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Soon-to-be-former Governor of New York, Eliot Spitzer, has just admitted that he frequented hookers. The New York Times<\/a> reports;<\/p>\n Gov. Eliot Spitzer has been caught on a federal wiretap arranging to meet with a high-priced prostitute at a Washington hotel last month, according to a person briefed on the federal investigation.<\/p>\n The wiretap recording, made during an investigation of a prostitution ring called Emperors Club VIP, captured a man identified as Client 9 on a telephone call confirming plans to have a woman travel from New York to Washington, where he had reserved a room. The person briefed on the case identified Mr. Spitzer as Client 9.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Syracuse Channel 10<\/a>;<\/p>\n Spitzer has built his political legacy on rooting out corruption, including several headline-making battles with Wall Street while serving as attorney general. He stormed into the governor’s office in 2006 with a historic share of the vote, vowing to continue his no-nonsense approach to fixing one of the nation’s worst governments.<\/p>\n During his two terms as attorney general, his cases included a few criminal prosecutions of prostitution rings and into tourism involving prostitutes.<\/p>\n In 2004, he was part of an investigation of an escort service in New York City that resulted in the arrest of 18 people on charges of promoting prostitution and related charges.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Do I sound pleased? Yes, I am. Spitzer was one of the reasons (the other reasons being Schumer and Clinton) I left New York State – I figured if my neighbors were stupid enough to elect him to the office of Attorney General for being a “pragmatic Liberal”, I didn’t want to live among them anymore.<\/p>\n From Associated Press<\/a>;<\/p>\n According to the law enforcement official, Spitzer is the person identified in legal papers as “Client 9,” who paid for a four-hour tryst with a woman identified as “Kristen” at a Washington hotel on Feb. 13.<\/p>\n A defendant, Temeka Rachelle Lewis, confirmed that the client would be “paying for everything \u2014 train tickets, cab fare from the hotel and back, mini bar or room service, travel time, and hotel,” the court papers said.<\/p>\n Client 9 paid $4,300 in cash to the service, with some being used for the encounter and the rest apparently to be used for credit.<\/p>\n The prostitute, described in the complaint as a “petite, pretty brunette, 5-feet-5 inches, and 105 pounds” met the client in Room 871 at about 10 p.m., according to the complaint.<\/p>\n In a conversation with the booking agent, Kristen said that she liked the client and that she did not think he was difficult, according to the papers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n So there you go – he’s got the hooker vote locked up because “she did not think he was difficult”. A john with a spare $4300 and is not difficult is a goldmine. I drive through New York State every summer and I wonder how many of those folks up there between Syracuse and Buffalo have an extra $4300 laying around that they can afford to blow in a four-hour tryst.<\/p>\n All of those years blackmailing US corporations and it all comes to this. Apparently, he thinks he won’t resign – but he’s been rendered ineffective. If he were a Republican, the Left would be crying for his resignation. This isn’t a “wide stance” in a public bathroom stall. This is an interstate criminal transaction. Throw his monkeyass in jail.<\/p>\n As expected, the Kos Kids defend him against the charge of hypocrisy (Little Green Footballs<\/a> link).<\/p>\n Many more background links at Jammie Wearing Fool<\/a>.<\/p>\n That younger demographic at Ace of Spades<\/a> is having fun with it. Here, too<\/a>.<\/p>\n American Pundit <\/a>says he’s going to resign.<\/p>\n Atlas Shrugs<\/a> and Michele Malkin<\/a> seem as pleased as me that Spitzer’s reign of idiocy has ended thus.<\/p>\n Bob Owens<\/a> is much classier than me and thinks of his kids first – and says Spitzer may be indicted.<\/p>\n VanHelsing at Moonbattery<\/a> gets the award for quote of the day;<\/p>\n With his wife at his side, Spitzer apologized for his behavior, while downplaying it as a “private matter.” The phrase must have tasted funny in the mouth of a guy who has prosecuted prostitution rings, and who thinks even how much you weigh should be subject to state supervision<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Hat tip to my cousin Scott (one of Spitzer’s constituents) for emailing me the story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"