Monday, March 10, 2008

Elliott Sptizer Plays Claude Frollo, All Too Well

Gov. Elliot Spitzer (D-N.Y.) acknowledged in a very brief statement, Monday, that he had violated the obligations he had to his family and the public, though he offered no specific comments about a report that he was involved in a prostitution ring.

"I am disappointed that I failed to live up to the standard I set for myself," Spitzer said. "I must now dedicate some time to regain the trust of my family."
(ATSRTWT)

The "standard"? You mean, like, the LAW? You mean, like, the marriage promises he made to his wife to be faithful, which certainly imply NOT PAYING HIGH PRICED CALL GIRLS TO SLIDE UP AND DOWN HIS NYFD-APPROVED FIRE POLE?

Spitzer is a guy who really went out of his day to do the sanctimonious thing. This call-girl admission by Marse Elliot is every bit as big as Jimmy Swaggart, and for the same reason. If you worship at the secular church of the law, you have to obey the law.

Two thoughts:
"Take the Money and Run," Steve Miller. Spitzer is Billy Mac
Billy Mac, is a detective down in Texas
And though he knows just exactly what the fact is
He ain't gonna let those two escape justice
He makes his livin' off of other people's taxes

Mr. Spitzer used tax money, paid to him to run a protection racket ("pay me, or I'll sic the LAW on ya, boy!") to pay hookers and cheat on his wife. Isn't that a problem, for a prosecutor? I know, sure, I think prostitution should be legal. But I think cheating on your wife is immoral, and breaking the law means you can't be a prosecutor.(corrected; I put "prostitute" at first. A Freudian slip...)


Thought the second: "Hunchback of Notre Dame," Victor Hugo.
Claude Frollo, the sex-obsessed prosecutor/priest, wants the girl Esmerelda hung. Why? Because Frollo can't control his sexual urges for her. It CAN'T be anyone's fault but ...hers, right? And Frollo-Spitzer says so: "Oh, it was she! still and forever she!—that fixed idea that haunted him incessantly, that tortured him, gnawed his brain, wrung his very vitals! He regretted nothing, he repented of nothing; all that he had done he was ready to do again..." (Hunchback, Book IX, Chapter 1, "Delirium.")

8 comments:

Dirty Davey said...

He may have been using family money--he has a great deal--rather than taxpayer money. I assume the state of New York does not pay the governor quite enough to support a $4000/hour prostitute habit.

HOWEVER, the big question is whether this particular client relationship dates back to his days as a prosecutor, and if so whether there was some quid pro quo going on.

I mean in general this is the sort of thing that--looked at from the perspective of liberty--raises the question of why the government is making consensual transactions illegal. But in this specific case, where the guy was actually prosecuting prostitution rings (one assumes other than the ones he patronized) he kinda had it coming to him.

Still, I think it's valid to suggest that maybe--just maybe--the feds should be spending relatively more of their eavesdropping time and effort on Osama bin Laden and relatively less on "Kristen".

Anonymous said...

You should find some way to incorporate the line "PAYING HIGH PRICED CALL GIRLS TO SLIDE UP AND DOWN HIS NYFD-APPROVED FIRE POLE" into your campaign.

Anonymous said...

You sound like a conservative, not like a libertarian.

Anonymous said...

NYFD-APPROVED FIRE POLE

hehe LOL!

Jeff H said...

Worship at the secular church...?

After the service all members of the congregation then dine at the vegetarian steakhouse, I suppose.

Angus said...

looks like Eliot may have spent up to $80,000 (almost 100 euros!!!) on his hobby. holy crap!

Anonymous said...

Anyone know if there's a 1 hour minimum? I'm thinking I only need about 6 minutes a pop with a chick that's $4K/hr hot.

That would give me 200 violations for only 100 Euros.

Anonymous said...

Dirty Davey:

The investigation was triggered by banks' automatic reporting of "suspicious" looking financial transactions. Sounds to me like they're doing what they should be, and caught the prostitution thing by accident.

And once they found it they had to act. The governor of a major state has made himself blackmailable by gangsters. That's not a good situation to leave in place.