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Submitted by beaver, Mar 12, 2008 21:27

I am a firm believer on that fact that any leader with such an important role as Spitzer), must set a decent example on others, and what's more, should undoubtedly oblige to his own rules or so-called 'beliefs'. There's great irony in how the very man who campaigned for a clampdown on prostitution related activities did the very thing he wasn't meant to. It's a matter of principle; if he chose to

Why should there be double standards for him? If another man did it, with full knowledge of what he was doing, he would also get punished; then why do we spare Spitzer?

The only problem that I do have for this is that we are also losing (at least what I thought was) a 'good' Governor to NY on matters aside from this. I can understand where people are coming from when they say that all New Yorkers will effectively face a long-term loss over his resignation. With the best interests of NY at heart, perhaps a better 'punishment' would be to strip his position as Governor, or indeed postpone the resignation so that power is handed-down systematically and properly, and the new Governor knows full well what is role is and where he currently stands.

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The country may be fed up with married politicians engaging in unseemly, unethical and scandalous conduct but it's hardly a... [MORE]	Samantha Jones	Mar 11, 2008 17:42
NY Governer should switch his party to republican to protect the dignity of the democratic party. Republicans have been known... [MORE]	sweetolebob	Mar 11, 2008 17:04
Fascinating takeaway: "...Fed up with married, Ivy League-educated Democratic politicians with law degrees like President Clinton and Governor Spitzer and... [MORE]	Hank Essay	Mar 11, 2008 14:19
Paying for sex is way above rape. We still hear way to much from 'Sick Willie". [MORE]	Jack Kinch (1uncle)	Mar 11, 2008 13:58
Spitzer caught my attention, or rather my disapproval, when he wanted driving license for illegals. So i'm no fan of... [MORE]	Jack Lester	Mar 11, 2008 12:33
Congress passed a statute in 1910 which made it a felony to transport women across state lines for prostitution. Gov.... [MORE]	Matthew Schutz	Mar 11, 2008 15:15
In April of last year the Tri-State Area was treated to a rare but well placed situation of hypocrisy, where... [MORE]	David Teitelbaum	Mar 11, 2008 12:24
I hope the revival of Republican fortunes in NY State does not rely on current "Republican" "leaders". Sponging off the... [MORE]	Bob Mill	Mar 11, 2008 10:46
While it is true that Mr. Paterson is more liberal, and would be bad for the state's economy, I don't... [MORE]	bava cohen	Mar 11, 2008 10:42
Although enrolled in the Democratic Party, I never voted for Eliot Spitzer either in primaries or in general elections even... [MORE]	George N. Spitz	Mar 11, 2008 10:10
"If he didn't use public funds then leave him alone." Public officials are supposed to be the example of probity... [MORE]	Exnavyguy	Mar 11, 2008 18:44
Somehow great generals, politicians, artists, businessmen, scientists have been very much more sexually active than average throughout history. I would... [MORE]	Van Tran	Mar 12, 2008 01:24
I am a firm believer on that fact that any leader with such an important role as Spitzer), must set...	beaver	Mar 12, 2008 21:27
Also cocerned that Eliot Spitzer's mother, father and brother and sister are never mentiohed as very distressed family members -... [MORE]	Bette Dewing	Mar 15, 2008 08:10

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