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Of governors and call girls: some thoughts upon Eliot Spitzer's downfall.
NO doubt it signifies a mixture of moral frivolity and profound lack of sexual imagination, but one of the first questions that occurred to me when I read of Gov. Eliot Spitzer's involvement with a high-class (or perhaps I should say expensive) prostitution ring was: What acts does a woman perform to be worth $3,000 per hour, compared with one who charges "only" $1,000?
Of course, I have long realized that there is a hierarchy among prostitutes, as there is in all professions. My first patient with tertiary syphilis, for example, was an old prostitute, impoverished, raddled, and toothless, who still plied her trade on waste ground for the price of a cigarette. ...
- Prostitution sting rocks New York's ''Mr. Clean''; Gov. Eliot Spitzer; He...
- Newspaper article from: The Seattle Times (Seattle, WA) March 11, 2008 700+ words
...Client 9." Gov. Eliot Spitzer's reputation...arranging to meet a prostitute from a business...and more than 50 prostitutes in New York, Washington...Lewis, told a prostitute identified only...later told by the prostitute that her evening...on whether the prostitutes were rated ...
- Spitzer, client no. 9: good riddance: former N.Y. Gov. Eliot Spitzer ceased to...
- Magazine article from: Risk & Insurance Reynolds, Dan April 15, 2008 700+ words
...the only thing that Eliot Spitzer did right in tendering...Spitzer into the arms of prostitutes? Was he using them...his sweaty palm. Eliot Spitzer was an effective prosecutor...of it. As long as Eliot Spitzer was perceived to be...
- His Dark Journey.(Politics; The Scandal)(Eliot Spitzer)
- Magazine article from: Newsweek Thomas, Evan March 24, 2008 700+ words
...recklessness. But a look at Eliot Spitzer's past helps explain...of myself," said Eliot Spitzer, resigning as governor...caught patronizing prostitutes. His wife, Silda...thinking when he met with prostitutes at places like the...
- Will Spitzer make list of politicians who survive scandal?(Gov. Eliot...
- Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor Marks, Alexandra Scherer, Ron March 12, 2008 700+ words
...With New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer's (D) political...The Political Rise of Eliot Spitzer." "If he thinks it...men and more than 50 prostitutes in New York, Washington...Client 9 paid for a prostitute to travel across state...
- CREW Calls on New York Governor Eliot Spitzer to Resign.
- Press release article from: Business Wire March 10, 2008 700+ words
...Times report regarding New York Governor Eliot Spitzer's involvement in a prostitution ring...Given the reports that New York Governor Eliot Spitzer was heard on a wiretap arranging for a prostitute to travel from New York to Washington...
- Author to tell tale of two Spitzers.(End Page)(a book and film written on New...
- Magazine article from: Business Insurance May 5, 2008 700+ words
...juicy bits-for better or worse-of Eliot Spitzer's rise and fall will be revealed...have a penchant for high-priced prostitutes, will be co-authored by Peter Elkind...and fall of former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer.
- Fall of the graceless.(POLITICS II)(Eliot Spitzer)
- Magazine article from: National Review April 7, 2008 700+ words
...NONE of former New York governor Eliot Spitzer's colleagues mourned his passing...such a thing as a high-class prostitute. What Spitzer got instead was...has inflicted on his family, his prostitutes, and himself.
- Commentary: Can he (Eliot Spitzer) come out now?
- Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Rochester, NY) Tara E Buck August 20, 2009 700+ words
...former governor of New York is now writing for Slate.com? You guessed it! Seems Eliot Spitzer has slowly crawled from the dark and lonely realms of prostitute- and/or trooper-gate with, this week, advice for President Obama on how to...
