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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. Read the rest of this entry »