Why the sympathy for Spitzer? He brought it upon himself

[TAWS]

He basically confessed at the press conference. How can people feel sorry for this guy? Of course, there should be sympathy for his family but this guy knew what he was doing and as a former Attorney General, should be held to a much higher standard. Not only did he break state law but he broke federal law by going across state lines.

[MichiganVote]

1. Waiting for his wife to bust him in the chops

[Ken Burch]

5. Memo to Spitzer: sleep on your stomach tonight!

P.S. Any bets on how soon this becomes a plotline on LAW & ORDER?

[MichiganVote]

8. Just once I'd like to see one of these political wives let loose on these guys

[LisaL]

2. I don't have any sympathy for him.

Which doesn't mean I should be dancing with joy over this.

[hueyshort]

17. He was a BRILLIANT Attorney General - fougnt wallstreet corruption,

was pro environment. He was amazing, and obviously complex.

[thewiseguy]

3. The guy sleeps with a hot chick and we feel sorry for him?

He has to face heat and be punished.

[Thepricebreaker]

4. Because he has a (D) after his name.... (D), (R), (I) - Whatever - he should get out NOW!

[Breeze54]

6. He's a huge disappointment, that's for sure. Just another hypocrite.

:puke:

[Catherine Vincent]

7. I feel sorry for him. I feel sorry for us.

He could have been President some day. A good, democratic, President.

[thewiseguy]

10. You should feel sorry for his wife and three daughters. Screw him.

[roguevalley]

I feel no sympathy for him nor did I for Vitter or Craig. If you are this

in the public eye and you have enemies up the wazoo, what kind of gall does it take to do this? He earned it. His family didn't.

[AtomicKitten]

9. He will reap what he has sown. 'nuff said.

[msongs]

11. nah his "friend" probably uses birth control nt

[Honeycombe8]

12. I have no sympathy for him. What WAS he thinking? Idiot. Like a Greek tragedy....

here's this hero...battling white collar crime on his white horse, going after money laundering in big prostitution rings, bringing justice to all. Except, oops....somewhere along the way, he decides, "Hey, I want me some of them goodies, too. And I'm smart enuf to get away with it. After all, who knows better how not to get caught than a catcher?"

As so many others thought who got caught and now sit in jail.....if you break the law for long enough, you get caught.

[Eurobabe]

13. I think the whole matter is disgusting

I feel sorry for his wife and his 3 daughters. What IS it with these "brilliant" politicians that self-destruct?? I just don't get it.

Eliot, you had it all, and you REALLY blew it. :spank: :spank:

[sfam]

14. Common, he only bought the 5-diamond whore...its not like he..

splurged for the 7-diamond whore. And he went with the hourly rate instead of the full "dawn to dawn" rate, so clearly he was only cheating for "part" of the day.

So in short, he's given us evidence of his money conscious nature without being spend-thrifty (if he was frugal, he'd a gone with the "Best Value" $1000 an hour, 3-Diamond whore), and was probably still thinking of his wonderful family at least "part" of the time. :)

[GoldieAZ49]

15. His arrogant accusations and prosecution of others is going to make it very

difficult for him to find any friends

No Sympathy Here, he knew exactly what he was doing and the risks involved

[DrFunkenstein]

16. Did You Ever See The Movie "Quiz Show?"

There is a moment when a Congressional Committee member ends the applause for Van Doren's "brave" confession by saying that he shouldn't be applauded for finally coming out with it. I love Spitzer, and I deeply oppose a witch hunt, but I can't exactly sympathize with someone who should have known better.

[Berry Cool]

24. Hear, hear.

There should be no special prizes for just being honest and telling the truth. Especially when you've been deceiving people.

What kills me is that some people think that even to discuss Spitzer here is to be "jumping up and down" with delight over what happened. Uh, no. It's just to say, if Dems do something shady and get caught, it's no better than when Republicans do it.

[xchrom]

18. what he did doesn't bother me.

[rpannier]

20. You mean that a prosecutor who put people away for picking up prostitutes

was doing the same thing himself.

[rpannier]

19. No sympathy

He's an adult.

He should try that "Love and honor" thing a little more -- especially since he vigorously prosecuted people who paid for sex with prostitutes.

Once you are married and especially, once you have children you have an obligation to them.

He broke his professional obligation as a prosecutor and his personal obligation as a husband and father.
F**K him

[Raine]

21. I have absolutely no sympathy for him

he disgusts me and I hope his wife leaves his lousy betraying ass and he ends up in the gutter where he belongs. Spitzer is a rotten hypocrite.

[bagimin]

22. I don't like that he was going after prostitution as a prosecuter,

godawfull hypocrisy there..otherwise I consider it a private matter between him and his wife.

[Jed Dilligan]

23. He was top cop in NY

He presided over LOTS of people going to jail for marijuana and other non-crimes--no matter what he did on the positive side. He should at least be held to the standard he held others to.

If he can't walk the law and order walk after talking the talk, he should be punished with the punishments he has advocated. It's perfectly simple.