The Political Assassination of NY Governor Eliot Spitzer.
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Stumble ThisThis guy makes a good case. To throw in a (improbable) wild card, a certain New York based presidential candidate might need a job soon.
From Youtube: Most people have the sense that there was something
bizarre and surreal about the sudden coordinated
FBI and US news media attack on New York Governor
Eliot Spitzer.
After all, unproven allegations about how he may have
chosen to spend his own money on his own time hardly
seems a worthy subject of front page news for a week
straight.
Meanwhile, the US news media remained characteristically
clueless about why Spitzer was taken out.
It's simple.
He had the goods on Bush adminstation colusion with
predatory lenders and was preparing a case that would
have tied the administration directly to wide spread
fraud and criminality in the lending business.
From Youtube: Most people have the sense that there was something
bizarre and surreal about the sudden coordinated
FBI and US news media attack on New York Governor
Eliot Spitzer.
After all, unproven allegations about how he may have
chosen to spend his own money on his own time hardly
seems a worthy subject of front page news for a week
straight.
Meanwhile, the US news media remained characteristically
clueless about why Spitzer was taken out.
It's simple.
He had the goods on Bush adminstation colusion with
predatory lenders and was preparing a case that would
have tied the administration directly to wide spread
fraud and criminality in the lending business.
More people need to learn why a man who fucked a few whores lost his job while a man who fucked a nation keeps his.
If Spritzer himself thought this was purely a political assassination/retaliation, why wouldn't he state the claims made in this video and create a worthy soundbite instead of the fake apology? Just askin'.
We'll probably never know. Some type of blackmail no doubt. I'm guessing they made it clear this was a fight he would not win.
More likely the reason he fell so hard is because he had placed himself as a paragon of moral virtue- and we always like to see these types crumble.
When it first came out- I did have a few conspiracy tingles come out- because it seems so dumb for a former AG to get snared in something like this. I was thinking more of a mob blackmail job.
No doubt, he did set himself up as a so-called "paragon", and I'm sure that also played a part in his downfall. But special interests have been gunning for him for years because of his crusades against corrupt business practices.
Don't get me wrong. Anyone who walks the corridors of power needs to set an example. They can't be lawmakers and lawbreakers at the same time. (And I'm not talking about trifles such as parking tickets or jaywalking.) Personally I think prostitution should be a legal, regulated enterprise, complete with health exams, payroll withholdings, and the extra "sin tax" we levy against cigarettes and booze. However, it's still illegal now, and therefore Spitzer is a lawbreaker. Bush didn't force Spitzer to put his dick into Ms. Dupre, however Bush operatives relentlessly pursued Spitzer until they finally found something they could nail him with. And that, to me, is one more example of how debased our political culture has become.
If you think it's a conspiracy that they fingered him based on the money transfers- then you would have to believe conversely that "normally" the FBI would turn a blind eye to a high-ranking politician's escapades - which is more disturbing to me.
No, somebody was scrutinizing his life. The real question is whether it was because of this specific issue, or just politics as usual.
I think they both deserve(d) to lose their jobs.
So we're pinning Spitzer's hooker binge on Bush now? A long bow to draw I think.
More likely the reason he fell so hard is because he had placed himself as a paragon of moral virtue- and we always like to see these types crumble.
When it first came out- I did have a few conspiracy tingles come out- because it seems so dumb for a former AG to get snared in something like this. I was thinking more of a mob blackmail job.
Check these out:
Feds shift strategy in bid to snare Spitzer: Campaign finance
King of Swing?
I don't know if there's wide-ranging conspiracy against Spitzer, but it appears that at least a couple of prominent Republicans had it in for him.
I'm not sure I buy the conspiracy KP - that these were "Bush Operatives" - the mainstream news explanation rings true to my ears. He was transferring large sums of money out of his bank account which automatically tripped the alarms.
If you think it's a conspiracy that they fingered him based on the money transfers- then you would have to believe conversely that "normally" the FBI would turn a blind eye to a high-ranking politician's escapades - which is more disturbing to me.
There are 1.2 million of those "automatic alarms" every year thanks to the PATRIOT Act. Nobody would have found it if they hadn't been searching for Spitzer in the database. The federal Justice Department never gets involved in an individual's prostitution case unless there's a political assasination at stake.