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Edited on Tue Mar-11-08 03:06 PM by question everything
I was listening to NPR and Alan Dershowitz was all indignant about the way the "bank" blew the whistle on Spitzer. He does not believe that the bank just happened to find some transactions that went to shell corporations. He thinks that Spitzer was targeted, but did not care to elaborate by who. If they want to find out about such activities, he said, all they have to do is look at the back pages of the New Yorker and Village Voice to find how men can pay for prostitutes without leaving traces on their credit cards.
And there were several people who wonder what's the big deal. It is a personal matter between Spitzer and his wife.
But, said another guest, it is not just any other politicians found with a call girl or with an intern... Spitzer went with vengeance after corporations and after prostitution rings, with no plea or with no leniency. He created his image as MISTER MORALITY.
And this cannot help Hillary. No, not because he is a supporter but because the reports are full of images of Wilbur Mills, of Gary Hart, of Jim Bakker, of Livingston, that governor McGravy?, of Vitter and, of course of Bill Clinton. And guest women again, wonder why the wives stay with these husbands.
And my opinion is - and next May we will celebrate our 30th anniversary without any affair on any one's behalf, not that the temptations were never there - that each marriage is unique. And no one can pass judgment on other people's marriages, unless asked for it, of course.
And I think that if we were as inquisitive as we are now, FDR, and Eisenhower, and JFK would have been exposed just like the other guys.
Thus, the problem with Spitzer is not so much that he went seeking a prostitute, but that he has built his career as such a moral person who would not let anyone else at least admit weaknesses.
And while we are there, shouldn't we decriminalize prostitution, except, of course, when dealing with under age, or enslaved, and abused people?
Let's face it. Sexual drive is as basic need as hunger and fear. Sure, we would like all people to engage in sexual relations within the "sanctity" of marriage (using the missionary position only, of course) Yeah, right...
But the reality is that there are many men and women who do not have sexual partners and who do yearn for such fulfillment. So, why not? Why not let them meet their drive just as we have restaurants and motels for the ones who do not have anyone who would prepare a "home cooked meal?"
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