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Before Spitzer was embroiled in Hookergate, he was in Troopergate, a battle of wills and between him and State Senate Majority Joseph Bruno. Bruno, an upstate career politician, managed to paint himself as the victim who pulled himself up from his boot straps while Spitzer was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.
It turned out that Spitzer was involved with trying to smear Bruno, but that was less dramatic than the hooker scandal. Bruno took the high road, saying it was "time to move on" and that his "heart goes out to his wife and his family at this time."
Bruno stepped down from the State Senate last year, became an executive in the private sector and was indicted on federal corruption charges this year. Oh, and it turns out he had a Brunomobile.
A year ago today, the NY Times published a story on its website saying that Governor Eliot Spitzer, the crusading former NY State Attorney General who was elected with 69% of the vote in 2006, was "caught on a federal wiretap arranging to meet with a high-priced prostitute at a Washington hotel last month, according to a law enforcement official and a person briefed on the investigation." And that sent off a chain of events amongst a motley group of famous (in political circles) and suddenly infamous characters. Click through for trip down Memory Lane.
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I still think that as morally reprehensible as Spitzer's conduct was, it shouldn't have ended his career as governor.
He was correct in resigning. He knew the jig was up. There was no way anyone could have takem him seriously as a leader of this state, much less a purveyor of justice. When you know that a dude keeps his socks on and likes to go bareback with a whore, you cannot possibly you can look at him with a straight face.
I can't look at that asshole Patterson with a straight face either-a cheating cokehead is now in office...
Gotta disagree. The executive simply can't have such a disrespect for the law. A simple affair would have been a completely different story.
He was facing federal charges when he resigned. Sending money across state lines for an illegal purpose is a federal felony. Staying in office could have meant years in prison. The smart thing to do was resign. The stupid thing to do is what ex-gov, future convict Blagojevich did.
It would have made Head Start ribbon-cutting ceremonies...awkward.