Gov. Elliot Spitzer’s I Have Sinned Presser March 10

By Art Harris, (c) www.artharris.com, all rights reserved

My name is Elliot (but you can call me ”John” ) Spitzer learned all about prostitutes as New York Attorney General in 2004, when the prosecutor braved the bullets of sin to bust a multi-million dollar operation of high priced escorts he called “nothing more than a prostitution ring, and now its owners and operators will be held accountable.”

Why am I thinking, “I bet he wishes he’d never said that.”

Now, the ex-AG turned New York Governor joins a long line of politicians, public figures and moral crusaders (against corporate corruption, in his case) who rode a squeeky clean image to power and fame, then crashed in a flameout of hypocrisy.

While not charged with any crime, a law enforcement official told The New York Times Spitzer was “Client #9″ described in a 55 page federal arrest warrant obtained by The Bald Truth (see next page) that describes an alleged escapade with a prostitute named “Kirsten” who took a train from New York to meet the New York governor at a Washington, D.C. hotel. Those accused in the escort ring unwittingly revealed details on a federal wiretap.

According to the court documents spitzer-idd-in-sealed-arrest-warrants.pdf, the Wall Street Anti-Corruption crusader nicknamed “Mr. Clean” paid more than $4,000 for a York prostitute, some of it credit for future romps, to join him at the D.C. hotel booked under the name of a campaign contributor who had no comment — and no idea — he’d been used as a beard for the governor to book the alleged tryst.

If true, experts say Spitzer could be facing a possible charge of violating the Mann Act, an anti-mob law passed to make it tougher for the Mafia to engage in prostitution by turning the transport of women across state lines into a federal crime.

At a press conference Monday, a contrite Guv conceded he’d committed an unspecified sin–much like Rev. Jimmy Swaggart did 20 years ago, but without the tears or lurid details. He apologized to his family and his state; his wife did not look happy, but did not cry. After his apology, he refused to take questions from the press, then split.

Unlike Rev. Jimmy Swaggart, caught two decades ago for dallying with a prostitute in New Orleans before the teary, “I Have Sinned” sermon…or another famous Democrat, Bill Clinton, who swore under oath, “I did not have sexual relations with that woman,” the jury is still out on Spitzer.

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