Eliot Spitzer Tied to Prostitution Ring

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Gun-slinging New York governor has been implicated in a prostitution ring in New York. The holier-than-now corporate crusader who made a name for himself by insisting that the highest ethics be enforced in business and government. I’m sitting in La Guardia airport looking for the right word – found it – hypocrite.

From the New York Times story on Eliot Spitzer’s involvement in a prostitution ring:

Gov. Eliot Spitzer, who gained national prominence relentlessly pursuing Wall Street wrongdoing, has been 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.

The wiretap 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 hotel room, according to an affidavit filed in federal court in Manhattan. The person briefed on the case and the law enforcement official identified Mr. Spitzer as Client 9.?I have acted in a way that violates my obligation to my family and violates my or any sense of right or wrong,? said Mr. Spitzer, who appeared with his wife Silda at his Manhattan office. ?I apologize first and most importantly to my family. I apologize to the public to whom I promised better.?

?I have disappointed and failed to live up to the standard I expected of myself. I must now dedicate some time to regain the trust of my family.?

Hang it up buddy.