N.Y. governor reportedly in prostitution ring

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by jon1856

Shinerbock;
I do not know if I should be doing this or this.

Nor does he as he "conducts his research."

Can I bring up a little something here: have you noticed a difference in where in the story party affiliation gets mentioned when a sex scandal, in particular, hits the news? When I read the Atlanta Journal Constitution article about Spitzer which was from an AP report it's a fifth paragraph kind of thing, but Larry Craig's was always a first mention, first paragraph kind of thing.

[DeltAlum]

Originally Posted by UGAalum94

Can I bring up a little something here: have you noticed a difference in where in the story party affiliation gets mentioned when a sex scandal, in particular, hits the news? When I read the Atlanta Journal Constitution article about Spitzer which was from an AP report it's a fifth paragraph kind of thing, but Larry Craig's was always a first mention, first paragraph kind of thing.

I suspect that if Spitzer wasn't really high profile and well known from a big state that his party affiliation would have been mentioned early is most of the coverage.

Generally it would be given with the first mention of his name.

[nittanyalum]

Originally Posted by UGAalum94

When I read the Atlanta Journal Constitution article about Spitzer which was from an AP report it's a fifth paragraph kind of thing, but Larry Craig's was always a first mention, first paragraph kind of thing.

Spitzer's party affiliation is in the first few words of the 2nd sentence in this article: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23561606/

Back to topic, idiot idiot idiot idiot schmuck. How stupid are these high-powered, high-profile guys that do this crap and think they'll get away with it? And WHY do they make the poor wife stand behind the louse as he makes his statement? Like they haven't already been humiliated enough. Look how drawn his poor wife looks in that picture! Excellent example to set for his 3 teenage daughters. Loser.

[DeltAlum]

Originally Posted by nittanyalum

How stupid are these high-powered, high-profile guys that do this crap and think they'll get away with it? Loser.

Ever notice how many of these guys seem to think they're above the law?

[nittanyalum]

Originally Posted by DeltAlum

Ever notice how many of these guys seem to think they're above the law?

LOL. Yes, all the while claiming to be the living persona of the law.

[ComradesTrue]

Does anyone have any additional information about how the ring initially got broken up?

One report mentioned that the Feds had an "insider" working as a call girl.

Does this mean that one of the call girls (who was already working there) brokered a deal with the Feds, or did some agent actually have to be a plant? Because that is just ick, and I can't imagine that they would actually have to do that. But... can't imagine a call girl just up and going to the Feds either.

On another note, I agree that it is awful that they put the poor wives up there. I turned to my husband and told him that he would be on his own.

[nittanyalum]

Originally Posted by Blondie93

I turned to my husband and told him that he would be on his own.

Co-sign!!

And re: the break-up of the ring, I don't think too many details have emerged yet, but my guess is more that they got a current escort to "turn" rather than planting a fed that had to go do... whatever she might have to do... to break the case. I would think a male fed would have gone in undercover and busted one of the escorts then got her to cooperate to lessen her punishment (that's what all the tv shows do, so I'm sure that's right ). But I'm sure we'll get all the dirty little details over time.

His poor, poor little girls. As though the teenage years aren't already difficult enough, now they get to go to school and hear about their whoring Dad.

[jon1856]

I am waiting for the other 14 shoes to drop.
While it would seems as if they are not "public officials" I do have to wonder if any CEO's, CFO's. COO's et al are on the list.