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Ashley's Voice: 'Spitzer Girl' No Monster
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailySince the story of Eliot Spitzer's political demise hit the national news, there has been the usual saturation coverage, and what I find to be a disturbing attitude displayed by the public and the media. On the one hand, Eliot Spitzer, while not getting a free pass, has generally been portrayed as a good guy brought low by human weakness, a "personal tragedy". On the other hand, since the revelation of the identity of the girl for whom Spitzer was allegedly "Client #9", Ashley Alexandra Dupre', it seems to be open season on her virtue, her character, even her hopes and dreams. Ashley is an ...
Spitzer's Hooker Is Having a Bad Week
By Brandon Barker - Politics DailyAshley Alexandra Dupré (born Ashley Youmans) left a broken home at the age of 17 and moved to New York City to make a name for herself. As of yesterday, she had succeeded.The New York Times reports that Ashley has spent the last few days holed up in her Manhattan apartment, contemplating her new place in history as the prostitute who (indirectly) brought down the tough-as-nails lawyer and Governor Eliot Spitzer. She has slept very little the past week, telling The Times, "I just don't want to be thought of as a monster." What does she want to be known for? Her music, of course. According to ...
Spitzer 'Flaw' More Farce than Tragedy
By Eric Schulzke - Politics DailyRuth Marcus wrote a odd piece in the WashPo today, hilariously mistaking Spitzer's downfall for a Greek tragedy. "The brave hero brought low by his own arrogance" she begins. First let's be clear -- Eliot Spitzer was never a brave hero. He was a clever opportunist who assumed a mantle of virtue because it proved to be a catchy look on the political catwalk.The opportunist behind the mantle was obvious to everyone who paid critical attention to his performance in the last decade. His repeat offense on campaign finance laws -- laundering money from his dad to make it look like his own -- might ...
Where's Spitzer's Standing Ovation?
By Abby Tonsing - Politics DailyLest we forget (and I'm talking to you, GOP), fellow whoremonger David Vitter, Republican Senator from Louisiana, had some fun with prostitutes and was named as a client in the D.C. Madam scandal.Vitter was not asked to resign. Instead, he got a standing ovation from the GOP.From The Young Turks: ...
Spitzer Open Thread
By David Knowles - Politics DailyFor you sex-scandal junkies out there, here's a trove of Political Machine's coverage of Eliot Spitzer's comeuppance. Denise Williams: It's All Silda Spitzer's FaultDave: Spitzer Toughing it Out?Faye Anderson: Superdelegate No. 9Tommy Christopher: Hillary Should Condemn Spitzer ASAPYours Truly: Mrs. Spitzer Stands By Her ManAnd the latest from AOL News: Spitzer Spending Eyed in Sex ScandalLooks like the ax will fall any minute now. We want to hear how you feel now that 24 hours have passed. Binge and purge. ...
Hot Seat: Did Spitzer Pay Too Much for Sex?
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It's All Silda Spitzer's Fault
By Denise Williams - Politics DailyOr so says crazy-ass Dr. Laura Schlessinger on the Today Show with Meredith Vieira this morning. As if being being the wife of a scuzzbucket and mother of three teenaged daughters isn't rough enough under these circumstances. (via HuffPo) VIEIRA: Do you think women play any role in this, Dr. Laura? SCHLESSINGER: It's interesting. what you said about what men need -- men do need validation. When they come into the world they're born of a woman. Getting the validation from mommy is the beginning of needing it from a woman. When the wife does not focus in on the needs and the feelings ...
Spitzer Toughing it Out?
By Dave - Politics DailyBecause I don't think we've had enough Spitzer stories today, and what's one more. It does appear at this point that Mr. Eliot may be trying to brazen this out and keep his job as governor. This is probably not going to work, as listed by a fellow Ohio blogger, bizzyblog.com: Nearly 3 years remaining in office if he stays. Can the country's third-largest state afford to vegetate that long? I doubt that many think it can without severe consequences. A Democratic Party that just got the New York governor's mansion back after 12 years in the wilderness. It does not want to face a bloodbath ...
Spitzer Can't Touch Mark Foley
By Brandon Barker - Politics DailyWhen the dust settled from the Texas, Ohio, Rhode Island and Vermont presidential primaries, the political beat faced a dreary seven-week period until the next contest. To bide their time, did veteran reporters pray for increased debate among the candidates, new and exciting endorsements, or maybe a string of inflammatory campaign ads? No. They prayed for this. They prayed for Gov. Eliot Spitzer and Emperors Club V.I.P.As The New York Times points out, political sex scandals are an old story. And Governor Spitzer's scandal--when compared to Gary Condit, Larry Craig and Mark Foley--is probably ...
Mrs. Spitzer Stands By Her Man
By David Knowles - Politics DailySometimes it's hard to be a woman, Giving all your love to just one man.You'll have bad timesAnd he'll have good timesDoing things that you don't understand...--"Stand by your Man" by Tammy Wynette At this point, it has become something of a cliché in our cultural imagery: A disgraced male public official at a news conference taking his lumps for a newly unearthed sexual indiscretion while his baffled yet supportive wife stands at his elbow, struggling to put a public face on the many emotions roiling beneath a calm exterior. Many viewers to our latest reality-television episode, starring ...
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