Of Mayflowers and madams: The Spitzer scandal
Perhaps it's just me, but I find a curious, though clearly quite coincidental, connection in NY Gov. Eliot Spitzer's prostitution scandal (watch the video of his press conference here a few minutes ago which he apologizes for something, but never says what). Spitzer reportedly met with his high-priced prostitute (no crack 'hos, for Eliot!) at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington according to a federal probe. (He had her flown there. She must have been one special hooker! The kind you can't find in Washington.) And Spitzer worked for the former NYC district attorney's office, which in 1984 busted the Mayflower Madam -- Sydney Biddle Barrows.
Ok, it's a thin connection. But fun!
Ah, it's always the hypocrisy. The irony only adds to its piquancy. Old Spitzer the Spritzer got his state probe caught in a fed probe. Whole thing lacks probity, if you ask me. This is a fed issue if he caused her to fly from one state to another to engage in an act of prostitution.
Now, I have a pretty good imagination but forgetting the risk to family, health and career, t who or what is worth 5k an hour? This pun not intended but I can't conceive of anything.
Can he survive this? Don't think so. He's going down.