Comments on: How Spitzer Got Stung

CBS News Has Learned A Bank Noticed Suspicious Activity That Resembled Money Laundering

[manhatten50]

My concern would be as to who''s money he was using?

[whatithink-2009]

Irony that this broke on the day after discussions about investigations on where the Iraq money has gone. People so concerned about politicians betraying their wives and kids. Nobody seems to care about politicians betraying the American people.

[excoachken]

It was just his attempt to help the upstate economy.

[whatithink-2009]

ecurb55,

Jesus Christ made a lot of enemies as well. Making a lot of enemies does not measure whether you are good or bad.

[tbweb]

The evening news reported Gov. Eliot Spitzer spent over $83,000.00 over a 6 year period on Prostitutes! A Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde personality! lol

[trans-mutant]

Who else had a customer # that''s in government/politics; I really doubt that the ring didn''t "service" others. Wonder if the prosecutors will cut a deal with the four from the prostitution ring they have in custody. Maybe a list of "customers"?

[jamestowncbs]

www.jamestowncalif.com I have a question regarding Eliot Spitzer from New York Is he a Republican or Democrat?
Is this a Media/Government Ploy of a Useless candidate
What is Hank Sheinkopf doing on the Katie Curek Broadcast
I just want to let you all know in the blogosphere some of those negative comments written by some of ya all fellows are grounds to terminate your cbs accounts
so write wisely
thank you everyone should think of the students at UNC, Auburn, and Los Angeles as a regularity.

[ecurb55]

What is the matter with you stupid people?

You try to justify the fact that he completely breaks the trust of his wife and adolescent children? Do you have any idea how difficult it is to find a real, true, compatible mate in this world? And what such a betrayal does to your kids, who see you as their hero?

Sure, as guys, we are *****, but what in the hell do you think god gave us a right hand for?

This guy may be a hotshot, but he''s an idiot. I don''t know the man, but I understand he made a lot of enemies, and I would guess he could best be described as an "a**hole."

He got what he deserves. Feel real bad for his wife and kids.

[dbrillo]

It''s a shame that one of our trusted leaders has taken the media''s and congresses focus away from such pressing items as steroids in sports. I hope this doesn''t mean that they now have to focus on such trivial items as the economy and our security.

[scogostology]

SCOGOSTOLOGY-POLITOCOLOGY- GOV. SPITZER, THE SHOCKING FALL OF A POLITICAL TITAN

I have just heard the news of Gov. Elliot Spitzer being implicated in patronizing a prostitute.

This is one of the saddest news I have ever heard in New York besides the 9/11 tragedy.

Gov. Spitzer is among the most intelligent Americans.
I do not think that having a tryst is a big crime, so the question of Gov Spitzer resigning should not arise.

What may annoy many people around the country is that as New York Attorney general, his cases included a few criminal prosecutions of prostitution network and tourism involving prostitutes.

In 2004, he was part of an investigation of an escort service racket in New York City that resulted in the arrest of 18 people on charges of promoting prostitution.

However, let me point out that there have been other political leaders, both Republican and Democratic who have had *** scandals.
Millions of people all over America and the world visit and sleep with hookers and watch porn online.
Gov Spitzer is a human being and he should be allowed to make a few mistakes and errors in judgment.

Gov. Spitzer had worked very had for New York for many years and helped many New Yorkers to fight injustice.

The state should give him a benefit of doubt and allow him to finish serving his term in office. Scogostology.com

[markwest93]

What do you expect. With the introduction of the Internet, escorts are available everywhere. So he paid for a little love''n.

It''s not like you have to drive around seedy areas and pick them up on street corners anymore. Just look at sites like Eros Guide (not sure of their web address) and The Verotic Guide www.veroticguide.com. They have their only online communities built for Escorts and their customers with chat rooms, instant messaging, ads etc.

When we allow it to be that accessible, people are going to do it. Yes, even public officials - they are human too.

[icanamerican]

When is Spitzer going to be charged?
Anyhow, pity as it is, but true, he''s techically non guilty until. well, you know.

So we have to wait it out. If he does not resign, we''ll get ''em somehow. What are the rules as regards governor can hold office with a federal conviction? Either way he is finished. If he somehow stays in office, his family life is over. Even if his wife fakes it and pretends to support him, we all know that behind those fancy NY home doors, life will be hell for him. It will be the 3 daughters that will really lay it on truthfully. He is not stupid, he knows how much absolute embarrassment he caused them, imagine how it is at school for them, all their lives they will live with the fact that their father paid to have *** with women about their age. That will wear on him forever.

That is satisfaction enough. He is a ruined man on all fronts.

[icanamerican]

Spitzer''s lawyer will investigate any motive of the person who alerted the IRS in the first place.
Could be that that person had an agenda. ...

Who knows what will play out in these months and years to follow of which will certain to be an expensive and long drawn out court battle.

Imagine how much milk those tax dollars could buy for poor starving American children, or African children.

[tbweb]

He got stung because his little head told his big head what to do.

Posted by exCoachKen at 10:31 PM : Mar 11, 2008,,,

direct and to the point! lol

[tucano2]

Seems the Republicans just aren''t as *** as Democrats, and are envious. Say, does anyone remember Nelson Rockefeller? He, at least, never paid for it.

[rushlimpdrug]

Hey Limpdrug: Are you implying that Spitzer was having *** with Saddam?
Posted by downsteamjim at 09:31 PM

I''m just writing krap.
Nothing more.
But any "large" "suspicious" money exchange is flagged.
Anymore, everything in life is suspicious.
I must be the only one in America that is TIRED of it all.
If I go to the airport early, I am flagged for suspicious behavior.
When I drive, I know that I can get stopped for ANY reason.
It is beyond reasonable.
I see people DRINKING from their water bottles before going through sekurity in an airport because they know that they will have to discard the bottle.
Is it just me?
Guess so.

[missingamerica]

What tickles me is all of the shell corporations the hookers were using.

At last, something really has "trickled down" from America''s corporations and wealthy elite to our "working women": How to beat the IRS.

lollll...I bet the bank in question would have sat on the information if it had been a Wall Street hedge trader moving his or her billions around...well, after they upped their commission a few points, anyway.

[excoachken]

He got stung because his little head told his big head what to do.

[ontheleft]

It''s not clear if it was cash being moved or electronic funds. The IRS is only supposed to be notified of suspicious cash transactions as far as I understand.

Anyway, it''s scary that any American can have their phone and internet communications tapped and that the government can then go in and "see what they can find" without knowing ahead of time exactly what they are looking for. Isn''t there supposed to be a check on this? Oh, that''s right, checks went out the window under the police state Bush helped create.

[downsteamjim]

Hey Limpdrug: Are you implying that Spitzer was having *** with Saddam?