Clinton survived it, but then again, I think Clinton had (has) this connection (as an intellectual heavy weight) to the average guy (probably because he grew up on just this side of "dirt poor") that Spitzer never did and never will. Eliot is also an intellectual heavy weight, but I don't think he connects to the average Joe, though he certainly does empathize.
If you're into politics, sex, power, and "i'll show you" - then this one is for you.
Anyway, was reading the article in the Globe and Mail and there was a link to a documentary movie called, "The Rise and Fall of Client No. 9" which was Eliot Spitzer's code name at the Escort Agency he preferred in NYC (The Emperor's Club.)
So, I decided to see if it was available on Youtube (it is, but you need to rent it for $3.99), so I went for it.
Great Documentary.
Now, full disclosure, I always liked Eliot Spitzer when he was on CNN. I found him to be very intelligent, well spoken, and he truly knew how to interview and he would never allow his inteviewees to run flank around a question, or use the opportunity of being on CNN to pontificate.
Anyway, if you want to watch a great documentary involving politics, sex, betrayal, revenge, and just plain a tragic fall from grace, this one is your opportunity.
Very well done doc. In a nutshell, Eliot pissed off a lot of very very powerful people on Wall Street and in Albany NY and they got him. They knew that we all have weaknesses and very very few of us are able to meet the ideals of "the perfect man". Eliot was and is no exception to that rule. He could be a good guy, a champion and protector of the little guy, and he could be a vindictive prick. In the end, his moral ambiguity, or some might say his real humanity was his undoing.
At the end of it all, IMHO, he should never have resigned. He may well have lost the next election, but on the other hand, maybe he would not have. (Bill Clinton survived it, but then again, I think Clinton had (has) this connection (as an intellectual heavy weight) to the average guy (probably because he grew up on just this side of "dirt poor") that Spitzer never did and never will. Eliot is also an intellectual heavy weight, but I don't think he connects to the average Joe, though he certainly does empathize.
If you're into politics, sex, power, and "i'll show you" - then this one is for you.
